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Qualitative and Quantitative Study of the Flow Physics in the Vicinity of an Oscillating Plate in Viscous Fluids
(2016)In this thesis, we study the fluid-structure interaction problem of a submerged rigid plate undergoing harmonic oscillations in a still, Newtonian, viscous fluid. We conduct a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative ... -
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Quality of Life and the Eye of the Beholder: A Multidimensional Approach to Assessing Quality of Life for Persons with Dementia
(2012)Formally assessing quality of life for persons with dementia presents a number of challenges due to the inherently subjective nature of the construct and the varying deficits observed in the progression of dementia. ... -
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Quality of Life of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals in Northern Nevada
(2009)The primary focus of the present study was to explore the relationship between deafness-related factors, cultural competency variables and quality of life indicators among a group of deaf and hard of hearing individuals ... -
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Quantification of a Novel Illusion: Flicker-Induced Induced Motion
(2017)Visual illusions are often studied and analyzed to better understand the neural basis of perception. This project aims to quantify flicker-induced induced motion (FLIIM), a newly discovered form of induced motion that ... -
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Quantification of internal system dynamics and external forcing in bedrock river networks
(2019)Landscapes evolve in response to tectonic and climatic boundary conditions towards an equilibrium state in which rock uplift is balanced by erosion. In unglaciated mountainous terrain, bedrock rivers transmit tectonic and ... -
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Quantification of Trace Anthropogenic Compounds in Reclaimed Wastewater
(2018)Reclaimed wastewater contains trace anthropogenic compounds that are poorly removed during conventional wastewater treatment. Notable reclaimed wastewater applications include supplementing drinking water supplies and crop ... -
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Quantification of wildfire-induced perturbations to soil-water retention curves and their impact on rainfall runoff
(2022)Increased frequency and magnitude of wildfires can cause elevated post-fire rainfall-runoff and debris-flow hazards in and around steeplands. Improved prediction of the severity and spatial extent of post-fire increases ... -
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Quantifying and understanding vegetation change in the conterminous United States using geospatial data
(2021)Human activities are a pervasive driver of vegetation change either through land-use change or through human-derived climate change. Alterations in climatic conditions that affect plant establishment, growth, and mortality ... -
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Quantifying environmental controls on the magnitude of glacial lake outburst floods and the resulting impacts to hydrology and geomorphology: Lago Cachet Dos, Patagonia, Chile
(2016)The sudden release of water from an ice-dammed lake poses substantial hazard to the downstream environment, but the degree to which peak discharge depends on environmental variables that change with climate remains unclear. ... -
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Quantifying Great Basin weather severity; An outlook for Nevada's mule deer.
(2014)In Nevada, mule deer (Odocoileus hemonius) herds managed by the Nevada Department of Wildlife are experiencing a general population decline. Recruitment into the population is an important measure of the success of a mule ... -
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Quantifying How High Tunnels Create a Microclimate For Improved Crop Growth
(2017)Farmers in the Great Basin are investing in inexpensive low-tech greenhouses, known as high tunnels (HTs) or hoop houses. This study evaluated the microclimate inside HTs, how farmers were using HTs to grow crops and how ... -
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Quantifying some key ecological responses to natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change in Great Basin and Sierra Nevada ecosystems
(2014)Changes in Earth's climate are predicted to strongly affect temperatures and droughts in the southwestern U.S. which will influence plant species distributions, soil biogeochemistry, and ecosystem function. The objectives ... -
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Quantifying the effects of changing snowpack dynamics on hydrologic partitioning at multiple scales
(2017)In the Western U.S. seasonal snowpacks have historically been important for recharging groundwater and generating surface water resources. Regional warming threatens snow- packs throughout the West by increasing the frequency ... -
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Quantifying the Effects of Surface Thermal Heterogeneity on Dispersive Fluxes in an Idealized Environment
(2020)In the planetary boundary layer, diurnal variations in solar heating spawnturbulent mixing that modifies the distribution of state variables. The turbulence contribution to state variable redistribution can be quantified ... -
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Quantifying the Impact of Defensive Cybersecurity Effort Against Advanced Persistent Threats For Industrial Control Systems
(2023)In the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity, where cyber attacks on Critical Infrastructure (CI) environments are increasingly frequent and sophisticated, a strategic and resource-conscious response is crucial. Current ... -
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Quantifying the Pre-Archaic to Archaic Transition: A Study of Movement and Land-Use in the Old River Bed of Western Utah
(2014)Current models of prehistoric movement and land-use in the Old River Bed (ORB) of western Utah suggest that a wetland environment restricted Pre-archaic (pre-8,000 14C yr BP) occupants of the region to movement along a ... -
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Quantifying vegetation transpirational controls on streamflow in the Lehman Creek watershed to estimate potential effects of anthropogenic climate change
(2014)While a number of studies have documented the occurrence of climate change in the Western U.S., no studies have used modern instrumental climate data to quantify the potential effect of climate change-induced increases in ... -
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Quantitative analysis of groundwater flow in Spanish Springs Valley, Washoe County, Nevada
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1988)A steady-state groundwater flow model was used to investigate groundwater flow in Spanish Springs Valley. The flow system in the alluvial aquifer is dominated by a groundwater mound created by secondary recharge from the ... -
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Quantitative analysis of groundwater flow in valley-fill deposits in Steptoe Valley, Nevada
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1985)Groundwater flow in Steptoe Valley in east-central Nevada was analyzed with the aid of a steady-state groundwater flow model. -
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Quantitative Analysis of Hungarian Monetary Policy After 1989
(2009)This aim of this thesis is to analyze the effects of Hungary's monetary policy during the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the concomitant liberalization of Hungary, one of its allied economies. This ...