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Trends in Occupational Fatalities and Industry Growth for Construction Industry in the United States
(2010-07-14)
The construction industry is one of the largest industries in the United States and in the world. The U.S. construction industry accounted for 4.5% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2006, and 8% of the workforce. ...
Adaptive Control of Third Harmonic Generation via Genetic Algorithm
(2010-10-12)
Genetic algorithm is often used to find the global optimum in a multi-dimensional search problem. Inspired by the natural evolution process, this algorithm employs three reproduction strategies -- cloning, crossover and ...
Fuelwood Use by Rural Households in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
(2010-07-14)
Fuelwood is an important source of domestic energy in rural regions of Brazil. In the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, native species from the Atlantic Forest are an important source of fuelwood, supplemented by wood from ...
Women Who Know: The Relationship Between Gender, Risk, Race, and HIV Testing
(2010-07-14)
My main focus of interest in this dissertation is to evaluate the relationship
between known risk factor for HIV and HIV testing behavior, with a particular interest
in women. Utilizing data from the National Survey of ...
Practical Issues in Formation Control of Multi-Robot Systems
(2010-07-14)
Considered in this research is a framework for effective formation control of multirobot
systems in dynamic environments. The basic formation control involves two important
considerations: (1) Real-time trajectory generation ...
Reserves Overstatements: History, Enforcement, Identification, and Implications of New SEC Disclosure Requirements
(2010-07-14)
Despite the need for accurate oil and gas reserves estimates which honor disclosure requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a number of exploration and production companies have allegedly ...
Assessment of Oxidation in Carbon Foam
(2010-07-14)
Carbon foams exhibit numerous unique properties which are attractive for light
weight applications such as aircraft and spacecraft as a tailorable material. Carbon foams,
when exposed to air, oxidize at temperatures as low ...
Electromagnetic Induction for Improved Target Location and Segregation Using Spatial Point Pattern Analysis with Applications to Historic Battlegrounds and UXO Remediation
(2010-10-12)
Remediation of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and prioritization of excavation procedures for archaeological artifacts using electromagnetic (EM) induction are studied in this dissertation. Lowering of the false alarm rates ...
THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION AND DIETARY ENERGY MANIPULATION ON MARES AND THEIR FOALS: SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS, GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY, FOALING PARAMETERS AND FOAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(2010-01-16)
Quarter Horse mares (n=28, 465-612 kg BW, 6-19 yrs of age) were used to
investigate the effect of organic selenium (Se) supplementation (Selenosource, Diamond
V Mills, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA (SeM)) and DE manipulation on ...
Cost Estimation and Production Evaluation for Hopper Dredges
(2010-07-14)
Dredging projects are expensive government funded projects that are contracted out and competitively bid upon. When planning a trailing suction hopper dredge project or bidding on the request for proposal for such a ...