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Title: Software framework for prognostic health monitoring of ocean-based power generation.
Creator: Bowren, Mark., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: On August 5, 2010 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has designated the Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as a national center for ocean energy research and development of prototypes for open-ocean power generation. Maintenance on ocean-based machinery can be very costly. To avoid unnecessary maintenance it is necessary to monitor the condition of each machine in order to predict problems. This kind of prognostic health monitoring (PHM) requires a...
Show moreOn August 5, 2010 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has designated the Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as a national center for ocean energy research and development of prototypes for open-ocean power generation. Maintenance on ocean-based machinery can be very costly. To avoid unnecessary maintenance it is necessary to monitor the condition of each machine in order to predict problems. This kind of prognostic health monitoring (PHM) requires a condition-based maintenance (CBM) system that supports diagnostic and prognostic analysis of large amounts of data. Research in this field led to the creation of ISO13374 and the development of a standard open-architecture for machine condition monitoring. This thesis explores an implementation of such a system for ocean-based machinery using this framework and current open-standard technologies.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342035
Subject Headings: Machinery, Monitoring, Marine turbines, Mathematical models, Fluid dynamics, Structural dynamics
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Title: Software metrics collection: Two new research tools.
Creator: Jordan, Sylviane G., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.
Abstract/Description: Collecting software metrics manually could be a tedious, inaccurate, and subjective task. Two new tools were developed to automate this process in a rapid, accurate, and objective way. The first tool, the Metrics Analyzer, evaluates 19 metrics at the function level, from complete or partial systems written in C. The second tool, the Call Graph Generator, does not assess a metric directly, but generates a call graph based on a complete or partial system written in C. The call graph is used as...
Show moreCollecting software metrics manually could be a tedious, inaccurate, and subjective task. Two new tools were developed to automate this process in a rapid, accurate, and objective way. The first tool, the Metrics Analyzer, evaluates 19 metrics at the function level, from complete or partial systems written in C. The second tool, the Call Graph Generator, does not assess a metric directly, but generates a call graph based on a complete or partial system written in C. The call graph is used as an input to another tool (not considered here) that measures the coupling of a module, such as a function or a file. A case study analyzed the relationships among the metrics, including the coupling metric, using principal component analysis, which transformed the 19 metrics into eight principal components.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15483
Subject Headings: Software measurement, Computer software--Development, Computer software--Evaluation
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Title: Software quality classification using rule-based modeling.
Creator: Mao, Meihui., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Software-based products are part of our daily life. They can be encountered in most of the systems we interact with. This reliance on software products generates a strong need for better software reliability, reducing the cost associated with potential failures. Reliability in software systems may be achieved by using additional testing. However, extensive software testing is expensive and time consuming. Software quality classification models provide an early prediction of a module's quality...
Show moreSoftware-based products are part of our daily life. They can be encountered in most of the systems we interact with. This reliance on software products generates a strong need for better software reliability, reducing the cost associated with potential failures. Reliability in software systems may be achieved by using additional testing. However, extensive software testing is expensive and time consuming. Software quality classification models provide an early prediction of a module's quality. Boolean Discriminant Function (BDF), Generalized Boolean Discriminant Function (GBDF), and Rule-Based Modeling (RBM) can be used as classification models. This thesis demonstrates the ability of GBDF and RBM to correctly classify modules. The introduction of the AND operator in the GBDF model and the customizable outcomes for the rules in RBM, enhanced the discriminating quality of GBDF and RBM as compared to BDF. Furthermore, they also yielded better balances for the misclassification rates.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12886
Subject Headings: Computer software--Quality control, Software measurement
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Title: Software quality modeling and analysis with limited or without defect data.
Creator: Seliya, Naeem A., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: The key to developing high-quality software is the measurement and modeling of software quality. In practice, software measurements are often used as a resource to model and comprehend the quality of software. The use of software measurements to understand quality is accomplished by a software quality model that is trained using software metrics and defect data of similar, previously developed, systems. The model is then applied to estimate quality of the target software project. Such an...
