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Thermoregulation Of Capsule Production Of Streptococcus Pyogenes Strain Hsc5, Trilce Michelle Galeas Dec 2009

Thermoregulation Of Capsule Production Of Streptococcus Pyogenes Strain Hsc5, Trilce Michelle Galeas

Theses

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is responsible for mild and common infections like tonsillitis and pharyngitis, and more serious invasive disorders like necrotizing fasciitis and glomerulonephritis. The ability to invade tissues is closely linked to the virulence factors expressed by the bacterium. Hyaluronic acid capsule expression is variable among all the strains in S. pyogenes and confers the capacity to evade the immune response. In a previous study, it was found that capsule production in CovR mutants was temperature-regulated, showing no capsule production at 37℃ but increased production was observed at 25℃. In this study, the objective is to find the …

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Tracing The "Enigmatic" Late Postclassic Nahua-Pipil (A.D. 1200-1500): Archaeological Study Of Guatemalan South Pacific Coast, Carlos A. Batres Dec 2009

Tracing The "Enigmatic" Late Postclassic Nahua-Pipil (A.D. 1200-1500): Archaeological Study Of Guatemalan South Pacific Coast, Carlos A. Batres

Theses

This thesis addressed the Late Post-classic (A.D. 1200 - 1500) Nahua-Pipil of the central Pacific coast of Guatemala. It evaluated archaeological settlement plan data and ceramics in association with regional geography, and ethnohistorical accounts in conjunction with GIS tools for their analysis. The goal is to reconstruct Nahua-Pipil sociopolitical organization, testing the hypothesis that it was based on the Nahua altepetl system.

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Feeling Comfortable With Pluralistic Diversity: Using Common Organizational Strategies To Get Uncommon Results In Higher Education Voluntary Service Organizations, Ruth Sessler Bernstein Dec 2009

Feeling Comfortable With Pluralistic Diversity: Using Common Organizational Strategies To Get Uncommon Results In Higher Education Voluntary Service Organizations, Ruth Sessler Bernstein

Student Scholarship

Diversity is a goal of the majority of America's institutions of higher learning. These colleges and universities have made great strides in achieving representational diversity through aggressive recruiting and retention efforts. However, on campus, students infrequently engage in pluralistic diversity. This paper examines a national voluntary service organization at two pluralistically diverse universities. Semi-structured interviews with members and alumni of the association provided insight into the characteristics of the interactions they have had with those who are different from them. These insights enabled us to examine the specific organizational strategies this nonprofit adopted that promoted enriching intercultural interactions.

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From Esteem To Stigma: The Effect Of The Financial Crisis On Banker Engagement, Glen Weaver Dec 2009

From Esteem To Stigma: The Effect Of The Financial Crisis On Banker Engagement, Glen Weaver

Student Scholarship

Absent from a quickly accumulating literature on job engagement is a focus on professionals in the financial industry. There is, in particular, little research on the organization or industry identity of bankers as a discrete group. Nor has the literature explored the relationship of these identities with job engagement or environmental duress. We seized an opportunity to study the effects of the 2007-2009 financial crisis on bankers' identities and passion for their jobs. Semi-structured interviews with 28 mid-level bankers at five prominent US banks that accepted Toxic Asset Relief Program funding (TARP) captured insights about "normal state" (pre-crisis) versus mid-crisis …

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A Chart And Map Book Of Population And Selected Economic Indicators For New Mexico Counties, Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Dec 2009

A Chart And Map Book Of Population And Selected Economic Indicators For New Mexico Counties, Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

A collection of data tables, charts, and color maps illustrating data on population growth, employment, personal income, wages and salaries, and gross receipts tax revenues for New Mexico counties. The data were compiled from several government agencies and were the most current available (2007-2008) at time of publication.

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An Inventory And Assessment Of Farmington's Arts And Cultural Assets, Jeffrey Mitchell, Molly J. Bleecker, Scott Maddux, Adam Barber Dec 2009

An Inventory And Assessment Of Farmington's Arts And Cultural Assets, Jeffrey Mitchell, Molly J. Bleecker, Scott Maddux, Adam Barber

BBER Publications

This report assesses the potential for arts and cultural industries of Farmington, New Mexico. The study was done in three parts: an inventory of the "creative" economy of the Farmington area, including all of San Juan County; followed by a community-based survey of artists, retailers, and others engaged in the area's arts industries; concluding with an analysis of the economic impact of the local creative economy. Includes tables, charts, references, and a sample survey.

