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Biodegradable Silicon-Containing Elastomers for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds and Shape Memory Polymers
(2010-10-12)
Commonly used thermoplastic biodegradable polymers are generally brittle and
lack appreciable elasticity at physiological temperature and thereby fail to mimic the
elastic nature of many human soft tissues such as blood ...
Using Multiple Household Food Inventories to Measure Food Availability in the Home
(2010-10-12)
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of conducting multiple household food inventories over the course of 30 days to examine weekly food variability. Household food availability influences the foods ...
Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Hetero-Structures for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
(2010-10-12)
The photovoltaic energy conversion system (PV cells or solar cells) has been researched over the last few decades, and new technologies have been proposed. At the same time, the synthesis of nano-scale materials has been ...
Segregated Network Polymer-Carbon Nanotubes Composites For Thermoelectrics
(2010-10-12)
Polymers are intrinsically poor thermal conductors, which are ideal for thermoelectrics, but low electrical conductivity and thermopower have excluded them as feasible candidates as thermoelectric materials in the past. ...
Cooperative Modeling and Design History Tracking Using Design Tracking Matrix
(2010-10-12)
This thesis suggests a new framework for cooperative modeling which supports
concurrency design protocol with a design history tracking function. The proposed
framework allows designers to work together while eliminating ...
Modeling Reallocation of Reservoir Storage Capacity Between Flood Control and Conservation Purposes
(2010-07-14)
Interest in converting portions of the large volumes of flood control storage
capacity in federal multiple-purpose reservoirs in Texas and elsewhere to water supply
and other conservation purposes has been growing for some ...
Going Paranoid from the Cold War to the Post-Cold War: Conspiracy Fiction of DeLillo, Didion, and Silko
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation proposes to examine the conspiracy narratives of Don DeLillo,
Joan Didion, and Leslie Marmon Silko that retell American experience with the Cold
War and its culture of paranoia for the last half of the ...
Extractability Profiling and Antioxidant Activity of Flavonoids in Sorghum Grain and Non-grain Materials
(2010-07-14)
Grains, leaves, sheaths, glumes and stalks of sorghum varieties were
analyzed for total phenols, condensed tannins, flavan-4-ols, anthocyanins and in
vitro antioxidant activity. Black sorghum bran was used to evaluate ...
DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF THE CHROMIUM TETRAMETHYLTETRAAZAANNULENE CATALYST SYSTEM FOR THE COPOLYMERIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND EPOXIDES
(2010-07-14)
A prominent goal of scientists is to develop products and processes to meet the
ever-growing needs of society. Today's needs include products that are economical,
specialized, and made through processes with minimal impact ...
Effect of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Changes on Tropical Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System
(2010-01-14)
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of Atlantic meridional
overturning circulation (AMOC) changes on tropical coupled ocean-atmosphere system
via oceanic and atmospheric processes. A suite of numerical ...