Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1979, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects:

MARCH, University of Cincinnati, 2024, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture

Abstract Strip malls today look the same or are similar to those constructed in the 1930s. The visual pollution created by strip mall signage, parking lots, and architecture distracts and confuses drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. The environmental pollution created by visitors, strip mall tenants, and the physical building negatively impacts the air, sound, light, and soil quality of the surrounding suburb. This thesis analyzes the components of strip malls and their effect on the surrounding community and environment. It is important to understand how strip malls can be reimagined to reconnect with the urban fabric of the surrounding community. The surrounding area, location, tenants, and owner are a few reasons why a strip mall is a success or failure. The effects of demographics, culture, politics, pollution, and the public realm on strip malls should be further researched and taken into consideration in order to advance the strip mall typology. The public realm encompassing many strip malls, like Millcreek Plaza in Boardman, Ohio, is not considered as important as it should be. Developers have started to consider other types of strip mall access besides vehicular access, but it is slow. Building reuse, sustainable parking, and community engagement are a few ways to help reunite strip malls back into their surrounding area. Strip malls are not disappearing and should advance with society. This study emphasizes the need to analyze today's strip malls and explore how they can be adapted in order to ensure their ability to survive economic downturns and societal changes.

Committee: Vincent Sansalone M.Arch. (Committee Member); Rebecca Williamson Ph.D. (Committee Chair) Subjects: Architectural

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 0, Physics

A search is presented for long-lived particles in 113-118 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data produced by the CERN LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS detector in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Events originate from long-lived particles propagating a measurable distance through the CMS detector before decaying into leptons. Background-only hypotheses are consistent with the observations. Limits are set on the product of the top squark pair production cross-section and the branching fraction to a lepton and a b or d quark through an R-parity-violating vertex. Squarks with masses up to 1500 GeV are excluded at a confidence level of 95% for a proper decay length hypothesis of 2 cm An additional search for long-lived particles using B parked data taken from CMS in 2018 is presented. The search is analogous to the previous with a different dataset, triggers and background estimation variables. Preliminary studies demonstrate good sensitivity at low masses not reachable by nominal CMS data. The CSC subdetector electronics of CMS have been successfully upgraded during LS2 to withstand higher data-taking rates and have higher chamber occupancy in preparation for the HL-LHC expected in 2026. Upgrades to the inner CSCs where done: the CFEBs and ALCTs have been upgraded to DCFEBs, and more powerful FPGA-equipped ALCTs. The TMB peripheral boards were upgraded to OTMBs to receive optical readouts from DCFEBs and ALCTs; the LVDB was replaced to provide the appropriate voltage for the new DCFEBs.

Committee: Chris Hill (Advisor); Annika Peter (Committee Member); Linda Carpenter (Committee Member); Antonio Boveia (Committee Member) Subjects: Physics

Master of Arts, Miami University, 2022, Geography

Maps are critical tools, useful for place-marketers to frame tourists' perceptions of a place. Using maps to communicate spatial information, place-marketers frame perceptions by controlling the content and design of the map. The experience with maps is particularly crucial for visitors, who do not interact with the place on a daily basis and therefore are not intimately connected and need information to help them be aware of their surroundings. This research project aims to elaborate on how place-marketers limit the discourse surrounding the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas draws millions of tourists from around the world each year, with a diverse portfolio of recreational activities. Using discourse analysis, this research analyzed a series of maps to identify extent, scale, and distortion to help identify the tactics place-marketers use. By re-contextualizing the cartographic representations with data compiled by the USGS and the Nevada Gaming Control Board, this project exposes the selectivity techniques employed by place-marketers. The research findings indicate that, despite maps of varying extent and information, the framing of the Las Vegas Strip is spatially limited, feeding partial perspectives about Las Vegas. These limited perceptions reduce a complex and nuanced place to a narrowly-focused tourist environment.

