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Modeling and Validation of Hitched Loading Effects on Tractor Yaw Dynamics
(2008-09-09)
This thesis develops a yaw dynamic model for a farm tractor with a hitched
implement, which can be used to understand the effect of tractor handling characteristics
for design applications as well as for new automated ...
Automatic Detection of Software Security Vulnerabilities in Executable Program Files
(2008-09-09)
Secure programming describes those techniques that software developers use to provide security features in their applications. In addition to these techniques, software practitioners use static code security checkers to ...
Long Strange Trip: Mapping Popular Culture in Composition
(2008-09-09)
Popular culture has been a continuing research and teaching interest for compositionists since the 1950s, but the focus, tone, and quality of popular culture scholarship and pedagogy have been far from consistent. In the ...
High Dielectric Constant 0-3 Ceramic-Polymer Composites
(2009-07-28)
0-3 ceramic-polymer composites using both nano-size and micro-size CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramic particles were studied. The micro-size ceramic particles were prepared from the CaCu3Ti4O12 pellets by milling. The CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics ...
Therapeutic Contact Lenses for Comfort Molecules
(2009-02-23)
Dry eye syndrome affects nearly 15% of the population and can cause extreme discomfort that interferes with quality of life. Current treatment options include delivering comfort agents such as hyaluronic acid (HA) to the ...
Use of Ethylenediurea (EDU) to Assess Ozone Effects on Native Vegetation
(2008-09-09)
Ground-level (tropospheric) ozone (O3) is the most significant phytotoxic gaseous pollutant in the eastern United States. Plants are subjected to acute and chronic exposures of tropospheric O3 that can cause foliar injury ...
A Survey of Alabama School Principals’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the National Board Certification Process
(2008-09-09)
The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a voluntary documentation and demonstration process of an accomplished teacher’s excellence in his or her discipline measured against rigorous standards and ...
Optimizing and Scheduling of a Pooled Log Transport System
(2009-07-15)
The log truck scheduling problem (LTSP) under capacity constraints and time window constraints which is an NP-hard problem, involves the design of a set of best possible routes for a set of trucks starting and ending the ...
Novel Self-Adapting Microscale Surface Textures For Hydrodynamic Lubrication
(2009-02-23)
The tribological performance of a lubricated surface depends largely on the ability of the surface to maintain a sufficient film thickness under high loads. One way of improving the performance is to modify the surface ...
Relationship of Thought Suppression and Emotion Suppression to Lesbians’ and Gay Men’s Levels of Outness: Investigating the Effects of Chronic Suppression
(2009-07-21)
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine emotion regulation, thought suppression and outness in relation to the lesbian and gay communities. Also, the relationship of level of outness and reported psychological ...