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Power in the upper echelons: Females, racial minorities and the distribution of power 

Newman, Christine (2019-04-03)
The distribution of structural power in the upper echelons is unequal, but more so for females and racial minorities in the C-suite (Kulich, Trojanowski, Ryan, Haslam & Renneboog, 2011). Discrimination towards females and ...

Power Management of a Grid Forming Enabled Hybrid Energy System 

Ezeodili, Echezona (2021-12-03)
Hybrid power generation systems that combine different renewable energy sources and energy storage systems offer an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional power generators for stand-alone applications. However, ...

The Power of Preaching: Female Identity, Legitimacy, and Leadership in American Quakerism, 1700-1776 

Huggins, Shannon (2010-05-03)
Although 18th-century Quakerism allowed Quaker women ministers to preach as “enlightened” women, in many ways, they still had to transcend the colonial social conventions that inhibited their leadership. Because their ...

The Power of the Written Word 

Crouse, Naomi (2010-05-10)
A diagnosis of cancer can catapult a person into a time period dominated by uncertainty and a perceived decrease in quality of life. Literature supports that writing honestly about emotions associated with traumas may ...

Power Quality Standard Comparison between China, IEEE, and IEC 

Zheng, Tianxu (2018-11-15)
This thesis compares power quality standards and measurement methods of the U.S. and China. These standards specify the power quality parameters (harmonics, flicker, unbalance,etc.), that are dedicated to ensure the ...

Power-Aware System-on-Chip Test Optimization through Frequency and Voltage Scaling 

Sheshadri, Vijay (2014-04-29)
A System-on-Chip (SoC) is a complete system that has been integrated onto a single chip. An SoC is often designed by embedding reusable blocks called cores. With shrinking device sizes, SoC cores are growing in number and ...

Powerful or Pretty: A Content Analysis of Gender Images in Children's Animated Films 

Fischer, Sabrina (2010-04-02)
The purpose of this study was the exploration of the portrayal of gender roles, images and stereotypes in children’s animated films. A content analysis of five animated children’s films was conducted. The sample consisted ...

PPM1A Phosphatase is Involved in Regulating Pregnane Xenobiotic Receptor Mediated Cytochrome P450 3A4 Gene Expression 

Flannery, Patrick (2014-12-10)
The liver is the most important organ of drug metabolism and plays a major role in the detoxification of both endobiotics and xenobiotics. The process of drug metabolism is undertaken in three distinct phases. Cytochromes ...

Practical Application of Petrographic Methods to Crushed Stone Aggregate Exploration: Comparing Microstructures and Grain Boundaries to Physical Quality Testing of Aggregate 

Nuno, Nicholas (2015-12-14)
This research attempts to compare and correlate microscopic properties of aggregate material to the aggregates physical engineering properties. Material was collected and tested to obtain physical and mechanical properties ...

Practical Consideration of Routing Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks 

Yang, Junmo (2006-12-15)
In this dissertation, we investigate different routing approaches in an attempt to improve the network performance by considering how wireless networks operate in the realistic environment. Our work is centered around ...

Practical diets for Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei utilizing alternative ingredients 

Guo, Jingping (2019-10-31)
Global shrimp production has steadily increased and is currently one of the primary users of fishmeal (FM). At the same time, Global fishmeal supply has reached a plateau, with demand still continuing to increase resulting ...

A Practical Quaternary FPGA Architecture Using Floating Gate Memories 

Fadamiro, Ayokunle (2020-05-11)
A new quaternary FPGA (QFPGA) architecture based on floating-gate memory elements is presented and analyzed. While technology scaling has delivered substantial FPGAperformance, consumer demands grow beyond what binary ...

A Practical Rate Adaptation Algorithm for IEEE 802.11 Networks 

Zhang, Kehao (2010-07-28)
IEEE 802.11 standard has evolved from the early basic transmission rate to today's multiple transmission rates. The performance of IEEE 802.11 devices has been improved by exploiting multiple transmission rates. However, ...

Practical Stateless Geographical Routing (PSGR) - 3-D Stateless Geographic Routing for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks 

Lee, Sang (2008-05-15)
Underwater acoustic sensor networks have recently gained increasing research attentions due to their vast potential applications. Although the limited bandwidth and power resources in such networks have made stateless ...

Practically Realizing Random Access Scan 

Mudlapur, Anand (2006-05-15)
The number of clock cycles in a serial scan (SS) test is often prohibitive as the number of flip-flops (FF) increases. Besides, scan-in and scan-out sequences result in unwanted circuit activity. This increases the test ...

Practice makes Perfect? An Exploration of Benefits Gained from a six week Mindfulness-Based Couple Relationship Education Course 

Thompson, Sarah Elizabeth (2016-08-04)
Mindfulness-Based Couple Relationship Education (MBCRE) courses seek to provide participants with skills that they can use to benefit themselves and their relationships. This pilot study of Couples Connecting Mindfully ...

Practicing Counselors, Vicarious Trauma, and Subthreshold PTSD: Implications for Counselor Educators 

Lanier, Bethany (2017-05-22)
The purpose of the current study was to gain an understanding of the relationship of vicarious trauma symptoms and subthreshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms among practicing counselors. Research indicates ...

Pre-bond TSV Test Optimization and Stacking Yield Improvement for 3D ICs 

Zhang, Bei (2014-12-10)
Through silicon via (TSV) based three-dimensional IC (3D IC) exhibits various advantages over traditional two-dimensional IC (2D IC), including heterogeneous integration,reduced delay and power dissipation, compact device ...

Pre-conditioning beef calves with high moisture forages and co-product feeds 

Forte, Erin (2017-04-17)
A 45-d backgrounding study was conducted at the E.V. Smith Research Center in Shorter, AL to determine animal performance differences of pre-conditioned beef calves fed annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) baleage, ...

A Pre-distortion Technique for OTA-C Filter Design 

Dandamudi, Pradeep (2010-11-16)
The growing demand of continuous filters in portable electronic equipment, wireless receivers and continuous-time (CT) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) has spawned a strong research interest from industry and academia. ...