Committee: Damon Scott (Advisor); David Prytherch (Committee Member); Susan Jakubowski (Committee Member) Subjects: Geography

Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, 2021, Theatre and Film

This thesis examines Palestinian theatre practices in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and the Diaspora. Focusing on how theatre-makers within these contexts represent the Palestinian experience in relation to the ongoing Israeli settler-colonialism, I seek to offer a fuller definition of Palestinian theatre and highlight its different features. As non-violent resistance is a defining aspect of Palestinian artistic expression, I draw on a number of supporting theories to analyze how Palestinian theatre practitioners respond to the Israeli colonial practices as well as reflect on the ever-shifting socio-political realities of the Palestinian society. I begin by contextualizing the work of five major theatre companies in the West Bank and the creative tactics through which they contribute to the Palestinian culture of resistance, building on the work of Gabriel Varghese. I then introduce the concepts of sumud (steadfastness) and identity reaffirmation in an attempt to include theatre-makers in Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Diaspora. Throughout, I examine a number of plays and performances in relation to these concepts to demonstrate how Palestinians confront the conditions under which they live, while striving to preserve their cultural heritage. In doing so, I broaden the conversation on Palestinian theatre and the Palestinian context of non-violent resistance and what is at stake in how it is performed.

Committee: Angela Ahlgren Dr. (Advisor); Jonathan Chambers Dr. (Committee Member) Subjects: Performing Arts; Theater; Theater Studies

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, 2020, American Culture Studies

The 1960s was a turbulent time in the United States. The war in Vietnam and the assassinations of leading progressive figures created great cultural anxiety. One response to the divisive war and the rightwing violence was the Hippie movement, which advocated peace, love, and social equality. In American cinema, films touting their cultural relevance or appeal for the lucrative youth market came to include representations of Hippies. Initially, mainstream films failed to capture Hippie style and ideology, but subsequently featured sympathetic portrayals of Hippies. By comparison, exploitation films depicted stylistic elements associated with Hippies even at the outset, but offered sensationalized characterizations of Hippies throughout the 1960s. The study's primary method is textual analysis of films, reviews, marketing materials, and print documents ranging from mainstream news coverage to counterculture manifestos. To provide a context for analyzing the various trends in cinematic representations of Hippies, the study examines cultural events and filmmaking patterns that led to and sustained the Hippie movement and its representation on screen. Studying depictions of the Hippie movement on-screen sheds new light on how dominant American society viewed the Hippie counterculture. Most on-screen representations of Hippies reflect the views of the country's dominant culture, because, in contrast to other Hippie art forms, Hippie films were produced, distributed, and exhibited almost exclusively by companies outside the Hippie movement. At the same time, because certain Hippie films feature verite footage of events such as the Woodstock festival and the 1968 Democratic Convention riots, some on-screen representations offer a window into ways that people sympathetic to the Hippie movement viewed the lifestyle and values associated with Hippies in the 1960s. Analysis of Hippie films illuminates several key distinctions among mainstream, independent, and exploitation f (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Cynthia Baron Ph.D. (Advisor); Dawn Anderson Ph.D. (Other); Angela Ahlgren Ph.D. (Committee Member); Bradford Clark M.F.A. (Committee Member); Johnny Walker Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: American Studies; Film Studies

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, 2019, Biomedical Engineering

The development of detection methods for the novel biomarkers can have a significant impact on the research and clinical applications such as drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and treatment monitoring. Histatin 3 (H3) is an antimicrobial salivary peptide that possesses the capability of being a therapeutic agent against oral candidiasis and has recently been linked to acute stress as a potential novel biomarker. Stress biomarkers reflect the physical and cognitive performance of an individual, and their monitoring in real-time is of vital importance for the high-risk jobs, including military, pilot, and surgeon, where higher vigilance is required for an extended period. The salivary levels of H3 also have been correlated with the HIV-infection and associated oral candidiasis. Therefore, monitoring H3 levels in human saliva can provide essential information about an individual's health status, including HIV-infection, oral candidiasis, and acute stress. Additionally, H3 detection could serve as therapeutic drug monitoring if H3 can be established as an alternative therapeutic agent. The currently available detection techniques for H3 are gel chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry (MS), and antibody-based immunoassays. The Chromatographic and mass-spectroscopic methods are laborious, utilize expensive instrumentation, require trained personnel, and time-consuming. Whereas antibody-based immunoassays are not widely validated, expensive, sensitive to temperature, and have a short lifespan. This void in analytical methods is not just for H3 but also applies to several other biomarkers in saliva. Even though saliva is considered as an optimal biofluid, several limitations are impeding its use in diagnostic and research. The major hurdles include the deficient concentration of biomarkers, need of laboratory-based preprocessing to remove mucin and interfering particulate matters, and lack of standard sample collection methods. A (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Cameron Brent PhD (Advisor); Giovannucci David PhD (Committee Member); Kim Dong-Shik PhD (Committee Member); Pappada Scott PhD (Committee Member); Pirnstill Casey PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Health Care; Health Sciences; Molecular Biology; Nanotechnology

