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Experimentation and Modeling of NOx Formation in a Small Turbo-Charged Diesel Engine 

Thames, Matthew (2012-12-05)
In this thesis a detailed investigation into the primary formation characteristics and modeling approaches for the formation of NOx in turbo-charged diesel engines is presented. Through this investigation a multi-layered ...

Experiments on the Pond Lime Requirement Test and the Effect of Organic Matter on Dissolution of Agricultural Limestone in Aquaculture Ponds 

Han, Yangxue (2018-11-27)
Three investigations were performed related to limestone in aquaculture. The first investigation studied the lime requirement of ponds can be determined by direct titration with standard sulfuric acid of the amount of ...

Explaining Pharmacists' Intentions to use Personal Digital Assistants as Clinical Resources During Patient Care Interventions 

Fox, Brent (2005-05-15)
This research project explored the ability of a modified Technology Acceptance Model 2 (TAM2) to explain pharmacists’ intentions to use personal digital assistants (PDAs) to document interventions. The Technology Acceptance ...

Explaining State Adoption of Performance Funding in Higher Education, 1990 - 2020: A Comparative State Policy Study 

Sears, Towanna (2022-12-05)
In the past 40 years, performance funding has become a state policy reaction for the demand of transparency for public higher education institutions. State legislatures have adopted performance funding as a mechanism to ...

Explaining Workaholism’s Effects on Work-Family Conflict: A Boundary Theory Approach 

Rotch, Michael (2021-07-19)
This research examines the linking mechanisms and conditional processes underlying the workaholism and work-family conflict relationship. Based primarily on the boundary management literature, it was hypothesized that ...

An Explanatory Study to Measure the Effect of an Expanded Target Interface for a Handheld Medication Order Entry Task 

Young, Marc (2006-12-15)
This research experiment intended to determine whether an expanded target interface could improve a medication order task entered on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) compared to a standard interface. Subjects in this ...

Explicit and Implicit Instruction of Discourse Markers to Heritage Speakers of Spanish 

Cuartero Marco, Marina (2019-04-22)  ETD File Embargoed
The controversy of using Explicit and Implicit Instruction is widely discussed in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). SLA research generally addresses more salient linguistic elements, than less noticeable ones, ...

Explicit Finite Element Modeling in Conjunction with Digital Image Correlation Based Life Prediction of Lead-Free Electronics under Shock-Impact 

Shantaram, Sandeep (2009-08-12)
Increasing demand for smaller consumer electronics with multi-function capabilities has driven the packaging architectures trends for the finer-pitch interconnects thus increasing chances of failure of the electronic ...

Explicit Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis with Fluid Structure Coupling of a High Velocity Impact 

Homesley, Jonathan (2011-05-03)
A computational investigation was undertaken to study the pressure wave generated from a high velocity, multi-material penetrator impacting a compartmented cylindrical container. Variations of the penetrator material ...

Explicit Time Integration Methods Based on Simplified Stochastic Computational Singular Perturbation 

Chang, Yung-Chieh (2018-07-26)
The research presented in this dissertation focuses on the development of efficient explicit time integration schemes for the chemical Langevin equations (CLEs). Due to the presence of multiple time scales in complex ...

Exploiting Boundary Scan functions of FPGA on ATE 

Zeng, Kunpeng (2015-07-21)
With the increase of integration density at chip level, the controllability and observability of defects become complicated, resulting in limited physical probe access to I/O pins. It is impractical to apply test stimulus ...

Exploiting Power-Up State of Latches as Hardware Security Primitives: PUF, TRNG and Recycled IC Detection 

Wang, Wendong (2022-03-22)
Over the last two decades, hardware security has become more and more important and became a hot topic in both academia and industry. Threats seen on cyber-infrastructure and electronic devices are becoming more and more ...

Exploiting Renewable Energy and UPS Systems with a Renewable-Aware Scheduler to Boost Energy Efficiency of Data Centers 

Peng, Xiaopu (2022-07-20)
It is prudent to leverage on-site renewable sources like solar and wind to build environmentally friendly and energy-efficient data centers. Data centers deploy distributed UPS systems to handle the intermittent nature ...

Exploration Into the Effects of Hypoxia in an In Vitro Canine Glioblastoma Model 

Koehler, Jennifer (2013-04-23)
Glioblastomas are aggressive, lethal primary brain tumors that affect human and canine patients. A subpopulation representing a variably large percentage of the bulk of tumor cells has been identified to have stem cell-like ...

Exploration of 3D Phage-Based Biomolecular Filter for Filtration of Foodborne Pathogens in Large Volume of Liquid Streams 

Du, Songtao (2020-07-16)
A three-dimensional phage-based biomolecular filter (3D filter) was designed and developed to capture, concentrate, and isolate foodborne pathogens from large volume of liquid streams with high throughput, such as liquid ...

An Exploration of Comprehension Instruction in Content-Area Elementary Classes 

King, Lashae (2015-07-30)
Scores on national and international tests for students in the United States indicated that students are not performing proficiently in reading. Furthermore, students are not able to comprehend complex reading tasks, which ...

An Exploration of Counselors’-in-Training Multicultural Competency when Working with Persons of Low Socioeconomic Status: An Examination of Attitudes, Attributions, and Perceived Self Efficacy 

Stafford, Emily (2014-12-10)
This study examined Clinical/Community Mental Health (CCMH) counselors-in-training attitudes about poverty, attributions about the causes of poverty, and levels of perceived self-efficacy when working with clients of low ...

Exploration of Crash Severity and Location in Work Zone-Related Crashes in Alabama 

Prichard, Bradley (2015-01-07)
Work zones are necessary for maintenance and improvement of highways, but they also present opportunities for crashes that might not occur under normal driving conditions. From 2006-2011, 3,192 crashes resulted in some ...

An Exploration of Mental Health Help-Seeking Experiences Among Women Combat Veterans 

Roberts, Kaycee Colón (2023-07-25)
This phenomenological study explores the lived experiences of women combat veterans and their mental health help-seeking experiences. Semi-structured interviews were completed with ten women combat veterans. Using a ...

An Exploration of Participant-Level Factors Associated With the Success of the Begin Education Early Program 

Wells, Jennifer (2005-12-15)
This study explored the participant-based factors identified in Cummings’ (1999) organizational framework of factors associated with the successful implementation of family-based, educational programming, and examined the ...