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African American citizen soldiers in Galveston and San Antonio, Texas, 1880-1906
(2009-05-15)
The Texas Volunteer Guard, created by the Militia Law of 1879, continued to
allow African Americans to serve as citizen soldiers. From 1880 to 1906 over six
hundred black men faithfully served in the various state militia ...
Uncertainty of microwave radiative transfer computations in rain
(2009-06-02)
Currently, the effect of the vertical resolution on the brightness temperature (BT)
has not been examined in depth. The uncertainty of the freezing level (FL) retrieved
using two different satellites' data is large. Various ...
A p-cell approach to integer gate sizing
(2009-05-15)
Standard-Cell-library-based design
ow is widely followed in the Application Specific
Integrated Circuit(ASIC) industry. Most of the realistic cell libraries are geometrically
spaced introducing significant sparseness in ...
Defect analysis using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
(2009-05-15)
This thesis demonstrates the practicability of using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) in combination with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to determine the size and location of a defect in a material of known geometry ...
Quality of supervisor-subordinate relationship, cultural values, and organizational justice
(2009-05-15)
Organizational justice literature indicates that high quality relationships will
result in more favorable treatment of the individual. However, little has been done
regarding how relationships with the supervisor (i.e., ...
Coupled dynamic analysis of floating offshore wind farms
(2009-05-15)
During the past decade, the demand for clean renewable energy continues to rise
drastically in Europe, the US, and other countries. Wind energy in the ocean can possibly
be one of those future renewable clean energy sources ...
A tribological and biomimetic study of potential bone joint repair materials
(2009-05-15)
This research investigates materials for bone-joint failure repair using tribological and biomimicking approaches. The materials investigated represent three different repairing strategies. Refractory metals with and without ...
Ethnopalynological applications in land and water based archaeology
(2009-05-15)
Ethnopalynology is a specialty within palynology that centers specifically on past
and present palynological data related to humans. Palynological data may be a
significant tool to archaeologists if the applications and ...
Standardization of Spanish Shipbuilding: Ordenanzas para la Fabrica de Navios de Guerra y Mercante - 1607,1613,1618
(2009-05-15)
During the first two decades of the 17th century King Philip III (1598-1621) of
Spain and Portugal launched an effort to standardize all shipbuilding in the Iberian
Peninsula. These efforts of standardization constitute ...
Instrucción Náutica (1587) by Diego García de Palacio: an early NAUTICAL handbook from Mexico.
(2009-05-15)
In 1587, an ambitious colonial bureaucrat in Mexico City published a handbook
titled Instrucción náutica. Although navigational books were common throughout the
16th century, the Instrucción náutica was the first printed ...