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Selective Selenoxide Elimination On The Secondary Face Of Beta-Cyclodextrin, Ahmed M. Hafez
Selective Selenoxide Elimination On The Secondary Face Of Beta-Cyclodextrin, Ahmed M. Hafez
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Increased Inundation And Wrack Deposition On Photosynthesis And Respiration In A Virginia Salt Marsh, W. David Miller
The Effects Of Increased Inundation And Wrack Deposition On Photosynthesis And Respiration In A Virginia Salt Marsh, W. David Miller
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Processes Affecting Macroalgal-Seagrass Dynamics In The York River, Virginia, Eva Machelor Bailey
Processes Affecting Macroalgal-Seagrass Dynamics In The York River, Virginia, Eva Machelor Bailey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Ecosystem Analysis Of Water Column Processes In The York River Estuary, Virginia: Historical Records, Field Studies And Modeling Analysis, Yongsik Sin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Analyses of EPA long-term datasets (1985--1994) combined with field studies and ecosystem model development were used to investigate phytoplankton and nutrient dynamics in the York River estuary. Analysis of the EPA dataset showed that algal blooms occurred during winter-spring followed by smaller summer blooms. Peak phytoplankton biomass during the winter-spring blooms occurred in the mid reach of the mesohaline zone whereas during the summer bloom it occurred in the tidal fresh-mesolialine transition zone. River discharge appears to be the major factor controlling the location and timing of the winter-spring blooms and the relative degree of potential nitrogen (N) and phosphorus …
A Probability Programming Language: Development And Applications, Andrew Gordon Glen
A Probability Programming Language: Development And Applications, Andrew Gordon Glen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
A probability programming language is developed and presented; applications illustrate its use. Algorithms and generalized theorems used in probability are encapsulated into a programming environment with the computer algebra system Maple to provide the applied community with automated probability capabilities. Algorithms of procedures are presented and explained, including detailed presentations on three of the most significant procedures. Applications that encompass a wide range of applied topics including goodness-of-fit testing, probabilistic modeling, central limit theorem augmentation, generation of mathematical resources, and estimation are presented.
Improvements To The Color Quantization Process, Rance David Necaise
Improvements To The Color Quantization Process, Rance David Necaise
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The presentation of color images on devices with limited color capabilities requires a reduction in the number of colors contained in the images. Color image quantization is the process of reducing the number of colors used in an image while maintaining its appearance as much as possible. This reduction is performed using a color image quantization algorithm. The quantization algorithm attempts to select k colors that best represent the contents of the image. The original image is then recolored using the representative colors. to improve the resulting image, a dithering process can be used in place of the recoloring.;This dissertation …
Exploiting Cache Locality At Run-Time, Yong Yan
Exploiting Cache Locality At Run-Time, Yong Yan
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
With the increasing gap between the speeds of the processor and memory system, memory access has become a major performance bottleneck in modern computer systems. Recently, Symmetric Multi-Processor (SMP) systems have emerged as a major class of high-performance platforms. Improving the memory performance of Parallel applications with dynamic memory-access patterns on Symmetric Multi-Processors (SMP) is a hard problem. The solution to this problem is critical to the successful use of the SMP systems because dynamic memory-access patterns occur in many real-world applications. This dissertation is aimed at solving this problem.;Based on a rigorous analysis of cache-locality optimization, we propose a …
Platinized Tin Oxide: A Low-Temperature Oxidation Catalyst, Erik Joshua Kielin
Platinized Tin Oxide: A Low-Temperature Oxidation Catalyst, Erik Joshua Kielin
