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Design And Analysis Of An Instrument System For Rheological Testing Of Whole Blood Samples, Robert Rimvydas Sinusas

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The dissertation covers the conceptual design of a rheometer for testing whole blood samples through to the clotting state. While the design aims at increased measurement accuracy, the design employs well known technologies and available components.

The main reason for preoccupation with blood testing is that recent investigations have indicated that physiological disorders can be correlated with rheological properties of blood. The pursuit of an improved means of correlation is initiated with a survey of the rheological properties of blood. The relevance of these blood properties is then discussed. From this discussion a broader blood model is developed as a …

A Comparison Of Characteristics Of School Districts Considered To Have More Successful Community Education Programs With Those Considered To Have Less Successful Programs, Paul W. Tremper

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Perceptions Of Curriculum Emphasis: A Pilot Q Sort Study, Olugbenro A. Ajayi

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Characterization Of Thixotropic Materials And Modification Of The Weissenberg Rheogoniometer, Paul Joseph Orosz

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A Weissenberg Rheogoniometer, Model R-18, was modified to give complete rheological curves without resetting the gearbox and generate hysteresis loops for time-dependent, non-Newtonian materials. This modified instrument was used to analyze a number of materials. Standard Newtonian and known time-independent, non-Newtonian materials were studied to insure the accuracy of the instrument. Results indicated that the instrument would reproduce known viscosities of these materials, give consistent results, and not display inherent hysteresis loops with non-thixotropic materials. Materials known and suspected to be thixotropic: silicone grease-oil mixture, montmorillonite clay, and blood were tested. All displayed the characteristic hysteresis loop usually associated with …

The Interpretation Of Infrared And Raman Spectra Using Pattern Recognition, John Martin Comerford

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An automatic classification of chemical compounds by computer processing of digitized spectral data is presented. The classification system is based on a branch of artificial intelligence known as supervised learning, and used binary linear classifiers to identify compounds as alcohols, esters, ethers, ketones or compounds containing double bonds.

Each of the 1117 spectra in volume one of Sadtler's Standard Raman Spectra was coded using a scale from 0 to 9 in the range from 4000 to 200 cm^-1. One hundred and twelve readings were taken on each spectrum. These data were then examined using pattern recognition techniques, and …

Analysis Of The Relationship Between Personal Values And Internship Success Of High School Practical Experience Program Students, Arthur J. Pease

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The Preparation Of Junior-High Science Teachers In The Public Schools Of Southwestern Michigan, George A. Faber

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Factors Influencing The Attitudes Of Catholic And Protestant Filipino College Students In The Philippines Towards Fertility And Fertility Control, Luis Q. Lacar

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A Comparative Study Of Financial And Related Information For Michigan Intermediate School Districts, Howard W. Wood

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The Relationship Between Classroom Means Of Students’ Perceptions Of Teachers As Related To Classroom Racial Composition And Grade Level, And The Effects On Classroom Means Of Academic Growth, Diane Savage Smith

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The Emerging Role Of The Community School Director, Walter Langs Jr.

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Synthetically-Generated Holographic Memory System Utilizing Partially Coherent Light, William A. Barrett

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This dissertation proposes a novel form of optical ROM for the digital computer. This memory makes use of holographic techniques because of the advantages offered by holographic memories over conventional optical ones, especially with regard to dust and scratch sensitivity.

These advantages have long been recognized by workers in the field, indeed several holographic optical memories have already been proposed.

A survey of the state of the art of digital computer memories is offered in the introductory part of the thesis. Particular emphasis is placed on optical memories. A brief review of basic holographic theory is also included for reference. …

Optimal Planning Of Fixed Route Bus Transit Systems : A Systems Approach, Young Lee

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A new bus transit planning tool is developed for application in determining operating policies of a fixed-route bus transit system. The objective of the study is to model a bus transit system which functions under time-varying passenger demands and service characteristics.

The two phase transit model developed in this research is intended for use as a mass transit planning tool, to solve transit problems confronting the mass transit planner. The model is used to compute cost differentials in transit system options. These alternatives of expanding, abandoning or modifying service depend upon the service frequency, fleet size and other system attributes …

Effect Of A Stable First List On Transfer And "Fate" Of First-List Associations, Madeline Fronke

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Sir Edward Coke: His Interpretation Of "In Other Courts", J. Dennis Lamping

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A Comparison Of Two Approaches To One-Exposure Inservice Workshops Based On Values-Clarifying Questions, Marianne Kulak King

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An Analysis Of The Sites Of Action Of Theophylline At The Neuromuscular Junction Of The Cat, Patricia L. Shinnick

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A Critical Text Of The Praefatiunculae, Cento Nuptialis, And Selections From The Appendix To The Works Of Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Kathryn Anne Thomas

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The Speaking Picture Of The Mind: The Poetic Style Of Samuel Daniel, Harold Norbert Hild

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The Effects Of A Sensitivity-Encounter Group Experience Upon Self-Concept And School Achievement In Adolescent Underachieving Girls, Naughne' La Vonne Thomas

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Associative Responding, Problem Solving, And Motivation, Allan N. Kaczala

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Atrial Activation And Pacemaker Shifts Induced By Stimulation Of The Thoracic Cardiac Nerves, Jack Michael Goldberg

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Isolation Of A Cationic Blood Protein With Insulin-Like Activity, Harald L. Guenther

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The Grotesque In The York Mystery Plays, Dennis M. Ryan

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Social Intelligence And Schizophrenia, John P. Mitchell

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Selected Visual Abilities And Correlates To Reading Achievement, Robert Cajetan Cienkus

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A Study Of The Role Of The Director Of Financial Aid In His Own Institution In Selected Colleges And Universities In The Midwest, James Francis Barry

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Realism Vs. Romance: Aesthetic Distance And Symbolic History In The Novels Of James Fenimore Cooper, Henry L. Lettermann

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The Diplomatic Mission Of Archbishop Flavio Chigi, Apostolic Nuncio To Paris, 1870-71, Christopher Gerard Kinsella

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Historical Development Of Educational Decentralization In Selected Midwestern Urban Centers, Thomas Francis Connelly

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