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Flaxseed And Buckwheat Supplemented Diets Altered Enterobacteriaceae Prevalence In The Cecum And Feces Of Mice, Margaret Mary Pulkrabek Jan 2015

Flaxseed And Buckwheat Supplemented Diets Altered Enterobacteriaceae Prevalence In The Cecum And Feces Of Mice, Margaret Mary Pulkrabek

Health Nutrition and Exercise Science

Dietary intake may cause variable bacterial prevalence in the gastrointestinal tract. The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae in the cecum and feces following flaxseed and buckwheat supplemented diets. Seventy-two C57BL/6J male mice were randomly assigned to a diet group and fed for eight weeks: high fat (45% Kcal fat); 10% whole flaxseed (45% Kcal fat); 6% defatted flaxseed (45% Kcal fat); 4% flaxseed oil (45% Kcal fat); 10% buckwheat (45% Kcal fat); and low fat (16% Kcal fat). Significant differences in the prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae in the cecum (p < 0.0348) and feces post treatment (p < 0.0033) were observed. The groups with the highest prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae were whole flaxseed, buckwheat, and defatted flaxseed. The groups with the lowest prevalence were flaxseed oil and high fat. Our results indicated that a positive relationship exists between high fermentable fiber diets and Enterobacteriaceae proliferation.

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Literalized Metaphors In China Mieville’S Bas-Lag Novels, Kai Jerome Thorstad Jan 2015

Literalized Metaphors In China Mieville’S Bas-Lag Novels, Kai Jerome Thorstad

English

In this paper, I will be discussing hybridity, Othering, and agency in China Miéville’s fantasy novels set in the world of Bas-Lag. I will be expanding upon Joan Gordon’s concept of “literalized metaphors” which suggests that fantasy fiction is able to comment on metaphorical concepts by literalizing those concepts into physical representations. Miéville’s novels offer commentary on the nature of the postcolonial concept of hybridity through the physical realities of the nonhuman xenians and the criminal Remade. I argue that, through these literalized metaphors, the Bas-Lag novels suggest that hybridity leads to Othering, but it also leads to greater agency …

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Neural Network Fault Diagnosis Of A Trolling Motor Based On Feature Reduction Techniques For An Unmanned Surface Vehicle, Wathiq Abed, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton Jan 2015

Neural Network Fault Diagnosis Of A Trolling Motor Based On Feature Reduction Techniques For An Unmanned Surface Vehicle, Wathiq Abed, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This article presents a novel approach to the diagnosis of unbalanced faults in a trolling motor under stationary operating conditions. The trolling motor being typically of that used as the propulsion system for an unmanned surface vehicle, the diagnosis approach is based on the use of discrete wavelet transforms as a feature extraction tool and a time-delayed neural network for fault classification. The time-delayed neural network classifies between healthy and faulty conditions of the trolling motor by analysing the stator current and vibration. To overcome feature redundancy, which affects diagnosis accuracy, several feature reduction methods have been tested, and the …

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A Robust Bearing Fault Detection And Diagnosis Technique For Brushless Dc Motors Under Non-Stationary Operating Conditions, Wathiq Abed, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, Amit Motwani Jan 2015

A Robust Bearing Fault Detection And Diagnosis Technique For Brushless Dc Motors Under Non-Stationary Operating Conditions, Wathiq Abed, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, Amit Motwani

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

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A Wavelet Neural Network Based Non-Linear Model Predictive Controller For A Multi-Variable Coupled Tank System, Kayode Owa, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton Jan 2015

A Wavelet Neural Network Based Non-Linear Model Predictive Controller For A Multi-Variable Coupled Tank System, Kayode Owa, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

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Flap Gate Farm: From Venice Lagoon Defense To Resonating Wave Energy Production. Part 2: Synchronous Response To Incident Waves In Open Sea, S. Michele, P. Sammarco, M D’Errico, E. Renzi, A. Abdolali, G. Bellotti, F. Dias Jan 2015

Flap Gate Farm: From Venice Lagoon Defense To Resonating Wave Energy Production. Part 2: Synchronous Response To Incident Waves In Open Sea, S. Michele, P. Sammarco, M D’Errico, E. Renzi, A. Abdolali, G. Bellotti, F. Dias

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

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Characterization Of Road Dust In Western North Dakota, Danijela Ljepoja Jan 2015

