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An Economic Assessment Of Reducing Incidental Capture Of Sea Turtles In The Northwest Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishery, Tara L. Scott
An Economic Assessment Of Reducing Incidental Capture Of Sea Turtles In The Northwest Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishery, Tara L. Scott
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Status And Demographic Analysis Of The Dusky Shark, Carcharhinus Obscurus, In The Northwest Atlantic, Jason G. Romine
Status And Demographic Analysis Of The Dusky Shark, Carcharhinus Obscurus, In The Northwest Atlantic, Jason G. Romine
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Synthesis And Characterization Of Polyimide Residuum, Friable Balloons, Microspheres And Foams, Erik Saul Weiser
Synthesis And Characterization Of Polyimide Residuum, Friable Balloons, Microspheres And Foams, Erik Saul Weiser
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In order to meet requirements of future NASA systems for advanced polymeric cellular materials, research was undertaken to develop the next generation of polyimide foams which could be utilized as a reusable structural insulation on future Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Programs. This research activity focused on developing polyimide foam and foam structures which were made using monomeric solutions or salt solutions formed from the reaction of a dianhydride and diamine dissolved in a mixture of foaming agents and alkyl alcohols. This process produced a precursor solid residuum which could then be manufactured into foams, friable balloons and microspheres. Polyimide foams …
Survival And Habitat Preferences Of White Marlin (Tetrapturus Albidus) Released From The Western North Atlantic Recreational Fishery, Andrij Z. Horodysky
Survival And Habitat Preferences Of White Marlin (Tetrapturus Albidus) Released From The Western North Atlantic Recreational Fishery, Andrij Z. Horodysky
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Control Of Integrable Hamiltonian Systems And Degenerate Bifurcations, Christopher W. Kulp
Control Of Integrable Hamiltonian Systems And Degenerate Bifurcations, Christopher W. Kulp
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In this dissertation, we study the control of near-integrable systems. A near-integrable system is one whose phase space has a similar structure to an integrable system during short time periods and for some parameter regime. We begin by studying the control of integrable Hamiltonian systems. The controller targets an exact solution to the integrable system using dissipative and conservative terms. We find that a Takens-Bogdanov bifurcation occurs in the limit of no dissipative control. The presence of a Takens-Bogdanov bifurcation implies that the control is highly susceptible to noise. We illustrate our results using a two- and four-dimensional integrable systems …
Characterization Of Transient Behaviors In A Colliding Pulse Mode-Locked (Cpm) Laser, Wei Yang
Characterization Of Transient Behaviors In A Colliding Pulse Mode-Locked (Cpm) Laser, Wei Yang
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
A colliding pulse mode-locked (CPM) laser achieves sub-picosecond operation by synchronizing two counter-propagating pulse trains to form a standing wave in a thin absorber jet. When properly aligned, these lasers maintain mode-locking for more than 100 seconds (1010 pulses), but eventually cease mode-locking for short periods of time. This thesis examines the characteristics of these transient events, when CPM mode-locking ceases (dropout) and when it resumes (dropin). The dropout is an apparently rapid event, typically lasting no longer than 5 microseconds or less than 500 pulses. The dropin takes significantly longer time, often has structure, and has a clear power …
Dual Energy Scanning Beam X -Radiography, Randolph Frank Wojcik
Dual Energy Scanning Beam X -Radiography, Randolph Frank Wojcik
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Dual energy X-radiography is a method first developed in the mid-1970's by which one uses the information contained in the energy spectrum of the transmitted X-ray flux through an object. With this information one can distinguish the types of materials present in a radiograph and thus allow a computer to subtract them from the image enhancing the contrast of the remaining materials. Using this method, one can see details, which would have been hidden by overlying structures of other materials such as seen in radiographs of parts, made up of mixtures of metals and composites. There is also great interest …
Bird Conservation Value Of Golf Courses, Joshua Elliott Leclerc
Bird Conservation Value Of Golf Courses, Joshua Elliott Leclerc
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Study Of The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica: (1) Dermo Tolerance, Survival, Growth, Condition And Hsp70 Expression In Different Geographic Stocks; (2) Heat Tolerance And Effects Of Sublethal Heat Shock On Survival And Hsp70 Expression Of Infected And Uninfected Oysters, Vincent G. Encomio
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The diseases Dermo and MSX have devastated Chesapeake Bay populations of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. The protozoan Perkinsus marinus, which causes Dermo, is particularly problematic since it persists over a wide range of salinities and temperatures. An objective of this dissertation was to determine whether specific wild oyster stocks had developed natural resistance to Dermo and if several parameters (survival, growth, condition and energy reserves) were associated with resistance. Another objective was to characterize heat shock protein (hsp70) expression in the eastern oyster. Heat shock proteins such as hsp70 protect organisms from thermal stress and other stressors, and this …
