Materials Science and Engineering

Thermoplastic elastomer gels (TPEGs), molecular networks composed of a microphase-separated multiblock copolymer swollen to a large extent by a low-volatility midblock-selective solvent, are ubiquitous in a wide range of contemporary technologies, including home and office products, athletic equipment and telecommunications devices. In this work, we investigate the effect of several network-forming nanoscale modifiers two different silica nanoparticles, 3 different nanoclays, a multiwalled carbo...

Horticultural Science

ABSTRACTDerby, Scott Allan. Containerized Production of Atlantic White Cedar Seedlings. (Under the direction of Dr. L. Eric Hinesley).Growth of containerized Atlantic white cedar [Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) B.S.P.] seedlings was examined in three experiments. In experiment 1, seedlings were grown for 16 weeks at 18/14a, 22/18aC, or 26/18aC in controlled-environment chambers in the Southeastern Plant Environment Laboratories at N.C. State University in Raleigh. Four water table treatments were u...

English

This thesis examines the influence of male homosocial relationships on the masculine identity performances men develop in such relationships. Specifically, I argue that three American novelsHerman Melvilles Moby-Dick, Jack Kerouacs On the Road, and Chuck Palahniuks Fight Clubillustrate a similar pattern of masculine identity performance and (re)construction. In each novel, the narrator initially experiences a masculine identity crisis. In order to resolve his crisis, he engages in homosocial rel...

Computer Science

In this document, I will present HabilisDraw DT, a drawing environment in which bimanual direct manipulation and a strong tool-use metaphor are supported via the DiamondTouch input device from Mitsubishi Electronics Research Lab. The goal of this research is to explore the viability of the various contributions of HabilisDraw DT in the development of future interfaces. The principles upon which HabilisDraw DT have been built include persistent tools that embody intuitive aspects of their physica...

Adult and Community College Education

ABSTRACTHAMBOURGER, LYNDA HORHOTA. Decision-making, Gender and Field of Academic Major Choice. (Under the direction of George B. Vaughan and Marilee Bresciani,)The purpose of this study was to explore the elationship of career decision-making to academic major choice in undeclared, full-time, first-year undergraduate students. The studyused career decision-making survey data gathered by the Career Decision Profile (Jones,1989), as well as major decidedness, bio-demographic, and academic ability ...

Soil Science

Saprolite, formed by chemical weathering of rocks near the earth s surface, holdswater, serves as a parent material of soils, and is a medium for waste disposal.Saprolite formation consumes CO<sub>2</sub> and may stabilize atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> levels. Thisdissertation examined the influence of joint orientation on isovolumetric weatheringof saprolite developed on the Rolesville granitic batholith at Knightdale, NorthCarolina. Rock den...

Nutrition

The purpose of this research was to compare lemur species and characterize differences that are related to gastrointestinal morphology and physiology. Four lemur species that differ in feeding ecology, V. variegata, E. fulvus, P. verreauxi, and H. griseus, were selected for use in studies designed to focus on key aspects of gastrointestinal morphology or physiology that may differ. V. variegata, a frugivore, and E. fulvus, a generalist, were similar in many respects. Transit time through the gut...

Chemical Engineering

<CENTER><B>ABSTRACT</B></CENTER><BR><BR><P ALIGN=justify>CHANG, LARA SAMOFAL. Biochemical and biophysical characterization of compartmentalizing proteases from the hyperthermophilic microorganism <I>Pyrococcus furiosus</I>. (Professor Robert M. Kelly Committee Chair)</P><BR><BR><P ALIGN=justify>Proteases catalyze the...

English

ABSTRACTREYNOLDS, MORGEN PINNOCK. The Evangelical Catholic: Flannery OConnor as a Catholic Writer in the Protestant South. (Under the direction of Lucinda MacKethan)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the theology of Flannery OConnor and her unique identity as a Catholic writer in the Protestant South. She was a devout member of the Catholic minority, but the Evangelical atmosphere colored her writing and influenced the theology of her characters and her themes. I examine three different ar...

Economics

This study examines the impact of federally-subsidized crop insurance and government program payments on soil erosion. Specifically, this study analyzes the impact of those programs onproduction decisions, such as acreage allocation and input use, and the resulting impact on soil erosion. The first essay investigates the ``conventional wisdom" that economically marginalland is also environmentally fragile (i.e., highly erodible). We address this issue by looking at the distribution of crop ...

