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  • Boundaries of research : civilian leadership, military funding, and the international network surrounding the development of numerical weather prediction in the United States

    Creator:
    Harper, Kristine C.
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    American meteorology was synonymous with subjective weather forecasting in the early twentieth century. Controlled by the Weather Bureau and with no academic programs of its own, the few hundred extant meteorologists had no standing in the scientific community. Until the American Meteorological Society was founded in 1919, meteorologists had no...
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    Research: Civilian Leadership, Military Funding, and the International Network Surrounding the Development

  • Robust controller design for robotic manipulators with saturation

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    Liang, Zuyang
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    The development of modern industries calls for the robotic manipulators with high speed and accurate tracking performance. Many authors have paid attention to robust control of robotic manipulators; however, only few authors have also considered the control problem of manipulators with power limitation. In this dissertation, the robotic manipulator is...
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    stabilizing controllers for uncertain systems, especially in robotics. In much of this research, the

  • Understanding how Vietnamese make career decisions in the United States

    Creator:
    Do, Vinh The
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    This research explores the lived experiences and career decision making styles of three Vietnamese refugees in the United states. Since this study involves the lived experience of the participants pertaining to their everyday activities (i.e. living, making decision, and working in the United States), the phenomenological approach (Van Manen, 1990;...
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    .................................................... 49 Conceptual Framework of the Model (Phenomenological Research) 52 Methodology

  • 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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    research from classical astronomy to astrophysics. Investigations are made of the roles of the astronomers

  • Essays in international economics

    Creator:
    Torosyan, Karine
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    This dissertation consists of two papers on International Trade topics. The first paper addresses the development of trade patterns between countries in transition and developed economies. The second paper focuses on the nonparametric estimation of the Knowledge-Capital model of multinationals. The first paper provides a framework for understanding patterns of...
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    International Trade topics. The first paper addresses the development of trade patterns between countries in

  • Discrete-time explicit model reference adaptive control for robotic manipulators

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    Yuh, Junku
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    In this dissertation a direct approach to discrete-time model reference adaptive control (MRAC) based on hyperstability theory is proposed to control industrial robotic manipulators. For industrial robots and manipulators, which usually have highly nonlinear and complex dynamic equations and often have unknown inertia characteristics, it is very difficult to achieve...
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    For Robotic Manipulators AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JUNKU YUH for the degree of DOCTOR OF

  • A comparison of effective teaching characteristics of teachers who participated in a mentor-teacher program with teachers who did not

    Creator:
    Hauseman, Joseph Hayes
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    The purpose of this study was to identify the effective teaching characteristics of teachers who participated in the Mentor-Teacher Program and teachers who did not, and then determine if there were any significant differences between the three groups of teachers: (1) Mentor-Teacher Program interns (G.T.A.'s), (2) outstanding O.S.U. graduates, and...
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    teachers who participated in a mentor-teacher program with teachers who did not AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

  • Credit cards : understanding international graduate student consumers

    Creator:
    Punjavat, Tapin
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    This study examined graduate international students' knowledge, attitudes, experiences, practices, and satisfaction relating to credit cards. Based on the literature, international students attending U.S. colleges and universities were considered an important population to study because of: (1) internationalization of credit cards and (2) the lack of credit card research on...
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    ) the lack of credit card research on this group. The sample was selected from graduate international

  • Analysis of the international demand for Brazil nuts

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    Paez, Paulo Brasil
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    The basic objective of this investigation was to identify and to examine factors determining the volume of imports of inshell and shelled Brazil nuts in major importing countries: the United States, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom. The approach followed involved the construction and analysis of an...
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    March 6, 1981 Title: Analysis of the International Demand for Brazil Nuts Abstract approved

  • Making sense : journals as tools for learning and representing student experience in a field-based doctoral program

    Creator:
    Smith, Sharon L.
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    Recent trends in higher education have led to the development of alternatives to traditional on-campus graduate degree programs. There is a concomitant need to understand student experience in field-based programs which support continuing education and career development for employed adults. The central purpose of this research was to explore the...
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    employed adults. The central purpose of this research was to explore the representation of student