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Feasibility Study Of Options For Aging Hydro-Power Generation Facility, Sandip R. Sharma Apr 2006

Feasibility Study Of Options For Aging Hydro-Power Generation Facility, Sandip R. Sharma

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

Most of the hydro generation facilities are operating under derated capacity due to various factors. The availability of generation facilities is decreasing, the cost for maintenance is going up and plants are crippled with severe faults leading to outages. The feasibility study for aging hydro-power plant is carried out with an objective to find out the best possible alternative both with respect to reliability of operation and benefit to cost ratio. The multi-criterion weighted average condition evaluation of hydro-electric generator is carried out. A Visual Basic and Microsoft Excel based condition evaluation program is implemented for possible condition decision making …

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Evaluating American Correctional Association Accreditation Of Adult Correctional Institutions, David Ralphs Apr 2006

Evaluating American Correctional Association Accreditation Of Adult Correctional Institutions, David Ralphs

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

This research study focuses on the impact that accreditation by the American Correctional Association has on violence, crowding, and educational and counseling offerings in adult correctional facilities. Data from the American Correctional Association and the 1995 and 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities are studied by joining databases and performing statistical analysis on the resulting data. The resulting analysis reveals negative relationships between ACA accreditation and violence and positive relationships between ACA Accreditation and educational and counseling program offerings in adult correctional institutions.

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Application Of Software Engineering Best Practices And Principles To Small Development Teams, Miles Phillips Apr 2006

Application Of Software Engineering Best Practices And Principles To Small Development Teams, Miles Phillips

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

The motivation of this thesis comes from the professional experience of the author. Having worked with very small software development teams in various capacities, he realized that significant improvements could be achieved by the application of modern software engineering practices and principles. This paper is the result of researching how the principles and practices promoted by the leading software development authors can be applied to the small development team as they transition from "programming in the small" to "programming in the medium." This paper investigates the best practices and principles in various case studies with the objective to clearly define …

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The Advantages Of Implementing Software Engineering Process Models, Ricky Don Preuninger Apr 2006

The Advantages Of Implementing Software Engineering Process Models, Ricky Don Preuninger

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Science Committee had discussions on the topic concerned the state of Computer Science. There were worldwide issues with the development of software, the crisis being that software projects did not seem ever to complete. The study group coined the term "software engineering" to be provocative and implying need for software manufacturing to be similar to traditional branches of engineering. In the beginning, individual programmers used whatever means worked to build software. Formal methods of design or programming did not exist. Programmers were never able to give a definitive estimate as to how long a project …

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Parallel Interference Cancellation Multiuser Detectors For Ds-Cdma Communication Systems, Feng Liu Apr 2006

Parallel Interference Cancellation Multiuser Detectors For Ds-Cdma Communication Systems, Feng Liu

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

A non-linear sub-optimal multiuser detector in the form of parallel interference cancellation (PIC) has been studied. The main objective of this thesis is to develop an analytical model for PIC performance analysis and propose new near-optimum approach. Since the exact performance analysis of PIC is difficult to derive due to its nonlinear decision function, previous work tends to adopt computer simulation method or evaluate through Gaussian approximation (GA) method. For PIC detector, the GA method may not apply since there may exist a dominate interference signal. In addition, the central limit theorem is not applicable to model the residual MAI …

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A Performance Evaluation Of Alternate Numbering Based Xml Indexing Techniques, Chul Ho Ahn Apr 2006

A Performance Evaluation Of Alternate Numbering Based Xml Indexing Techniques, Chul Ho Ahn

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Since XML became a standard of representing semi-structured data and exchanging format over the web, the sheer volume of XML data has become larger. While relational database represents data as a structured format, XML represents data in a self-describing way as a hierarchical tree structure. For expediting query processing over XML, many different types of indexing techniques have emerged. We will focus on numbering-based indexing techniques in this thesis. We will present performance comparison according to different XPath queries among three distinct numbering based XML indexing named GENE (Generic numbering based), XISS (Range based numbering), and XACC (Dimension based numbering) …

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Monitorexplorer: A State-Space Exploration Based Tool To Test Java Monitors Implementations, Vidur Gupta Apr 2006

Monitorexplorer: A State-Space Exploration Based Tool To Test Java Monitors Implementations, Vidur Gupta

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

A monitor is a concurrency construct that encapsulates data. There are many application classes which are written using the Java Monitors and these are difficult to test due to the inherent complexities of the concurrent programs. The key challenge is to be able to trace all possible execution paths and then able to reproduce them for regression testing. Our work explores the state-space of the monitor application. The state space is explored in the depth first fashion. At each state the next possible transition is executed. This process is repeated till a duplicate or invalid state is detected. The key …

