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CARBON NANOTUBE POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
(2010-10-12)
Polymer nanocomposites refer to a broad range of composite materials with polymer
acting as the matrix and any material which has at least one dimension in the order of 1 ~
100 nanometer acting as the filler. Due to ...
Rigidity Analysis for Modeling Protein Motion
(2010-07-14)
Protein structure and motion plays an essential role in nearly all forms of
life. Understanding both protein folding and protein conformational change can
bring deeper insight to many biochemical processes and even into ...
Multiprocessor Scheduling with Availability Constraints
(2010-07-14)
We consider the problem of scheduling a given set of tasks on multiple pro-
cessors with predefined periods of unavailability, with the aim of minimizing the
maximum completion time. Since this problem is strongly NP-hard, ...
The Prison Was the American Dream: Youth Revolt and the Origins of the Counterculture
(2010-10-12)
This thesis discusses the reasons for the emergence of the American counterculture in the mid-1960s, and makes a significant contribution to the existing literature on the subject with an innovative methodology. Historians ...
A Study on the Coherent Atomic Effects and Their Applications
(2010-07-14)
Coherent atomic states prepared by laser field can have quantum interference
between the different transition amplitudes. Therefore, the medium susceptibility
and optical response can be engineered, leading to many interesting ...
Study of Flow Regimes in Multiply-Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas and Shale Gas Reservoir Systems
(2010-07-14)
Various analytical, semi-analytical, and empirical models have been proposed to characterize rate and pressure behavior as a function of time in tight/shale gas systems featuring a horizontal well with multiple hydraulic ...
Reduced Area Discrete-Time Down-Sampling Filter Embedded With Windowed Integration Samplers
(2010-10-12)
Developing a flexible receiver, which can be reconfigured to multiple standards,
is the key to solving the problem of embedding numerous and ever-changing
functionalities in mobile handsets. Difficulty in efficiently ...
Space Weather Effects on Imaging Detectors in Low Earth Orbit
(2010-10-12)
The objective of this research is the statistical study of space weather e ects on im-
age detectors in Low Earth Orbit. The Hubble Space Telescope is used as a resource
for acquiring proton a ected images for statistical ...
Robust Clock Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2010-10-12)
Clock synchronization between any two nodes in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs) is
generally accomplished through exchanging messages and adjusting clock offset and
skew parameters of each node’s clock. To cope with unknown ...
Real-Time Task Scheduling under Thermal Constraints
(2010-10-12)
As the speed of integrated circuits increases, so does their power consumption.
Most of this power is turned into heat, which must be dissipated effectively in order
for the circuit to avoid thermal damage. Thermal control ...