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An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)
Reacting to increased competition, companies are adopting inter-organizational information systems (IOS) that share information across the supply chain partners. This sharing requires trust. To better understand the ...
Miniature Optical Coherence Tomography Probe
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A piezo based optical scanner for high speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been developed. Design of the miniature probe has been optimized to take advantages of the high speed depth scanning that can be achieved ...
Supramolecular Chemistry Of Nitrogen Dioxide
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)
Supramolecular chemistry has been defined as "chemistry beyond molecules", and involves investigating molecular systems held together reversibly by inter-molecular forces, not by covalent bonds. This dissertation discusses ...
A Causal Analysis Of Developmental Assets, Behaviors And Delinquency Among Hispanic Youth In Texas
(Social Work, 2007-08-23)
The purpose of this study was to identify the main predicting developmental assets for the prevention of juvenile delinquency among Hispanic youth in Texas by adopting advanced research methods. According to Benson (1995), ...
Women In The Twentieth Century : Modernity, Feminism, And Islam In Turkey
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
Presenting the effects of religion especially upon the family, gender roles, and the workforce is important. Islam's compatibility or incompatibility with modernization and feminism is one of the most important issues ...
Performance And Check-out Verification Testing Of A New True Triaxial Apparatus Using Partially Saturated Silty Sand
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A stress-controlled, flexible boundary, true triaxial (cubical) testing apparatus has been developed to test 3-inch cubical specimen of partially saturated soil under different moisture contents and for a wide range of ...
A Study Of Factors Affecting Scale Roughness In The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
(Biology, 2007-08-23)
Reptilian scales are very complex with patterns across their surface like a human fingerprint. These patterns are species specific, but there has been no way to quantify differences. A new technique using the confocal ...
Relative Clock Drift Rate Based Secure Time Synchronization For Wireless Sensor Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Time synchronization is critical issue to many wireless sensor network applications such that target tracking, TDMA radio scheduling, and secure localization. However, the most of existing time synchronization algorithms ...
Transcoding From H264 Bitstream To MPEG-2 Bitstream
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
H.264/AVC was recently developed by the JVT (Joint Video Team). This new standard fulfills significant coding efficiency, simple syntax specifications and seamless integration of video coding into all current protocols and ...
Effects Of Religiosity And REBT On Substance Abuse And Mental Health
(Social Work, 2007-08-23)
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the impact of a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)-based treatment program on subjects levels of risk for alcohol and drug abuse as measured by the Substance Abuse Questionnaire ...