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A stochastic hydrometeorological model for the optimization of multi-reservoir operation
(1972)
A hydrometeorological model is presented that utilizes 30-day meteorological forecasts of temperature and precipitation issued every 15 days by the U.S. National Weather Service to provide knowledge of the future ...
Dynamic optimal dispatch of real power for thermal generating units
(1972)
A primary objective in electric power system operation is the scheduling of the real-power outputs of generators to minimize total fuel consumption while supplying all load requirements. This scheduling process is known ...
Effects of maturation upon biochemical and histological characteristics of bovine muscle
(1972)
Data from 34 wholesale bovine ribs obtained from animals ranging in age from 370 to 731 days were utilized to study those physical, chemical, histological and palatability characteristics which may be related to physiological ...
Effects of abscisic acid on growth and metabolism of protein and ribonucleic acid in Lemna minor L
(1972)
The objective of this work was to arrive at a better understanding of the processes that cause abscisic acid (ABA; a natural growth inhibitor) to inhibit the growth of individual plants of Lemna minor L. Growth rates as ...
A computer simulation study of the maintenance craft utilization in the process industry
(1972)
In the process industry, in maintenance work, it is often difficult to realize the full advantage of highly specialized maintenance labor under strict craft lines or work rules in the performance of maintenance tasks. This ...
The design of a computer-controlled automatic data acquisition and handling system for water quality management applications
(1972)
Real-time data processing has the potential for detecting wastes discharged into the environment and for monitoring the effects of the pollutants introduced. With proper monitoring and trend analysis procedures, poor or ...
Rhetoric and rhythm in twentieth-century sonnets by Hopkins, Auden, Frost, Cummings, Thomas, and Merrill Moore
(1972)
Far from being a fixed, artificial form, the sonnet is a generic type of lyric poem capable of flexible but balanced perfect lyrical expression of a single thought or emotion, encompassing within a few lines both a ...
Manifest needs of professional female workers in business oriented occupations
(1972)
Purpose: The purpose of this was to identify personality characteristics of professional female workers in business occupations that are traditionally dominated in number by men. The following objectives were formulated ...
The static and dynamic resistance of cohesive soils on axially loaded piles
(1972)
Static and dynamic tests were conducted at the time of driving on each of two instrumented piles driven into cohesive soils to embedded depths of 64 and 74 feet. The tests were repeated 11 days later in order to investigate ...
Planning for a total transportation system to serve the coastal zone of Texas
(1972)
This dissertation presents the results of an initial planning study, at the macroscopic level, for a total transportation system to serve the Coastal Zone of Texas. All modes of transportation used in the movement of persons ...