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Revisiting the mechanisms of clay damage
(2016-05)
Molecular dynamics simulations were used to investigate the underlying mechanisms of water interaction with Wyoming-type montmorillonites. The study focused on (1) the clay swelling process for different cations with the ...
Reproducing (Dis)Advantage: The Role of Family-based, School-based, and Cumulative-based Processes
(2012)
Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural and social reproduction (Bourdieu 1973; Bourdieu and Passeron 1977) offers a model that can be used to explain the existence of persistent educational stratification in the United States, ...
Paint/Write: A Heuristic Journey
(2013)
Two research questions guided this research: (1) How does paint/write unfold in my personal experience? (2) How might extended interactions with paint/write influence my painting and writing abilities and therefore my ...
Essays in Chinese Security Issuance and Privatization
(2017-05-12)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays which study the impacts of different types of government ownership on a firm’s post-privatization performance, the underlying cause for the change in Chinese share-issue ...
Howard Ferguson's Contributions to Piano Literature and Pedagogy
(2011)
Howard Ferguson's myriad contributions to piano literature and piano pedagogy are the focus of this document. Ferguson actively engaged in the twentieth-century British classical music scene and his influence has reached ...
An analysis of client life experiences and relationships with counseling outcome.
(2004)
In research conducted with ninety clinical outpatient clients, significant variance in counseling outcome as assessed by clients and counselors was attributed to life experience (20% to 30%), religious constructs (9.8% to ...
Marketing Actions and the Value of Customer Assets: A Framework for Customer Asset Management
(Journal of Service Research, 2002-08-01)
This article develops a framework for assessing how marketing actions affect customers’lifetime value to the firm. The framework is organized around four critical actions that firms must take to effectively manage the asset ...
The effect of fantasy context on moral action and judgment
(2019)
Prior research has suggested that individuals import facts from the real world into fictional worlds and that the likelihood of importation depends on both the type of fact and the fictional context (Weisberg & Goodstein, ...
Developing an Algorithm to Identify Secondary Incidents
(2018)
Highways are the most frequently used means of transportation in today’s world and the leading source of travel mishaps. Crashes or incidents on highways—both primary and secondary—constrain highway capacity, threaten ...
Revealing the potentiality for chaos in a public high school.
(2002)
The heuristic methodology utilized in this study is critiqued and study findings are related to the current literature. Implications and recommendations are made to educators and education reformers. Finally, suggestions ...