In this dissertation, I introduce some number theoretic methods and discuss their intriguing applications to a variety of problems in computer science, information theory, combinatorics, and geometry. First, using properties ...

Logic programming realizes the ideal of "computation as deduction," except when floating-point arithmetic is involved. In that respect, logic programming languages suffer the same deficiency as conventional algorithmic ...

This thesis presents a numerical simulation study for the heat and mass transfer in- and out-side individual boards of a stack during kiln drying of wood and on the effect of side gaps between the boards. The objective is ...

SixGe1-x is a promising alloy semiconductor material that is gaining importance in the semiconductor industry primarily due to the fact that silicon and germanium form a binary isomorphous system and hence its properties ...

It is well established that non-equilibrium flows cannot properly be described by traditional hydrodynamics, namely, the Navier-Stokes-Fourier (NSF) equations. Such flows occur, for example, in micro-electro-mechanical systems ...

To understand the mechanisms of energy exchange between the tropics and the midlatitudes, it is necessary to develop simplified climate models. Motivated by linear wave theory, one such model is derived below. It ...

Prototyping is an essential step in the manufacture of many objects, both consumer and industrial. A fundamental step in this process is the definition of the three dimensional form of the object shape; for example, a ...

Following the philosophical oeuvre of Michel Foucault, I locate and discuss how the discursive formulation of adolescent health promotion defines the conceptual possibilities and determines the boundaries of nurses’ ...

Clinical nursing practice is on the cusp of significant and unrelenting change amid globalization, austerity measures and technological advancements as the world moves out of the industrial age into the knowledge age. With ...