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- Title
- "Public Order is Even More Important than the Rights of Negroes:" Race and Recreation in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1927-1973
- Author
- Ervin, Michael
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- History, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- In July 1960, Charlotte’s Park and Recreation Commission enacted an official policy of desegregation in the city’s parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, and recreation centers. This development, which resulted in the first integrated municipal swimm...
- Title
- A Comparative Study Between Axial and Radial Flux-Focusing Magnetic Gear Topologies and Mechanical Gearboxes
- Author
- Calvin, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Electromagnetism
- Description
- A variety of magnetic gear topologies have been investigated in recent years as alternatives to traditional mechanical gearboxes. In general these magnetic gears offer advantages in the non-contact transmission of torque including inherent overloa...
- Title
- A Life Cycle Analysis Approach For Making Sustainable Fiber Optic Purchasing Decisions In The Telecommunication Industry
- Author
- Stephens, Jesse
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Sustainability, Environmental economics, Business
- Description
- In recent decades, substantial research has surfaced that links global climate change with the human element. As the human species has evolved, the industrialization of prosperous nations has produced extreme consequences on our environment. Conti...
- Title
- A Quantitative Analysis of Swimming Pool Recirculation System Efficiency in Returning Water to the Treatment System
- Author
- Madding, Nathan
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- While chemical reactors have been studied extensively, little work had been done in understanding the recirculation system efficiency of swimming pools. It was proposed by Gage and Bidwell (1926) that recirculation in swimming pools was described ...
- Title
- A THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE STUDY OF AN EXTERNAL CAVITY FIBER FABRY- PEROT INTERFEROMETER FOR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT
- Author
- Arumugam, Kumar
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Optics, Meteorology
- Description
- The objective of this research is to explore a mathematical model developed by Wilkinson and Pratt for the external cavity fiber-based Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) and to create a Michelson interferometer setup to validate a frequency modulat...
- Title
- A chosen challenge: Growth following short-term cross-cultural travel
- Author
- Gilbert, Valerie
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Using the Posttraumatic Growth model (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996) as a framework, the current investigation aims to determine whether growth following short-term cross-cultural travel is achieved through the same cognitive pathway as trauma; that is...
- Title
- AN ARGUMENT FOR THE USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATED MODELS IN PHILOSOPHY
- Author
- Rines, Jason
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Philosophy, Science--Philosophy
- Description
- This thesis will attempt to show how computer simulated models can act as a tool for philosophers. To accomplish this goal, this thesis will be broken down into six sections. The first three sections will go into more detail regarding the nature o...
- Title
- AN INVESTIGATION TOWARDS STRUCTURE PRESERVING TRANSIENT STABILITY ANALYSIS USING ENERGY FUNCTIONS
- Author
- BUYYANAPRAGADA, RAVI SHANKAR
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- This thesis investigates transient stability of the power system using numerical methods and direct methods. Structure preserving models are prepared for the stability analysis, where all nodes in the system are considered. Moreover, frequency dep...
- Title
- ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE TRAINING IN PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATE DEMENTIA
- Author
- Rouse, Hillary
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Social sciences--Research, Cognitive psychology, Gerontology
- Description
- The main goal is to see how computer game play experiences can affect cognitive, social, behavioral, and psychological functioning in a population of older adults with mild-to-moderate dementia. Participants engaged in various cognitive games from...
- Title
- An Evaluation of Teaching Methods in the Introductory Physics Classroom
- Author
- Savage, Lauren
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Physics, Educational evaluation
- Description
- The introductory physics mechanics course at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has a history of relatively high DFW rates. In 2011, the course was redesigned from the traditional lecture format to the inverted classroom format (flipped...
- Title
- An examination of the association between college students' perceptions of Internet and health educator credibility and HIV screening
- Author
- McLaurin, Tony
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health
- Description
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remain a significant worldwide public health issue, especially for young adults and college students. Epidemiological evidence among this demographic indicate high ra...
- Title
- Analysis of Engine Oil Quality Degradation Based on Fleet Oil Sampling
- Author
- Dalia, Bhavana
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering
- Description
- Engine oil functions as the lifeblood of engine providing lubrication, and protecting the engine against failure and corrosion (Barnes et al. 2001; Basu et al. 2000). Engine oil samples are analyzed to determine the condition of oil and supervise ...
- Title
- Association Between Occupational Exposure to Dusts and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Examination of Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010
- Author
- Parks, David
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Public health--Study and teaching
- Description
- DAVID M. PARKS. Association between occupational exposure to dusts and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: examination of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010 (under the direction of DR. AHMED ARIF).Chronic o...
- Title
- BASEBALL FROM BELOW: HOW AMERICA’S PASTIME BECAME A HEMISPHERIC CULTURAL PHENOMENON
- Author
- Gallemore, Michael
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Area studies, History
- Description
- The game of baseball has rarely changed since its beginnings, and its resultant ascent to the United States national pastime has done little to change the fundamentals of the sport. However, there have been significant shifts in the demographics o...
- Title
- BOHEMIAN NATIONALISM AND THE IMPACT OF CZECH AND SLOVAK NATIONALS ABROAD ON THE EMERGENCE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- Author
- Stouse, Eugene
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- History
- Description
- This thesis examines the emergence of Czechoslovakia in Central Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It analyzes the nationalist views of the expatriates who immigrated to the U.S. from Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesi...
- Title
- Bastion of the Dispossessed: The Free People of Color's Fluid Identities Across the Haitian Revolution
- Author
- Hill, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- History, Area studies
- Description
- Take a step back in time to the western half of the island named Saint Domingue in the 1780s, a place we now call Haiti. In 1785, the island produced more sugar and coffee than any other colony in the western hemisphere. French colonial administra...
- Title
- Battle of the Press: The Nullification Crisis in South Carolina, 1828-1833
- Author
- Pack, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- History
- Description
- This study focuses on the role of the press during the Nullification Crisis in SouthCarolina. It examines how the Charleston Mercury and the Charleston Courier usedideas centered around economics, states’ rights and honor to convince South Carolin...
- Title
- Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) compounds – synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties.
- Author
- Maguylo, Christina
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
- Description
- A series of novel hexacoordinate bis-bipyridylsilicon(IV) complexes have been synthesized by reacting [Si(bipy)2I2]I2 with the appropriate alcohol or diol. Characterization was done and crystal structures have been obtained for the complexes: [Si(...
- Title
- COMPARISON OF TAYLOR’S THEORY OF SPHERICAL BLAST TO A KNOWN NUMERICAL SOLUTION
- Author
- ROYADHIKARI, SANDIPKUMAR
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- Taylor’s blast wave theory was the first of its kind and focused on the dynamics and thermodynamics of spherical blast waves. Taylor’s model was stated as a similarity solution and determined the time-dependent blast radius, as well as the radiall...
- Title
- COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSE OF BURIED STEEL PIPELINES DUE TO SUDDEN GROUND MOTION
- Author
- Gawande, Kshitij
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- Pipeline systems are the primary means by which natural gas and liquid fuels are distributed to delivery points from pumping and compressor stations. Many of these pipelines are buried underground and consequently are susceptible to sudden ground ...