by Leslie Prince Rudolph., Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-72).

by Roshanak Gilani., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-73).

This inquiry sought to examine the effects of participating in an online discussion forum on the development of knowledge for teaching mathematics. The participants of this study were among the pre-service teachers from a large urban university, chosen as they…

Based on traditional medicinal knowledge, it was possible to identify the plant species Solanum chrysotrichum as the source of a new antimycotic agent designated SC-1. Cell suspension batch cultures from this plant were established in shake flasks, in which the…

In wireless communications, the broadcast nature can be explored to efficiently support multicast services while the difference in channel gains among the wireless links of users promotes multiuser diversity which can be used to improve multicast performance. This thesis proposes…

Desde sus inicios, la industria del software se ha preocupado por mejorar lacalidad de sus productos. En respuesta a esta inquietud, surgen los modelos demejoras de procesos de software (MMPS), cuyo objetivo es el de mejorar lacalidad de los productos…

This thesis argues that Chinese firms can catch up with the technological frontier in the scope of new climate friendly energy technologies and provides a detailed study of the case of wind power.

This work examines the patterns inherent to the understanding of the nature of the forbidden fruit in an attempt to demonstrate parallels between the reasoning of biblical interpreters, on one hand, and of artists, on the other., While the biblical…

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar parte do estudo realizado sobre sintonia de performance de banco de dados que consiste em levantar e propor um conjunto de regras que melhore o desempenho de aplicações de banco de dados. São apresentadas…

En este artículo se describe un procedimiento para asignar de forma automática etiquetas de dominio a las glosas de WordNet. Una de las motivaciones principales del trabajo es enriquecer fuentes léxicas con información de WordNet. Para ello, se utilizan los…