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2009 Weed Science Research Report – Tan Section, Ndsu Weed Science, Dept. Of Plant Sciences Jan 2009

2009 Weed Science Research Report – Tan Section, Ndsu Weed Science, Dept. Of Plant Sciences

Plant Sciences Weed Science Reports

The Weed Science team at North Dakota State University conduct field research in the State of North Dakota. This specific document reports on field research conducted in 2009. It includes work on adjuvants,  formulations, and spray quality in North Dakota.

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Cognition And Star Trek: Learning And Legal Education, Kate Bloch Jan 2009

Cognition And Star Trek: Learning And Legal Education, Kate Bloch

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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It's All In Your Water: Drinking Water Quality: Testing And Interpreting Your Results, Roxanne Johnson, Tom Scherer Jan 2009

It's All In Your Water: Drinking Water Quality: Testing And Interpreting Your Results, Roxanne Johnson, Tom Scherer

WQ Series – Water Quality

No abstract provided.

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Law's Misguided Love Affair With Science, Robin Feldman Jan 2009

Law's Misguided Love Affair With Science, Robin Feldman

Faculty Scholarship

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Sticks And Stones, The Words That Hurt: Entrenched Stereotypes Eight Years After 9/11, Sahar F. Aziz Jan 2009

Sticks And Stones, The Words That Hurt: Entrenched Stereotypes Eight Years After 9/11, Sahar F. Aziz

Faculty Scholarship

Notwithstanding the passage of eight years, "post-9/11 discrimination" persists, most profoundly in the workplace. While the volume of cases has seemingly decreased, negative stereotypes of Muslims and Arabs have become entrenched into popular culture and consequently more prevalent in the workplace. One need only recall the 2008 presidential elections where allegations that Barack Obama was a Muslim or Arab were in effect racial slurs and ethnic epithets. Months after Barack Obama's inauguration, anti-Muslim sentiment continues in the form of the growing "Birther" movement challenging the validity of President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate, and ultimately the legitimacy of his presidency, on …

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High Performance Web Based Automated Dental Identification System, Ali Bahu Jan 2009

High Performance Web Based Automated Dental Identification System, Ali Bahu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Forensic scientists are using different kinds of systems and techniques for the identification of missing and deceased individuals. Researchers from West Virginia University, Michigan State University, and University of Miami proposed an Automated Dental Identification System (ADIS) which utilizes dental features for the post mortem identification process. A web-based ADIS, namely Web-ADIS, was developed. The initial testing shows that the system can be used efficiently with a small database.;A new and improved system design has been proposed in this research enabling practical use of the ADIS with a large database. We designate this new system as High Performance Web Automated …

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A Strength And Serviceability Assessment Of High Performance Steel Bridge 10462, Aaron G. Bertoldi Jan 2009

A Strength And Serviceability Assessment Of High Performance Steel Bridge 10462, Aaron G. Bertoldi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

High performance steels (HPS) were developed through the cooperative efforts of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the US Navy, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). They offer several advantages over conventional bridge steels including greater yield strengths, improved ductility, increased toughness, and better welding characteristics. The three grades of HPS that are currently available in today's bridge market are HPS 50W, 70W, and 100W. The current steel I-girder flexural capacity equations, however, were specifically developed for girders with nominal yield strengths less than or equal to 70 ksi. Because of this fact, the flexural capacities of I-girders incorporating …

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The Riotous Presence In American Literature And Culture, Rebecca Skidmore Biggio Jan 2009

The Riotous Presence In American Literature And Culture, Rebecca Skidmore Biggio

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This project seeks a comprehensive understanding of riot as an operating principle in American history and culture---a principle variously revealed in, explored, or obscured by literature produced by popular and political novelists at the turn of the twentieth century. In defining riot as a presence, I identify as central to US history a haunting incoherence between fundamental cherished ideals of representative government and the use of violence or threats of violence to assert the privilege of one group through the subjugation of another.;Because representations influence the way we characterize historical events both prospectively and retrospectively, I conduct my investigation through …

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Ergot Alkaloid Biosynthesis In Aspergillus Fumigatus : Association With Sporulation And Clustered Genes Common Among Ergot Fungi, Christine M. Coyle Jan 2009