Characterization Of Road Dust In Western North Dakota, Danijela Ljepoja

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

Samples were collected during summer 2014, at three locations: along 15th St. SW near agricultural test plots, along an access road leading to a newly built oil drilling pad, and adjacent to the pad. MiniVol™ TAS Samplers (Air metrics, Springfield, OR) were used for sampling. Total Suspended Particles (TSP), and particulates less than 10 or 5 microns (PM10 and PM2.5, respectively) were collected using quartz fiber filters. Samples were collected both pre and post access road and pad construction. The mass concentration of TSP at 15th St. ranged from 365 - 911 µg/m3 (mean 507 µg/m3). Concentrations at the access …

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Impact Of Climate Variability On Streamflow And Water Quality In The North Central United States, Karen Renee Ryberg Jan 2015

Impact Of Climate Variability On Streamflow And Water Quality In The North Central United States, Karen Renee Ryberg

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

Long-term precipitation, temperature, and streamflow records were used to compare changes in precipitation and potential evapotranspiration to changes in runoff within 25 stream basins. Historical changes in the region appear to be more consistent with complex transient shifts in seasonal climatic conditions than with gradual climate change. Annual peak streamflow data were divided into two populations, snowmelt/spring and summer/fall, to test the hypotheses that, because of changes in precipitation regimes, the odds of summer/fall peaks have increased and, because of temperature changes, snowmelt/spring peaks happen earlier. The odds of summer/fall peaks occurring have increased across the study area. In northern …

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Northern Leopard Frogs In North Dakota: Assessing The Conservation Status Of A Widespread Amphibian Species, Justin David Lee Fisher Jan 2015

Northern Leopard Frogs In North Dakota: Assessing The Conservation Status Of A Widespread Amphibian Species, Justin David Lee Fisher

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

North Dakota’s midcontinent location within the Prairie Pothole Region is widely known for the dense wetlands. These highly productive wetlands are mixed within an agricultural mosaic which places increased pressure on water quality and overall wetland persistence. These threats to wetlands affects other, more common species which are presumed to have healthy populations but lack statewide information. Such is the case with the northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens). I examined genetic variation for 41 populations across the state. Genetic diversity was not correlated with latitude, but was negatively correlated with longitude. Along this genetic diversity gradient, there was a distinctive …

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Detecting Radiation Reaction At Moderate Laser Intensities., Thomas Heinzl, Chris Harvey, Anton Ilderton, Mattias Marklund, Stepan S. Bulanov, Sergey Rykovanov, Carl B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Wim P. Leemans Jan 2015

Detecting Radiation Reaction At Moderate Laser Intensities., Thomas Heinzl, Chris Harvey, Anton Ilderton, Mattias Marklund, Stepan S. Bulanov, Sergey Rykovanov, Carl B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Wim P. Leemans

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We propose a new method of detecting radiation reaction effects in the motion of particles subjected to laser pulses of moderate intensity and long duration. The effect becomes sizable for particles that gain almost no energy through the interaction with the laser pulse. Hence, there are regions of parameter space in which radiation reaction is actually the dominant influence on charged particle motion.

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Impact Of Artificial Aeration On Nutrients In A Small Eutrophic Lake, Anusha Rupika Balangoda Jan 2015

Impact Of Artificial Aeration On Nutrients In A Small Eutrophic Lake, Anusha Rupika Balangoda

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

The Heinrich- Martin Dam Impoundment (HMDI), located in northcentral LaMoure County, North Dakota, is an important water body for fishing, boating, and other recreational activities. To eliminate the thermal stratification and low dissolved oxygen (DO) zone near the bottom, an artificial aeration system was installed and operated by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department (NDG&F). This study was conducted to investigate whether aeration improved water quality of HMDI and to evaluate aeration as a tool to effectively manage eutrophication in lakes of this type. Field monitoring and laboratory analyses were conducted during three consecutive summers, in 2010, 2011 and …

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Online Assessment Of Negotiation Skills Through 3d Role Play Simulation, D Pacella, A Di Ferdinando, E Dell'aquila, D Marocco Jan 2015

Online Assessment Of Negotiation Skills Through 3d Role Play Simulation, D Pacella, A Di Ferdinando, E Dell'aquila, D Marocco

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The lack of standardised technological tools to assess psychological characteristics allows traditional tests to be still widely used, though these tests require double processing and expensive procedures. ENACT is both a serious game for a standardised assessment of the user negotiation skills and an Intelligent Tutoring System, which makes use of the data collected during the interaction in order to generate a tailored environment for the user to experience and improve their skills and be guided through learning.