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The Effects Of Strategic Outsourcing Management On Absorptive Capacity: A Practioner-Scholar Perspective, Beth Fitz Gibbon Dec 2009

The Effects Of Strategic Outsourcing Management On Absorptive Capacity: A Practioner-Scholar Perspective, Beth Fitz Gibbon

Student Scholarship

Common sense would say, if you are going to outsource innovation, find the most competent supplier and acquire the most codified technology. This research hypothesizes a more counter-intuitive approach by empirically measuring how a firm's outsourcing strategy affects its Absorptive Capacity, which serves here as a proxy for firm sustainability. It is proposed that a complementary buyer-supplier relationship will have a significant positive effect on a firm's absorptive capacity, thereby enhancing its long-term effectiveness, as well as its short-term efficiency. On the other hand, the more competent the supplier relative to the buyer, the less knowledge the outsourcing buyer will …

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The Paradox Of Evidenced-Based Management In Higher Education, Alice J. Walker Dec 2009

The Paradox Of Evidenced-Based Management In Higher Education, Alice J. Walker

Student Scholarship

The potential role for evidence-based management approaches to transform systems of higher learning and meet the growing needs of our knowledge economy is widely proposed. Most of the empirical work on evidence-based practice and management has concentrated on dynamics directly related to the use of evidence. This study takes a broader view of the management process of inquiry in which evidence is collected, interpreted or ignored. Semi-structured interviews with 31 faculty, staff and administrative members of college quality improvement committees were conducted in a grounded approach to qualitative research. What emerged was an intriguing tale of passion, power, and paradox …

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The Role Of School Leadership In Student Achievement In Kenya, Renson Muchiri Mwangi Dec 2009

The Role Of School Leadership In Student Achievement In Kenya, Renson Muchiri Mwangi

Student Scholarship

Despite ample documentation that mathematics mastery can affect national development and notwithstanding long instituted formal government initiatives to improve it, student mathematics performance at the secondary school level in Kenya has deteriorated. Studies on mathematics achievement in Kenya have primarily focused on teachers’ classroom practices neglecting the potential influence of school leadership. We conducted a qualitative study involving Kenyan school principles and other administrative and instructional staff to construct an account of how school leadership is enacted and experienced in the day-to-day practices and how it affects student mathematics mastery. Our findings suggest that principals’ leadership and engagement, demonstrated commitment, …

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Enterprise Information Systems And Organizational Agility: Erp As A Dynamic Source Of Change, Complexity, And Risk, Amol Kharabe Dec 2009

Enterprise Information Systems And Organizational Agility: Erp As A Dynamic Source Of Change, Complexity, And Risk, Amol Kharabe

Student Scholarship

The literature is silent about how organizations that have implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions reconcile the use of these rigid platforms in turbulent competitive environments. We studied three diverse organizations- a $9 billion US retailer, a $3 billion consumer products firm and a $2 billion logistics company- all with ERP solutions in the sustainment phase, to shed light on the impact of changing business needs on overall ERP performance. Semi structured interviews with 24 business and technical professionals revealed that in addition to economic and competitive forces for change to the ERP system, the system itself is paradoxically a …

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The Role Of Knowledge Management In Achieving Outstanding University Performance (Applied Study In The Faculty Of Management And Economics / University Of Kufa), Saad Ali Al-Anzi, Ali Razzaq Chyad Al-Abedi, Faik Jawad Kadhim Dec 2009

The Role Of Knowledge Management In Achieving Outstanding University Performance (Applied Study In The Faculty Of Management And Economics / University Of Kufa), Saad Ali Al-Anzi, Ali Razzaq Chyad Al-Abedi, Faik Jawad Kadhim

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The research aims to determine the role of knowledge management to measure performance on a sample of faculties of Administration and Economics the University of Kufa, and to achieve this goal through a researcher from the theoretical literature and research and studies related to the construction of the scheme shows the hypothetical relationship between the variables, which was adopted by the independent variable knowledge management, distributed four variables are: (knowledge generation, knowledge storage, knowledge dissemination, the application of knowledge), as well as four variables representing the variables adopted for the performance of the university are: (to reduce costs and increase …

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Financial Crisis: Forms, Indicators, Models, And Financial Contagion Theoretical Analytical Study Of Asian Crisis, Mohammed Ali Al-Amri, Hanan Ghanim Fakhur Dec 2009

Financial Crisis: Forms, Indicators, Models, And Financial Contagion Theoretical Analytical Study Of Asian Crisis, Mohammed Ali Al-Amri, Hanan Ghanim Fakhur

