A Monte Carlo calibrated hydrodynamic model of hot electron transport in silicon
The hydrodynamic approach of modeling the high-field electron transport in silicon is pursued in this study. The major problems associated with the formulation of hydrodynamic equations are (i) the...
View ArticleSelected food applications of squeezing flow viscometry
The theoretical behavior of a double layered array of two Newtonian liquids is described in terms of dimensionless force-time or thickness-time relationships. In lubricated flow at a constant...
View ArticleSymmetry groups in robotic assembly planning
In this dissertation group theory, being the standard mathematical tool for describing symmetry, is used to characterize the symmetries of bodies and features, especially the symmetries relevant to...
View ArticleThe effects of water, sucrose, and surfactants on the physicochemical...
In the study of bread staling, progress is limited due to its complex system. Two primary wheat constituents, gluten and starch, and the major bread ingredients water and sucrose were used for...
View ArticleResponse of liquid storage tanks with soil-structure interaction and uplift...
This dissertation presents the analytical and numerical investigation of the response of a slab-supported liquid storage tank taking into account soil-structure interaction and nonlinear uplift...
View ArticleThe deontic quadecagon
There are a number of concepts of common-sense morality, what one must do, what one ought to do, the supererogatory, the minimum that duty allows, the morally optional and the morally indifferent,...
View ArticleSharing patterns and the single cachable coherence scheme for shared memory...
This thesis presents a new cache coherence protocol for shared bus multicache systems, and addresses the mutual relations among sharing patterns, performance of multicache systems and hardware level...
View ArticleA comparative study of implementation strategies for microcomputer use in...
The past decade brought dramatic increases in numbers of microcomputers available for use in schools with high expectations for their potential to improve education. Much of the current literature...
View ArticleThe effect of prior semantic context on lexical access during reading: An...
Two experiments investigated the effect of a congruent sentence context on processing time for a target word. Subjects eye movements were monitored as they read sentences presented on a Cathode Ray...
View ArticleTherapists' perceptions of the relationship between gender and anger in the...
The literature on gender and psychotherapy, sex-roles, and the psychology of women reveals that the influence of gender on client and therapist behavior has important implications for the process and...
View ArticleIdentification of a surface virulence determinant of Trichomonas gallinae
Trichomonas gallinae is a protozoan parasite of birds (especially pigeons). Strains have been identified that can kill a nonimmune pigeon in less than 3 weeks (virulent), while other strains cause no...
View ArticleProviding the conditions for responsive urban school units
A major premise of this study is that, due to a number of complex socio-economic factors, the schools of the 1990's will be required to provide a different and wider range of services, some having...
View ArticleInnovations in interest rate risk management: New models and strategies
This dissertation addresses research issues in the area of interest rate risk management of default-free government bonds. The main theoretical contribution is the development of non-arbitrage...
View ArticleThe relationship between cognitive developmental level and the concerns of...
Against a backdrop of pressure for change in teacher education (Carnegie Forum, 1986; Holmes Group Report, 1986; United Kingdom White Paper, 1983) Feiman-Nemser and Floden (1986) produced a...
View ArticleMusic out of an abyss: A critical study of the fiction of Weldon Kees
This dissertation is a comprehensive critical survey of Weldon Kees's fiction. The Introduction to this study situates elements of Kees's fiction within competing literary traditions: Naturalism,...
View ArticleTracking: Its socializing impact on student teachers, a qualitative study...
This study explores the experience of student teachers working in a track-system, and the meaning they make of that experience. A track-system purportedly separates students according to ability and...
View ArticleThe lives of mothers following the death of a child: Toward an understanding...
The intent of this research project was to develop a greater understanding of the long term effects of maternal bereavement. A phenomenological research design, employing the conversational in-depth...
View ArticleThe effect of focus correction on the writing of urban seventh-grade students...
The purpose of this study was to determine if the focus correction strategy of the Cumulative Writing Folder Program had a positive effect on students' overall writing skills and on the major writing...
View ArticlePuerto Rican and New England college students' reports of childhood sexual...
The aim of this study was to increase our knowledge about the prevalence and nature of childhood sexual abuse in Latino populations. Specifically, data was gathered for the following purposes: (1) to...
View ArticleThe interaction of student educational values, teaching methods and classroom...
The unfavorable impact of didactic teaching methods upon students' learning and attitudes toward education and the lack of research on teaching methods at the post-secondary level are the major...
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