Ergot Alkaloid Biosynthesis In Aspergillus Fumigatus : Association With Sporulation And Clustered Genes Common Among Ergot Fungi, Christine M. Coyle

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Ergot alkaloids, indole-derived mycotoxins, interact with multiple monoamine neurotransmitter receptors and cause disease in exposed individuals. They have been well studied in the ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea, and have been reported in some closely related grass endophytes, as well as the distantly related opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. A. fumigatus, which sporulates prolifically, produces clavines, specifically festuclavine and fumigaclavines A, B, and C in association with asexual spores and the total mass of alkaloids constitutes over 1% of the spore mass. These alkaloids differ from those of most clavicipitaceous fungi, which consist of different clavines and often more complex lysergic …

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Effective Maxillary Protraction: Hyrax Expansion Appliance Vs. Double-Hinged Expansion Appliance, Thuy B. Do-Delatour Jan 2009

Effective Maxillary Protraction: Hyrax Expansion Appliance Vs. Double-Hinged Expansion Appliance, Thuy B. Do-Delatour

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Patients with a skeletal Class III malocclusion may have one of the following conditions: midface deficiency and/or mandibular hypertrophy/prognathism. If modification of the skeletal Class III growth pattern is not effectively accomplished at an early age via maxillary protraction, then orthognathic surgery would be required to help correct the skeletal Class III malocclusion. Some of the more serious risks associated with orthognathic surgery include parasthesia, bone and tissue necrosis, and possibly death. However, if one is able to effectively protract the maxilla, the need for anterior-posterior correction of the maxilla via orthognathic surgery will be minimized if not eliminated.;The purpose …

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The Effectiveness Of Four Translation Strategies On Nurses' Adoption Of An Evidence -Based Bladder Protocol, Jamey S. Frasure Jan 2009

The Effectiveness Of Four Translation Strategies On Nurses' Adoption Of An Evidence -Based Bladder Protocol, Jamey S. Frasure

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Background. Mixed evidence exists regarding the effective use of the use of the four translation strategies of educational materials, educational meetings, reminders, and audit and feedback on the adoption and implementation of interventions by nurses. Many clinical practice guidelines for the care of the stroke patient advocate for bladder training, but evidence-based bladder protocols for the stroke patient are not available. The best available bladder protocol identified was a prompted voiding algorithm from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. Review of the literature reported 32--79% of hospitalized stroke patients suffer from urinary incontinence. Strong support for prompted voiding demonstrated the …

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In Mid -Stream: A Qualitative Case Study Of A Young Deaf Woman - Becoming 'Leigh', Ann Darby Getty Jan 2009

In Mid -Stream: A Qualitative Case Study Of A Young Deaf Woman - Becoming 'Leigh', Ann Darby Getty

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to closely examine one deaf child's lived experience. The research was designed to examine linguistic development, academic experience, and personal and social conditions through the use of multiple interviews with a 'hearing' mother and her deaf daughter. Their perspectives have been shared as well as that of the narrator/inquirer.;The study begins when 'Leigh' was identified as having a profound, bilateral hearing loss at the age of 12 months, and continues to date with her current status as a twenty year old, college sophomore. The raw texts analyzed include: interview excerpts, results of …

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Carl Mcintire: Fundamentalism, Civil Rights, And The Reenergized Right, 1960--1964, Bobby G. Griffith Jr. Jan 2009

Carl Mcintire: Fundamentalism, Civil Rights, And The Reenergized Right, 1960--1964, Bobby G. Griffith Jr.

