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Al-Sunnah And Future Planning For Social Solidarity: A Study On Social Charities Organizations In Saudi And Turkey / Hanaa Abubaker Babateen, Abubaker Babateen Hanaa Dec 2016

Al-Sunnah And Future Planning For Social Solidarity: A Study On Social Charities Organizations In Saudi And Turkey / Hanaa Abubaker Babateen, Abubaker Babateen Hanaa

Student Works (2010-2019)

The study entitled “The Sunnah and Foreseeing of the Future in Social Solidarity- Charities- as a Model” addresses the prophetic guidance in foreseeing the future in social solidarity, in order to eliminate the social problems that hinder social solidarity in Islamic societies, and on the top is the poverty problem that facing some of world population. The first section the study aims to highlight the future rules that the Sunnah has established when it legalized social welfare means such as (zakat, charity, vows, atonements, wakf will, etc.) as well as highlighting the future rules that Sunnah has established in dealing …

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Orientasi Matlamat Dan Kebimbangan Pra Pertandingan Di Kalangan Atlet Hoki Bawah 18 Tahun / Rosli Saadan, Saadan Rosli Dec 2016

Orientasi Matlamat Dan Kebimbangan Pra Pertandingan Di Kalangan Atlet Hoki Bawah 18 Tahun / Rosli Saadan, Saadan Rosli

Student Works (2010-2019)

The purpose of this research was to identify differences between goal orientation and pre-competition anxiety among under 18 hockey athletes. In addition, the differences of the level of goal orientation and pre-competition anxiety between groups were also analyzed. This study employed a quasi-experimental approach. 144 participants were selected as sample for this study. This study involved four groups in which three groups were experimental groups and one group was the control group. There were 36 respondents in each group. Experimental groups were given intervention before, while and after training session, while the control group was not given any intervention. Data …

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Functionalized Polythiophene-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles For Solid-Phase Extraction Of Phthalates / Siti Nor Atika Baharin, Baharin Siti Nor Atika Dec 2016

Functionalized Polythiophene-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles For Solid-Phase Extraction Of Phthalates / Siti Nor Atika Baharin, Baharin Siti Nor Atika

Student Works (2010-2019)

Polythiophene, poly(3-hexylthiophene), poly(N-phenyl-1-(2-thienyl)methanimine) and poly(phenyl-(4-(6-thiophen-3-yl-hexyloxy)-benzylidine)amine) were successfully coated on the surface of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNP). Two of the functionalized monomers, N-phenyl-1-(2-thienyl)methanimine and phenyl(4-(6- thiophen-3-yl-hexyloxy)-benzylidine)amine were successfully synthesized. Characterization by FT-IR, TGA, XRD, VSM and BET confirmed the coating has taken place. Further characterization of MNP coated poly(phenyl-(4-(6-thiophen-3- yl-hexyloxy)-benzylidine)amine) (P3TArH) was conducted using TEM and FESEM. Among those nanocomposites, MNP coated P3TArH has shown higher determination capabilities of phthalates. The adsorption behaviour of di(2- ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) onto the MNP coated P3TArH showed fast kinetics, occurred heterogenously on the adsorption sites and exothermic. The activation energy determined found was -40.6 …

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Kata Panggilan Dalam Komuniti Bahasa Melayu Sambas Di Kalimantan Barat: Sistem Dan Konteks / Endang Susilawati, Susilawati Endang Dec 2016

Kata Panggilan Dalam Komuniti Bahasa Melayu Sambas Di Kalimantan Barat: Sistem Dan Konteks / Endang Susilawati, Susilawati Endang

Student Works (2010-2019)

Address terms in a speech community are represented in various linguistic forms with their particular rules of usage which are usually in accordance with the system of socio-cultural of the community. Within the context various speech situations and events, the usage becomes dynamic. This research is about the system of address in Sambas Malay speech community which was conducted for three purposes. Firstly, to identify the system of address in Sambas Malay speech community within the situation of kinship and intimate social relationship based on the componential analysis. Secondly, to analyse the system of address in the community within the …

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Kajian Fonologi Dialek Melayu Kabong / Salbia Hassan, Hassan Salbia Dec 2016

Kajian Fonologi Dialek Melayu Kabong / Salbia Hassan, Hassan Salbia

Student Works (2010-2019)

