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A Real-Time Sitting Posture Tracking System, Lynne A. Slivovsky, Hong Z. Tan

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

As cornputing becomes more ubiquitous, there is a need for distributed intelligent humancomputer interfaces that can perceive and interpret a user's actions through sensors that see, hear and feel. A perceptually intelligent interface enables a more natural interaction between a user ancl a machine in the sense that the user can look at, talk to or touch an object instead of using a, machine language. Although research on haptic (i.e., touch-based) interfaces has received less attention in the past as compared to that on visual and auditory interfaces, it is emerging as a new interdisciplinary field that holds much promise …

Retrofit 'N' Rotors For Efficient Oil-Flooded Screw Compressors, N. Stosic, I. K. Smith, A. Kovacevic, K. Venumadhav

International Compressor Engineering Conference

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"The Wrong Material": Gender And Jewishness In Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage, Maren Linett

Department of English Faculty Publications

Much as James Joyce’s Ulysses uses Bloom’s Jewishness to help define Stephen’s progress toward artistic autonomy and exile, Dorothy Richardson’s autobiographical novel Pilgrimage relies on the figure of a Jew to reflect and shape its protagonist’s emotional and political concerns. Critics have recently begun to uncover the role that the Jew plays in this thirteen-part novel, noting the ways Miriam Henderson constructs her Englishness by means of comparison with the Jew, the extent to which her views are influenced by the anti-Semitic and misogynist Weininger, and the threat to her individuality which Miriam senses in her Jewish suitor.1 Missing from …

Examination Of Post-Tensioned Steel Bridges In Indiana, Hung-I Wu, Mark D. Bowman

JTRP Technical Reports

The purpose of the research study is to conduct an investigation to understand the performance of a relatively new type of bridge construction that involves prestressed (post-tensioned) steel-concrete composite bridge members. Strictly speaking, the technical and economical advantages of this type of structure have been understood for several decades. However, the application of this concept to practice is still very limited due to difficulties associated with the post-tensioning anchorage. The study was thus intended to explore the mechanical behavior of such construction. Both the short-term and long-term bridge performance were evaluated in this study.

The investigation included experimental as well …

Beneath The Sheets : An Intellectual History Of The Women Of The Ku Klux Klan, 1923-31, Margaret Thomas Mcgehee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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A Nonlinear Stochastic Model Of Carbon Oxidation, Leili Gordji

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Changing Female Faces : The Image Of Women In Reader's Digest, 1935 To 1974 In Relation To The Feminine Mystique, Laura Blakely Harrison

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Rediscovering The Balcony : A Director's Analysis Of The Processes Of Translating, Adapting And Staging Jean Genet's The Balcony, Alana Jean Ghent

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Scale Model Experiment For Acoustic Parameter Estimation Of Rooms, Donghua Li

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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An Examination Of Single-Copy Magazine Distribution In The United States And England, Jennifer Donnell Belue Janus

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Works Of Men, Paul N. Akin Jr

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Bioterrorism: Perfectly Legal, Heather A. Dagen

Catholic University Law Review

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A Corrective Justice Theory Of Antitrust Regulation, Elbert L. Robertson

Catholic University Law Review

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Two Takeovers In Wild Hamadryas Baboons, Larissa Swedell

Publications and Research

Hamadryas baboons exhibit a multi-level social structure in which several one-male units, each consisting of a ‘leader’ male and one or more females, comprise a band’ and two or more bands comprise a troop. Cohesion of each one-male unit is maintained by aggressive herding by its leader male [1]. Here I describe the consequences of 2 takeovers in a band of wild hamadryas baboons. I report evidence of infant mortality following takeovers, changes in female reproductive condition within 2 weeks after takeovers, and the reacquisition of a female by a deposed leader male, none of which has been previously reported …

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The Writing Center Journal

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Multiliteracies, Social Futures, And Writing Centers, John Trimbur

The Writing Center Journal

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Style Guide For Books In Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

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Purdue Books In Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

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The Writing Center Journal

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The Use Of The Margins, Lil Brannon, Stephen M. North

The Writing Center Journal

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An Investigation Of Postmodern Influences In Advertising, Rose Leahy

Theses

This study investigates the influences of postmodernism in advertising. The postmodern culture is characterised by irony, paradox, playfulness and anarchy. Consequently advertisements that are influenced by postmodernism embrace the unusual, the unconventional, the abstract and the ambiguous. This thesis set out to determine if there is a consensus among advertisers as to the meaning of postmodernism, to identify the reasons for the evolution of postmodern advertising and to assess its effectiveness and future potential.

Indications of the impact of postmodern advertising can be derived through qualitative methods, but quantitative methods can also be employed. Primary research was undertaken in the …

Development Of An Interactive Multimedia Research Information System For The Archival Of The Music And Culture Of The Sliabh Luachra Area, Martina O'Neill

Theses

We are living in a world where communication is introducing much multiculturalism into society. Irish music is being mixed with music from all different cultures creating a worldwide acceptable type of "Irish Music\ As a result we are losing our true culture which is rooted in the Irish music and dance. This primary focus of this project was to set up an archival system to store the music of the Sliabh Luachra area. The music of the Sliabh Luachra area is a rich and rare heritage and was influenced greatly by the music of Padraig O’Keeffe, a renowned fiddle master …

Assessment Of Prothrombotic Tendency In Humans Using Functional And Genomic Determinants, Pádraig O'Sullivan

Theses

Thrombophilia describes the familial or acquired disorders of the haemostatic mechanism that are likely to predispose to thrombosis. Venous thrombosis and its associated complications account for a significant number of hospital admissions and deaths annually having a significant health-economic impact on the heath-care industry globally. Mutations in genes that code for proteins involved directly (or indirectly) in blood coagulation have been associated with prothrombotic states. The majority of inherited genetic defects were attributed to polymorphisms in Antithrombin III, Protein C, and Protein S genes until 1994. Together these accounted for only 5-10% of individuals with thrombosis. Subsequently the Factor V …

I Sing Of The Essay, Stephen Tchudi

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Using Literature Circles To Help Students Gain An Authoritative Voice In Research Writing, Amy Huntley

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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My Personal Battle With Finding A Model To Fit The Reflective Autobiography, Amy Solinski

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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The Blurred Line: Nonfiction Fictionalized, Rob Kunik

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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What Is A Word Worth?, Kim Barnes

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Black Lung, Marianne Peel Forman

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

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Making A Place: Autobiography In Composition Classrooms, Fred Barton

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.