etd @ Mason (Electronic Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions

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Security Through Frequency Diversity in The 5G NR Standard

Weitz, Joshua D

This thesis explores the use of pseudo-random frequency hopping for added security in the 5G New Radio specification. Frequency hopping makes it more difficult for an attacker to intercept, detect, or jam a wireless ...
A Demographic Profile of Major League Soccer Metropolitan Communities

Howard, Andre

Major League Soccer is in the midst of a growing movement as a professional Soccer League in North America. With its growth in the sport, Major League Soccer has gone through the process of expanding the league from 10 ...
Understanding the Impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the North Atlantic Subtropical High on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Variability

Campbell, Jacob

Tropical cyclone (TC) frequencies in the Atlantic Ocean have multiple influences of variability. Two important ones at subseasonal timescale are the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and North Atlantic Subtropical High ...
Systematic Review of Opiate Use Disorder in Connection to Social Salience Attribution

Abdelhalim, Aya

Opiate Use Disorder (OUD) is an increasingly prevalent disorder in the United States as more individuals begin using opiates and experience addiction. A major hallmark of OUD include progressive erosion of social ties ...
Characterization of Pullulanase (glgX/pulA) in Francisella novicida U112 Growth, Gene Expression, and Biofilm Formation

Tasseff, Morgan

Francisella (F.) tularensis is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes the highly infectious human disease, tularemia. Within Francisella, like many other bacteria, polysaccharides play pivotal roles in many different pathways, ...
Misplaced Hopes, Dysfunctional Attachments, and Unplanned Energy Transitions: The Role of Clean Coal Discourse in the Cultivation of Energy Communitarianism Along the Ohio River

Stafford, Richard Todd (2022)

In the 2000s, the phrase "clean coal" signified technologies that would sustain coal-powered electrical generation through an anticipated period of decarbonization. However, “clean coal" was already a fraught term in ...
Random Matrix Theory Models for Predicting Dominant Mode Rejection Beamformer Performance

Hulbert, Christopher (2022)

Adaptive beamformers (ABFs) use a spatial sample covariance matrix (SCM) that is estimated from data snapshots, i.e., temporal samples from each sensor, to mitigate directional interference and attenuate uncorrelated noise. ...
Patient-Centered Communication and Provider Interacting eHealth Behaviors: Trends and Associations with Cancer Screening

McKeown, Lisa M (2022)

Patient-centered communication (PCC) is a key indicator of healthcare quality and is critical to patient-centered care. Provider interacting eHealth behaviors (PIEB) help facilitate patient-centered care. This dissertation ...
Jihadist insurgency, Civilians' Targeting, and Conflict Dynamics in the Sahel: A Case Study of Burkina Faso

Bere, Mathieu (2022)

This study addresses a theoretical and empirical puzzle that both counterterrorism practitioners and scholars experience, namely the uncertainty surrounding terrorist attacks against civilians and the logic guiding such ...
Towards Designing Reliable and Efficient Millimeter-Wave Wireless LANS

Zhang, Ding (2022)

With the increasing amount of mobile data and the demand for high data rates, current 2.4GHz/5GHz wireless local area networks (WLANs) are facing the problem of limited capacity. Millimeter-wave (mmWave) networks with ...
Examining the Role of Social Isolation on Hospitalizations, Nursing Home Entry, and Mortality among Older Adults

Pomeroy, Julia Mary Louise (2022)

Social isolation affects a quarter of older adults in the United States, complicating efforts for Americans who wish to age at home or in the community. Social isolation is a key risk factor for adverse health outcomes and ...
Understanding the Antecedents of Supervisors’ Support for Recovery: A Profile Analysis

Hickin, Melissa (2022)

Recovery from work refers to the unwinding and restorative process that occurs during nonwork time. This process is important for protecting employee well-being and performance. In this dissertation, I sought to understand ...
Investigating PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibition as a Treatment for Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

Carter, Rachel (2022)

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest cancer of the female reproductive system, with the majority of patients experiencing relapse on first-line platinum-based chemotherapies. Therefore, identifying potential targets for additional ...
Intercultural Competence in Secondary Education: An Examination of Practice

Eisenberg, Rebecca (2022)

This case study explores the experiences of graduating seniors’ perceptions of their intercultural competence (IC) and the role their schooling played in its development. The teaching of skills and knowledge related to IC, ...
Studies of Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based Hybrid Nanoplatforms

Evangelista, Andrew (2022)

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles have the ability to convert near-infrared incident light into higher-energy ultraviolet or visible light photons. From this, a great interest has recently arisen in utilizing a ...
Understanding the Dynamics of Social Determinants in Health Disparity, and Their Impact on Cardiovascular Diseases

Parekh, Tarang (2022)

Traditional efforts to improve health in the United States have been driven by focusing on the health care system. However, these efforts require broader approaches that also address social, economic, and environmental ...
Looking Ahead of the Wave: Reimagining State Sovereignty in an Era of Climate Crisis

Moore, Brigit (2022)

Climate change threatens to produce destabilizing impacts across the globe, up to and including violent conflict. If climate change is not sufficiently mitigated, certain states, especially Small Island Developing States ...
Perceived Impact of Global Online Teacher Professional Development for English as a Foreign Language Educators of Young Learners

Kim, Woomee (2022)

This dissertation presents a research study that was conducted to understand the perceived impact of a global online teacher professional development (OTPD) program in the field of English language teaching (ELT), specifically ...
Factors Affecting Performance Using Modified Sustained Attention to Response Tasks

Mensen, Justin (2022)

Since 1997 the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) has been used to measure human performance by evaluating speed and accuracy of participant responses. To expand on the existing research a series of 3 studies were ...
High Performance Computing Techniques for Metropolis Monte Carlo Simulations of Oxidized Polypyrrole

Helmick, Greg P (2022)

The dissertation research aims to develop and improve the high performance computingtechniques related to the parallelization of the Metropolis Monte Carlo Method (MMC). The MMC is inherently serial due to its basic nature ...

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