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Accounting for Parameter Uncertainty in Reduced-Order Static and Dynamic Systems
(2012-02-14)
Parametric uncertainty is one of many possible causes of divergence for the Kalman filter. Frequently, state estimation errors caused by imperfect model parameters are reduced by including the uncertain parameters as states ...
Best Practices of Print Journalists Who Have Won Awards for Mental-Health Reporting: A Qualitative Interview Study
(2012-02-14)
Both in the United States and abroad, newspapers tend to portray people with mental illness negatively, making them vulnerable to social rejection, discrimination, and forced treatment. This portrayal also makes them ...
Equality in Texas Public Schools for Male Offenders who have been Classified with Intellectual Disabilities
(2012-11-28)
All independent school districts are required by law to provide educational services for the students classified as Developmentally Delayed Delinquents (DDD); this record of study focuses on the students classified as DDD ...
Brothers of the Trade: Intersections of Racial Framing and Identity Processes upon African-Americans and African Immigrants in America - Ancestral Kinsmen of the American Slave Trade
(2012-07-16)
The "implicit rules" of the white racial framing shape meanings, structure interactions, and impose identities upon all who enter American society. The context of this current study conceptualizes how this racialized frame ...
The Influence of Non-state Actors on International Environmental Policy
(2012-02-14)
This dissertation examines the sources and consequences of non-state actor
influence in international environmental policymaking. I argue that non-state variables
inside of a country, such as the strength of environmental ...
Government Regulations and Housing Markets: An Index to Characterize Local Land Use Regulatory Environments for Residential Markets in the Houston - Galveston Area
(2012-07-16)
Affordability continues to be a major challenge for housing in America. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS), in 2006, 57 million households were moderately and severely cost ...
Productivity Roadmap for the Architecture/Engineering/Construction Industry
(2012-10-19)
The construction industry is one of the largest industries in the United States and has major influence on the nation's economy. While there is information about industry-wide labor productivity, there has been very little ...
Life Exposures to Traumatic Events and Chronic Strains Among Older Mexican-Origin Individuals
(2012-10-19)
The United States Latino population has experienced unprecedented growth in the past several decades. Despite these growing numbers there has been relatively little research that explores how exposure to negative life ...
Role of Programmed Cell Death in Disease Development of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
(2012-02-14)
Plant programmed cell death (PCD) is an essential process in plant-pathogen interactions. Importantly, PCD can have contrasting effects on the outcome depending on context. For example, plant PCD in plant-biotroph interactions ...
Dynamic and Static Characteristics of a Rocker-Pivot, Tilting-Pad Bearing with 50% and 60% Offsets.
(2012-02-14)
Static performance and rotordynamic coefficients are provided for a rocker-pivot, tilting-pad journal bearing with 50 and 60 percent offset pads in a load-between-pad configuration. The bearing uses leading-edge-groove ...