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Carl McIntire (1906--2002), the fiery Fundamentalist leader, led a crusade against the civil rights movement between 1960 and 1964. This thesis explores McIntire's protests of civil rights legislation as they complicate the standard narrative which is typically southern focused and hones on racial arguments against civil rights, while McIntire was based in New Jersey and made political arguments. Additionally, McIntire's language of American traditionalism, anti-communism, and libertarian economics parallel the rise of modern conservatism which culminated in the candidacy of Barry Goldwater for President. This thesis shows that McIntire and other religious and social conservatives built momentum through organization and …

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The Perception Of Novice Approved Clinical Instructors On Their Preparedness As Clinical Educators, Amanda-Jean Hart Jan 2009

The Perception Of Novice Approved Clinical Instructors On Their Preparedness As Clinical Educators, Amanda-Jean Hart

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Context. Approved Clinical Instructor (ACI) training is an important step in becoming a clinical educator within the field of athletic training, yet research with regards to the effectiveness of this training for certified athletic trainers (ATCs) is lacking. Furthermore, the perception of novice ACIs, who are being increasingly utilized as clinical educators within athletic training programs, on their preparedness to serve in that role has not been extensively researched. Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine novice ACIs' perceptions of their preparedness to teach, supervise and evaluate athletic training students (ATS) after they have completed the ACI training …

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Conditioned Reinforcing Value Of The Sample Stimulus And Resistance To Change Of Delayed Matching -To -Sample Performance In Pigeons, Yusuke Hayashi Jan 2009

Conditioned Reinforcing Value Of The Sample Stimulus And Resistance To Change Of Delayed Matching -To -Sample Performance In Pigeons, Yusuke Hayashi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Pigeons were trained on a two-component multiple schedule with a chain schedule in each component. According to a variable-interval schedule in the initial link, pecks on a center key produced a terminal link with a delayed matching-to-sample trial. A trial began with the onset of a red or green (Experiment 1) or green or blue (Experiment 2) light as a sample stimulus on the center key. The sample stimulus was followed by a retention interval during which all keys were dark, and then by comparison stimuli on the side keys. A response to the comparison stimulus that matched the sample …

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Empirical Essays On Financial Market Linkages In Macroeconomics, Ellis B. Heath Jan 2009

Empirical Essays On Financial Market Linkages In Macroeconomics, Ellis B. Heath

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation highlights the effects of monetary and fiscal policy on financial markets both within and across borders. In the first essay I examine how credit affects both real GDP and inflation in the U.S. Without a well-functioning credit market, at least two principal components of GDP---consumer durables and investment---would suffer. Credit markets allow individuals and firms to match those with extra savings and those with more pressing spending and investing needs to mutually benefit each other. However, credit markets are diverse. Clearly, some credit variables would be expected to play a more important role in the macroeconomy than others. …

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Symbol Or Substance: An Empirical Assessment Of State Responses To Kelo, Andrew P. Morriss Jan 2009

Symbol Or Substance: An Empirical Assessment Of State Responses To Kelo, Andrew P. Morriss

Faculty Scholarship

The Kelo decision provoked considerable legislative activity as 46 states adopted legislation on eminent domain in its aftermath. Only about half adopted restrictions that were more than symbolic, however. This paper examines those responses using a logistic regression analysis and finds that all else equal: (1) states where legislatures were more constrained by tax and expenditure limits were less likely to adopt substantive restrictions; (2) a larger number of Republicans in the state legislature made a state more likely to adopt a substantive restriction; (3) overall Republican strength (as measured by gubinatorial [sic] elections) made states less likely …

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A Spatial Optimization Approach To Watershed Water Quality Management: A Case Of The Opequon Watershed, Wilbert Karigomba Jan 2009

A Spatial Optimization Approach To Watershed Water Quality Management: A Case Of The Opequon Watershed, Wilbert Karigomba

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The Opequon Creek watershed is located in northern VA and the eastern panhandle of WV. Currently, the main creeks in the watershed do not meet VA or WV state water quality standards for recreational uses and aquatic life. In both states, the creeks are listed as impaired due to high levels of nutrients, bacteria, benthic and biologic impairment. The Opequon Creek is part of the upper Potomac River watershed, and ultimately impacts water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The main aim of this study was to develop a methodology that can be used to reduce nutrient loadings entering the …

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Route And Grade Sensitive Modeling Of Fuel Efficiency And Emissions For Diesel Buses, Abm Siddiqur Rahman Khan Jan 2009

