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Manufacturing Cost Prediction in the Presence of Categorical and Numeric Design Attributes
(2016-07-27)
Manufacturing processes require not only physical operation capabilities but also non-physical management policies. When designing a new product or manufacturing a customer’s new unique design, the focal point is to establish ...
Many-Body Dipole Interactions
(2008-08-15)
This dissertation presents the study of controllable but strong long-range interaction between dipoles. In particular, we investigate the excitation and interaction between atoms in a cold gas where the collisional time ...
Map Coverage for Mobile Robot Implemented with Reinforcement Learning
(2020-06-22)
This dissertation introduces a measure of navigation complexity for complete coverage path planning (CCPP). It also introduces a novel approach to CCPP using reinforcement learning (RL) to enable a mobile robot to cover ...
Mapped Adjoint Control Transformation for Low-Thrust Space Mission Design
(2023-07-27)
Spacecraft trajectory optimization is an essential task in space mission design. The propulsion system of the spacecraft can affect the type of trajectories that can be realized by a spacecraft. In the past few decades, ...
Mapping for Path Planning using Maximal Empty Rectangles
(2013-05-14)
This study applies a new map representation, named R-map, to the path-planning problem. The R-map is calculated as a reduced-element representation of a grid map. Grid maps express obstacles and free space with a binary ...
Mapping Loblolly Pine Decline Hazard and Risk across the Southeastern United States
(2012-07-25)
Loblolly Pine Decline was first noted in 1959 in the Oakmulgee and Tuscaloosa Ranger Districts in the Talladega National Forest, located in the southeastern United States. This slow mortality is not new to the area, but ...
Mapping of Urban Tree Canopy Using LiDAR, Oblique Image Viewers and Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GeOBIA): a Multi-Scale Approach
(2018-07-20)
The benefits of an urban forest canopy have become more readily understood in recent years. They provide a wealth of environmental, social, and economic benefits such as improved water quality, air temperature regulation, ...
Mapping Stream Channel Head Locations in the State of Alabama
(2015-11-18)
This study focuses on assessing the utility of the slope-area method for predicting channel head locations in forested areas in Alabama under different physiographic regions, improving this method by evaluating the other ...
Marching Band Directors’ Attitudes Towards Participation in Marching Band Competitions: A Descriptive Survey
(2021-04-19)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to learn about the reasons high school band directors choose to participate in marching band competitions. This was a descriptive study which involved an anonymous online survey. ...
Marcos espaciales en "Fortunata y Jacinta" por Benito Perez Galdos
(2006-08-15)
The purpose of the thesis is to explore the importance of spaces as seen through the perspective of the novel Fortunata y Jacinta, written by Benito Pérez Galdós. What I propose is a study that focuses on a comparison ...
Marinating effects on the sensory characteristics of grain- and forage-finished beef
(2010-05-11)
Beef inside round roasts (n = 144) were cut from rounds obtained from both forage-finished cattle (n = 72) and grain-finished cattle (n = 72). Roasts were portioned to weigh approximately 0.45-0.68 kg. Each roast was ...
Marine Hydrokinetic Power Plant: Software Simulation for Voltage Flicker Mitigation
(2020-07-28)
In a marine hydrokinetic (MHK) power generation such as a tidal and river power generation, the nature of water flow (i.e., water turbulence) and the grid condition can induce voltage fluctuations or flicker at the power ...
Marine resurge sequences at Flynn Creek impact structure, Tennessee, USA
(2018-07-23)
The Flynn Creek crater is a 3.8-km impact structure located in the Eastern Highland Rim geological province of Jackson County, Tennessee (36°17’ N; 85°40’ W), which displays a central uplift, breccia-filled crater moat, ...
Marital Adjustment as a Mediating Factor Between Symptom Distress and Therapeutic Alliance in Couples Therapy
(2006-08-15)
Previous research on symptom distress and therapeutic alliance in conjoint treatment indicates that symptom distress does not impact the formation of alliance, rather, marital adjustment impacts alliance formation. Because ...
Marital Conflict, Maternal and Paternal Closeness and Monitoring, and Adolescent Internalizing Problems: A Test of Mediation and Moderation
(2012-11-12)
To explore the mechanism underlying the link between marital conflict and adolescent depression and anxiety (internalizing symptoms), this study examined parenting as a mediator in the relationship between adolescent reports ...
María de Zayas: Egalitarian Poetic Justice in the Spanish Golden Age
(2008-12-15)
María de Zayas should be studied not simply because she is a female author of the Spanish Golden Age of literature, but because her work stands on its own in quality. The history of Zayas criticism is described with ...
Marketing War: A Case Study Comparison of Wars Between the United States and Iraq
(2008-05-15)
Being able to convince the American public that they need to send their sons and daughters into harms way is not an easy task but one which every United States President may face during his or her tenure. Rallying public ...
A Markov Chain Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Simulation to Assess the Impact of Out-of-School Suspensions on Dropouts and Truancy
(2010-08-03)
Generally, a social network is mainly concerned with actors, the actions of actors, and the interactivities among actors in a community. Employing graph theory to represent overall social network structure, this study ...
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell's Angels: Herb Shreve, Evangelicalism, and the Christian Motorcyclists Association, 1974-1994
(2016-05-11)
Abstract
Postwar America can be defined as a time of cultural warfare. The Civil Rights Movement, expansion of the federal government, debates on contraceptives, abortion, pornography, and homosexuality are only a few ...
Mass Customization – An Approach to Designing Product Platforms for Mass Customization
(2016-12-09)
Over the last several decades, the production industry has experienced a paradigm shift from traditional mass production processes toward mass customization processes; this enables consumers to become an integral part in ...