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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Dispensing and Diagnostics of Nano-liter Samples in Microreactors Using Electroosmotic Flow

Arumbuliyur Comandur, Kaushik 15 April 2009 (has links)
No description available.
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The Effect of Force, Posture, and Repetitive Wrist Motion on Intraneural Blood Flow in the Median Nerve

Ehmke, Samantha Grace January 2016 (has links)
Many epidemiological studies have named pinching, deviated wrist postures, and repetitive motion as ergonomic risk factors in the development of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Evidence suggests that hypervascularization of the median nerve and increased intraneural blood flow proximal to the carpal tunnel result in response to ergonomic risk factors (finger pressing and deviated wrist postures). The purposes of this study were to 1) determine the effect of a pinch posture, with and without force exerted by the finger, thumb, or both and 2) determine the effect of repetitive wrist flexion and extension on intraneural blood flow velocity in the median nerve proximal to the carpal tunnel. Eleven healthy and eleven CTS symptomatic individuals participated in this study and completed three components: 15 pinch posture force trials, 3 repetitive wrist motion trials, and 3 static wrist posture trials. Intraneural blood flow was measured using pulse wave Doppler during each trial. Main effects of pinch posture force (F4,80 = 21.397, p < 0.001) and wrist posture (F2,40 = 14.545, p < 0.001) were observed. Trials where force was applied by the finger (2.21 cm/s), thumb (2.22 cm/s) or both (2.34 cm/s) produced higher intraneural blood flow velocities than trials with no force (1.79 cm/s) or relaxed hand (1.89 cm/s). Trials performed in flexion (2.24 cm/s) were greater than neutral (2.06 cm/s) and extension (1.97 cm/s). No interactions or main effects of time were found in response to repetitive wrist motion. These results suggest that at low force levels (6 N) it’s not how the force is applied but rather that the force is being applied that has an effect on the median nerve. Additionally these results suggest that the contribution of repetitive motion to the development of CTS may not be directly to the median nerve. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)
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Norms Associated to Weights in von Neumann Algebras and Decompositions of Positive Operators

Dragan, Catalin 30 September 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Courbes et surfaces presque homogènes / Almost homogeneous curves and surfaces

Laurent, Bruno 01 October 2018 (has links)
Les variétés possédant une orbite dense sous l'opération d'un groupe sont dites presque homogènes. Il s'agit d'objets ayant une géométrie très riche, qui ont été abondamment étudiés ces 50 dernières années ; cela inclut notamment les variétés toriques. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'obtenir une classification des couples (X,G) où X est une courbe ou une surface algébrique, définie sur un corps quelconque, et G est un groupe algébrique lisse connexe opérant fidèlement dans X et possédant une orbite dense. Cette classification passe par l'étude des complétions régulières équivariantes de X.Un premier chapitre regroupe des rappels sur les opérations de groupes algébriques ainsi que plusieurs résultats préliminaires utiles par la suite.L'étude des courbes presque homogènes fait ressortir une classe particulière, celle des courbes seminormales. Nous obtenons une classification complète des couples (X,G) quand X est une courbe seminormale. Nous décrivons aussi les courbes quelconques presque homogènes (sur un corps quelconque), généralisant ainsi un résultat de Vladimir Popov. Enfin, nous déterminons les fibrés en droites linéarisés sur les courbes seminormales presque homogènes.Le dernier chapitre traite le cas des surfaces. À nouveau, nous obtenons une classification des couples (X,G) quand X est une surface et G n'est pas affine. Quand G est affine, la surface est rationnelle. Nous décrivons alors, sur un corps algébriquement clos, les surfaces homogènes et leurs complétions régulières équivariantes relativement minimales. En caractéristique nulle, nous déterminons aussi les groupes qui opèrent. Beaucoup de phénomènes nouveaux se produisent en caractéristique positive, et certains de nos résultats sont incomplets dans ce cadre. / The varieties having a dense orbit under the action of a group are said to be almost homogeneous. Those are objects with a very rich geometry and have been extensively studied for the last 50 years ; this includes toric varieties. The purpose of this thesis is to classify the pairs (X,G) where X is an algebraic curve or surface, defined over an arbitrary field, and G is a smooth connected algebraic group, acting faithfully on X with a dense orbit. The classification relies on the study of the equivariant regular completions of X.The study of almost homogeneous curves highlights the class of seminormal curves. We get a full classification of the pairs (X,G) when X is a seminormal curve. We also describe all almost homogeneous curves (over an arbitrary field), thus generalizing a result of Vladimir Popov. Finally, we determine the linearized line bundles over seminormal almost homogeneous curves.The last chapter deals with the case of surfaces. Again, we get a classification of the pairs (X,G) when X is a surface and G is not affine. When G is affine, the surface is rational. We then describe, over an algebraically closed field, the homogeneous surfaces and their relatively minimal equivariant regular completions. In characteristic zero, we also determine the acting groups. Many new phenomena occur in positive characteristic, and some of our results are incomplete in this setting.
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A Detailed Analysis For Evaluation Of The Degradation Characteristics Of Simple Structural Systems

