Browsing Theses & Dissertations by Title
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A framework for automating the daily site reporting and progress monitoring for highway construction projects
(2013)Construction inspection data allows field personnel to keep record of the work performed, and monitor the project execution in order to provide quality control. Current practices in highway construction projects for ... -
A framework for dynamic scheduling based on quality of service metrics
(2006)In this thesis the scheduling process in production environments is improved through the development of a framework that implements a distributed dynamic scheduling methodology based on quality of service. Such methodology ... -
Framework for humanitarian logistics and relief distribution efforts of non-established relief groups in the aftermath of a catastrophic event: Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
(2019-12-12)After massive disasters and catastrophes, the infrastructure and communication systems of a community can be severely affected to the point that their function could be nonexistent. Furthermore, the affected areas are ... -
A framework for integration of services offered by government agencies
(2007)The main objective of this work has been the development I-eGS, a framework for the integration of e-government services, and with the ultimate goal of making them ubiquitously accessible to citizens. The system is a ... -
A framework for pervasively shared situational awareness in mobile ad hoc environments
(2009)This dissertation presents a novel approach to sharing situational awareness among a group of geographically dispersed mobile networked devices. We divide our efforts into two parts: getting the information to the right ... -
A framework for ranking data sources and query processing sites in database middleware systems
(2009)This dissertation presents a novel approach to the problem of _nding the characteristics of the data sources and query processing sites in a distributed database system. We model the network as a graph with nodes representing ... -
A framework with a cost estimation model and the identification of high vehicle crash locations with injured persons in Puerto Rico
(2020-05-27)Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (2018), 1.35 millones de personas mueren cada año y de 20 a 50 millones de personas resultan heridas o discapacitadas cada año en choques automovilísticos. La Oficina de Estadísticas ... -
Francisco Gonzalo Marín : héroe y patria.
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Francisco Mariano Quiñones : vida y obra.
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Frecuencias de corte en asociaciones de Chloris gayana cv. Callide-Clitoria ternatea (L.) y su efecto sobre su composición botánica, biomasa y valor nutritivo
(2011)The investigation consisted of two experiments conducted at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Isabela, Puerto Rico; the first experiment aimed to evaluate the association of the gramineous species Chloris gayana cv. ... -
Frequency scanning folded slot antenna array
(2006)The design and development of a folded slot antenna array operating at 9.5 GHz frequency is presented in this thesis. A series fed antenna array conformed by 16 elements is designed on a substrate with a permittivity of ... -
Freud : religión y filosofía
(1976-11)En el presente trabajo intentaremos trazar brevemente las ideas principales de Sigmund Freud sobre la filosofía y la religión. Nuestra presentación estará sustentada no solamente por sus escritos, sino por aquellos ... -
From Caliban to me: Postcolonial reading of Elizabeth Nunez’s Prospero’s Daughter
(2020-05-15)This thesis project explores my alignment to nature and the Devil for empowerment as a racialized Other—the villain—in the Western imperial project, through Elizabeth Nunez’s Prospero’s Daughter (2006), a Caribbean reimagining ... -
From environmental remediation to photoelectrochemical cell applications: Fe<sup>0</sup>/ Fe<sub>x</sub>O<sub>y</sub>, CdFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, and NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles and the development of an electrochemical system for ammonia oxidation reaction at the international space station
(2021-05-14)Contaminated water bodies have been identified in the industrialized area of the north area of Puerto Rico. The excessive construction without considering the diversity of the ecosystem that encompasses the north area has ... -
From the fields to the archives : an intellectual history of the archaeological and anthropological theories and methods leading to wartime applications in the Handbook of South American Indians
(2020-07-23)This investigation can be characterized as an approach towards the history of American anthropological theory from 1939 to 1945. Based on a reliable source based, this wartime intellectual history was examined through the ... -
From the fields to the archives : an intellectual history of the archaeological and anthropological theories and methods leading to wartime applications in the Handbook of South American Indians
(2020-07-23)This investigation can be characterized as an approach towards the history of American anthropological theory from 1939 to 1945. Based on a reliable source base, this wartime intellectual history was examined through the ... -
From theory to practice: Mending the gap between truth and memoir
(2008)The memoir is a genre that still remains somewhat in the shadows in terms of its allocation within the subjects of academia, literature, English instruction, among others. This thesis is an attempt at appeasing the genre ... -
From veil to scarf: Gendered identities in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Marvel comics’ Ms. Marvel
(2019-05-07)In this thesis, I study two critically-acclaimed texts to explore the construction of gendered identities by Muslim and Muslim-American women in contact zones where they struggle to stay true to themselves. I draw on Judith ... -
Fronteras de integración : ¿cómo revertir las fronteras entre comunidades debido a los contrastes en formas, morfologías y relación físico - espacial?
(2020-05)Producto de la ciudad moderna, se han perdido los espacios urbanos de diálogo entre comunidades. En el proceso, las fronteras políticas de las comunidades se han convertido en espacios inhóspitos carentes de identidad y ... -
Function of song type matching in Adelaide’s Warbler (Setophaga adelaidae) in Cabo Rojo Wildlife Refuge (Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico)
(2013)Many species of birds sing the same song-type that a neighbor has just sung, a behavior known as song-type matching. Song-type matching has long been considered a signal of aggressive intent, but recent experiments fail ...