Adult and Community College Education

ABSTRACTGARDNER, GUY WINSTEAD. The Relationship of Higher Education Programs on Recidivism Delivered through a North Carolina Community College in a Correctional Setting. (under the direction of George B. Vaughan.)The purpose of the research has been to examine the relationship between the delivery of two post-secondary educational programs on recidivism in a correctional environment. The research involved the examination of the population of participants in two diploma programs, including gradu...

Chemical Engineering

Ultra high vacuum physical vapor deposition is used to deposit thin films of varying yttrium:aluminum and hafnium:aluminum concentrations on H-terminated silicon(100) and oxidized ex-situ at several temperatures. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy is used to analyze the surface composition of the films and electrical properties were evaluated using capacitance-voltages measurements with aluminum electrodes. The diffusion of silicon into the dielectric films is decreased with high concentrations (&...

English

ABSTRACTCHERNIK, ARIA FORTUNE. Travelling in the direction of mortality: Wandering the Topography of Wordsworthian Selfhood. (Under the direction of Dr. John Morillo)One of the primary attributes of a wanderer, as one who is in constant motion, is that he or she is not beholden to traditional spatio-temporal constructs, and, thus, to traditional constructs of life and death. This thesis examines some of Wordsworths seminal wanderer figures, such as the peripatetic speaker and his uncanny double,...

Biochemistry

The ribosome is a complex RNA-protein machine that translates the genetic information contained in the mRNA molecule to a sequence of amino acids. This involves mediating the decoding of the mRNA sequence, peptide bond formation and translocation. Throughout the process of translation, the ribosome undergoes significant conformational changes. The crystal structures of ribosome and the ribosomal subunits have been resolved at moderate resolution, but the details of conformational changes at vari...

Forestry

Twenty-three gene and enhancer trap transformed poplar lines had been identified for study based on GUS expression during adventitious root formation. Histological analysis was conducted on wild-type stem cutting bases to determine the important stages of root initiation and development. Cell divisions were first observed two days after cutting preparation, leading to meristem organization in Day 4. In Day 5, the new root primordia emerged from the stem and root hairs formed on the new root in D...

Physics

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Chemical Engineering

Two primary materials strategies have been developed to produce nanostructured polymer membranes for selective CO2 removal from mixed light-gas streams. In one approach, a microphase-ordered poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide-b-styrene) (SEOS) triblock copolymer and its miscible blends with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) differing in molecular weight have been investigated to establish structure-transport property relationships. These membranes exhibit high CO2/H2 selectivity due to the affinity of CO2 ...

Genetics

Several recent investigations of T-DNA integration sites in Arabidopsis thaliana have reported "cold spots" of integration, especially near centromeric regions. These observations have contributed to the ongoing debate over whether T-DNA integration is random, or if integration preferentially occurs in transcriptionally active regions. When transgenic plants are identified by selecting or screening for transgene activity, transformants with integrations into genomic regions that suppre...

History

JOHNSON, ANTHONY W. Wildfire: Rumor and Peasant Resistance to Collectivization. (Under the direction of Dr. Gerald D. Surh).This thesis is a general examination of rumors in the Soviet Union during the very turbulent period of collectivization. While this thesis examines the upheaval in Russia prior to collectivization in order to show how the rumors were grounded in reality, it specifically deals with the confusion in the countryside just prior to and during the great offensive of wholesale col...

Entomology

Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV), a thrips-borne plant virus, occurs globally in economically damaging levels in agricultural, ornamental, and greenhouse crops. In North Carolina, TSWV is vectored primarily by the tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), and the Western flower thrips, F. occidentalis Pergande, both of which can acquire and subsequently transmit TSWV only by feeding on infected foliage as young larvae. Females oviposit in suitable plant tissues; therefore, only those pla...

BPR , IT , re-engineering , e-Business

Since the business surroundings become fast-moving, the enterprises implement BRP to keep pace with.While some enterprises got dramatic performance improvement,still many failed ,which made BPR be doubted.In this information-era,changing happen very often ,so BPR has it ¡¦s value on business practices and applications in the future. Moreover, Information Technology make great progesses in recent years and become powerful tool for BPR.How can enterprises make IT-related decision...

