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Authoring Large and Complex Hypertext with Reusable Components
(2011-10-21)
caT, a Petri net-based hypertext system, supports the modeling of user characteristics, contextual information, as well as the policies that govern the operation of a digital library within the infrastructure that presents ...
Background Knowledge, Category Labels, and Similarity Judgment
(2011-10-21)
Labels are one source of our judgments. By assigning labels to objects, we not
only create references but we also group prior and current experiences together. The goal
of this research is to investigate how labels influence ...
Designing a Complex Fragmentation Block for Simulating the Galactic Environment by Using a Single Accelerator Beam in PHITS (Practicle and Heavy Ion Transport Code System)
(2011-10-21)
Radiation risks to humans in space will be better understood if ground-based mixed field irradiations are developed and used to measure the overall effectiveness of proposed space radiation shielding. The space environment ...
An Analysis of Bubble Plumes in Unstratified Stagnant Water
(2015-12-14)
Multiphase flows are ubiquitous in nature and engineering scenarios; examples include volcanic eruption, cloud formation, land reclamation and subsea oil well blowout.
In these flows, one or more heterogeneous materials ...
Time-Based Risk-Informed Safety Margins: Concepts and Application to Heterogeneous Systems
(2015-12-17)
A model to quantify the temporal failure probability for a nuclear power station’s fleet of multiple, redundant, emergency diesel generators (EDGs) is developed and demonstrated in this thesis. The initiating event for ...
Analysis of Remote Diagnosis Architecture for a PLCBbased Automated Assembly System
(2011-10-21)
To troubleshoot equipment installed in geographically distant locations, equipment manufacturers and system integrators are increasingly resorting to remote diagnosis in order to reduce the down time of the equipment, ...
Development of Low Temperature Combustion Modes to Reduce Overall Emissions from a Medium-Duty, Four Cylinder Diesel Engine
(2011-10-21)
Low temperature combustion (LTC) is an appealing new method of combustion that promises low nitric oxides and soot emissions while maintaining or improving on engine performance. The three main points of this study were ...
Inner Ear Sensory Epithelia Development and Regulation in Zebrafish
(2011-10-21)
The inner ear is a complex sensory organ of interconnected chambers, each with
a sensory epithelium comprised of hair cells and support cells for detection of sound and
motion. This dissertation focuses on the development ...
Using Dogs in a Home-Based Intervention with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2011-10-21)
Humans and dogs have lived among each other in mutually beneficial relationships for thousands of years. In recent years, this human-animal bond has emerged as a catalyst for animal-assisted activities and therapies that ...
Robust Clock Synchronization Methods for Wireless Sensor Networks
(2011-10-21)
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have received huge attention during the recent
years due to their applications in a large number of areas such as environmental
monitoring, health and traffic monitoring, surveillance and ...