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Sensorless Speed Control of Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor (PMa-SynRM)
(2011-02-22)
An interesting alternative for today's high efficiency variable speed drives is the Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor drive, which belongs to the family of brushless synchronous AC motor drives. ...
Characteristics of Effective Mentoring in a Formal Mentoring Setting
(2011-02-22)
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted to determine the perceived
levels of effectiveness and barriers for a successful mentoring relationship between
mentors and mentees. Specifically, this study explored ...
Radar-Derived Forecasts of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Over Houston, Texas
(2011-02-22)
Ten years (1997 - 2006) of summer (June, July, August) daytime (14 - 00 Z)
Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler data for Houston, TX were examined to
determine the best radar-derived lightning forecasting predictors. ...
Population Dynamics of Plain Chachalacas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
(2011-02-22)
The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas is an ecologically diverse region in the United States and marks the northernmost extension for many tropical species of plants and animals. Since the early 1900s, 95% of the ...
Nondestructive Testing of Overhead Transmission Lines: Numerical and Experimental Investigation
(2011-02-22)
Overhead transmission lines are periodically inspected using both on-ground and helicopter-aided visual inspection. Factors including sun glare, cloud cover, close proximity to power lines and the rapidly changing visual ...
Model-based Pre-processing in Protein Mass Spectrometry
(2011-02-22)
The discovery of proteomic information through the use of mass spectrometry (MS) has been an active area of research in the diagnosis and prognosis of many types of cancer. This process involves feature selection through ...
Fast Algorithms for High Frequency Interconnect Modeling in VLSI Circuits and Packages
(2011-02-22)
Interconnect modeling plays an important role in design and verification of VLSI
circuits and packages. For low frequency circuits, great advances for parasitic resistance
and capacitance extraction have been achieved and ...
The Crisis of Masculine Space: the End of the Gentlemen's Club in British Modern Fiction
(2011-02-22)
At the beginning of the twentieth century, men occupied a contested and transitional space in British society. The effects of the women's movement, the Great War, and industrialization changed their life at home, at work, ...
The Function of the Lipoxygenase ZmLOX10 in Maize Interactions with Insects and Pathogens
(2011-02-22)
Lipoxygenase (LOX)-derived oxylipins are known to play critical roles in defense
against herbivores and pathogens. The objective of this study was to determine
the biochemical, molecular and physiological roles of a specific ...
Robust Optimization of Nanometer SRAM Designs
(2011-02-22)
Technology scaling has been the most obvious choice of designers and chip
manufacturing companies to improve the performance of analog and digital circuits.
With the ever shrinking technological node, process variations ...