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Toward An Ontology Of Design Philosophy In Landscape Architecture: Developing A Personal Design Philosophy
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)
This thesis uses qualitative inquiry to examine the process for developing a personal design philosophy. The larger goal of the study seeks to understand the universal and particulars of design as philosophy with the intent ...
Measurement Of The Spectral Distribution Of Low Energy Electrons Emitted As A Result Of NVV Auger Transitions In Ag (100)
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Auger Photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy (APECS) was used to investigate the physics of the Low Energy Tail (LET) of the Auger spectrum of Ag (100) at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Lab, New ...
Evaluation Of Project Delivery Methods For Trenchless Construction
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)
The need of today's construction whether it be residential, commercial or infrastructure is to cut costs while maintaining schedule, scope, and delivering the expected quality. This realization has brought to light the ...
Capacitive Strain Sensors For Measurement Of Large Strain For Structural Health Monitoring
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is increasingly used to replace time based management, with a more efficient Condition Based Maintenance (CBM). The traditional scheme of scheduling down time for aircraft inspection or ...
Voice And Valence-altering Operations In Falam Chin: A Role And Reference Grammar Approach
(Linguistics, 2011-03-03)
This dissertation describes and analyzes voice and valence-altering operations in Falam Chin, a Tibeto-Burman language of Burma. The data is explained within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), which supplies ...
From Eve To Eve: Women's Dreaming In The Middle Ages And Renaissance
(English, 2011-03-03)
This project examines reports of the dreams of women in fictionalized as well as historical, biographical, and hagiographical accounts from the English Middle Ages and Renaissance. Because an unstable body/spirit dualism ...
A Revised Phonology Of Kabiye Segments And Tone
(Linguistics, 2011-03-03)
This study suggests revisions to the segmental and tonal phonology of Kabiye following a reanalysis of consonants, vowels, and tones in the speech of 7 male native speakers. Acoustic investigations are also included to ...
Comprehensive Studies On Deep Soil Mixing And Lightweight Aggregates Applications To Mitigate Approach Slab Settlements
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Bridge approach settlement is a common problem to the Transportation Departments nationwide. This uneven transition causes inconvenience to passengers and increases the cost of maintenance and repair of the distressed ...
Vietnamese Amerasians: A Study Of Identity Construction
(Sociology, 2011-03-03)
"We define who we are by defining who we are not" (Daniel 1996). What happens when we don't know who we are not, how can we determine who we are? What if the markers of family connections, community alliances and citizenship ...
An Ecocritical Exploration Of The Unique Nature Of Early Modern Oceans In The Blazing World And The Tempest
(English, 2011-03-03)
Early modern perceptions of oceanic space diverged from standard perceptions of nature on land (or land-nature) because oceans presented a different type of wilderness. Because oceans defied early modern definitions of ...