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Imbalance Response Of A Four Degree Of Freedom Rigid Rotor Supported By Hybrid Three Pad Air Foil Bearing
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-03-03)Air foil bearings (AFB's) are widely used in small to midsized turbomachinery. They provide safer, cleaner and cheaper bearing operation. They are simple in construction, offer very low drag friction and have very high ... -
Immersion Cooling Of High End Data Center Server And Validation Through Experiments
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-07-22)Despite recent improvements in data center cooling efficiency such as hot and cold aisle and air side economizer, air cooling may not have the capacity to cool high end racks such as from IBM's NetBAY42 (150Kw and above). ... -
Immigration And Editorial Page Policy: A Case Study Of The Dallas Morning News
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Newspaper editorial pages play a crucial role in democratic society, serving as forums for informed debate. On major issues such as immigration, many factors are at play when members of an editorial board sit down together ... -
Impact Of A Pre-combustion Retrofit Device On Vehicular Emissions: A Case Study
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)Vehicular emissions are a major cause of air pollution in the cities worldwide. Increased numbers of vehicles and the vehicle miles traveled by them every year means that the emissions are going to have a detrimental effect ... -
The Impact Of An Intensive Physical Exercise Program (IPE) On Mental Processing Speed And Postural Control In Older Adults
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)One in three Americans over the age of 65 fall each year. In 2000, this equated to an annual cost of $19 billion in healthcare costs and this cost is expected to rise to $54 billion by 2020. One factor related to the ... -
The Impact Of Buffer Zone Changes on the Architecture Of The Paleozic Lower Cutler Beds Of Utah
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2012-04-11)The Shafer basin fluvial units, as being part of the Paradox fold and fault belt basin, received sediments from alluvial fans through mixed braided-meandering river systems that eroded the clastic rocks of the Uncompahgre ... -
The Impact Of Different Cues on the Memorability Of System-assigned Recognition-based Textual Passwords
To ensure memorability, users employ predictable patterns when creating new passwords. These patterns make passwords easy to guess, which not only increases risks to users but also for the entire system. In contrast, ... -
Impact of domestic animals on prevalence of vector-borne diseases in humans
(2020-06-05)Vector-borne infectious diseases are one of the leading problems for public health worldwide, particularly in underdeveloped and developing countries. These diseases infect humans through the bite of infected vectors. The ... -
THE IMPACT OF E-MAIL USE ON FOURTH GRADERS' WRITING SKILLS
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1998-12)The growing interest in computer use at home and in the workplace has led to the incorporation of computer skills into school curricula. Numerous claims assert the benefit of computers, but questions remain concerning the ... -
The Impact Of Familial Instability On Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes
(Social Work, 2010-07-19)As the definition of what is considered a family changes in our society, the family unit itself continues to undergo changes. These changes can sometimes lead to decreased stability within the family unit. This study focused ... -
Impact of Fintech on the Commercial Banking Industry: Customer Side.
(2023-06-21)FinTech are the firms that use new technology to deliver financial services. They have heavily impacted the change in the banking industry, mostly on the consumer side with innovation, social impact, and technological ... -
The Impact Of Green Walls And Roofs To Urban Microclimate In Downtown Dallas, Texas: Learning From Simulated Environments
(Landscape Architecture, 2014-03-12)Microclimate refers to a localized zone where the climate is different than the surrounding area. In dense urban areas, climate is affected by "urban thermo-physical and geometrical characteristics, anthropogenic activities ... -
The Impact Of Hybrid Energy Storage On Power Quality When High Power DC Loads Are Operated On A Microgrid Testbed
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)As the Navy's demands for high power transient loads evolves, so too does the need for alternative energy sources to back-up the more traditional power generation. Such applications in need of support include electrical ... -
IMPACT OF IMMERSION COOLING ON THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NON-HALOGENATED CORE
(2023-05-22)The rise in demand for modern high-power systems, which require fast processing and frequent data storage, has resulted in an exceptional and unprecedented increase in power density and heat generation within data centers. ... -
Impact of Immersion Cooling on Thermo-Mechanical Properties of PCB's and Reliability of Electronic Packages
(2019-05-17)Immersion cooling technique is used for the thermal management of high-density data centers to avoid overheating of components and failure of servers. However, to use this as a viable cooling technique, the effect of ... -
The Impact Of Impoundment And Urbanization On Shallow Groundwater Conditions In The Joe Pool Lake Catchment, Texas
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2014-12)This dissertation is an assessment of the shallow groundwater (SGW) regime within the drainage area of Joe Pool Lake (JPL), an impoundment on Mountain Creek (MC) located in Grand Prairie, Texas. A thin zone of highly-weathered ... -
The Impact Of Information Technology On Small, Medium, And Large Hospitals: Quality, Safety, And Financial Metrics
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-04-22)This study focuses on the role of information technologies in healthcare, and investigates the relationship of IT sophistication to patient safety, healthcare quality, and financial performance in Texas acute care hospitals. ... -
The Impact Of Institutional Support Networks: A Case Study Of A Small Texas Public School District
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)This thesis project focuses on a small independent school district in Texas that serves a high-poverty population yet excels at graduating economically disadvantaged students. Using the concepts of cultural and social ... -
IMPACT OF INTERACTIVE DIGITAL KIOSKS UPON SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN URBAN PUBLIC SPACES
(2019-05-06)The objective of this thesis is to study the impact of Interactive Digital Kiosks upon human social behavior in urban public spaces. William H. Whyte; an author of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, highlights several ... -
Impact Of Lateral Swell Pressure On Retaining Structure Design Using Expansive Cohesive Backfill
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2008-08-08)Since cohesive soils are difficult to drain once becoming saturated, in order to reduce lateral earth pressures exerted by saturated cohesive soils on retaining structures, retaining wall designs most always specify use ...