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Universal Product Design: Transforming User Activity Into Product Function
(2010-07-14)
Many people have disabilities and would like to have all of the amenities typical
of daily life. Universal product design is important in designing for the disabled and
creating user-friendly products for all people. The ...
Couples Eating Disorder Prevention Program
(2010-07-14)
Body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders are more prevalent in today's
society than ever. As a result, several prevention programs targeting the common eating
disorder risk factors have been developed. The purpose ...
Influence of Methionine on Growth and Nitrogen Balance in Weanling Quarter Horses
(2011-02-22)
Twenty-four Quarter horse weanlings (120 d +/- 10 d) were blocked by age into 4
groups (n = 6) for a 56 d trial to evaluate the influence of methionine on growth and
nitrogen retention. Weanlings were housed by block and ...
Guilt by Association: United States Ties and Vulnerability to Transnational Terrorist Attacks
(2011-02-22)
Do nations' allies and trading partners affect their vulnerability to transnational terrorist attacks? Prior research has focused on how the attributes of individual nations, such as regime type, economic stability, and ...
Robustness Analysis of the Matched Filter Detector Through Utilizing Sinusoidal Wave Sampling
(2010-01-16)
This thesis performs a quantitative study, derived from the Neyman-Pearson
framework, on the robustness of the matched filter detector corrupted by zero mean,
independent and identically distributed white Gaussian noise. ...
Uncertainty Analysis in Upscaling Well Log data By Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method
(2010-01-16)
More difficulties are now expected in exploring economically valuable reservoirs
because most reservoirs have been already developed since beginning seismic exploration
of the subsurface. In order to efficiently analyze ...
Modeling of Seismic Signatures of Carbonate Rock Types
(2011-02-22)
Carbonate reservoirs of different rock types have wide ranges of porosity and
permeability, creating zones with different reservoir quality and flow properties. This
research addresses how seismic technology can be used ...
Gust Load Alleviation for an Aeroelastic System Using Nonlinear Control
(2010-10-12)
The author develops a nonlinear longitudinal model of an aircraft modeled by
rigid fuselage, tail, and wing, where the wing is attached to the fuselage with a torsional
spring. The main focus of this research is to retain ...
Romantic Science: Science and Romance as Literary Modes in Sir Kenelm Digby's Loose Fantasies and Two Treatises
(2010-07-14)
This thesis argues that 17th century polymath Sir Kenelm Digby treats his
scientific discourses as psychological romances in his works Loose Fantasies and Two
Treatises, with his use of courtly romantic tropes, and that ...
THE INFLUENCE OF WATER ON THE DEGRADATION AND WEAR OF AL2O3 SURFACES
(2010-01-16)
As alumina plays ever more important roles in advanced technologies, such as
substrates for in vivo biological sensors, catalysts for water purification and components
of novel fuel devices, it is exposed to various ...