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Embodied Cognition And Circular Causality: On The Role Of Constitutive Autonomy In The Reciprocal Coupling Of Perception And Action., D Vernon, R Lowe, S Thill, T Ziemke Jan 2015

Embodied Cognition And Circular Causality: On The Role Of Constitutive Autonomy In The Reciprocal Coupling Of Perception And Action., D Vernon, R Lowe, S Thill, T Ziemke

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The reciprocal coupling of perception and action in cognitive agents has been firmly established: perceptions guide action but so too do actions influence what is perceived. While much has been said on the implications of this for the agent's external behavior, less attention has been paid to what it means for the internal bodily mechanisms which underpin cognitive behavior. In this article, we wish to redress this by reasserting that the relationship between cognition, perception, and action involves a constitutive element as well as a behavioral element, emphasizing that the reciprocal link between perception and action in cognition merits a …

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Peptide Bacteriocins – Structure Activity Relationships, Hashem Etayash, Sarfuddin Azmi, Ramana Dangeti, Kamaljit Kaur Jan 2015

Peptide Bacteriocins – Structure Activity Relationships, Hashem Etayash, Sarfuddin Azmi, Ramana Dangeti, Kamaljit Kaur

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

With the growing concerns in the scientific and health communities over increasing levels of antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptide bacteriocins have emerged as promising alternative to conventional small molecule antibiotics. A substantial attention has recently focused on the utilization of bacteriocins in food preservation and health safety. Despite the fact that a large number of bacteriocins have been reported, only a few have been fully characterized and structurally elucidated. Since knowledge of the molecular structure is a key for understanding the mechanism of action and therapeutic effects of peptide, we centered our focus in this review on the structure-activity relationships of …

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Coating Of Nzvi Particles With Modified Starch: Colloidal Stability And Nitrate Reduction Studies, Mary Francis Pate Jan 2015

Coating Of Nzvi Particles With Modified Starch: Colloidal Stability And Nitrate Reduction Studies, Mary Francis Pate

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Nanoscale-zero valent iron (NZVI) is an effective groundwater remediation media because it can quickly reduce and absorb contaminants. However, NZVI quickly agglomerates in aqueous systems, reducing its remediation capacity. This work investigated coating NZVI with native and modified rice, wheat, maize, and tapioca starches to improve colloidal stability. Colloidal stability studies were conducted with native and commercially available starches; tapioca starch modified with 2-Octen-l-ylsuccinic anhydride (OSA) was the best. Four concentrations of OSA-tapioca starch were prepared (3, 15, 35, and 50% w/w). NZVI coated with 35% OSA-modified tapioca starch (concentration = 10 g L-1) kept 66% of the coated particles …

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Characterization Of Activities Of Crumb Rubber In Interaction With Asphalt And Its Effect On Final Properties, Amir Ghavibazoo Jan 2015

Characterization Of Activities Of Crumb Rubber In Interaction With Asphalt And Its Effect On Final Properties, Amir Ghavibazoo

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Recycling of millions of scrap tires produced everyday is crucial challenge encountered by waste management systems. Recycling tire rubbers in form of ground tire rubber, known as crumb rubber modifier (CRM), in asphalt industry was introduced in early 1960's and is proved as an effective recycling method. Interaction between CRM and asphalt is physical in nature which happens mainly due to exchange of components between CRM and asphalt and enhances the time temperature dependant properties of asphalt. In this work, the interaction between CRM and asphalt was evaluated through monitoring the evolutions of CRM in asphalt in macro and micro-level. …

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A Record Of Spontaneous Subduction Initiation In The Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Rj Arculus, O Ishizuka, Ka Bogus, M Gurnis, R Hickey-Vargas, Mh Aljahdali, An Bandini-Maeder, Ap Barth, Pa Brandl, L Drab, Rdm Guerra, M Hamada, F Jiang, K Kanayama, S Kender, Y Kusano, H Li, Lc Loudin, M Maffione, Km Marsaglia, A Mccarthy, S Meffre, A Morris, M Neuhaus, Ip Savov, C Sena, Tfj Iii, Der Land C Van, Gm Yogodzinski, Z Zhang Jan 2015

A Record Of Spontaneous Subduction Initiation In The Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Rj Arculus, O Ishizuka, Ka Bogus, M Gurnis, R Hickey-Vargas, Mh Aljahdali, An Bandini-Maeder, Ap Barth, Pa Brandl, L Drab, Rdm Guerra, M Hamada, F Jiang, K Kanayama, S Kender, Y Kusano, H Li, Lc Loudin, M Maffione, Km Marsaglia, A Mccarthy, S Meffre, A Morris, M Neuhaus, Ip Savov, C Sena, Tfj Iii, Der Land C Van, Gm Yogodzinski, Z Zhang