The Kabong Malay dialect (DMKb) is one of the Sarawak Malay dialects. This study aims to identify the systems and structures of the phonology of DMKb. To achieve these objectives, the data was collected using the upstream field research method (Asmah Haji Omar, 2008b), as there has been no such study on this dialect previous to this. The analysis was done according to the theory of descriptive linguistics (Bloomfield 1933, Robins 1968, Asmah 2006, 2008a, 2012). Eight vowel phonemes have been identified in DMKb; four front vowel /i/, /e/, //, /a/; one central vowel //; and three back vowels /u/, …

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Informational Efficiency And Hedging Effectiveness In Malaysian Crude Palm Oil Markets / Go You How, You How Go Dec 2016

Informational Efficiency And Hedging Effectiveness In Malaysian Crude Palm Oil Markets / Go You How, You How Go

Student Works (2010-2019)

Crude palm oil (CPO) is one of the important commodities of Malaysian economy. According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia is the second largest producer of CPO with 39 per cent of world production and 44 per cent of world exports in 2014. Nonetheless, as a commodity, it suffers from price fluctuation due to factors such as climate change and flood that affect the supply and demand of palm oil. Hence, there lies the issue of volatility in CPO prices which has a negative impact on food security. There are three objectives in this research. The first objective is …

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Synthesis And Structural Characterization Of Modified Limnpo4 Cathode Materials For Lithium Ion Batteries / Rajammal Karuppiah, Karuppiah Rajammal Dec 2016

Synthesis And Structural Characterization Of Modified Limnpo4 Cathode Materials For Lithium Ion Batteries / Rajammal Karuppiah, Karuppiah Rajammal

Student Works (2010-2019)

Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are favorable option for portable electronic devices, electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. Attractive factors such as high energy density, long cycle life and environment friendliness are the main inspirations to make lithium ion batteries as the best choice for energy storage systems. Cathode materials play important role in determining performance of lithium ion batteries. Lithium manganese phosphate, LiMnPO4 is one of the promising cathode materials due to its high energy capacity, non-hazardous, cheap and better chemical and thermal stability. However, poor electronic and ionic conductivities, Jahn-Teller distortion involving Mn3+ ions and larger interface strain due …

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Development Of Wear Resistant Metal Matrix Composite Coatings Based On Laser Surfacing Engineering Technique / Moinuddin Mohammed Quazi, Mohammed Quazi Moinuddin Dec 2016

Development Of Wear Resistant Metal Matrix Composite Coatings Based On Laser Surfacing Engineering Technique / Moinuddin Mohammed Quazi, Mohammed Quazi Moinuddin

Student Works (2010-2019)

Laser based additive manufacturing technology (LAM) comprising of Laser composite surfacing (LCS) technique has emerged as an alternative photon driven manufacturing technology for the fabrication of hybrid metal matrix composite coatings to enhance the mechanical and tribological properties of critical machinery components. To meet the application needs, instead of bulk material processing, surface coatings are rendered far more suitable and are often utilized in form of Hybrid metal matric composite coatings (HMMC). These coatings have great potential in the fabrication and regeneration of automotive, aerospace, defense and manufacturing components as protective hard facing self-lubricating wear resistant composite coating. Under the …

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Tirukkuṟaḷ Dalam Kurikulum Bahasa Tamil Sekolah Rendah Dan Menengah: Satu Persepsi Dan Realiti Ke Arah Pembentukan Insan Holistik / Annathurai Kasinadan, Kasinadan Annathurai Dec 2016

Tirukkuṟaḷ Dalam Kurikulum Bahasa Tamil Sekolah Rendah Dan Menengah: Satu Persepsi Dan Realiti Ke Arah Pembentukan Insan Holistik / Annathurai Kasinadan, Kasinadan Annathurai

Student Works (2010-2019)

Education is a process of establishing a holistic individual in one’s lifespan. In the scope of Malaysian education, holistic human being is assessed based on philosophy of education where it will create the completed and balanced mankind in the aspects of physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual (JERI). Tirukkuṟaḷ is part and partial of Tamil literature component which is being practiced in contemporary primary and secondary school curriculum. The Tirukkuṟaḷ couplet has been applied into the curriculum as accordingly based on the four aspects mentioned above. This research is being conducted to identify the effectiveness of couplets Tirukkuṟaḷ in Tamil curriculum …

