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Shape Memory Polyurethane with Porous Architectures for Potential Applications in Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment
(2019-04-05)
Conventional endovascular embolization of intracranial (or brain) aneurysms using helical detachable platinum coils can be time-consuming and occasionally requires retreatment due to incomplete coil packing. These shortcomings ...
Gender Differences in the Propensity to Initiate Negotiations: Organizational Transparency, Diversity Climate, and the Mediating Role of Organizational Trust
(2018-08-02)
While much research has been conducted on gender and negotiation outcomes, fewer studies have explored the propensity to initiate negotiation and how employee gender impacts this decision. Characteristics of organizations, ...
NUMERICAL MODELING AND DIAGNOSTICS OF INTER- AND INTRA-WELL INTERFERENCE IN TIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS: TOWARDS OPTIMAL WELL SPACING DECISIONS
(2019)
The main objective of this dissertation is to provide sound understanding and mitigation solutions to the perplexing problem of well interference and its implications on completions design, well-spacing decisions, and ...
DE CABALLEROS Y CAUDILLOS A PÍCAROS Y NARCOTRAFICANTES: UN ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO ENTRE LAS JÁCARAS DEL SIGLO DE ORO Y LOS NARCOCORRIDOS MEXICANOS DE LOS SIGLOS XX Y XXI
(2018-05-11)
Los narcocorridos y las jácaras son dos géneros de la tradición oral hispana que han surgido dentro del mundo del hampa de su respectiva época. Ambos géneros comparten una gran cantidad de similitudes tanto del espacio ...
Millennials in Sports: Is Generation Y Changing the Coach-Athlete Dynamic?
(2012)
The purpose of this research is to compare the Millennial generation, born between 1982 and 2002 (Howe & Strauss, 2003; Howe & Strauss, 2007, Huntley, 2006) to the generation immediately before them, Generation X, born ...
The representations of p-adic fields associated to elliptic curves
(2015)
The goal of this dissertation is to find the irreducible, admissible representation
of GL(2; F) attached to an elliptic curve E over a p-adic field F. Associated
to E is a 2-dimensional complex representation of the ...
Construcciones estilísticas y estructurales en el neopolicial mexicano del siglo veinte y veintiuno
(2016-05-13)
In this dissertation I analyze the novels Días de combate (1976) by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, La Mara (2004) by Rafael Ramírez Heredia and Yodo (2003) by Juan Hernández Luna as paradigms of the changes that the “neo-detective” ...
Dimensions of Trust: The Tensions and Challenges in Provider—Interpreter Trust
(Qualitative Health Research, 2010-02-01)
In this study we examined the challenges to providers’ and interpreters’ collaboration in bilingual health care. We conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with 26 medical interpreters (speaking 17 languages) and ...
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SYNTHETIC SCHEME FOR VINYL DIETHERS AND SYNTHESIS OF PRODRUGS FOR TARGETED DELIVERY AND VISIBLE/NIR LIGHT-TRIGGERED RELEASE
(2014)
Tumor specific drug delivery has become increasingly interesting in cancer therapy, as the use of chemotherapeutics is often limited due to severe side effects. Targeted chemotherapy for cancer treatment offers a great ...
Dynamic Participation in Interdistrict Open Enrollment
(Educational Policy, 2014-03-18)
Interdistrict open enrollment is the nation’s largest and most widespread school choice program, but our knowledge of these programs is limited. Drawing on 5 years of student-level data from the universe of public school ...