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

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An Automated Approach For Discovering Functional Risk-Inducing Flaws In Software Designs, Amro Salem Salem Hassan Jan 2015

An Automated Approach For Discovering Functional Risk-Inducing Flaws In Software Designs, Amro Salem Salem Hassan

Computer Science

For safety critical applications, it is necessary to ensure that risk-inducing flaws do not exist in the final product. To date, many risk-based testing techniques were proposed. The majority of these techniques address flaws in the implementation. However, since the overhead of software flaws increases the later they are discovered in the development process, it is important to test for these flaws earlier in the development process. Few approaches have addressed the problem of testing for risk-inducing flaws in the design phase. These approaches are manual approaches, which makes them hard to apply on large complicated software designs. To address …

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Email Classification Using A Self-Learning Technique Based On User Preferences, Swapna Gautam Phadke Jan 2015

Email Classification Using A Self-Learning Technique Based On User Preferences, Swapna Gautam Phadke

Computer Science

In the current information overloaded atmosphere with an explosive growth of textual data, one can find it a challenging task to keep all the ducks in a row. This has resulted in an emergence of many Text Classification algorithms. Text classification is a process of categorizing data in pre-defined categories based on Topics or Genre. It is used - to classify named entities, Twitter and newspaper feeds, medical repository and Email. In this digital era of communication, Electronic mail is an important, and a popular means of communication. An Email inbox is often rife with different messages ranging from High …

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Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm: Variants And Comparisons, Sowjanya Mattaparthi Jan 2015

Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm: Variants And Comparisons, Sowjanya Mattaparthi

Computer Science

Since the introduction of Particle Swarm optimization by Dr. Eberhart and Dr. Kennedy, there have been many variations of the algorithm proposed by many researchers and various applications presented using the algorithm. In this paper, we applied variants of Particle swarm optimization on various benchmark functions in multiple dimensions, using the computational procedure to find the optimal solutions for those functions. We ran the variants of the algorithm 51 times on each of the 17-benchmark functions and computed the average, variance and standard deviation for 10, 30, and 50 dimensions. Using the results, we found the suitable variants of the …

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Region Based Data Mining On Agriculture Data, Babitha Battu Jan 2015

Region Based Data Mining On Agriculture Data, Babitha Battu

Computer Science

Spatial Data Mining is the process of discovering interesting and previously unknown, but potentially useful patterns from large spatial databases. Most relationships in spatial datasets are regional and there is a great need for regional regression methods that derive regional reflects different spatial characteristics of different regions. A central challenge in spatial data mining is the efficiency of spatial data mining algorithms, due to the often huge amount of spatial data and the complexity of spatial data types and spatial accessing methods. This paper proposes a regional regression technique for regions that are defined by a categorical attribute, in particular …

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Electricity Demand Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network Framework, Sowjanya Param Jan 2015

Electricity Demand Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network Framework, Sowjanya Param

Computer Science

As the economy is growing, electricity usage has been growing and to meet the needs of energy market in providing the electricity without power outages, utility companies, distributors and investors need a powerful tool that can effectively predict electricity demand day ahead that can help them in making better decisions in inventory planning, power generation, and resource management. Historical data is a great source that can be used with artificial neural networks to predict electricity demand effectively with a decent error rate of 0.06.

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Fuzzy Reasoning Based Evolutionary Algorithms Applied To Data Mining, Min Chen Jan 2015

Fuzzy Reasoning Based Evolutionary Algorithms Applied To Data Mining, Min Chen

Computer Science

Data mining and information retrieval are two difficult tasks for various reasons. First, as the volume of data increases tremendously, most of the data are complex, large, imprecise, uncertain or incomplete. Furthermore, information retrieval may be imprecise or subjective. Therefore, comprehensible and understandable results are required by the users during the process of data mining or knowledge discovery. Fuzzy logic has become an active research area because its capability of handling perceptual uncertainties, such as ambiguity or vagueness, and its excellent ability on describing nonlinear system. The study of this dissertation is focused on two main paradigms. The first paradigm …

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Desktop Interactive Activity Diagram Tutorial, Anuevelyn Sathiaseelan Jan 2015

