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Spring 2016
In this work we address the challenges arising when developing, testing and deploying software for Wireless Sensor Networks. We investigate both pre-deployment software design, as well as efficient post-deployment updates. We present a combined pre-deployment framework that simulates the network...
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Fall 2011
Hydrogen storage has been a key area of focus in the clean energy field for over a decade, as it is a major obstacle to the widespread adoption of fuel cells for mobile applications. The aim of this thesis research was to improve the Magnesium Aluminum hydrogen storage system in order to make it...
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Fall 2013
This thesis has been created for novice or experienced teachers and directors of clown and physical comedy who are seeking practical techniques and new or reliable exercises to unlock the comedic potential in their students or actors.
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2001
"Fall, 2001."
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Fall 2019
The living present is the instantaneous contraction of the past and anticipation of an unknowable future. As a method of understanding, the living present employs the claim that “we live as time makers—anything exists as a maker of time,” in order to reveal the power that our stories,...
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Trappings of Success: Predator Removal & Habitat Associations with Dabbling Duck Nest Survival in Alberta Parklands
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In mallards and other upland-nesting duck species in the prairies, nest survival is the vital rate most influential to population dynamics, with 15% - 20% survival required for maintenance of stable populations. Nest survival is most limited by nest predation, which often is enhanced by...
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Fall 2010
Dematiaceous hyphomycetes are a taxonomically diverse artificial assemblage of conidial fungi that have dark pigments known as melanins in their walls. Select dematiaceous hyphomycetes from the Coniochaetales, Pleosporales, and Helotiales obtained from arctic and alpine bryophytes and vascular...