Accelerated life testing; Reliability (Engineering); Service life (Engineering)
This dissertation is focused on finding lower confidence limits for the reliability of systems consisting of Wei bull components when the reliability demonstration testing (RDT) is conducted with zero failures. The usual methods for the parameter...
Cardiac mapping has become an important area of research for understanding the mechanisms responsible for cardiac arrhythmias and the associated diseases. Current technologies for measuring electrical potentials on the surface of the heart are...
Swarm Intelligence (SI) techniques were inspired by bee swarms, ant colonies, and most
recently, bird flocks. Flock-based Swarm Intelligence (FSI) has several unique features, namely
decentralized control, collaborative learning, high exploration...
The field of graph theory has been indubitably influenced by the study of planar graphs. This thesis, consisting of five chapters, is a historical account of the origins and development of concepts pertaining to planar graphs and their...
This cross-sectional, correlational study ( N = 289) explored the relationships among workplace incivility, conflict management styles and their influence on perceived job performance, organizational commitment and turnover intentions. Differences...
This thesis describes 1) the kinetics of vapor phase place exchange reactions on films of gold monolayer protected clusters (Au MPCs) to alter the functionality of the Au MPCs, 2) applications of the reaction for altering chemiresistive sensing...
Brief Overview of the Problem: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a government funded agency, provides both legislative and judicial powers for emissions monitoring in the United States. The agency crafts laws based on self-made regulations...
In this dissertation, standardized methods for measuring electron emission (EE) from nanostructured materials are established. Design of an emitter array platform, synthesis and nanomanipulation of different types of are successfully conducted....
The vast knowledge of nucleic acids is evolving and it is now known that DNA can adopt highly complex, heterogeneous structures. Among the most intriguing are the G-quadruplex structures, which are thought to play a pivotal role in cancer...
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationships between school climate, school culture, teacher efficacy, collective efficacy, teacher job satisfaction and intent to turnover in the context of year-round education (YRE) calendars. The...
Medical appointments and schedules--Data processing; Medical appointments and schedules--Mathematical models; Scheduling--Computer programs; Medical offices--Data processing
In order to allow quality healthcare to be available to more people, healthcare must be as affordable as possible. Ideally this will be done through the elimination of the waste that is built into the current healthcare system. One area that is...
Three-dimensional imaging in medicine; Lungs--Cancer--Diagnosis
Many lung diseases or injuries can cause biomechanical or material property changes that can alter
lung function. While the mechanical changes associated with the change of the material properties
originate at a regional level, they remain largely...
Dynamic analysis and parameter identification of a single mass elastomeric isolation system represented by Maxwell model is examined using both analytical and experimental approaches in this dissertation. Influences that the stiffness and damping...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Flight crews; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
A flight crew consisting of seven men (three in uniforms, four in leather jackets) pose with an airplane in the background at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The man third from the left is Alvin L. Prichard, Sr. and
to his immediate right is...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
T.H. Speaker, probably Tris Speaker or Tristam E. Speaker (1888-1958) also known as the Grey Eagle and Spoke. Color portrait of player Speaker with the Boston Red Sox. Verso: Base Ball Caramels. This card is one of a set of thirty-three base ball...
Dwellings; Houses; Men; Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Ky., Inc.
Two-story light brick house consisting of two large, perpendicular sections, with shutters and many chimneys. A line of trees (some of them severely pruned) and a picket fence with a six board gate runs in front of the house; behind the fence, four...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Railroads
Brazil Exhibit at World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, consisting of four model horses and one model ox (all are harnessed) in an open, pillared room with two signs on interior walls saying, "Estrada de Ferro Central do Brazil" (the name...
A hotel in Cerulean Springs, consisting of a three-story main building with porches on each story and dormer windows on the top floor, and a long two-story building with porches on both stories and benches on the first-story porch. Two men sit on...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Parachutes; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Five men shown trying to secure a white parachute on the grass at Bowman Field in front of a biplane and buildings, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Photo shows a plane on the tarmac, hangar, and administration building. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville...
