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Students' Opinions Toward Carrying Concealed Handguns On Campus
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2011-07-14)
Since the massacre at Virginia Tech, there has been much attention regarding the idea of students carrying guns on campus. The purpose of this paper is to determine the opinions of graduate and undergraduate students who ...
A Study On The Corrosion Behavior Of Nanocrystalline Nickel In Aqueous Environments
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Nanocrystalline materials possess considerably enhanced properties arising from their small grain size. Significant interest has been paid in the past to their mechanical and physical properties. Very little attention ...
Concurrent Polyglot: An Extensible Compiler Framework
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
We have today crossed the threshold of increasing clock frequencies as the dominant solution to faster computing, and it is imperative for software developers to be able to think in the concurrent and parallel paradigm. ...
What Are Country-level Determinants Of Economic Research Productivity?
(Economics, 2010-03-03)
Economics research productivity is an emerging concern because it determines education system's quality and it can help improve economic welfare. This study seeks to investigate country-level determinants of research ...
Topology Optimization Using Hyper Radial Basis Function Network
(Mechanical Engineering, 2010-03-03)
Topology optimization has been conventionally used in automobile and aerospace industries to produce lightweight structures for minimum compliance or maximum fundamental frequency. Today, topology optimization finds ...
Development Of An Optical Spectroscopic Method To Detect Neurohemodynamic Changes Induced By Pain In Rats
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-03-03)
In my optical spectroscopy study, multi-channel, thin optical probes with short source-detector separation have been implemented, calibrated, and used along with a multi-channel spectrometer as a quantitative technique to ...
Carbon Footprint Analysis Of A Large Diameter Water Transmission Pipeline Installation
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)
The term pipeline refers to a long line of connected segments of pipe, with pumps, valves, control devices, and other equipment or facilities needed for operating the system. Water transmission pipelines are generally large ...
WLAN Based Indoor Localization
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Localization based on received signal strength has been a topic of Interest due to its relative simplicity in measurement and minimal hardware requirements. Much of the research in this field has been on developing an ...
Investigation Of Brain Activity In Prefrontal Cortex Under Noxious Pain Stimuli And During Psychological Test Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive functional neuroimaging technique, which measures changes in oxy-hemoglobin (HbO) and deoxy-hemoglobin (HbR) concentrations based on the principle of near ...
Performance Tuning Of An Embedded Template Analysis Tool
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
As multi core processors become ubiquitous, programs must be designed to utilize the additional power at their disposal. Extracting maximum performance out of these processors requires utilizing latest parallel programming ...