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Effect of Nanoparticles and Solvent Based Emulsion on Heavy Oil Viscosity
(2016-05)
Considering the fact that heavy oil and bitumen constitutes about 70% of world’s total oil resources, it is not surprising that the quest to produce heavy oil has attained industry wide attention. Because of extremely high ...
Who lost Iran? : a critical reassessment of U.S. foreign policy towards Iran, 1953-1979 Undergraduate
(2016)
The air was crisp as President Jimmy Carter entered the building. Uncharacteristically cold, even by Iran’s standards. It was New Year’s Eve 1977 and Carter was making his first trip to Iran to continue the long standing ...
Child Care Quality and Foster Care Stability: A Time-to-Event Approach
(2017-12-13)
Early Childcare and Education (ECE) frequently serve as the focus of efforts to improve the well-being of children in foster homes. This study uses archival data to explore the effects of ECE subsidy use, ECE type, and ECE ...
Musical Mannerism: a Recurring Stylistic Phenomenon in Keyboard Variations by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt
(2016-08)
ABSTRACT
Mannerism was an artistic style that flourished in the sixteenth century between the High Renaissance and the emergence of the Baroque era. Originating in Rome and Florence in the 1520s, Mannerism eventually ...
Characterizing components of uncertainty in hydrologic modeling using an ensemble approach.
(2003)
In hydrologic modeling, uncertainties are known to reside in model inputs, i.e., rainfall estimates, model parameters, observations of streamflow, and in some cases in the model structure itself. Estimation of the total ...
Pressuremeter and cone penetrometer testing in a calibration chamber with unsaturated Minco Silt.
(2005)
The focus of this study is to investigate the influence of matric suction (&psgr; ) on PMT and CPT results by conducting miniature pressuremeter (MPMT) and miniature cone penetrometer (MCPT) testing in a calibration chamber ...
Chromosome Organization and Segregation in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
(2017-12)
The faithful propagation of genetic information from a mother to its progeny is one of the most fundamental aspects of life. Encoding the entirety of an organisms' genetic information onto chromosomes poses a unique set ...
Sensitivity of gross primary production of irrigation-permitted and non-permitted grassland and croplands to drought and pluvial conditions during 2010-2016
(2017-12-12)
Abstract: To accurately estimate carbon cycling and food production, it is essential to understand how gross primary production (GPP) of irrigated and non-irrigated grasslands and croplands respond to drought and pluvial ...
Political Humor and Third-Person Perception
(2011)
Political humor shows like The Daily Show and the Colbert Report are not only very popular, they are also increasingly becoming a legitimate news source for certain audiences (particularly young people). The purpose of ...
The built environment as communication: Totality, alterity, and dissociation in urban and suburban spaces.
(2003)
This study of the contemporary American built environment works applies several concepts in a semiotic study aimed at understanding the values presented in the built environment. In particular Kramer's theory of dissociation, ...