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Recommended Funding And Retrofits For Stormwater Management Of The Hart Brook Watershed In Lewiston, Me, Yaa Asantewaa Agyare, Sarah Dik, Amy Wyeth

Community Engaged Research Reports

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Revitalizing Lewiston And Auburn's Riverfront Corridor, Caroline Daniels, Rakey Drammeh, Sonja Favaloro, Kathryn Mulholland

Community Engaged Research Reports

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Reinventing Urban Park Space In Lewiston/Auburn, Lucy Louisa Brennan, Catherine Elizabeth Dioli, Rohan K. Jaffrey, Matthew R. Mosca

Community Engaged Research Reports

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Curricular Affairs Committee Report #510, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

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Three Dimensional Nutrition: Exploring Nourishment Of Spirit, Mind, And Body During A 28-Day Daniel Fast At Southern Adventist University, Caitlin S. Hobbs

Capstone Research Projects

A person who is living well can be said to be “making lifestyle choices with God’s help to support optimum physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and experiencing His gift of abundant life” (Tryon, 2009). All of these “dimensions” of health are interrelated, and in order for a person to truly flourish, each area must be nourished. Dietary choices can have an especially interesting impact on these dimensions. Eating healthfully is not always viewed as a joyous endeavor, but when viewed from a multi-dimensional perspective, it can become a more rewarding and intriguing pursuit.

One way to promote a nutritional …

Vol.41 N.20 December 12th 2013, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

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Sustainable Energy, The Androscoggin, Grow L+A, Madeline David, Jedd Countey, Sarah Jacobson, Bridgette Chandhoke

Community Engaged Research Reports

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The History Of Lewiston's Waterfalls, Canals, Mills And Water Systems, Hadley Dawson, Tyler Grees, Adelaide Makwaia, Derek Murphy

Community Engaged Research Reports

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Bobbin Mill Brook Of Auburn, Maine, Water Quality In An Urban Watershed, Megan Kearns, Anne Rockwell, Anabel Schmelz

Community Engaged Research Reports

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, December 12, 2013, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

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How Do Specialized Units Affect The Outputs Of Police Organizations?: Investigating The Effect Of Community Policing Units On Community Policing Activities In Local Police Departments, Hyon Namgung

Dissertations

A review of modern police history shows the trend of increased division of labor within police agencies. However, police organizations are often criticized for creating specialized police units when they are faced with specific problems or are not effectively tackling local problems. Other challenges from within the profession include potential inter-unit conflicts or indifference of officers from other units that may hinder program implementation by specialized units. The present study looked into the changing characteristics of specialized units within police departments between 2000 and 2007. This research also examined whether creation of specialized community policing units (CP Units) influences the …

Computational And Experimental Study Of Degeneration, Damage And Failure In Biological Soft Tissues, Gregory Allen Von Forell

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this work was to analyze the biomechanics of degeneration, damage, and failure in biological soft tissues both experimentally and computationally to provide insight into tendon or ligament tearing, tendo-achilles lengthening and lumbar spine dysfunction. For soft tissue tearing, experimental studies for calculating fracture toughness were performed and determined that tendons and ligaments are able to completely resist tear propagation. For tendo-achilles lengthening, a damage model was developed to mimic the behavior of the lengthening that occurs as a result of the percutaneous triple hemisection technique. The model provided insight for predicting the amount of lengthening that occurs …

Molecular Modeling Of Dna For A Mechanistic Understanding Of Hybridization, Terry Jacob Schmitt

Theses and Dissertations

DNA microarrays are a potentially disruptive technology in the medical field, but their use in such settings is limited by poor reliability. Microarrays work on the principle of hybridization and can only be as reliable as this process is robust, yet little is known at the molecular level about how the surface affects the hybridization process. This work uses advanced molecular simulation techniques and an experimentally-parameterized coarse-grain model to determine the mechanism by which hybridization occurs on surfaces and to identify key factors that influence the accuracy of DNA microarrays. Comparing behavior in the bulk and on the surface showed, …

Active Structural Acoustic Control Of Clamped And Ribbed Plates, William Richard Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

A control metric, the weighted sum of spatial gradients (WSSG), has been developed for use in active structural acoustic control (ASAC). Previous development of WSSG [1] showed that it was an effective control metric on simply supported plates, while being simpler to measure than other control metrics, such as volume velocity. The purpose of the current work is to demonstrate that the previous research can be generalized to plates with a wider variety of boundary conditions and on less ideal plates. Two classes of plates have been considered: clamped flat plates, and ribbed plates. On clamped flat plates an analytical …

Introducing The Vuepod: Development And Testing Of A Low-Cost Large-Scale Stereoscopic Immersive System Using 3d Lcd Televisions, Shane Makana Hayden

Theses and Dissertations

3D immersive visualization systems, or CAVEs™, have found wide adoption for use in geosciences, planetary science, medical research, and computer science. However, much of the potential for such systems in practical civil and environmental engineering settings has been severely limited due to 1) extreme costs in both hardware and software; 2) immobility due to calibration and darkroom requirements; and 3) extensive and expensive manpower requirements for both operation and maintenance. This thesis presents the development and testing of a new mobile low-cost immersive stereo visualization system -- the "VuePod" -- that attempts to address these challenges through the use of …

