Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"cups"”.
-
Positive pressure induced channeled suction cups
… of suction pads for in-pipe robots. The suction cups are made of hyperelastic materials that contain air channels inside. Instead of using conventional suction technique that is prone to leaking and loosing adhesion force, the suction cup is actuated by compressed air or liquid, which deforms the …
-
The Bronze Age Funerary Cups of Northern England
… funerary practices. Known by the name of incense cups, accessory vessels or miniature cups, their true purpose has been elusive. This study comprises an investigation of cups from Northern England and finds the tradition to be heavily influenced by Beaker culture practices resulting in the …
-
The Bronze Age funerary cups of southern England
’Pygmy’, ‘incense’, ‘accessory’ or ‘funerary’ cups are small Early Bronze Age vessels, almost all from mortuary contexts, united by their diminutive size. Although several small-scale and regional studies have previously been undertaken, until recently there has been little attempt to consider such …
-
Starbucks cups : trash or treasure? : an example of facilitated systems thinking assisting stakeholders in designing their own system to recycle take-away cups
… paper) and cold (plastic) take-away beverage cups. Comparative interview results indicate an increase in interviewee awareness of others in the value chain, increase in discussion of prototyping and pilots, and increase in their awareness of their own responsibilities and leverage points …
-
Sex and Pottery: Erotic Images on Athenian Cups, 600-300 B.C.
… of the erotic images. Various Athenian cups from the online holdings of the Beazley Archive were investigated, using simple tabulations and Chi-square analysis, for erotic images. Out of 7901 cups only 130 had erotic images. As cups with erotic images represented only a small portion of …
-
Design of a robotic manipulator for automatic application of milking cups
The application of milking cups to cow teats has been identified as a significant component of net manual labour on the commercial dairy farm. Several automatic milking systems (AMS) are available commercially, however such commercial AMS have low capacity (typically 7.5 cows/unit/hr) and speed of …
-
Men of Steel, Cups of Tea: Transatlantic Narratives and Exchange in Contemporary Comics
This study investigates comics that have been produced by three British writers, John Wagner, Garth Ennis and Grant Morrison, for the American comics industry, alongside comics produced for the British comics industry that focus on America or are influenced by American popular culture. The aim is …
-
Interaction in the <i>Symposion</i>: An Experiential Approach to Attic Black-Figured Eye Cups
… painted eye motifs are commonly known as eye cups, and date to 535-500 BCE. Due to the strikingly noticeable eye motifs on their outer surfaces, these cups are traditionally analyzed almost exclusively by interpreting their painted imagery. Such an approach does not, however, yield a complete …
-
Chelating compounds as potential flash rust inhibitors and melamine & aziridine cure of acrylic colloidal unimolecular polymers (CUPs)
… to produce Colloidal Unimolecular Polymers (CUPs). These particles are typically 3-9 nanometers in diameter depending upon the molecular weight. They were then formulated into a clear coating with either a melamine (bake) or an aziridine (ambient cure) and then cured. The melamine system was …
-
Empty cups: A mixed-methods study of culturally responsive practices and early childhood teacher well-being during a pandemic
Historically, American schools have reflected the larger societal structures. When crises occur across the nation, they seep into the classroom and impact the educational experiences of students. Scholars and social advocates have worked across professional arenas throughout history to reduce the …
-
The theatrical landscape as framework for home-grown patterns of chaos : making a play about tea-cups and doing the washing
… explication was the creation of a play about tea-cups and doing the washing. This production was devised, directed, designed and written with several UCT drama students, other selected performers and musicians and played at The Little Theatre, Orange St, Cape Town, in October 2004. I wanted to …
-
High Potential to High Performance - A Strategy for Kiwi Success on the World Stage - Creating the ‘Kiwi Way’ of Winning at Football World Cups
… Whites) to achieve success at football World Cups. It builds on past successes and lessons, leverages New Zealand’s unique strengths, addresses distinctive challenges and capitalises on the expanded qualification pathways created by the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The aim is to develop a personalised …
-
Stepping Stones to Resiliency in Families: A Longitudinal, Mixed Methods Study Following a Two-Generation Preschool Program
… program at Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) Health Education Housing Child Development Centre (CUPS One World) has been ongoing since 2001. Program objectives include improving early childhood development and school readiness through strengthening children’s environmental influences. …
-
A study on stability of an all polyethylene pressfit acetabular cup
… osseointegration of the implant. While cemented cups are able to be fully loaded after surgery, uncemented pressfit cups need time for bone ongrowth and therefore micromotion has to be minimized. Mathys Orthopaedics Ltd released in 2002 the first titanium-coated pressfit polyethylene monobloc …
-
An exploration of parents' and guardians' perspectives on facilitators and barriers to menstrual cup usage amongst adolescent girls in De Doorns, Cape Winelands
… buy disposable sanitary pads. Though menstrual cups are considered relatively cost-effective, uptake in South Africa remains low. This qualitative study investigated parents' and guardians' perspectives on factors that enable or hinder menstrual cup use among adolescent girls. Two focus group …
-
Development and Field Testing of Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales for Evaluating Performance in Clinical Dietetics
… of Co-ordinated Undergraduate Programs (CUPs) and internships offering a medical dietetics specialty and (2) the clinical component of generalist CUPs and internships when the medical dietetics aspect of the curriculum constituted the content area of the clinical rotation.
-
Development of teat sensing system for automated milking
Robotic application of milking cups to the udder of a cow in a rotary high capacity group milking system is a major challenge in automated milking. Application time and reliability are the main constraints. Manual application by an operator of a rotary carousel is of the order of 10 seconds and …
-
New architectures of governance : transnational private actors, enrolment strategies and the security governance of sports mega events
… taking place in Brazil. As with previous World Cups, the planning stage of the 2014 World Cup has been characterised by protests and considerable criticism, particularly concerned with the expenditures on mega event structures such as stadiums. FIFA, along with host country’s governments, has …
-
Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una barra de té al paso en Lima
… 2026 the demand for bubble tea will be 369,719 cups. In addition, as a strategy, we will have a commercial premises in a shopping mall to take advantage of its influx of people, being selected the Jockey Plaza. For the layout, we chose a distribution per process, so that it adapts to the …
-
La Crosse Virus in Southwestern Virginia: Role of Exotic Mosquito Species and Effect of Virus Infection on Feeding
… preexisting eggs. They deposited more eggs in cups containing either conspecifics or Ae. albopictus. The presence of 1st instar larvae Ae. albopictus larvae deterred oviposition by Ae. triseriatus and Ae. japonicus. Ae. japonicus and Ae. triseriatus preferred cups containing larval rearing …
Page 1 of 6