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  • Coordination for Scalable Multiple Robot Planning Under Temporal Uncertainty

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    Marcon dos Santos, Gilberto
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    This dissertation incorporates coalition formation and probabilistic planning towards a domain-independent automated planning solution scalable to multiple heterogeneous robots in complex domains. The first research direction investigates the effectiveness of Task Fusion and introduces heuristics that improve task allocation and result in better quality plans, while requiring lower computational cost...
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    algorithms. c©Copyright by Gilberto Marcon dos Santos June 8, 2020 All Rights Reserved Coordination

  • Exploratory Studies Within the Exotic Lyonsite Structure

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    Tang, Joseph N.
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    Structure-property relationships have always underpinned the field of solid state chemistry; dependable structural descriptions are integral to understanding and controlling the physical properties of inorganic compounds old and new. While a handful of crystal structures are celebrated for their versatility, flexibility, and functionality, the existence of more exotic structures is...
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    samples were annealed between 700 and 1000 °C, resulting in green-colored pastilles. Powder X-ray

  • Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

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    Blanchard, Nicholas
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    By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...
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    …………………………..…119 Coat-color in History and Culture..………………………..………………..121 William E. Castle and the Bussey

  • Genome-enabled discovery and characterization of type III effector-encoding genes of plant symbiotic bacteria

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    Kimbrel, Jeffrey A.
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    Symbiosis is the close and protracted interaction between organisms. The molecular interactions that occur during symbiosis are complex with multiple barriers that must be overcome. Many Gram-negative, host-associated bacteria use a type III secretion system to mediate associations with their eukaryotic hosts. This secretion system is a specialized apparatus for...
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  • The role of herbivores and productivity on community structure of rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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    Vinueza, Luis R.
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    Ecosystems are facing increasing threats from human related activities, such as overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, species invasions, and diseases, among others. While oceanic islands provide natural laboratories to understand ecological and evolutionary process, they are also particularly vulnerable to these impacts, given their usual isolation from the mainland and the...
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    shores and c) chlorophyll a monthly values (mean ± SE)………………………… 48 2.3 Overall interactive

  • John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

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    Christensen, Terry M.
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    This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...
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    handsomely from my associations with Professors, Ron Doel, Paul Farber, Melinda Gormley, William Husband

  • Essays on strategic behavior in supermodular settings : lobbying, advertising and price

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    Kudo, Yasushi
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    This dissertation addresses issues of strategic behavior of firms in lobbying, brand and generic advertising, and advertising-price relationships in imperfectly competitive markets. In the first study, we investigate conditions under which lobbying can improve social welfare and show that this type of lobbying will be undersupplied from society’s perspective. We...
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    individual firm. Then, the consumer price can be written as 1 n i i L = =∑ L ( )c pp p t L

  • Physical activity, hormone replacement therapy, and insulin resistant coronary artery disease risk factors in postmenopausal women

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    Manns, Patricia J.
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    Low physical activity levels and high serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in both men and women. However, postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have increased risk of CAD because of HRT-related increases in serum CRP. There are two manuscripts...
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    Postmenopausal Women. Abstract Approved: Daniel P. Williams Low physical activity levels and high serum C

  • Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

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    Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
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    The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...
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    ................................................. 153 WILLIAM HUSSEY YEARS, 1905-1926, AND BEYOND .................. 156 AN ASSESSMENT OF MICHIGAN'S

  • The Canadian two-year college foundation : characteristics of success

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    Mucklow, William R.
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    This study investigated the relationship between various demographic, structural, organizational, and operational factors and the success of nonprofit foundations affiliated with two-year technical and community colleges in Canada. Three aspects were specifically examined: (1) a descriptive analysis of the two-year technical and community college foundation in Canada; (2) Pearson product-moment...
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    : characteristics of success AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William R. Mucklow for the degree of Doctor of