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The Music Muse
(Virginia Tech, 1996-11-01)
Ever wonder why two people can sing the same note with the same loudness, but sound completely different? Middle C is middle C no matter who sings it, yet for some reason Lucianno Pavarotti1s middle C sounds richer and ...
Improving the Performance of the world Wide Web over Wireless Networks
(Virginia Tech, 1996-11-04)
The World Wide Web (WWW) has become the largest source of Internet traffic, but it was not designed for wireless networks. Documents with large inline images take a long time to fetch over low-bandwidth wireless networks. ...
Management and Livestock Performance of Alfalfa-Tall Fescue Mixed Stands
(Virginia Tech, 1998-03-15)
Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) have many desirable forage attributes, are grown extensively throughout the USA, and combined form a productive pasture mixture. The objective of ...
Java Applets for Analysis of Trusses, Beams and Frames
(Virginia Tech, 1998-07-27)
Java applets are developed to assist in the learning of basic structural analysis concepts. In order for these programs to be easily available over the Internet, they are written in the object-oriented Java programming ...
An Ecotoxicological Recovery Assessment of the Clinch River Following Coal Industry-related Disturbances in Carbo, Virginia (USA): 1967-2002
(Virginia Tech, 1998-08-04)
American Electric Power's (AEP) coal-fired Clinch River Plant, a power-generating facility in Carbo, Russell County, Virginia (USA), has impaired Clinch River biota through toxic spills in 1967 and 1970, and effluent copper ...
Revisiting Rating Format Research: Computer-Based Rating Formats and Components of Accuracy
(Virginia Tech, 1999-05-12)
Prior to 1980, most research on performance appraisal focused on rating formats. Since then, most performance appraisal research has focused on the internal processes of raters. This study redirects the focus back onto ...
A Model for Multidisciplinary Optimization for Containerships
(Virginia Tech, 1999-06-15)
This thesis describes a multidisciplinary design optimization approach to containership design. The method employs widely accepted regression equations for computing resistance, weights, building costs and operating costs. ...
Design of User-Weight-based Exercise Machines
(Virginia Tech, 1997-02-07)
This thesis describes the process of designing exercise machines that raise the weight of the user as the primary source of resistance.
Most strength training machines use weight stacks or springs as the source of ...
Simulation of Microwave Heating of Mullite Rods
(Virginia Tech, 1997-12-11)
Microwave processing has been studied as an alternate heating technique over conventional heating for industrial applications. Some advantages include quicker and more uniform heating. Also, microwave energy offers the ...
Modeling Green Weight of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.)
(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-17)
Green weight and green weight per unit volume relationships for loblolly pine trees have not been studied extensively and models for predicting weights across broad geographic areas are not readily available. In this ...