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The evolution of financial market instruments and global shifts, such as financial globalization and market liberalization, have contributed to numerous crises, most notably the international financial crisis—a phenomenon that persists despite the advanced development and interconnectedness of modern markets. Emerging markets, in particular, have been highly susceptible, facing various financial crises over the past century that impacted diverse state sectors and cascaded into global markets, posing significant challenges to financial management. Consequently, financial literature has pivoted toward analyzing these crises through modern lenses, such as financial contagion and the role of international institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in …

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Measuring The Impact Of Interest Rates On The Movement Of International Financial Flows (Japan Case Study) For The Period 1985-2005, Haloub Kazem Ma'la, Ali Salman Malallah Dec 2009

Measuring The Impact Of Interest Rates On The Movement Of International Financial Flows (Japan Case Study) For The Period 1985-2005, Haloub Kazem Ma'la, Ali Salman Malallah

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The Japanese economy stands as one of the world's leading advanced capitalist economies, ranking third globally after the United States and the European Union with an annual Gross Domestic Product approaching five trillion dollars. Rapid developments in the global economy, particularly within international finance over the last two decades, have led to a significant surge in the volume and mobility of international capital, establishing it as a primary source of local, regional, and global funding. In this interconnected landscape, it has become nearly impossible for any economy to rely solely on domestic resources for national development; despite the importance of …

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Analysis Of Relations And Forces Of Production In Extraction And Pearl Industry In The Arabian Gulf 1900-1950, Tawfik Younan Dec 2009

Analysis Of Relations And Forces Of Production In Extraction And Pearl Industry In The Arabian Gulf 1900-1950, Tawfik Younan

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Due to limited natural resources, the inhabitants of the Arabian Gulf historically oriented their primary activities toward the sea, with fishing and the pearl industry serving as the cornerstone of employment and the creation of economic surplus in the region. The significance of this sector intensified particularly after the mid-nineteenth century, driven by the global prosperity of the pearl trade and the Gulf’s integration with European nations undergoing rapid industrialization, which in turn introduced higher quality and more affordably priced goods to the region. By the first quarter of the twentieth century, the workforce in this industry accounted for no …

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Fuzzy Linear Programming Problems, Marwan Abdul Hameed Ashour Dec 2009

Fuzzy Linear Programming Problems, Marwan Abdul Hameed Ashour

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Optimize to improve decision-making in uncertain situations by using an Integrated Optimization Framework combining fuzzy and probabilistic constraints in line with linear programming methods (on analytical examination of fuzzy programming formulations by using their corresponding mathematical form and Approach). Through this use of fuzzy linear programming, the paper has helped to solve actual (real-world) production planning/scheduling problems experienced by The Iraqi Furniture Manufacturing Company. Predicting product demand through statistical time series forecasting Methods and modeling those forecasts as a probabilistic demand constraint (chance-constrained demand) form within the linear programming formulation. The use of this new Hybrid Approach allows for the …

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The Effect Of Administrative Accounting Functions On The Practices Of The Higher And Central Administrations Of The Economic Unit "An Applied Study On Joint Stock Companies", Nsaif Jasim ‎Aljbwry Dec 2009

The Effect Of Administrative Accounting Functions On The Practices Of The Higher And Central Administrations Of The Economic Unit "An Applied Study On Joint Stock Companies", Nsaif Jasim ‎Aljbwry

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Strategy Descrtibes How an Organization Matches its own Capabilites With Opportunities in Environment , in Order to Accomplish its Overall Objectives , So That The Organization is Considering Responding to Challenges by Adopting one or More of Strategies, Like Differentioning its Product, or Achieving Cost Leadership. The Key Role of Management Accountant is to Evlaute The Successful it Has Been in Implementing Organization Strategy. This Research Target to Explain The Key Role of Management Accountant in Evaluate of Organization Strategy. by Strategic Analysis of Operating Income From Specific Sources Such as Cost Savings and Growth in Stead of Emphasizing Only …

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The Moral Dimension Of Generating And Destroying Value Through The Implementation Of The Balanced Scorecard, Riyadh Hamza Al-Bakri, Eshraq Ehsan Yusuf Dec 2009

The Moral Dimension Of Generating And Destroying Value Through The Implementation Of The Balanced Scorecard, Riyadh Hamza Al-Bakri, Eshraq Ehsan Yusuf

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Through economic units, society seeks to achieve optimal accomplishments that extend beyond the mere provision of goods and services to include the returns generated for all stakeholders, provided this does not occur at the expense of societal values, ethics, and public norms. Consequently, economic units become an arena for conflicting forces—whether individuals, groups, or entities—each possessing distinct ethical values. By virtue of their responsibilities, these parties make decisions and exercise judgments that carry inherent ethical dimensions which must remain integrated with, rather than isolated from, the broader social fabric to serve the collective interest. This dynamic has necessitated addressing such …