Absorption chiller , Power generation , Gas turbine

It takes 3~5 years to finish a power plaint project including location, reliability, environment evaluating, investigation, etc. In addition, it is difficulty to get a right place and hinder by the environment protection. So, it is an important class on boosting the existing power generation capacity.It was used to enhance power generation capacity by increasing the combustion chamber temperature in traditional way. However, it not only increases the exhaust temperature of gas turbine, but also ...

Global Climate Change , Steel industry , Input-Outpu

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alkaloid , electroreduction

Part I Studies on methodology development of the syntheses of carboline derivatives using Bischler-Napieralski reaction and electror-eduction gave moderate yields. Carbolines were undergone Mannich reaction to give yohimbane alkaloids. We got oxidative carboline products using Bischler-Napieralski reaction. We got carbolines or dimmer by the reaction of electroreduction in different condition.Part II Phenylacetamides using Bischler-Napieralski reaction conditions with acetonitrile as a solvent, ...

Two-part tarriff , Oligopoly , ISP

THESIS ABSTRACTThe bulk of Internet Service Providers adopt two-part tariff. Two-part tariff means users should pay a fixed rental every month, and pay a varied fee base on their connecting hours.Internet Service Provider group their customers by analyzing customer¡¦s demand level, and provides different group different Pay-Rating. We call this situation Multiple Pay-Rating. If Internet Service Provider provide their customers single Pay-Rating. We call this situation Single Pa...

Protection/Interference Ratio , Terrain Roughness , Confidence Interval , Prediction Curves

The field strength prediction chart is a set of statistical curves obtained through the analysis of huge amount of field strength measurement data of the specific radio band in some area. It reflects the natural or artificial effects such as geography, atmospheric condition and buildings, etc. that affect the radio wave propagation. One advantage is that we can predict the rough relationship between the field strength and distance easily. As a result, we don¡¦t have to perform ...

Work Force Age Structure , pension , China Steel Corporation

A Study of the Influence of Enterprise Pensions System on Work Force Age Structure and Work Force Utilization in China Steel CorporationTHESIS ABSTRACTThe key factor of whether an enterprise can achieve its operation goal is effective utilization and management of human resources. In order to accomplish the goal of effective recruitment, training, utilization and retaining of human resources, an enterprise should monitor and control the status of the environmental change and enterprise developme...

coupling , ARROW , SMF

AbstractThe work presented in this thesis is intend to develop the required technologies for fabrication optical interconnection between a single mode fiber (SMF) and a hybrid antiresonant reflection optical waveguide(ARROW). In addition, the coupling characteristic between the SMF and ARROW are theoretically investigated.The fabrication of the optical interconnection includes three major techniques: fabrication of hybrid ARROW waveguide, V groove formation and U groove deep etching. The ARROW w...

Sol-Gel , Thin Films , PMT , Detectors , Pyroelectric

The Mg-modified lead titanate [(Pb1-xMgx)TiO3,abbreviated to PMT] thin films were deposited on Pt/SiO2/Si substrates by spin coating with sol-gel processing in this thesis. 1,3 propanediol was used as solvent to minimize the number of cycles of spin coating and drying processes to obtain the desired thickness of thin film. By changing the Mg content (0~10 mol%) and the heating temperature (500~800

broadband operation , dual-frequency operation , circularly polarized operation , compact microstrip antenna , coplanar waveguide-fed network , active microstrip antenna , microstrip antennas

The designs of various feeding networks for microstrip antennas have been investigated in this dissertation. In the active microstrip antenna designs, an amplifier-type microstrip antenna integrates a two- port amplifier circuitry to the various passive antennas through a 50

psychology , transactional analysis , the Awakening

AbstractThis thesis proposes to postulate a pedagogic theory--transactional analysis (TA)--to present the psychological dysfunctions that make up the bulk of disorders for which Edna Pontellier, the protagonist in Kate Chopins The Awakening, seeks her suicide. By examining the internal psychological processes and the interpersonal transactions of the characters in the novel, this study attempts to delineate the complexity of human personality through a synthesis of individual intrapsychic forces...

The Dynamics of Organizational Culture , The Change of Organizational Culture , Organizational culture

The environment changes quickly in these years. No matter the changes of the outside environment or of the business, it will impact the businesses, and the organizational culture will have some dynamic phenomenon. In this thesis, four companies, which were impacted by some important events, are my study samples. In order to understand the cultures of the companies, the forming processes and the dynamic relations during each culture levels. I use Schein¡¦s model of organizationa...

