This thesis addresses the construction of complex three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructures using only 2-D, planar nano-fabrication techniques. In the state of the art, multiple 2-D layers are fabricated in series, each directly on top of the previous. The method advocated here is Nanostructured Origami, in which multiple adjacent 2-D layers are fabricated in parallel and are then folded into the ...

Preface Before u lays the master thesis that covers the internship on the Trinidad Platform, carried out for Capgemini Nederland B.V. This internship is a conclusion to the Master Software Engineering taught at the University of Amsterdam (UVA). Even though writing this thesis is an individual task, guidance and support do influence the final result. I would like to thank Capgemini for making t...

OF LICENTIATE THESIS AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Juha-Petri Kärnä Name of the thesis Date May 25, 2010 Article thesis (summary + original articles) Monograph Faculty Department Professorship Supervisor Second examiner Abstract

Acquiring and representing the large body of “common sense” knowledge underlying ordinary human reasoning and communication is a long standing problem in the field of artificial intelligence. This thesis will address the question whether a significant quantity of this knowledge may be acquired by mining natural language content on the Web. Specifically, this thesis emphasizes the representation...

Approved: ____________________________________ Thesis Supervisor ____________________________________ Title and Department ____________________________________ Date 1 AN EXAMINATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS PARENTS HAVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN

Approved: ____________________________________ Thesis Supervisor ____________________________________ Title and Department ____________________________________ Date 3 FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF VLSI DESIGNS: CELL INTERNAL FAULTS AND VOLUME DIAGNOSIS THROUGHPUT

The thesis objective is to design an autonomous spacecraft architecture to perform both deliberative and reactive behaviors. The Autonomous Small Planet In-situ Reaction to Events (ASPIRE) project uses this architecture to integrate several autonomous technologies for a comet orbiter mission. This architecture uses the deliberative path for performing deliberative behaviors, and the three bypas...

Approved: ____________________________________ Thesis Supervisor ____________________________________ Title and Department ____________________________________ Date 4 UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF TOPOISOMERASE 2 IN CHROMOSOME ASSOCIATIONS

Approved: __________________________________________________________ Thesis Supervisor __________________________________________________________ Title and Department __________________________________________________________ Date RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSE STAFFING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN NURSING HOMES

Approved: __________________________________________________ Thesis Supervisor ________________________________________________ Title and Department ________________________________________________ Date ROMANTIC DISENGAGEMENT AS A DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO MARITAL DISTRESS AND DECLINE