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Analysis Of The Theoretical Framework Of The Rea Accounting Model Used In The Design Of Accounting Information Systems, Salman Hussein Abdullah Dec 2009

Analysis Of The Theoretical Framework Of The Rea Accounting Model Used In The Design Of Accounting Information Systems, Salman Hussein Abdullah

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Researchers often equate database accounting models in general and the Resources-Events-Agents (REA) accounting model in particular with events accounting as proposed by Sorter (1969). In fact, REA accounting, database accounting, and events accounting are very different. Because REA accounting has become a popular topic in AIS research, it is important to agree on exactly what is meant by certain ideas, both in concept and in historical origin. This article clarifies the analyzing framework of REA accounting model and highlights the differences between the terms events accounting, database accounting, semantically-modeled accounting, and REA accounting. It also discusses potentially productive directions for …

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Economic Foundations Of The Law Of The Sea, Alan O. Sykes, Eric A. Posner Dec 2009

Economic Foundations Of The Law Of The Sea, Alan O. Sykes, Eric A. Posner

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has a plausible economic logic. Jurisdiction over portions of the ocean is assigned to states which can regulate them most cheaply and value them the most. These jurisdictional rights are subject to limits that reflect the interests of other states in navigation and other uses of the seas. For the vast areas of the ocean that no state can regulate, the Convention provides for an open access regime subject to simple rules, mostly self-enforcing, to limit conflict over resources.

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An Examination Of Entrepreneurial Activity In Independent Colleges And Universities In New York State: A Presidential View Of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Gary M. Smith Dec 2009

An Examination Of Entrepreneurial Activity In Independent Colleges And Universities In New York State: A Presidential View Of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Gary M. Smith

Education Doctoral

This research study is an examination of entrepreneurial leadership and activity in independent colleges and universities in New York State. Many higher education institutions are facing serious financial challenges. Competition for enrollment and donations combined with price competition, increasing costs, student consumerism, and changing demographics are all factors that challenge the financial viability of independent colleges and universities. There is increasing pressure on the leadership of these institutions to find new sources of revenue to meet these financial challenges. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships between and among the selfperceived entrepreneurial orientation of presidents and other …

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A Study On Gas Penetration And Fingering Behavior In Injection Molding Of Polymer And Powder Metal Feedstock, Edna I. Orozco Dec 2009

A Study On Gas Penetration And Fingering Behavior In Injection Molding Of Polymer And Powder Metal Feedstock, Edna I. Orozco

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The effect of processing variables on the level of gas penetration in parts fabricated by gas-assisted injection molding from two different materials was compared. The materials used were polypropylene and stainless steel powder metal/thermoplastic feedstock. Software simulation and physical experiments were conducted. Taguchi analysis was used to reduce the number of experiment trials and to find the optimum processing conditions. Four different variables were changed using nine different combinations. The processing variables are the pressure, the delay time before gas is injected, the temperature of the material injected, and the amount of the material injected. The results showed that the …

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The Relationship Between Quality Of Maternal Care And The Development Of Infant Sociability In A Captive Group Of Western Lowland Gorillas, Liza Veliz Dec 2009

The Relationship Between Quality Of Maternal Care And The Development Of Infant Sociability In A Captive Group Of Western Lowland Gorillas, Liza Veliz

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Maternal factors, e.g., quality and behavior were examined in order to determine if a relationship with enhanced infant social development exists. Gorilla mothers were each nursery reared and are full siblings, providing an unusual opportunity to examine the individual differences that may play a role in infant socialization. Observational data collected during three-time blocks by means of focal animal sampling were used to analyze social behaviors and identify initiators and receivers of contact behaviors, thereby determining a relationship between maternal care and infant sociability. Results indicated that mothers who provided successful maternal care produced more sociable offspring. Findings from this …

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S2st: A Relational Rdf Database Management System, Anthony T. Piazza Dec 2009

S2st: A Relational Rdf Database Management System, Anthony T. Piazza

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The explosive growth of RDF data on the Semantic Web drives the need for novel database systems that can efficiently store and query large RDF datasets. To achieve good performance and scalability of query processing, most existing RDF storage systems use a relational database management system as a backend to manage RDF data. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a Relational RDF Database Management System. Our main research contributions are: (1) We propose a formal model of a Relational RDF Database Management System (RRDBMS), (2) We propose generic algorithms for schema, data and query mapping, (3) …

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Finding Hart: The Lost Text And Biography Of Hart Stilwell, Brandon D. Shuler Dec 2009

