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Why Can't We All Be Friends? Do Friendships Influence a Person's Perception of Racial Teasing?
(2010-01-16)
The purpose of this study was to explore how having Mexican American friends
influences a person?s perception to racial/ethnic (Mexican American) specific teasing.
This study sought to extend the research on friendships ...
Development of a Microfluidic Device for Synthesis of Lipid Bi-Layer In-Situ
(2010-01-14)
Lipid bi-layers are ubiquitous components of biological cells and are found in a variety of cell components. In biological membranes, lipid bi-layer membranes carry membrane proteins, which control transport of material ...
Are Virtual Teams More Just? An Investigation of How Reducing Social Categorization Can Increase Female Participation in Male-Dominated Teams.
(2010-01-14)
Organizations use work teams to solve complex problems in innovative ways.
As such, an abundance of diverse ideas, suggestions, and information should help
organizations generate quality products and remain competitive. ...
Robust Framework for System Architecture and Hand-offs in Wireless and Cellular Communication Systems
(2010-01-14)
Robustness of a system has been defined in various ways and a lot of work has
been done to model the robustness of a system, but quantifying or measuring robustness has always been very difficult. In this research, we ...
Adaptive Evolutionary Monte Carlo for Heuristic Optimization: With Applications to Sensor Placement Problems
(2010-01-14)
This dissertation presents an algorithm to solve optimization problems with
"black-box" objective functions, i.e., functions that can only be evaluated by running
a computer program. Such optimization problems often arise ...
A Sensor-Based Interactive Digital Installation System for Virtual Painting Using MAX/MSP/Jitter
(2010-01-16)
Interactive art is rapidly becoming a part of cosmopolitan society through public
displays, video games, and art exhibits. It is a means of exploring the connections
between our physical bodies and the virtual world. ...
Giving Back and Developing Connections: Supports for Self-Determination and Initiative In a College Leadership Group
(2010-01-14)
The developmental period of adolescence typically refers to the years between 13 and 19, and is associated with developmental tasks that help youth become young adults. The transition to adulthood is typically recognized ...
Undrained behavior of plate anchors subjected to general loading
(2010-01-14)
This study presents a method for predicting the undrained behavior of plate anchors, including out-of-plane loading of simple plates and performance of suction embedded plate anchors (SEPLA). Three dimensional finite element ...
Cylindrical Detector and Preamplifier Design for Detecting Neutrons
(2010-01-14)
Tissue equivalent proportional counters are frequently used to measure dose and
dose equivalent in mixed radiation fields that include neutrons; however, detectors
simulating sites 1?m in diameter underestimate the quality ...
The Effects of the Back Clearance Size and the Balance Holes on the Back Clearance Flow of the Centrifugal Pump with Semi-Open Impeller
(2010-01-16)
Conventionally the size of the back clearance played a great importance on reducing the axial clearance by utilizing the concept that the decreased axial clearance results in lower axial force acting on the impeller. ...