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A Balancing Act: Reconciling Organizational Change with a Tradition of Uniqueness in Countercultural Liberal Arts Colleges
(2008)The current investigation explores the impact of societal shifts in commercialism and consumerism on lesser-known colleges with a tradition of liberal arts education. I present a descriptive case study that examines the ... -
A Building Block Apporach to Port Security
(2011)With the ever present threat to commerce, both politically and economically, technological innovations provide a means to secure the transportation infrastructure that will allow efficient and uninterrupted freight-flow ... -
A Case Study of a Public Private Partnership in Arts Education
(2013)Public private partnerships (PPP) expand government services by utilizing the skills and resources of the private sector. Collaboration between the sectors allows for a greater reach of services, and the potential for cost ... -
A Case Study of Resilient African American Adults
(2011)Through a qualitative, case-study, the extensive literature regarding resilience and the historical information regarding the city in which the participants resided rendered the following five factors that constitute the ... -
A CATALOG OF WORKS FOR MARIMBA SOLOIST WITH PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE COMPOSED BETWEEN 1959 AND 2008 WITH ANALYSIS OF SELECTED WORKS
(2009)This document provides a chronological catalog of works for marimba soloist and percussion ensemble composed between 1959 and 2008. More than 100 works have been composed over the forty-nine year history of the genre. ... -
A certain land claim in New Mexico.
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A certain private land-claim in the Territory of New Mexico.
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A Community of Congruence Among Secondary Social Studies Teachers: A Case Study
(2012)The purpose of this case study was to explore the community of one purposely selected department of secondary social studies teachers. I aimed to provide insight into the nature of one community of congruence amid the many ... -
A comparison of microphysical parameterization sensitivities in three comma-head snow events and evaluation of scheme solutions with PIREPs
(2013)Numerical model experiments are conducted to assess how aircraft icing forecasts are affected by the choice of microphysical parameterization, with respect to the presence of supercooled liquid water (SLW). Select winter ... -
A comparison of two-phase inflow performance relationships
(1997)In this research, the individual performance of vertical oil wells are investigated. The objective of this study was to verify the suitability of certain empirical relations to predict the rate-pressure behavior of a single ... -
A Comprehensive Investigation on Microscale Properties and Macroscopic Behavior of Natural Expansive Soils
(2012)Understanding the complicated behavior of expansive soil requires in-depth exploration of microscopic phenomena under varying situations, especially when the soil stays unsaturated and experiences swell-shrink cycles. This ... -
A Convergence Account of Ethics and Aesthetics Through A Composite Understanding of Evaluative Judgments
(2010)In this dissertation, I argue for a convergence account of the ontological status of the fields of ethics and aesthetics. This project is accomplished in three parts. -
A Convergence Account of Ethics and Aesthetics Through A Composite Understanding of Evaluative Judgments
(2010)In this dissertation, I argue for a convergence account of the ontological status of the fields of ethics and aesthetics. This project is accomplished in three parts. -
A COUPLED HYDRAULIC-MECHANICAL ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR UNSATURATED SANDS AND SILTS
(2009)Unsaturated soils are three-phase porous media consisting of a solid skeleton, pore water, and pore air. It is well known that the behavior of unsaturated soils is influenced heavily by the matric suction (pore air ... -
A Culture-Based Design Pedagogy for Nigerian and South African Spatial Forms
(2011)Previous authors have discussed non-Western design forms with regards to the significance of integrating global issues, diversity issues in design curricula, and designing in diverse cultural settings. However, there are ... -
A Defense of Nonreductive Mental Causation
(2013)Mental causation is a problem and not just a problem for the nonphysicalist. One of the many lessons learned from Jaegwon Kim's writings in the philosophy of mind is that mental causation is a problem for the nonreductive ...