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Showing 1 to 20 of 157 for “"WRAP"”.
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Retrofit + shrink wrap Dubai : an urban recovery plan
… planning process of retrofitting and shrink-wrapping Dubai. The retrofit strategy engages stopped building projects crucial to Dubai's function and image. The technical goal is to generate corridors of urbanity that permit the city to operate while the population and economy recover. The …
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Do the time-wrap: continuous alignment of gene expression time-series data
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.
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Fluid mixing studies in a hexagonal 37-pin, wire wrap rod bundle
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1980.
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Durability of fiber-reinforced composite wrap system for the rehabilitation of concrete structures
… cylinders (4&inches; x 8&inches; in dimensions) wrapped with 1 layer of glass fabric embedded in an epoxy resin matrix were used to simulate the field situation. Wet lay-up method was used to wrap the concrete cylinders where the epoxy also served the purpose of bonding the composite to the …
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Aging and semantic integration in sentence processing: Testing the cognitive workload of wrap-up
… the cognitive workload of sentence and clause wrap-up in younger and older readers. A large number of studies have demonstrated the presence of wrap-up effects, peaks in processing time at clause and sentence boundaries that some argue reflect attention to organizational and integrative …
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Design recommedations for the cash wrap area within the retail setting based on user perceptions
… within every store's environment is the cash wrap area. This study was conducted to identify user needs and expectations of the cash wrap area in retail stores and to develop design recommendations. Women's apparel specialty stores in vicinity of Virginia Tech, and two women's groups at …
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SIGNIFICANCE OF U-WRAP FRP SHEAR STRENGTHENING ON FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF RC BEAMS STRENGTHENED USING NEAR SURFACE MOUNTED FRP BARS
… study is to investigate the significance of U-wrap shear strengthening on the flexural behavior of Near Surface Mounted (NSM) Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) strengthened Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams. It is well-known that the performance of NSM-FRP technique is strongly dependent on bond …
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Pilot study of WrAP: A video-cued writing program with a computerized assessment component used to enhance the writing skills of students
The purpose of this study was to ascertain if a video cued writing system will enhance students' writing skills by reinforcing the previously taught writing process in a video format. In addition the design used a computerized assessment to analyze the writing sample. This format would allow the …
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CREATING COMPREHENSIVE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY: EXPLORING NETWORK ACTIVITY AMONG SHELTERS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE SOUTH-SIDE OF CHICAGO
… and how service providers create comprehensive wrap-around services addressing the needs of the homeless.</p>
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#Twenty#First#Century#Recovery: embracing wellness, self management, and the positive interface of Eastern and Western psychology
Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) is a self management system, designed to enable individuals develop a range of effective strategies for self-directed care. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of WRAP on the Depression and Anxiety levels of Adult Mental Health, and Acquired Brain …
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Post Harvest Treatment Effects on Crown-Cut Broccoli Shelf Life
… studied. Oxygen and CO2 levels inside shrink wrap packages were also monitored. Shrink wrap packaging had a significant positive effect on hue angle (p<0.05). Packaging and post harvest cooling delay had no effect on hue difference and total color difference. While post harvest cooling delay …
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Changes in Aromatic Chemistry and Sensory Quality of Milk Due to Light Wavelength
… also used to look at the efficacy of film over-wraps made from iridescent films. Single-layer over-wraps were not as effective in reducing light oxidation as multi-layer film over-wraps. Single-layer over-wrap treatments had higher numbers of odor-active compounds than multi-layer over-wrap …
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Modeling Reallocation of Reservoir Storage Capacity Between Flood Control and Conservation Purposes
… for applying the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP) and Texas Water Availability Modeling (WAM) System. A system of 12 multiple-purpose reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Brazos River Authority (BRA) was adopted as a case study in this research to develop and …
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Predicting the beta-trefoil fold from protein sequence data
… motifs in protein sequences. A program called Wrap-and-Pack implements this method, and is shown to recognize β-trefoils, an important class of globular β-structures, in the Protein Data Bank with 92% specificity and 92.3% sensitivity in cross-validation. It is demonstrated that Wrap-and-Pack …
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Investigation of the comma-head stability structure of wintertime mid-latitude cyclones using high-resolution observations
… substructures found in the comma-head (wrap-around) region of wintertime cyclones. The wrap-around region is comprised of two sectors: northern and southern. The southern sector is characterized by dry air advancing northward over the warm front. This dry air intrusion produces potential …
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Oven roasting vs. oven braising methods of cooking top round roasts
… to the four methods of cooking: oven roasted, wrapped in foil, cooked in a thermal polyester bag, and wrapped in a thermal polyester wrap. Tho roasts were cooked to an internal temperature of 66 C. (150 F.) in two electric ovens set at 149 C. (300 F.) Mean percentage total cooking loss was less …
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Surface and Medial Axis Topology Through Distance Flows Induced by Discrete Samples
… an analysis of Herbert Edelsbrunner's well-known WRAP reconstruction algorithm and show that under relative epsilon-sampling in 3D, the output of WRAP is homotopy equivalent to the original shape.
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PALISSAGE: AN ALTERNATIVE TO MECHANICAL HEDGING IN VITIS VINIFERA VINEYARDS
… tool where long shoot tips were tucked or wrapped horizontally along the top of the canopy. Anecdotally, growers report that palissage initiated earlier cessation of shoot growth during the growing season and the technique reduced or eliminated the need for leaf removal in the fruiting zone …
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