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Multilevel distributed diagnosis and the design of a distributed network fault detection system based on the SNMP protocol.
(2002)
In this thesis, we propose a new distributed diagnosis algorithm using the multilevel paradigm. This algorithm is a generalization of both the ADSD and Hi-ADSD algorithms. We present all details of the design and implementation ...
College-age students' attitudes towards the older adult: Grandparent fit with older adult stereotypes and the closeness of the grandparent/grandchild relationship.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to examine college students' closest living grandparent "fit" with favorable older adult stereotypes, these students' thoughts about their grandparent, and the closeness of the grandparent/grandchild ...
"Jihad": What's Happening with this Virtue?
(2015-03-13)
"Jihad" for Muslim is a virtue, it’s learned from generation to generation. But nowadays we can see that this virtue has had different interpretations in society, from peaceful to terrorism. This research will be conducted ...
Imagining Oklahoma: Contemporary Women Writing Place
(2009)
Place is constantly being reconstituted, yet few studies look at how that change occurs over time. This dissertation analyzes portrayals of Oklahoma in fiction to explore how the representation of place in Oklahoma evolved. ...
Characterization of Subsurface Microbial Communities Involved in Bioremediation of Uranium and Nitrate
(2009)
Mining and enrichment of uranium (U) for nuclear weapons and energy has left this radionuclide an important groundwater contaminant in the United States and worldwide. Migration of U in groundwater can be prevented by U ...
American Indian wives' perceptions of agreement consensus: A study of marital power.
(2001)
Social scientists have traditionally based their study of marital power on western patriarchal notions of power. Concepts of power between wives and husbands have been measured by outcomes of decision making with economic ...
Spatial Orientation Aware Smartphones for Tele-operated Robot Control in Military Environments: A Usability Experiment
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2013-09-01)
We report an experiment conducted to assess the usability of a smartphone-based controller for use by dismounted troops using unmanned ground vehicles for reconnaissance and surveillance. A virtual joystick controller is ...
Discovery, isolation and characterization of novel biomolecules with nematicidal activity.
(2000)
Both, sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Ambrosia and trypsin inhibitors isolated from Cassia and from Mucuna are new potential tools to engineer transgenic plants with resistance to plant parasitic nematodes.
Peripheral and central pathways involved in the biodegradation of monoaromatic compounds under anaerobic conditions.
(2001)
Overall, the work in this dissertation contributes to our understanding of anaerobic biodegradation pathways, the role of syntrophic interactions in substrates degradation, and demonstrates a novel benzoate fermentation ...
Texture and pedaling in selected nocturnes of Frederic Chopin.
(2001)
This study examines the textural-fabric of four selected nocturnes of Frederic Chopin from the viewpoint of "sound." The purpose is to convey a deeper understanding of the ways that Chopin expanded the sonorous capabilities ...