MA, University of Cincinnati, 2019, Arts and Sciences: Geography

Drastic changes to our complex environment by anthropogenic activities require equally complex multilevel environmental management planning (EMP) to sustainably mitigate and prevent future negative effects. EMP and its solutions, i.e. best management practices (BMP), require a substantial amount of monetary and non-monetary resources. Frameworks, such as the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), can aid in reducing excess resources and increasing transparency and efficiency with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools and the incorporation of ecosystem services (ES) concepts. In this study, both GIS tools and ecosystem concepts are used as enhancement tools to assist in evaluating the impacts of pre-knowledge and post-knowledge based buffer strip placement/configuration scenarios on total nitrogen export (TN) in Tippecanoe River Watershed (TRW). Pre-knowledge scenarios define BMPs that are configured on the landscape by predicted or modelled priority areas, whereas post-knowledge scenarios select priority areas based on observed or monitored data. Results from InVEST's Nutrient Delivery Ratio (NDR) modeling (Sharp et al., 2018) are compared and ranked for three sub-watersheds of TRW. Initially, it was found that pre-knowledge scenarios provided greater effectiveness. However, after cost-efficiency analysis, it was found that post-knowledge scenarios were more efficient at reducing cost per buffer strip implementation. A combination of both knowledge approaches is proposed to increase EMP impact power.

Committee: Tak Yung Tong Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Richard Beck Ph.D. (Committee Member); Ishi Buffam Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Environmental Management

Master of Science, University of Toledo, 2017, Electrical Engineering

Roll force control is a commonly practiced type of control used in cold mills to help give the overall end product a desired surface quality. It is becoming more advantageous for manufactures to utilize hot band material over cold band due to processing cost. By utilizing roll force control in a hot strip mill, the desired surface quality can be obtained to compete against those of a cold mill product, specifically for material that will be painted. This work concerns the derivation and implementation of a practical force control model in the last stand of a hot strip mill. Integration of the force control model coupled with gauge control models in previous stands is investigated in regards to gauge tolerances. Discussion of tuning parameters and procedures is presented. Stability of the force control model is interrogated independently and then repeated after integration. Lastly, simulation results are compared with that of the installed controller.

Committee: Richard Molyet (Committee Chair); Alam Mansoor (Committee Member); Kim Junghwan (Committee Member) Subjects: Electrical Engineering

MS, University of Cincinnati, 2017, Engineering and Applied Science: Mechanical Engineering

Enhanced extended surfaces such as offset-strip fins (OSF) are effective in increasing the area density as well as altering the convective flow behavior to provide higher heat transfer coefficient in compact heat exchangers. This is achieved by periodic disruption and reattachment of the new thin boundary layer on the fin plate of each offset-strip fin module. The heat transfer characteristics and the flow physics inside the OSF cores is revisited in this computational analysis for laminar air flows (Pr = 0.7) and their performance is compared with plain fins. A simplified model of thin fins is used to study the effect of fin geometric parameters, viz., offset-fin length l, fin separation s and fin thickness t. The parametric variation is restricted to the practical range of fin density (8 fpi to 22.6 fpi) and low blockage ratio to the flow (<20%) while systematically increasing the offset-fin length (1 < l/s < 35). The results show that the short offset-fin length provides higher heat transfer enhancement compared to the plain rectangular fins, while the fin thickness and fin separation show negligible improvement in heat transfer rate for a constant offset-fin length ratio (l/s). The offset-fin effect diminishes as Reynolds number decreases or the offset-fin length becomes very large, as the OSF performance asymptotically approaches towards that of a plain rectangular fin. The OSF cores are shown to reduce the heat transfer surface area by 30% - 50% while keeping a constant pressure drop as that for a plain rectangular fin. A practical case with short offset-fin length (~ 3mm) having a squarer cross-section fins (s/h > 0.5) with intermediate to low fin density (8 fpi to 12 fpi) provides smaller pressure drop gradients as well as larger heat transfer enhancement capacity for a constant heat duty application.