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Some combinations of noble metal and reducible metal oxide possess a synergistic level of activity for the catalytic oxidation of CO at lower temperatures and partial pressures of O2 than can be obtained by either component alone. The most promising candidates, Au on MnO2 and Pt on SnO 2, were investigated for the effects on activity of noble metal loading, of reductive pretreatment at elevated temperature, and of reaction gas mixture composition. Optimum activity was obtained at a noble metal loading of 28% Au/MnO2 and 17% Pt/SnO2. Both catalysts benefitted from reductive CO pretreatment at 125??C. Both catalysts showed enhanced …
Oyster Reef Broodstock Enhancement In The Great Wicomico River, Virginia, Melissa Southworth
Oyster Reef Broodstock Enhancement In The Great Wicomico River, Virginia, Melissa Southworth
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Phragmites Australis Invasion On Community Processes In A Tidal Freshwater Marsh, Michael Leadbeater Campana
The Effect Of Phragmites Australis Invasion On Community Processes In A Tidal Freshwater Marsh, Michael Leadbeater Campana
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Physical Parameters Affecting Incubating Temperatures In Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta Caretta, In Virginia, William Mason Jones
Physical Parameters Affecting Incubating Temperatures In Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta Caretta, In Virginia, William Mason Jones
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Detailed physical profile of eight transplanted loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, nests were obtained from Virginia and northeastern North Carolina and reburied in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (BBNWR), Virginia Beach, Virginia during the summers of 1987, '88, and '89 to determine if the physical location of the egg within the nest had an affect on sex determination. Transplanted nests were reburied in sandy substrate at a depth of 15-60 em on south facing dunes, and a Campbell Scientific data-logger logged synchronously environmental data. The following data were collected: temperatures at various locations within a nest, net absorbed radiation, ambient …
Distribution, Partitioning And Fluxes Of Dissolved And Particulate Organic Carbon, Nitrogen And Phosphorus In The Eastern North Pacific And Southern Oceans, Ai Ning Loh
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Calcium As A Limiting Factor In The Distribution Of The Amphipod Gammarus Pseudolimnaeus, John Kinsley Zehmer
Calcium As A Limiting Factor In The Distribution Of The Amphipod Gammarus Pseudolimnaeus, John Kinsley Zehmer
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No abstract provided.
First Observation Of The Very Rare Decay Neutral Kaon(Long) Going To Electron Positron, Robert David Martin Iii
First Observation Of The Very Rare Decay Neutral Kaon(Long) Going To Electron Positron, Robert David Martin Iii
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS Experiment 871 (E871) has carried out a search for the very rare, GIM and helicity suppressed decay of the long-lived neutral kaon into an electron-positron pair. This decay is predicted within the Standard Model to occur with a branching ratio of {dollar}(9.0 \pm 0.4)\times 10\sp{lcub}-12{rcub}.{dollar} Data were taken during the 1995 and 1996 AGS HEP running periods on the B5 beamline. A signal of (4 {dollar}\pm{dollar} 2) {dollar}K\sbsp{lcub}L{rcub}{lcub}0{rcub} \to e\sp+e\sp-{dollar} events is seen with a physics background expectation of 0.2 events. The ratio of the partial decay widths {dollar}\Gamma(K\sbsp{lcub}L{rcub}{lcub}0{rcub} \to e\sp+e\sp-)/\Gamma(K\sbsp{lcub}L{rcub}{lcub}0{rcub}\to\mu\sp+\mu\sp-){dollar} is determined to be {dollar}(1.3\sbsp{lcub}-0.6{rcub}{lcub}+0.8{rcub} …
A Search For Lepton Flavor Violation In The Neutral Kaon System, Christopher Henry Hoff
A Search For Lepton Flavor Violation In The Neutral Kaon System, Christopher Henry Hoff
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The conservation of separate lepton number is an ad hoc conservation principle in the Standard Model but several non-Standard Model theories allow violation of separate lepton number conservation. A very sensitive search for lepton flavor violation in the neutral kaon system, via the decay K0L→me , was undertaken by Brookhaven National Laboratory Experiment 871 (E871) during the 1995 and 1996 AGS HEP running periods. No K0L→me decays were observed and a single event sensitivity (SES) of 1.97x10-12 was achieved. This single event sensitivity corresponds to an upper limit on the branching fraction of BK0L→m e<4.53+/-0.21+/-0.46x 10-12 at a 90% confidence level.
