The present study examined the influence of Crafted With Pride in
the USA stimuli and country of origin on consumers' attitudes toward
and evaluations of clothing. The sample consisted of 112 female
college students enrolled in one of three courses in the College of
Home Economics, Spring term, 1988.
A...
The present study examined the influence of the
demographic variables of age, gender, major in college, and
level of education or class standing on individuals' stage
of moral development. Trevino's interactionist model,
combined with the basic principles of cognitive moral
development, provided the theoretical basis for this study.
One-hundred and...
The contamination of ground water resources represents a serious
problem and a prominent threat to the health of our society. This study
focuses on the leaching of inorganic anions as a function of agricultural
practices under natural field conditions. In order to enhance the
understanding of such leaching processes, this...
As a result of the automation revolution, robots
are assuming ever more complex and demanding tasks.
Robot system control schemes for fast and precise robot
motion require utilization of the entirety of the robot
dynamic formulations and the ability to evaluate these
formulations in real-time. The dynamic formulations,
which take...
The objective of this investigation is the development
of improved techniques for the estimation of robustness for
dynamic systems with structured uncertainties, a problem
which was approached by application of the Lyapunov direct
method. This thesis considers the sign properties of the
Lyapunov function derivative integrated along finite intervals
of...
In this thesis an introduction to simulation and object oriented programming discusses the need for the creation of several classes which directly support object oriented simulation. The author places no restrictions on the type of simulations that can be conducted and simulation practitioners will find that the classes provided lay...
The optimal design technique for minimum power loss in
traction drive continuously variable transmissions is
developed. The mathematical model is developed to
evaluate the traction force and torque in traction drive
contact. Kinematic analysis of general traction drive
contact is conducted to find the best configuration for
minimum power loss....