1972- Dukes, Michael Dale,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--North Carolina State University. | Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Parakulsuksatid, Pramuk.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2000. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Wright, Mark T.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-123).

1963- El-Gharbawy, Sherif Lotfy,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. | Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 399-404). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

1966- Johnson, Thomas James,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. | Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-132). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

1961- Lee, Kun-seop,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. | Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-124). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Cummings, Angela R.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1999. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

1966- Blankenship, Thomas Keith,

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1998. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Gazi, Veysel

Swarming, or aggregations of organisms in groups, canbe found in nature in many organisms ranging from simple bacteriato mammals. Such behavior can result from several differentmechanisms. For example, individuals may respond directly tolocal physical cues such as concentration of nutrients ordistribution of some chemicals as seen in some bacteria andsocial insects, or they may respond directly to other individualsas seen in fish, birds, and herds of mammals. In thisdissertation, we consider mod...

Godby, Carol Jean

Lexicalized noun phrases are noun phrases that function aswords. In English, lexicalized noun phrases are often realizedas noun-noun compounds such as theater ticket and garbage man,or as adjective-noun phrases such as black market and highschool. In specialized or technical subjects, phrases such asurban planning,air traffic control,highway engineeringandcombinatorial mathematicsare conventional names for concepts that are just as importantas single-word terms such asadsorbents,hydrology, oraer...

O Neil, Sean

The transport and fate of suspended sediments continuesto be critical to the understanding of environmental waterquality issues within surface waters. Many contaminants ofenvironmental concern within marine and freshwater systems arehydrophobic, thus readily adsorbed to bed material or suspendedparticles. Additionally, management strategies for evaluating andremediating the effects of dredging operations or marineconstruction, as well as legacy pollution from military andindustrial processes req...

Waltje, Andrea H

This secondary data analytic effort identified psychosocialpredictors of adherence to antiretroviral therapies inmiddle-aged and older adults living with HIV/AIDS. The currentstudy is needed because rates and predictors of adherenceidentified in research with younger samples of HIV-infectedpersons may not generalize to older populations. In particular,this study examined relationships between depression, pain, andself-reported cognitive functioning with intentional andunintentional nonadherence ...

Teplitski, Max I

Bacteria exchange N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) tocoordinate the behavior of cells. The nitrogen-fixing bacteriumSinorhizobium meliloti was found to produce AHLs with C14-C16alkanoyl, alkenoyl and 3-oxo-alkenoyl side chains. Strains of S.meliloti also produced AHLs with C6-C10 alkanoyl and3-oxo-alkanoyl side chains. Exposure of early log phase cells ofS. meliloti 1021 to AHLs changed the accumulation of over ahundred polypeptides. These results provide the first globalanalysis of quorum sensin...

Robinson, Leah E.

Researchers have previously examined only the effectsof land plyometrics on power, force, and velocity. The purpose ofthis study was to compare changes in performance outcome andmuscle soreness between plyometric training on land andplyometric training conducted in an aquatic setting. Thirty-twophysically active college-aged female students with varied sportexperience and no previous orthopedic or musculoskeletal injuriesto the lower extremities that exhibit chronic problems werematched on verti...

Axline-Minotti, Brooke

The purpose of this research is to identify the role of thethreespot damselfish (Stegastes planifrons) as a keystonespecies. Measurements from four functional groups (algae,coral, fish, and a combined group of slow and sessileorganisms) were made in various territories ranging from zeroto three damselfish. Within territories containing damselfish,attack rates from the damselfish were also counted. Measures ofboth aggressive behavior and density of threespot damselfishwere correlated with compone...

Williams, Todd Austin

The aim of this research is to compare and contrast thecoverage of the state of affairs in the United States in thetwo month periods following the attack on Pearl Harbor(December 7, 1941) and the attacks on the World Trade Centerand Pentagon (September 11, 2001) as reflected in the primarynews articles and OP/ED/Letters pieces in the New York Times.The comparative examination is carried out by means ofquantitative contents analysis as well as qualitativeobservations of the news, graphic, and adv...

May, David B.