Stability Of Quark-Antiquark Models Of Mesons: A Study On The Validity Of The Spectator, Dirac, And Salpeter Equations, Michael Uzzo
Stability Of Quark-Antiquark Models Of Mesons: A Study On The Validity Of The Spectator, Dirac, And Salpeter Equations, Michael Uzzo
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Mesons are made of quark-antiquark pairs held together by the strong force. The one channel spectator, Dirac, and Salpeter equations can each be used to model this pairing. We look at cases where the relativistic kernel of these equations corresponds to a linear combination of scalar exchange and vector exchange. The vector exchange will be either the time-like component or the full four vector. The systems covered here are referred to as quasirelativistic, which means retardation, regularization, and form factors are not included. Since the model used in this paper describes mesons which cannot decay physically, the equations must describe …
The Role Of Adsorbed Oxygen In Secondary Emission From Metallic Substrates, Scott Gregory Walton
The Role Of Adsorbed Oxygen In Secondary Emission From Metallic Substrates, Scott Gregory Walton
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Low energy, ion- and photon-induced secondary electron and anion emission from metallic substrates has been investigated as a function of adsorbate coverage. Sodium positive ions (Na+), with kinetic energies up to 500 eV, and photons, with energies up to 23 eV, are utilized to initiate secondary emission. The principal adsorbate is oxygen with coverages ranging from none to a few monolayers.;For ion-induced emission, the secondary electron and negative ion absolute and relative yields from 302 stainless steel and polycrystalline tungsten (W) have been measured as a function of both impact energy and oxygen coverage. Additionally, the yields from a "technical" …
Development And Analysis Of A Nutrient Trading Program For The James River Watershed, Jennifer M. Reid
Development And Analysis Of A Nutrient Trading Program For The James River Watershed, Jennifer M. Reid
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Tagging And Habitat Utilization Of Juvenile Summer Flounder, Paralichthys Dentatus, Richard Thomas Kraus
Tagging And Habitat Utilization Of Juvenile Summer Flounder, Paralichthys Dentatus, Richard Thomas Kraus
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Parasite Fauna Of The Wreckfish, Polyprion Americanus, In The North Atlantic Ocean: Application To Host Biology And Stock Identification, Colleen Jill Fennessy
The Parasite Fauna Of The Wreckfish, Polyprion Americanus, In The North Atlantic Ocean: Application To Host Biology And Stock Identification, Colleen Jill Fennessy
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Determination Of Trace Levels Of Lead In Whole Blood By Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Leslie A. Sombers
Determination Of Trace Levels Of Lead In Whole Blood By Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Leslie A. Sombers
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Chemical Interaction Of "Declorane Plus" With Antimony Trioxide In Nylon 66, Yum Min Kang
Chemical Interaction Of "Declorane Plus" With Antimony Trioxide In Nylon 66, Yum Min Kang
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Electroproduction Of The S(11)Meson(1535) Resonance At High Momentum Transfer, Christopher Stephen Armstrong
Electroproduction Of The S(11)Meson(1535) Resonance At High Momentum Transfer, Christopher Stephen Armstrong
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The amplitude of the $S\sb{11}$(1535) resonance at values of four-momentum transfer $Q\sp2 > 0$ is not explained by the nonrelativistic constituent quark model, and is currently a topic of theoretical interest; in addition, the large branching fraction of this resonance to the proton-$\eta$ decay channel is not well understood. There is also controversy concerning the $Q\sp2$ regime in which perturbative QCD becomes important in describing nucleon resonances such as the $S\sb{11}$. The $p(e, e\sp\prime p)\eta$ reaction is an excellent system in which to study this resonance and address the issue of possible perturbative effects: the $p\eta$ channel is not accessible to …
Analysis Of Algorithms For Online Routing And Scheduling In Networks, Jessen Tait Havill
Analysis Of Algorithms For Online Routing And Scheduling In Networks, Jessen Tait Havill
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
We study situations in which an algorithm must make decisions about how to best route and schedule data transfer requests in a communication network before each transfer leaves its source. For some situations, such as those requiring quality of service guarantees, this is essential. For other situations, doing work in advance can simplify decisions in transit and increase the speed of the network. In order to reflect realistic scenarios, we require that our algorithms be online, or make their decisions without knowing future requests. We measure the efficiency of an online algorithm by its competitive ratio, which is the maximum …
