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Dispersion and Characterization of Nickel Nanostrands in Thermoset and Thermoplastic Polymers
(2012-02-14)
Nickel Nanostrands (NiNS) are nano-particles that are highly branched and have a high aspect ratio. These particles show promise as excellent additives to composites when electrical conductivity is desired. Unfortunately, ...
Epidemiology of Airborne Virulent Rhodococcus equi at Horse Breeding Farms
(2012-02-14)
Rhodococcus equi causes severe pneumonia, resulting in disease and sometimes death of foals. Infection is thought to occur by inhalation of dust contaminated with virulent R equi. A recent study of 3 horse breeding farms ...
Orienting Deformable Polygonal Parts without Sensors
(2012-02-14)
Parts orienting is an important part of automated manufacturing. Sensorless manipulation has proven to be a useful paradigm in addressing parts orienting, and the manipulation of deformable objects is a growing area of ...
Effect of Secondary Interactions on the Fundamental Properties of Small Molecule Models of the Diiron Hydrogenase Active Site
(2012-02-14)
The unique active site of [FeFe]-hydrogenase has inspired over 300 small molecule models derived from the classical organometallic complex, (μ-SRS-)[Fe(CO)3]2. However, no model complex has yet reproduced the hydrogen ...
Boundary-Layer Receptivity to Three-Dimensional Roughness Arrays on a Swept-Wing
(2012-02-14)
On-going efforts to reduce aircraft drag through transition delay focus on understanding the process of boundary-layer transition from a physics-based perspective. For swept-wings subject to transition dominated by a ...
Burden of the Cold War: The George H.W. Bush Administration and El Salvador
(2012-02-14)
At the start of the George H.W. Bush administration, American involvement in El Salvador‘s civil war, one of the last Cold War battlegrounds, had disappeared from the foreign policy agenda. However, two events in November ...
Seismic Protection of Bridge Structures Using Shape Memory Alloy-Based Isolation Systems against Near-Field Earthquakes
(2012-02-14)
The damaging effects of strong ground motions on highway bridges have revealed the limitations of conventional design methods and emphasized the need for innovative design concepts. Although seismic isolation systems have ...
Development of a Seed Cotton Fiber Quality Sensing System For Cotton Fiber Quality Mapping
(2012-02-14)
For precision agriculture to work, an automated process to collect spatial-variability data within a field is necessary. Otherwise, data collection is prohibitively expensive and time consuming. Furthermore, to minimize ...
Frequency Synthesizers and Oscillator Architectures Based on Multi-Order Harmonic Generation
(2012-02-14)
Frequency synthesizers are essential components for modern wireless and wireline communication systems as they provide the local oscillator signal required to transmit and receive data at very high rates. They are also ...
Optimized Control Of Steam Heating Coils
(2012-02-14)
Steam has been widely used as the source of heating in commercial buildings and industries throughout the twentieth century. Even though contemporary designers have moved to hot water as the primary choice for heating, a ...