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  • Deformation Reduction in Intermetallic NiAl Microlaminations

    Creator:
    Joyer, Michael J.
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    One method of fabricating intermetallic nickel-aluminum MECS devices involves diffusion bonding together pre-patterned elemental foils of nickel and aluminum. This process shows good potential for the mass-production of NiAl devices, but several quality issues remain. Of large concern is the deformation of internal features during the bonding process. This research...
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    the same pattern. It is not clear from the photographs in Figure 5, but Sample 1 has a dull gray

  • Asperger’s Syndrome: research and personal insight into characteristics and intervention techniques

    Creator:
    Rinaldi, David Brian
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    Through examination of empirical evidence on individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome and related Pervasive Developmental Disorders, the author attempts to provide an overview of the social deficiencies associated with these disorders. Points of primary concern are the social deficiencies in developing competence in experience-sharing and demonstrating empathy, especially in how they...
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  • A fabrication study of surface acoustic wave devices for magnetic field detection

    Creator:
    Chin, Matthew L.
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    Surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors are versatile devices that can be configured to sense a variety of measurands such as temperature and pressure. The potential use of surface acoustic wave devices for magnetic field detection is explored in this study. Compared to current magnetic field sensors, a sensor based on...
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    Table of Contents AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew

  • Biological considerations for a new approach to regulating genetically modified crops in the United States

    Creator:
    McDonough, Ashley
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    The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial issues of recent decades. The debate has many dimensions, including environmental impacts, benefits and risks to human health, intellectual property rights, adequacy of biosafety regulations, and fundamental ethical acceptability. The potential benefits of GM crops are numerous, including improved...
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    choose (Gray 2004). This type of legislation, coupled with market pressure from consumers and anti-GMO

  • Plasma enhanced growth of carbon nanotubes

    Creator:
    Ford, Neil I.
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    Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are grown using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). A modified radio frequency (RF) parallel-plate plasma etching system serves as the growth reactor. The effects of process parameters, including temperature, pressure, and C2H2:NH3 ratio, are studied. CNTs are grown on glass substrates with Al underlayers and Ni...
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    .) 3029.9 47 Low % NF3 (50 %), high power (200 W), and extended processing time (2 min) were

  • Functionalization of Surfaces with Nisin in a Polyethylene Oxide Brush Layer

    Creator:
    Ryder, Matthew P.
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    Infections in hospitals account for over 100,000 deaths per year. These infections occur at the hospital from complications following bacterial adhesion to intravenous catheters, coronary stents and other implanted devices. Another common problem is protein adsorption to the surface of the device and subsequent blood clotting. Methods for combating these...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF    Matthew P Ryder for the

  • Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Staphylococcus aureus Sortase A Enzyme

    Creator:
    Bateman, Katherine B.
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    The Sortase A (SrtA) enzyme is a potential target for a new class of anti-infective drugs because it is responsible for anchoring virulence factors to the surface of pathogenic, Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. High throughput screening yielded low molecular weight compounds that inhibit purified SrtA from S. aureus....
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    Clumping Assay. The samples with fibrinogen (gray) show that the wild-type control clumps fibrinogen

  • A Study of Sample-and-Hold Circuit with Application to Beat Test and Dual-Slope ADC

    Creator:
    Yang, Bangda
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    This undergraduate thesis provides an overview on analyzing and designing open-loop sampleand- hold (S/H) circuits. It also describes a technique used to verify functions of an S/H circuit known as beat frequency test, as well as an application of S/H circuit, a dual-slope integrating analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. The first section...
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    is given by /n ox eff effC W Lβ μ= and VTE is the effective threshold voltage. The symbol U

  • Microbial Abundance and Community Analysis in Devil’s Hole, Harrington Sound, Bermuda

    Creator:
    Denman, Carmen C.
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    Microbial activity within elevated CO2 and oxygen depleted environments changes with density driven stratification overturn in the seasonally anoxic region of Devil’s Hole, Bermuda. The temperature gradient developed during the summer months creates a natural laboratory to study bacterial and virus population density and microbial community dynamics in the anoxic...
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    (32 N 19.399’, 64 W 43.08’) located within Bermuda’s Harrington Sound was chosen for collection and

  • Microbial Abundance and Community Analysis in Devil’s Hole, Harrington Sound, Bermuda

    Creator:
    Denman, Carmen C.
    Abstract:
    Microbial activity within elevated CO2 and oxygen depleted environments changes with density driven stratification overturn in the seasonally anoxic region of Devil’s Hole, Bermuda. The temperature gradient developed during the summer months creates a natural laboratory to study bacterial and virus population density and microbial community dynamics in the anoxic...
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    (32 N 19.399’, 64 W 43.08’) located within Bermuda’s Harrington Sound was chosen for collection and