Soil Development And Vegetation Response To Removal Of A Small Dam, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, Stephanie Kay Rohdy

Dissertations and Theses

Dam removal is increasing as dams age, yet little is understood about the pedogenic response to dam removal. This study reports on the edaphic changes of reservoir sediments and vegetation cover one year following removal of a small earthen dam in Northern California. In August 2012, I sampled surface sediments from the former Dream Lake reservoir in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and compared their physical and chemical properties with soil samples from two reference sites. I also estimated percent cover of vegetation in the former reservoir and reference sites. My results show that the reservoir was under reduced conditions, as …

Influence Of Morphology And Environment On The Electrochemical Reactivity Of Nio, Neil Spinner

Doctoral Dissertations

In this thesis, nickel oxide was investigated as an electrocatalyst and electrode material in both aqueous and non-aqueous media. The effects of morphology resulting from several different synthesis techniques were examined for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol in alkaline media and the Li⁺ mass transport in lithium-ion batteries. Effects of environment changes, including electrocatalyst/electrode additives and choice of media, were also investigated to determine their influence on the reactivity and mechanism for the oxidation of organics such as methane and methanol. For the conversion of methane at room temperature, an array of oxygenate products were identified and theoretical reaction …

Senate Rules Of Procedure - Updated 12-12-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

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Variational Methods And Critical Point Theory 2013, Victoria Otero-Espinar, Juan J. Nieto, Donal O'Regan, Kanishka Perera

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

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Emu Today, December 12, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, December 12-13, 2013

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on December 12-13, 2013.

Gunnison's Prairie Dog Restoration Experiment (Gpdrex): Small Mammal Mark-Recapture Population Assessment Within Grasslands At The Sevilleta National Widlife Refuge, New Mexico (2013-2014), Stephanie Baker

Sevilleta LTER Program Data

Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) are burrowing rodents considered to be ecosystem engineers and keystone species of the central grasslands of North America. Yet, prairie dog populations have declined by an estimated 98% throughout their historic range. This dramatic decline has resulted in the widespread loss of their important ecological role throughout this grassland system. The 92,060 ha Sevilleta NWR in central New Mexico includes more than 54,000 ha of native grassland. Gunnison’s prairie dogs (C. gunnisoni) were reported to occupy ~15,000 ha of what is now the SNWR during the 1960’s, prior to their systematic eradication. In 2010, we collaborated …

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes December 12, 2013, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

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Unh Students Travel To Japan, Ecuador On Gilman Scholarships, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Thermodynamics Of A Rotating Detonation Engine, Craig A. Nordeen

Doctoral Dissertations

A practical thermodynamic cycle model of a rotating detonation engine (RDE) is developed for the purpose of predicting performance and understanding flow field behavior. The cycle model is based on a heuristic analysis of a RDE numerical simulation. The model is compared to the simulation and to laboratory experiment with good results.

The RDE constrains a detonation wave to rotate inside a cylindrical annulus, has no moving parts and requires a single ignition sequence. Thrust is produced continuously and at high frequency. The simplicity of the RDE offers the possibility of a practical detonation engine with efficiencies that exceed conventional …

The Diamond, December 12, 2013, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Volleyball Takes National Stage; Five AMOR Locations
• News: Give This Christmas Away; Wilderness Club Holds Photo Contest; Current Dordt Art Exhibit: Bound for Glory; What's the Deal with Dead Week?
• Features: Engineering Design Project Competitions; Statistics Classes Take on New Format
• Arts and Entertainment: Digital Media Students Win Award; Busy Concert Season in BJ Haan Auditorium
• Sports: Kyle Lindbergh Enters Final Season; Men's Basketball Shows Promising Results
• Opinion: Jeremy Jabber: Tha-tha-that's All Folks!; Adventures in Nicaragua; We're in L.A. Do You Care?
• The Back Page: My Christmas List: The Bests and Worsts

A Comparison Study Of Second-Order Screening Designs And Their Extension, Shane A. Dougherty

Theses and Dissertations

Recent literature has proposed employing a single experimental design capable of preforming both factor screening and response surface estimation when conducting sequential experiments is unrealistic due to time, budget, or other constraints. Military systems, particularly aerodynamic systems, are complex. It is not unusual for these systems to exhibit nonlinear response behavior. Developmental testing may be tasked to characterize the nonlinear behavior of such systems while being restricted in how much testing can be accomplished. Second-order screening designs provide a means in a single design experiment to effectively focus test resources onto those factors driving system performance. Sponsored by the Office …

Kenyon Collegian - December 12, 2013

The Kenyon Collegian

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Analyzing The Effect Of Client Queue Size On Voip And Tcp Traffic Over An Ieee 802.11e Wlan, Sajib Datta, Sajal Das

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper we introduce a mathematical model to analyze the performance of Wi-Fi networks carrying voice calls and TCP controlled file downloads. We derive the voice call capacity, the TCP throughput, and the bandwidth utilization using the proposed five-dimensional Markov model. We show that there exists a correlation among the queue size of client nodes and the capacity and throughput of the network. We also demonstrate how bandwidth utilization is affected by variable packet arrival rates. The analytical results match well with the simulation results generated by QualNet simulator. Moreover, we conduct an experimental study of the Enhanced Distributed …

Journey Of 7,000 Miles Starts With A Single Click, Staff

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