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Measurements of Drag Torque and Lift Off Speed and Identification of Stiffness and Damping in a Metal Mesh Foil Bearing
(2010-07-14)
Metal mesh foil bearings (MMFBs) are a promising low cost gas bearing technology
for support of high speed oil-free microturbomachinery. Elimination of complex oil
lubrication and sealing system by installing MMFBs in oil ...
Historical Demography and Genetic Population Structure of the Blackfin Tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
(2010-01-16)
Little is known about the population structure and genetic variability of blackfin
tuna despite catch increases over the past 25 years. In this thesis, levels of genetic
variation contained in 323bp of the mitochondrial ...
A Study To Determine Necessity of Pilot Holes When Drilling Shallow Gas Zones Using Top Hole Dual Gradient Drilling Technology
(2010-01-16)
When drilling offshore, shallow gas hazards are a major concern because of their
potential to cause a major blowout. This is a special concern when drilling in shallower
water, where the gas influx reaches the rig sooner. ...
PI Control of Gene Expression in Tumorous Cell Lines
(2010-01-16)
Recent experiments are bringing to the fore more and more information about the
effects of different treatments on the gene expression of different genes. The results
obtained from these experiments show that some definite ...
Statistical Estimation of Two-Body Hydrodynamic Properties Using System Identification
(2010-01-14)
A basic understanding of the hydrodynamic response behavior of the two-body system is
important for a wide variety of offshore operations. This is a complex problem and
model tests can provide data that in turn can be used ...
Landau-Zener transitions in noisy environment and many-body systems
(2010-01-16)
This dissertation discusses the Landau-Zener (LZ) theory and its application in
noisy environments and in many-body systems. The first project considers the effect
of fast quantum noise on LZ transitions. There are two ...
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 ...
Rat Trachea Dose Distribution Model Using MCNPTM
(2010-01-15)
The effects of high levels of radiation are frequently studied, but the effects of very lowdose
irradiation are still unknown even in today?s technology-driven world. A study
recently carried out at Texas A
Population Dynamics of Northern Bobwhites in Southern Texas
(2010-01-16)
Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) are an important cultural, ecological, and economical part of the southern Texas landscape. I used radio-telemetry data from 2000?2005, part of a long-term, bobwhite study in southern ...
Cortical Activation During Spatiotemporal Processing in the Infant Brain
(2010-01-14)
Neuroscientists have uncovered much about the dorsal and ventral visual object
processing pathways. However, little is understood about the functional development of
these pathways in human infants. Behavioral data has ...