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P-adaptivity with multi block mesh generation applied to linear elasticity and laser cutting process

Kanuvoi, Karthikeyan P. (Northern Illinois University, 1996)

An automatic localized p-refinement algorithm up to p-level three has been developed for two-dimensional domains with quadrilateral serendipity and Lagrangian elements. Multi-block method with transformal mapping technique ...

P-polynomial table algebras and distance-regular graphs

Hein, Robert J. (Northern Illinois University, 2007)

It is shown that given a standard, integral, P-polynomial table algebra with integer dual degrees, with valency k > 2 and with intersection array that has one column repeated g times, then the diameter d is bounded by a ...

Pa-‘trolling’ the False Marking Frontier: Giving Section 292 the Proper Makeover in Wake of the America Invents Act

Zickterman, Kevin (Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2012-09)

Prohibiting false patent marking on various products and goods is not a new concept in intellectual property law. For the last 170 years, laws have been on the books to prevent individuals and manufacturers from deceiving ...

Paddock Publications and the northwest suburban region of Chicago : a post-World War II analysis

Jonak, Charles M. (Northern Illinois University, 1980)

This study concerns the developmental relationship between Paddock Publications, publisher of The Daily Herald, and the newspaper group's coverage area, the northwest suburban region of Chicago. Taken in the time frame of ...

Padilla v. Kentucky: A New Chapter in Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Whether Deportation Constitutes Punishment for Lawful Permanent Residents?

Maddali, Anita (2011)

In this Article, I argue that the deportation of lawful permanent residents on account of a criminal conviction is punitive, and therefore enhanced constitutional protections must be afforded to lawful permanent residents ...

Paint expressions : effects of an art program on cognition, quality of life, communication, and behavior for individuals with dementia

Jeppson, Tertia (Northern Illinois University, 2017)

Dementia is a disease that has impacted 35 million people around the world. With that number expected to double in 20 years, researchers have been investigating multiple options to reverse or slow the cognitive decline ...

Painted attic pottery of the late archaic and early classical periods : a critical analysis of form, technique and aesthetics

Broocks, Steven (Northern Illinois University, 1981)

My thesis examines three aspects of the painted pottery produced in Athens during the late Archaic and early Classical period, approximately 550 through 450 B.C. My study is divided into three major parts. The first part ...

The paintings of Uemura Shōen with special attention to Nō drama themes

Yamada, Nanako (Northern Illinois University, 1989)

Uemura Shōen (1875-1949) was the greatest female artist working in modern Japanese-style painting during the first half of the twentieth century. She was highly regarded and her works are kept in the major museums in Japan. ...

"Paleobotic" Smilodon

Boston, Bernard (Northern Illinois University, 2018)

A major challenge in the reconstruction of any fossil taxon is to determine the functional capabilities of the animal while it was alive. For extinct animals, this process can benefit from analysis of the functional ...

Paleoecologic and biostratigraphic interpretations of late Miocene foraminifera at DSDP site 265 (leg 28), southeast Indian Ocean

Engelhardt, Nancy L. (Northern Illinois University, 1980)

The biostratigraphy, paleoecology and systematics of the Miocene benthic and planktonic foraminifera of Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 265 (cores 15 and 16), located in the southeast Indian Ocean, have been examined in ...

Paleoecological significance of dominance relationships in silicoflagellates occurring in sub-Atlantic/Antarctic sediment cores

Frank, David R. (Northern Illinois University, 1988)

The silicoflagellate genera Dictyocha and Distephanus are often used to determine paleotemperatures because the ratio of warm water organisms to cold water organisms is an indicator of paleo-oceanographic temperatures. In ...

Paleoenvironmental trends of late Pliocene benthic foraminifera from DSDP Site 548, northeast Atlantic

Banonis, Given (Northern Illinois University, 1986)

Benthic foraminfera from 60 samples of the Late Pliocene section at DSDP Site 548 in the NE Atlantic were studied to examine paleoenvironmental responses of the species during major climatic changes caused by the onset of ...

A paleoethnobotanical analysis of two Mississippian period Langford-tradition sites in northeast Illinois

Redmer, Bonnie Stephenson (Northern Illinois University, 1989)

This thesis presents the paleoethnobotanical data compiled from the excavations conducted at the Cooke Site (11CK52) in 1986 and at Robinson Reserve (11CK2) in 1986, 1987, and 1988. These two sites are from the Mississippian ...

Paleofluid system structure in the Monterrey Salient of the Sierra Madre oriental, northeastern Mexico

Zodarecky, Joshua William (Northern Illinois University, 2016)

This project investigates the paleofluid system in a thinly tapering orogenic wedge, and assesses paleofluid system heterogeneity using geochemical analyses of veins and host rock. My goal is to determine the characteristics ...

Paleopathological analysis of an Iron Age human skeletal collection from an east Yorkshire cemetery

Salisbury, Erin E. (Northern Illinois University, 2003)

The paleopathology of the Krapina neandertals with specific reference to patterns of trauma

Gardner, Janet C. (Northern Illinois University, 2001)

Palynological and sedimentological basin analyses of lower to middle Pennsylvanian deposits in Rock Island County, Illinois, and Muscatine County, Iowa

Isbell, John L. (Northern Illinois University, 1985)

Lower to Middle Pennsylvanian strata in Rock Island County, Illinois, and Muscatine County, Iowa, are identified as the Caseyville, Abbott, and Spoon Formation on the basis of spore assemblages. Spore distributions within ...