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Multi-Area Unit Commitment And Economic Dispatch With Market Operation Components, Chitra Yingvivatanapong Apr 2006

Multi-Area Unit Commitment And Economic Dispatch With Market Operation Components, Chitra Yingvivatanapong

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Unit commitment and economic dispatch, when combined together, is a useful tool to find the most economical generation schedule with which demand and spinning reserve requirement are supplied and all generating unit constraints, such as unit ramp rates, unit minimum and maximum generation capabilities, and unit minimum up-time and down-time, are satisfied over a time horizon. For systems consisting of multiple areas, area import/export capabilities and tie line capacity constraints also need to be taken into account. Enhanced Lagrangian relaxation, unit decommitment and lambda-iteration methods are applied in this dissertation to determine the optimal unit commitment and economic dispatch schedule …

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Bridging Two Grids: The Sam-Grid/Lcg Integration Project, Tummalapalli Sudhamsh Reddy Apr 2006

Bridging Two Grids: The Sam-Grid/Lcg Integration Project, Tummalapalli Sudhamsh Reddy

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

SAM-Grid is an integrated data, job, and information management system. SAM-Grid addresses the distributed computing needs of the Dzero experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL. The system typically relies on SAM-Grid specific services deployed at the remote sites in order to manage the computing and storage resources. Such deployment requires special agreements with each resource provider, and it is a labor intensive process. Some members of the Dzero VO also have access to computing resources through the Large Hydron Collider Computing Grid (LCG) infrastructure. Therefore, Dzero users can enter into resource sharing agreements and deployment of standard middleware …

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Maxim-Izing Profit: New Men's Magazines And The Rise Of Consumer Masculinity, Joshua Edward Olsberg Apr 2006

Maxim-Izing Profit: New Men's Magazines And The Rise Of Consumer Masculinity, Joshua Edward Olsberg

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

This is content analysis of Maxim magazine, published by Dennis Publications, and first appearing in American newsstands in 1997. Maxim is the most widely circulated men's magazine in the United States, with an estimated paid readership of around 2.5-3 million, and an estimated total readership of around 13 million. When combined with other magazines of the genre, which I distinguish as new men's magazines, the estimated total readership is around 26 million regular readers. This project is an exploratory study dedicated to finding out exactly what the magazine offers which allows it to attract and maintain such a large audience. …

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A Comparison Of The Violin Pedagogy Of Auer, Flesch, And Galamian: Improving Accessibility And Use Through Characterization And Indexing, Kelley M. Arney Apr 2006

A Comparison Of The Violin Pedagogy Of Auer, Flesch, And Galamian: Improving Accessibility And Use Through Characterization And Indexing, Kelley M. Arney

Music Theses - Archive

The development of the index and characterization tools allows pedagogical texts to be used as resource texts. The common index allows any researcher to access applicable and significant information of a text quickly without destroying the continuity of the original text. The characterization charts aid the researcher in using the information in historical and philosophical ways. Thus, the index and characterizations of the Auer, Flesch, and Galamian texts gives string educators of advanced students (especially conservatory and university violin teachers) and performers access to three important pedagogical texts by an accessible, applicable, and scholarly approach.

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A Spatial Analysis Of Stone Circles In Southwestern Ireland, David L. Flanagan Apr 2006

A Spatial Analysis Of Stone Circles In Southwestern Ireland, David L. Flanagan

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

There is a tendency for the stone circles of southwest Ireland to be categorized by archaeologists based on the number of stones used to define their circumferences. This categorization does not adequately describe the associations that exist between the size and location of stone circles and their elevation, nearest neighbor distance, nearest coastal distance and intervisibility. This research demonstrates that the area of a stone circle is often more closely associated with these variables than is the number of stones used to define their circumference. Intervisibility is shown to be a significant factor in the location of Five-stone circles. Five-stone …

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Women In The Twentieth Century : Modernity, Feminism, And Islam In Turkey, Aysu Gelgec Gurpinar Apr 2006

Women In The Twentieth Century : Modernity, Feminism, And Islam In Turkey, Aysu Gelgec Gurpinar

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

Presenting the effects of religion especially upon the family, gender roles, and the workforce is important. Islam's compatibility or incompatibility with modernization and feminism is one of the most important issues shaping the lives of Turkish women. The aim of this research is to show the obstacles that modernity and feminism face in the secular Islamic country of Turkey from a gender perspective.

