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(Virginia Tech, 2013-01-11)Abstract<br /><br />Looking for ways that dance could be used as a tool for health promotion, I sought to explore dance choreography and performance as an alternative medium for educating and increasing awareness about ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-07-09)Spacecraft formations offer more powerful and robust space system architectures than single spacecraft systems. Investigations into the dynamics and control of spacecraft formations are vital for the development and design ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-12-01)This research focuses on developing a model to predict the yield of a printed circuit board manufactured on a given assembly line. Based on an extensive literature review as well as discussion with industrial partners, ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-04-15)This study addresses the paralegal occupation and how it is defined within the context of licensure, control, and regulation in the United States. Drawing upon social theories of the emergence of professions and the concept ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-04-16)This research discusses the mechanical characteristics of laminated piezoelectric actuators that are manufactured at an elevated temperature, to cure the adhesive bonding the layers together, or to cure the layers made of ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-08-25)A central concern of media scholars such as Ben Bagdikian and Robert McChesney is the undemocratic potential of the U.S. mainstream media system, dominated by a small number of highly consolidated, multinational, corporate ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-01-12)A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is an incident in which the user is deprived of the services of a resource he is expected to have. With the increasing reliance on mobile devices like laptops and palmtops, a new type of ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2000-04-25)We investigated variations in resource availability (nitrate and labile organic carbon, LOC) as determinants of denitrification in sediments of streams in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Stream water and sediments ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2011-08-06)The bulk structure and the nonpolar, stoichiometric (110) surface of stishovite, rutile structure type SiO2, has been studied using a first principles, density functional method. The geometric and electronic structure, ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-04-22)The software environment for power electronics design is comprised of tools that address many interrelated disciplines including circuits design, physical layout, thermal management, structural mechanics, and electromagnetics. ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-05-13)The present study used a case study approach to gather information about learning object usage from multiple instructional design contexts. The study examined three case contexts: A non-profit organization, a corporate ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2012-12-17)This research has a small portion focused on interior serpentine channels, with the primary focus on improving the effectiveness of the film cooling technique through the use of a new approach to film cooling. This new ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2012-12-07)Accurate measurement of skin friction in complex flows is important for: documentation and monitoring of fluid system performance, input information for flow control, development of turbulence models and CFD validation. ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-04-23)In this dissertation research we aim to design and validate intrusion detection system (IDS) protocols for a cyber physical system (CPS) comprising sensors, actuators, control units, and physical objects for controlling ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-09-28)Portland cement concrete (PCC) structures deteriorate with age and need to be maintained or replaced. Early detection of deterioration in PCC (e.g., alkali-silica reaction, freeze/thaw damage, or chloride presence) can ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-08-23)There is currently a strong trend towards embedding Internet capabilities into electronics and everyday appliances. Most network controllers used in small appliances or for specialized purposes are built using micro ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2002-07-24)Single phase switched reluctance machines (SRMs) have a special place in the emerging high-volume, low-cost and low-performance applications in appliances and also in high-speed low-power motor drives in various industrial ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2013-02-01)Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in the U.S. that frequently requires bypass surgery using vascular grafts for treatment. Current limitations with fully synthetic grafts have led researchers ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-10-08)High-bandwidth fuel modulation is currently one of the most promising methods for active combustion control. To attenuate the large pressure oscillations in the combustion chamber, the fuel is pulsed so that the heat ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-07-26)Popularity of mobile devices along with the presence of ad hoc networks requiring no infrastructure has contributed to recent advances in the field of mobile computing in ad hoc networks. Mobile ad hoc networks have been ...
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