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Evaluation Of A Randomized Clinical Trial Of A Psychoeducational Intervention On Long-term Quality Of Life, Negative Affect, Progression And Survival In Head And Neck Cancer Patients
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)
The relationship between psychological and physiological factors that impact health is an important consideration for daily life, illness prevention, treatment, and recovery in cancer patients. Psychological functioning ...
Analytical Parametric Cycle Analysis Of Continuous Rotating Detonation Ejector-augmented Rocket Engine
(Aerospace Engineering, 2011-07-14)
An analytical parametric cycle analysis model for the continuous rotating detonation wave ejector-augmented rocket was developed to estimate and evaluate the maximum potential performance that the continuous rotating ...
Parametric And Performance Analysis Of A Hybrid Pulse Detonation / Turbofan Engine
(Aerospace Engineering, 2011-07-14)
The performance of a hybrid pulse detonation engine (PDE), with the PDE tubes installed in the bypass duct of a turbofan engine is investigated in this study. Performance parameters for the duct burning PDE engine are ...
The Analysis And Testing Of The Quaife Torque-biasing Differential
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and test the Quaife torque biasing differential. The differential was modeled mathematically and equations were formulated. Experiments were then performed on a Formula SAE car ...
Investigations In The Impact Of Visual Cognition And Spatial Ability Of Student Comprehension Of Physics And Space Science
(Physics, 2011-07-14)
Physics and Space Science examine topics that are highly spatial in nature. Students are required to visualize a system, manipulate that system, and then solve a given problem. Doing all of this, simultaneously, can lead ...
Alternative Matching Schemes For Automatic Fingerprint Identification Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Biometrics is a recognition technology that uses the unique behavioral and physiological traits of the human body as identifiers. The fingerprint is one of the oldest and most widely used forms of biometric identifiers. ...
Analysis And Improvement Of Multiple Optimal Learning Factors For Feed-forward Networks
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
The effects of transforming the net function vector in the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) are analyzed. The use of optimal diagonal transformation matrices on the net function vector is proved to be equivalent to training the ...
Silicon Wafer Defect Segmentation Using Modified Pulse Coupled Neural Network
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Defect segmentation has been a focal point in silicon wafer inspection research and it remains challenging because the defects are complicated by large variations in intensity distribution. An algorithm for silicon wafer ...
A Study Of Diamond Nanoparticles
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Diamond nanoparticles grown previously by Hot Filament Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition have been characterized by utilizing Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy and X Ray Diffraction. ...
Air Emissions From Natural Gas Exploration And Mining In The Barnett Shale Geologic Reservoir
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2011-10-11)
This study evaluates air emissions from natural gas mining and production in the Barnett Shale within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Due to advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, natural gas production ...