Women air pilots; Women--Recreation--Social aspects; Leisure--Social aspects
Serious leisure theory (Stebbins, 1992) is used to frame this examination of women's long-term involvement in airplane piloting. Through in-depth, semi-structured telephone and e-mail interviews with women having over 15 years experience as private...
Image processing; Computer vision; Pattern recognition systems
Image segmentation is one of the most important problems in image processing, object recognition, computer vision, medical imaging, etc. In general, the objective of the segmentation is to partition the image into the meaningful areas using the...
Aerial view of Manhattan. Rows of buildings and streets with parkland in the center. P-26295 Manhattan Island, N.Y. as Seen from an Airplane. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted. Manufacturers Publishers. Made in U.S.A. Text on right:...
This thesis is a study and critique of John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis as presented in his book "An Interpretation of Religion." I primarily focus on two issues: Hick's epistemology of religious beliefs and the pluralistic hypothesis...
Children and war; World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky--Louisville; World War, 1939-1945--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Kentucky--Louisville
This thesis presents the view of World War II, a watershed event in U.S. history, through the lenses of a group that is not normally called upon, that of young children. The war was viewed by and affected young girls differently than others....
Politicians; Political corruption; United States. Congress;
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on May 25, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the fifth of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
Six sigma (Quality control standard); Manufacturing processes--Quality control--Statistical methods
The objective of this thesis was to apply what was learned from Six Sigma while working for General Electric, towards real applications to improve processes. Two manufacturing problems were targeted. One of the issues dealt with variation, in an...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Captain Russ executes a loop in an airplane above Louisville, Kentucky. The airplane is based at Bowman Field. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Mechanics (Persons); Bowman Field (Ky.)
Seven mechanics work on an airplane in a hangar at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Airplane, propellers spinning, on grass at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. A man is standing on the left edge of the photo near the plane. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Two pilots in an airplane with spinning propellers preparing to take off at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. A man stands on the right near the plane with one foot forward. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in...
Panoramic photograph. Man at left fuels large twin propeller airplane at Bowman Field while more men stand to the right. Plane faces left of photo diagonally. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although...
Crosley Radios For Louisville Territory airplane, likely Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1930. Two men make a transaction as pilot watches. Plane advertises: Crosley Radios For Louisville Territory; Crosley packages placed on ground in...
Airplane with a front propeller on a runway in front of a terminal. The plane reads Detroit News #3 under the cockpit and Early Bird on the nose. Title supplied by cataloger.
