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Studies on Dynamics of Suction Piles during Their Lowering Operations
(2010-10-12)
Suction piles are used for anchoring the mooring lines at the seafloor. One of the challenges of their installing is the occurrence of the heave resonance of the pile-cable system and possibly the heave induced pitch ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Comparative Study of Sex Salary Differentials for Full-time Workers with a Degree in Science or Engineering
(2010-07-14)
This thesis compares two datasets, the Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 (SEI)
and the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), and looks at the impact of sex
on full-time annual salary while controlling for ...
Cotton Response to 1-Methylcyclopropene Under Different Light Regimes and Growth Stages: Lint Yield and Yield Components
(2010-10-12)
Low photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) during certain growth periods of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) has been shown to impact yield, ethylene synthesis, and fiber quality. Previous research with shading has shown ...
The TAMU Water Project: Critical Environmental Justice as Pedagogy
(2010-10-12)
The TAMU Water Project is a trans-disciplinary collaborative that works to
address the water needs of rural communities along the Texas/Mexico border called
colonias. Modeled initially after the work of Potters for Peace, ...
Design of Stripline-Fed Dual Polarization Aperture-Coupled Stacked Microstrip Patch Phased Array Antenna for Wideband Application
(2010-10-12)
Recent days, antennas play an important role in wireless communication system. Microstrip
patch antennas are well known to have positive features for cost-effective, low profile and
broadband. This type of antenna can be ...