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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in South Africa: Its Impact on Children's Welfare
(2005-11-29)
Title of Document: INTRAHOUSEHOLD RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA:
ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S WELFARE
Samia Mahbub Ahmad, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005
Directed By: Associate Professor, Sonalde Desai, Department ...
A General Method for Estimating the Classification Reliability of Complex Decisions Based on Configural Combinations of Multiple Assessment Scores
(2007-01-24)
This study presents a general method for estimating the classification reliability of complex decisions based on multiple scores from a single test administration. The proposed method consists of four steps that can be ...
Real-Time Terminal Area Trajectory Planning for Runway Independent Aircraft
(2006-01-24)
The increasing demand for commercial air transportation results in delays due
to traffic queues that form bottlenecks along final approach and departure corridors.
In urban areas, it is often infeasible to build new ...
Pressureless Sintering of Powder Processed Graded Metal-Ceramic Composites Using a Nanoparticle Sintering Aid and Bulk Molding Technology
(2007-02-21)
The need exists to fabricate graded metal-ceramic composites in bulk manufacturing processes for commercial applications. To address this need, a three-fold approach is employed: (1) control of the evolution of shrinkage ...
N-HETEROAROMATIC ACID ADLAYER STRUCTURES UNDER HYDROGEN BONDING INFLUENCE:
(2007-02-20)
In this dissertation, I investigate the adsorption and growth of thin films of N-heteroaromatic acids and related molecules on Ag(111) surface. The N-heteroaromatic acids have ring-nitrogen and carboxylic groups. Hence, ...
Comparison of Assistive Mobility Devices with Axillary Supports
(2006-12-15)
Assistive ambulatory devices with axillary supports are compared using a multidisciplinary approach. Axillary supports are commonly referred to as "shoulder supports" on standard crutches. A framework is presented that ...
An Artisans' Marketplace in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
(2005-06-27)
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, artisans work and sometimes live as nomads. The lack of permanent places to exhibit and sometimes produce their work makes them highly dependent on tourism agencies and private companies to provide ...
The University of Maryland Center for the Visual Arts
(2006-05-18)
Today the University of Maryland faces three different but related problems regarding management of its visual resources.
Currently the University owns an incredible visual collection with the potential of drawing scholars ...
Model Reduction for Nanoscale Stick-Slip Friction Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
(2006-12-14)
Advances in computing hardware and algorithms have led to molecular dynamical models being able to model more realist cases. In this paper, we focus on a special case of molecular dynamics as a starting example. The ...
Norie (Game)
(2007-04-26)
Korean culture the lives of children in past generations were strongly influenced by folk song. They heard their mother's lullabies and later sang those songs with their peers. Such songs can be called Korean children's ...