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- 13Adeeb, Samer (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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On Load-Sharing in the Lumbosacral Spine during Neutral Standing and Forward Flexion Postures: A Combined Finite Element and Musculoskeletal Study
DownloadSpring 2019
Understanding load-sharing in the spine during in-vivo conditions is critical for better spinal implant design and testing. Previous studies of load-sharing that considered detailed spinal geometry applied compressive Follower Load (FL), with or without moment, to simulate muscle forces. Other...
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Computational Modeling and Multi-Fidelity Uncertainty Analysis for Masonry Walls Under In-Plane and/or Out-of-Plane Loading: Development and Applications
DownloadSpring 2024
structural behaviors, including the failure modes and load-resisting capacity under IP and/or OOP loading, poses a considerable challenge considering the composite nature of masonry walls and the intricate interactions among their components, particularly when pertinent uncertainty in material properties is
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Spring 2013
of work had gone into developing and improving GFP-based Ca2+ biosensors1,2, but there were no reports of a red FP-based biosensor. The work in this thesis describes the engineering of an RFP-based Ca2+ biosensor using a circular permutated RFP, mCherry. The first step in this process was to
The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the Aequorea victoria jellyfish revolutionized many fields in the scientific community, including molecular biology, protein engineering, and neuroscience. The ability to genetically link a fluorescent protein to a protein of interest has
allowed scientists to probe the exact structural localization of proteins. Another important application of FPs is their design for use in biosensors, whereby the fluorescence of the protein is intrinsically dependent on a small molecule of interest, such as calcium ion (Ca2+) or a physiological process
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Improved Seismic Design Recommendations for Wide-Flange Columns in Ductile Steel Moment-Resisting Frames considering Three-dimensional Response
DownloadSpring 2022
Deep wide-flange columns are commonly used in the construction of steel moment-resisting frames (MRFs) to resist lateral seismic loads in high seismic regions in North America. Past studies on deep columns with base plastic hinges located at the first storey of MRFs have indicated that such...
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Predictive Method for Pipeline Strain Demand Subject to Permanent Ground Displacements with Internal Pressure & Temperature
DownloadFall 2022
Pipelines subject to ground deformations generated by geohazard loads carry high importance on pipeline analysis, design, and assessment due to risk of structural damage or failure. Additionally, internal pressure and temperature variation within an operating pipe induce additional strains in
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Spring 2018
The subtalar joint forms part of the triple joint complex in the foot and is primarily responsible for inversion and eversion of the hind foot and ankle. Injury to the subtalar joint typically arises as a result of primary osteoarthritis or sequelae of injury. When non-invasive treatments are no...
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Thermal Sprayed Coating as a Structural Health Monitoring Sensor for Engineering Structures
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Failure prevention in engineering components is vital to efficiently reducing costs and very crucial to preservation of lives. Crucial to this failure prevention is the requirement of knowing stresses within the components, not just to counter the risk of overloading but also to determine the onset
thermally sprayed coatings for use as structural health monitoring (SHM) sensors to monitoring in-service stresses through electromechanical measurements. The components of focus are wind turbine blades and pipes used in oil and gas. Mechanical blend of a nickel alloy (NiCoCrAlTaY) powder and titania (TiO2