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The Compass Rose Vol. Xx, No. 1, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Special Collections & Archives Apr 2006

The Compass Rose Vol. Xx, No. 1, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Special Collections & Archives

The Compass Rose

The purpose of The Compass Rose is to raise awareness of Special Collections' resources and to foster the use of these resources. The newsletter also reports significant new programs, initiatives, and acquisitions of Special Collections. The issues included here are scans of print newsletters from the 1990s and 2000s. Current issues and posts of The Compass Rose can now be accessed on the UTA Libraries Compass Rose Blog.

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Incorporating An Affective Component To A Cognitive Model Of Brand Switching Barriers, Michael Thomas Richarme Apr 2006

Incorporating An Affective Component To A Cognitive Model Of Brand Switching Barriers, Michael Thomas Richarme

Marketing Dissertations - Archive

Customer retention is an important goal of business. It has been shown in a general model of brand switching that consumers utilize internal assessments of satisfaction and brand switching barriers to reach brand selection decisions. Satisfaction is a complex construct, and has been studied extensively for the past several decades. However, this construct only accounts for approximately a quarter of explained variance in the customer retention construct. Brand switching barriers have not been studied extensively, though they have recently been shown to account for up to 30 percent of variance in the same dependent construct. Thus, a better understanding of …

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The Booster Network: A Framework For Analyzing State Policy Formation In An Era Of Resurgent Private Power, Patrick Embry Apr 2006

The Booster Network: A Framework For Analyzing State Policy Formation In An Era Of Resurgent Private Power, Patrick Embry

Public Affairs Theses - Archive

The continuing shift toward privatization has created new opportunities for private participation in transportation policy formation, infrastructure development, and service provision. The resulting high stakes have drawn a variety of traditionally powerful private players to overtly participate in Texas state policy making. Understanding policy formation in this era of resurgent private power is imperative because the outcomes will affect urban development, population distribution, and subsequent politics and policy. With this paper, I analyze Trans Texas Corridor policy formation using a new framework, the booster network. The framework is based in policy studies and urban development literatures, conceptualizes policy formation in …

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Preparation And Characterization Of Hard Magnetic Nanoparticles, Daren Li Apr 2006

Preparation And Characterization Of Hard Magnetic Nanoparticles, Daren Li

Physics Theses - Archive

Hard-magnetic nanoparticles with uniform size distribution have attracted huge attention in the past several years because of their unique magnetic properties and potential for many applications such as high density recording media, exchange-coupled nanocomposite permanent magnets and biomedical applications. In this thesis, preparation and characterization of hard magnetic nanoparticles with different sizes are reported. Monodisperse FePt nanoparticles with face-centered cubic (fcc) structure were synthesized by chemical solution method and particle diameter was tuned from 2 to 15 nm by varying reaction conditions. Monodisperse hard-magnetic FePt nanoparticles with ordered face-centered tetragonal (fct) structure were prepared by the salt-matrix annealing technique. Morphological, …

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Numerical Study On Capillarity- Dominant Free Surface And Interfacial Flows, Zhaoyuan Wang Apr 2006

Numerical Study On Capillarity- Dominant Free Surface And Interfacial Flows, Zhaoyuan Wang

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The continuum surface force (CSF) method has been extensively employed in the volume-of-fluid (VOF), level set (LS) and front tracking methods to model surface tension forces. Its ability is limited for the surface tension dominant free surface and interfacial flows due to the existence of spurious currents. These currents may lead to disastrous interface instabilities and failure of grid convergence, which are present in all the previous versions of the CSF algorithm. In this study, a coupled level set and volume-of-fluid method (CLSVOF) is employed for interface tracking, which offers more accurate computations of the curvature and the normal vector …

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Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 4, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Apr 2006

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 4, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

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Male And Female Trauma Narratives: Differences And Similarities, Catherine A. Simmons Mar 2006

Male And Female Trauma Narratives: Differences And Similarities, Catherine A. Simmons

Social Work Dissertations - Archive

To help understand why women are at greater risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder than men, this dissertation qualitatively explores a conceptual model that incorporates key components of Cognitive-Behavioral theories within the context of social experiences specific to the respective genders. Specifically, this study uses a grounded theory method to explore gender differences in relation to the cognitive factors (a) appraisal of trauma and (b) appraisal of actions during event as well as the social factors (a) social roles and (b) perception of societal expectations of 28 violent crime survivors purposefully selected to ensure similarity in type of crime, ethnicity, …

