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Social Capital Networks of Media NGOs in Peru: A Public Relations Approach to Explicating Relationships in Civil Society
(2011)
Civil society is created and sustained through the relationships of interconnected organizations such as NGOs and donors. Social capital is created via these relationships, providing civil society actors with the tangible ...
Family Values, Social Capital and Contradictions of American Modernity
(Theory, Culture & Society, 2011-07-01)
Contemporary American social and political discourses have integrated concerns about family values into the realm of debates about the associational life of social capital. In these discussions, theoretical and historical ...
Sequence stratigraphic framework of the Caney Shale, Arkoma Basin southeastern Oklahoma
(2011)
Many petroleum companies have turned their attention to the exploration and development of shale as unconventional resource plays. The focus of this study was the Caney Shale, which occurs in the Oklahoma part of the Arkoma ...
Effect of Repeated Loading on Moisture Absorption of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
(2011-05)
Although known for their ease of production and high specific properties, fiber reinforced polymer composites are highly susceptible to environmental conditions such as moisture absorption. While the adverse effects of ...
Workload History and Anticipation: Effects on Task Performance and Subjective Stress
(2011)
Though previous research has demonstrated that a sudden change in workload can have negative performance outcomes, there has been little examination of factors that could minimize these effects. The purpose of the present ...
Combined Experimental and Computational Studies of Model Compounds to Gain Understanding of Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Oils
(2011)
Scientific research is mainly based upon observation and experiment, and accordingly, the purpose of theoretical study is to provide the conceptual framework for the prediction and explanation of observation. Consequently, ...
Quantifying the Costs and Benefits of Pavement Retexturing as a Pavement Preservation Tool
(2011)
The objective of this research was to leverage research done abroad in Australia and New Zealand, as well as research conducted within the United States to determine the role pavement preservation treatments have on safety ...
Lebanese Subjectivities and Media Use: Post/Global Contexts
(2011)
Media use is neither socially determined nor socially determinative outside of subjectivity, the process by which the self makes meaning of its place in the world. To further our understandings of media and social change, ...
AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN TIBIA STRENGTH AND MORPHOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF TIBIA MORPHOLOGY TO BONE HEALTH
(2011)
Variability in peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) measurement sites limits direct comparisons of results between studies. Further, it is unclear what estimates or surrogates of bone strength are most ...
Mutual Fund Exit and Mutual Fund Fees
(2011-08)
We examine the effect of mutual fund fee structure on mutual fund exit mode and timing. The evidence presented herein is consistent with fee maximization by mutual fund sponsors or managers, increased conflicts of interest ...