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On the generalization of a time-to-response cancer risk assessment model
(1986)
This dissertation generalizes the hazard rate in the Hartley-Sielken model from a product form in dose and time to a nonproduct form. Also a latency period (the time from onset of cancer until it is clinically detectable) ...
Modeling transpiration and water use of ornamental plants during shipping and storage
(1986)
Experiments were conducted to predict transpirational water loss and duration of shipping/storage of Chrysanthemum morifolium under different temperatures and initial soil water levels. Transpiration rate, water potential, ...
A limited-domain numerical model for long-range tsunami propagation over an ocean of variable depth
(1986)
A limited-domain numerical algorithm with radiational boundary conditions is developed with emphasis on the capability of real-time tsunami prediction. Bottom topography representative of the North West Pacific was employed ...
Optimal maintenance policies for multicomponent systems with Weibull failure times
(1986)
The objective of this research is to investigate various methods for computing reliability parameters for a multicomponent system and, based on these parameters, determine an appropriate maintenance policy; in short, to ...
Appropriate sampling procedures for load research
(1986)
The Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) requires electric utility companies with annual sales exceeding 500 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to report specific types of load research data to the Federal ...
The substitutability of monetary assets : a variable preferences approach
(1986)
Measurement of the elasticity of substitution between financial assets is an important element in evaluating the role that the assets play in the economy. In this thesis, a price dependent utility function is used to examine ...
Development of a multi-region, multi-crop international trade sector : an armington approach within a macroeconomic context
(1986)
This study (1) conceptualized and estimated U.S. crop export relationships with major agricultural trade partners, (2) obtained estimates of trade-related substitution and price elasticity parameters generated by a multi-crop, ...
A study of sorghum diseases in Honduras, their importance under different cropping systems, and strategies for their control
(1986)
Twenty-one sorghum diseases were identified in different sorghum-growing regions of Honduras, of which eight were studied with regard to their effect on sorghum yield. Sorghum downy mildew, caused by Peronosclerospora ...
Estimating the three-parameter Kostiakov infiltration function in furrow irrigation from advance data
(1986)
A three-parameter model was developed to evaluate the parameters (K, a, and F) in the extended Kostiakov infiltration equation when continuous flow irrigation is practiced. The model also permits the evaluation of the ...
A distributed dynamic watershed model
(1986)
A distributed watershed model was developed to mathematically simulate routing overland and channel flow for a single-event storm. The watersheds used in the study were subdivided into rectangular grid elements. All ...