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Designing Goal-Oriented Systems: How Competition and Automation Foster Motivation and Results
(2013-12-04)
People often turn to goal-oriented systems to improve their lives and modify their behavior. With the rise of the Quantified Self movement, there are now a plethora of these systems and their related products available. ...
Identification and analysis of recently duplicated genes in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) genome
(2013-12-04)
Gene duplication is an important source of genetic innovation and structure and usually associated to the lineage-specific adaptive trait during evolution, such as genes related to immunity, development and reproduction. ...
Fighting Culture: Class and the Early English Boxing Novel in Late Victorian Society
(2013-12-19)
The early English boxing novel emerges at a critical point in the wider culture of
transition that typifies the later Victorian age in England. Evidencing the emergence of an
increasingly populist literature and popular ...
Study and evaluation of bigano snail (Stramonita haemastoma) as a marketable seafood species
(2013-12-03)
To evaluate whether a species is potentially edible, marketable and sustainable, we need to answer quite a few questions about what, why, where, who, when and how. This dissertation consists of five chapters. The basic ...
Shifting Relationships Between Crayfish and Symbiotic Worms in Surface Water and Subterranean Environments
(2013-08-22)
Branchiobdellidans are small annelids (Clitellata) that have neutral, positive, and negative effects on stream crayfishes. Host effects are context dependent, with positive effects (increased survivorship and growth) ...
Guidance of an Off-Road Tractor-Trailer System Using Model Predictive Control
(2013-11-08)
This thesis presents an effort to improve the path following reliability of a tractor-trailer system by using a non-linear Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach. The proposed method allows an autonomous mobile robot to ...
Antibacterial activities of secondary metabolites from Clitocybe nuda
(2013-11-08)
The purpose of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the antibacterial activities of the secondary metabolites from Clitocybe nuda, one kind of edible mushroom. The antibacterial activity was determined by ...
Sell in May and Go Away Effect: Evidence from Developed, Emerging, and Frontier Markets
(2013-11-08)
This thesis represents a comprehensive study of the Sell in May Effect. I follow the work of Bouman and Jacobsen (2002) and Andrade et al. (2013) on a large sample of countries consisting of 24 developed, 21 emerging and ...
RFIC Design for Software-Defined Radio Receiver Frontend
(2013-11-11)
This thesis presents an RF receiver frontend with a 4-path passive mixer for software defined radio (SDR) applications. By utilizing frequency translation property of the passive mixer, the out of band interference experiences ...
The Evaluation of a Dental Hygiene Education Intervention on the Oral Health Practices and Knowledge of Residents of Kimuli Village, Uganda
(2013-11-06)
According to Muhirwe (2003), Uganda has no structured oral healthcare system which might possibly allow the citizens to acquire the knowledge and access to appropriate oral healthcare. Since Ugandan villagers have limited ...