Finding Hart: The Lost Text And Biography Of Hart Stilwell, Brandon D. Shuler

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Hart Stilwell was a noted newspaperman, journalist, outdoor writer, and political activist. He is most noted for the books Border City (1945), Uncovered Wagon (1947), and Campus Town (1950), which were, as confessed to J. Frank Dobie, Stilwell’s life story. Finding Hart: The Lost Text and Biography of Hart Stilwell pieces together the most inclusive biographical sketch of this enigmatic man of Texas letters to date through his correspondences and autobiographical novels. The author has also included an edited and footnoted version of a previously unpublished Stilwell manuscript, Glory of the Silver King, a history of Texas and northeast Mexico …

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An Experimental Study Of Potential Residential And Commercial Applications Of Small-Scale Hybrid Power Systems, Michael Anthony Acosta Dec 2009

An Experimental Study Of Potential Residential And Commercial Applications Of Small-Scale Hybrid Power Systems, Michael Anthony Acosta

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The research presented in this thesis provides an understanding of small-scale hybrid power systems. Experiments were conducted to identify potential applications of renewable energy in residential and commercial applications in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Solar and wind energy converted into electric energy was stored in batteries and inverted to power common household and commercial appliances. Several small to medium size hybrid power systems were setup and utilized to conduct numerous tests to study renewable energy prospects and feasibility for various applications. The experimental results obtained indicate that carefully constructed solar power systems can provide people living in isolated …

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The Reevaluation Of Dwight Eisenhower And Bernard Law Montgomery, David Allen Warden Dec 2009

The Reevaluation Of Dwight Eisenhower And Bernard Law Montgomery, David Allen Warden

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Dwight Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery were the two generals that coordinated and implemented the military strategy to invade North Africa to Europe. The two generals combined the militaries of Great Britain and the United States to defeat the Axis powers of Germany and Italy. By May 1945, the Allied forces had succeeded in finishing the war in Europe. Historians soon began to look at the two men and evaluated their ability to work together. This thesis provides a study of the reasons why the two generals were different. The study also evaluates how the two generals were able to work …

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An Exploratory Investigation Of The Implementation Of Quality Staff Development And Campus Success, Cindy Hays Sadler Dec 2009

An Exploratory Investigation Of The Implementation Of Quality Staff Development And Campus Success, Cindy Hays Sadler

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The purpose of this study was to explore what proportion of staff development as measured by the National Staff Development Council’s Standard Assessment Inventory (SAI) contributes to campus success as measured by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Two exploratory null hypotheses were generated and tested in an attempt to explore outcomes using the SAI and TAKS scores. H0 Campus Success (Y) based on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills is not a function of implementation of the National Staff Development Council Standards (X) based on Standard Assessment Inventory. H0 Campus success (Y) is not a function …

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A Quest For Understanding Finding My Way Back, Juan Saenz Dec 2009

A Quest For Understanding Finding My Way Back, Juan Saenz

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

My work reflects my place in nature and how through its documentation I have been given the opportunity to mend family ties. In my paintings I capture the essence of those things that bring me peace of mind and good health. The aim of my work is not solely for the purpose of self reflection but also an attempt to bring my viewers back to a different time in their lives. The following works are an example of my direction and experimentation.

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Evaluation Of Windows Servers Security Under Icmp And Tcp Denial Of Service Attacks, Hari Krishnea Vallalacheruvu Dec 2009

Evaluation Of Windows Servers Security Under Icmp And Tcp Denial Of Service Attacks, Hari Krishnea Vallalacheruvu

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Securing server from Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is a challenging task for network operators. DDOS attacks are known to reduce the performance of web based applications and reduce the number of legitimate client connections. In this thesis, we evaluate performance of a Windows server 2003 under these attacks. In this thesis, we also evaluate and compare effectiveness of three different protection mechanisms, namely SYN Cache, SYN Cookie and SYN proxy protection methods, to protect against TCP SYN DDoS attacks. It is found that the SYN attack protection at the server is more effective at lower loads of SYN …

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The Return To Aztlan, Eliseo Moreno Dec 2009

The Return To Aztlan, Eliseo Moreno

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

With this thesis I will focus on my Chicano artistic influences as well as on my life experiences as a third-generation Chicano growing up in the barrios of Browntown, “Tejas” (Brownsville, Texas) I will also examine in my paintings the Chicano identity; its culture, traditions, beliefs, and lifestyle. In this thesis like my artwork I will depict the myth of “Atzlan” via eras of the Chicano movement. I will start my writings with the mid-nineteen forties, the “Zoot Suit” era, which I believe is the original beginning of the Chicano movement, and advance to the nineteen sixties and seventies where …

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