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Laser Beam Shaping Optical System Design Methods and Their Application in Edge-emitting Semiconductor Laser-based LIDAR Systems
(2007-12-15)
LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) systems are employed for numerous applications such as remote sensing, military applications, optical data storage, display technology, and material processing. Furthermore, they are ...
Laser Field Interactions with Atoms and Molecules
(2016-12-09)
This dissertation explores multiple areas of laser matter interactions.
It studies four main topics: multi-photon (few photon) double ionization of He, double photoionization of He-like systems
from level resolved ...
Laser-Assisted Synthesis and Time-Resolved Growth Control of Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials
(2022-12-08)
Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, including transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), have recently been at the heart of quantum materials and information sciences research due to unusual properties associated with ...
Laser-based Micro and Nano Manufacturing of Materials and Devices for Bio and Energy Applications
(2023-12-01)
Micro- and nanostructures have a wide range of applications in electrical, mechanical, biological, and energy fields. The need for micro and nanomanufacturing is driven not only by the requirement of increasingly hybrid ...
Lasso Based Schemes for Solar Energy Forecasting
(2021-05-06)
The smart grid (SG) has emerged as an important form of the Internet of Things (IoT). Despite the high promises of renewable energy in the SG, it brings about great challenges to the existing power grid due to its nature ...
The Late- to Post-Caledonian Extensional History of Northwest Hinnoy, North Norway
(2005-08-15)
This investigation focuses on the lithologies and late- to post-Caledonian, upper crustal structures exposed in westernmost Hinnoy, north Norway, and the information about the timing and kinematics of faults that they may ...
Latent Class Analysis of Drinking Game Consequences Among College Drinkers
(2021-05-21)
Participation in drinking games has been identified as one specific alcohol-related context linked to increased risk among college students. Despite advances in drinking game research, questions remain about the different ...
Laterally String Stable Control at Large Following Distances Using DRTK and TDCP
(2018-08-03)
This thesis examines the lateral string stability of vehicle convoys. String stability is a type of stability that relates specifically to interconnected systems. In the case of vehicle convoys, string stability examines ...
The Lattice Gas Model and Lattice Boltzmann Model on Hexagonal Grids
(2005-08-15)
We present an overview of the FHP model and the Lattice BGK model. Details regarding boundary conditions and initial conditions are discussed throught implementations on driven cavity flow, Poiseuille flow, and flow past ...
Lattice-Reduction Aided Linear Equalization For Wireless Communications Over Fading Channels
(2006-05-15)
Modern wireless communications ask for high data rate, high transmission performance and low complexity. High data rate induces frequency-selective channels because of the relatively shorter symbol duration than the delay ...
Launch Vehicle Performance Enhancement Using Aerodynamic Assist
(2008-08-15)
A complete preliminary design model of a three-stage solid-fuel launch vehicle
has been combined with a genetic algorithm to perform an optimization study with the
goal to enhance performance using aerodynamic assist. ...
Law Enforcement and Disabilities
(2009-11-18)
To further the body of knowledge which determines efficacy of academy police training
in the area of disabilities, this study examines the content of law enforcement training curricula
for information related to mental ...
The Law of Love: The Christian Commonwealth Colony, a Utopian Experiment
(2013-11-08)
The Christian Commonwealth Colony existed as a utopian experiment from 1896 to 1900. The group of Christian socialists sought to live by the tenets of Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. Members gave up their possessions ...
Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Bio-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Rapid and Discriminate Detection of Organophosphate Neurotoxins
(2013-05-10)
Layer-by-layer assembly is a self-assembly nanofabrication technique that has been used to build electrochemical amperometric sensors to detect pesticides. Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) is an enzyme which catalyzes the ...
Layer-Specific Connectivity Analysis with High-Resolution Functional MRI in Human Brain
(2016-12-09)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been increasingly used for understanding the human brain connectome. In this work, we utilized high-resolution fMRI to investigate the sensitivity of layer-specific connectivity ...
Laying their own Track: Provincial Cities and Urban Development in France, 1851-1918
(2013-05-16)
This thesis examines the role of the railway station in the development and transformation of the provincial city in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, in terms of its effect on the relationship of ...
Layout and Assembly of a High Efficiency Multi-Phase Buck Converter Utilizing Chip Scale GaN Devices
(2014-07-22)
As the world becomes increasingly immersed in the Information Age, more and more supercomputers and datacenters must be built to keep up with humanity’s demand for electronic information. As the number of these facilities ...
LC-MS based characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis shikimate kinase inhibitors containing oxadiazole-amide and aminobenzothiazole rings
(2016-07-26)
The emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has increased the demand for the discovery of new antitubercular drugs. The shikimate pathway is essential ...
LC-MS based metabolite fingerprinting and profiling of a traditional Chinese medicine YANG XIN® formulation
(2015-07-29)
For thousands of years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used to treat or prevent various diseases, for this reason western countries have been attracted to and use TCM together with allopathic medicine. YANG ...
Lead-Free Assembly and Reliability of Chip Scale Packages and 01005 Components
(2006-05-15)
Chip Scale Packages (CSPs) are widely used in portable and hand-held electronic devices due to their small size and availability. Consumers expect portable products to survive being dropped repeatedly, and drop testing is ...