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Students' Opinions Toward Carrying Concealed Handguns On Campus
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2011-07-14)
Since the massacre at Virginia Tech, there has been much attention regarding the idea of students carrying guns on campus. The purpose of this paper is to determine the opinions of graduate and undergraduate students who ...
A Study On The Corrosion Behavior Of Nanocrystalline Nickel In Aqueous Environments
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Nanocrystalline materials possess considerably enhanced properties arising from their small grain size. Significant interest has been paid in the past to their mechanical and physical properties. Very little attention ...
Concurrent Polyglot: An Extensible Compiler Framework
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
We have today crossed the threshold of increasing clock frequencies as the dominant solution to faster computing, and it is imperative for software developers to be able to think in the concurrent and parallel paradigm. ...
Carbon Footprint Analysis Of A Large Diameter Water Transmission Pipeline Installation
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)
The term pipeline refers to a long line of connected segments of pipe, with pumps, valves, control devices, and other equipment or facilities needed for operating the system. Water transmission pipelines are generally large ...
WLAN Based Indoor Localization
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Localization based on received signal strength has been a topic of Interest due to its relative simplicity in measurement and minimal hardware requirements. Much of the research in this field has been on developing an ...
Investigation Of Brain Activity In Prefrontal Cortex Under Noxious Pain Stimuli And During Psychological Test Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive functional neuroimaging technique, which measures changes in oxy-hemoglobin (HbO) and deoxy-hemoglobin (HbR) concentrations based on the principle of near ...
Performance Tuning Of An Embedded Template Analysis Tool
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
As multi core processors become ubiquitous, programs must be designed to utilize the additional power at their disposal. Extracting maximum performance out of these processors requires utilizing latest parallel programming ...
A Planning Model For Disaster Relief Agencies
(Social Work, 2011-03-03)
Rather than identify nongovernmental organizations (NGO) with traditional service delivery systems, NGOs should be viewed as a unique system with specific outcomes pertinent to resource distribution. Grounded theory was ...
Engineered Basal Lamina Equivalent - Fabrication And Biomedical Applications
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-10-11)
A novel technique based on the principle of solvent casting is developed to create uniform, ultrathin and stackable films of Collagen I/IV and ECMgel for use as Engineered Basal Lamina Equivalent. The mixture of these two ...
Implementation of a pain generator controlled by pressure and feasability in its applications for functional near-infrared spectroscopy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-10-11)
Pain is a sensory and emotional experience as a result of possible or definite tissue damage. The level of pain is subjective to the individual's consciousness of sensory stimuli. Pain stimuli can be noxious (i.e., ...