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Sorry Guard
Sorry Guard is a collection of poems with a critical introduction on poetic form. Form in poetry can be revealed vocally (how the poem sounds), temporally (how the poem makes use of time), and spatially (how the poem is visualized, both physically on the page due to typography and imagistically due …
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Remote Software Guard Extension (RSGX)
With the constant evolution of hardware architecture extensions aimed at enhancing software security, a notable availability gap arises due to the proprietary nature and design-specific characteristics of these features, resulting in a CPU-specific implementation. This gap particularly affects …
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Change leadership in the U.S. Coast Guard
… and embrace change. The United States Coast Guard, an agency within the new Department of Homeland Security, has a 215-year history of adapting to meet new mission challenges. Just over the past three decades, the service has taken on new operational roles in drug interdiction, fisheries …
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Optimal allocation of Coast Guard district recruiting funds.
This thesis reviews the allocation of Coast Guard district recruiting funds for five Coast Guard districts. An attempt is made to determine the marginal productivity of input factors, advertising, recruiting travel, and give away items. Financial data for the five districts reviewed is compared …
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Guard Cell Regulation of Stomatal Response: Chloroplast Function and Abscisic Acid Metabolism in Guard Cells of Commelina Communis and Vicia Faba
… were evaluated for obtaining viable, purified guard cells by sonication of epidermal peels of Vicia faba L. and by treatment at pH 4 of epidermal peels of Commelina communis L. The guard cells were free of mesophyll cells and chloroplasts and of living epidermal cells as shown by fluorescence …
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A systems approach to U.S. Coast Guard cutter maintenance
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has entered a unique period in its history marked by the aging of its legacy cutter fleet, the construction and integration of replacement cutters, tight fiscal constraints and the recent modernization of its logistics support organization. The achievement of …
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Common ground : a Coast Guard station in Boston Harbor
This thesis begins with the premise that the natural landscape is not a benign entity, but an active operator in the act of spatial perception and space-making. Founded on this premise, the thesis seeks to develop techniques and propositions for constructing space and infrastructure in the hostile, …
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A functional intranet for the United States Coast Guard Unit
… Intranet for an operational United States Coast Guard (USCG) electronic Support Unit (ESU) in Alameda, California. The final product is suitable for immediate use. It may also be used as a prototype for future Intranet development efforts. The methodology used to develop a finished, working …
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An experimental investigation of Michigan state highway guard rail anchorages
Thesis (B.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 1948
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D. Brian Peterman: One Man’s Service in the Coast Guard
Contains a book proposal about the life of D. Brian Peterman, three complete chapters, and a list of proposed chapters for the completed text.
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Adsorption of Pollutants on Charcoal Cloth in Simulated Guard Filters
The removal of toluene, tetrachloroethylene, heptane and o-xylene from air by adsorption on activated charcoal cloth and the subsequent regeneration of the cloth in a stream of hot air was investigated. The above four solvents were chosen as typical organics, due to their less hazardous properties. …
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Wake guard: Protecting smart speakers’ wake words with audio watermarking
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Architecting the future U.S. Coast Guard shore infrastructure logistics enterprise
Just over a decade ago, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) initiated radical changes to its doctrine and business model for mission support. A series of "logistics centers" and "service centers" were established and were organized around four management cornerstones: Product Line Management, …
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Combating Corrosion and Monitoring Microgrids on Coast Guard Patrol Boats
… threat to the reliable operation of U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). This thesis investigates hybrid cathodic protection strategies combining impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems and sacrificial zinc anodes to combat corrosion on such vessels. Observing over 550 …
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Predictors of successful outcomes of U.S. Coast Guard construction contracts
… selected and recently completed U. S. Coast Guard construction contracts were used as the basis for study. The documented performance information for each contract was compared against contract demographic information in a search for correlations that are predictive of the likelihood of a …
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Improving the innovation culture within the United States Coast Guard
… edge within the United States Coast Guard. Technology continues to advance faster than it can be integrated into the organization. Unfortunately, Federal acquisition requirements and budgetary constraints also contribute to the lack of progress in technology adoption. This thesis …
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HIF-2: Standing Guard at the Crossroads of Stress and Aging
The capacity of mammalian organisms to cope with hypoxic or ischemic stress is in part mediated by stress-induced transcription factors. Hypoxia-induced mediators include transcription factors, such as the α (alpha) subunit of Hypoxia inducible factors (HIF-1alpha and HIF-2 alpha). HIF-1 alpha and …
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Quantifying the U.S. Coast Guard Ecological Risk Assessment on Diluted Bitumen
… Coordinator in the coastal zone, the U.S. Coast Guard is charged with preparing for and responding to oil and hazardous material spills throughout our nation’s waterways to protect human health and the environment. As the scientific community continues to amass technical knowledge of …
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