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CALCULATION OF ESTIMATED OIL RECOVERY USING CARTER TYPE CURVES
(2017-05-12)
The focus of this research is to calculate the Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) of shale wells for a diverse range of fluid types using Carter (1985) type curves. The Carter (1985) type curve is a plot of flow rate versus ...
Between Laughter and Weeping: Justo medio in the Cartas marruecas of Jose Cadalso
(2012)
This dissertation examines the genre, narrativity and use of humor in Colonel José Cadalso's1774 work Cartas marruecas (Moroccan Letters). The Moroccan Letters consists of a fictitious correspondence carried on between ...
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MICROSCALE CARBON FIBER AND CARBON-NANOTUBES GRAFTED FIBER WITH THE AID OF DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYZER
(2012)
Effects of surface modification on tensile and interfacial properties of PAN-based carbon fibers have been investigated. Four different types of commercially available PAN-based carbon fibers namely AS4, AS7, IM10 and T650 ...
Application of the Forward Sensitivity Method to Data Assimilation of the Lagrangian Tracer Dynamics
(2014-05)
The analysis of the dynamics of a tracer/drifter/buoy floating on the free surface of the water waves in the open ocean whose motion is described by the shallow water model equations is of great interest in Lagrangian data ...
The Effect of Feedback on Self-Efficacy and Musical Aptitude Scores
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive and negative feedback on musical aptitude test performance and self-efficacy for musical aptitude test performance. Four research questions were addressed: ...
INCORPORATING MULTIPLE HISTORIES: THE POSSIBILITY OF NARRATIVE RUPTURE OF THE ARCHIVE IN V. AND BELOVED
(2010)
Novels of the twentieth century are grappling with the questions of identity in relation to history, but a self-reflexive history, a history that is always suspicious of itself. Alienated from cultural, religious and ...
De Senghor à Mabanckou parricide, rhizome et éthique de l’identité
(2016-12)
In my dissertation, “De Senghor à Mabanckou: parricide, rhizome et éthique de l'identité,” I draw on concepts developed by Harold Bloom in The Anxiety of influence (1973) to argue that, as a francophone, sub-Saharan African ...
The Virtues of Bayesian Epistemology
(2011)
The aim of this dissertation is to address the intersection of two normative epistemologies, Bayesian confirmation theory (BCT) and virtue epistemology (VE). While both are successful in many respects, I argue that the ...
A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING PROPOSALS BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDIA
(2018-08)
Billions of people in developing and underdeveloped countries currently lack access to basic services and are living in poverty. One of the main reasons is unavailability or limited basic resource (economic, technology, ...
STUDYING THE GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME OF A TRADITIONAL PERUVIAN COMMUNITY
(2018-08-24)
The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is an ecosystem that is home to a plethora of bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes, and viruses, collectively termed the “gut microbiota” or “microbiome” when referring to the genetic ...