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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 ...
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 ...
Families and Facilities: How the Parent-Child Relationship Changes Upon Institutionalization
(2017)
This thesis endeavors to trace how the relationships and of the mainstream American family unit, specifically between adult children and their parents, are altered by the process of age-related institutionalization in a ...
Viral Metagenomics and Anthropology in the Americas
(2015-05-08)
Viruses are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on earth. As humans, we could not exist without them. For billions of years they have been the unseen mediators of microbial and multicellular life. They are ...
A MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF WETTABILITY IN SHALE KEROGEN WITH VARYING MATURITY LEVELS AND ITS ROLE IN GOVERNING FLUID DISTRIBUTION
(2014-12)
Kerogen is defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter in sedimentary rocks and is a complex mixture of organic chemical compounds. The process of kerogen maturation is accompanied by the loss of functionalized ...
The Concept of Capability Consciousness: Learning From Helen Keller
(2016-05-13)
This dissertation is a philosophical analysis of the meaning of a concept I name “capability consciousness” and propose as useful for special education. Understanding this concept can help us answer an educationally and ...