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Banned Books of the Scientific Revolution
(2017)
The three most famous banned books of the Copernican revolution, listed in chronological order, are On the Revolutions of Copernicus (1543); a Commentary on the biblical book of Job by Zúñiga, a theologian in Salamanca; ...
Employee Empowerment, Self-Determination Theory, And Employee Engagement: A Mediation Model
(2017-12-15)
Even though employee engagement has been touted as a strategy to increase organizational performance, productivity, and employee retention, scant empirical data on the drivers of employee engagement exists. The current ...
Preferred Versus Novel Exercise Modalities on Endogenous Pain Inhibition Following Exercise
(2017-05-12)
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience which can indicate potential or actual tissue damage. Exercise has been shown to result in marked decreases in pain sensitivity both during and following exercise. ...
USING RADAR TO REVEAL LARGE-SCALE IN-FLIGHT BEHAVIORS OF MIGRATORY BIRDS
(2017-05-12)
The shortest possible migratory route for birds is not always the best route to travel. Substantial research effort has established that birds in captivity are capable of orienting toward the direction of an intended goal, ...
Assessing the Impact of Non-Conventional Observations on High-Resolution Analyses and Forecasts
(2017-05)
A key recommendation of a 2009 report by the National Research Council (NRC) was for new mesoscale networks to be integrated with existing ones to form a nationwide “network of networks”. This recommendation originated ...
MULTISCALE SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSES OF SEISMICITY AND WASTEWATER INJECTION IN OKLAHOMA
(2017-05)
The increase in seismicity in Oklahoma since 2009 has been primarily attributed to wastewater disposal, however, the extent and nature of the relationship is not clear. On the state level, there is no statistically significant ...
GROUND STATE ENTANGLEMENT IN 2D STRONGLY INTERACTING BOSE-HUBBARD-TYPE MODELS
(2017)
In this dissertation, I present my work on ground state entanglement in Bose-Hubbard-type models. Bose-Hubbard-type models form a wide class of bosonic lattice models and describe systems that can be realized by cold atoms ...
THE ROLE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND SOCIO-MORAL CLIMATE ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR: EXAMINING THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY’S WORK-RELATED BASIC NEED SATISFACTION
(2017)
Despite an extensive stream of academic research conducted on self-determination theory (SDT), antecedents such as leadership and organizational climate that dually influence SDT have not been examined in many empirical ...
RHEOLOGY OF AQUEOUS AND POLYMER-BASED NITROGEN FOAMS AT HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE (HPHT) CONDITIONS
(2017-05-12)
Foams are complex mixtures of gas and liquid held together by a surfactant at the gas-water interface. The use of foams find application in many industrial operations such as underbalanced drilling fluid, fracturing fluid ...
Millennials and the Putin Cult Undergraduate
(2017)
Much literature about the unique qualities of particular generations exists, as does literature examining the cult of personality surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin. This article situates itself within the study ...