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Muscle In Motion: Four Of The Most Common Overuse Injuries Of The Bicyclist, Carol France Kalafatic

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Combined Query Language (Cql): An Interactive Query Language With Procedural Features, Ilia Levi

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Interactive query languages provide easy to use interfaces to database systems. However, they lack the power of the host languages to perform manipulations on data. This thesis presents an interactive query language Combined Query Language (CQL) that has some features of procedural languages. CQL allows users to interactively manipulate databases and perform calculations on data. CQL is a self contained interactive query language that combines the computational power of a host language (like FORTRAN) with the convenience and flexibility of the common interactive query languages. Users of CQL would not have to use a host language for most of the …

A Multiprocessor Distributed Debugger, David Blackman

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This thesis presents the design and implementation of a distributed debugger. The debugger was designed to support the debugging of a system containing multiple processors from a single debug console. The debugger implementation consists of host software which runs on a VAX minicomputer and target software which runs on Intel SDK-86 single board computers. The host and targets communicate using an RS-232 channel. The debugger supports breakpoints, disassembly of target code, symbolic reference of program procedures and variables, and download of Intel Object Module Format binary files.

A Sentimental Journey, Rose Marie Sherwood

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Computer Aided Industrial Design, Lim Chang-Young

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Structuralism, Charles N. Smith

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Structuralism is an interdisciplinary form of modern painting that suggests the illusion of movement and growth through the conscious manipulation of flat colors and abstract geometric forms. The practice of Structuralism involves more than a grasp of the craft of painting. The artist is required to understand and practice the laws of proportion as founded by the early Egyptians and Greeks. He must have an understanding of modern color theory and he must master and practice the laws of visual perception as stated by the Gestalt psychologist, David Katz.

I have tried to recreate the chronological development of Structuralism by …

A Middle School Curriculum For Those Gifted In Art, Gerald A. Bresnahan

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The development of sound programs in gifted education throughout the country is increasing. However, some subject areas have received more attention than the fine arts. This project involved the creation of a curriculum guide for gifted art students at the middle school level. The content of this curriculum guide was determined by a careful research of the literature in various areas of gifted general education and gifted art education. Successful programs receiving national recognition were also examined. Significant differences between gifted and general art programs are included. The results from a review of the literature indicated necessary components for an …

Graphic Design Archive On Videodisc Marketing And Communication Programs, John Benton Malinoski

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A Study Of The Xerox Xns Filing Protocol As Implemented On Several Heterogenous Systems, Edward Flint

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The Xerox Network System is composed of heterogeneous processors connected across a variety of transmission media A series of protocols is defined to describe the communication mechanisms between system elements. One of these protocols, the Filing Protocol, defines a general purpose file management system. Current implementations of the protocol, although derived from the Xerox specification, fall short of providing the interconnectivity between elements desired in a heterogeneous network system. The definition of an easily implemented protocol subset that provides the common file system functions of retrieval, storage, enumeration/location and deletion is derived from experiences with several implementations. This definition and …

A Party To All Secrets, Jacqueline Gentile

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Computer Aided Industrial Design, Chang-Young Lim

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Linkage Kinematics Sketchpad, Michael St. Jacques

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During the design and creation of linkage-type mechanisms, visualization of linkage motion is extremely important. However, there does not appear to be a commercially available computer package for accomplishing visualization interactively. Most linkage design packages allow animation of linkage motion only after tedious part description (and debug) using cryptic input codes. The main thrust of this work has been the development of a prototype interactive graphics (CAD) system aimed at visualizing the motion and mobility of linkage-type mechanisms. The program is called the Linkage Kinematics Sketchpad (LKSP). It is a 2-D color graphics program which allows the user to describe …

In The Same Breath, M.T.B. Bois

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A Theoretical Study Of Pure And Simple Competition Between Two Microbial Species In Configurations Of Two Interconnected Chemostat, Cheng-Ming Kung