Wavelet-Based Digital Image Restoration, Viviana Sandor
Wavelet-Based Digital Image Restoration, Viviana Sandor
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Digital image restoration is a fundamental image processing problem with underlying physical motivations. A digital imaging system is unable to generate a continuum of ideal pointwise measurements of the input scene. Instead, the acquired digital image is an array of measured values. Generally, algorithms can be developed to remove a significant part of the error associated with these measure image values provided a proper model of the image acquisition system is used as the basis for the algorithm development. The continuous/discrete/continuous (C/D/C) model has proven to be a better alternative compared to the relatively incomplete image acquisition models commonly used …
Africa As A Regional And Global Source Of Atmospheric Gases And Particulates, Lawrence Mtetwa
Africa As A Regional And Global Source Of Atmospheric Gases And Particulates, Lawrence Mtetwa
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The role of the continent of Africa as a source of gaseous and particulate emissions to the atmosphere is investigated in this study. Sources of gases and particulates from Africa include fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning, and biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide. This study represents the first comprehensive database of gaseous and particulate emissions developed for the continent of Africa on a country by country basis and establishes the framework for country-by-country, assessment of greenhouse gases emissions as required by the Kyoto Conference on Global Warming, which was attended by representatives from more than 100 countries. Calculations of gases …
Tidal Freshwater And Oligohaline Benthos: Evaluating The Development Of A Benthic Index Of Biological Integrity For Chesapeake Bay, Robyn C. Draheim
Tidal Freshwater And Oligohaline Benthos: Evaluating The Development Of A Benthic Index Of Biological Integrity For Chesapeake Bay, Robyn C. Draheim
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Comparative Evolution Of Molecular Markers: An Analysis Of Genetic Variation Within The Blue Marlin (Makaira Nigricans), Vincent Patrick Buonaccorsi
Comparative Evolution Of Molecular Markers: An Analysis Of Genetic Variation Within The Blue Marlin (Makaira Nigricans), Vincent Patrick Buonaccorsi
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Blue marlin diversity was assessed at mtDNA, scnDNA, microsatellite DNA, and allozyme molecular markers. Hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that most genetic variation was maintained within populations, with a non-significant fraction attributable to variation among temporal replicates and between locations within oceans. In contrast, inter-ocean divergence was highly significant for a majority of loci within each marker class. Previous studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA; n = 104) genetic variation within the blue marlin revealed two distinct clades of haplotypes, one of which was present only in the Atlantic (the 'Atlantic clade'), at a frequency of 40% &(F\sb{lcub}st{rcub}& = …
A Framework For Planning Sustainable Development In Coastal Regions: An Island Pilot Project In Croatia, Anamarija Frankic
A Framework For Planning Sustainable Development In Coastal Regions: An Island Pilot Project In Croatia, Anamarija Frankic
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
There have been few empirical studies demonstrating how sustainable development has been realized in a specific regime. This project developed and tested a framework for comprehensive planning including environmental, social, and economic considerations on the island Cres in the Croatian Coastal Zone. The approach defines sustainable development in coastal regions, and develops a generic framework incorporating biological, geological, chemical, physical, social, and economic factors necessary for sustainable development. The generic framework ensures that planning decisions will be based on environmental concerns of the area. A prime principle of the approach is that any plan must work with the environmental limits …
Wind Interaction With Buoyant Plumes On The Inner Continental Shelf, Sarah E. Rennie
Wind Interaction With Buoyant Plumes On The Inner Continental Shelf, Sarah E. Rennie
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The characteristics and effects of intrusions of estuarine outflow over the inner shelf were examined, based on hydrographic and meteorological observations obtained during the "Coastal Ocean Processes" (CoOP'94) field experiment located off the Outer Banks at Duck, North Carolina. The episodic presence of distinct low salinity water masses issuing from the Chesapeake Bay created an intermittent baroclinic coastal current along the North Carolina coast. Under low wind conditions, this current occupied the upper half of the water column within 9 km of the coast. The plume was bounded by a distinct southward-propagating front, a region offshore of high horizontal salinity …