Search
Now showing items 311-320 of 336
Risk And Protective Factors Associated With Teen Fatherhood Among A Sample Of Black, White, And Hispanic Males
(Social Work, 2011-03-03)
After 14 years of consistent decline, the teen pregnancy rate increased for 2 consecutive years. This increase is concerning due to the adverse consequences associated with teen pregnancy. This study conducted secondary ...
Adaptive Methods For Realistic And Intuitive Human-robot Interaction
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Due to the advancement in robotics and computer technology, having access to sophisticated robot hardware is becoming common. An increase in the number of robots allows one to achieve different kind of tasks by exploiting ...
Selected Studies Of Orbital Stability And Habitability In Star-planet Systems
(Physics, 2011-03-03)
The study of planets remaining in orbit around one star with another starinterfering is an important topic of orbital mechanics and astrobiology. The onset of instability for a planet which is part of a stellar binary ...
Modeling Studies To Assess Long Term Settlement Of Light Weight Aggregate Embankment
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Expanded clay and shale (ECS) is a low weight material derived from clay and shale, and has been used in large quantities throughout the world. Very few studies have been performed to investigate the behavior of ECS and ...
A Tutorial On LTE Evolved UTRAN (EUTRAN) and LTE Self Organizing Networks (SON)
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
The third-generation (3G) cellular communication technology, Universal Mobile Terrestrial System (UMTS), based on Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), has been widely deployed all over the world providing faster ...
Innovations In ¹H MR Tissue Oximetry: New Probes And Pulses
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Low oxygenation level (hypoxia) of tissue leads to cellular dysfunction, damage and poor response to therapy. Quantitative measurement of tissue oxygenation is critical not only for the study of tissue physiology, but ...
Toward An Ontology Of Design Philosophy In Landscape Architecture: Developing A Personal Design Philosophy
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)
This thesis uses qualitative inquiry to examine the process for developing a personal design philosophy. The larger goal of the study seeks to understand the universal and particulars of design as philosophy with the intent ...
Measurement Of The Spectral Distribution Of Low Energy Electrons Emitted As A Result Of NVV Auger Transitions In Ag (100)
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Auger Photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy (APECS) was used to investigate the physics of the Low Energy Tail (LET) of the Auger spectrum of Ag (100) at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Lab, New ...
Evaluation Of Project Delivery Methods For Trenchless Construction
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)
The need of today's construction whether it be residential, commercial or infrastructure is to cut costs while maintaining schedule, scope, and delivering the expected quality. This realization has brought to light the ...
Capacitive Strain Sensors For Measurement Of Large Strain For Structural Health Monitoring
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is increasingly used to replace time based management, with a more efficient Condition Based Maintenance (CBM). The traditional scheme of scheduling down time for aircraft inspection or ...