To explore students�� epistemological beliefs in avariety of conceptual domains in physics, and in a specific andnovel context of measurement, this Dissertation makes use ofWeekly Reports, a class assignment in which students reflect inwriting on what they learn each week and how they learn it.Reports were assigned to students in the introductory physicscourse for honors engineering majors at The Ohio State Universityin two successive years. The Weekly Reports of several studentsfrom the first y...

Kimminau, Jon Alan

The cross-disciplinary efforts of civil-militaryrelations have to date shown relatively little empirical evidenceon the differences between civilian and military strategy. Yet, avariety of theories of behavior at international and domesticlevels rest on assumptions about differences between civilians,the military, and subgroups of each. This research used contentanalysis to systematically measure and assess differences betweenspecified groups in their communicated strategies, which weregathered ...

HUANG, BIN

To achieve detailed understanding of anexposure-outcome association in public health studies, aninvestigator often needs to account for mediator(s). A mediatoris a variable that occurs in a causal pathway from an independentto a dependent variable. The mediational model describes theassociations among the exposure(s), mediator(s), and outcome(s).Statistics are needed to determine how much of theexposure-outcome association is due to a mediator. Althoughmediational models are widely applied in pu...

AGARWAL, AARTI SUBHASH

A mobile ad hoc network is a collection of wirelessmobile nodes dynamically forming a network without the use of anyexisting network infrastructure or centralized administration. Asthe nodes are mobile, the network topology is dynamic leading tofrequent unpredictable connectivity changes. It is critical toroute packets to destinations effectively without generatingexcessive overhead. This presents a challenging issue forprotocol design since the protocol must adapt to frequentlychanging network ...

SMITH, MARK DAVID

The United States Environmental Protection Agency doesnot regulate the air emissions of volatile compounds frommunicipal waste treatment plants as of this writing. There havebeen proposals for changes in this requirement. California hasalready enacted legislation to limit the emissions fromwastewater treatment plants, and many municipalities recognizethat the regulations to limit these emissions are inevitable. Inorder to be prepared for new regulations, The Metropolitan SewerDistrict of Greater...

DOPPALAPUDI, RAJESH BABU

The munitions wastewater is observed to be mainly oftwo kinds: (1) 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) in the presence ofethanol and (2) a mixture of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) andhexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX). This researchevaluates the performance of electrochemical processes inreducing these nitroaromatics. Experiments were conducted byusing simulated wastewater. Initially experiments were conductedon a bench scale batch reactor to study the effect of variousparameters including the app...

HAYES, JR., DONALD EDWARD

Since its introduction several years ago, multichannelsignal processing has become a nearly ubiquitous component ofprogrammable and digital hearing aids. Rapid development ofsophisticated multichannel circuits has proceeded well ahead ofsound clinical techniques to implement this new technology.Splitting the incoming acoustic signal into as few as twoindependent high and low frequency bandpass filters (channels)can provide significant perceptual benefits for some hearing aidwearers but no empiri...

ICENHOUR, CRYSTAL RENEE PERRY

Pneumocystis burden were associated with Pneumocystisfluctuations, suggesting that the competition was mediated byenvironmental factors. Microscopic analysis of rat lung sectionsshowed that both species could exist in close apposition withinthe same alveoli, excluding habitat heterogeneity as a mechanismfor coexistence. The immediate environment of the rat colony wassurveyed for the presence of both species to find reservoirs ofPneumocystis, resulting in their identification from walls,floor, ai...

Taylor, Robin M.

Spiders are valued for their predation of insect pests,and, evaluated as an ��assemblage�� of species thatemploy different predatory strategies, constitute a naturalbiological control, particularly in agricultural crops. Spidersare obligate carnivores, requiring prey for normal growth,development, and reproduction. Because biologists have workedunder the assumption that spiders are exclusively carnivorous,studies of the ecology of spiders and their acquisition andallocation of energy have assume...

Torbick, Nathan M

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and theMaumee Remedial Action Plan (RAP) groups identified the need fora revised wetland classification and inventory as a priority. Acomprehensive geographic spatially explicit wetlands data modelcould add significant advances for addressing wetland projects inLucas County. The objective of this study was to create asystematic methodology to identify wetlands using remote sensingand GIS(Geographic Information System) techniques. The resultingwetlan...

