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High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Competitive Marching Band: A Comparative Analysis Based Upon Contest Rankings
(2017-04-24)
The purpose of this quantitative study was (a) to determine the extent to which secondary school students find educational and musical value in competitive marching band programs, and (b) to discover how contest rankings ...
High Sensitivity Signatures for Test and Diagnosis of Analog, Mixed-Signal and Radio-Frequency Circuits
(2013-07-18)
The conventional approach, widely practiced in the industry today, for testing analog
circuits is to ensure that the circuit conforms to data-sheet limits on all its specifications.
However, such a specification based ...
High Speed Low Power Pipelined SAR ADC with Time Domain Based Fine Quantizer
(2022-12-05)
Due to the demanding requirements of speed, bandwidth, and power consumption of the latest-generation communication systems, designing analog integrated circuits serving the communication systems has become increasingly ...
High Speed ROM-Less Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer
(2009-08-04)
This dissertation presents a complete flow for design and evaluation of high speed direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDS). Though some ultra high speed DDSs have already been reported in the literature, to satisfy the ...
High Speed Videographic Quick Stop Device for Orthogonal Machining
(2013-12-04)
Advances in digital high speed video acquisition make it possible to create a fully integrated virtual quick stop device to observe the orthogonal metal cutting process in real time. This research aims to provide additional ...
High Strain Rate Elastic and Fracture Characterization of Isotropic and Orthotropic Materials with and without Nano Fillers
(2015-07-22)
A long-bar apparatus for subjecting relatively small samples to mode-I stress-wave loading has been devised for failure characterization. A methodology based on digital image correlation (DIC) used in conjunction with ...
High Strain Rate Material Characterization of Lead-Free SAC Solder Alloy and Solder Joint Reliability under Vibration and Thermal Loads
(2022-12-09)
Electronics will experience high and low working temperatures during operations, handling, and storage in severe environments applications such as automotive, oil and gas, aerospace, medical technologies, and defense ...
High Temperature Electronics Packaging Processes and Materials Development
(2010-08-16)
Silicon carbide device technology is being developed for power electronics applications for use at high temperatures. In recent studies, SiC based electronics and sensors have also been demonstrated for extended operation ...
High Temperature High Power SiC Devices Packaging Processes and Materials Development
(2006-08-15)
Silicon power devices have reached their theoretical limits in terms of higher temperature and higher power operation by virtue of the physical properties of the material. SiC has been identified as a material with the ...
High Temperature Vibration Fatigue Life Prediction and High Strain Rate Material Characterization of Lead-Free Solders
(2013-01-03)
Current trends in the automotive industry warrant a variety of electronics for improved control, safety, efficiency and entertainment. Many of these electronic systems like engine control units, variable valve sensor, ...
A High Throughput Multiplier Design Exploiting Input Based Statistical Distribution in Completion Delays
(2013-05-16)
The primary goal of this work is to ensure that optimum performance is achieved for a Multiplier Design, while reducing as much static power dissipation as possible or atleast equal to their slower counterparts. This design ...
High Tonnage Harvesting and Skidding for Loblolly Pine Energy Plantations
(2012-07-31)
The need for alternative and renewable energy sources is evident in the United States to ensure that the nation’s energy appetite is fulfilled. The southeastern United States has a very promising source for this renewable ...
High Tunnel Production of Tomatoes and Snapdragons for Season Extension in Southeastern Alabama
(2006-05-15)
Tomato and snapdragon production were evaluated for high tunnel production in southeastern Alabama during the spring and fall production cycles for season extension feasibility. ‘BHN 640’, ‘FLA 91’, ‘Sunleaper’, and ...
High-Dimensional Classification Methods for Sparse Signals and Their Applications in Text and Data Mining
(2014-07-22)
Classification using high-dimensional features arises frequently in many contemporary
statistical studies such as tumor classification using microarray or other high-throughput
data. In this dissertation we conduct a ...
High-Dynamic Range Collision Detection using Piezoelectric Polymer Films for Planar and Non-planar Applications
(2013-07-10)
This thesis develops a large area collision detection system utilizing the piezoelectric ef-
fect of polyvinylidene fluoride film. Complex high speed autonomous articulations associated
with modern large-scale high ...
High-Impact Practices and First Destination Outcomes of Liberal Arts Graduates
(2021-11-30)
The adult learning theories of andragogy, experiential learning, and self-directed learning were utilized as the framework for this study as these theories guide educators in their work with students to seek experiences ...
High-Performance SAR-Assisted Hybrid ADC with Time Domain Signal Processing
(2020-02-19)
This dissertation presents types of basic and advanced ADC architectures and raises a high-performance hybrid ADC solution which achieves comparable performance compared with many state-of-the-art ADC architectures. The ...
A High-Resolution Hurricane Analysis for the Southeastern United States
(2023-05-11)
This study investigated hurricane trends in the Southeastern United States. First, we developed a high-resolution gridded hurricane dataset, GRID-HURDAT2, and calculated Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index in three ...
A high-resolution paleoclimate record of precipitation variability from a stalagmite in northern Cuba spanning the late-Holocene
(2020-05-14)
I present a new stalagmite δ18O record, named CL, collected from Garibaldi Cave in Matanzas, Cuba that spans between 322 and 3,747 years before present (BP). This study investigates hydroclimate drivers in Cuba and their ...
A High-Voltage On-Chip Power Distribution Network
(2013-07-10)
With high performance mobile computing devices like tablets and smart-phones virtually swiping the VLSI chip market, the industry is facing the perpetual challenge of optimizing between power and performance, more than ...