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Developing a FISH-based Method for Inversion Diagnostics in Culex pipiens Mosquitoes
(2023-07-25)This project developed an improved protocol for the dissections of imaginal discs from 4th instar Culicine larvae. The design of the protocol and use of visuals have now allowed dissections to be more accessible and ... -
Out-of-Classroom Student Engagement at Virginia Tech: The Effects of Race, Gender, and Class Year on Engagement Levels and Their Use as Predictors of Students’ Grades
(Virginia Tech, 2008-12-17)Engagement is one of the better predictors of learning and personal development among college students. College and university studies have identified differences in student engagement based upon demographic variables ... -
The Design, Manufacturing, and Testing of a Novel Blended Wing Body Multirotor UAV for Public Safety Applications
(2023-05-12)Virginia Tech’s Uncrewed Systems Lab (USL) has begun development of a small quadcopter with a novel aerodynamic design intended for public health and safety applications. An ever-increasing number of regulations against ... -
Aluminum Fatigue: A literature review covering its influence on engineering from design to end of service
(Virginia Tech, 2022-12-20)This article is an examination of the field of fatigue research on aluminum alloys. It covers the historical development of the field of fatigue from its creation in the 1830s to modern times. The remainder of the paper ... -
Comparative Pan-Genomic Analysis Revealed an Improved Multi-Locus Sequence Typing Scheme for Staphylococcus aureus
(MDPI, 2022-11-19)The growing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains mandates selective susceptibility testing and epidemiological investigations. It also draws attention to an efficient typing strategy. ... -
Frequency response of a feed preheater
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1962)The purpose of this investigation was to measure the frequency response of a shell and tube heat exchanger when the input is the pressure to the steam valve and the output is the feed temperature. During this investigation ... -
A report of an investigation of a portion of Strouble's Creek, near Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia
(Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1913)A report of an investigation of a portion of Strouble’s Creek, near Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, for the purpose of locating a reservoir to serve as a source of ice supply for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, ... -
A study of the self-purification of Strouble's Creek
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Comparative Analysis of Facial Affect Detection Algorithms
(2020-05-22)There has been much research on facial affect detection, but many of them fall short on accurately identifying expressions, due to changes in illumination, occlusion, or noise in uncontrolled environments. Also, not much ... -
Utilization of the Tyndall beam in cellulose processing
(Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1936)no abstract provided by author -
Regression analysis of extended vectors to obtain coefficients for use in probabilistic information retrieval systems
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987)Previous work by Fox has extended the vector space model of information retrieval and its implementation in the SMART system so different types of information about documents can be separately handled as multiple subvectors, ... -
A computer program in hydrology for landscape architecture
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987) -
The effect of space launch vehicle trajectory parameters on payload capability and their relation to interplanetary mission design
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Auragami: Unfolding Stereo Audio for High-Density Loudspeaker Arrays
(2019-05-14)As a critical complement to immersive music, especially in virtual and augmented reality, demand for high-density loudspeaker arrays (HDLAs), consisting of 24 or more individually addressable loudspeakers is increasing. ... -
Assessment of the health knowledge of tenth graders in the Portsmouth, Virginia, public school system
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The design of spoil banks and hollow fills for surface mining
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1979)no abstract provided by author -
Vehicle routing -- a case study
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1979)This report presents a solution procedure to accomplish efficient routing of vehicles. Specifically, the routing of delivery trucks to transport bulk poultry feed from a single feed mill to various customer farms located ... -
Evaluation of the 1985 Virginia Tech All-Sports Camp
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A Process to Calculate Travel Time to a Trauma Center and Assess Trauma Center Coverage in Virginia
(2017-08-08)Travel time is a major hurdle to the utilization of all kinds of health services. Although health outcomes are dependent on factors including injury severity, patients who do not receive care in a timely fashion are at ... -
1995 Virginia Tech master plan proposal : open space master plan and long range strategies for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 1995-12-14)Fifty years ago, with a population of 2,331 students on campus, no one would have thought to plan for a student population to increase by 20,000. The same is true for today: if Virginia Tech doesn't have a plan for the ...