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The role of Gammaproteobacteria in aerobic alkane degradation in oilfield production water from the Barnett Shale
(2017-12)
Despite nearly a century’s worth of research focused on investigating the activities of microorganisms in petroleum production systems, a large gap in the literature exists on the role of heterotrophic microorganisms in ...
FUNCTIONALIZATION OF MESOSTRUCTURED SILICA CATALYSTS TO IMPROVE STABILITY AND DECREASE LEACHING DURING C-C BOND FORMING REACTIONS IN THE LIQUID PHASE
(2017-08-01)
The ordered mesoporous silica materials such as MCM-41 and SBA-15 have raised special attention because of its chemical and thermal stability. Several studies have been reported the ubiquitous modification method of the ...
Systems analysis of grass cell wall biosynthesis for biofuel production
(2017-05)
Grass cell walls play an important role in plant development, pathogen defense, and are an abundant and sustainable carbon source for biofuel production. Chapter 1 introduces the great impact of cell wall composition on ...
The Role of Health Inequality in Achieving Universal Primary Education: A Cross-National Panel Analysis
(2017-05-12)
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, cross-national primary education has improved substantially, even when considering remaining inequalities between nations. In order to further tease apart the complex mechanisms ...
Teaching from a place of hope in Indigenous education
(2017)
The Council on Anthropology and Education’s Standing Committee on Indigenous Education has had a presence at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropology Association over the past decade. The CAE Indigenous Education ...
The Effect of Gathering on Sandbox Player Engagement as Defined Using Analytic Methods
(2017-05)
Player engagement is a concept that is both vital to the online gaming industry and difficult to define. Typically, engagement is defined using social science methodology such that observing, surveying, and interviewing ...
Linking image processing and numerical modeling to identify potential geohazards
(2017-08)
Faults, along with natural fractures, may enhance production when confined within the reservoir. However, if the fault is connected to an aquifer, it may cause early water breakthrough in the reservoir. Even if they are ...
Learning from Student Perceptions: A Dialogical Approach to Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
(2017-05)
As the culture gap between public school students and teachers has continued to grow in the past decade, culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) emerged as a theoretical guide to support classroom practices. Despite support for ...
DEEP LEARNING APPROACHES IN PROBLEMS IN VARIOUS-DIMENSIONAL DATA
(2017)
This thesis develop efficient deep learning based methods for a series of tasks. I believe these problems to be inherently worth developing because of their connections to problems of practical importance. In particular, ...
An Examination of the Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Federal Supplemental Revenue as It Relates to American Indian Students in a Public School District
(2017-05-05)
Using a vertical equity lens this study investigates the effect of federal funding on the academic achievement of American Indian students in a high Indian enrollment (HIE) public school district in Oklahoma. This single ...