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Pilot Study: Efficacy Of Enhanced Model Predictive Control (Empc) In Insulin Therapy In The Critically Ill / Cheng Yee Shin, Yee Shin Cheng Dec 2016

Pilot Study: Efficacy Of Enhanced Model Predictive Control (Empc) In Insulin Therapy In The Critically Ill / Cheng Yee Shin, Yee Shin Cheng

Student Works (2010-2019)

Background: Hyperglycaemia, in patients with diabetes or stress-induced, is known to be associated with poor outcome. The main cause of hyperglycaemia in the critically ills is due to the release of counter-regulatory stress hormones, and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Insulin therapy has been shown to improve patient outcome. However, blood sugar management is a challenging. The eMPC(Enhanced Model Predictive Control) algorithm is a computer-based decision support system to help with blood glucose management. The eMPC algorithm has been successfully tested in several clinical trials involving more than 200 patients. We thus aim to undertake a prospective, randomized, open-label, single centre study to …

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Clockwise Rotation Of The Entire Oman Ophiolite Occurred In A Suprasubduction Zone Setting, Antony Morris, Matthew Meyer, Mark W. Anderson, Christopher J. Macleod Dec 2016

Clockwise Rotation Of The Entire Oman Ophiolite Occurred In A Suprasubduction Zone Setting, Antony Morris, Matthew Meyer, Mark W. Anderson, Christopher J. Macleod

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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The Latino Population Of New York City, 1990 - 2015, Laird W. Bergad Dec 2016

The Latino Population Of New York City, 1990 - 2015, Laird W. Bergad

Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies

This report is an update to the CLACLS report "The Latino Population of New York City, 1990-2010" issued in November 2011. It uses the most current data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 American Community Survey released in October 2016. The report examines a wide range of social and economic variables tracing how these changed for Latinos in general within the City in comparison to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Asians. It also examines the changes within the five largest Latino nationalities in the City: Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Ecuadorians, and Colombians. There has been a definitive transformation in Latino …

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The Euro Outside The Eurozone: Euroization In Kosovo And Montenegro, Cezar Aloisio Pascoa Braga Dec 2016

The Euro Outside The Eurozone: Euroization In Kosovo And Montenegro, Cezar Aloisio Pascoa Braga

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Gastrointestinal Health As A Stimulus For Native American Attraction To Medicinal Asteraceae And Further Implications For Human Evolution, Christopher David Stiegler Dec 2016

Gastrointestinal Health As A Stimulus For Native American Attraction To Medicinal Asteraceae And Further Implications For Human Evolution, Christopher David Stiegler

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Asteraceae, or the daisy family, is the largest family of flowering plants in the world, and its ethnobotanical, medical, and economic value is readily apparent cross-culturally. The aim of this thesis is to examine why constituent genera of the Aster family have remained such an integral part of human medicinal plant knowledge, and thereby to reveal any potential physiological, biological, or evolutionary mechanisms underlining human patterns of use regarding the Asteraceae. The present study focuses specifically on Native American plant knowledge made available by the expansive database in the works Daniel Moerman (Moerman 2003). Frequencies of plant use and …

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Analysis Of Break-Points In Financial Time Series, Jean Remy Habimana Dec 2016

Analysis Of Break-Points In Financial Time Series, Jean Remy Habimana

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A time series is a set of random values collected at equal time intervals; this randomness makes these types of series not easy to predict because the structure of the series may change at any time. As discussed in previous research, the structure of time series may change at any time due to the change in mean and/or variance of the series. Consequently, based on this structure, it is wise not to assume that these series are stationary. This paper, discusses, a method of analyzing time series by considering the entire series non-stationary, assuming there is random change in unconditional …

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Successful Secondary Agricultural Programs Outside The Classroom: A View Of Champions, Andrew Bolton Dec 2016

Successful Secondary Agricultural Programs Outside The Classroom: A View Of Champions, Andrew Bolton

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to study select secondary agricultural education programs and determine common traits among these programs which lead them to be successful in a number of different areas including: Career Development Events (CDE) winners, Leadership Development Events (LDE) winners, agricultural science fair winners, chapters of elected state FFA officers, proficiency award winners, national chapter awards, and state fair market show results. This study utilized a modified Delphi approach consisting of three rounds to reach consensus on the importance of traits related to successful SAE and FFA programs. Many traits were identified but the most important traits …

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Coarse-Grained Simulations Of The Self-Assembly Of Dna-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Building Blocks, Charles Wrightsman Armistead Dec 2016

