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Temporary Network Development Capability In High Velocity Environements: A Dynamic Capability Study Of Disaster Relief Organizations
(Business Administration, 2011-03-03)
Organizations involved in crisis relief after a natural disaster face the multifaceted challenge of significantly changing needs of their various stakeholders, limited, ambiguous and even incorrect information, and highly ...
Embedded Sparse Representation For Image Classification
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Image classification, such as face recognition and scene categorization, is an important research area in computer vision over the last decade. It has been successfully applied to many image analysis applications. Images ...
Improving Privacy And Performance In Anonymous Communications
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Anonymous communications systems provide an important privacy service by keeping passive eavesdroppers from linking communicating parties. However, an attacker can use long-term statistical analysis of traffic sent to and ...
Fundamental Dynamical Equations For Two And Four-component Spinors In Galilean And Minkowski Space-time
(Physics, 2011-07-14)
A search for new fundamental (Galilean and Poincaré invariant) dynamical equations for free elementary particles represented by spinor state functions is conducted in Galilean and Minkowski space-time. A dynamical ...
Ideal Cycle Analysis Of A Regenerative Pulse Detonation Engine For Power Production
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Over the last few decades, considerable research has been focused on pulse detonation engines (PDEs) as a promising replacement for existing propulsion systems with potential applications in aircraft ranging from the ...
Environmental Regulation Of Stomate-based Defense Against Bacterial Infection in Arabidopsis
(Biology, 2011-03-03)
Stomata are natural openings in the plant epidermis responsible for gas (O2 and CO2) exchange between plant interior and environment. They are formed by a pair of guard cells, which are able to close the stomatal pore in ...
Typifying Wikipedia Articles
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)
In Wikipedia, each article represents an entity. Entity can have different types like person, country, school, science etc. Although Wikipedia encapsulates category information for each page, sometimes it is not sufficient ...
Evaluation Of Trenchless Renewal Methods For Potable Water Distribution Pipes
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Undoubtedly, potable water pipes, as part of an underground infrastructure system, play a key role in maintaining quality of life, health and well being of human kind. As these potable water pipes reach the end of their ...
A Holistic, Similarity-based Approach For Personalized Ranking In Web Databases
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-10-11)
With the advent of the Web, the notion of ``information retrieval'' has acquired a completely new connotation and currently encompasses several disciplines ranging from traditional forms of text and data retrieval in ...
Characterization And Evaluation Of Gas Generation Potential Of Municipal Solid Waste From A Closed Section Of A Landfill
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-10-11)
At present, there are more than 40 closed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills around DFW and North Texas. A closed landfill might have potential benefits for gas recovery and utilization due to the presence of organic ...