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Damage identification in smart structures through sensitivity enhancing control.
Structural control (Engineering). ; Smart structures -- Vibration. ; Strains and stresses -- Computer simulation. ; Automatic control -- Sensitivity. ; Feedback control systems.
This thesis investigates vibration-based damage identification problems in smart structures. Vibration-based damage metrics suffer from small sensitivity of modal properties to damage, thus making it difficult to detect, locate, and determine the...
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School and family influences on adolescent physical activity, sports participation, and weight status.
Problem Statement: Increasing physical activity is a priority for decreasing obesity rates, but we have a limited understanding of which factors are most influential in promoting physical activity among adolescents. We also do not know what forms...
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Preparation of sterically hindered bis(secondary phosphines) : structure-selectivity relationships in Pt-catalyzed asymmetric phosphination and synthesis and structure of metal-phosphido complexes.
Phosphorus compounds -- Synthesis. ; Metal complexes -- Synthesis. ; Phosphine. ; Phosphides. ; Platinum catalysts. ; Asymmetric synthesis. ; Gold compounds -- Synthesis.
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Constitutively activated PI3K signaling accelerates tumor initiation and progression in breast and lung cancers / by Mee Rie Sheen.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is a major positive regulator of the PI3K signaling pathway that regulates many important cellular functions including growth, proliferation, survival, metabolism, and angiogenesis. The PIK3CA gene, encoding the...
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Solution chemistry of a New Hampshire subalpine ecosystem.
Forest ecology -- New Hampshire. Solution (Chemistry).
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ADAPT : a knowledge based synthesis tool for digital signal processing system design.
ADAPT (Computer program). ; Signal processing -- Digital techniques -- Computer programs. ; Image processing -- Digital techniques -- Computer programs.
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Heterogeneous self-reconfiguring robotics.
Robotics. Robots -- Control systems. Robots -- Motion. Robots -- Repairing. Manipulators (Mechanism). Heterogeneous computing. Computer algorithms.
Self-reconfiguring (SR) robots are modular systems that can autonomously change shape, or reconfigure , for increased versatility and adaptability in unknown environments. In this thesis, we investigate planning and control for systems of...
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The yield anomaly in B2 and L2[subscript 1]-structured intermetallics.
Cobalt alloys -- Thermomechanical properties. ; Strains and stresses. ; Intermetallic compounds -- Thermomechanical properties. ; Intermetallic compounds -- Heat treatment.
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Learning contextually-aware dynamic models
Machine learning -- Mathematical models.;""Markov processes."";""Information networks -- Mathematics.""
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Some results in forcing.
Forcing (Model theory). Axiomatic set theory.
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The affine buildings of SLn and SPn: a combinatorial perspective.
Buildings (Group theory). Geometry
For a local field K, we study the affine buildings Ξ n and Δ n naturally associated to SL n ( K ) and Sp n ( K ), respectively. Since Sp n ( K ) is a subgroup of SL 2 n ( K ), we investigate properties of a natural embedding of Δ n in Ξ 2 n ....
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A thermodynamic study of essential and toxic metals binding to proteins, peptides and small molecules involved in detoxification, storage, and gene regulation.
Metals -- Physiological effect. Binding sites (Biochemistry) -- Thermodynamics. Thiols. Thermometric titration. Zinc. Metallothionein. Genetic transcription -- Regulation.
Bioinorganic chemistry, a discipline that bridges chemistry and biology, has become increasingly popular as new techniques and analytical methods have emerged to study metals in biological systems. One such technique that has become increasingly...
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On the quantum kinetic theory of high energy plasmas.
Quantum theory. ; Plasma (Ionized gases).
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Game-theoretic approaches for adversarial multi-armed bandit scenarios.
We pose several adversarial variants of the multi-armed bandit scenario and propose new approaches for their play and analysis. Our casino patron seeks to discover information about an unknown system as a means to long-term payoff -- exploration...
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Hierarchical reinforcement learning and social cognition in cooperative multi-robot foraging
Robots.;""Reinforcement learning."";""Social interaction."";""Cooperation."";""Biomimetics.""
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Cataclysmic variables and white dwarf-m dwarf binaries from the superblink proper motion survey / by Julie Nicole Skinner.
Cataclysmic variable stars (CVs) are close, interacting binary systems comprised of a white dwarf and a companion star, which is typically a late-type dwarf star. Their progenitor systems are post common envelope binaries (PCEBs) with a white dwarf...
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Synthetic, structural and dynamic investigations of organometallic complexes containing cyclopropenyl and olefin ligands.
