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Networked Miscommunication: The Relationship Between Communication Networks, Misunderstandings, and Organizational Performance
(2020)
In this dissertation, I introduce and define the concept of networked miscommunication – unintentional, aggregated effects of communication practices throughout an organization – and demonstrate its deleterious impacts on ...
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Fuel Injector Tip Wetting as a Source of Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines
(2019)
Gasoline fuel film deposited on the tip of a fuel injector, i.e. injector tip wetting, has been identified as a significant source of particulate emissions at some operating conditions of gasoline direct-injection engines. ...
Hsp70 chaperone Proteins and their Interactions with Various Drugs as Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
(2011)
Chaperone proteins and their cochaperones are perhaps one of the most intriguing systems for investigation. Ubiquitous in nature, they can be found in every organism and that perhaps is the reason that their sequence shows ...
Identification of Relevant Protein-Gene Associations by Integrating Gene Expression Data and Transcriptional Regulatory Networks.
(2010)
One challenge in systems biology is integrating different biological data types to more accurately describe how a biological system functions. If networks describing a pathway or a particular regulatory activity is merged ...
A Building Block Approach Towards Novel Nonlinear Optical Materials.
(2007)
The purpose of the present research is to develop and apply a building block approach towards the design of novel nonlinear optical materials, capable of exhibiting enhanced Two-Photon Absorption (TPA) behavior. These ...
Multicompartmental Biomaterials via Electrohydrodynamic Co-jetting.
(2011)
The synthesis and theranostic applications of biodegradable anisotropic materials are described in this dissertation. Precise nano- and micro-scale control of the architecture of biodegradable polymeric materials is highly ...
Regulating Gene Expression Through DNA Mechanics: Tightly Looped DNA Represses Transcription.
(2010)
It is now widely accepted that the mechanical state of DNA can play a major role in regulating the activity of RNA polymerase (RNAP). Not only have the global levels of supercoiling been shown to regulate transcription, ...
Enhancement of Set-Based Design Practices Via Introduction of Uncertainty Through Use of Interval Type-2 Modeling and General Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Agent Based Methods.
(2011)
The goal of this research was to discern the effects of introducing uncertainty representation into a set-based design process with applications in ship design. The hypothesis was that introduction of design uncertainty ...
Novel Imaging Systems Using Nanophotonic Devices
(2021)
Novel technologies and innovations lead to new applications. This dissertation demonstrates new applications enabled by novel nanophotonic devices. I will describe two nanophotonic devices: hyperbolic metamaterial and ...