Route And Grade Sensitive Modeling Of Fuel Efficiency And Emissions For Diesel Buses, Abm Siddiqur Rahman Khan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The study first analyzed the characteristics of twenty-three chassis duty cycles to determine the most important parameters that affected FC and emissions. The analysis showed that cycle properties such as standard deviation of average speed, percentage of idle, characteristic acceleration, kinetic intensity, and stops per unit distance were closely related with cycle average speed. A cycle with low average speed contained stop-and-go behavior, with multiple accelerations and decelerations, whereas a high vehicle speed cycle was steadier. In this way, average speed was found to be inter-related to other cycle properties.;The experimental data were collected on a subset of twenty-three test …

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The Case Of Uneven Development In Palestine: An Investigation Of Scalar Fix As An Act Of Dispossession, Sandra Lange Jan 2009

The Case Of Uneven Development In Palestine: An Investigation Of Scalar Fix As An Act Of Dispossession, Sandra Lange

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Israel's assault on Gaza in December 2008 brought one of the world's most long-standing and hotly debated issues to the fore: the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Despite numerous diplomatic efforts to negotiate peace, the hostilities between the two parties continue. One of the fundamental obstacles to peace has been the highly uneven development between Israel and Palestine, caused primarily by Israel's continuous dispossession of Palestinian rights to land, water and sovereignty. In order to further our understanding of this phenomenon, this thesis sets out to examine processes of dispossession are carried out. The study therefore draws on the geographical …

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Development Of A Software Tool For Reliability Estimation, Chihui Li Jan 2009

Development Of A Software Tool For Reliability Estimation, Chihui Li

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis presents Version 2.0 of Software Tool for Reliability Estimation (STORE 2.0). It expands on the work done by Parekh [1] by revising the algorithm for tie-set and cut-set calculation, by including fault tree reliability analysis, by analyzing state dependent system, and by integrating component and system reliability analysis.;This thesis also presents an approach to the simplification of complex systems by collapsing series and parallel components into a sub-system. The approach was illustrated on an example described by Nelson et al. [2]. The example had 16 components resulting in ten cut-sets and fifty five tie-sets. Upon simplification, the problem …

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Performance Evaluations Of Latex-Modified And Silica Fume Modified Concrete Overlays For Bridge Decks, Sathish Kumar Raju Konduru Jan 2009

Performance Evaluations Of Latex-Modified And Silica Fume Modified Concrete Overlays For Bridge Decks, Sathish Kumar Raju Konduru

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Most of the concrete bridge decks in the cold regions undergo severe reinforcement corrosion due to the transport of chloride ions within the concrete by application of deicing salts on bridge decks in the winter. As a result, protective concrete overlays of about 2-inch thickness are applied on bridge decks. Concrete overlays provide: (1) protection against heavy traffic and the further infiltration of the chloride ions; (2) skid resistance surface; and (3) uniform appearance to extend the service life of bridge decks. Despite these advantages, concrete overlays undergo premature delaminations, edge curling, and corner lifting due to expansion/shrinkage of concrete, …

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Random Knn Modeling And Variable Selection For High Dimensional Data, Shengqiao Li Jan 2009

Random Knn Modeling And Variable Selection For High Dimensional Data, Shengqiao Li

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

High dimensional data is widely available in bioinformatics, chemometrics and other applications. For example, in gene expression experiments, tens of thousands of genes are probed. Phenotype data may be clinical data such as tumor types, or quantities measuring biological characteristics of a subject. While such high dimensional data can be readily generated, successful analysis and modeling of these data is highly challenging.;Random KNN, as proposed in this dissertation, is a novel generalization of traditional nearest-neighbor modeling. Random KNN consists of an ensemble of base k nearest-neighbor models, each taking a random subset of the input variables. A theoretical and empirical …

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Trademarks And Human Rights: Oil And Water - Or Chocolate And Peanut Butter, Megan M. Carpenter Jan 2009

Trademarks And Human Rights: Oil And Water - Or Chocolate And Peanut Butter, Megan M. Carpenter

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years, there has been a growing discourse at the intersection of intellectual property and human rights. Whether there is a direct connection between intellectual property, or the subjects of intellectual property, on the one hand, and human rights, on the other, has been the subject of lively debate. Most recently, the discussion has turned to the field of trademarks, which has prompted the question, Are trademarks human rights? In this article I seek to explore this question, and to consider directly whether there is a proper place for trademarks within the human rights framework-whether trademarks and human rights …

