Browsing Stony Brook Theses & Dissertations [SBU] by Title
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1,4 Poly(diiododiacetylene): Production and Characterization
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 2011-05-31) -
32-bit Superconductor Integer and Floating-Point Multipliers
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-May-12)The objective of this dissertation is to design and evaluate ultra-fast energy-efficient 32-bit integer and single-precision floating-point multipliers implemented with Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) superconductor ... -
3D Scanning Using Consumer-Grade Depth Sensors: Methods and Applications
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-May-12)A 3D scanner is a device that analyzes a real world object and generates a point cloud describing the surface of such object, possibly including color information as well. However, these devices are expensive, fragile, ... -
3D Shape Measurement Based on the Phase Shifting and Stereovision methods
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-May-10)This dissertation is focused on improving the performance of the 3D shape measurement systems based on the digital fringe projection, phase shifting, and stereovision techniques. New camera and projector models and calibration ... -
Abd al-Rahman Jami's Lawami': A Translation Study
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-May-10)This dissertation discusses a 13th century Arabic poem, the Khamriyya (Wine Ode) by `Umar Ibn al-Farid (576-632/1181-1235) and a 15th century Persian commentary Lawami': Sharh-i Khamriyyat-i Faridiyya (Sparks: Explanation ... -
Abigail
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-Aug-12)Abigail is a chamber opera for three singers and eight instruments. It is the story of a godly woman who responds with wisdom and grace to the abuses of a drunken husband and the vengeance of a raging soldier. The hour-long ... -
Abnormal Error Processing in Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 2009-05-01) -
Accelerating Computed Tomography on Commodity Graphics Hardware
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 2007-12-01) -
Accommodating the Posthuman in Twentieth Century Dystopian Literature
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Accurate, Semi-Implicit Methods with Mesh Adaptivity for Mean Curvature and Surface Diffusion Flows Using Triangulated Surfaces
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-May-12)Geometric partial differential equations, such as mean-curvature flow and surface diffusion, are challenging to solve numerically due to their strong non-linearity and stiffness, when solved explicitly. Solving these ... -
Activity Recognition using WiFi Signatures
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-Aug-10)Many high end mobile phones include a number of specialized (e.g., accelerometer, compass, GPS) and general purpose sensors (e.g., camera, microphone). The availability of these sensors has given rise to sensing applications ... -
Acts of Devotion: Loving God with Body and Soul in The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Margery Kempe
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-May-12)The thesis examines the relationship between the active and contemplative life in the medieval English texts The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Margery Kempe. The similarities and differences between the views of the ... -
Acusmacia
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-Dec-10)Abstract of the DissertationAcusmacia is a spanish word of Greek origin that denotes an auditory hallucination. A hallucination is the apparent perception of something not present. In the case of sound, what is perceived ... -
ADAM10 and ADAM17 regulate various stages of pancreatic disease
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-Aug-11)The almost universal lethality of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has led to intense study to identify the genetic mutations and molecular abnormalities responsible for its formation and progression. The initiation ... -
Adaptation by group selection: elimination acts on all levels
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-Dec-11)Due to criticisms of early na?Ève group selection arguments, most evolutionary biologists hesitate to invoke selection at any level higher than the individual. Subsequent group selection arguments, while attempting to ... -
Adaptive Fitting of Mixed-Effects Models with Correlated Random-effects
(The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY., 1-Aug-11)Linear mixed-effects model (LMM) has been widely used in hierarchical and longitudinal data analyses. In practice, the fitting algorithm can fail to converge because of boundary issues of the estimated random-effects ...
