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  • Inside, Outside : Light and Dark

    Creator:
    Knotts, L. William
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    In a story of his life Les reflects on what he has gained and what he has lost while seeking success in the moving and shifting of military and academic life through homes and schools all over the United States. He describes himself as between races, languages, and cultures.
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    Masters Thesis
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    THESIS OF L. William Knotts for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, in the co

  • Headwater

    Creator:
    Martens, Jacob L.
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    These essays are an attempt to rebuild memories that explore the nature of work and family. They explore how work knocks against the joints of the body and against the joints between family members, and, as time passes, how the next generation inherits the family line of work only to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jacob L Martens for the degree of

  • Distributions and fishery associations of immature short-tailed albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus) in the North Pacific

    Creator:
    O'Connor, Amelia J.
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    Short-tailed albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus, hereafter "STAL") migrate throughout the North Pacific, overlapping with multiple large scale fisheries. In the Bering Sea, documented bycatch of this species is a focal conservation concern, due to the fact that this species is listed as "endangered" under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. We conducted...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amelia J O’Connor for the degree of Master of Science in Marine Resource

  • Vegetation and soil response to tree removal methods in invasive western juniper woodlands

    Creator:
    O'Connor, Casey A.
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    On piñon-juniper encroached sites that lack the understory fuels to carry a prescribed fire, treatment options are limited to mechanical methods. Cutting with chainsaws and leaving the trees on site has been the primary treatment method for such sites, however this method creates a potential fire hazard, particularly in the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    remove treatment. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) cover varied widely from year to year. Bates et al

  • Improving wood strength and stiffness through viscoelastic thermal compression

    Creator:
    O'Connor, John P.
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    The objective of this research project was to increase the density, strength, and stiffness of two low to medium-density diffuse-porous hardwood species. Wood used in this study was processed using a method of wood densification known as “Viscoelastic Thermal Compression” (VTC). The VTC process is a three phase treatment which...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . O’Connor for the degree of Master of Science Degree in Wood Science presented on May 29, 2007 Title

  • Patriarchal power and punishment : the trickster figure in the short fiction of Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, and Joyce Carol Oates

    Creator:
    Strempke-Durgin, Heather D.
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    This thesis is an exploration of how male trickster figures operate in the Gothic fiction of 20th century American female authors. Specifically, I look at the short stories “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson, “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor, and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by...
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    and Punishment: The Trickster Figure in the Short Fiction of Shirley Jackson, Flannery O’Connor, and

  • Dynamic Methods to Improve Streaming of H.264 HD Video Over 802.11 Wireless Networks

    Creator:
    Sinky, Mohammed H.
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    Wireless High Definition Video Transmission (WHDVT) over 802.11-based networks enjoys widespread deployment among today's multimedia solutions. Examples include Intel® Wireless Display and Apple Airplay®, to name a few. In these systems, peer-to-peer networks are established over which H.264-encoded video is transported wirelessly to be decoded and played back at the...
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    Dissertation
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    Improve Streaming of H.264 HD Video Over 802.11 Wireless Networks Abstract approved: Ben Lee Wireless

  • The dynamic speculation and performance prediction of parallel loops

    Creator:
    Zier, David A.
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    General purpose computer systems have seen increased performance potential through the parallel processing capabilities of multicore processors. Yet this potential performance can only be attained through parallel applications, thus forcing software developers to rethink how everyday applications are designed. The most readily form of Thread Level Parallelism (TLP) within any...
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    Dissertation
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    Performance Prediction of Parallel Loops Abstract approved: Ben Lee General purpose computer systems have

  • 802.11 Channel Switching for High-Definition Video Streaming

    Creator:
    Sullivan, Erin
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    As screen resolution and video decoding capability have increased, high-definition (HD) video in resolutions as high as 1920 x 1080 is rapidly becoming the standard. Ad-hoc streaming of HD video over 802.11 wireless networks, e.g., streaming from a mobile device to a television, is convenient for users, but is hampered...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Video Streaming Abstract approved: Ben Lee As screen resolution and video decoding capability have

  • New Techniques to Monitor and Characterize Landslide Behavior and Controls Using Digital Terrain Models

    Creator:
    Senogles, Andrew
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    Coastal landslides and erosion are major natural hazards resulting in unstable slopes, constituting immense challenges to modern infrastructure. Developing, maintaining, and performing risk assessments of infrastructure on, or close to, these hazards require a detailed understanding of the geophysical processes destabilizing the slope. These efforts start with the collection of...
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    Dissertation
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    J. Olsen Ben Leshchinsky Coastal landslides and erosion are major natural hazards resulting