Browsing by Type "Thesis"
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A calculation of the mean age of interstellar dust particles
(1989)This thesis aims to compute the mean age of interstellar dust particles using a sputtering and recycling model originally formulated by Liffman and Clayton. The ages of the particles are evaluated after a period of 6 ... -
A case study of collaborative writing with the computer
(1990)This study addresses the need for research which examines collaborative writing using computers. Its purpose was to identify, through observation and description, distinctive features of collaborative composing with a ... -
A case study of the June 4--5, 1991 magnetic storm using the Rice Convection Model
(2000)This dissertation presents one of the most comprehensive computer simulations to date of a geomagnetic storm. During the geomagnetic storm of June 4--5, 1991, five spacecraft took measurements of conditions within the inner ... -
A cash-in-advance model of production
(1996)The concept of period length in the empirical application of cash-in-advance (CIA) models is introduced. CIA models posit that individuals and firms hold cash to purchase goods over a period. However, there has been no ... -
A CAUSAL THEORY OF 'ABOUT'
(1987)Whenever we make a claim about a fictional entity, we seem to embroil ourselves in familiar problems of reference. This appearance is misleading, because what a sentence is about bears a greater resemblance to a Fregean ... -
A cell number-counting factor regulates group size in Dictyostelium discoideum
(2002)Little is known about how a morphogenetic rearrangement of a tissue is effected by the individual cells. Starving Dictyostelium discoideum cells aggregate to form dendritic streams which then break up into groups of ∼2 ... -
A class of continuous functions and convergence criteria for their Fourier series
(1940)The present paper has a two-fold purpose. First, to define a class of functions wider than the class of functions of ecart fini and to obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of functions of this class. Second, to ... -
A class of symmetric two dimensional logarithmic potentials
(1993)This thesis discusses the solution of an elliptical conductor problem in two dimensions. This problem can be easily solved in higher dimensions, but in two dimensions, the potential function is logarithmic near infinity. ... -
A closed-loop model of the ovine cardiovascular system
(2003)The conscious sheep is an important large animal model for the study of human cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary system. In this study we develop a closed-loop mathematical model of its cardiovascular system. A distributed ... -
A cloud-chamber study of the disintegration of oxygen and nitrogen
(1951)A study of the disintegration of nitrogen and oxygen when bombarded by neutrons has been made by means of a cloud chamber. By observing the particles produced in the disintegration of the oxygen and nitrogen nuclei, data ... -
A cluster model of the light nuclei
(1961)This thesis is divided into two major parts. In the first, "A Cluster Model of the Light Nuclei," a nuclear model is developed which is based on the premise that the light nuclei may be described in terms of two-body ... -
A clustering algorithm for university admissions
(2007)In 2003 The Supreme Court declared that all government funded universities, which choose to consider race in their admissions processes, must utilize a holistic process. A holistic process includes a thorough evaluation ... -
A coding theoretic approach to image segmentation
(2001)Using a coding theoretic approach, we achieve unsupervised image segmentation by implementing Rissanen's concept of Minimum Description Length (MDL) for estimating piecewise homogeneous regions in images. MDL offers a ...