Natural Dermo Resistance And Related Defense Mechanisms In Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, With Implications For Restoration, Shawn Michael Stickler
Natural Dermo Resistance And Related Defense Mechanisms In Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, With Implications For Restoration, Shawn Michael Stickler
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) stocks on the East Coast in general, and in Chesapeake Bay in particular, have been in decline over the past half-century in large part due to Dermo disease, caused by the protist parasite Perkinsus marinus. Efforts to restore oysters for their ecological and economic value have centered on the development and use of hatchery-based seed selectively bred for disease resistance. Selective breeding could benefit from the incorporation of oysters from wild stocks that have developed "natural Dermo resistance", but few such stocks have been identified and verified. This dissertation describes reciprocal common-garden experiments carried out at …
Vegetation Dynamics Of A Tidal Freshwater Marsh: Long-Term And Inter-Annual Variability And Their Relationship To Salinity, Sarah B. Davies
Vegetation Dynamics Of A Tidal Freshwater Marsh: Long-Term And Inter-Annual Variability And Their Relationship To Salinity, Sarah B. Davies
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Reproductive Biology Of American Shad, Alosa Sapidissima, In The Mattaponi River, Aaron Reid Hyle
Reproductive Biology Of American Shad, Alosa Sapidissima, In The Mattaponi River, Aaron Reid Hyle
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Baltimore County And The City Of Baltimore - Gis Data, Alayde Barbosa, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Dewing, Carl Hershner, Helen Rea, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel E. Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Baltimore County And The City Of Baltimore - Gis Data, Alayde Barbosa, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Dewing, Carl Hershner, Helen Rea, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel E. Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods
Data
The Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has generated Shoreline Situation Reports (SSRs) for coastal localities in the state of Maryland. This effort compliments a parallel effort in Virginia by the same group. SSRs were developed by VIMS in the 1970s for Virginia and have been the foundation for shoreline management planning in Tidewater Virginia ever since. CCRM has developed new protocols for collecting, disseminating, and reporting data relevant to shoreline management issues using state of the art mapping and remote sensing techniques. New SSRs are being generated on a county by …
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Caroline County - Gis Data, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Dewing, Carl Hershner, Helen Rea, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel E. Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Caroline County - Gis Data, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Dewing, Carl Hershner, Helen Rea, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel E. Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods
Data
The Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has generated Shoreline Situation Reports (SSRs) for coastal localities in the state of Maryland. This effort compliments a parallel effort in Virginia by the same group. SSRs were developed by VIMS in the 1970s for Virginia and have been the foundation for shoreline management planning in Tidewater Virginia ever since. CCRM has developed new protocols for collecting, disseminating, and reporting data relevant to shoreline management issues using state of the art mapping and remote sensing techniques. New SSRs are being generated on a county by …
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Worcester County - Gis Data, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Killeen, Karinna Nunez, Karen Reay, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel Schatt, David Weiss
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Worcester County - Gis Data, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Killeen, Karinna Nunez, Karen Reay, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel Schatt, David Weiss
Data
The Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has generated Shoreline Situation Reports (SSRs) for coastal localities in the state of Maryland. This effort compliments a parallel effort in Virginia by the same group. SSRs were developed by VIMS in the 1970s for Virginia and have been the foundation for shoreline management planning in Tidewater Virginia ever since. CCRM has developed new protocols for collecting, disseminating, and reporting data relevant to shoreline management issues using state of the art mapping and remote sensing techniques. New SSRs are being generated on a county by …
Center For Coastal Resources Management Annual Report 2003, Center For Coastal Resources Management
Center For Coastal Resources Management Annual Report 2003, Center For Coastal Resources Management
Reports
No abstract provided.
