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Feasibility Study for a Novel Micropump Design That Utilizes Shape Memory Alloy Diaphragm and Blood Flow
(2010-08-05)
Many different types of micropumps have been designed to pump a variety of
fluids at the micro-liter level. Some of the major short-comings of these designs are leaks
due to moving parts, lack of tolerance to bubbles, ...
Feasibility Study of Human Lumbar Motion using Variability Techniques
(2011-04-20)
More than 80 percent of people suffer from low back pain at some point in their lifetime. It is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorders in the United States. The pain can be short-lived or long-lasting. In ...
Feasibility Study of Ultrasound Measurements on the Human Lumbar Spine
(2006-12-15)
This study is a part of a research project that aims to measure the variation in the intervertebral distance of patients that are subjected to lumbar flexion-distraction chiropractic manipulation. The purpose of this ...
Feathers at a fine scale
(2005-08-15)
In 1668, Antoine von Leeuwenhoek improved the crude microscopes that were being produced in Europe to better study small biological objects (Madigan et al. 1997). Although von Leeuwenhoek 's microscope revolutionized ...
Feature Enhancement and Performance Evaluation of BioPig Analytics
(2016-01-27)
Next-Generation sequencing produces huge collections of strings to be analyzed. This
massive dataset challenges traditional analytics tools and increasingly requires novel solutions
adapting to big data platforms. MapReduce ...
A Feature-based Solution for Kidnapped Robot Problem
(2015-12-11)
The Kidnapped Robot problem in robotics commonly refers to a situation where an autonomous robot can’t locate itself against the map. It can be caused by external force when a robot is carried to an arbitrary place, or ...
A Feedback Linearization Approach for Panel Flutter Suppression with Piezolectric Actuation
(2008-12-15)
A panel is subject to dynamic instability when induced aerodynamic loads under the
supersonic/hypersonic environment result in a self-excited oscillation called panel flutter. The panel of an aircraft that flies at ...
Feeder Allocation Policy for a Turret Head Placement Machine Using Dynamic Programming
(2005-12-15)
The first objective of this thesis is to determine a feeder carriage allocation policy for a turret head placement machine. The feeder allocation problem deals with determining which component types have to be allocated ...
Feeding ecology and lethal thermal tolerances among selected North American freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida)
(2022-05-04)
Sixty-five percent of North American unionid mussel species are considered imperiled. Knowledge gaps persist in unionid feeding ecology and lethal thermal tolerance limits which could aid in the conservation and management ...
Feeding Ecology of Pest Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscus spp.) and Associated Damage to Turfgrass
(2012-07-18)
Two omnivorous species of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae), Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder and S. borellii Giglio-Tos, are introduced subterranean pests that cause damage to turfgrass by feeding and tunneling in ...
Fellowship House, Inc. Low Intensity Transitional Apartment Program: An Outcome Analysis
(2014-07-29)
The Fellowship House, Inc. Low Intensity Transitional Apartment Program is a
residential program designed to fit the needs of adults diagnosed with substance dependence and
other mental illnesses. This study sought to ...
'Fellowship of sense with all that breathes': Eighteenth-Century Women Writers, War, and the Environment
(2011-04-29)
In “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature,” environmental historian William Cronon writes that in order to live responsibly with nature, we must learn to recognize nature in our own backyards. ...
Female Assistant Superintendents in Middle Space Leadership: A Multiple Case Study
(2017-03-31)
This qualitative study explored the experiences of female assistant superintendents in obtaining and sustaining their positions as middle space leaders. There is little research on female assistant superintendents or middle ...
Female Mating Preference and Reproductive Success in Eastern Bluebirds: Interacting Effects of Plumage Coloration and Genetic Compatibility
(2009-12-18)
In my dissertation, I used a combination of aviary-based experiments, field experiments and correlational research to fully explore the importance of mate choice and environmental heterogeneity on reproductive success in ...
Feminine Bits: The Passive Bodies and Active Revisions of Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Red Riding-hood
(2016-08-03)
Using an interdisciplinary approach that includes sociological data, feminist and postmodern theory, and historical context, I analyze gendered representations of violence and sexuality in contemporary fairy tales, arguing ...
Femininity and the Unnamed Women of the New Testament
(2015-05-04)
Gender and sex are often considered to be synonymous, suggesting that males are designed to be biologically and psychologically a certain way while females are designed to be biologically and psychologically opposite and ...
Feral Pig (Sus scrofa) Survival, Home Range, and Habitat Use at Lowndes County Wildlife Management Area, Alabama
(2008-05-15)
Survival, home range, and habitat use are key components of feral pig ecology that can help wildlife biologists and land managers develop control methods for this species. Feral pigs were captured and released with ...
Feral Towns : Alabama's Shrinking Towns
(2015-05-04)
The 21st century has created a feral condition in many small towns in Alabama. This feral condition has resulted in social, ecological, and spatial changes that require new forms of civic spaces, and understanding.
Fermentation Characteristics of Different Cool-Season Annuals With or Without Silage Inoculant
(2019-11-19)
Feed and forage costs make up the greatest portion of costs for beef cattle operations in the Southeast. In the Southeast, the most common method of preserving forages for the winter months is dry hay. Dry hay can be ...
Fertilization Effects on Water Use of 8-year-old Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Vary with Throughfall Treatment
(2015-01-07)
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations in the southern U.S. generate more timber than any other country in the world and therefore reductions in net primary productivity associated with climate variability may have ...