Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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W boson cross sections and single spin asymmetries in polarized proton-proton collisions at [square root of] s =500 GeV at STAR
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Understanding the structure of the proton is an ongoing effort in the particle physics community. Existing in the region of nonperturbative QCD, the various models for proton structure must be informed and constrained by ... -
W cross section measurement in the electron channel in pp collisions at [the square root of sigma]= 7 TeV
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)From March until November 2010 the Compact Muon Solenoid 36 pb-1 of pp collisions at [the square root of sigma]= 7 TeV. One of the first precision Model that can be performed with this data is the measurement cross section ... -
WaaZam! : supporting creative play at a distance in customized video environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)This thesis presents the design, implementation and evaluation of WaaZam, a telepresence system for families that supports social engagement through creative play in a unified video space. The goal of the project is to ... -
Wafer bonding : mechanics-based models and experiments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Direct wafer bonding has emerged as an important technology in the manufacture of silicon-on-insulator substrates (SOI), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D IC's). While the ... -
Wafer surface cleaning for silicon homoepitaxy with and without ECR hydrogen plasma exposure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Wafer-scale integrated active silicon photonics for manipulation and conversion of light
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Silicon photonics is an emerging platform that promises to revolutionize integrated optics. This is expected to happen by inheriting the cost-effective, very large scale integration capabilities from complementary ... -
Wage determination in the men's shoe industry : a case study of the shoe producing district centered around Brockton, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949) -
Wage determination theory and the five-dollar day at Ford : a detailed examiniation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987) -
Wage inequality and the role of pre-market skills
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This dissertation consists of three empirical studies, each using a measure of pre-market skills to examine an aspect of wage inequality in the U.S. labor market. Chapter One analyzes the factors associated with the change ... -
Wages and capital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966) -
Wages and work practices in union and open shop construction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983) -
Wait-learning : intelligent systems for making productive use of wait time
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Every day, millions of people set long-term goals, such as learning a skill, developing a habit, or completing a project. Yet, in our busy, time-crunched world, most have difficulty making progress towards these goals. ... -
Walking droplets confined by applied or topographically-induced potentials : dynamics and stability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)In 2005, Yves Couder and coworkers discovered that a millimetric droplet of silicone oil may walk on the surface of a vertically-vibrating fluid bath, displaying features that were once thought to be peculiar to quantum ... -
Wall rock alteration accompanying Canadian Pre-Cambrian gold mineralization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1935) -
Wandering minds, restless brains and mindful thinking : a network-based perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)People vary significantly across multiple cognitive domains, and that variation may be related to individual differences in the intrinsic functional architecture of the human brain. Such individual differences can be ... -
Wanting to Do What's Right
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)It may seem obvious that good people want to do what is right. But moral philosophers disagree about whether it is virtuous to be motivated to do what is right as such. Some, inspired by Kant, argue that wanting to do what ... -
War by coalition : the effects of coalition military institutionalization on coalition battlefield effectiveness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)What accounts for variation in the military performance of coalitions and alliances on the battlefield? This dissertation presents and tests a realist-institutionalist theory of coalition military effectiveness, which ... -
War in the media age : the government/press struggle from Vietnam to the Gulf
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Warhead politics : Livermore and the competitive system of nuclear weapons design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Warlpiri : theoretical implications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)The issue of non-configurationality is fundamental in determining the possible range of variation in Universal Grammar. This dissertation investigates this issue in the context of Warlpiri, the prototypical non-configurational ...
