Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Title
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H2-Conic Controller Synthesis
(2020)Input-output stability theory is crucial in robust control. Since it does not necessarily involve investigations about properties of states within the system, but only examines the relationships between inputs and outputs, ... -
Habitat Connectivity and Suitability for Canis rufus Recovery
(2013-04-24)Red wolves historically lived throughout the southeastern United States. However their numbers were significantly reduced to the point of extinction in 1980. Prior to extinction, U.S. Fish and Wildlife managers were able ... -
Habitat loss, alteration, and fragmentation in river networks: Implications for Freshwater Mussels and Their Landscape Genomics
(2017)This dissertation focuses on the implications of habitat change in freshwater ecosystems. Habitat change has three primary components that are inextricably connected; habitat loss, alteration, and fragmentation. Habitat ... -
Habitat Modeling of Invasive Blue Catfish in the Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay
(2019-04-25)Invasive blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) populations have expanded to many tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, negatively impacting native species through predation and competition. To mitigate this problem, the state of ... -
Habitat preference and use by the cougar (Puma concolor)
(2019-04-24)Cougars (Puma concolor) are widespread in the western US, penetrating even into the edges of inhabited and developed areas. Despite their widespread distribution, many aspects of their lives remain unquantified and poorly ... -
Habitat Quality and Integrated Connectivity Analysis for Callicebus oenanthe in San Martin, Peru
(2015-04-24)The San Martín department of north central Peru is experiencing some of the highest ongoing deforestation rates in South America. The San Martín titi monkey (Callicebus oenanthe) is a critically endangered endemic to this ... -
Habitat Restoration Incentives for Major Infrastructure Projects
(2017-04-25)Major infrastructure projects constitute the undertaking by an agency or organization to develop large-scale projects that provide integral public services. As proponents of major infrastructure projects contemplate future ... -
HABITAT SUITABILITY AND REINTRODUCTION POTENTIAL FOR PUMA CONCOLOUR IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
(2011-04-29)The identification of suitable habitat sites for potential reintroduction or natural recolonization is an important step in the recovery of an endangered species. Since the early 20th century, there has not been evidence ... -
Habitats of Abandonment: Subjectivity and the Aesthetics of Dispossession from the Industrial Revolution to the Great Depression
(2016)This dissertation draws on American literature from the Industrial Revolution to the Great Depression to fashion a theory of abandonment, a term that designates both a material reality and a conceptual framework; abandonment ... -
Hackers and Magicians: Red Hat, Inc. and the Big Business of Free Software
(2015)Red Hat, Inc. is a prominent software firm that seems rife with contradiction: It brings in more than $1 billion of revenue each year despite giving away its software for free. It trumpets open innovation and promotes its ... -
Hallmarks, Sigils & Colophons
(2013)This dissertation contains two related documents: a piece of music entitled <italic>Hallmarks, Sigils & Colophons</italic> for three female singers and chamber orchestra setting excerpts from Christian Bök's <italic>Euno... -
Halogenated Organophosphate Flame Retardants: Developmental Toxicity and Endocrine Disruptive Effects
(2015)Following the phase out of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), manufacturers turned to several alternative flame retardants (FRs) to meet flammability standards. Organophosphate FRs (OPFRs), and in particular ... -
Handling Resource Constraints and Scalability in Continuous Query Processing
(2007-12-12)Recent years have witnessed a rapid rise of a new class of data-intensive applications in which data arrive as transient, high-volume streams. Financial data processing, network monitoring, and sensor networks are all examples ... -
HanesBrands Renewable Energy Prioritization
(2017-04-28)HanesBrands Inc. (HBI), a world-wide leading apparel manufacturer, has established the sustainability goals of reducing its energy intensity, carbon emission intensity, and increasing their renewable energy use. Duke Team ... -
Hanging Together: A Liberal Democratic Theory of Political Friendship for Troubled Times
(2019)This book addresses the polarization and the erosion of liberal democratic norms and institutions that increasingly define contemporary liberal democratic politics. More specifically, it aims to address the question of ... -
Hannah Arendt's Theory of Political Judgment
(2014)Hannah Arendt's theory of political judgment has been an ongoing perplexity among scholars who have written on her. As a result, her theory of judgment is often treated as a suggestive but unfinished aspect of her thought. ... -
Hard Catch Limits in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery: Balancing Accountability and Opportunity in a Multispecies Complex
(2007-05)The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) manages New England’s northeast multispecies fishery with effort controls including gear restrictions, seasonal and permanent closures, trip and daily possession limits, ... -
Harmonic Acoustics for Single Cell Manipulation
(2021)Technologies that can manipulate single particles and cells in a high precision, high throughput and contact-free manner have long been motivated by applications in materials science, physics, medicine, and the life sciences. ... -
Harmonic source wavefront aberration correction for ultrasound imaging.
(2010)Aberration is a correctable phenomenon that degrades diagnostic quality in a significant number of ultrasound images. Previous aberration correction studies have focused on development of aberration estimation algorithms ... -
Harnessing Data Parallel Hardware for Server Workloads
(2015)Trends in increasing web traffic demand an increase in server throughput while preserving energy efficiency and total cost of ownership. Present work in optimizing data center efficiency primarily focuses on using general ...
