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PROPPANT FLOW AND TRANSPORT MODELING IN DEFORMABLE HYDRAULIC FRACTURE NETWORKS
(2018)
The objective of the hydraulic fracturing stimulation is to create a large volume of fractured rock with enhanced permeability. The effectiveness of a hydraulic fracturing stimulation depends on maintaining the created ...
Assessing User Needs and Model Accuracy of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Winter Wheat Producers in the South-Central United States
(2018-05-11)
The research presented in this dissertation highlights ways in which seasonal climate forecasts can be tailored to better serve the needs of winter wheat producers in the south-central United States (U.S.) and presumably ...
Electric Vehicles
(2018-12-17)
This chapter regards the current state of electric vehicles in society today: the pros and cons, areas that need to improve, etc. The chapter starts by discussing some of the unethical practices that go into creating ...
Popular Faulkner: The Development of “The National Voice” Across The Bayard and Ringo Stories
(2018-05-11)
This thesis seeks to demonstrate the development of a 'popular' Faulkner that emerges through the composition history of his 1938 novel 'The Unvanquished.' Using Michael Warner's concept of "publics," Faulkner's Bayard-Ringo ...
The Influence of Organic Metabolites Binding with Ferric Iron on Corrosion Mechanisms in Oil and Gas Production Water
(2018-05-11)
Corrosion of carbon steel is a potential hazard to oil and gas production infrastructure. The total annual cost of corrosion in the oil and gas production industry is estimated to be $1.372 billion in the USA (Simons, ...
Re-Framing Failure: Mindsets in Foreign Language Learners
(2018-12-14)
Abstract
In recent years, Carol Dweck, Ph.D’s mindset research has influenced and shaped educational practice. However, Dweck’s research has received little attention in foreign language pedagogy and classroom discourse. ...
CYCLOPENTANONE ALDOL CONDENSATION – EFFECTS OF SURFACE SILANIZATION, ACETONE AND WATER CO-FEEDING ON CATALYTIC BEHAVIORS OF MAGNESIUM OXIDE-BASED SOLIDS
(2018)
Cyclopentanone is a promising building block in the conversion of biomass to fuels. It can be readily obtained from furanics derived from biomass and can be converted to intermediate products in the molecular weight range ...
Measuring Individual Differences and Changes in Moral Reasoning: An Economic Game Approach
(2018)
Motivated reasoning bias and its manifestation in confirmation bias make it unlikely that people will change their minds on matters for which their positions are expressions of their own or their group’s identity. Moral ...
ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS IN COLUMN INTEGRATED CO2 ON SYNOPTIC AND SEASONAL TIME SCALE OVER THE U.S.
(2018)
Past studies have demonstrated that synoptic events play an important role in the spatial and temporal variations of carbon dioxide (CO2). In this study, in order to investigate whether cold fronts have impact on synoptic ...
Resolving Ontologies of Antisemitism, Orientalism, and the Question of Zionist Colonialism
(2018)
This study addresses the persistent charge of orientalism leveled against Zionism and explores the relationship between orientalism and antisemitism, which Edward W. Said describes in his 1978 book Orientalism as that of ...