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Vital Publics: DIY Urbanism and the Right to the City
(2016-08-24)Lefebvre’s concept of Right to the City has been predominantly employed by critical theorists to analyze resistant spatial practices such as Occupy Wall Street (e.g. Marcuse 2009). However, influenced by Nietzsche, Lefebvre’s ... -
Voice And Valence-altering Operations In Falam Chin: A Role And Reference Grammar Approach
(Linguistics, 2011-03-03)This dissertation describes and analyzes voice and valence-altering operations in Falam Chin, a Tibeto-Burman language of Burma. The data is explained within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), which supplies ... -
Voice Controlled Accessibility and Testing tool (VCAT)
(2019-08-07)Most current browser-based web applications and software engineering tools, such as test generators and management tools, are not accessible to users who cannot use a traditional input device, such as a mouse and/or a ... -
Volatiles Characterization during Whiskey Production using Headspace - Solid Phase Microextraction - Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry
(2021-12-21)Whiskey is the second most consumed distilled alcoholic beverage type, by brand, on the planet behind Chinese Baijiu. A prominent component in many varieties of whiskey, maize, contributes a wide profile of compounds that ... -
Voltage Profile Estimation And Reactive Power Control Of Distribution Feeders
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-08-08)Distribution systems are important transportation links for the delivery of electric power. Understanding the system conditions of distribution feeders is vital for controlling power systems and maintaining electricity ... -
“WALK THE WALK”: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS’ PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
(2023-08-11)The profession of social work has a long-standing history of social movement contribution, including in recent times. The May 2020 murder of George Floyd was an international flashpoint for global protests demanding racial ... -
The Walkable Neighborhood Based On Retail Requirements: Impact Of Population Density On Market Area
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-03-03)Recent planning thought has focused on how to configure the city to reduce dependence on private automobiles. One important strain of this thinking is how to promote a city where daily needs can be satisfied on foot. Using ... -
Walkout: The Footsteps Of Latino Youth Activism
(Sociology, 2009-09-16)This qualitative study analyzes contemporary social action through the lens of Latino youth activism. A total of 11 people including Latino student demonstrators and non-demonstrators and teachers/administrators all shared ... -
The Walloon Immigrants Of Northeast Wisconsin: An Examination Of Ethnic Retention
(History, 2013-07-22)This thesis examines the unusually enduring retention of ethnic culture by the Walloon Belgian immigrants who settled in northeastern Wisconsin between 1853 and 1857, as well as the combination of circumstances which enabled ... -
Water Damage Evaluation Of Concrete Infrastructure
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)This study presents an experimental program to evaluate the effect of a special waterproofing material, International Chem-Crete Pavix (CCP), on the durability of concrete. The experimental program identified the concrete ... -
Water Permeability In Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FPR)-wrapped Concrete
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-03-20)A finite element analysis is performed using ANSYS software to analyze progress of water and its circulation in FRP wrapped concrete. This paper presents the modeling of water diffusion in FRP. Finite element programs do ... -
Wavelet Based Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization And Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)As a highly efficient technique, array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) methods allow the simultaneous measurement of genomic DNA copy number at hundreds or thousands of loci and the reliable detection of ... -
Wavelet Domain Diversity Method For Transmission Of Images Over Wireless Sytems Using Hybrid (OFDM-CDMA-SFH) Concept And Its Real Time Implementation In TMS320C6713 DSP Development Board
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)In this thesis a new OFDM based wavelet domain diversity combining method is proposed to combat errors during image transmission on wireless channels. A novel concept of utilizing OFDM sub-carriers to attain diversity is ... -
WAVING THE RED, BLACK, AND GREEN: THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL VISION OF THE UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION IN AKRON AND BARBERTON, OHIO
(2020-12-10)This micro study of the Akron and Barberton, Ohio, Divisions of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) adds to the understanding the geographic diversity of the Garvey Movement’s expansive reach. It begins to ... -
We Will Not Strike: The Black Revolt in the Chicago Teachers Union
(2015-12-09)In the 1960s, black teachers in Chicago were systematically discriminated against by the school system’s Board of Education. The Board used a subjective oral exam to deny the vast majority of African-American educators ... -
Wear and Tribofilm Formation With Zinc-free Antiwear Additives
(Materials Science & Engineering, 12-10-2012)Engine oil is used in all internal combustion engines to lubricate the moving parts & mitigate the wear due to friction. Along with the mentioned two functions, engine oil also serves to protect the engine from corrosion, ... -
Wearable Biomedical Sensors
(2019-05-08)Focusing on current major research interests about the wearable biomedical sensors, numerous achievements contributed by researchers and engineers are reviewed in chapter 1. Development and research trends, as well as ... -
Web Application Integration Using Mashups
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)The HTML DOM is the W3C standard data model for HTML documents. A web page may be viewed as a tree structure with data nodes at each level, according to the HTML DOM, to enable web applications to access it dynamically. ... -
Web Based Integrated Multiple Function Customer Demand And Budget Management System
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-08-08)Traditionally, most end-use residential consumers receive flat rate monthly electricity bills based on load profiling rate calculations from different utilities' consumer classes. Those flat rates do not relate and reflect ... -
Web-based Real-time Monitoring System To Enhance The Participation Of An Industrial Power System In A Restructured Utility Industry
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The opening of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid to wholesale competition began in 1996 that initiated the first stage of deregulation in Texas. In order to relieve generation and transmission constraints, ...