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Essays in regional and urban economics
(2018-05)
My dissertation contains three applied essays. The first essay examines how proximity to higher-tiered centers in the urban hierarchy affects the population growth. The massive population growth in India is not driven by ...
Studies on the mobility and transport of barium present in unconventional petroleum produced water disposed into saline aquifers
(2018-05)
Petroleum produced water (PPW) from unconventional oil and gas (UOG) in the USA contains heavy metals whose concentrations are in many cases hundreds of time above the USA drinking water standards. This poses an environmental ...
Information technology in agriculture: The value of implementing a whole-chain traceability system to transfer information in beef industry and using eye-tracking technology to improve conjoint analysis
(2018-05)
Information technology has been widely used in agricultural industries. This dissertation evaluates the benefits of two newly-developed information technologies, whole-chain traceability in the beef industry and eye tracking ...
Placental Growth Factor Regulation by Shear Stress and Iron Metabolism in Endothelial Cells
(2018-12-01)
Arteriogenesis is the complex process of outward enlargement of small arteries and arterioles, also known as the collaterals. Arteriogenesis involves cell proliferation and vasculature remodeling and it is induced by ...
Fabrication, swelling, and biological properties of surface-patterned hydrogels based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)
(2018-12)
Hydrogels are networks of hydrophilic polymers which can retain large amounts of water. Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) [poly(HEMA)] is a synthetic hydrogel well known for various biomedical applications due to excellent ...
Changes in gene expression under water stress in the flag leaf and seed head during the grain-filling stage of two spring wheat cultivars
(2018-05)
Drought poses severe limitations on crop production. Therefore, drought tolerance mechanisms need to be better understood to select, modify and recommend certain cultivars of wheat. The grain filling stage of wheat development ...
Evolution of educator professional development in the age of social media: A case study of the #Oklaed community of practice on twitter
(2018-05)
This case study examines in what ways the #Oklaed hashtag on Twitter represents a community of practice, why educators are participating in this space, and what benefits educators see in their practice. Educators are ...
Development and Characterization of Mgb4o7 for Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimetry
(2018-12-01)
The objective of this study was to investigate MgB4O7 for optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimetry. First, detailed characterization of MgB4O7:Ce,Li, shown in literature recently as a potential OSL material, was ...
Residents' perception of their quality of life and tolerance of tourism as a diagnostic model for assessing the social carrying capacity in small island developing states: The case of Ocho Rios, Jamaica
(2018-12)
The purpose of the study is to test the residents' perception of quality of life and tolerance of tourism as reliable predictors of the social carrying capacity in small island developing states. The concept of Carrying ...
Pathways to student success: An examination of graduation models
(2018-05)
National high school graduation rates have been relatively stagnant, hovering around 80% for the past decade according to the National Center for Education Statistics. However, the U.S. falls short of the U.S. Department ...