Organometallic compounds. ; Ligands (Biochemistry). ; Alkenes.
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An experimental and computational study of binary optical elements for aberration correction in three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy.
Fluorescence microscopy. ; Fourier transform optics. ; Optical instruments -- Design and construction. ; Photolithography.
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The role of hypoxia and hypoxia inducible factor 1 Alpha in Aspergillus fumigatus-host pathogenesis / by Kelly M. Shedardson.
Advances in medicine such as organ transplantations and cancer therapies involve the use of immunosuppressant drugs have led to rises in at risk patients and invasive fungal infections (IFIs). The filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is the...
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Development and quantification of a 3D brain deformation model for model-updated image-guided stereotactic neurosurgery.
Three-dimensional imaging in medicine -- Mathematical models. ; Stereoencephalotomy.
In the past, clinicians skilled at image-guided neurosurgery have relied solely on pre-operative scans for their navigational information. Often in the course of surgery, tissue is purposely retracted/resected or inadvertently moved resulting in a...
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Proper actions of groupoids on C*-algebras.
Groupoids. C*-algebras. Crossed products. Brauer groups.
This thesis contains some results concerning groupoid dynamical systems and crossed products. We introduce the notion of a proper groupoid dynamical system and of its generalized fixed point algebra. We show that our notion of proper groupoid...
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Direct data-based model predictive control with applications to structures, robotic swarms, and aircraft.
Predictive control. Adaptive control systems -- Design. Airplanes -- Control systems.
A direct method to design data-based model predictive controllers is presented. The design method uses system identification techniques to identify model predictive controller gains directly from a set of excitation input and disturbance corrupted...
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A List of the Members of the Indian Charity School at Lebanon, 3 September 1765 to 6 May 1765
1765-09-03. [767306.6]
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Manuscripts Related to Samson Occom and Eleazar Wheelock's Early Indian Students

Multimodal electroencephalography and near-infrared spectroscopy neuroimaging measurement and analysis / by Paolo Giacometti
This project focuses on the development of research tools and methods that are used to study the relationship between neural activity and subsequent hemodynamic responses in the human brain. This relationship, referred to as neurovascular coupling,...
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Efficient design and implementation of permutation algorithms on the memory hierarchy.
Computer algorithms. Permutations. Memory hierarchy (Computer science). Computer programming.
For many scientific applications, the data set cannot entirely fit in main memory. The data must reside out-of-core, i.e., on parallel disks. For many basic data-movement operations such as permuting, if the programmer does not design efficient...
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Conformationally restricted bis(9-aminoacridine)s : a chemical and biological study
Acridine.
A series of conformationally restricted bis(9-amino-acridine) derivatives were designed, synthesized, and then evaluated for their chemical and biological behavior. The novel compounds were prepared by treating selected diamines with a...
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Sounding-rocket studies of Langmuir-wave microphysics in the auroral ionosphere / by Micah P. Dombrowski
Since their discovery in laboratory plasmas in the 1920s, Langmuir waves have been observed to be ubiquitous in plasma environments, particularly in space plasmas. From the greater solar wind to planetary foreshocks and the auroral ionosphere,...
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Structure of and dynamical processes in the earth's magnetopause and boundary layer regions.
Magnetopause. ; Boundary layer -- Models.
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Mechanisms for the enhancement of radiation-induced cell killing by carboplatin.
Antineoplastic agents. ; Radiation chemistry. ; Cancer -- Treatment. ; Cell death.
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Statistical analysis and empirical modeling of large- and small-scale plasma drifts in Earth''s high-latitude ionosphere.
Electric fields in the high-latitude regions of Earth's ionosphere are an important component of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere system. Characterizing the average behavior of these fields (or the corresponding drifts) is useful...
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Design and end-to-end test of a cloud-based Mobile Product Authentication architecture for low resource environments
Product counterfeiting -- Prevention.;""Drugs -- Marketing -- Corrupt practices -- Nigeria -- Prevention."";""Computer architecture."";""Cloud computing -- Security measures."";""Mobile computing -- Security measures.""
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Helix aspersa NHE1: cDNA cloning and characterization.
Sodium cotransport systems. Chemoreceptors. Respiration -- Regulation -- Genetic aspects. Brown garden snail -- Respiration. Carbon dioxide in the body. Arginine. Antisense DNA -- Genetics.
Studies of central CO 2 chemosensors are hampered by the complexity of mammalian central nervous systems. Our laboratory developed the pulmonate snail, Helix aspersa , as a relatively simple alternative to mammalian models. A question concerning...