Metapopulation Dynamics, Habitat Quality, And Spatial Scale: Variation In Reproductive Output Of The Baltic Clam, Macoma Balthica, In Shallow Systems Of The Chesapeake Bay, Kristen Adams Delano
Metapopulation Dynamics, Habitat Quality, And Spatial Scale: Variation In Reproductive Output Of The Baltic Clam, Macoma Balthica, In Shallow Systems Of The Chesapeake Bay, Kristen Adams Delano
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Parasitism In Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Mussels: Parasitism In Bathymodiolus Mussels From Deep-Sea Seep And Hydrothermal Vents, Megan E. Ward
Parasitism In Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Mussels: Parasitism In Bathymodiolus Mussels From Deep-Sea Seep And Hydrothermal Vents, Megan E. Ward
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Assessing Anthropogenic And Natural Impacts On Ghost Crab ( Ocypode Quadrata) Populations At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, Cynthia B. Landry
Assessing Anthropogenic And Natural Impacts On Ghost Crab ( Ocypode Quadrata) Populations At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, Cynthia B. Landry
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Ichthyofaunal And Dietary Analysis Of Sympatric Piscivores In A Chesapeake Bay Littoral Zone: Including Bioenergetic Models Of Growth And Diel Temperature Sanctuary Use, Christian Harding Hager
Ichthyofaunal And Dietary Analysis Of Sympatric Piscivores In A Chesapeake Bay Littoral Zone: Including Bioenergetic Models Of Growth And Diel Temperature Sanctuary Use, Christian Harding Hager
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The first section of this dissertation describes the ichthyofaunal community of a mesohaline Chesapeake Bay April--November. Fish assemblages were sampled using two seine gears, a small seine that sampled 352 m 2 and a 914m haul-seine that sampled 144,473 m2. The small seine collected 32 finfish species. The larger gear captured 31 finfish species, including 17 that were not sampled by small gear. Sampled diversity was greater but density estimates were similar to those determined previously by other investigators using flume-net, drop-ring, and otter trawl techniques. Nocturnal abundance of larger fishes far exceeded daylight. Fish abundance and size distribution varied …
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Wicomico County- Gis Data, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Killeen, Carl Hershner, Helen Rea, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods
Development Of The Maryland Shoreline Inventory Methods And Guidelines For Wicomico County- Gis Data, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Killeen, Carl Hershner, Helen Rea, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods
Data
The Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has generated Shoreline Situation Reports (SSRs) for coastal localities in the state of Maryland. This effort compliments a parallel effort in Virginia by the same group. SSRs were developed by VIMS in the 1970s for Virginia and have been the foundation for shoreline management planning in Tidewater Virginia ever since. CCRM has developed new protocols for collecting, disseminating, and reporting data relevant to shoreline management issues using state of the art mapping and remote sensing techniques. New SSRs are being generated on a county by …
Spatial Variations In Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages In And Around The Georges Banks Closed Areas, Andrew Clayton Walker
Spatial Variations In Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages In And Around The Georges Banks Closed Areas, Andrew Clayton Walker
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Documenting The Suspended And Bottom Sediment Dynamics Of A Two Estuarine Turbidity Maximum System Using 7be And 234th, Heidi M. Romine
Documenting The Suspended And Bottom Sediment Dynamics Of A Two Estuarine Turbidity Maximum System Using 7be And 234th, Heidi M. Romine
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Spontaneous Pulse Formation In Bistable Systems, George A. Andrews
Spontaneous Pulse Formation In Bistable Systems, George A. Andrews
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This thesis considers localized spontaneous pulse formation in nonlinear, dissipative systems that are far from equilibrium and which exhibit bistability. It is shown that such pulses can form in systems that are dominated by the combined effects of: (1) a saturable amplifying or gain region, (2) a saturable absorbing or loss region, and (3) cavity effects. Analysis is based upon novel models for both an inertialess material in which the absorber responds instantaneously and inertial material in which there is temporal delay in the response. Additionally, we include the situation where the material does not fully relax between pulses, i.e. …
Solid State Nmr Characterization Of Conductive Polyanilines, Yanina Anatolievna Goddard
Solid State Nmr Characterization Of Conductive Polyanilines, Yanina Anatolievna Goddard
