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Optimization of Split Keyboard Design for Touchscreen Devices 

Alamdar Yazdi, Mohammad Ali (2018-04-27)
While many large touchscreen devices have a split keyboard option to enable two-thumb typing, there are significant differences in the design which affect users’ text entry rate. A mixed integer-programming model is developed ...

Optimization of Standard Depth Control Systems to Improve Row-Crop Planter Performance in the Southeast US. 

Poncet, Aurelie M. A. (2016-12-20)
Modern row-crop planters are designed to place individual seeds in the ground at a proper and predetermined depth to promote immediate germination and uniform emergence of seedlings. Seeding depth is manually adjusted by ...

Optimization of stem cell extraction from blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) to produce alloxenogenic catfish: Effects of body size, sex steroids, and seasonality 

Hettiarachchi, Darshika (2020-04-20)
Xenogenesis has been identified as an innovative technology for hybrid catfish (♀ channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus × ♂ blue catfish, I.furcatus) embryo production. Currently, donor cells are collected from randomly ...

Optimized Nonlinear Substrate Integrated Waveguide for Pulse Compression 

Caudle, Byron (2013-04-15)
The time compression and associated frequency broadening of electromagnetic pulses has numerous applications in communication and radar systems. In this work, a new type of pulse compression device based on nonlinear ...

Optimizing a Standard Sampling Program to Evaluate Fish Community Structure for Non-wadeable Rivers in Alabama 

Dattilo, Jason (2017-08-03)
Alabama’s non-wadeable rivers support exceptionally high biodiversity of fishes but no formal sampling program has been developed to monitor the fish community in these systems. Recent developments in Alabama have caused ...

Optimizing and Scheduling of a Pooled Log Transport System 

Haridass, Karunakaran (2009-07-15)
The log truck scheduling problem (LTSP) under capacity constraints and time window constraints which is an NP-hard problem, involves the design of a set of best possible routes for a set of trucks starting and ending the ...

Optimizing Beekeepers’ Strategies for Varroa destructor Management 

Aurell, Sven Daniel (2024-05-01)  ETD File Embargoed
We benefit from a longstanding relationship with the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera. In particular, honey bee pollination is important for crops worldwide. Colony losses are elevated in regions including North America, ...

Optimizing Haul Routes Using Geospatial Technologies for the Delivery of Ready-Mix Concrete in Urban Areas 

Rao, Pradeep (2007-05-15)
In the ready-mix concrete industry, timely and uninterrupted delivery of ready-mix concrete to a construction site is of utmost importance for efficient construction operation. Due to ever soaring fuel prices and small ...

Optimizing in vitro culture conditions for broiler chicken Pectoralis major muscle satellite cells 

Gregg, Caroline (2022-11-29)  ETD File Embargoed
There is growing interest in understanding how muscle-specific stem cells, or satellite cells (SC), contribute to post-hatch skeletal muscle growth of broiler chickens and their potential role in the development of breast ...

Optimizing Military Tactical MANETs efficiently using PSO 

Cho, Younchol (2009-11-05)
A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a self-configuring network of autonomous agents designed to continuously support users who change the topology of the network dynamically and independently. The dynamic mobility of user ...

Optimizing Task Throughput for Large-scale Mobile Crowdsourcing in Smart Cities 

Li, Wei (2021-08-09)
In mobile crowdsourcing, workers are financially motivated to perform as many self-selected tasks as possible to maximize their revenue. Unfortunately, the existing task scheduling approaches in mobile crowdsourcing fail ...

Optimizing the Use of a John Deere Slash Bundling Unit in a Tree-Length Logging System 

Meadows, Steven Richard, Jr. (2010-05-13)
The purpose of this project was to explore an avenue that could supply a source of readily available energy in Southeastern forested lands. Typical, southern harvesting operations consist of whole tree harvesting in which ...

Optimum Propeller Design for Electric UAVs 

Wall, David (2012-05-16)
A propeller behaves as a rotating wing producing lift in the direction of the axis of rotation. Many previous propeller optimization methods have been developed, but usually focus on piston or turboprop applications. ...

The Optimum Upper Screening Limit and Optimum Mean Fill Level to Maximize Expected Net Profit in the Canning Problem for Finite Continuous Distributions 

Jordan, Victoria (2006-05-15)
The “canning problem” occurs when a process has a minimum specification such that any product produced below that minimum incurs a scrap/rework cost and any product over the minimum incurs a “give-away” cost. The objective ...

Orally administered torsemide in horses: pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies 

Ferlini Agne, Gustavo (2018-08-02)
Diuretic therapy is the mainstay for management of congestive heart failure in horses. Loop-diuretic medications in horses have been restricted to injectable medications because currently, no data support the use of ...

Order Picking Method for Multi-entity Cooperation in Picking Warehouses 

Liu, Jingwei (2023-06-08)
In recent years, different kinds of autonomous robots have been widely studied and applied in warehouses to meet the increasing demand for dealing with more customer orders, providing shorter delivery time, and achieving ...

Ore Petrography, Geochemistry, and Genesis of Epithermal Silver-Gold Veins on Florida Mountain, Silver City District, Idaho 

Mason, Michael (2015-08-21)
Geochemical and petrographic studies were conducted on the Black Jack-Trade Dollar vein, a high-grade, low-sulfidation epithermal Ag-Au deposit hosted in mid-Miocene volcanic rocks of the Owyhee Mountains in southwestern ...

Organic Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices Based on Diphenylamine End-group Polymers 

Li, Yunfeng (2010-12-01)
This work mainly focuses on making a series of organic diodes and photovoltaic devices based on electroconducting polymers with diphenylamine end-groups for their monomers. Most of them are with structural motif of R-X-R. ...

Organic Matter Type Affects Growth and Physiology of Native Plants Planted Above-Grade 

Hanes, Scott (2009-08-13)
Experiments quantified the response of three native taxa to different substrates utilized in above-grade planting. In a greenhouse study, Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr. ‘Alice’ (oakleaf hydrangea), Chionanthus virginicus ...

Organic Molecule Functionalized Nanoparticles and Redox Active Polymer: Synthesis, Characterization and Application 

Paul, Samir (2016-12-12)
In the field of material chemistry, polymers and nanoparticles are most popular areas of current research and development. These two fields are quickly expanding and playing a vital role in a wide spectrum of areas ranging ...