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Factors Affecting the Feasibility of a Warsaw Pact Invasion of Western Europe
(2008-05-16)
The end of the Cold War and the opening of selected archives in both Eastern and Western Europe provides scholars the opportunity to study this period with greater accuracy and detail than was previously possible. This ...
OPTIMIZATION OF SUGAR CONSUMPTION IN THE FERMENTATION OF TEMULOSE FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
(2007-07-14)
Temulose is a wastewater stream created in the production of medium-density
fiberboard. It has a high sugar content, and therefore cannot be released into standard wastewater systems. Current methods for disposal of the ...
Neural Network-Based Classification of Single-Phase Distribution Transformer Fault Data
(2006-08-16)
The ultimate goal of this research is to develop an online, non-destructive, incipient fault detection system that is able to detect incipient faults in transformers and other electric equipment before the faults become ...
Women in engineering at the undergraduate level
(2009-12)
Only 18.1 percent of engineering bachelor degrees in the nation are awarded to women, which represents a two percent increase over the past two decades. The purpose of this research is to explore the experiences of men and ...
Solving Slavery in Sudan: Solving a Social Problem Through Nation Building
(2006-08-16)
Almost unique in the world, chattel slavery persists in Sudan into the 21st century. The U.N. and various NGOs have provided evidence that slavery exists in modern Sudan and that the government has done little, if anything, ...
Altered Amino Acid Sequence Affects Amyloid Formation In Aβ(25-35)
(2007-09-17)
Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with protein misfolding where the protein forms β-sheet rich polymers called amyloid. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an amyloid aggregation disease involving the Aβ(1-42) peptide ...
Detrimental Effects of Uncontrollable Stimulation on Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
(2007-07-23)
When a person suffers a spinal cord injury, peripheral damage often accompanies it, such as damage to the legs, for instance. The pain (nociceptive) signals from this peripheral injury are being sent to the damaged spinal ...
ECONOMIC REFORM AND COMMUNIST REGIME SURVIVABILTY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
(2006-08-16)
While the collapse of communist rule and process of transitioning to democracy in the former-Soviet Union and its numerous satellite states certainly warrants the wealth of attention received, by no means does this signal ...
The Effect of Gender on Student Writers' Evaluations of Peer Tutors
(2006-08-16)
This study examines how the genders of both student writers and their peer tutors affect the dynamics of writing tutoring sessions and influence the student writers’ subsequent evaluations of their peer tutors. Even though ...
A Study of Cattle Disposition: Exploring QTL Associated with Temperament
(2008-05-16)
In any production setting, cattle disposition (temperament) has a great impact on handling and performance. Thus, behavior can be economically important, yielding the rationale for study. Wegenhoft (2005) previously ...