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Human Trafficking: Law Enforcement's Perceptions And Knowledge
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2013-03-20)The perceptions and knowledge of law enforcement personnel regarding the issue of human trafficking was analyzed by utilizing a self-administered survey with questions measuring those items. Unfortunately there is a limited ... -
Human Trafficking: The Perceptions of Students Towards The Underground Sex Trafficking Network
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2013-03-20)The purpose of this study is to measure the perception, while controlling for race and ethnicity, towards human trafficking in 2012. Specifically, the perceptions of both undergraduate and graduate criminology and criminal ... -
HUMILITY AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL: TESTING A MODERATED MODERATED MEDIATION MODEL
(2020-12-08)Despite the growing research on humble leadership, views on humility remain mixed and little is known about how humble individuals become leaders. To address this gap, this study examined how expressed humility was related ... -
Hybrid And Smart Grid Wireless Networks: Capacity And Optimization
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)Hybrid wireless network is a combination of ad hoc network and cellular network. A key question arising in such hybrid wireless networks is what is the per-node data transmission limit of the hybrid wireless network over ... -
Hybrid Dynamic Simulation For Performance Optimization Of Legged Mechanisms
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-07-14)Agile locomotion is needed for mobile robots to efficiently navigate challenging terrain. The ability of an agile legged mobile robot to abruptly change trajectory allows it toquickly react to obstacles and successfully ... -
A Hybrid Method For Identifying And Estimating Key Dynamic Parameters For Exciters, Pss And Governors Based On Event-recorded Measurements On-line Measurements
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-03-03)Following the power market deregulation, power systems have become more complex and are found to be consistently operating closer to their stability limits. Power system dynamic modeling and studies which provide significant ... -
Hybrid Video Coding Design With Variable Size Integer Transforms And Structural Similarity
(Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)This research proposes a block-based video codec design with two objectives. The first goal is to propose a method for intraframe that improves the rate-distortion (peak signal-to-noise ratio versus bit rate) of a fixed-size ... -
Hydraulic Performance Evaluation Of Different Recirculation Systems For ELR / bioreactor Landfills
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-07-22)The major aspect of bioreactor landfill is the addition of liquid and recirculation of collected leachate back into the waste mass through the subsurface Leachate Recirculation System (LRS). The leachate recirculation ... -
Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Evapotranspiration Cover Systems
(2016-12-07)Although alternative covers such as the evapotranspiration (ET) landfill cover system promise to provide equivalent or greater performance than conventional cover systems, uncertainties remain on the performance of these ... -
HYDROCARBON POOL FIRE PERFORMANCE OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) STRENGTHENED AND THERMALLY INSULATED BRIDGE GIRDERS
(2016-12-15)Highway bridges encounter various extreme load hazards, such as earthquake, flood, blast, collision, wind and fire during their design lives. The effect of accidental, natural or man-made fire on bridges is one of the least ... -
Hydrocarbon Pool Fire Performance of Reinforced Elastomeric Bearing Pads
(2017-08-09)Bearing pads are used as support for bridge girders to transfer the reaction forces to the substructure. They are designed to accommodate high axial loads from girder, shear deformations due to lateral thermal expansion ... -
HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES ON STREAM-CROSSING BRIDGES – CONSIDERATION OF FLOW PARAMETERS, BRIDGE GEOMETRY, AND DEBRIS
(2022-05-16)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/11/2024** ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the interaction of flood flow with bridge superstructures by considering the effects of the flow parameters, bridge geometry, ... -
Hydrogeochemical Evolution Of Arsenic Along Groundwater Flow Paths: Linking Aqueous And Solid Phase Arsenic Speciation
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2007-08-23)The central hypothesis of this Doctoral research work is that changes occurring along groundwater flow paths that accompany chemical weathering and oxidation-reduction reactions catalyze both arsenic (As) mobilization from, ... -
HYDROLOGIC & HYDRAULIC ANALYSES TO RE-ESTABLISH TRIGG BRANCH’S JURISDICTIONAL CHANNEL TO PRE-DAM CONDITION USING HEC-HMS & HEC-RAS MODELS
(2020-12-08)Birds strikes are the most prevalent cause of airplanes strikes, and retention ponds near airports are one of the most attractive spots for both immigrant and domestic wildlife USDA (2017). Since the Trigg Lake, water ... -
Hydrological Visualization And Analysis System And Drought Related Feature Selection Based On Sectional Correlation Measurement
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2013-03-20)Because of the larger data storage and the faster computational power, computer can process and store much finer resolution data. Aside from data analysis, data visualization is also an important task to understand the ... -
Hygrothermally Stable Laminated Composites For Optimal Extension Twist Coupling In Closed Cell Configuration
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-07-25)An optimization routine utilizing the sequential quadratic programming method is used to develop laminates that are hygrothermally stable in flat-strip configuration and are optimal for extension twist coupling in closed ... -
Hyper-optimized Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods For Geo-spatial and Temporal Function Estimation
(2018-08-13)Owing to a high degree of freedom in human mobility, accurate modelling/estimation of human mobility function remains a challenge. Numerous work in the literature have tried to address the challenge using various traditional ... -
Hypertension Self-Management Intervention: Text Messages to Improve Blood Pressure and Medication Adherence Among African American Older Adults
(2019-12-02)The most widely used form of mobile health technology has been text messaging. Because of the wide use, acceptability, and cost effectiveness of text messaging it may be a useful tool to develop hypertension self-management ... -
HYPHENATED AMERICANS: CHRISTIAN ARAB-AMERICANS’ IDENTITY STRUGGLE
(2018-08-07)The topic of this thesis is the understudied minority of Christian Arab-Americans (CAAs), and this research addresses the issues CAAs face in the United States with special attention to the factors that influence their ... -
HYPOID GEAR NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL IN AUTOMOTIVE REAR AXLE SYSTEMS
(2020-08-14)Gear whine is a key issue for the vehicle powertrain system, and the design of a quiet, reliable driveline system is highly desirable for the automotive industry. From past studies, the main source of excitation for gear ...