Coarse-Grained Simulations Of The Self-Assembly Of Dna-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Building Blocks, Charles Wrightsman Armistead

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The self-assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) of varying shape, size, and composition for the purpose of constructing useful nanoassemblies with tailored properties remains challenging. Although progress has been made to design anisotropic building blocks that exhibit the required control for the precise placement of various NPs within a defined arrangement, there still exists obstacles in the technology to maximize the programmability in the self-assembly of NP building blocks. Currently, the self-assembly of nanostructures involves much experimental trial and error. Computational modeling is a possible approach that could be utilized to facilitate the purposeful design of the self-assembly of NP building blocks …

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Emergency Liquidity Assistance And Systemic Risk, Rosa María Lastra Dec 2016

Emergency Liquidity Assistance And Systemic Risk, Rosa María Lastra

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A Fractal Slot Antenna For Ultra Wideband Applications With Wimax Band Rejection, Jamal M., Ihsan M. H. Abbas Dec 2016

A Fractal Slot Antenna For Ultra Wideband Applications With Wimax Band Rejection, Jamal M., Ihsan M. H. Abbas

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

In this paper, design of printed monopole antenna based on fractal structures, is introduced as an approach for the use in ultra wideband communication systems, that depends on Koch fractal type.This antenna fed with a 50Ω microstrip line, designed to be used in frequency range from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz, also band notched characteristics to reject the WiMAX band is realized by etching a slot of a C-shaped rotated with 90o clockwise. It is printed on FR4 substrate of (4.4) dielectric constant, (1.6) mm thickness, and the fractal geometry is employed in the form of a second iteration Koch …

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An Improved Micro Artificial Immune Algorithm Utilizing Employed Honey Bees For The Identification Of Nonlinear Systems, Omar Farouq Dec 2016

An Improved Micro Artificial Immune Algorithm Utilizing Employed Honey Bees For The Identification Of Nonlinear Systems, Omar Farouq

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

This paper presents an improved micro artificial immune (IMAI) algorithm utilizing basic concepts from swarm intelligence. In particular, to enhance the searching capability of the recently developed micro artificial immune system (Micro-AIS) algorithm, employed honey bees are recruited to provide high-quality antibodies for the working population of the IMAI algorithm. The proposed algorithm is used to find the optimal kernel values for the Volterra series model to identify nonlinear systems. To demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method, three different types of nonlinear systems are considered, including a highly nonlinear rational system, a heat exchanger, and a continuous stirred tank …

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Design And Implementation Of Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave Radar For Adaptive Cruise Control Interfaces With Pic Microcontroller, Manal H., Tamara Z. Fadhil Dec 2016

Design And Implementation Of Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave Radar For Adaptive Cruise Control Interfaces With Pic Microcontroller, Manal H., Tamara Z. Fadhil

Iraqi Journal of Computers, Communications, Control and Systems Engineering

This paper, presents the design and implementation of Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar system working at 77GHz for Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) technology which is a flexible system to estimate the speed and distance in accordance to vehicle ahead, which reduces the forces on the rate of accidents by warning the driver when two vehicles become too close. In addition, the principle of FMCW radar is presented to generate Linear Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (LFMCW) sweep waveform through frequency bands with triangular frequency modulation using Voltage Control Oscillator (VCO), a triangle sweep pattern adopt will resolve ambiguity without Doppler …

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Sbar, Communication, And Patient Safety: An Integrated Literature Review, Kathryn R. Stewart Dec 2016

Sbar, Communication, And Patient Safety: An Integrated Literature Review, Kathryn R. Stewart

Honors Theses

Communication errors are a common cause of adverse patient safety events in the healthcare field. The Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) communication tool was introduced in 2002 to guide the communication of critical patient-care information. The purpose of this integrated literature review was to determine how the use of the SBAR tool during handoff of critical information affects communication between healthcare providers and patient safety. An integrated literature review approach was chosen due to the varying methodologies and multiple variables that have been used in the study of SBAR. The combined search terms of “SBAR”, “Communication”, and “Patient Safety” were entered into PubMed, …

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Common Core In Tennessee: An Analysis Of Eighth Grade Mathematics Standards, Hayley Little Dec 2016

Common Core In Tennessee: An Analysis Of Eighth Grade Mathematics Standards, Hayley Little

