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Using Identity-Based Privacy-Protected Access Control Filter (IPACF) To Against Denial of Service Attacks and Protect User Privacy
(2008-09-09)
Denial of service (DoS)/Distributed DoS (DDoS) attack is an eminent threat to an authentication server, which is used to guard access to firewalls, virtual private networks and wired/wireless networks. The major problem ...
Electronically Steerable Antenna Array using PCB-based MEMS Phase Shifters
(2008-09-09)
In this thesis, a novel approach for cost effective fabrication and assembly of MEMS based Electronically steerable antenna (ESA) arrays’ using flexible printed circuit processing techniques has been developed. The critical ...
MEMS Based Tunable Microstrip Patch Antenna Fabricated Using Printed Circuit Processing Techniques
(2008-09-09)
This thesis presents MEMS-based electrostatically tunable microstrip patch antennas fabricated using printed circuit processing techniques. The microstrip patch is patterned on the top side of a flexible kapton polyimide ...
The Fabulous Nabob: Miscegenations of Empire and Vocation in Eighteenth Century British Literature
(2008-09-09)
This dissertation has grown out of my interest in literary representations of the Nabob, a British Returnee from India who appeared in the aftermath of the 1757 Battle of Plassey.The representations of the Nabob in popular ...
Microstructure – Mechanical Property Relationships in Transient Liquid Phase Bonded Nickel-Based Superalloys and Iron-based ODS Alloys
(2008-09-09)
The research work presented here discusses the microstructure-mechanical property relationships in wide gap transient liquid phase (TLP) bonds, between the single crystal nickel-base superalloy CMSX-4 and two polycrystalline ...
Vocabulary Development of Preschool Children and Its Relation to Childcare Quality
(2008-09-09)
In the past decade, there has been an increase of the numbers of children in childcare centers and in preschools. Because of this increase, there has been a renewed interest in the effects of childcare centers and preschool ...
Sensitivity Analysis of Subjective Ergonomic Assessment Tools: Impact of Input Information Accuracy on Output (Final Scores) Generation
(2008-09-09)
Subjective ergonomic assessment tools are widely used by practitioners to detect existing or potentially hazardous conditions. Their output scores are used to design, implement, and evaluate measurements and controls in ...
Effects of Sorption and Desorption on Bioavailability of Atrazine in Soils Amended with Crop Residue Derived Char
(2008-09-09)
The bioavailability of pesticides in soils is affected by the addition of crop residue-derived char, which alters the sorption and desorption characteristics of the soil. Sorption, desorption and bioavailability experiments ...
An Exploration of the Impact of Speech Recognition Technologies on Group Efficiency and Effectiveness During an Electronic Idea Generation Scenario
(2008-09-09)
Dynamic, evolving, complex, complicated, fast. All of these words describe today’s business environment. In this atmosphere, making decisions is critical to the success of an organization. To give themselves the best ...
Evaluation of Cotton Gin Trash as a Roughage Source for Stocker Cattle
(2008-09-09)
Cotton gin trash is a by-product of the cotton ginning industry that may be used as a roughage source in beef cattle. A production trial and a digestibility study were conducted in an effort to determine the feeding value ...