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Different forms of ring deuterated polyaniline with different conductivity have been characterized by solid state deuteron nuclear magnetic resonance.;Quadrupole echo (QE) spectra of all forms of polyaniline consist of a superposition of lineshapes for nearly rigid aromatic rings and a small fraction of rings which undergo fast 180?? flips. The intensity of the fast flipping component is temperature dependent and different for conductive emeraldine salt (ES) and non-conductive emeraldine base (EB). This is a manifestation of the different structure and morphology of these polymers.;Simultaneous measurements of QE lineshapes and the relaxation time anisotropies allowed an accurate description of motion in …
Structural Model Checking, Radu Siminiceanu
Structural Model Checking, Radu Siminiceanu
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The introduction of symbolic approaches, based on Binary Decision Diagrams (BDD), to Model Checking has led to significant improvements in Formal Verification, by allowing the analysis of very large systems, such as complex circuit designs. These were previously beyond the reach of traditional, explicit methods, due to the state space explosion phenomenon. However, after the initial success, the BDD technology has peaked, due to a similar problem, the BDD explosion.;We present a new approach to symbolic Model Checking that is based on exploiting the system structure. This technique is characterized by several unique features, including an encoding of states with …
Runtime Support For Load Balancing Of Parallel Adaptive And Irregular Applications, Kevin James Barker
Runtime Support For Load Balancing Of Parallel Adaptive And Irregular Applications, Kevin James Barker
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Applications critical to today's engineering research often must make use of the increased memory and processing power of a parallel machine. While advances in architecture design are leading to more and more powerful parallel systems, the software tools needed to realize their full potential are in a much less advanced state. In particular, efficient, robust, and high-performance runtime support software is critical in the area of dynamic load balancing. While the load balancing of loosely synchronous codes, such as field solvers, has been studied extensively for the past 15 years, there exists a class of problems, known as asynchronous and …
Building Internet Caching Systems For Streaming Media Delivery, Songqing Chen
Building Internet Caching Systems For Streaming Media Delivery, Songqing Chen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The proxy has been widely and successfully used to cache the static Web objects fetched by a client so that the subsequent clients requesting the same Web objects can be served directly from the proxy instead of other sources faraway, thus reducing the server's load, the network traffic and the client response time. However, with the dramatic increase of streaming media objects emerging on the Internet, the existing proxy cannot efficiently deliver them due to their large sizes and client real time requirements.;In this dissertation, we design, implement, and evaluate cost-effective and high performance proxy-based Internet caching systems for streaming …
Lookahead Scheduling In A Real-Time Context: Models, Algorithms, And Analysis, Benjamin J. Coleman
Lookahead Scheduling In A Real-Time Context: Models, Algorithms, And Analysis, Benjamin J. Coleman
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Our research considers job scheduling, a special type of resource assignment problem. For example, at a cross-docking facility trucks must be assigned to doors where they will be unloaded. The cargo on each truck has various destinations within the facility, and the unloading time for a truck is dependent on the distance from the assigned door to these destinations. The goal is to assign the trucks to doors while minimizing the amount of time to unload all trucks.;We study scheduling algorithms for problems like the cross-docking example that are different from traditional algorithms in two ways. First, we utilize real-time, …
Binding Studies On Molecularly Imprinted Polymers, Lucy Yue Hu
Binding Studies On Molecularly Imprinted Polymers, Lucy Yue Hu
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Molecular imprinting is a rapidly developing technique for preparation of polymeric materials that are capable of molecular recognition for selective separation and chemical identification. to prepare molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), a functional monomer and a crosslinker are polymerized in the presence of a template molecule. Then the template is extracted leaving sites which are complementary in both shape and chemical functionality to those of the template. This resin then becomes capable of selectively absorbing the template species. Because of MIPs' stability, predesigned selectivity, and easy preparation, they have been used for separation, sensor, drug development and directed synthesis.;In this study, …