Kurtman, Burak 01 May 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Deterioration in the mechanical properties of concrete, masonry and steel structures are usually observed under repeated cyclic loading in the inelastic response range. Therefore such a behavior becomes critical when these types of structures are subjected to ground motions with specific characteristics. The objective of this study is to address the influence of degrading behavior on simple systems. The Structural Performance Database on the PEER web site, which contains the results of cyclic, lateral-load tests of reinforced concrete columns, are employed to quantify the degradation characteristics of simple systems by calibrating the selected degrading model parameters for unloading stiffness, strength and pinching of a previously developed hysteresis model. The obtained values of parameters from cyclic test results are compared with the recommended values in literature. In the last part of the study, response of SDOF systems with various degradation characteristics are investigated using a set of seismic excitations recorded during some major earthquakes. The results indicate that when all the degradation components are combined in a structural system, the effect of degradation on response values becomes much more pronounced.
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Flots géométriques d'ordre quatre et pincement intégral de la courbure / Fourth-order geometric flows and integral pinching of the curvature

Bour, Vincent 11 July 2012 (has links)
On étudie des flots géométriques d'ordre quatre sur des variétés riemanniennes compactes, qui apparaissent naturellement comme flots de gradient de fonctionnelles quadratiques en la courbure. Lorsque la constante de Yamabe reste minorée par une constante strictement positive le long du flot, on montre que la variété ne s'effondre pas, et qu'une suite de métriques dilatées au voisinage d'un temps singulier converge vers une variété complète qui modélise la singularité. En particulier, en dimension quatre, cette hypothèse est vérifiée pour une certaine classe de flots de gradients, du moment que l'énergie initiale est inférieure à une constante explicite. Les singularités de ces flots sont alors modélisées par des variétés complètes et non compactes, dont le tenseur de Bach et la courbure scalaire s'annulent. En combinant une formule de Weitzenböck avec l'inégalité de Sobolev induite par la positivité de la constante de Yamabe, on montre une série de résultats de rigidité pour des métriques dont la courbure est intégralement pincée. En particulier, on prouve un théorème de rigidité pour les variétés de dimension quatre à tenseur de Bach et à courbure scalaire nuls, qui implique que les singularités de notre classe de flots de gradient ne peuvent exister que si l'énergie initiale est supérieure à une certaine constante. Dans le cas contraire, ces flots existent pour tous temps positifs et convergent vers une métrique à courbure sectionnelle constante et positive. On retrouve ainsi un "théorème de la sphère" pour les variétés compactes de dimension quatre dont la courbure est intégralement pincée. En appliquant cette même méthode aux formes harmoniques d'une variété à courbure intégralement pincée, on démontre une version intégrale du théorème de Bochner-Weitzenböck. On en déduit l'annulation des nombres de Betti sous diverses conditions de pincement intégral, et on caractérise les cas d'égalité. / We study fourth-order geometric flows on compact Riemannian manifolds, which naturally appear as gradient flows of quadratic curvature functionals. When the Yamabe constant remains bounded from below by a positive constant along the flow, we show that the manifold doesn't collapse, and that a sequence of dilated metrics near a singular time converges to a singularity model. In particular, in dimension four, this assumption is satisfied by a class of gradient flows, provided that the initial energy is less than an explicit constant. The singularities of these flows are then modeled by complete non-compact manifolds, which are Bach-flat and scalar-flat. By combining a Weitzenböck formula with the Sobolev inequality induced by the positivity of the Yamabe constant, we prove several rigidity results for metrics with integral pinched curvature. In particular, we prove a rigidity result for Bach-flat and scalar-flat manifolds in dimension four, which implies that the singularities of our gradient flows can only exist when the initial energy is bigger than a given constant. When this is not the case, these flows exist for all time, and converge to a metric with constant positive curvature. It provides a proof of a "sphere theorem" for closed four-dimensional manifolds with integral pinched curvature. Applying the same method to harmonic forms on an integral pinched manifold, we prove an integral version of the Bochner-Weitzenböck theorem. As a corollary, we obtain the vanishing of Betti numbers under various integral pinching conditions, and we characterize the equality cases.

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