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STAGED THERMAL FRACTIONATION OF BIOMASS FOR SEGREGATION OF HEMICELLULOSE, CELLULOSE AND LIGNIN DERIVED PRODUCTS
(2016-05-14)
The increasing industrialization and motorization of the world has led to a steep rise in the demand of petroleum-based fuels. However, negative environmental consequences of fossil fuels, natural limitation in their ...
Bible Translation and Language Renewal: A Collaborative Approach
(2016-05)
Many indigenous languages face attrition globally as the languages of the West continue to grow in influence. As linguists and indigenous speech communities struggle to organize effective language programs, many languages ...
Essays on Discourse by and about the Divine
(2016-12-16)
Chapter One
Divine Predication, Direct Reference, and the Attributes of Classical Theism
The Church’s affirmation of statements predicating certain positive attributes to God is central to Christian doctrine. However, ...
Supporting Situation Awareness and Decision Making in Weather Forecasting
(2016-05)
Weather forecasting is full of uncertainty, and as in domains such as air traffic control or medical decision making, decision support systems can affect a forecaster’s ability to make accurate and timely judgments. ...
A CASE STUDY OF A RADIATION DETECTION EQUIPMENT PROGRAM: DO THE ADVOCACY COALITION FRAMEWORK AND THE ISSUE ATTENTION CYCLE INFORM CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET DECISIONS?
(2016-08-12)
The influence of policy knowledge and public interest upon the policy making process is described in this dissertation. The manner in which major policy change takes place, particularly as legislators gain technical ...
DEVELOPMENT OF INEXPENSIVE VEHICLE SENSOR NODE SYSTEM FOR VOLUME, TURN MOVEMENT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE (FHWA-OK-16-06 2252)
(2016-11)
Real-time traffic surveillance is essential in today’s intelligent transportation systems and will surely play a vital role in tomorrow’s smart cities. The work detailed in this paper reports on the development 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 ...
Sensitivities of 1-km Forecasts of Tornadic Supercells to Microphysics Parameterizations, Assimilated Radar Data, and Assimilation Techniques
(2016-05-13)
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of using five different microphysics parameterization schemes, including single-, double-, and triple-moment microphysics, in an efficient high-resolution data assimilation ...
A New Random Walk for Replica Detection in WSNs
(PLos One, 2016-07-13)
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are vulnerable to Node Replication attacks or Clone attacks. Among all the existing clone detection protocols in WSNs, RAWL shows the most promising results by employing Simple Random Walk ...
Autonomous visual navigation of an indoor environment using a parsimonious, insect inspired familiarity algorithm
(2016-04-27)
The navigation of bees and ants from hive to food and back has captivated people for more than a century. Recently, the Navigation by Scene Familiarity Hypothesis (NSFH) has been proposed as a parsimonious approach that ...