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Study of onset of frost and crystals growth on hydrophilic and hydrophobic flat surfaces 

Ren, Fuqiang (2023-05-02)
Air-source heat pump systems extract heat directly from the cold outdoor ambient and reject heat to the warm indoor environments of residential and commercial buildings. During their winter operation, the outdoor coil often ...

A Study of Polya's Enumeration Theorem 

Williams, Elizabeth (2005-08-15)
The controversial lemma, known most commonly as Burnside's Lemma, is stated and proven. The influential Polya's Enumeration Theorem is stated and proven. Computations using Polya's Enumeration Theorem are discussed and ...

A Study of Regularity and Normality 

Jaeger, Mitchell (2009-04-15)
This paper is a broad overview of the separation axioms, commonly known as the Hausdorff, Regular, and Normal axioms. After a review of basic definitions and lemmas, we proceed to certain examples and theorems dealing ...

Study of Sb surface doping and borosilicate glass gate dielectric for 4H-SiC MOSFETs 

Zheng, Yongju (2017-11-28)
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a compound material with a wide bandgap, high critical electric field strength, high saturation drift velocity and high thermal conductivity, which makes it an outstanding material among wide ...

A Study of School Counseling Services Provision to Children of Deployed Military Parents 

Keim, Michael (2009-11-20)
Considering the impact of deployment on the children of military parents as evidenced by a review of the literature, school counselors are in a unique position to assist these students during long-term or repeated deployments. ...

A Study of Space-time Fractional SPDE in Bounded Domains 

Negash, Alemayehu (2023-07-24)  ETD File Embargoed
This dissertation considers space-time fractional stochastic heat equation on a regular bounded domain B in R^d, d ⩾ 1 with Dirichlet boundary condition: ∂βt ut(x) = −(−Δ)α2 ut(x) + I1−βt [λσ(ut(x)) ˙W (t, x)] for x ∈ B ...

Study of Stochastic Differential Equation Driven by Time-Changed Levy Noise 

Ni, Yinan (2020-03-24)
This dissertation is composed of two parts. The first part studies stabilities of the solution of stochastic differential equation (SDE) driven by time-changed L´evy noise in probability, moment, and path sense. This ...

A Study of the Adoption of Digital Government Technology as Public Policy Innovation in the American States 

Akers, Eugene (2006-08-15)
The diffusion of information technology in the public sector presents the opportunity to evaluate the appropriateness of diffusion theory in a combined context of information technology and public policy innovation by ...

Study of the Ballistic Capabilities of a Tethered Satellite System 

Grant, Jennifer (2012-05-04)
This thesis is an investigation into the ballistic capabilities of a Tethered Satellite System (TSS) when the sub-satellite is released from the system. This topic is of particular interest because TSS could be potentially ...

A Study of the Differences Between the Expressive Writing Approach and a Writer's Workshop Approach for Writing Instruction for Secondary School Students with Disabilities 

Conniff, Alexandra (2007-12-15)
A comprehensive review of research of instructional approaches investigated descriptive and intervention writing studies, both short-term and longitudinal, that has been conducted to examine the writing skills of students ...

Study of the Effect of Mechanical Cycling on the Constitutive Behavior of Lead-Free Solders 

Hoque, Mohd Aminul (2021-08-05)  ETD File Embargoed
Solder joints in electronic assemblies are often subjected to cyclic (positive/negative) mechanical strains and stresses. Such exposures can occur in variable temperature application environments or during accelerated life ...

A Study of the Effect of Various Material Combinations on the Bolted Contacts of Busbars 

Gatherer, James (2013-07-11)
The reliability of bolted joints is a concern for high-powered devices as the generated heat and thermal expansion could loosen the connections over many actuation cycles. There currently appears to be relatively little ...

A Study of the Effects of Pavement Widening, Rumble Strips, and Rumble Stripes on Rural Highways in Alabama 

de Sena Monteiro Ozelim, Luana Clara (2015-05-05)
Run-off-road (ROR) crashes are usually severe and account for a significant amount of highway fatalities. It is estimated that more than 50% of the fatal crashes in the United States and in Alabama are ROR crashes. Rural ...

A Study of the Effects of Stochastic Inertial Sensor Errors in Dead-Reckoning Navigation 

Wall, John (2007-08-15)
The research presented in this thesis seeks to quantify the error growth of navigation frame attitude, velocity, and position as solely derived from acceleration and rotation- rate measurements from a strapdown Inertial ...

A Study of the Impact of Changes to International Student Visa Policy and Procedures since the 9/11 Attacks 

Alkanat, Gokhan (2011-07-28)
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. international student visa policy and procedures underwent drastic changes having an obvious and immediate impact on foreign students, higher education institutions, international ...

A Study of the Impact of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in Alabama Schools 

Dutton, Jennifer (2016-12-09)
This study examined the fruit and vegetable intake of a large sample of Alabama school children in elementary schools receiving fifty percent or more free or reduced priced lunch who qualify for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable ...

A Study of the Implementation of Professional Learning Community Practices and Their Relationship to Teacher Practices and Student Learning Outcomes 

Irwin, Lynn (2014-10-30)
The present study was designed to examine the PLC elements identified by the leadership team at Angel Primary School. The three features of the school’s implemented innovation were common formative assessment, the school’s ...

A Study Of The Infant Behaviors That Mothers And Fathers Interpret As Meaningful 

Peterson, Jo (2007-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the infant behaviors that mothers and fathers interpret as meaningful, and to identify possible patterns of identification and interpretation of those behaviors. Thirteen ...

A Study of the Kalina Cycle System 11 for the Recovery of Industrial Waste Heat with Heat Pump Augmentation 

Jones, David A. (2010-12-08)
The recovery of industrial waste heat is becoming an area of increased interest due to the ever climbing cost of energy. In the past, the low temperatures that most industrial waste heat is at have prevented the recovery ...

Study of the Mechanical Behavior of Lead-free Solder Joints and Its Individual Phases under Various Harsh Environments 

Fahim, Abdullah (2021-04-27)  ETD File Embargoed
Solder joints provide mechanical support, electrical and thermal interconnection between packaging levels in microelectronics assembly systems. Proper functioning of these interconnections and the reliability of the ...