Browsing UMBC Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Sol Hoopii and the Hawaiian steel guitar
(1991)Sol Hoopii was a major historical influence as an innovator, stylist, composer, and arranger. His attainments as a performer were regarded as truly extraordinary, earning him the accolade "King of the Hawaiian Guitar." ... -
The influence of Lysenkoism on China's genetics : the importance of the 1956 Qingdao symposium
(1993)In 1956, prompted by Mao Zedong himself, the Qingdao symposium was convened to bring together scientists with training in "Morgan-Mendel" genetics and scientists following the Michurin school. The effects of government ... -
Anthracite and the Irish : extricating the Irish immigrant mining community from the Molly Maguire myth, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1850-1879
(1996)The Molly Maguires were a reputed secret society of Irish immigrant mine workers who allegedly terrorized the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania from the Civil War until twenty men convicted as Molly Maguires were ... -
Gender in cross-cultural perspective : insights from Cameroonian women living in the U.S.
(2002)This research attempts to understand the perspectives of two Cameroonian women living in the U.S. The research focuses on the roles, expectations, and stereotypes of Cameroonian and American women and men. After interviewing, ... -
Positioning of African Art in the Global Art Market: A Look at Western Attitudes and Influences in the Lives of Contemporary African Artists in the United States
(2003)The success of a contemporary African artist depends on how well the artist does in the global art market. The purpose of a global art market is to respectfully promote and equally recognize cultural others. However, the ... -
Improved Refraction Corrections for Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) by Ray Tracing through Meteorological Data
(2007-07-12)The most important accuracy-limiting factor for modern space-based geodetic techniques such as Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), the Global Positioning System (GPS), and satellite ... -
Transverse Correlation in Entangled Photons and Light-Matter Interaction
(2007-07-12)In recent years, quantum entanglement has attracted much; attention, because its unique properties provide potential; applications, which could not be achieved using conventional; techniques, such as quantum computing, ... -
Topics in Structured Convex Optimization and Nonlinear Programming
(2007-07-12)A convex programming problem in a conic form is a minimization of a linear function $\langle c, x\rangle$ over the intersection of an affine space $\{x\in \mathbb{R}^n:\;Ax=b\}$ and a convex cone $K$. In this thesis, we ... -
Professional Prerequisites for Entry-level Technical Positions
(2007-07-12)Educators, industry representatives and government officials are engaged in an ongoing debate about how to best prepare U.S. science and engineering students for the global workforce. While there is consensus that professional ... -
Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Rain Rates
(2007-11-26)Modeling episodes of heavy rain is an important component of hydrological studies. Based on the analysis of ship-borne radar data over the tropical ocean, we propose a new class of probability densities that capture the ... -
Geomagnetic Data Assimilation Using Ensemble Methods to Estimate Forecast Error Covariance
(2007-11-26)Data assimilation is the methodology to assimilate observational data with numerical models for better estimation of the true physical states. This research focuses on application of ensemble estimation of error covariance ... -
Design and Characterization of a Tunable Fabry-Perot Filter using an Electro-Optic Modulated Spacer Layer
(2007-11-26)Tunable Fabry-Perot filters are used in several commercial and research areas. Using an electro-optic material as a spacer layer provides an efficient way to modulate the optical path length of the etalon cavity. The design ... -
An Investigation of Raman Lidar Aerosol Measurements and their Application to the study of the Aerosol Indirect Effect
(2007-11-26)The problem of the increasing global atmospheric temperature has motivated a large interest in studying the mechanisms that can influence the radiative balance of the planet. Aerosols are responsible for several radiative ... -
PROPERTIES OF BIOEQUIVALENCE TESTS UNDER RANKED SET SAMPLING (RSS) AND SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING (SRS)
(2007-11-26)Bioequivalence test procedure is used in clinical trials and environmental studies. In clinical trials testing equivalence is used to assess the different formulations of two treatment drugs and the relevance of this is ... -
Improved Technologies for a Single Photon Source
(2008-01-01)The efforts of this research have been directed towards improving both the heralding efficiency and heralding rates of a high performance fiber-coupled single photon source based on an ultrafast pulsed beam-like Type-II ... -
Step Dynamics and the Morphological Evolution of Nanostructures
(2008-01-01)Surface diffusion of atoms plays a significant role in the evolution of the shape of a material in the nanometer regime because it becomes the dominant mechanism for mass transport as the surface area to volume ratio ... -
Estimation Procedures for Multinomial Models with Overdispersion
(2008-01-01)The phenomenon of overdispersion arises when categorical or count data exhibit variability larger than expected. Multinomial data commonly demonstrate this phenomenon when the counts arise from correlated or cluster ... -
Displacement Damage-Induced Electrical and Structural Effects in Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells Following Ion Irradiation
(2008-01-01)For nearly two decades, deviations between experimental data and the nonionizing energy loss (NIEL) have been observed for GaAs devices. In particular, previous data has suggested that electrical parameters associated with ... -
Temperature Change and Water Vapor Feedback in The Atmosphere. A Comprehensive Assessment Using The Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder Instrument on NASA AQUA Satellite.
(2008-01-01)Global surface temperature has increased &sim0.2 degree Celsius per decade in the past 30 years [Hansen et al. 2006] . Observational data recorded from 1850 to 2007 indicate that the warmest 11 years have occurred between ... -
A Black Classroom Culture: Student Code-switching in an Inner City Secondary School
(2008-02-05)This project is a study of the speech of African American students within the High School classroom and their verbal communication before, during, and after class. The overall goal is to observe and study their varying use ...