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Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 3, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Mar 2006

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 3, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

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Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 2, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Feb 2006

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 2, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

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Implantable Drug Delivery System With In-Plane Micropump, Amit A. Mhatre Jan 2006

Implantable Drug Delivery System With In-Plane Micropump, Amit A. Mhatre

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

A MEMS based Implantable Drug Delivery System (IDDS) is discussed. The heart of the system is an in-plane MEMS micropump enables us to make a compact, inexpensive system. A conceptual IDDS design is proposed. This design consists of an implantable unit which houses the micropump, electronic and power circuitry. This implantable unit is connected to a subcutaneous port via a silicone catheter. The subcutaneous port acts as a refillable reservoir. This leads to a reduction in unit volume and makes the system customizable. The IDDS pumps drug into surrounding tissue with the help of a MEMS-based micropump. The force generated …

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About The Jessie Maye Smith Birds And Watchers Columns Collection, Brenda Mcclurkin Jan 2006

About The Jessie Maye Smith Birds And Watchers Columns Collection, Brenda Mcclurkin

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

Background information about the donation and creation of the collection.

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Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 1, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Jan 2006

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 1, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

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Diachronic Change In The Discourse Markers "Why" And "Say" In American English, Laurel Smith Stvan Jan 2006

Diachronic Change In The Discourse Markers "Why" And "Say" In American English, Laurel Smith Stvan

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations - Archive

Generational variation and contrasts in speech vs. writing are shown in usage of the discourse markers why and say across 20th century American English. Collocating with earlier 20th century address forms (e.g. say, pal rather then say, dude) these forms appear more dated than interjectional markers like oh, well, and so, Further, distinct subtypes of why and say show different frequencies across time. Using corpora of English from different eras, I present a diachronic description of these terms, and show evidence of new terms (e.g. hey and yo) taking over some of the functions that why and say once covered. …

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The Contingent Meaning Of -Ex Brand Names In English, Laurel Smith Stvan Jan 2006

The Contingent Meaning Of -Ex Brand Names In English, Laurel Smith Stvan

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations - Archive

The –ex string found in English product and company names (e.g., Kleenex, Timex and Virex), is investigated to discover whether this ending has consistent meaning across coined words and to observe any constraints on its attachment and interpretation. Seven hundred and ninety-three –exbrand name types were collected and examined, derived from American English texts in the Brown and Frown corpora as well as over 600 submissions to the US Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Electronic Search System database (TESS); American native English speakers were also surveyed to assess interpretations of –ex meaning in brands. Analysis of these coined terms reveals …

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Efficient Learning For The Poor : Insights From The Frontier Of Cognitive Neuroscience, Helen Abadzi Jan 2006

Efficient Learning For The Poor : Insights From The Frontier Of Cognitive Neuroscience, Helen Abadzi

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications - Archive

This book integrates research into applications that extend from preschool brain development to the memory of adult educators. In layman's terms, it provides explanations and answers to questions such as: Why do children have to read fast before they can understand what they read? How do health, nutrition, and stimulation influence brain development? Why should students learn basic skills in their maternal language? Is there such a thing as an untrained teacher? What signs in a classroom show whether students are getting a quality education? How must information be presented in class so that students can retain it and use …

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Weber's "Protestant Ethic" And His Critics, Ethan Duane Crowell Jan 2006

Weber's "Protestant Ethic" And His Critics, Ethan Duane Crowell

Philosophy & Humanities Theses - Archive

This thesis focuses on Max Weber’s “Protestant Ethic” Thesis. In his thesis Weber claims after the Reformation, Calvinism created the needed work ethic to produce modern capitalism. His critic’s arguments against this claim are presented and compared with Weber’s replies.

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What Myths Reveal About How Humans Think: A Cognitive Approach To Myth, Keith Mitchell Hodge Jan 2006

What Myths Reveal About How Humans Think: A Cognitive Approach To Myth, Keith Mitchell Hodge

Philosophy & Humanities Theses - Archive

This thesis has two main goals: (1) to argue that myths are natural products of human cognition; and (2) that structuralism, as introduced by Claude Levi-Strauss, provides an over-arching theory of myth when supplemented and supported by current research in philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology, and cognitive anthropology. With regard to (1), we argue that myths are naturally produced by the human mind through individuals' interaction with their natural and social environments. This interaction is constrained by both the type of body the individual has and the environment in which the individual is situated. From this interaction, we argue, is …

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