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'Talk about Conflict': Understanding Interpretive Repertoires in Community Mediation
(2011-10-21)
While many studies investigate the mediation styles enacted during conflict resolution, relatively few of them discuss the communicative processes through which discursive structures are reproduced. This dissertation is a ...
Coding for Cooperative Communications
(2011-10-21)
The area of cooperative communications has received tremendous research interest
in recent years. This interest is not unwarranted, since cooperative communications
promises the ever-so-sought after diversity and ...
Modeling Hot Mix Asphalt Compaction Using a Thermodynamics Based Compressible Viscoelastic Model within the Framework of Multiple Natural Configurations
(2011-10-21)
Hot mix asphalt (HMA) is a composite material that exhibits a nonlinear response that is dependent on temperature, type of loading and strain level. The properties of HMA are highly influenced by the type and amount of the ...
Development of Advanced Nanomanufacturing: 3D Integration and High Speed Directed Self-assembly
(2011-10-21)
Development of nanoscience and nanotechnology requires rapid and robust nanomanufacturing processes to produce nanoscale materials, structures and devices. The dissertation aims to contribute to two major challenging and ...
Generic Properties of Actions of F_n
(2011-10-21)
We investigate the genericity of measure-preserving actions of the free group Fn,
on possibly countably infinitely many generators, acting on a standard probability
space. Specifically, we endow the space of all ...
Authoring Large and Complex Hypertext with Reusable Components
(2011-10-21)
caT, a Petri net-based hypertext system, supports the modeling of user characteristics, contextual information, as well as the policies that govern the operation of a digital library within the infrastructure that presents ...
Background Knowledge, Category Labels, and Similarity Judgment
(2011-10-21)
Labels are one source of our judgments. By assigning labels to objects, we not
only create references but we also group prior and current experiences together. The goal
of this research is to investigate how labels influence ...
Designing a Complex Fragmentation Block for Simulating the Galactic Environment by Using a Single Accelerator Beam in PHITS (Practicle and Heavy Ion Transport Code System)
(2011-10-21)
Radiation risks to humans in space will be better understood if ground-based mixed field irradiations are developed and used to measure the overall effectiveness of proposed space radiation shielding. The space environment ...
Analysis of Remote Diagnosis Architecture for a PLCBbased Automated Assembly System
(2011-10-21)
To troubleshoot equipment installed in geographically distant locations, equipment manufacturers and system integrators are increasingly resorting to remote diagnosis in order to reduce the down time of the equipment, ...
Development of Low Temperature Combustion Modes to Reduce Overall Emissions from a Medium-Duty, Four Cylinder Diesel Engine
(2011-10-21)
Low temperature combustion (LTC) is an appealing new method of combustion that promises low nitric oxides and soot emissions while maintaining or improving on engine performance. The three main points of this study were ...