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Frequency Equations and Modes of Free Vibrations of Rectangular Plates with Various Edge Conditions
(Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 1994-09-01)This paper considers linear free vibrations of thin isotropic rectangular plates with combinations of the classical boundary conditions of simply supported, clamped and free edges and the mathematically possible condition ... -
Frequency-agile filtering antennas for S-band and X-band applications
(2023-05-12)Multi-functional, highly flexible, and tightly integrated Radio-Frequency Front-Ends (RFFEs) are at the forefront of the current developments to improve the performance of next-generation wireless RF systems. In the past ... -
Frequency-Agile Microwave Filters For Radars With Simultaneous Transmission and Reception
(2015-12)Multi-band/multi-mode wireless communication systems have been receiving increased attention recently due to their potential for spectrum management in a dynamic spectral environment. Similarly radar systems, which can ... -
Fresh water on Fort Yuma Desert.
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Freshwater Stream Monitoring Process Improvements for Fecal Indicator Impairment Designation
(2023-05)Recreational water quality standards for freshwater streams and rivers are important to understand the potential human health risks associated with primary body contact recreation. Indicator bacteria, Enterococcus and ... -
Freshwater zooplankton: ecology, cryptic species, and global change
(2016-08)Modern threats to freshwater biota include anthropogenic eutrophication and invasive species, both of which may impact biodiversity. My four chapters focus on different aspects of these global changes. In Chapters 1 and ... -
Frictional Properties of Fault Gouge in HIgh Velocity/Long Distance Shear Experiments
(2016-05-14)The present objective is the characterization of the dynamic friction and seismic stability of fault gouge in high-velocity/long-distance shear experiments. The study has two parts based on the gouge source: A) Reservoir ... -
Friendship and commercial societies
(Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2008-08-01)Critics of commercial societies complain that the free-market system of property rights and freedom of contract tends to commodify relationships, thus eroding the bonds of personal and civic friendship. I argue that this ... -
Friendship and the Cultivation of Virtue
(2016-05-13)Most theories about the cultivation of virtue fall under the general umbrella of the role model approach, according to which virtue is acquired by emulating role models, and where those role models are usually conceived ... -
Friendship Dissolutions and Relational Aggression in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: The Mediating Role of Friendship Jealousy
(2021)Friendships are significant to social development and offer support in times of transition, such as adolescence and emerging adulthood. However, friendships are not always stable, and dissolutions occur in two forms, ... -
From 'ordinary' virtue to Aristotelian virtue
(2016-01)In two earlier papers, I began to explore how “ordinary people” acquire virtue. By “ordinary people,” I mean people, not specifically or directly concerned with becoming virtuous, who have goals or aims the pursuit of ... -
From Adolescence to Adulthood: Intimate Partner Violence in Honor Cultures
(2016-05)Intimate partner violence is no new problem. It affects millions worldwide each year. This set of studies was designed to locate the various places within romantic relationships where an influence of culture of honor can ... -
From ambivalence to acquiescence :
(1981)A novelist's success depends a great deal on the reader's memory. Although a work of fiction must tell its own story, the use of structural patterns and devices found in previous and contemporary works can be used by a ... -
From Bagatelles to Capriolen: Eugen d'Albert and his Later Keyboard Works
(2020-07-30)The purpose of this document is to highlight the contributions of pianist and composer Eugen d’Albert (1864–1932) and to function as a practical reference guide for pianists and educators wishing to perform and teach his ... -
From Bedlam to therapeutic jurisprudence: Are judges adequately prepared to make civil commitment decisions?
(2002)Historically, mentally ill individuals have been subject to inhumane treatment. However, the late 1700's and early 1800's saw major changes in the manner in which the mentally infirm were both housed and treated. Beginning ... -
From buffalo to beeves: Cattle and the political economy of the Oglala Lakota, 1750--1920.
(2007)Obstacles such as an unyielding demand by the federal government to implement a farming economy, extensive competition from white ranchers, limited access to regional or local markets, excessive institutional control by ... -
From Cave Art to Cryonics
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From conventional school to democratic school community: A case study of a principal's practices, obstacles, and action plans.
(2001)The purpose of this study was to examine and document a principal's practices, obstacles, and action plans in facilitating a school's movement from a conventional school to a democratic school community. Specifically, the ... -
FROM COOPERATION TO COMPETITION: HOW MICROBES AND INVERTEBRATES INTERACT IN A TROPICAL FOREST
(2018-05)Microbes and invertebrates are “the little things that run the world” (Wilson 1987, Moreau 2017), but the intricacies of how these organisms impact our environment remains underexplored. Here I investigate how microbes and ... -
From creekology to geology: Finding and conserving oil on the Southern Plains, 1859--1930.
(2004)This dissertation tells the story of the oil industry's westward migration from Pennsylvania to the Southern Plains states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas and how different environments in these regions influenced prospectors' ...