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Explicit finite element analysis of web-roller interaction in web process machinery
(2013-05)
A web can be defined as thin material manufactured and processed in continuous flexible strip form. A web is usually supported, guided and propelled by rollers. In order to make it travel through the process machine line, ...
Phenomenological study of individual strategies for rebuilding food production ability in resource poor post-conflict farming communities in Myanmar
(2014-12)
The impact of armed conflict upon small-holder agricultural production has only now begun to be closely studied (Verwimp, 2011). Upland communities in Southeast Asia have not been immune from armed conflict. In post-conflict ...
Fermion masses and mixings, flavor violation, and the Higgs boson mass in supersymmetric unified framework
(2011-07)
In spite of the impressive success of the standard model (SM) in explaining a wide variety of low energy experiments, many fundamental questions remain unanswered. Combining grand unification symmetry and flavor symmetry ...
Premilitary suicidal ideation, combat exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder as predictors of recent suicidal ideation in OEF/OIF era veterans
(2017-07)
There has been an alarming increase in suicidal ideation and suicide among military personnel and veterans since the commencement of the wars in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom; OEF) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi ...
Model of the food hygiene transfer process
(2013-12)
Analyses of food-borne disease notification throughout the world have confirmed that there is a link between outbreaks and unsafe food handling practices in the foodservice industry. For many years industry has relied on ...
Feature investigation using micro computed tomography within materials
(2018-05)
This work uses micro computed tomography, as a direct non-destructive tool, to investigate the internal 3D microstructure of different materials at multiple length scales to provide insights that are of interest to the ...
That dog don't hunt: Narrative inquiry about superintendent sustainability
(2018-05)
Research suggests that, despite a great deal of training and job experience that typically precedes the ascension to a district level leadership position (Lamkin, 2006), superintendent career sustainability/longevity is ...
Essays on mispricing of equity securities
(2016-07)
Mispricing of equity securities is an area of research with many implications for academicians, individual investors, money managers, and executives. The first essay in this dissertation explicitly studies the consistency ...
Environmental (natural and anthropogenic) effects on host-parasite (snail-trematode) interactions
(2016-05)
This dissertation explored environmental effects on host-parasite interactions. Chapter 2 was published in Ecotoxicology and assessed the effects of the herbicide atrazine on freshwater snails. The results indicated that ...
Institutional capabilities and entrepreneurial advantage: Bridging the gap between regulatory management and opportunity
(2014-07)
Firms are increasingly using tactics to manipulate their regulatory constraints, while at the same time regulatory environments are becoming increasingly complex and dynamic. Although scholars have described many of the ...