Show moreThe key to developing high-quality software is the measurement and modeling of software quality. In practice, software measurements are often used as a resource to model and comprehend the quality of software. The use of software measurements to understand quality is accomplished by a software quality model that is trained using software metrics and defect data of similar, previously developed, systems. The model is then applied to estimate quality of the target software project. Such an approach assumes that defect data is available for all program modules in the training data. Various practical issues can cause an unavailability or limited availability of defect data from the previously developed systems. This dissertation presents innovative and practical techniques for addressing the problem of software quality analysis when there is limited or completely absent defect data. The proposed techniques for software quality analysis without defect data include an expert-based approach with unsupervised clustering and an expert-based approach with semi-supervised clustering. The proposed techniques for software quality analysis with limited defect data includes a semi-supervised classification approach with the Expectation-Maximization algorithm and an expert-based approach with semi-supervised clustering. Empirical case studies of software measurement datasets obtained from multiple NASA software projects are used to present and evaluate the different techniques. The empirical results demonstrate the attractiveness, benefit, and definite promise of the proposed techniques. The newly developed techniques presented in this dissertation is invaluable to the software quality practitioner challenged by the absence or limited availability of defect data from previous software development experiences.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12151
Subject Headings: Software measurement, Computer software--Quality control, Computer software--Reliability--Mathematical models, Software engineering--Quality control
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Software quality prediction using case-based reasoning.
Creator: Berkovich, Yevgeniy., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.
Abstract/Description: The ability to efficiently prevent faults in large software systems is a very important concern of software project managers. Successful testing allows us to build quality software systems. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to effectively test a system due to time, resources, or other constraints. A critical bug may cause catastrophic consequences, such as loss of life or very expensive equipment. We can facilitate testing by finding where faults are more likely to be hidden. Case...
Show moreThe ability to efficiently prevent faults in large software systems is a very important concern of software project managers. Successful testing allows us to build quality software systems. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to effectively test a system due to time, resources, or other constraints. A critical bug may cause catastrophic consequences, such as loss of life or very expensive equipment. We can facilitate testing by finding where faults are more likely to be hidden. Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) is one of many methodologies that make this process faster and cheaper by discovering faults early in the software life cycle. This is one of the methodologies used to predict software quality of the system by discovering fault-prone modules. We employ the SMART tool to facilitate CBR , using product and process metrics as independent variables. The study found that CBR is a robust tool capable of carrying out software quality prediction on its own with acceptable results. We also show that CBR's weaknesses do not hinder its effectiveness in finding misclassified modules.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12671
Subject Headings: Computer software--Quality control, Computer software--Evaluation, Software measurement
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Title: Software reliability engineering with genetic programming.
Creator: Liu, Yi., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Software reliability engineering plays a vital role in managing and controlling software quality. As an important method of software reliability engineering, software quality estimation modeling is useful in defining a cost-effective strategy to achieve a reliable software system. By predicting the faults in a software system, the software quality models can identify high-risk modules, and thus, these high-risk modules can be targeted for reliability enhancements. Strictly speaking, software...
Show moreSoftware reliability engineering plays a vital role in managing and controlling software quality. As an important method of software reliability engineering, software quality estimation modeling is useful in defining a cost-effective strategy to achieve a reliable software system. By predicting the faults in a software system, the software quality models can identify high-risk modules, and thus, these high-risk modules can be targeted for reliability enhancements. Strictly speaking, software quality modeling not only aims at lowering the misclassification rate, but also takes into account the costs of different misclassifications and the available resources of a project. As a new search-based algorithm, Genetic Programming (GP) can build a model without assuming the size, shape, or structure of a model. It can flexibly tailor the fitness functions to the objectives chosen by the customers. Moreover, it can optimize several objectives simultaneously in the modeling process, and thus, a set of multi-objective optimization solutions can be obtained. This research focuses on building software quality estimation models using GP. Several GP-based models of predicting the class membership of each software module and ranking the modules by a quality factor were proposed. The first model of categorizing the modules into fault-prone or not fault-prone was proposed by considering the distinguished features of the software quality classification task and GP. The second model provided quality-based ranking information for fault-prone modules. A decision tree-based software classification model was also proposed by considering accuracy and simplicity simultaneously. This new technique provides a new multi-objective optimization algorithm to build decision trees for real-world engineering problems, in which several trade-off objectives usually have to be taken into account at the same time. The fourth model was built to find multi-objective optimization solutions by considering both the expected cost of misclassification and available resources. Also, a new goal-oriented technique of building module-order models was proposed by directly optimizing several goals chosen by project analysts. The issues of GP , bloating and overfitting, were also addressed in our research. Data were collected from three industrial projects, and applied to validate the performance of the models. Results indicate that our proposed methods can achieve useful performance results. Moreover, some proposed methods can simultaneously optimize several different objectives of a software project management team.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12047
Subject Headings: Computer software--Quality control, Genetic programming (Computer science), Software engineering
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Title: Software reliability engineering: An evolutionary neural network approach.
