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Author:: Rathi, Aditi
Title:: A GPU based implementation of Center Surround Distribution Distance Algorithm for Feature Recognition
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: HPC
Acceleration
CUDA
CSDD
GPU
File:: Download Aditi_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Solmeyer, Anna Ruth
Title:: Risk and Protective Effects of Sibling Relationships Among African American Adolescents: The Role of Familism Values and Birth Order
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:: familism values
African Amiercans
risk and protective effects
sibling relations
File:: Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Marie Mc Hale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Feinberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Shapiro, Alice Rose
Title:: Tasking the soft sensor: using cues to direct visual attention
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: surveillance
vision
attention
spatial cue
File:: Download Alice_final_draft_for_submission6.pdf
Committee Members:: David J Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David J Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Mc Neese, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Salton, Alexandria Renee
Title:: Determination of Internal Pipe Acoustic Pressure Using External Accelerometers
Graduate Program:: Acoustics
Keywords:: non-invasive pressure measurement
File:: Download Salton-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dean Capone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dean Capone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Avery-Grubel, Amy S
Title:: Homeschool Geographies: A Case Study of Educational Infrastructure in Virginia
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: space-time mapping
homeschool infrastructure
educational restructur-ing
school choice
homeschooling
educational geography
Social Network Analysis
File:: Download Avery_HS_Geogs_July24.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bielen, Andrew Scott
Title:: SPHERICAL HARMONICS SOLUTIONS TO SECOND ORDER FORMS OF THE BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION USING PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODE SCEPTRE
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: spherical harmonics
charged particles
particle transport
File:: Download thesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Yousry Y Azmy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Guzzetta, Ashley Susan
Title:: MODELING THE EFFECTS OF FUEL ROD CRUD FORMATION ON BOILING HEAT TRANSFER IN A PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR USING EULERIAN TWO-FLUID CFD
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: nuclear
pressurized water reactors
crud model
subcooled boiling
heat transfer
CFD
crud formation
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Guzzetta.pdf
Committee Members:: Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Main, Alexei Seresin
Title:: MORPHOLOGY STUDY OF ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: solar energy
organic photovoltaics
nanoimprint lithography
anisotropy
electroactive polymers
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Norton, Andrew Scott
Title:: AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER
Graduate Program:: Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:: temporal variability
spatial variability
harvest rate
bootstrapping
Sex-Age-Kill
ecology
wildlife
population modeling
white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
deer
sensitivity
robustness
Pennsylvania
precision
File:: Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Purrington, Andrew
Title:: The Influence of Loss Aversion on Mountain Bikers' Behavioral Intentions
Graduate Program:: Leisure Studies
Keywords:: public involvement
recreation
loss aversion
ownership
File:: Download Purrington_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Harry Zinn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry C Zinn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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