GaN , MOS

In this thesis we reveal that the Ohmic contactsof n-type and p-type GaN are obtained by themethod of thermal evaporation. For differenttypes of GaN, different metals are used toevaporate on GaN surface to form Ohmic contact.The measurements of specific contact resistivitywere performed by TLM (transmission line model)for different types of GaN. Also, we use a shadowmask to form four Ohmic contacts on four cornersof GaN surface , and utilize the four contacts toperform Hall measurement by Van de...

modulating field , FKO , FFT , Electroreflectance , photoreflectance , surface-intrinsic-n+ type doped GaAs

The photoreflectance(PR) and Electroreflectance(ER)of surface-intrinsic-n+ type doped GaAs exhibitmany Franz-Keldysh oscillations (FKOs), whichenable the electric field (F) to be determinedfrom the technique of the fast Fourier transform(FFT). It is known that F s determined from PR aresubjected to photovoltaic effect, but it isdifficult to estimate the strength of modulatingfield (dF) of the pump beam in the PR measurements. Alperovich et. al. have used imaginary part ofFFT to determine the str...

atomic layer epitaxy , ZnSe , ZnSxSe1-x

AbstractHigh quality epitaxial growth of undoped ZnSe, ZnSxSe1-x and ZnSe-ZnS strained quantum well structures were successfully grown on n-type (100)-oriented silicon substrates at 150 ºC in a horizontal cold-wall quartz reactor by low-pressure metalorganic atomic layer epitaxy (MOALE) at a pressure of 30 Torr for the first time. Dimethylzinc [Zn(CH3)2, DMZn], hydrogen selenide (H2Se) and hydrogen sulfur (H2S) were used as the reactants. ALE is a suitable technique for the growth...

Carry lookahead adder , integer divider , inner product processor

AbstractThe tremendous progress in all aspects of signal processing technology has naturally been accompanied by a corresponding development of arithmetic techniques to provide high-speed operations at reasonable complexity. In the past, many architectural design efforts have focused on maximizing performance for frequently executed simple arithmetic operations such as addition and multiplication while left other rarely used operations ignored.In this dissertation, we firstly propose two design ...

Tagged Sorter , Power Demand Monitor System , Comparator

Three different topics associated with their respective applications are proposed in this thesis. The first application is the implementation of a fast tagged sorter. A novel and high-speed realization of the tagged sorting algorithm is presented. Meanwhile, the problems to detect whether the queue is empty or full is also resolved without increasing any hardware cost.The second topic is focused on the implementation of a fast dynamic 64-bit comparator with small transistor count. The entire 64-...

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The Post Office has always had a mission to help the nation¡¦s economy by gathering money-in the form of savings deposits- from ordinary citizens to create a large sum of capital, by steadying finance situation to help economics growth. And this is a powerful instrument for the Central Bank to control the country¡¦s Monetary Policy. General economic studies point out the importance of postal savings, but they always fail to look at the issue of Post Office.Thi...

stakeholder management , crisis management

OutlineAs crises - ranging from mildly disruptive to disastrous - (1) become more frequent, corporate managers have no choice but to accept them as an inescapable reality to be factored into their planning and decision-making. When a crisis occurs, the performance of its crisis managers will determine the future of an organization. This thesis discusses four public crises that occurred in Taiwan in the 1990¡¦s which illustrate the key importance of a corporation¡&#...

Stieltjes

Let F(t) be a probability distributionfunction, its Stieltjes transform is defined byS_{F}(z)=int_{-infty}^{infty}frac{1}{t-z}dF(t), where z=x+iyin$ {f C}, y>0.In this thesis, we are interested in what f being the Stieltjes transform of some F. That is, we want to know what conditions f has, then f(z) can be written by int_{-infty}^{infty}frac{1}{t-z}dF(t).

MBE , Gallium antimonide , III-V compounds

This research is related to the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE ) to grow GaSb . The fabrication of GaSb/InGaSb strained quantum well and superlattice structures are used for photodetection .They are carefully investigated to obtain high quality of GaSb films. The growth mechanisms related to the major factors of (1) Subtrate temperature (2) Beam flux ratio(V/III). The properties of GaSb epilayers are characterized by different methods such as the X-ray diffraction , I-V curve and Raman spectra .The...