Creator: Hochman, Robert., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.
Abstract/Description: This thesis presents the results of an empirical investigation of the applicability of genetic algorithms to a real-world problem in software reliability--the fault-prone module identification problem. The solution developed is an effective hybrid of genetic algorithms and neural networks. This approach (ENNs) was found to be superior, in terms of time, effort, and confidence in the optimality of results, to the common practice of searching manually for the best-performing net. Comparisons...
Show moreThis thesis presents the results of an empirical investigation of the applicability of genetic algorithms to a real-world problem in software reliability--the fault-prone module identification problem. The solution developed is an effective hybrid of genetic algorithms and neural networks. This approach (ENNs) was found to be superior, in terms of time, effort, and confidence in the optimality of results, to the common practice of searching manually for the best-performing net. Comparisons were made to discriminant analysis. On fault-prone, not-fault-prone, and overall classification, the lower error proportions for ENNs were found to be statistically significant. The robustness of ENNs follows from their superior performance over many data configurations. Given these encouraging results, it is suggested that ENNs have potential value in other software reliability problem domains, where genetic algorithms have been largely ignored. For future research, several plans are outlined for enhancing ENNs with respect to accuracy and applicability.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15474
Subject Headings: Neural networks (Computer science), Software engineering, Genetic algorithms
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Title: A software-hardware implementation of a real-time digital signal processing receiver for noise detection using a broadband microwave correlation technique.
Creator: Christodoulou, Christodoulos A., Florida Atlantic University, Helmken, Henry
Abstract/Description: In this research project the objective is to realize a software - hardware design implementation of a real time digital signal processing (DSP) radiometer - receiver for atmospheric noise temperature detection using the digital cross correlation technique. Atmospheric noise in the band of 20-30 GHz band is down-converted to 10.7 MHz IF and 3 MHz bandwidth in the form of statistical additive white gaussian noise which is used as the received signal by a digital signal processing broadband...
Show moreIn this research project the objective is to realize a software - hardware design implementation of a real time digital signal processing (DSP) radiometer - receiver for atmospheric noise temperature detection using the digital cross correlation technique. Atmospheric noise in the band of 20-30 GHz band is down-converted to 10.7 MHz IF and 3 MHz bandwidth in the form of statistical additive white gaussian noise which is used as the received signal by a digital signal processing broadband microwave radiometer based on the digital cross correlation technique. Living in a technological era, which is characterized as the era of data transmission and reception for RF-wireless communication systems, the theory of RF digital signal processing detection has applied to radar, ultrasound, and digital communications. Due to the need of high speed of data detection, much effort has gone into the design and development of sophisticated equipment to obtain such DSP detectors. Detection can also apply in seismic and big earthquake measurements by using geophones, nuclear testing, sonar and acoustic localizations, and even for oil excavations. Based on a statistical model and proposed design implementation, a basic DSP atmospheric noise temperature radiometer system is introduced and developed. The realization of the DSP Radiometer examines the noise characteristics (parameters) and their corresponding parameter values at the received input at the Antenna. It is essential to introduce the fundamental and statistical properties of the additive white gaussian noise, as well as the key-parameters which are used for the development of this real time design implementation. A design implementation of the proposed DSP atmospheric noise radiometer is discussed and developed via a statistical analysis. The statistical analysis utilizes the standard deviation, intermediate frequency, bandwidth, number of samples, and the temperature of the noise received signal at the antenna. Measurements and real time simulations in order to evaluate the noise temperature’s detectability in terms of system’s accuracy and performance of the noise random variable are also presented in this research work. The advantage of the digital cross correlation technique is examined and investigated.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13290
Subject Headings: Signal processing--Digital techniques, Analog-to-digital converters, Radio--Receivers and reception
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Title: Software-implemented fault tolerance in a hypercube multiprocessor.