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Insomnia Symptoms, Nightmares And Suicidal Ideation In A University Sample, Michael R. Nadorff Jan 2009

Insomnia Symptoms, Nightmares And Suicidal Ideation In A University Sample, Michael R. Nadorff

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Previous research has demonstrated a link between insomnia symptoms, nightmares, and suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether insomnia symptoms and nightmares were related to suicidal ideation independent of each other. Further, the study aimed to determine whether suicidal ideation and nightmares were related with suicidal ideation independent of the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD. The study consisted of 583 undergraduate students at West Virginia University. Results indicated that both nightmares (beta = .054 (SE = .008), p > .01) and insomnia symptoms (beta = .045 (SE = .009), p > .01) were related to suicidal ideation, …

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Examining The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Economic Development In Appalachia, Maribel N. Mojica Jan 2009

Examining The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Economic Development In Appalachia, Maribel N. Mojica

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Increasing uncertainty in the world economy has created challenges for regions to pursue development strategies to achieve economic growth. Globalization, increased marketing integration, and the advent of new technologies led to approaches from traditional industrial recruiting to less traditional approaches. Among these latter approaches is the increased importance of entrepreneurship for creating economic growth through establishment of new firms or growth from established firms. Exploring the characteristics of entrepreneurship and its contributions to the local economy can help develop a map for designing specific development policies for Appalachia.;The main objective of the study is to determine the relationship between regional …

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Essays On The Impact Of Market Information On Stock Markets: R&D, Patents And Money Illusion, Kwasi Osei-Yeboah Jan 2009

Essays On The Impact Of Market Information On Stock Markets: R&D, Patents And Money Illusion, Kwasi Osei-Yeboah

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This dissertation identifies patents and R&D expenditures as firm-level information variables, and investigates how they affect the pricing of assets in the stock market. In the first essay, the question as to whether patents and R&D represent adverse selection risk is investigated. Firms investing in patents and R&D may present an uncertain outcome for investors who do not have the privilege of insider information. This may increase the adverse selection cost for uninformed investors. For the uninformed investor to hold stocks with more private information, he must be compensated for taking on more firm characteristic risk. The empirical results show …

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Economic Benefits Of The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program, Archana Pradhan Jan 2009

Economic Benefits Of The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program, Archana Pradhan

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The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) is the primary source of information on the soil resources in the U.S. The information provided by the NCSS program has played a significant and important role in diverse fields. This study estimates the net benefits of the information provided by the soil survey program to the production of selected crops. Benefit estimates are based on relative productivity gains related to the provision of soil information at the county level. The estimated value of increased crop yields less estimated soil survey production costs provides a lower-bound estimate of the total economic benefits of the …

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How One School Implements And Experiences Ohio's Value -Added Model: A Case Study, David Quattrochi Jan 2009

How One School Implements And Experiences Ohio's Value -Added Model: A Case Study, David Quattrochi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Ohio made value-added law in 2003 and incorporated value-added assessment to its operating standards for teachers and administrators in 2006. Value-added data is used to determine if students are making a year's growth at the end of each school year. Schools and districts receive a rating of "Below Growth, Met Growth, or Above Growth" on the state report card.;Value-added data produces valuable information that can be utilized by teachers and administrators for school improvement efforts. This case study examines how one school implemented and experienced Ohio's Value-added model. Few, if any, case studies exist on this topic. The study included …

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Risk Analysis In Biometric-Based Border Inspection System, Mayra A. Sacanamboy Franco Jan 2009

Risk Analysis In Biometric-Based Border Inspection System, Mayra A. Sacanamboy Franco

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The main goal of a Border Inspection System is to prevent the entry of individuals who pose a threat to a country. The entry of just one of these persons could have severe consequences. Nevertheless, performing a lengthy border inspection is not possible, given that 240,737 international passengers enter the country in an average day [5]. For this reason, the primary inspection is performed using biometrics traits and information flow processes that have a low false acceptance rate and have a high throughput.;This thesis uses the analytic modeling tool called LQNS (Layered Queueing Network Solver) to solve open models for …

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