Business logistics; Production management; Manufacturing processes; Industrial efficiency
In today's competitive business environment, companies face enormous pressure and must continuously search for ways to design new products, manufacture and distribute them in an efficient and effective fashion. After years of focusing on reduction...
Electronic commerce--Corrupt practices--Prevention; Internet advertising--Corrupt practices; Internet fraud
Online search advertising is currently the greatest source of revenue for many Internet giants such as Google™, Yahoo!™, and Bing™. The increased number of specialized websites and modern profiling techniques have all contributed to an...
Energy independence requires that the nation reduce its dependence on foreign oil imports. This can be achieved through electrification of transportation vehicles if proper battery technology can be developed. In addition, the renewable energy...
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have attracted enormous attention in the field of nanotechnology for applications such as, immunoassay, drug delivery, contrast enhancement and tumor therapy. The typical range of gold nanoparticles varies from 1– 150...
To gain a true appreciation of the works of any author, we must first be familiar with his race, his environment, and the period in which and of which he wrote. The Paris of the early seventeenth century was far different from the modern metropolis...
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are the two leading causes of blindness in the world today. Despite enormous efforts and advances in clinical treatment of eye diseases, there is no established method or cure of...
Corpus callosum; Diagnostic imaging; Autism--Diagnosis
Early detection of human disease in today’s society can have an enormous impact
on the severity of the disease that is manifested. Disease such as Autism and Dyslexia,
which have no current cure or proven mechanism as to how they develop, can...
The revolution in information technology and the explosion in the use of computing devices in people's everyday activities has forever changed the perspective of the data mining and machine learning fields. The enormous amounts of easily...
In this day when the erstwhile plebian hog has taken to scaling the social ladder and has climbed beyond the ken of many an honest workman, it behooves the housewife to wage, with double zeal the warfare on our rivals, the molds, yeasts and...
Art--Economic aspects--Nigeria; Anatsui, El, 1944-; Nigeria--Foreign economic relations
This paper is specifically concerned with contemporary artist El Anatsui, and his impact upon the region in which he lives and works in Nsukka, Nigeria. El Anatsui's large-scale wall sculptures—created by joining recycled aluminum distillery...
This thesis is an investigation into the world of sixteenth-century Venice, encompassing a group of female portraits by artist Palma Vecchio. I utilized many primary and secondary sources concerning Renaissance society, including several which...
Six oxen yoked to a cart bear an enormous tree (with three men sitting astride it) through the woods to a sawmill, probably in Barren County, Kentucky. A man on the ground poses close in front of the cart, leaning on an axe.
Several displays in a large room with a grid of metal beams at the ceiling within the Palace of Agriculture at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. On top of one of the displays, an enormous model of a tobacco leaf rises between two octagonal...
Crowd admiring 1934 Kentucky Derby winner Cavalcade at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 5, 1934. Cavalcade and his jockey are admired as they display the garland of roses, edged by a small crowd at close range and further out an enormous...
Portrait of Jane Taylor Seng of Louisville, Kentucky, holding an enormous bouquet of roses. The photograph has been painted on and has damaged corners and discoloration from age. Stamped on back of image: July 27, 1933; credit, Walton Jones...
Sunroom in home of Isaac F. Starks at 2011 Woodford Place, Louisville, Kentucky. Large windows are topped by domes, encircling the high-roofed sunroom. Tile floor with large floral geometric area rug supports five wicker chairs (one of them...
Newspapers; Medical equipment & supplies; Men; Women; Body parts; Children; Maps
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: dark rectangular-shaped image (illegible); masthead for "Louisville School Messenger"; surgical instrument with pipe, hose, and two bulbs, manufactured by Codman &...
Train approaching from the left on a set of railroad tracks in a row of four sets. Tree-covered mountains and a body of water are in the background. A man sits on a tree stump next to the tracks. Title: (79) Famous Horseshoe Curve among Allegheny...
Train on the center tracks in a row of four sets of railroad tracks beneath a metal railroad sign that crosses the tracks. In the background the tracks curve around a tree-covered mountain. There are trees to the left below a drop-off. Two people...
Train approaching from the left on a set of railroad tracks with steep, tall rock walls on either side. To the right, in front of the rock is the Arkansas River. There is an iron fence between the land with the railroad tracks and the water. Title:...