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Prolegomenon on Evil : 'What Does it Mean to Be Evil?'
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)
This thesis is an open-ended inquiry exploring the thought processes within evil actions as it relates to agent judgment and motivation. Largely theoretical in nature, the goal is to better understand the inner workings ...
Application of Lake and Surface Water Heat Exchanger Simulations for Energy Calculations and Determination of Design Temperatures and Constraints
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)
Surface water heat pump (SWHP) systems, are essentially a combination of heat pump and a system for exchanging heat with a surface water body. SWHP systems utilize a nearby surface water body e.g. lakes, ponds, or rivers ...
Nonparametric ANOVA using kernel methods
(2013-07)
A new approach to one-way and two-way analysis of variance from the nonparametric view point is introduced and studied. It is nonparametric in the sense that no distributional format assumed and the testing pertain to ...
Anaerobic sequencing batch reactor treatment of low strength swine manure and co-digestion of energy dense by-products
(2013-05)
The Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor (ASBR) is a batch digester utilizing a single vessel for digestion and solids separation. Internal solids retention provides the ASBR with the ability to treat dilute solids wastewaters ...
Improved saliency mechanism for computer vision
(2013-07)
The objective of this project is to find an efficient biologically plausible model for the bottom-up saliency mechanism of the human vision system (HVS) and employ it in computer vision applications. In practice, analyzing ...
Traction Modeling and Control of a Differential Drive Mobile Robot to Avoid Wheel Slip
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)
The motion of a differential drive mobile robot with consideration of slip at contact between the wheels and the ground is studied in this work. Traction forces between the wheel and the ground are derived by considering ...
Fermentation of synthesis gas to ethanol: Medium design, mass transfer and integrated model
(2013-05)
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects ethanol as the most prominent biofuel through 2035. The need for biofuels is driven by increased national security, rural development, meeting transportation fuel ...
Genetics and Production System Interaction Upon Carbon Balance of Growing Broilers
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-07-01)
A total of eight hundred chicks were obtained from a commercial hatchery in Siloam Springs, AR. Half of the chicks were Cobb 500 and half were Ross 308 breed. Each of the four hundred birds was composed of half male and ...
Structural dynamics of photoactive yellow protein
(2013-07)
Photoactive yellow protein (PYP) is a blue light photoreceptor protein. PYP is a structural prototype of the PAS domain superfamily of regulating and signaling proteins. Upon absorption of a blue light photon, PYP exhibits ...
Frequency stability in thin-film piezoelectric-on-substrate oscillators
(2013-12)
For many years, crystal oscillators have been used as the de facto frequency reference in almost all electronic platforms because they offer excellent stability and superior phase noise. This is mainly due to the high ...