Creator: Sahai, Shankar., Florida Atlantic University, Fernandez, Eduardo B., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes how software fault tolerance can be implemented in a hypercube multiprocessor. For concreteness we consider a multiprocessor using Intel 80286/386/486 processors. The Recovery Metaprogram approach (an architecture that isolates all fault tolerance functions in a special layer) has been used to implement application transparent and application specific fault tolerance technigues such as recovery blocks, N-version programming, exceptions and others. A fault tolerant routing...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes how software fault tolerance can be implemented in a hypercube multiprocessor. For concreteness we consider a multiprocessor using Intel 80286/386/486 processors. The Recovery Metaprogram approach (an architecture that isolates all fault tolerance functions in a special layer) has been used to implement application transparent and application specific fault tolerance technigues such as recovery blocks, N-version programming, exceptions and others. A fault tolerant routing algorithm is also described. While the details are specific to the 80286/386/486 processor these results apply also to any other processor with similar features.
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14633
Subject Headings: Hypercube networks (Computer networks), Intel 80x86 (Microprocessor)
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Title: Soil of misfortune: Education, poverty, and race in a rural south Florida community.
Creator: Gonzalez, Juan Carlos., Florida Atlantic University, Kirsch, Max H.
Abstract/Description: This dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty...
Show moreThis dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty and lack of opportunity available to its residents. Belle Glade, Florida is a rural community centrally located within the Everglades Agricultural Area. Fifty years after the historic 1954 Brown vs. Board decision, which outlawed school segregation and the separate but equal claims of Plessy vs. Ferguson, little has changed in this poor rural community. This study shows that this community, rather than representing an isolated case, is reflective of many small non-metro communities of the American South. Though integration initially intended to balance the great disparity that existed between the schools for black children and schools for white children in regards to facilities, materials, and curriculum, in Belle Glade and throughout the South those same disparities still exist today. This study argues that current state education policies, modeled after the federal government's "No Child Left Behind Plan," are a veneer for a separate and unequal educational policy and practice in the state of Florida. It seeks to explore and document why this has occurred, and place this case study within the larger context of structural inequalities on the local, national and global levels. How is it that the "freest nation in the world" with the largest gross national product has yet to fulfill its most fundamental promise to this community---equal opportunity and access to quality education? Thus, this dissertation asks why regardless of the policies, plans, curricula and tests the district and state adopt, at times with the best of intentions, nothing seems to improve the conditions of these black citizens? More importantly, when these issues are addressed, who speaks, under what conditions and for whom?
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12161
Subject Headings: Social capital (Sociology)--United States, Segregation in education--Florida--Belle Glade, African Americans--Education--History--20th century, Educational change--Florida--Belle Glade, Race relations in school management--Florida, Discrimination in education--Florida
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Title: Soil-geosynthetic reinforcement interaction for mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall systems.
Creator: Navarrete, Fernando Manuel., Florida Atlantic University, Reddy, Dronnadula V., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The dissertation is an experimental and analytical investigation of the long term performance of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls with geosynthetics, with particular focus on rational methods to enable the determination of the applicable factors for use in Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD). An overview of current issues concerning MSE walls is followed by an extensive literature review addressing MSE walls, pullout strength, creep and creep rupture, durability and degradation,...
