Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Wafer-Level Testing and Test Planning for Integrated Circuits
(2008-05-07)The relentless scaling of semiconductor devices and high integration levels have lead to a steady increase in the cost of manufacturing test for integrated circuits (ICs). The higher test cost leads to an increase in the ... -
Wages of Righteousness: The Economy of Heaven in the Gospel According to Matthew
(2012)In comparison to Mark and Luke, Matthew's Gospel contains a striking preponderance of economic imagery, especially in passages dealing with sin, righteousness, and divine recompense. This cluster of economic terms is found ... -
Wal-Mart's Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Analysis
(2007-12-07)As part of Wal-Mart’s Sustainability 360 initiative, the company seeks to find and eliminate greenhouse gases (GHGs) in its products. Wal-Mart plans to engage its supply chain in a product-level analysis of GHGs. Ultimately, ... -
Walking a Fine Line
(2006-12)In this essay, I examine the social disparity between the genders at Duke University, focusing on two critical time periods – the first decades of the founding of The Woman’s College and Trinity College from the mid 1920’s ... -
Walking the Wexner: Experiencing Deconstruction
(2008-04-28)As an example of deconstructivist architecture, Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center revolves around a particularly nuanced question of meaning. Specifically, the building’s significance is not static but lies in an ever-changing ... -
Wanderers in Contradiction. The Italian Road to Modernism (1903-1922)
(2015)My dissertation, Wanderers in Contradiction. The Italian Road to Modernism (1903-1922), analyzes how a generation of intellectuals approach the cultural revolution brought by Modernism. In Chapter One, dedicated to ... -
Wandering Whale Watches: The Effectiveness of Whale Watches as a Platform of Opportunity for Data Collection
(2008-04-25)Most data used to assess the distribution and abundance of whales are derived from scientific surveys that are designed carefully to minimize sources of variation and reduce the potential for bias. Gathering data in this ... -
War and Pestilence: Conflict, Refugees, and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2014)Leaders of international institutions and African states, as well as observers of international politics, have argued that conflict and HIV/AIDS are intertwined. In order to better understand this relationship, I test ... -
War in Iraqi Feminist Writings
(2016-05-05)This study focuses on a selection of writings of three prominent Iraqi women about the war in Iraq and its aftermath using an analytical and descriptive method. The writers studied in this thesis are well known in the Arab ... -
War Worlds: Violence, Sociality, and the Forms of Twentieth-Century Transatlantic Literature
(2016)“War Worlds” reads twentieth-century British and Anglophone literature to examine the social practices of marginal groups (pacifists, strangers, traitors, anticolonial rebels, queer soldiers) during the world wars. This ... -
Waste Heat Recovery in Bicycle Manufacturing Process for Specialized Bicycle Components
(2017-04-28)Specialized Bicycle Components, the third largest bicycle brand in the United States, wants to reduce the energy intensity and increase the efficiency of its bicycle manufacturing process. One way to increase efficiency ... -
Waste Not: Criminalizing Wastefulness in Early Modern Germany
(2017)This dissertation analyzes the development of legal strategies to restrict “wastefulness” or “prodigality” during the economic crises of the long sixteenth century in Southwest Germany, as the state, community and small ... -
Waste or Resource: A Policy Perspective on the Environmental Uses of Recycled Water
(2010-04-29)Amidst emerging water shortages and conflicts in the United States, the advancement of technology and the redevelopment of resource management policies are changing the way that we look at water resources. Water use ... -
Wasted Visits? Ecotourism in Theory vs. Practice, at Tortuguero, Costa Rica
(2007-12-14)In this thesis, I contemplate the ecotourism in theory and in practice. I use the case study of a solid waste crisis (2002-2004) in Tortuguero, Costa Rica, a turtle tourism destination, to explore: the consumptive nature ... -
Wastewater Generation and Disposal from Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania
(2012-04-27)The recent boom in natural gas production in Pennsylvania has generated huge volumes of wastewater. Key drivers have been a combination of high prices for natural gas, advances in horizontal drilling, and hydraulic fracturing; ... -
Wastewater Management for Shale Hydrocarbon Extraction
(2013-04)Wastewater generation poses significant challenges to the future of shale oil and gas extraction. With the rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling operations, solutions for wastewater management are ... -
Wastewater Management Through Effective Water Reclamation and Discharge Allocation
(2015-04-23)Based on this study’s analysis of the Oxford, North Carolina, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) water quality data available for the years 2012-2014, the water quality of Oxford’s WWTP effluent was excellent ... -
Watching the Brain Learn and Unlearn: Effects of Tutor Song Experience and Deafening on Synaptic Inputs to HVC Projection Neurons
(2011)The ability of young children to vocally imitate the speech of adults is critical for speech learning. Vocal imitation requires exposure to an external auditory model and the use of auditory feedback to adaptively modify ... -
Water Availability and Shale Gas Development in Sichuan Basin, China
(2015-04-24)Sichuan Basin is one of the most prospective shale-gas production areas in China. Key to developing these unconventional natural gas resources in the region is the water availability and other environmental issues including ... -
Water Quality Models for Shellfish Harvesting Area Management
(2008-08-19)This doctoral dissertation presents the derivation and application of a series of water quality models and modeling strategies which provide critical guidance to water quality-based management decisions. Each model focuses ...
