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  • World War II wedding dress as presented in United States high fashion magazines: 1939-1945

    Creator:
    Clayton, Tamara
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    The purpose of this study was to explore wedding dress styles represented in United States high fashion magazines during the World War II period. The objectives of the study were to: discover what wedding dress styles were proposed by high fashion magazines during the period 1935-45, determine if wedding dress...
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    K. Mullet The purpose of this study was to explore wedding dress styles represented in United

  • Analysis and design of bandpass delta-sigma A/D converters

    Creator:
    Zhai, Dalun
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    A new approach to oversampled delta-sigma A/D converters ( AZ modulators ) is introduced, where a differential pseudo-Npath filter stage is used as a basic cell. In this band-pass application, the z to -zN transformation is employed to realize a RAM-type pseudo-2-path lossless integrator. The bandpass second-order and 4th-order delta-sigma...
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    Design of Bandpass Delta-Sigma A/D Converters Abstract approved: G or C. Temes A new approach to

  • Modeling and development of fabrication method for embedding membrane based microvalve in bulk microfluidic device

    Creator:
    Abhinkar, Bindiya S.
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    PDMS membrane-based microvalves are becoming increasingly more important for the control of fluid flow within MECS applications such as microreactors used to synthesize nanoparticles and biological macromolecules. The motivation for pursuing PDMS membrane-based microvalves is for implementing a plug flow microreactor to simulate slug flow yielding a narrower residence time...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Brian K. Paul PDMS membrane-based microvalves are becoming increasingly more important

  • Challenges to re-embedding food systems : tracing the decline and revival of a farmers’ market on the edge

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    Murray, Mary K.
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    A number of researchers view farmers’ markets as an appropriate vehicle for re-embedding food markets into communities (O’Hara & Stagl, 2001, Feenstra, 2002, Lyson, 2005). Amidst astounding growth in the number of farmers’ markets in the United States in recent decades, many markets struggle and fail. Recent research suggests that...
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    ABSTRACT FOR THE THESIS OF Mary K. Murray for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology

  • 3-D finite element modeling in OpenSees for bridge live-load girder distribution factors

    Creator:
    Scoggins, Luke A.
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    A generalized, three-dimensional, finite element bridge model was created in order to efficiently and accurately assess live-load girder distribution factors for a variety of bridge types. This model shortens the time required by bridge analysts to develop individual finite element models for bridges of varying geometries. The creation of the...
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    22, 2007. Title: 3-D Finite Element Modeling in OpenSees for Bridge Live-Load Girder Distribution

  • Distortion-induced fatigue cracking of girder-to-crossbeam connection

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    Aljutaili, Dhari S.
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    Oregon Department of Transportation’s bridge no. 9743b is a multi-span, two-girder steel deck bridge connecting the busy interstates 5 and 205. Vertical cracks have been detected in the welded girder-to-crossbeam connections at the bents. Distortion-induced fatigue is suspected to be responsible for the cracking. Linear elastic beam analysis, 2-D and...
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    -to-Crossbeam Connection. Abstract approved: Robert K. Paasch Oregon

  • Effect of the calpain inhibitor E-64-d on the degradation of α-fodrin in damaged muscle

    Creator:
    Boyd, Jeffrey
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    We hypothesized that calpain activity is elevated in response to muscle damage. To test this hypothesis, we examined the degradation of α-fodrin into its 150 and 145 kDa fragments following either 20 eccentric or isometric contractions. In addition, experiments were performed in the presence or absence of E-64-d, a calpain...
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    k-Da fragments. In addition, experiments will be performed in the presence or absence of E-64-d

  • Automating aquatic insect identification through pattern recognition

    Creator:
    Thomas, Joshua K.
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    Aquatic insect population counts can be a good indicator of the health, or water quality, of rivers and streams. Stoneflies (Plecoptera) are particularly susceptible to pollution in streams. However, today’s current method for obtaining these population counts requires biologists to examine individual specimens under a microscope for identification to the...
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    Joshua K. Thomas for the degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering presented on July 26

  • Health risk of bathing in Southern California coastal waters

    Creator:
    Brinks, Mitchell V.
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    Bathers exposed to microbiological contamination in coastal waters have an excess risk of gastrointestinal and respiratory illness. The disease burden associated with this risk may be considerable in Southern California, where 50 million annual beach visitors recreate in coastal waters that receive billions of gallons of polluted discharges from nearby...
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    c k w e ile r N o rt h D o c k w e ile r S o u th E l S e g u n d o E l P o rt o M

  • Deep ultraviolet solid-state laser development

    Creator:
    Dutton, David A. (David Adam)
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    There is a new possibility of generating deep ultraviolet laser radiation from a solid-state source. With recent advances in material development, a new nonlinear optical crystal provides a greater damage threshold than current materials making higher conversion efficiencies possible. This thesis examines the possibility of using this crystal to generate...
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    approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Thomas K. Plant