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It is known that two microbial populations competing purely and simply for a common substrate cannot coexist in a steady state in an environment which is spatially homogeneous. Hence they cannot coexist in a chemostat something which implies that a mixed culture of two pure and simple competitors cannot be maintained in a single ideal reactor in a steady state. The present study investigates theoretically pure and simple competition between two populations in two interconnected chemostats. Three reactor configurations are considered and analyzed. It is proved that two pure and simple competitors can coexist in a steady state in both …

Temporal Synergy: Multi-System Animation Of Computer Generated Imagery, Chad List

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Etching And Passivation Downstream Of An O2-Cf4-Ar Microwave Plasma, Matuszak Edward

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Etching And Passivation Downstream Of An O2-Cf4-Ar Microwave Plasma, Edward Matuszak

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Copoly (Amide-Imide-Sulfonamides), Stephen C. Liptak

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Commercially available aromatic diamines such as 4,4'-oxydianiline and 4,4'-methylenedianiline were treated with N-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl chloride to give the amino-sulfonamido-acetanilide derivatives. These derivatives were treated with 6M hydrochloric acid to give the demine monomers containing a preformed sulfonamide linkage. These monomers were polymerized with various bisimide diacids using the Yamazaki reaction. Polymerizations involving a low temperature solution technique were also investigated. The polymers obtained were characterized using infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and dilute solution viscosity. Inherent viscosities of the prepared polymers ranged from 0.08 to 0.54 dL/gm. In spite of low inherent viscosities, the polymers had film forming …

A Semiotic Approach To The Study Of Symbols, Susan Dosick

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The Effect Of Toxic Substances On The Index Properties Of Soils, Ronald Dicola

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Contaminated soils were tested to determine if a relationship existed between their index properties and hydraulic conductivity. Atterberg Limit tests and Particle Size Analysis tests were performed on Woodbury, Raritan and Brunswick formation soils. The chemicals examined were Benzene, Phenol and Trichloroethylene (TCE). Tests were performed following the ASTM Standard Test Methods with only slight modification to accommodate the use of contaminated soils. Two different methods of soil contamination were used, one for chemical solutions and the other for pure chemicals.

Particle Size Analysis tests were performed both with and without dispersing agent. Hydrometer tests with dispersing agent resulted in …

Technology Transfer Between Developed And Developing Countries, Tenny Oghogho Ogbomo

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The problems arising from technology transfer, in general, are not new. The problems of the East-West technology transfer, for example, are based on the risk that such transfers will enhance the military capability, or at least the military potential, of the trading partner. In the case of United States trade with the Soviet Union, it can be said that any accretion in the Soviet military capacity weighs against the United States in an overall world-wide balance of power. The restrictions and/or prohibition of such transfer of technology are problems themselves.

The North-South technology transfer, in other words, the technology transfer …

Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase Change Material With Multi - Melting Temperatures, Christakis Christodoulou

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Three different models are developed in this investigation, for the study of thermal energy storage, using a phase change material with multi-melting temperatures. Using Model B as the basis, the developed partial differential equations are numerically solved by a finite difference method. Two computer programs were written based on that solution, one for the charging mode and one for discharging. Finally, using the computer programs, a set of results was obtained for both charging and discharging, utilizing calcium chloride hexahydrate as the phase change material with constant and multi-melting temperatures.

Isoparametric Finite Elements For Axisymmetric Solids, Ramanand R. Shetty

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The finite element formulation of axisymmetric plane stress analysis is used to develop a computer program for numerical implementation. The basic relations used to derive the finite element equations for a solid continum are reviewed in the thesis. The programming organization is summarized and program list is given in Appendix.

The program portion for isoparametric elements are borrowed from Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis by K. J. Bathe and E. L. Wilson, and various other subroutines are used from Mr. Huang's thesis on Micropolar elasticity analysis. Mr. Huang's computer program is based on the work done by Dr. Nakamura …

College Relations : A Total Recruiting Strategy, Donald Roderick Hunt

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Problem Statement

The MMH Corporation has a very experienced but older engineering population. It is management's desire to replace the engineering population as its members retire by two methods:

1. The recruitment of experienced engineers with key skills for various critical positions.

2. The development of an aggressive and effective College Relations Program targeted at key universities to attract a steady stream of new talent into the engineering populations.

