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An Alternative Refrigeration System For Automotive Applications
The air conditioning systems currently utilized in automobiles are the vapor compression systems. This type of system has many disadvantages: the refrigerant used is not environmentally friendly, the compressor is in ... -
THE EFFECT OF MATERIAL AND PROCESSING ON THE IMPACT STRENGTH OF VAPOR-GROWN CARBON NANOFIBER/VINYL ESTER COMPOSITES
A design of experiments methodology was used to investigate the effect of vaporgrown carbon nanofiber (VGCNF) weight fraction, high-shear mixing time, and ultrasonication time on the Izod impact strength of vinyl ester ... -
The Relationship Between Food Security Status and Overweight Amongst Women Age 16-85 Years Old
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2002 were used to examine demographic factors and BMI as it related to household food security status of women 16-85 years of age. Four designations ... -
Bahamian Cave and Karst Geodatabase, and GIS Analysis of San Salvador Island, Bahamas
A geodatabase and a data management program have been created to store and manipulate cave and karst feature data from the Bahamas. A geographic information system was used to recognize any spatial patterns in the cave and ... -
Relationship Between Percent Body Fat As Determined By Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis And Waist-To-Hip Ratio In Children Ages 7 To 9 Years
The objective of the study was to identify the relationship between percent body fat (%BF) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in children ages 7 to 9 years. The sample (n=171) was divided into four groups. Bioelectrical impedance ... -
Improving Instruction Fetch Rate with Code Pattern Cache for Superscalar Architecture
In the past, instruction fetch speeds have been improved by using cache schemes that capture the actual program flow. In this proposal, we present the architecture of a new instruction cache named code pattern cache (CPC); ... -
Smart Housing: Technology to Aid Aging in Place - New Opportunities and Challenges
We are at the threshold of a great change in architectural design. With cheaper and more ubiquitous computing, ?smart? spaces and responsive environments are increasingly becoming plausible and affordable. Are we as ... -
A New Power Control Strategy for Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicles
The fuel economy of Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) is affected by various factors such as the fuel cell efficiency, the regenerative energy capturing, the power control strategy, the vehicle driving patterns, the degree of ... -
A Block Structured Adaptive Solution to the Shallow Water Equations
An adaptive mesh refinement algorithm for shallow water equations is presented. The algorithm uses upwind scheme that is Godunov type and which approximately solves the Riemann problem using Roe's technique. A highly ... -
Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Changes and Driving Factors of Groundwater and Surface-Water Interactions within the Mississippi Portion of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
The Mississippi Alluvial Plain, a robust agricultural region in the South-Central United States, provides commodities across the United States and around the world. Water for irrigation, which is necessary due to irregular ... -
Identification of Genes Differentially Expressed in Elongating Fiber in a Cotton Chromosome Substitution Line CS-B25
Identification of genes specific to fiber development would improve the efforts in developing cotton plants with superior fiber quality. Through genetic introgression, 17 interspecific chromosome substitution lines (CS-B ... -
Finite Element Method For The Cold Forming Of Copper Tubing
The objective of this research is to simulate a push-forming operation for the manufacturing of copper tube elbows using the finite element method. This model may be useful in the design of tooling. The influences of ... -
The Effects of Dietary Amino Acid Density in Broiler Feed on Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality
Research was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary amino acid (AA) density (Deficient (D), Low (L), High (H), and Excessive (E)) on broiler breast and thigh meat quality. As expected, the feed conversion improved ... -
Spectroscopic Investigations of Solid Uranyl Compounds and of Tissue-Engineered Myocardial Scaffolds
For this dissertation, I investigated the laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) of solid uranyl compounds to develop an optical screening technique for the presence of uranyl compounds and I applied Raman spectroscopy to ... -
The Effect of Used Broiler Litter on the Growth and Persistence of Campylobacter
Litter is a possible source of Campylobacter colonization for broilers as well as contamination of crops when used as fertilizer. A survey of Arkansas broiler litter indicated that Campylobacter recovery rates were higher ... -
Secondary Career And Technical Student Achievement Measured By The Mississippi Career Planning And Assessment System
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of teacher attributes and school contextual factors to student achievement in career and technical education in Mississippi. The teacher attributes years of teaching ... -
Comparing the Performance of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Swarms
This thesis compares the performance of heterogeneous and homogenous swarms. Swarms are defined as particles or agents which react to their environment and fellow particles or agents according to social rules. The weights ... -
Modeling of an Adaptive Parallel System with Malleable Applications in a Distributed Computing Environment
Adaptive parallel applications that can change resources during execution, promise increased application performance and better system utilization. Furthermore, they open the opportunity for developing a new class of ... -
Effects of Time Specific F-Strain Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Inoculation Overlays on Pre-Lay Ts-11-Strain Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Inoculation on Performance, Egg, Blood, and Visceral Characteristics of Commercial Egg Laying Hens
Vaccination programs using live whole cell vaccines are presently being used to control outbreaks and to help protect flocks from field strains of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. The primary goal of the present study was to ... -
High Strain-Rate Finite Element Simulations
A hydrocode and an explicit finite element code were used to evaluate functionally graded material impacts, meteor impacts, and split Hopkinson pressure bar specimens. Modeling impacts of functionally graded projectiles ...