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Welcome to the Second College Grant, compiled and produced in 1992 by A. M. Tait
Coos County (N.H.)
Hanover New Hampshire Maps

David Crosby, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 12 March 1768
1768-03-12. [768212.2]
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Manuscripts Related to Samson Occom and Eleazar Wheelock's Early Indian Students

[unknown], letter, to [unknown], 16 July 1761
1761-07-16. [761416]
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Manuscripts Related to Samson Occom and Eleazar Wheelock's Early Indian Students

On uncountable trees and linear orders.
Trees (Graph theory). Linear orderings.
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Regulation of the haptoglobin-hemoglobin scavenger receptor CD163 in the inflammatory response to endotoxin.
CD antigens. Cell receptors. Endotoxins -- Pathophysiology. Glycoproteins -- Pathophysiology. Immune response -- Regulation. Septicemia -- Molecular aspects. Macrophages. Haptoglobins. Hemoglobin. Receptors
Sepsis is a worldwide problem with an annual mortality rate reaching as high as 45%. Understanding its pathogenesis and the innate immune response to infection is key to the development of new treatments. CD163, a monocyte/macrophage-specific...
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Identification of risk factors and etiology of strokes after CABG surgery.
Coronary artery bypass -- Evaluation. ; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors. ; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Etiology. ; Outcome assessment (Medical care).
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a leading treatment option for extending and/or improving the quality of life for patients suffering from heart disease. While we have witnessed improvements in mortality and morbidity secondary to...
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Automatic parameterization and analysis of stellar atmospheres: a study of the DA white dwarfs.
Stars -- Atmospheres. ; White dwarf stars.
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Accurate verification of five-axis numerically controlled machining.
Milling-machines -- Numerical control. ; Computer programming.
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Dihedral folding operators and local orthogonal bases.
Bases (Linear topological spaces). ; Functions Orthogonal. ; Transformations (Mathematics). ; Group theory. ; Signal processing -- Mathematics.
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Regulation of dendritic cell functions by human uterine epithelial cells: Implications for HIV-1 infection of the endometrium.
Dendritic cells. Uterus -- Immunology. Epithelium -- Immunology. Epithelial cells. HIV infections -- Molecular aspects.
The human female reproductive tract (FRT) maintains a state of immune tolerance to spermatozoa and fetal allografts, while retaining the capacity to respond to a number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including human immunodeficiecy virus...
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Development of an apparatus for simultaneous trapping of ⁶Li-⁸⁷Rb Fermi-Bose mixtures.
Trapped ions -- Instruments. Magnetooptical devices -- Design and construction. Atoms -- Cooling. Lithium ions. Rubidium -- Isotopes.
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On paving matroids representable over finite fields.
Matroids. Coding theory. Combinatorial designs and configurations.
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Laser-based oxygen isotopic studies of Acadian metamorphism in eastern Vermont.
Metamorphism (Geology) -- Vermont. Garnet -- Vermont. Laser spectroscopy.
This study presents δ18O analyses of garnets microsampled by laser fluorination from two localities in the deep seated, Barrovian metamorphic terrane of eastern Vermont. The broad goals of the research were to constrain further the amount,...
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Solar: building a context fusion network for pervasive computing.
Solar (Computer architecture). ; Ubiquitous computing. Sensor networks. ; Detectors. ; User interfaces (Computer systems).
The complexity of developing context-aware pervasive-computing applications calls for distributed software infrastructures that assist applications to collect, aggregate, and disseminate contextual data. In this dissertation, we present a Context...
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Diaphragmatic electromyogram and airflow responses to imperceptible mechanical loads in conscious humans
Respiration -- Regulation. ; Pressure breathing.
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Fast Fourier transforms for inverse semigroups.
Fourier transformations. Inverse semigroups.
In this thesis we develop a theory of Fourier analysis and fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) for finite inverse semigroups. Our results generalize results in the theory of Fourier analysis for finite groups. There is a general method for generating...
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Density functional theory study of transition metal doped chalcogenides / by Stefano Poggio
The main driving force behind the development of computers was the attempt to solve problems that would otherwise require a large amount of time to be solved. Despite the technological development that has made computers ubiquitous in daily lives,...
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Measuring quality of life in economic evaluations of treatment for severe mental illness.
Quality of life -- Evaluation. ; Health status indicators. ; Psychiatric rating scales. ; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Evaluation. ; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Economic aspects. ; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Social aspects.
Background. It is not clear whether a generic quality-of-life instrument can appropriately represent severe mental illness in an economic evaluation. This problem is particularly salient for resource-allocation decisions where policymakers compare...
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