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Systematic Investigation of Hydrogel Material Properties on Cell Responses for Vocal Fold and Vascular Graft Tissue Engineering
(2010-01-14)
The research presented here deals with synthetic materials for application in
tissue engineering, primarily poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(dimethyl siloxane)star
(PDMS)star. Tissue engineering seeks to repair or ...
Empirical Essays on the Efficiency of Heterogeneous Good Auction
(2010-01-14)
A recent pursuit of the auction design literature has been the development of
an auction mechanism which performs well in a multi-good setting, when the goods
are not substitutes. This work began in earnest with the Federal ...
Design and Operation of Membrane Microcalorimeters for Thermal Screening of Highly Energetic Materials
(2010-12-07)
Following several terrorist attacks that have occurred during this decade,
there is an urgent need to develop new technologies for the detection of highly
energetic materials that can represent an explosive hazard. In an ...
Owner's Interference in Reverse Auction Bidding to Skew a Free Market
(2010-07-14)
Reverse auction bidding is an online auction system. A purchaser's primary objective in
using a reverse auction is to obtain the lowest possible bid for goods and services on a
construction project. With this type of ...
Quantifying the Uncertainty in Estimates of World Conventional Oil Resources
(2010-07-14)
Since Hubbert proposed the "peak oil" concept to forecast ultimate recovery of crude oil for the U.S. and the world, there have been countless debates over the timing of peak world conventional oil production rate and ...
High Temperature, Permanent Magnet Biased Magnetic Bearings
(2010-07-14)
The Electron Energy Corporation (EEC) along with the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) is researching magnetic bearings. The purpose of this
research was to design and develop a high-temperature (1000�F) ...
Serial Echocardiographic Evaluation of 22 Closely Related Great Danes
(2010-07-14)
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate a family of Great Danes
with known dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) using serial echocardiographic evaluation.
Animals, Materials, and Methods: Twenty-two dogs were ...
"We Are Even Poorer, But There Is More Work" An Ethnographic Analysis of Ecotourism in Nicaragua
(2010-01-14)
This research examines ecotourism outcomes in the context of large-scale tourism development in Nicaragua and focuses on Morgan's Rock Hacienda and Ecolodge. Since ecotourism involves the imposition of Western constructs ...
Bt vs. non-Bt corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids: effect on degradation of corn stover in soil
(2010-07-14)
A billion tons per year of genetically modified corn residues are soil incorporated having both direct and indirect effects on the belowground environment, soil carbon (C) sequestration, and nutrient cycling. If Bt genetic ...
A Search for Dark Matter with the ZEPLIN II Detector
(2010-01-14)
Galaxies and clusters of galaxies are believed to be dominated by non-luminous non-baryonic dark matter. A favored candidate is a new type of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) with a mass of order 100 GeV/c^2. The ...