Bukvic, Ivica

My Masters Thesis is an electro-acoustic compositionwhose main focus is interaction between live performer andcomputer. Although this kind of interaction is still in itsinfancy primarily due to limitations of artificial intelligence,I have devised ways of circumventing this deterring issue throughimplementation of controlled and more focused response by thecomputer. My primary interest was in utilizing the RTcmix musicprogramming language due to fact it has an ability to harness thepower of soun...

Holzer, Jenny Rebecca

The first part of my dissertation work involved thedesign, construction, and operation of a scanning microscope thatuses a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) as aprobe. This system can produce two-dimensional (2D) images of themagnetic flux above samples as large as 1cm by 1cm. Themicroscope has a spatial resolution on the order of 40....m and aflux resolution on the order of a micro flux quantum. Next, Iused this scanning SQUID microscope system to study thedistribution of curr...

BELL, RUBEN LIONEL

This study analyzes the C-141 overhaul operations atWarner Robins Air Logistic Center (WR-ALC). The literature reviewcovers overhaul operations,techniques for scheduling in aconstrained resource environment, and techniques for simulationoptimization. The body of the study compares traditional formulabased methods for computing facility requirements and aircraftinduction scheduling to integer linear programming and simulationheuristic approaches. The study objectives are twofold. First, aschedule...

VAMVAKIDOU, MARIA

This proposed thesis topic concerns the integratedwater management techniques that can be used to provide water tosmall, arid islands. The problems of water shortages areexperienced throughout the world��s arid areas such asdeserts and small islands. The islands of the Aegean are indeedvery arid. This is particularly evident during the summer months,which are very hot and dry. For many years there have beendifferent techniques that the locals would use in order tocollect water. Some of these hav...

Doboli, Simona

The hippocampus is an important area in the braininvolved mainly in memory processes. In humans, the hippocampusis essential for the formation and consolidation of memory, andis a primary target of Alzheimer s disease. In other animals, thehippocampus is especially involved in spatial tasks (e.g.navigation). It has been the subject of extensive experimentaland theoretical investigation due to its major role in memory andcognition. This thesis focuses mainly on the mechanisms ofcontext-dependent,...

Turer, Ahmet

Alternative methods to one-dimensional (1D) model basedload rating for steel stringer bridges are further explored.Geometric model generation and load definition for 2D-Grid and 3Dfinite element (FE) models are streamlined by developing computerprograms, and generation/definition time is drastically reduced.Two-dimensional grid model calibration is automated. Six typicalsteel stringer highway bridges (in operation) are used formodeling, testing, and calibration. The generated models are usedto s...

RICHTER, ANDREAS

Dead-end zones of water distribution network posespecial challenges for chlorine distribution modeling: Longresidence times and varying flow rates can lead to significantlyreduced chlorine levels or varying concentration profiles.Currently, no chlorine transport model is able to address theseproblems correctly. In this work, a generalized unsteady statechlorine transport model was developed, accounting for transportby diffusion and convection and for chlorine reaction in the bulkwater or at the ...

Rae, Mary Nichols

This research uses logistic regression to examinesubtle forms of workplace discrimination among the disabledpopulation. The perceptions of restricted opportunities in theworkplace were examined for those reporting conditions due tomental vs. physical disabilities using data from the 1994-1995National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). These restrictedopportunities are defined as being denied (1) a promotion, (2) atransfer, or (3) access to training. When both primary andsecondary conditions were in...

Bries, Jill M.

Storms such as hurricanes can dramatically impact acoral reef. In November 1999, Hurricane Lenny traveled an unusualwest to east path across the central Caribbean approximately 480kilometers north of the island of Curaçao. Reef damagesurveys at 33 sites conducted just months after the stormdocumented occurrences of toppling, fragmentation, tissue damage,bleaching, and smothering due to the storm. Several factorsinfluenced the degree of damage experienced by the reef,including the trend ...

Goszkowicz, Brian J., 1967-

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 27, 2002). | Thesis advisor: R. Kimberlin | Document formatted into pages (xii, 79 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (MS) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This research attempts to demonstrate the feasibility of a sidestick controller in a high gain environment. The research is assembled from several historical precedents and various projects. New technologies...