Research Objectives

A. To determine what areas of a volatile marketplace MMH intends to compete in.

B. To determine what attracts the best new college graduates to a certain company as …

In Vitro Comparative Hydrodynamic Study Of Heart Valve Bioprostheses Under Accelerated Fatigue Conditions And Under Physiological Conditions, Mario Cincinat Iosif

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The present study involves the use of an accelerated fatigue testing system*, and a pulse duplicator (heart simulator)*, to evaluate the hydrodynamic characteristics of cardiac bioprostheses.

The hydrodynamic performance of these prosthetic valves is compared when tested using each machine, in order to assess the determining conditions that exist for each case, and try to correlate them.

Pressure drop and pulsatile flow across valves are measured, using a real-time on-line data acquisition system, which includes, in addition to the fatigue tester and the pulse duplicator, a DC amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter and a digital microcomputer. Special acquisition software has been …

Microcomputer Local Area Network Interface, David W. Juan

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A Microcomputer Local Area Network Interface system for use in the study of Local Area Network has been built and tested. The special feature of the system is data transmission/receiving and error detection/recovery. The system adapted the International Standards Organization (ISO) Open System Interconnection COSI) model. It used the star topology and implemented the physical layer, data link layer and network layer. The results of the system indicated the data communications and resources—sharing between microcomputers.

Laminar Flow In A Porous Pipe With One Plugged End, Pyne-Hwa Ku

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A steady laminar flow through a co-cylinder porous pipe with one plugged end was investigated theoretically to obtain velocity, pressure and shear stress distributions.

An integral momentum equation and the Darcy's law for flow through the porous wall were solved numerically by the Runge-kutta method.

As the fluid is injected from the outer wall into the porous tube, the fluid in the inner tube is accelerated from rest at the plugged end to a fully-developed velocity profile at the exit of the porous tube. It was found that the coefficient of the wall shear stress and the dimensionless pressure drop …

The Kinetics And Mechanism Studies Of A Polymer Powder Coating On Metal Surface By Cathodic Electrodeposition Process, Wen-Lin Wu

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A polymer dispersion of fluorocarbon with solid constent in the range of 10-25% were prepared from white powder polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), emulsifier combination of dodecylbenzyldimetlyl sulfonium chloride and Trition N-150, and other components or additives. Such a fluorocarbon dispersion is very stable against coagulation and has a pH in the range of 8-10, which is especially suitable for powder coating purpose.

A new electrocoating technique, which is called cathodic electrodeposition powder coating method, was conducted in this study. This new coating method includes four steps: pretreatment, electrocoating, drying and baking. Two kinds of degreased metal substrates, aluminum and steel plates, were …

The Design Of An Order Processing System, Michael Montrose

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The writer of this thesis was once involved in the order processing function with the company studied and recognized that there is a need for a better method of processing customer orders that could be applicable to other companies.

The company studied is considered a "high tech" company, meaning that it is engaged in the design; manufacture, and sale of the latest state of the art products that employ modern computer technology. It is ironic that this company, on the leading edge in its field; is in great need of reform in the office methods used to order its products. …

A Study Of Hazardous Wastes Generated In New Jersey With Regard To The Siting Of Waste Disposal Facilities In The State, Shreerang Narayan Dharasker

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The effective treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes is one of the most urgent problems facing the State of New Jersey today. New Jersey is the most densely populated state and is a leader in industry. Nearly every major industry in the nation is represented by one or many production units all of which generate copious amounts of hazardous and toxic wastes each year. Although the state has the toughest rules and regulations on the management of hazardous waste, there are very few options exercised or facilities cited for the effective treatment and disposal of wastes within the state boundaries. …