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BACKSTEPPING APPROACH FOR DESIGN OF CASCADED PID CONTROLLER WITH GUARANTEED TRAJECTORY TRACKING PERFORMANCE FOR MICRO-AIR UAV
(2019-12-04)Flight controllers for micro-air UAVs are generally designed using Proportional- Integral-Derivative (PID) methods, where the tuning of gains is difficult and time-consuming, and performance is not guaranteed. In this ... -
Balancing Acquisition And Sorting Policies Of Remanufacturing
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2013-10-23)A remanufacturer struggles with uncertainty of returns and quality of products. With regard to the remanufacturing process, this study focuses on the determination of the following policies: a) Acquisition policy and b) ... -
Balancing Safety And Normalcy: A Study Of Parents' Management Of Young Children's Severe Food Allergies
(Sociology, 2008-08-08)While severe food allergies have been extensively studied by physicians, sociologists have not yet examined the parental management of children's severe food allergies. In this thesis, I examine how parents negotiate ... -
Balancing the Theoretical Toolkit: A Quantitative Examination of Social Mobility and Culture
(2019-05-17)Stratification researchers of the last four decades have contributed a multitude of information on how class-origins, culture, and social psychological factors affect class reproduction. However, scholarship has spent ... -
BAND GAP ENGINEERING IN TERNARY OXIDES AND SULFIDES: A ROUTE TO NEW PHOTOELECTRODES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
(2023-08-23)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** In recent years, there has been a growing interest in semiconductor photoelectrodes that can effectively split water into hydrogen and oxygen using sunlight. ... -
Barriers to Resource Access: The Need for Social Workers as Cultural Brokers in Hispanic Immigrant Communities
(2021-12-08)Although the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world (Budiman, 2020), there exists inequality in resource access among U.S. born and immigrants. The inequality has been created and maintained by the ... -
Barriers to Self-sufficiency for Syrian Refugees After Resettlement
(2018-08-13)This case study serves as insight into the barriers to refugee self-sufficiency for resettled Syrians. An understanding of the refugee experience and obstacles faced after the initial resettlement period was developed ... -
BASES OF INFINITE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ORTHOSYMPLECTIC LIE SUPERALGEBRAS
(2020-06-08)We provide explicit bases of representations of the Lie superalgebra osp(1|2n) obtained by taking tensor products of infinite-dimensional representation and the standard representation. This infinite-dimensional representation ... -
Battery Identification Methods Based On Equivalent Circuit Model
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-03-03)Development of an intelligent battery diagnostic system is a necessity for future transportation industry. These technologies will have the potential to create profound impact in other industries such as portable electronics. ... -
Bayesian Statistics and Information Fusion for GPS-Denied Navigation
(2015-11-24)It is well known that satellite navigation systems are vulnerable to disruption due to jamming, spoofing, or obstruction of the signal. The desire for robust navigation of aircraft in GPS-denied environments has motivated ... -
BEAMFORMING USING QUASI OPTICAL APPROACH FOR 5G BACKHAUL
(2021-05-06)A new method is proposed for quasi optical beamforming that will enhance performance of emerging systems such as broad deployment of 5G backhaul communications, Internet of Things (IOT), vehicular networking systems, and ... -
Becomes a Woman Best: Female Prophetic Figures in Shakespeare's Plays
(2015-12-09)This dissertation argues that female characters in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, Henry VIII, Richard III, Macbeth, and 1 Henry VI function as prophets in the style of the Old Testament. In a culture that venerates Holy ... -
Becoming a Wikibrarian: An Introduction to Wikipedia Editing or Librarians and Archivists
(Texas Library Association, 2018-04-04)As the fifth most popular site in overall global web traffic, Wikipedia is often the starting point for research. Its mission is to provide free access to knowledge. So how can librarians and archivists leverage the power ... -
BEHAVIORAL AND LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE THALAMUS AND ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX OF BEHAVING RATS EXPERIENCING POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA
(2016-11-30)Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is experienced as burning pain in the facial region, caused by nerve damage from the herpes zoster virus. The pain often becomes chronic and debilitating. Investigations into the pain pathway ... -
BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS IN OPERATIONAL DECISIONS. APPLIED FACTOR INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MICRO (INDIVIDUAL) AND MESO (CLUSTER) LEVELS
(2020-06-22)Normative theoretical models in operations management have been widely utilized by businesses and scientists to explain multiple phenomena. They assume that operating systems are managed by fully rational decision-makers ... -
Behavioral comparisons in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder: A systematic literature review
(2017-06)Background Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) are developmental disorders that, since the DSM-5, can be diagnosed as co-occurring conditions. While some recent studies suggest ... -
BEHAVIORAL EXPLANATIONS OF INVESTORS’ TRADING IN FINANCIAL MARKETS
(2019-05-03)In the first essay, I examine the effect of social media sentiment on the trading behavior of individual investors. I document a positive association between sentiment and retail order imbalances (i.e., individual investors ... -
Behaviors And Attitudes Related To Youth Runaway Behaviors
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2011-10-11)The purpose of this study was to examine running away behaviors related to certain attitudes and behaviors during childhood and adolescence. Data for this study was collected from 206 students that filled out a self report ... -
Behavioural Analysis Of Thermal Actuator Made Up Of Metals Like Titanium, Stainless Steel And Brass
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)Out of the various MEMS actuators, thermal actuators are easy to realize and creates more force by consuming less power compared with other types of MEMS based actuators [2]-[4].Conventional thermal actuators are made up ... -
Beliefs In Medications And Treatment Complexity As Predictors Of Medication Adherence Among Adults 18-65 Years Old With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(Nursing, 2014-03-12)Low adherence to medications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results in relapses and subsequently increased healthcare costs, poor quality of life, and increased comorbidities. In this correlational ...