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Optimal Automated Demand Responsive Feeder Transit Operation and Its Impact
(2018-09)Although demand responsive feeder bus operation is possible with human-driven vehicles, it has not been very popular and mostly available as a special service because of the high operating costs due to the intensive labor ... -
Optimal Investment In Is Security: A Game Theoretical Approach
(2009)With the development and popularity of personal computers, networks, the Internet, and Information Technologies (IT), the scale and scope of cyber attacks on IT-based information systems is on the rise. Recurring intrusions ... -
Optimization of Emergency Traffic Patrols (ETP) Operations
(2019-04)Effective incident management relies on many tools to lessen the overall impact of crashes, road debris, and disabled vehicles. Many urban areas have adopted freeway service patrol (FSP) programs that patrol the freeway ... -
Optimized Development Of Urban Transportation Networks
(2019-05-30)This report presents improved methods for planning and scheduling interrelated improvements in transportation networks. Due to the complexity of the relevant evaluation functions, which cannot be optimized with classical ... -
Optimizing Mimo Equalization Of Qam Signals Based On Constant Modulus Algorithm And Alphabet Matched Algorithm
(2015)We consider our implementation of a blind adaptive CMA+AMA equalizer, which is being used to equalize blocks of 16-QAM signals transmitted over a 3- input/7-output MIMO channel. In this work, the MIMO signal equalization ... -
Oral Cancer In Maryland: The Correlation Between Dentist Knowledge And Practices Regarding Oral Cancer Examinations
(2016)Maryland was ranked 7th among states with the highest oral cancer mortality rate in 1996 (Siriphant, Horowitz, & Child, 2001) and also had the highest disparity in oral cancer mortality rates for black males in all 50 ... -
Organizational Culture And Vicarious Trauma
(2015)Social service organizations must accept some responsibility for the organizational culture that contributes to the vicarious traumatization of licensed social workers. Vicarious trauma was called by some as the cost of ... -
Organizational Sense Of Belonging And Affective Organizational Commitment Among Community College Faculty
(2016)The purpose of this study was to investigate the Organizational Sense of Belonging (OSB) and Affective Organizational Commitment (AOC) among adjunct faculty, compared to full-time faculty, at selected Mid-Atlantic community ... -
Organizational Socialization Of Community College Adjunct Faculty: A Correlational Analysis Of Content, Context, And The Dimensions Influencing Socialization Outcomes
(2016)This quantitative study focuses on the socialization processes of the adjunct faculty at three Mid-Atlantic community colleges. Although adjunct faculty are the majority faculty at community colleges, they are still ... -
Overlooking The Law: The Practices Against Blacks In Texas From 1821-1872
(2012)This study of slavery in Texas concerns how various social practices harmful to blacks was accomplished by overlooking the law between 1680 and 1872 , as demonstrated in slave narratives collected by the Works Progress ... -
Pakistani-American Relations During The South Asia Crisis Of 1971
(2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the U.S policy regarding the 1971 crisis of East Pakistan. The 1971 East Pakistan crisis provides important information on the U.S. Pakistan alliance during the Cold War. Both ... -
Parallel Sorting Of Biological Sequences Using The Intel� Concurrent Collections
(2012)Performing analyses of and computations with biological sequence data, such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), require a lot of processing time and memory using sequential algorithms. Today, programmers ... -
Parents Of Adult Victims And Perpetrators Of Domestic Violence: The Degree To Which Selected Predisposing Variables And Support Mechanisms Influence Clinical Depression
(2015)The purpose of this study was to examine clinical depression in parents of adult victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. This was done by measuring predisposing variables - adult child's domestic violence status, ... -
Perceived Preparedness And Preparedness Behavior For Terrorism And Natural Disasters Among Low-Income African Americans In Maryland
(2009)Marginalized groups, the poor, and minorities suffer disproportionately by disasters where inequities are more evident during the response and recovery stages. Although there are differences in disaster preparation behaviors ... -
Perceptions of Upward Bound's Influence on the Academic Outcomes of African American Male Program Participants and Descriptions of Their Identity Status
(2019-03-15)The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of African American male Upward Bound participants to determine their identity status and to document their perceptions of Upward Bound’s influence on ... -
Perl Implementation Of A Contact-Waiting Time Metric For Rna Folding
(2011)The aim of this thesis is to create a user-friendly prediction tool for RNA folding kinetics by using the Perl programming language. RNA folding rates can be determined experimentally for RNA sequences of various lengths. ...