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Mechanical properties of human middle ear tissues.
(2007)
Mechanical properties of four middle ear tissues were then employed in a published 3-dimensional finite element model of human ear with an accurate geometric configuration to investigate the transfer function of human ...
The aesthetics of metamorphosis: Ovidian poetics in the works of Maria Luisa Bombal and Elena Garro.
(2004)
The study begins with an analysis of the Ovidian concept of metamorphosis and its effects on the body, identity, and the corpus of the text. Chapter Two addresses the notion of "literary myth, " and contextualizes Bombal's ...
"Reservation of the mind": The literary native spaces in the fiction of Sherman Alexie.
(2000)
This dissertation is dedicated largely to the contradictory nature of what the literary reservation space means in primarily the works of Sherman Alexie, but also including N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise ...
The ATM approach ("ask 'em, tell 'em, make 'em"): Compliance-seeking at the security checkpoints of a federal government site.
(2003)
Recent terrorist attacks in the United States have increased public concern with security screeners, yet research does not exist of communication at security checkpoints. The goals of this study are: (1) to initiate social ...
PHYSICAL TOPOLOGY DESIGN AND ROUTING ALGORITHMS FOR DEGREE-CONSTRAINED FSO MESH NETWORKS
(2008)
Free-space optical (FSO) mesh networks are emerging as broadband communication networks because of their high bandwidth (up to Gbps), low cost, and easy installation. However, there are two existing problems in the deployment ...
Women and the avant-garde: Sexual difference in discourse and art, 1900--1950.
(2002)
This study seeks to understand the critical influences shaping the literary and artistic exchanges between women and the modernist avant-garde. It analyzes texts disclosing expressions of gender and sexual difference ...
Theoretical and experimental investigation of IV-VI mid-infrared multiple quantum wells vertical cavity surface emitting lasers.
(2003)
Lateral mode suppression techniques other than reduction of pump spot size need to be developed. Air-post pillar structure and electrically pumped configuration certainly need to be investigated.
A study of the optical transmission properties of the polymer HPG.
(2000)
Hydroxypropyl Guar (HPG) is a polymer used extensively in the petroleum industry for fracturing oil and gas wells. Understanding the transmission of electromagnetic (EM) radiation in these fluids plays an essential role ...
Figures For An Apocalypse: An oratorio for chorus and wind ensemble.
(2000)
This document contains the complete musical score for Figures For An Apocalypse, a five-movement oratorio for choir and wind ensemble, based on text taken from a portion of Thomas Merton's 1947 poem of the same name. The ...
Glaciation in equatorial Pangaea: Testing the hypothesis in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Fountain Formation (Colorado)
(2009)
Recently, Soreghan et al. (2007, 2008) suggested that Unaweep Canyon of western Colorado was initially carved by Late Paleozoic equatorial glaciers that reached modest elevations (<1000 m). Furthermore, Soreghan et al. ...