Show moreThe dissertation is an experimental and analytical investigation of the long term performance of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls with geosynthetics, with particular focus on rational methods to enable the determination of the applicable factors for use in Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD). An overview of current issues concerning MSE walls is followed by an extensive literature review addressing MSE walls, pullout strength, creep and creep rupture, durability and degradation, design methodology, analytical prediction, and field evaluation of MSE walls. The experimental tasks comprise: (i) creep and creep rupture, (ii) durability and degradation, (iii) small scale testing of MSE walls with a model prototype ratio of 1:5.5, and (iv) construction of prototype MSE wall and instrumentation for long-term performance. The analytical work comprises finite difference modeling using the Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC) software, (i) For creep up to 10,000 hours accelerated exposure for HDPE and PET geogrids, with super-ambient temperatures and soil water conditions related to soil conditions in Florida, the significant part of creep was due to temperatures and not solution exposures, with creep rupture occurring primarily for HDPE. (ii) For durability, performance at ambient temperatures was extrapolated, based on the Arrhenius method. The variation in degradation between the different solutions was minimal, indicating hydrolysis as the main cause for PET at elevated temperatures. (iii) Two HDPE and two PET reinforcement small scale (1:5.5) MSE walls were tested, with different surcharges each for 72 hour periods. Panel movements, strains in the reinforcement, and wall settlements were measured, indicating values smaller than the predicted, mostly for the smaller surcharges due to distortion caused by scaling neglecting the gravity effect. (iv) For analysis with FLAC computer software, two correction factors "a" and "b" were applied to correct the discrepancies between the model and the test values. The PET MSE small scale wall showed more deviation because the material has a low modulus of elasticity. (v) A preliminary comparison of the small scale and the prototype MSE wall behavior indicated discrepancies due to distortion scaling related to the lack of gravity simulation.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11968
Subject Headings: Geosynthetics, Load factor design, Retaining walls, Soil stabilization
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Solace: Intimately Remembered Places.
Creator: Francoeur, Michele, Prusa, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Abstract/Description: The culmination of my graduate research and investigations is my thesis exhibition Solace; Intimately Remembered Places. This body of paintings is a visual representation of land, water and flora that focuses on my abstraction of nature to extract essential elements that expresses my deep connection to a specific time and place, layered with associated memories. By revisiting a landscape over a sustained period of time, I developed a personal visual vocabulary to communicate the essential...
Show moreThe culmination of my graduate research and investigations is my thesis exhibition Solace; Intimately Remembered Places. This body of paintings is a visual representation of land, water and flora that focuses on my abstraction of nature to extract essential elements that expresses my deep connection to a specific time and place, layered with associated memories. By revisiting a landscape over a sustained period of time, I developed a personal visual vocabulary to communicate the essential abstract forms of nature and record the subtle nuances of color, light, shape, texture, positive and negative space to evoke a particular time and place. I expanded my painting techniques through the addition of a laser cutter. Rooted in a background of graphic design, my thesis also incorporated and included a book form using similar strategies.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004971, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004961
Subject Headings: Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Painting--Exhibitions., Art, Abstract., Artists' books., Etching.
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Title: Solar cell degradation under ionizing radiation ambient: preemptive testing and evaluation via electrical overstressing.
Creator: Thengum Pallil, George A., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: The efforts addressed in this thesis refer to assaying the degradations in modern solar cells used in space-borne and/or nuclear environment applications. This study is motivated to address the following: 1. Modeling degradations in Si pn-junction solar cells (devices-under-test or DUTs) under different ionizing radiation dosages 2. Preemptive and predictive testing to determine the aforesaid degradations that decide eventual reliability of the DUTs; and 3. Using electrical overstressing (EOS...
Show moreThe efforts addressed in this thesis refer to assaying the degradations in modern solar cells used in space-borne and/or nuclear environment applications. This study is motivated to address the following: 1. Modeling degradations in Si pn-junction solar cells (devices-under-test or DUTs) under different ionizing radiation dosages 2. Preemptive and predictive testing to determine the aforesaid degradations that decide eventual reliability of the DUTs; and 3. Using electrical overstressing (EOS) to emulate the fluence of ionizing radiation dosage on the DUT. Relevant analytical methods, computational efforts and experimental studies are described. Forward/reverse characteristics as well as ac impedance performance of a set of DUTs under pre- and post- electrical overstressings are evaluated. Change in observed DUT characteristics are correlated to equivalent ionizing-radiation dosages. The results are compiled and cause-effect considerations are discussed. Conclusions are enumerated and inferences are made with direction for future studies.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2979384
Subject Headings: Renewable energy sources, Solar cells, Effect of radiation on, Reliability (Engineering), Electric discharges, Ionizing radiation
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Title: Soldier holding a flag.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3357620
Subject Headings: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Union., United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works., United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Soldier's Portable Camp Writing Case.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3356019
Subject Headings: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Union., United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works, United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Soldier's Pranks, New Jersey State Camp, Sea Girt, N.J.