Rajeev, Sreekumari, 1963-

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: David A. Bemis. | Document formatted into pages (x, 184 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-167). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Bordetella bronchiseptica colonizes the upper respiratory tract of a wide variety of mammals and is involved in diseases such as kennel cough in dogs, atrophic rhinitis in pigs and upper ...

Lake, Laura A.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: David Buehler. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 100 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-67). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Cooper s hawks (Accipiter cooperii) were listed by Ganier (1933) as fairly common permanent residents of western Tennessee during the early 1900 s, but populations declined during the 20th ...

Huang, Yu, 1975-

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; | Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: U.S. fisheries legislation requires National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to attend to the critical social and economic issues surrounding the definition and identification of fishing communities, and to the effects that changes to the physical environment and regulatory decisions can hav...

Wetzell, Lauren McKinnon.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 84 pages. | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Hurricane hazards result from the combined processes of wind, waves, storm surge, and overwash (Lennon et al., 1996). Predicting the severity of these hazards requires immense effort to quantify the processes and then predict how different coastal regions respond to them. ...

Hutcheson, Scott Edward 1961-

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 27, 2002). | Thesis advisor: William D. Lewis. | Document formatted into pages ( xii, 84 p. : ill.(some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (MS) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This project began when Opti-Logic, a local manufacturer of laser rangefinders for military and sporting applications, expressed a desire to design an altimeter for General Aviation applicat...

Stephans, Christie L.

Title from PDF of title page. | Document formatted into pages; contains 93 pages | Thesis (M.S.)--University of South Florida, 2003. | Includes bibliographical references. | Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. | ABSTRACT: Coral-based climate studies commonly use elemental ratios and stable isotopes of coral skeletons to address seawater temperature and hydrologic balance issues in the tropical surface oceans. Replication, or cross-checking, a standard technique used to assess the fidelity of...

Lower, Mark David, 1960-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 20, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Robert Richards. | Document formatted into pages (ix, 111 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47). | The purpose of this paper is to examine the applicability of established manned aircraft test techniques and processes to the testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). While the paper is l...

Gentner, Noah Benjamin, 1977-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 17, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Craig A. Wrisberg. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 96 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-91). | Quality of life (QOL) is a widely researched topic in many fields (Dijkers, 1999). However, there is a dearth of information regarding athletes QOL contained within the extant sport psy...

Twomey, Patrick Joseph, 1966-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 28, 04). | Thesis advisor: Robert B.Richards. | Document formatted into pages (xi, 70 p. : ill.(some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60). | This research has provided possible explanations to failures experienced in the P-7-2 Auxiliary Power Plant reduction gearbox as installed on the CH-53E Super Stallion and MH-53E Sea Dragon he...

Koyama, William S., 1964-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on June 1, 2004). | Thesis advisor: R. B. Richards. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 82 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46). | The FA-18 Hornet is a fourth-generation, supersonic, multi-role aircraft designed and built by the Boeing Aircraft Company, primarily for use as a single-seat US Navy and Marine Corps carrier...

Meely, Michael Jesse.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 20, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Ralph Kimberlin. | Document formatted into pages (xi, 82 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-35). | An assessment of the handling of the AH-64D for flight in IMC and under IFR was conducted. Testing was performed in the configurations listed in table 1 and under the conditions presented in ...

Rogers, Jeffrey Scott, 1978-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Jun. 4, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Basil Antar. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 55 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-37). | This study was conducted to obtain information on the effect of altitude on the internal environment of shipping containers for pancreatic islet cells being transported by commercial aircraft....

Toppel, Scott Kenneth, 1968-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 28, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Ralph D. Kimberlin. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 115 p. : ill.(some col.), map). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111). | As the capabilities of threat surface-to-air missile systems increased, the US Navy looked to improve upon the performance of the Tactical Air Launched Decoy (TALD), an air launch...

Dodge, Jeffrey Scott, 1969-

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 18, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Peter Solies. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 136 p. : ill.). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-87). | In the last decade, the world of helicopter testing has been significantly changed by the research involved in creating the latest military design specification named Army Design Specification 33, or ADS...