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Transportation risk assessment for ethanol transport
(2009-05-15)
This research is aimed at assessing the quantitative risks involved with an ethanol
pipeline. Pipelines that run from the Midwest, where the vast majority of ethanol is
produced, to the target areas where reformulated ...
Modeling software artifact count attribute with s-curves
(2009-05-15)
The estimation of software project attributes, such as size, is important for software
project resource planning and process control. However, research regarding software
attribute modeling, such as size, effort, and cost, ...
The impact of ignoring a level of nesting structure in multilevel growth mixture model: a Monte Carlo study
(2009-05-15)
The number of longitudinal studies has increased steadily in various social science
disciplines over the last decade. Growth Mixture Modeling (GMM) has emerged among
the new approaches for analyzing longitudinal data. It ...
Examining the relationship between maternal stressful life events and urogenital infection in preterm birth using a biobehavioral model
(2009-05-15)
This dissertation examined the relationship between maternal stressful
life events and urogenital infection in preterm birth. A systematic literature
review revealed ambivalent findings concerning the relationship ...
Perception of genetic risk in sexual and reproductive decision-making (PGRID) by college students
(2009-05-15)
One psychosocial variable, human mate selection, has been studied extensively
within the field of evolutionary psychology. A question of interest is how
sexual/reproductive decision-making (i.e., dating, marrying, and ...
Creation and maintenance of a communication tree in wireless sensor networks
(2009-05-15)
A local reconfiguration algorithm (INP) for reliable routing in wireless sensor networks that consist of many static (fixed) energy-constrained nodes is introduced in the dissertation. For routing around crash fault nodes, ...
An effective way to reduce residential construction waste: a case study in Texas
(2009-05-15)
This research consists of an investigation on the incidence of residential construction
waste in Texas. Construction waste has proved to have a negative effect on the economic
health of construction companies and on the ...
Spectroscopic and theoretical investigation of selected cyclic and bicyclic molecules in their ground and excited electronic states
(2009-05-15)
The structures, vibrational frequencies, and potential energy functions of several
molecules in their ground and excited electronic states were determined using various
spectroscopic and theoretical methods.
High-level ab ...
Interactive simulation of fire, burn and decomposition
(2009-05-15)
This work presents an approach to effectively integrate into one unified modular
fire simulation framework the major processes related to fire, namely: a burning
process, chemical combustion, heat distribution, decomposition ...
Gentlemen's diplomacy: the foreign policy of Lord Lansdowne, 1845-1927
(2009-05-15)
As British Foreign Secretary from November 1900 to December 1905, Lord
Lansdowne operated on a long-held coherent body of principles on which he based his
foreign policy. Throughout his political life, in fact, he pressed ...