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Showing 1 to 20 of 304 for “"analytical tool"”.
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An analytical tool wear model for drilling of continuous fibre reinforced composites
… during aircraft manufacture and high rates of tool wear are experienced in commercial practice. Unmonitored tool wear can lead to increased cutting forces, heighted cutting temperatures, and subsequently, delamination, fibre pull out or thermal degradation of the polymer matrix. Understanding …
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A View from Within: Timbre as an Analytical Tool in Contemporary Viola Music
<p>Timbre is an elusive musical parameter that musicians, physicists, and cognitive scientists have been grappling with for centuries. While timbre can roughly be defined as an auditory attribute that distinguishes one tone color from another, this definition does not capture the complexities of …
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The development of the national accelerator centre proton microprobe as an analytical tool in geochemistry
This thesis describes work performed to establish and demonstrate a quantitative trace element microanalysis technique for geological material using protons accelerated by the Van de Graaff Accelerator at the National Accelerator Centre (NAC) in Faure near Cape Town. The method relies on the …
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An Analytical Tool for Calculating Co-Channel Interference in Satellite Links That Utilize Frequency Reuse
This thesis presents the results of the development of a user-friendly computer code (in MATLAB) that can be used to calculate co-channel interferences, both in the downlink and in the uplink of a single satellite/space-based mobile communications system, due to the reuse of frequencies in spot …
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A comparative study between gaming and non-gaming food and beverage operations using Management by Values as an analytical tool
… demands; Management by Values is used as an analytical tool to determine if gaming hotel restaurants should follow the trend non-gaming hotel operations have established and reorganize their food and beverage operations. A questionnaire followed by a personal interview was used to gather …
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Geology as a Georegional Influence on Quercus Fagaceae Distribution in Denton and Coke Counties of Central and North Central Texas and Choctaw County of Southeastern Oklahoma, Using GIS as an Analytical Tool.
This study elucidates the underlying relationships for the distribution of oak landcover on bedrock and soil orders in two counties in Texas and one in Oklahoma. ESRI's ArcGis and ArcMap was used to create surface maps for Denton and Coke Counties, Texas and Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Attribute …
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The role of moisture profiling towards understanding pharmaceutical solid state functionality. Validation and the application of a moisture profiling analytical tool for investigation into the characterisation of and prediction of the effects of compaction and storage on different lactose physical forms
The majority of therapeutic pharmaceutical formulations are presented in the solid form. Moisture is able to play an important role in the functional performance of pharmaceutical solids. Moisture profiling is able to provide novel information with regards to the behaviour of moisture within …
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Capillary electrophoresis with wavelength-resolved fluorescence for analysis of peptides
… in capillary electrophoresis yields a powerful analytical tool for analysis of complex micro-environments. The design, development, and applications of wavelength-resolved fluorescence detection for capillary electrophoresis are reviewed.
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Investigation of the Chemiluminescent Reaction Between Lucigenin and Organic Reductants and Its Application as a Detector for High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
… with organic reductants was investigated as an analytical tool. Investigation of this reaction was carried out in three distinct steps: (1) stopped flow investigation of the reaction parameters; (2) development of a flow injection system for investigation, specifically the development of a …
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STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION OF DEPROTONATED ANALYTES VIA TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY BASED ON ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS AND COLLISION-ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION
Mass Spectrometry has emerged as a powerful analytical tool for the characterization of unknown molecules. Molecular weight information and chemical formulas of the unknowns can be derived by measuring the m/z value of the ionized analyte. In addition, structural information can be obtained via …
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Exit Stage Market: Market Structure, Interstate Economic Interdependence and Conflict
… strengths and weaknesses of the exit model as an analytical tool. A more systematic investigation of the model and its predictions regarding how interdependence influences conflict follows using large-n statistical methods. The results provide support for the fundamental predictions of the model.
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Understanding influences in policy-making : whole-school evaluation and discourse - a critique
… of what is present in the policy, CDA offers an analytical tool with which to explore its omissions.
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A game-theoretic framework for robot motion planning
… game-theoretic framework that is used as an analytical tool and unifying perspective for a wide class of problems in robot motion planning. The framework provides a precise mathematical characterization that can incorporate any of the essential features of decision theory, stochastic optimal …
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Form as meter: metric forms through Fourier space
… in the music theory domain by David Lewin, is an analytical tool developed by Ian Quinn, and later expanded by theorists such as Jason Yust, William Sethares, and Andrew Milne. Though it was originally designed for pitch-class spaces, Emmanuel Amiot has explored the DFT’s implementation into the …
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Design, development, and testing of a stochastically modulated Raman spectrometer
… the widespread use of Raman Spectroscopy as an analytical tool has been limited to large bench-top systems in controlled laboratory environments. Existing technology, specifically in portable or handheld formats, suffers from a high false detection rate and relatively low sensitivity compared to …
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Heritage tourism as secular pilgrimage
… social drama, using Kenneth Burke's Pentad as an analytical tool.
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India, political development and legitimacy: a modern state in a traditional society
The conventional theoretical and analytical debate surrounding Third World development emphasizes economic development within the interaction of First and Third World. This thesis takes a different approach, not arguing about the correctness or falseness of these approaches, but concentrating on …
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Bureaucracy and Teachers' Sense of Power
… Max Weber's (1946) theory of bureaucracy as an analytical tool in Turkey. The population was 1946 teachers in 91 public schools that employ five or more teachers. The instruments were distributed to 725 teachers in 68 schools in Karabuk province. Useable returns were 486. A pilot sample (one …
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A life cycle assessment into energy recovery from organic waste : a case study of the water treatment facility of SABMiller Newlands Brewery
… The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was the analytical tool used to quantify burdens attributable to additional on-site effluent treatment, and further quantify the burdens avoided due to energy capture and re-integration. This thesis was born from the opportunity for energy reclamation from …
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