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Title: A Data-Analytic Approach Towards Increasing Donor Heart Utilization in the United States
Author: Satyanarayana, Sagar
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Biometry
Description: Heart transplantation is the best option available to treat end-stage Heart Failure (HF). There is a shortage of donor hearts in the United States even with the steady increase in the number of donors. One likely reason is the decreasing transplan...

Title: A Discrete Element Study of the Uniaxial Compressive Response of Plain Concrete using the JCFPM Constitutive Model
Author: Joshi, Anay
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The standard bonded-particle models available in many discrete element method (DEM) codes are known to predict unrealistically low values for the ratio of ultimate compressive strength (UCS) to tensile strength (UTS) for concrete. To correct this,...

Title: A FRAMEWORK FOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR THE MARINE (FERRY) INDUSTRY
Author: Raja, Daxil
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Marine engineering
Description: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Ferry Service (NCFS) Division is responsible for extensive infrastructure which includes numerous assets. As with any organization with an extensive list of assets, it ...

Title: A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG TERM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN USING ASSET PRIORITY INDEX AND CONDITION INDEX FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FERRY SYSTEM
Author: Subramanian, Balagee
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Management, Transportation
Description: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Ferry System combined have many assets in place. This thesis primarily concerns the North Carolina Ferry System (NCFS). The NCFS has a sizable number of assets and a lo...

Title: A HYBRID SWITCH BASED ARCLESS VOLTAGE REGULATOR
Author: Xu, Xiwen
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: The voltage regulator is a mechanism that permits the change in turns ratio or output voltage of a distribution transformer for providing a constant magnitude voltage to the load. The arc occurs under oil in each tap changing operation because one...

Title: A PALEOECOLOGICAL STUDY OF URBAN ABANDONMENT DURING EARLY BRONZE IV IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANT
Author: Porson, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Environmental sciences, Archaeology, Paleoecology
Description: An archaeobotanical study of plant remains from the Near Eastern archaeological site of Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj, Jordan ascertains a possible cause for the abandonment of towns during Early Bronze IV. This study assesses the hypothesis that the collapse...

Title: A Statistical Method of Fog Forecasting in North Carolina
Author: Pettee, Warren
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Meteorology
Description: The frequency and intensity at which fog occurs impacts the entire transportation infrastructure of the United States: Maritime shipping, aviation, railroads, and highways. The phenomenon is difficult to accurately capture in current numerical sim...

Title: A Survey of Network Modeling
Author: Wells, Unique
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Network modeling is a set of techniques for extracting various patterns of interestfrom graphs. They can be used in many real-life analytic fields, such as sales andmarketing, journal reports, government and law enforcement, social networking site...

Title: A methodology to account for seasonal population shifts in North Carolina
Author: Thakur, Reetika
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: REETIKA THAKUR. A methodology to account for seasonal population shifts in North Carolina. (Under the direction of Dr. JOHN HILDRETH AND DR. NICOLE BARCLAY.)Seasonal population has a widespread impact on economic, political and environmental aspec...

Title: ACOUSTIC EMISSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF TWO NATURAL GRANITE BOULDERS: SEMI-ARID VS. TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT
Author: Ching, Suzanne
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Geology
Description: The role of insolation as an instigator for crack initiation in rock is still a continuously perplexing topic. An immense amount of data has been collected on the influence of insolation on cracking – however, ongoing questions arise regarding the...

Title: AN ANALYSIS OF EXPLOITATION IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Author: Greer, Tiffany
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: This analysis is a review of the marginal revenue product (MRP) of student athletes and how as amateurs this relates to the limited compensation they are permitted to receive. Specifically this paper examines the collegiate women’s basketball prog...

Title: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORNER KICK NUMBERS AND FOOTBALL OUTCOMES
Author: Ashimolowo, Toyosi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Regression analysis
Description: Corner kicks are arguably important during match play, but questions remain about the impact of corner kicks on match outcomes. This study analyzes the relevance of corner kicks numbers and their importance to match outcomes, then compares this re...

Title: ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL, COMBINED AND 2-STEP VARIATION IN INDUCTION SYSTEM OF AN IC ENGINE TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE AND FUEL EFFICIENCY
Author: SAWANT, PAURAS
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: Naturally aspirated internal combustion (IC) engines with conventional intake assembly are tuned only over a narrow speed range to produce an induction boost by capitalizing the pressure waves arising in the intake manifold. In this research, inta...

Title: AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED GROUND-AERIAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR AREAS WITH AN UNDERDEVELOPED SECURITY INFRASTRUSTURE
Author: Padgett, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Events held in areas without a well-developed security infrastructure, such as the Tour de France and temporary military bases, can be difficult to secure and survey. In these situations, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) can prove useful to get sur...

Title: Active and reactive power compensator using wide band gap semiconductors for voltage support in low voltage networks
Author: Belchandan, Rakesh Kumar
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: RAKESH KUMAR BELCHANDAN. Active and reactive power compensator using wide band gap semiconductors for voltage support in low voltage networks. (Under the direction of DR. MADHAV MANJREKAR)The purpose of this research is to develop and demonstrate ...

Title: Analysis of wound irrigation devices
Author: Pawar, Amogh Madan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Medicine
Description: In wound irrigation, the surface pressure at the wound is critical. Correct pressure ensures removal of bacteria and foreign debris without further tissue damage. Surface pressure measurements were performed for three irrigation devices, including...

Title: Analyzing supercell intensity changes in a heterogeneous environment in the VORTEX2 supercell pair in southeastern Colorado on 11 June 2009
Author: Ledbetter, Cody
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Meteorology
Description: Predicting supercell thunderstorm evolution in strongly-forced environments is relatively well-understood. However, this is not always the type of environment that spawns supercells. In fact, some supercell environments can be quite complex in nat...

Title: Benchmarking for Action & Satisfaction in Facility Operations & Maintenance
Author: Dodd, Justin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Industrial management
Description: While benchmarking is a well-established strategy that organizations have been using to manage performance and seek continual improvement for almost 4 decades, the field of facility management has only started using benchmarking in the last 20 yea...

Title: CELLULAR BIOMARKER RESPONSES OF THE ASIAN CLAM, CORBICULA FLUMINEA, NEAR A COAL ASH POND
Author: Thomason, Travis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: The storage of coal combustion residuals (CCR) in aquatic surface impoundments has been a common practice across the United States for decades. Typically these aquatic surface impoundments are designed to allow the upper portion of the ash-basin w...

Title: CFD-URANS ANALYSIS OF THE WATER FLOW IN AN ALGAE MAGNETIC SEPARATOR
Author: Joshi, Shreyas
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Crude oil is one of the major sources for energy production. One barrel could produce up to 50% of gasoline. Almost, 75% of a crude oil barrel can be converted to petroleum products which are the most consumable energy sources over the world. With...