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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"LUPI"”.
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CFD analysis and redesign of centrifugal impeller flows for rocket pumps
The analysis and redesign of a centrifugal impeller for a rocket pump is presented in this thesis. A baseline impeller was designed by Rocketdyne for the NASA Marshall Pump Consortium. Initially, the objective was to reduce the circumferential exit flow distortion of the baseline impeller. Later in …
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A codicological study on the L'Isle Adam illuminated graduals: manufacture, condition and proposals for conservation treatment
The subject of this research is on a collection of ten illuminated graduals that were commissioned by Grand Master L'Isle Adam (1421-1534) for the Order of the Knights of St John in Malta. The manuscripts which date from 1533 are housed in the Museum of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta. Due to …
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Regulation of human satellite cells in vitro via inflammatory cytokines and myogenic transcription factors across proliferation and differentiation
Skeletal muscle is a primary contributor to body mass and whole-body energy metabolism. It is an adaptive tissue with the ability to fluctuate in size and mechanical properties in response to stimulus. Health conditions involving chronic elevated inflammation levels often feature metabolic …
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Cellular Mechanism of High Glucose/Palmitate-induced INS-1 Beta Cell Death
… mediator of FFA-induced beta cell death (Lupi et al, 2002; Maedler et al, 2001; Shimabukuro et al, 1998; Okuyama et al, 2003). Nuclear translocation and activation of PKC-δ were reported to be necessary for saturated fatty acid-induced beta cell apoptosis (Eitel, 2003). Elevated …
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Action Labeling in Images and Video
Deep learning models that attempt to categorize visual content can benefit from being trained with additional information that may be, or may not be, available during deployment. To this end, this dissertation designed, developed, and evaluated methods inspired by the "Learning Using Privileged …
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Da narrativa literária à narrativa fílmica : Amor de Perdição : um exemplo de transcodificação intersemiótica
O tema da presente tese enquadra-se na área da narratologia (que pertence à disciplina da Teoria da Literatura enquanto vertente dos Estudos Portugueses) e assume uma perspectiva comparada, ao procurar estabelecer relações de aproximação e de distinção entre os dois grandes sistemas semióticos que …
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The use of mathematically exact solutions of structural dynamics models for structural control design
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992.
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The development of an acoustic levitation test facility for cloud physics research
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1990.