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Optimum usage and economic feasibility of animal manure-based biomass in combustion systems
(2010-07-14)
Manure-based biomass (MBB) has the potential to be a source of green energy at
large coal-fired power plants and on smaller-scale combustion systems at or near
confined animal feeding operations. Although MBB is a low ...
An Engineering Approach Towards Personalized Cancer Therapy
(2010-10-12)
Cells behave as complex systems with regulatory processes that make use of many elements
such as switches based on thresholds, memory, feedback, error-checking, and other
components commonly encountered in electrical ...
Turbulent Flow and Transport Modeling by Long Waves and Currents
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation presents models for turbulent flow and transport by currents
and long waves in large domain.
From the Navier-Stokes equations, a fully nonlinear depth-integrated equation
model for weakly dispersive, ...
Tsallis Entropy Based Velocity Distribution in Open Channel Flows
(2010-07-14)
The Tsallis entropy is applied to derive both 1-D and 2-D velocity distributions in an open channel cross section. These distributions contain a parameter m through which the Tsallis entropy becomes a generalization of the ...
The Effect of Welfare Reform on Childbirth, Marriage, and Divorce
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation contains two essays on the effect of welfare reform on child-
birth, marriage, and divorce. In the first essay, I exploit the cross state variation in
welfare reform implementation to identify its effect ...
Role of Repressors in Fine Regulation of Development: Sxl and Its New Repressors Hey and Myc
(2010-07-14)
In Drosophila, XX embryos express Sxl from the early promoter, SxlPe, and
become females. At the same time, XY embryos with only one X chromosome become
males.
I investigated the role of repression in the establishment of ...
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Green Water Around a Two-dimensional Platform
(2010-07-14)
An interface-preserving level set method is incorporated into the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) numerical method to simulate the application of the green water phenomena around a platform and the breaking wave ...
A New I/O Scheduler for Solid State Devices
(2010-10-12)
Since the emergence of solid state devices onto the storage scene, improvements in capacity and price have brought them to the point where they are becoming a viable alternative to traditional magnetic storage for some ...
Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Vibrational Non-Equilibrium on the Decay of Grid-Generated Turbulence
(2010-10-12)
The technical feasibility of hypersonic flight (i.e., re-entry, hypersonic flight vehicles, cruise missiles, etc.) hinges on our ability to understand, predict, and control the transport of turbulence in the presence of ...
Effects of Parent Expectations and Involvement on the School Readiness of Children in Head Start
(2010-10-12)
There is an achievement gap occurring between ethnic minority children, mostly
from low-income homes, and European American children in the United States. The gap
between these children is present at school entry. Many ...