Desktop Interactive Activity Diagram Tutorial, Anuevelyn Sathiaseelan

Computer Science

Activity diagram plays a vital role in Business Process Modeling as well as System modeling. In this paper, I have proposed a desktop interactive activity diagram tutorial that has been designed for educational purposes to help someone to construct activity diagram with the following features: (1) There is continuous interaction between the user and the system; (2) It provides ongoing feedback and performance updates to the user after every topic within the chapter; (3) the tutorial will generate a “Certificate of excellence” with the percentage scored if only the user has scored above 90 percentages and the certificate will be …

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Mining Significant Patterns By Integrating Biological Interaction Networks With Gene Profiles, Rami Mohammed Alroobi Jan 2015

Mining Significant Patterns By Integrating Biological Interaction Networks With Gene Profiles, Rami Mohammed Alroobi

Computer Science

Nowadays, large amounts of high-throughput data are available. Automatic with classical cell biology techniques which are employed in the analysis of cell functions, interactions, and how pathogens can exploit them in disease, are becoming available because of the huge advancements in both Genomics and Proteomics technologies. Analyzing and studying these vast amounts of data will enable researchers to uncover, clarify, and explain some aspects of gene products behavior and characteristics under a very diverse set of conditions. The biological data belong to different types. The integration of several types of data can help reduce the effect of problems each data …

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Optimization Of Deployments For Service Oriented Clouds, Chaitanya Dumpala Jan 2015

Optimization Of Deployments For Service Oriented Clouds, Chaitanya Dumpala

Computer Science

In cloud-computing environments, every service in an application is deployed as a different service instance. All service instances are deployed at a different level of end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS), which are described in the Service Level Agreement (SLA). To satisfy the given SLAs and end-to-end QoS requirements of an application, the application is required to optimize its deployment configuration of service instances. In this paper, a genetic algorithm is implemented, as proposed in literature, to solve this problem by searching for the optimal solution from a search space while satisfying the given SLA. The algorithm estimates the performance of …

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Enterprise Resource Planning Metamodel Test Pattern, Naveed Ahmed Syed Jan 2015

Enterprise Resource Planning Metamodel Test Pattern, Naveed Ahmed Syed

Computer Science

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a complex distributed software solution that costs millions of dollars to implement. Upgrading an ERP metamodel subsystem introduces critical risks in the functionality of all the ERP applications that are part of an ERP system. It is therefore imperative to verify such critical updates to an ERP system thoroughly before they are released to manufacture. The situation is further exacerbated when the ERP system in context happens to be a legacy one without sufficient automated tests. In order to facilitate effective and efficient implementation of ERP metamodel tests, a verification pattern is presented here. …

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Scientific Discovery + Designing The Science Museum Of The Future, Dennis Bukowski Jan 2015

Scientific Discovery + Designing The Science Museum Of The Future, Dennis Bukowski

Architecture Theses

This thesis demonstrated the connection between how children and adults learn about science, as well as the connection between science and technology in modern building design. By looking at the scientific advancements of buildings, the building itself becomes a tool for teaching, giving visitors a hands on experience of the connection between science and everyday life. This will help visitors learn about scientific strategies and give them a better understanding of the environment in which they live. Science is something that has an effect on everyone in the world; from growing food, producing electricity, to living a healthy lifestyle. Everything …

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On The Living Horse : The Fargo Equine Hospital And Education Center, Jennifer Upcraft Jan 2015

On The Living Horse : The Fargo Equine Hospital And Education Center, Jennifer Upcraft

Architecture Theses

Horses and humans have been connected throughout history, and each has impacted the other so much that neither species’ history would be the same if the other had not existed. There are countless stories of horse-human pairs – from Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephalus to Roy Rogers and Trigger – and each one illustrates the unique relationship that exists between humans and equines. Horses, while no longer an integral part of human life, continue to influence us, and this is evident in how we perceive and treat the animal. My thesis project is a 17,000 square foot equine …

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“Steering And Salvaging” : An Architectural Exploration Proposal Toward Automotive Recycling And Research Prototyping, Ronald Brinkman Jan 2015

“Steering And Salvaging” : An Architectural Exploration Proposal Toward Automotive Recycling And Research Prototyping, Ronald Brinkman

Architecture Theses

Automotive design and recycling are essential industries in today’s efforts fighting unsustainability. Yet these industries are too often excluded from one another. I am proposing to design an urban environment automotive recycling and prototyping center. I am proposing this facility in the Northern American heartland of St. Paul, MN, where the vehicles are prone to exceptional environmental wear and tear. A research facility of this manner has potential to unlock countless recycling strategies in regards to the automotive industry. I propose to explore and present a life cycle sustainable, architectural solution for the creation of an Automotive recycling and prototyping …

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