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(Virginia Tech, 2013-03-22)In the simulation of human crowd behavior including evacuation planning, transportation management, and safety engineering in architecture design, the development of pedestrian model for higher behavior fidelity is an ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-01-07)Combining Cyert and March\'s (1963) model of search with foundational concepts from evolutionary theory (Nelson & Winter, 1982), this dissertation scrutinizes the expansion of search and develops a refined framework for ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-06-10)The research presented in this thesis addresses the problem of updating an analytical model using a parametric Reference Basis approach. In this method, some parameters are assumed to be accurate (e.g. natural frequencies, ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-10-09)The present study examined the relationship between anxiety and academic achievement in a sample of clinic-referred children. Specifically, the study investigated whether anxiety contributed to the prediction of academic ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-07-16)For the first time, a novel processing method of co-refining wood and polyolefin (PO) by steam-explosion was scientifically explored for wood-thermoplastic composites without a coupling agent. Traditional studies have ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-03-11)The molecular biology of desiccation tolerance was investigated in the cyanobacteria with emphasis on Nostoc commune. Analysis of DNA from 41 samples of desiccated Nostoc spp. of varied age and global distribution led to ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2002-09-26)A cDNA clone encoding a turkey intestinal peptide transporter, tPepT1, was isolated from a turkey small intestinal cDNA library by screening with our chicken PepT1 (cPepT1) cDNA probe. The tPepT1 cDNA is 2,921-bp long and ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-06-11)MOLECULAR MAPPING OF A SOYBEAN MOSAIC VIRUS (SMV) RESISTANCE GENE IN SOYBEAN (Glycine max) Sesha Sai V. Kristipati Abstract Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is the major virus disease reported all over the world in soybean ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2000-05-02)Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis (DC.) E.O. Speer f. sp. tritici E'm. Marchal (syn. Erysiphe graminis f. sp. tritici), is one of the major diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. The use of cultivars ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-05-14)Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a serious disease of wheat and barley that has caused several billion dollars in crop losses over the last decade in the United States. Spores of F. graminearum ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-08-10)CDPs are an overlooked component of the metropolitan region, and add to the understanding of the region as a whole. Large CDPs that remain unincorporated have other forms of governance, either public or private. CDPs are ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-04-11)Organizations can incur extensive costs to fund training typically available to employees free of charge. However, some employees do not participate. The body of research reviewed in adult education focused on relevant ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-12-19)This work investigates the use of multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) passive and active vibration absorbers for the control of structural vibration as an improvement to conventional single degree of freedom (SDOF) vibration ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2001-08-21)An average of 42,000 fatalities occur on the United States of Americaà Âs roads each year as a result of motor-vehicle crashes (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2003). The dangers with respect to curves ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2002-12-16)Multigrid acceleration is typically used for the iterative solution of partial differential equations in physics and engineering. A typical multigrid implementation uses a base discretization method, such as finite elements ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-05-01)The field of writing studies has long inquired about how writers engage in individualized writing processes. As an extension of this inquiry, contemporary scholarship in writing studies began to study collaborative writing ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2001-09-04)Prior research in routing for wireless ad hoc networks has shown that multipath routing can enhance data delivery reliability and provide load balancing. Nevertheless, only a few multipath routing algorithms have been ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-05-05)This study tested an integrated social cognitive model of physical activity intention formation, onset, and maintenance among sedentary participants (N = 465) in a church-based, social cognitive, physical activity intervention. ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-17)In the forest products manufacturing industry, recent price increases in the cost of high-quality lumber together with the reduced availability of this resource have forced manufacturers to utilize lower grade hardwood ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-01-24)In organizations with decision makers across multiple hierarchical levels, conflicting objectives are commonly observed. The decision maker, or agent, at the highest level usually makes decisions in the interest of the ...
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