This thesis investigates the factors that affect the Peak to Average Ratio (PTAR) and Mean Power (MP) for the Slider Crank Wave Energy Converter (SCWEC). The goal of this thesis is to reduce the PTAR while maximizing the MP....
Mot-clé:
Mean Power, PTAR, Slider Crank et Wave Energy
Assujettir:
Ocean wave power, Cranks and crankshafts et Electric generators
Protein recycling pathways and autophagy play an important role in maintaining cellular homeostasis, but these processes are also essential for cell survival during times of stress. Protein recycling pathways, such as the...
Mot-clé:
protein recycling pathways, autophagy et fluorescent microscopy
Ionic airflow is a phenomenon that is observed when a high electric potential is supplied to at least two electrodes classified as an emitter and a collector. The emitter has a sharp geometric profile such as a needle or thin...
Mot-clé:
Ionic Air Moving Device
Assujettir:
Ions, Ionized air, Ionization -- Equipment and supplies et Air flow
Low back pain (LBP) is a common health problem that affects most people during their life. The goal of this research is to track the dynamics of seated stability through the falling region and determine how the maximum finite...
Mot-clé:
Finite time Lyapunov exponent, Low back pain et Torso stability
Locating and recovering bodies that are buried in clandestine graves is a challenging task and may provide significant information about the deceased in a forensic investigation. Currently, human remains detection (HRD) dogs...
Assujettir:
Cemeteries, Soils—Analysis, Gas chromatography, Mass spectrometry et Volatile organic compounds
This thesis analyzes the language of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Fact Sheet” on Female Genital Cutting (FGC). Because the Fact Sheet establishes FGC as a practice that must be stopped across the globe, the WHO’s...
Mot-clé:
Agency, Empowerment, Global communications, Oppression, Professional communication et Rhetorical analysis
Assujettir:
Female circumcision -- Prevention, World Health Organization et Human rights
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director Tom Insel has created a newmethod of researching and conceptualizing mental health dysfunction. Instead of usingheterogeneous symptom classifications, Dr. Insel believes a...
Mot-clé:
Eye Tracking, MMPI-2-RF, RDoC, Schiozphrenia et Thought Dysfunction
This paper seeks to understand the creation of a distinct snake-handling culture within Appalachia during the first half of the twentieth-century. As Appalachian snake-handlers molded and created this distinct religious culture...
Mot-clé:
Appalachia, Culture, Identity, Pentecostal, Ritual et Snake-Handling
Assujettir:
Snake cults (Holiness churches) -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century, Snakes -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century, Snakes -- Appalachian Region et Holiness churches -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century
The advent of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal in 1933 found Jackson County suffering in ways similar to those in other rural areas of the nation.Overproduction had lowered farm prices to levels below cost; and...
Assujettir:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- North Carolina -- Jackson County et Jackson County (N.C.) -- History
The advent of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal in 1933 found Jackson County suffering in ways similar to those in other rural areas of the nation.Overproduction had lowered farm prices to levels below cost; and...
Assujettir:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- North Carolina -- Jackson County et Jackson County (N.C.) -- History
