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Methodology for the Preliminary Design of High Performance Schools in Hot and Humid Climates
(2010-07-14)
A methodology to develop an easy-to-use toolkit for the preliminary design of
high performance schools in hot and humid climates was presented. The toolkit proposed
in this research will allow decision makers without ...
An Analysis of Off-grid, Off-pipe Housing in Six U.S. Climates
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation addresses the issues of climate change and depletion of non-renewable resources of energy and water, and aims at eliminating the use of non-renewable resources of energy and water for the building operation ...
Design and Operation of Membrane Microcalorimeters for Thermal Screening of Highly Energetic Materials
(2010-12-07)
Following several terrorist attacks that have occurred during this decade,
there is an urgent need to develop new technologies for the detection of highly
energetic materials that can represent an explosive hazard. In an ...
The Safe Storage Study for Autocatalytic Reactive Chemicals
(2010-10-12)
In the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) report,
Improving Reactive Hazard Management, there are 37 out of 167 accidents, which
occurred in a storage tank or a storage area. This fact demonstrates ...
Incident Data Analysis Using Data Mining Techniques
(2010-01-16)
There are several databases collecting information on various types of incidents, and
most analyses performed on these databases usually do not expand past basic trend
analysis or counting occurrences. This research uses ...