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The effect of development on nitrogen loading on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The majority of St. John's land and coast is a National Park and is protected by the federal government. In spite of these restrictions, the population of St. John has risen in the past fifteen years as has the number of ...
Calibration of dynamic traffic assignment models with point-to-point traffic surveillance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Accurate calibration of demand and supply simulators within a Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) system is critical for the provision of consistent travel information and efficient traffic management. Emerging traffic ...
Quantifying the source of reentrant line variability and the effects of processes standardization on tool availability variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis quantifies the sensitivity of tool availability variability with respect to product throughput and examines how Intel's High Precision Maintenance initiative can be used to minimize these effects. Tools with ...
The design and analysis of tension fabric structures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Although tensioned fabric structures are increasingly in demand, since they are comparatively new to the engineering world, there are relatively limited resources available about such structures. This report reviews the ...
The accessibility and development impacts of new transit infrastructure : the Circle Line in Chicago
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis explores the impacts of new transit infrastructure projects on the land use transportation system. Land use and transportation systems are inherently interconnected and form an integrated system; and transport ...
Control of human induced floor vibrations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
With the growing demand for open, column-free floor spaces and the advances in material strength, floor vibration serviceability criterion has been of growing importance within the past 20-30 years. All floor systems are ...
Changes in the characteristics of new drug applications for the treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Efforts in managing diabetes, including the medical advances in novel therapies and public health policies of disease control and prevention, have not reduced the disease prevalence since 1990s. I analyze this phenomenon ...
Active control of extremely prestressed simple supported composite bridges
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
More than 600,000 US bridges are considered to be in need of rehabilitation. More than 90 Billion US Dollars is the estimated amount of money required. According to the National Bridge Inventory, 18.5% of those bridges are ...
Water quality and business aspects of sachet-vended water in Tamale, Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Microbial water quality analyses were conducted on 15 samples of factory-produced sachet water and 15 samples of hand-tied sachet water, sold in Tamale, Ghana. The tests included the membrane filtration (MF) test using ...
Rural groundwater supply for the Volcanoes National Park region, Rwanda
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Water scarcity is a major issue faced by both developed and developing countries. According to the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations, the number of people that do not have access to an improved water ...