Honors Theses

Since their introduction in 2010, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been a highly controversial topic in educational reform. Though the standards are not a product of the federal government and are not federally mandated, they do represent a push towards national academic standards in America. For states such as Tennessee, educational policies of the past pushed them to lower their academic standards in order to create the illusion of success. Those states are now some of the places that have seen the most change with the adoption of the CCSS. It still remains somewhat unclear, however, which changes …

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Super Pac Funding And Its Impact On Voting Behavior In The U.S. House Of Representatives, Michael J. Scariano Dec 2016

Super Pac Funding And Its Impact On Voting Behavior In The U.S. House Of Representatives, Michael J. Scariano

Honors Theses

In light of the increasing levels of polarization in terms of voting behavior among members of the U.S. House of Representatives over the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses, coupled with the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commision 558 U.S. 310 (2010), which authorized the use of unlimited fundraising and expenditure by outside groups in elections, the question was raised whether or not there was a correlation between these two occurrences. Specifically, this paper asks “what role does Super PAC funding play in the roll call vote choices of House Members of the 114th Congress?” To …

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From The Hallways To The Courtroom: Struggle For Desegregation In Chattanooga, Tennessee 1954-1986, Kelly R. Reed Dec 2016

From The Hallways To The Courtroom: Struggle For Desegregation In Chattanooga, Tennessee 1954-1986, Kelly R. Reed

Honors Theses

Although historians have lent a great deal of attention to the Southern struggle for public school desegregation in the wake of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board decision, a comprehensive history of desegregation in Chattanooga, Tennessee has yet to be written. My research seeks to fill this gap by examining how desegregation operated in Chattanooga throughout the twenty-six year Mapp v. Board of Education of Chattanooga litigation. The first portion of this paper focuses predominantly on the school board’s lack of action between 1955 and 1960, the subsequent demand for action from the black community in the form of the …

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Secure Page, Jeffrey A. Schmidt Dec 2016

Secure Page, Jeffrey A. Schmidt

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

Secure Page allows IBM customer problem management applications to send mobile push notifications to technical support members for new work items. The current method of using simple SMS text to provide paging capabilities is limited in usage and is not a secure method for transmitting confidential information to the recipient. Relying on SMS text is also unreliable with no method to trace a failure. Project Secure Page builds a new method for offering secure and reliable notifications to the end users. Secure Page provides a web service provider for accepting and building push notifications, an underlying database to log all …

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2016-December-01-Lego Qualifying Tournament, University Marketing And Commucications, East Tennessee State Univeristy Dec 2016

2016-December-01-Lego Qualifying Tournament, University Marketing And Commucications, East Tennessee State Univeristy

ETSU News

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Fiber Glass Mat Splice Automation, Max Weinstein, Charles Scott Forbes, Max Kilpatrick Dec 2016

Fiber Glass Mat Splice Automation, Max Weinstein, Charles Scott Forbes, Max Kilpatrick

Mechanical Engineering

Currently, GAF has two operators manually splice together each roll of fiberglass mat. To save money and resources, GAF wants to automate this splicing process. Our team is responsible for stage 3 of 5 in this automation process. We are responsible for ensuring that the system is able to move autonomously to the necessary positions required for splicing together the rolls of fiberglass mat. We have determined the best solution for accomplishing this movement is to use linear slide actuators. This document will describe the process by which we arrived at our solution, the details of our solution, and a …

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Compression Molded Composite Component, Greg Hermansen, Larsson Johnson, Joanne Medrano, Kyle Hammell Dec 2016

Compression Molded Composite Component, Greg Hermansen, Larsson Johnson, Joanne Medrano, Kyle Hammell

Mechanical Engineering

The following final design report outlines the design and fabrication of a carbon fiber compression molded sunglasses case. It intends to guide the development of a future lab activity for a composites undergraduate course at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo. The activity aims to support an educational investigation in "out-of-autoclave" composites manufacturing methods, such as compression molding, which offer some key benefits over autoclave molding. The methodology behind the creation of a conceptual design, an initial prototype, and a final product is laid out in detail below.

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Cal Poly Microgrid - Solar Panel Mounts, Dylan Mayer, Christian Odegard, Gregory Pellegrino, Connor Mckay Dec 2016

Cal Poly Microgrid - Solar Panel Mounts, Dylan Mayer, Christian Odegard, Gregory Pellegrino, Connor Mckay

Mechanical Engineering

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