Committee: Milind Jog Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Je-Hyeong Bahk Ph.D. (Committee Member); Raj Manglik Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Mechanical Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1987, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Education

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1982, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Biology

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1977, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Biology

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1972, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Geography

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1968, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Geophysics

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1964, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Physical Geography

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1952, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Agriculture

Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, 2017, Journalism (Communication)

This thesis pertains to media coverage of Israel/Palestine, with emphasis on The New York Times, Israeli publication Haaretz, and BBC Online's coverage of the conflict in Gaza during the Summer of 2014. The thesis quantitatively delves into the material being studied, utilizing measures of bias, as well as indicators of peace journalism to accomplish the objective of thoroughly analyzing the 351 news stories sampled from the three publications at hand. The study employs eleven variables, six pertaining to news bias and five operationalized indicators of peace journalism. The thesis will argue that peace journalism is a partial yet powerful remedy for biased coverage. Although it is considered to be a form of advocacy journalism, it can, when translated onto the pages of conventional news outlets, shed objective light on even the direst and most intractable shades of conflict. The study found that The New York Times and BBC Online favored Palestinians in headlines and photographs, likely due to the dramatic devastation wrought upon Gaza. Haaretz was found to be more evenhanded, likely due to its market of Israelis and Jews throughout the world. BBC Online and Haaretz both relied heavily on official (military and government) sources, while The New York Times relied on experts. Measures of peace journalism were varied among the variables being analyzed.

Committee: Michael Sweeney Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Bernhard Debatin Ph.D. (Committee Member); Jatin Srivastava Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Journalism

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Youngstown State University, 2015, Department of Languages

Candi's Cabaret is a novel in stories centered on place/theme/character. The stories are all tethered in some way to a strip club on the outskirts of Youngstown next door to a motel and focus (primarily) on the women who do/have worked there. Each section has its own plot but in the background of each it follows the story of Grace/Elliot, zir sister Lindsey, and Celeste. The overarching background plot follows Grace/Elliot and Celeste developing a romantic relationship while Grace/Elliot rejects zir assigned sex and starts to neglect zir younger sister in favor of exploring zir new identity. Eventually (about midnovel) Lindsey is abducted/goes missing which begins to erode the relationship between Celeste and Elliot, until the end when Lindsey's corpse is discovered hidden in the trees behind the club. Candi's Cabaret was written to display a sense of solidarity between marginalized women and explore the identities of women who do sex work (ranging from our societys most acceptable to our least). While doing so the novel also explores the attitudes and dangers surrounding this kind of work and the environment it creates, not only for the women themselves but female sexed children who grow up near it. Intersecting issues of gender, sexuality and poverty are examined through the different narrator's perspectives to try and reach a comprehensive view of how these things shape the world that marginalized women live in.

Committee: Chris Barzak M.F.A. (Advisor); Catherine Wing M.F.A. (Committee Member); Imad Rahman M.F.A. (Committee Member) Subjects: Fine Arts; Gender; Literature

Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 2015, Environment and Natural Resources

Surface mining for coal has been carried out in Ohio since the early 1800s. Surface mining involves the complete removal of vegetation, soils and geologic units (overburden) to expose underlying coal seams. This coal extraction method results in heavily disturbed landscapes, in what were historically forested or agricultural lands. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 was enacted to address the environmental impacts of coal surface mining. Recent studies have examined the hydrologic impacts of surface mining but few have explored geomorphic impacts including potential linked impacts across spatial scales. This study identifies significant geomorphic differences between unmined, Pre-SMCRA and Post-SMCRA watersheds at the landscape, channel network and outlet reach scales. Geomorphic differences were quantified across the three spatial scales in twenty one small watersheds (~1km2), seven within each of the three land use types (unmined, Pre-SMCRA, and Post-SMCRA) located in southeastern Ohio. It was expected that Post-SMCRA sites would be more dissimilar to unmined sites compared to differences between Pre-SMCRA and unmined sites at all spatial scales. Specifically, Post-SMCRA sites were expected to have detectable differences characterized by smoothed and homogenized landscape topography and highly engineered channel network systems. At the landscape scale, Pre-SMCRA sites would have steep, varied topography similar to unmined sites, but exhibit geomorphic differences from unmined sites at the network topologic and reach scales. Hypotheses were created based on these expectations as well as the expected influence of broader spatial scales on finer reach scale channel morphology. Univariate Kruskal Wallis tests indicate reduced complexity in Post-SMCRA sites relative to Pre-SMCRA and unmined sites at the landscape scale, as well as some differences at the channel network and outlet reach scales. Multivariate methods that include Nonmetric (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Kristin Jaeger (Advisor); Charles Goebel (Committee Member); Desheng Liu (Committee Member) Subjects: Environmental Management; Geomorphology; Mining; Water Resource Management