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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 PMU-based Parameter Identification For Synchronous Generator Dynamic Model
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Power systems have become more complex and are found to be consistently operating closer to their stability limits under the deregulated environment. Power system dynamic simulation, which provides significant insight into ...
Dynamic System Reduction And Fault Location Identification Using Synchrophasors
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
The advent of the synchronized phasor measurement units' technology allow for new applications to the power systems and improvement of existing applications. This dissertation presents a new method for synchrophasor-assisted ...
An Innovative Epitaxial Growth Method For Minimizing Dislocations In Thin-film Quantum-dot Optoelectronic And Photovoltaic Device Applications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)
A new buffer layer method for epitaxial growth of lattice-mismatched semiconductor quantum-dots based p-i-n structures is presented. To our knowledge this is the first instance of a dislocation-reduction approach that ...
Wireless Health Monitoring And Improvement System For Wind Turbines
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Wind power has become the world's fastest growing renewable energy resource. The world-wide wind power installed capacity has exceeded 120 GW. The United States has set a target of 20% wind-based electricity generation, ...
Strategies To Improve Respiratory Outcomes In Premature Infants With Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(Nursing, 2012-04-11)
Infants born prematurely with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are at high risk for complications from mechanical ventilation. Strategies are needed to minimize their days on the ventilator. The purpose of this study ...
Short Circuit Analysis And Circuit Breaker Interrupting Capability Validations For Industrial Power Plants
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
The purpose of this study is to determine the short circuit current as well as evaluate the interrupting capability of the circuit breaker with higher accuracy for industrial power plants. Power plant protection and ...
Evaluating Beat Structure And Truck Allocation For The Tarrant County Courtesy Patrol
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Non-recurring congestion poses a significant concern to urban freeway drivers. Effective incident management relies on many tools to lessen the overall impact of crashes, road debris, and stalled/disabled vehicles. While ...
The "Pedestrian Realm" As A Genesis Of Commerce: Bazaars Of The East And Mixed-use Centers Of The West
(Landscape Architecture, 2012-07-25)
Commerce is an ancient economical framework that enables establishment of social ties, improving cultural relationships, and trading values as well as commodities (Edgu et al., 2012). Different trends have taken place ...
Design And Implementation Processes Of Low Impact Development In The Dallas - Fort Worth Area
(Landscape Architecture, 2012-07-25)
In 1999, The EPA published The Stormwater Phase II rule, which instituted the implementation of "techniques, measures or structural control to manage and improve the quality of stormwater runoff" otherwise known as Best ...