Author's Thesis (Ph. D.?)--Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-239).

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / On title page: Master of Philosophy in Ancient Cultures. Bibliography. Also available via the Internet

Author's Thesis (Ph. D.?)--Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-239).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Anthropology)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 227-251).

The aim of the diploma thesis "Optimization of collection routes in a selected region" was to develop a method of evaluation of efficiency of current routes used for garbage collection in urban region and, if these are found inefficient, design more efficient ones. The analysis was performed on a data set pertaining to separated refuse in the city of České Budějovice.

Master of Regional and Community Planning / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Sheri L. Smith / In 1998, the City of Manhattan, Kansas and Kansas State University jointly developed a City of Manhattan Bicycle Master Plan. This plan created a vision for bicycling in the community, established goals and designated streets to be improved with bicycle facilities. The Master Plan also developed recommendations to incorporate bicycle facility planning into the growth of Manhattan. This plan created a solid political foundation that showed that bicycling matters in Manhattan, Kansas. However, the 1998 Bicycle Master Plan lacked specifics on how to incorporate these recommendations and routes into the existing and future street system. The 2008 Bicycle Master Plan Update attempts to address the shortcomings of the 1998 Master Plan and incorporate the growth and expansion of the City since 1998. The initial step of the Bicycle Master Plan Update was to calculate a Bicycle Safety Index. The Bicycle Safety Index was modeled after previous research conducted on the City of Manhattan, where street and land use attributes, such as road surface materials, street width, traffic volume, presence of angled-parking and traffic speeds were weighted and calculated in a spatial environment using GIS software. The result was a rating of all streets in Manhattan based on their suitability for safe bicycle travels. Using the results of the Bicycle Safety Index, specific routes were developed based on their proximity to bicycle destinations, such as commercial areas, schools and parks. Routes were created by using ESRI's Network Analyst software. Routes proposed by the software were evaluated by a windshield and handlebar survey to ultimately determine the appropriateness of each route. Following the determination of the proposed routes, specific facility recommendations for each street segment were proposed based on the traffic volume, vehicle speeds, street widths and the geometry of the segment. General recommendations and funding options were created to assist in the advancement of the goals and objectives originally initiated in the 1998 Master Plan. The result is a Master Plan that can be used by City Planners to incorporate bicycle transportation into the City and a map for bicyclist to travel from one place to another in the City safely.

La cancérogénicité du benzène à forte dose (CIRC, Groupe 1) a été démontrée sur la base des cas de leucémies observés dans les études épidémiologiques conduites en milieu professionnel chez l’adulte exposé à de fortes doses. Ce polluant est émis en faible concentration dans l’environnement, notamment par le trafic routier et les stations-service. L’objectif est d’étudier le lien entre exposition au benzène à faible dose et risque de leucémie chez l’enfant. L’étude GEOCAP regroupe les cas de leucémies de l’enfant diagnostiqués en France entre 2002 et 2007 issus du Registre National des Hémopathies de l’Enfant, et un échantillon de 30 000 témoins représentatif de la population générale pédiatrique. La longueur de routes à fort trafic a été calculée au voisinage de la résidence de chaque sujet géocodé dans un rayon de 150 m. Les concentrations en benzène et en NO2 ont été estimées pour l’ensemble des sujets de France continentale à une échelle de 2 km2. La distance à la station-service la plus proche a également été calculée depuis la résidence de chaque sujet. La longueur de routes au voisinage de la résidence était positivement et significativement associée au risque de leucémie aigüe myéloblastique (LAM). La prise en compte des expositions au benzène et en NO2 renforçait cette association. La distance à la station-service la plus proche était positivement mais non-significativement associée à la LAM, et cette association résultait en partie d’un effet de confusion de la longueur de routes au voisinage de la résidence. Ce travail soutient l’hypothèse selon laquelle l’exposition au benzène émis dans l’environnement pourrait induire une augmentation du risque de LAM chez l’enfant. / In adults, the relationship between benzene exposure (IARC, Group 1) and leukemia has been demonstrated in workplace for high-level exposure. This pollutant is emitted at low concentration in environment, especially by road traffic and petrol stations. The objective was to investigate the relationship between benzene exposure at low-level dose and childhood leukemia. The record-based GEOCAP study included all cases of childhood leukemia diagnosed in France over 2002-2007 and 30,000 contemporaneous population-based control children highly representative of the source population. The length of major roads was calculated around the residence of each geocoded subject in a 150-m buffer. We assigned them the yearly estimates of benzene and NO2 concentrations at the square where his residence was located on a 2-km2 grid covering continental France. The distance to the nearest petrol station from the residence was also calculated for all subjects. The length of major roads around the residence was positively and significantly associated with the risk of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). This association was more evident with benzene and NO2 2-km estimates, combined with the length of major roads indicator to enhance the exposure contrasts. The distance to the nearest petrol station was positively but non-significantely associated with AML, and some of this association was explained by a confouding effect of the length of major roads around the residence. This work suggests that exposure to benzene emitted in environment may increase the risk of AML in children.

This thesis presents Mantis, a system designed to evaluate possible driving routes and recommend the optimal route based on current and predicted travel conditions. The system uses the Bing Maps REST service to obtain a set of routes. Traffic data from the California Department of Transportation’s Performance Measurement System (PeMS) is then used to estimate travel times for these routes. In addition to simple travel time estimation based on instantaneous traffic conditions, Mantis can use historic data to predict traffic speeds at future times. This allows Mantis to more effectively account for regularly repeating traffic patterns such as rush hour, increasing the accuracy of its travel time estimates. Mantis is also capable of monitoring traffic incidents reported by the California Highway Patrol and identifying incidents that will be encountered along a route’s path.