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Mult-scale Modeling of the Coupled Fluid Transport and Permeability Alteration in Naturally Fractured Porous Media
(2018-12-30)The injection of a high pressure fluid in a porous medium to activate pre-existing fractures is commonly used in the development of stimulated shale gas formations and engineered geothermal systems (EGS). Understanding the ... -
Multi-Armed Bandits in Large-Scale Complex Systems
(2020-05)This dissertation focuses on the multi-armed bandit problem (MAB) where the objective is a sequential arm selection policy that maximizes the total reward over time. In canonical formulations of MAB, the following assumptions ... -
Multi-Dimensional Characterization Of The Laser And Electron Beams Of The Cornell Energy Recovery Linac Photoinjector Prototype
(2012-08-20)The Cornell Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) prototype photoinjector was built at Cornell University several years ago. The goal was to demonstrate that the photoinjector can produce the ultra-low emittance and high-current ... -
Multi-Dimensional Problems In Single-Resource Revenue Management
(2012-08-20)This dissertation addresses three multi-dimensional problems in single-resource revenue management. Many problems in revenue management involve managing a single resource but their dynamic programming formulation still ... -
A Multi-Disciplinary Laboratory And Field Study In Drinking Water Quality: A Novel Technique For Assessing Suspended Solids Concentrations In The Floc Blanket, Analysis Of Floc Blanket Dynamics, And A Field Study Of Sources Of Waterborne Disease Transmission In The Ethiopian Highlands
(2013-05-26)This dissertation contains results of investigations related to: (1) application of floc blankets in vertical-upflow sedimentation tanks for low-cost, gravity driven water treatment plants and (2) sources of waterborne ... -
MULTI-FACTOR MODELS USING HIGH DIMENSIONAL APPROACHES
(2019-12)Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) model has been widely studied and hundreds of papers attempt to add a few new factors into the model. In this paper, instead of adding only a few factors, we introduced a new system of ... -
Multi-frequency Radar Studies of the High Latitude Mesosphere
(2006-11-17)The radar signature of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes (PMSE), which are associated with Noctilucent Clouds (NLC) (the highest clouds over the Earth), has been studied using Medium-Frequency (MF), High-Frequency (HF), and ... -
Multi-Object, Multi-Sensor Detection And Tracking Of Pedestrians On A Mobile Robot
(2016-05-29)Autonomous mobile robots will play an important role in human society in the near future. In particular, many autonomous mobile robots will perform long-term tasks in the same environments that humans reside, sometimes ... -
Multi-Scale Computational Studies Of Molecular Mechanisms In The Function Of Membrane-Proteins In The Family Of Neurotransmitter Transporters
(2014-01-27)In my thesis work, I investigate functional mechanisms of complex molecular machines in the cell membrane that carry out the transport (reuptake) of neurotransmitter molecules into the cell. I apply and develop methods of ... -
Multi-scale Computational Techniques For Design Of Polycrystalline Materials
(2007-07-20)Microstructures play an important role in controlling distribution of properties in engineering materials. It is possible to develop components with tailored distribution of properties such as strength and stiffness by ... -
MULTI-SCALE INFLUENCE OF HABITAT AND DISTURBANCE ON THE SPATIAL ECOLOGY OF MAGELLANIC WOODPECKERS (CAMPEPHILUS MAGELLANICUS)
(2019-12)Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation are major threats to biodiversity, yet landscapes can be managed in ways that reduce and/or mitigate the severity of such threats. Effective landscape management, however, requires ... -
Multi-site Action Research
(2007-05-03)Classical action research within single organizations has become a well established and differentiated approach since its inception more than six decades ago. Although new larger scale varieties of action research are ... -
Multicellular Machines: A Bio-Inspired Approach To Electromechanical Design And Fabrication
(2015-05-24)Multi-cellular organisms have exploited a simple but powerful design concept: the regular tiling of a relatively small number of individual cell types yields assemblies with spectacular functional capacity. This capability ... -
Multiclass Origin-Destination Estimation Using Multiple Data Types
(2013-05-26)Estimating O-D tables for trucks is of substantial interest due to different emission characteristics, pavement damage, etc of trucks. This thesis proposes a bilevel optimization model and corresponding solution method for ... -
Multicomponent Polymer Nanocomposites: Characterization Of Interfacial Interactions And Their Effects On Bulk Properties
(2010-04-09)Polymer blending and copolymerization provide techniques to engineer polymeric materials with desired properties. Inorganic particles may also be added to the polymers to further enhance mechanical properties. In particular, ... -
Multicultural Multimedia Learning For Sustainability: A Narrative Case Study Of Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective
(2010-04-09)Sustainability is a popular term used to describe many different types of activities and practices, though it has vastly different meanings to people depending on their cultural context. The Green Guerrillas Youth Media ... -
The Multifarious Jihads Of Malcolm X: From Malcolm Little To El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Quote: I Am All That I Have Been. El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, 1964
(2009-10-13)Malcolm X is one of the most iconoclastic persons in the African American political and intellectual traditions. The challenge in performing the research for this thesis, was to find a way to examine the life of Malcolm X ... -
Multifunctional Chemical Cross-linkers for Drug Carriers and Molecular Probes
(2019-08-30)Bioconjugates are an indispensable tool for molecular biology as well as an established modality for biomedical imaging and drug delivery. Broadly, bioconjugation is the use of a chemical cross-linker to covalently attach ... -
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKERS FOR QUANTIFYING AND VISUALIZING INTRACELLULAR PROCESSES
(2019-08-30)Chemical cross-linkers have proven valuable for a diversity of biological applications such as protein enrichment, nanoparticle surface functionalization, and conjugate-based drug delivery. Two valuable subclasses of ... -
Multifunctional Fetishism: Neoliberal Restructuring And The Valorization Of European Agriculture
(2009-08-19)This thesis conceptualizes the transformation of food from a source of cultural and social reproduction into a commodity for speculation and bargaining as a central component of neoliberal agricultural reforms. Within this ...