Defect structure of CuInSe2 , Ternary compounds , Calculation for defect concentration

AbstractThe defect structure of CuMX2 (MºIn, Ga and XºS, Se, Te) was investigated. The defect concentrations were derived as a function of nonmolecularity( X) and nonstoichiometry( Y), and the carrier concentrations were calculated quantitatively using a theoretical defect model, which could be used to select the proper region of stoichiometry for device designs with specified carrier concentrations. The compensation reaction between dopants and intrinsic defects in...

disguise , Daniel Defoe , Moll Flanders

AbstractThis thesis attempts to examine the function of disguise used in Defoe¡¦s Moll Flanders. I will relate Terry Castle¡¦s studies on masquerade and disguise as an inspiration for my discussion so as to explore disguise in the novel on three levels. Clothes as well as language as a manipulable sign system manifested in masquerade become a useful means for Moll¡¦s physical disguise. The often-debated problem of Moll¡¦s pe...

freedom, liberty, justice, Levinas, Foucault

In this essay, I try to examine the concept of ‘justice’ in several philosophical theories. For this I do not want to discuss abstract principles (of justice) alone, but to search for the fundamental meaning of the pragmatic ‘to do justice to someone by doing something’.After a short elevation of the problem in the introduction (1.) I examine the use of the notion ‘justice’ or ‘just’ in historical and present contexts (2. &a...

Automatic Milking System, learning behaviour, heart rate measurement, milk flow measurement, humane animal husbandry

Relationship between animal and technology in automatic milk production:Due to the fact of the increasing automation in husbandry systems becomes the relationship between the animal and the technology more and more important. There is a growing interest to know more about animal behaviour, the ability of learning and the coping strategies in such systems. In the thesis I investigated the parameter of milking, of milk and of animal behaviour in an Automatic Milking System (AMS). The measurement h...

John Locke, substances, ideal of science, scope of knowledge

Since John Locke repeatedly insists that his theory of bodies, endorsed in the Essay concerning Human Understanding (1690), is a genuinely philosophical assessment of bodies, the topic of his account adds up to a philosophical reflection on the so-called scientific revolution in the seventeenth century. In this work, I will develop a line of interpretation that undertakes to settle the issue what the genuinely philosophical issue of Locke s analysis of bodies consists in. This leads to a thoroug...

Quantum Dots, II-VI, CdSe, giant-Zeeman effect

In this work CdSe and (Cd,Mn)Se Quantum Dots (QD`s) are grown on ZnSe by molecular beam epitaxy. The QD`s are obtained within a thermicall activated 2D-3D transition of an initially two-dimensional CdSe/(Cd,Mn)Se thin film. The physics behind the 2D-3D transition is investigated in-situ by reflection of high energy electron diffraction and atomic force microscopy (UHV-AFM) measurements. Additionally ex-situ data gained on buried QD structures within Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Pho...

gender transparency, Broca s and Wernicke s aphasia, processing load

Different rules have been proposed for the assignment of gender to nouns in German. For instance, on the basis of derivational or diminutive suffixes gender can be assigned reliably, with only a few exceptions. However, there are several nouns that do not have any formal indication of gender. It was the aim to investigated whether normal and aphasic speakers benefit from formal gender cues. Results indicate that healthy speakers do not profit from gender cues in a gender assignment task. There a...

GnRH agonist, Triptorelin, IvF/ICSI, down regulation

The GnRH agonist application for the downregulation prior to IVF is gold standard , mainly in the so-called long protocol. This should avoid premature ovulations. The dose-dependent, undesired effects justify the search for the optimal low dose of the GnRH agonist. A prospective randomised dose-finding study was carried out in this respect. Among 200 sterile women (18 and 38 years) for the planned IVF and/or IVF / ICSI treatment in the long protocol, n = 100 in group A received 2.1 mg Triptoreli...

Differential expression, HLA, MHC, Human leukocyte antigen, Major histocompatibility complex, Rheumatoid arthritis

Disease associated human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes have been identified in humans where they are assumed to promote the susceptibility and/or progression of rheumatoid arthritis. Several mechanisms have been described how these HLA haplotypes impact on the disease. Among them the differential expression of HLA-DRB molecules in different types of antigen-presenting cells, which was investigated here in detail. The promoters of the disease associated HLA-DR4 to the neutral DR7 and DR9 haplotyp...