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Regency Rabble Rousers: The Impact And Legacy Of The Cato Street Conspiracy
(History, 2012-07-25)
What were the reasons behind the virtual disappearance of the Cato Street Conspiracy from historical discussion and debate as well as from public consciences? This thesis poses the question: How could a group whose ...
Shear Behavior Of Steel Fiber Reinforced Prestressed Concrete Beams Without Shear Reinforcement
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)
The ACI 318-08 building code allows to use the steel fiber reinforcement as alternative shear reinforcement with satisfying certain criteria when a beam is required minimum shear reinforcement. However, this provision ...
Predictive Model For Bigheaded Carps In Mississippi River
(Mathematics, 2012-04-11)
Bigheaded carps refer to two species of fish called Silver carp and Bigheaded carp which have invaded the Upper Mississippi River System and are causing nuisance to the native fish like catfish, paddlefish and gizzard Shad ...
Physiological Telemetric Sensing Systems For Medical Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
A batteryless, wireless, sensing system, suitable for biomedical applications, was studied in this dissertation. The sensing system contains a reader and a transponder and the working principle is based on passive RFID ...
A Microfluidic Platform To Study Cell Migration
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Migration of cancer cells from the primary organ to distant sites is critical to the development of malignant metastasis. This is partly dependant on the various chemical factors present in the blood serum. Cell motility ...
Behavioural Analysis Of Thermal Actuator Made Up Of Metals Like Titanium, Stainless Steel And Brass
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
Out of the various MEMS actuators, thermal actuators are easy to realize and creates more force by consuming less power compared with other types of MEMS based actuators [2]-[4].Conventional thermal actuators are made up ...
Fear And Hopelessness In Two Types Of Sexually Exploited Women
(Social Work, 2012-07-25)
Thirty-four women self-identified as engaging in prostitution and were sampled from two prostitution intervention agencies over a 6 month period. Participants ranged in age from 22 to 55 years old (M = 37.40, SD = 8.43), ...
The Rise Of Glocal Generation Y: How Its Personality And Psychological Contract Is Affected By Global Forces And Local Context
(Management, 2012-04-11)
When Generation Y started to enter the workforce in the early 2000s, discussions about their characteristics and their impact on organizations began among scholars around the world. A question has been raised whether the ...
Properties Of Concrete With Tire Derived Aggregate And Crumb Rubber As A Ligthweight Substitute For Mineral Aggregates In The Concrete Mix
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)
Scrap tires continue to be a nuisance to the environment and this research proposes one way of recycling them as a lightweight aggregate which can substitute for mineral aggregates in concrete. Aggregates derived from scrap ...
Pulsatile Protein Release From A Thermoresponsive Hydrogel: Effect Of Device Architecture, Nanoparticle And Polymer Concentration Using Factorial Analyses
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-04-11)
A pulsatile thermo-responsive drug delivery device for wound healing applications was developed in this study and its drug release during 24 hours of thermal cycling was characterized. The device consisted of a temperature ...