UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Compensatory strategies in walking due to musculoskeletal disorders and changes in gait mode
(2005-05-21)The objectives of this study were to theoretically identify the necessary compensatory strategies to overcome specific musculoskeletal disorders in walking and to determine differences in gait mechanics between overground ... -
Development of an omnidirectional robot base with coupled steering and wheel actuation
(2023-04-21)This work explores design and control considerations for a pseudo-omnidirectional robot base with independently steerable wheels, where the wheel and steering actuation for each wheel module are coupled through a mechanical ... -
Analyzing voltage sag direction using protective relays and deep-learning methods
(2023-04-21)As the electricity demand continues to grow, power systems are becoming more complex and interconnected, making the need for reliable protection systems more important than ever. Protection systems are designed to detect ... -
What is the best automated metric for text to motion generation?
(2023-04-25)There is growing interest in generating skeleton-based human motions from natural language descriptions. While most efforts have focused on developing better neural architectures for this task, there has been no significant ... -
Optimizing and planning with queries for Communication in Ad Hoc Teamwork
(2023-04-21)In recent years autonomous agents have become increasingly sophisticated and are able to handle more complex tasks compared to previous generations. There are many such tasks that due to their nature require or can be more ... -
Accelerating evolution through gene masking and distributed search
(2023-04-17)In building practical applications of evolutionary computation (EC), two optimizations are essential. First, the parameters of the search method need to be tuned to the domain in order to balance exploration and exploitation ... -
Understanding concepts of work through young professionals’ notions of work, calling, and self-advancement in fully remote roles
(2023-04-21)The following study examines how young professionals conceptualize work, connections, and the functions of work flexibility in tandem to work and life expectations in post-pandemic working environments. The scholar interviewed ... -
Parents, privacy, parentification : exploring parental disclosures of family secrets, parentification, privacy management, and relationship satisfaction
(2023-05-04)When a parent discloses a family secret to their adult-child, they may impact different elements of the parent-child relationship. To explore the perspective of adult children when a parent discloses a family secret, this ... -
“I can see how you feel” : frameworks for emotion recognition and their associations with relationship satisfaction
(2023-04-21)The ability to accurate identify others’ emotions is essential for effective interpersonal communication and is positively related to numerous personal, relational, and professional success indicators. However, the concept ...