Creator: Clarke Family
Date Issued: 1907-09-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3352105p
Subject Headings: Clarke Family, Family History, Genealogy
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Soldiers-[Ellsworth].
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3357429
Subject Headings: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Union., United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works., United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Solemn Radiance.
Creator: Anderson, Christina [Choreographer], West, Kanye [Music], Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Chapman, Ariana [Lighting Designer], Edwards, Akeem [Restaged by], Department of Theatre and Dance
Abstract/Description: The Dances We Dance Performance Showcase is a capstone experience for students enrolled in all levels of the Department of Theatre and Dance performance course offerings.
Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/Fadwd13sole
Subject Headings: Dance performance
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Solids hydrodynamics and heat transfer to in-line and staggered tube banks in large particle fluidized beds.
Creator: Darda, Monish M., Florida Atlantic University, Moslemian, Davood
Abstract/Description: A Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT) facility was designed and implemented for the investigation of hydrodynamics in two phase flows. This facility was complemented by a versatile fluidized bed facility capable of handling high air flow rates. Solids mean dynamic behavior and heat transfer to internals in a 29.21 cm diameter fluidized bed were investigated for different operating conditions. Different flow parameters like the solids ensemble-averaged velocity, stagnancy...
Show moreA Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT) facility was designed and implemented for the investigation of hydrodynamics in two phase flows. This facility was complemented by a versatile fluidized bed facility capable of handling high air flow rates. Solids mean dynamic behavior and heat transfer to internals in a 29.21 cm diameter fluidized bed were investigated for different operating conditions. Different flow parameters like the solids ensemble-averaged velocity, stagnancy and the phase density in the presence of horizontal tubes were determined using the CARPT facility. Local circumferential variations of heat transfer coefficients at the surface of horizontal tubes were measured at different locations in a large particle fluidized bed using a miniature heat transfer probe assembly. The influence of solids hydrodynamics on the heat transfer coefficient in gas-fluidized beds was investigated. The data obtained in the present study was compared to current heat transfer models for large particle gas-fluidized beds.
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14576
Subject Headings: Heat--Transmission, Hydrodynamics, Fluidization
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Title: The solipsistic temptation: Sartre's "La Nausee" and Garcia Marquez's "Cien anos de soledad".
Creator: Rosenberg, Donald A., Florida Atlantic University, Hokenson, Jan W.
Abstract/Description: Solipsism, the assertion that the self is the only reality and the only thing that can be known and verified, is less pessimistic than nihilism, the radical doctrine that nothing exists, is knowable, or can be communicated. All novels may be solipsistic in the sense that fictions have reality: the author, knowingly or not, is creating a "reality" that may be no less valid than what the author assumes to be his or her own experienced "real" life. In some cases, readers interpreting such novels...
Show moreSolipsism, the assertion that the self is the only reality and the only thing that can be known and verified, is less pessimistic than nihilism, the radical doctrine that nothing exists, is knowable, or can be communicated. All novels may be solipsistic in the sense that fictions have reality: the author, knowingly or not, is creating a "reality" that may be no less valid than what the author assumes to be his or her own experienced "real" life. In some cases, readers interpreting such novels as Sartre's La Nausee and Garcia Marquez's Cien anos de soledad may find their own solipsistic leanings interacting with those of the authors, and it may be through such interaction that these texts work. Hence, the solipsistic perspective presents an authorial paradox, since the expression of this or any other idea would be meaningless outside the closed circle of writer and text. In these two texts. this solipsistic paradox and the problematic role of the reader are, in great part, the subject.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14748
Subject Headings: Sartre, Jean Paul,--1905---Nausée, García Márquez, Gabriel,--1927-2014--Cien años de soledad
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