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CASIMIR EFFECT: QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS AND THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS
(2020-05-08)Any phenomenon caused by the nontrivial vacuum state of quantum fields in the presence of boundaries, nontrivial topology, varying background potentials, spacetime curvature, ect, could be referred to as a Casimir effect. ... -
Casimir energies of cavities: The geometry question
(2012)The question of how the Casimir effect relates to a system's geometry is of fundamental interest. In this thesis, we present new results for interior Casimir self-energies of various integrable geometries and show interesting ... -
The Casimir energy and PT-symmetric theories: The dielectric cylinder and unitarity of PT-symmetric QED.
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A Catalog of Early Cycladic Zoomorphic Objects: Symbolism and Function
(2024-05-11)During the Early Cycladic period of the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3200-2000 BCE), the inhabitants of the Cycladic islands produced three-dimensional zoomorphic objects, many of which survive today. This study cataloged 128 ... -
A catalog of the alto brass instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1985)The purpose of this document is to provide a systematic register of the horns and other alto range brass instruments in the Arne B. Larson instrument collection. Of the 299 instruments detailed in this document, 73 are of ... -
Catalysis of the oxygen-carbon reaction by water vapor /
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CATALYST EVOLUTION VIA DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY
(2010)Dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) is a combinatorial method of synthesis utilizing complex mixtures under thermodynamic control, called dynamic combinatorial libraries (DCL). The addition of a template molecule which ... -
CATALYTIC ACYLATION, HYDROGENATION AND HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF LIGNIN-DERIVED AROMATIC MOLECULES
(2018-05-12)Lignin-derived phenolic molecules are studied for three different chemistries including acylation, hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation. Acylation is an effective C-C bond forming reaction to condense acetic acid and ... -
Catalytic cracking of poly(ethylene) and poly(styrene) by silica-alumina, HZSM-5 zeolite and sulfated zirconia.
(1997)The catalytic cracking mechanisms of poly(ethylene) and poly(styrene) differ considerably from their thermal cracking mechanisms. In the case of poly(ethylene), thermal cracking leads to the formation of a wide range of ... -
Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenolic Compounds of Importance in Bio-oil Upgrading
(2014-05)Economic and environmental concerns including the increasing energy consumption and demand, ensuring energy security, reducing green-house gas emission and producing cleaner energy have caused tremendous interest in research ... -
Catalytic Reactions for Upgrading Bio-oils and Petroleum Fuels
(2010)The increasing consumption and phase-out of conventional fuels has derived the tremendous interest of our society in making uses of renewable energy resources such as biomass. In response to this interest, bio-oil produced ... -
Categories of the self-conscious narrator in Wolfram, Dante, and Chaucer /
(1984)These four categories may be discovered in each of these romances. Their presence indicates conscious efforts by these narrative poets to manipulate complex audience/text/narrator interaction. The sophistication of the use ... -
Categorizing Students' Difficulties with Mathematical Proofs: Developing a Model of the Structure of Proof Construction
(2015-08-14)Studies have shown that proof construction is a challenging task for students at all levels. The purposes of my study were to examine students' difficulties with proof construction and to explore a practical method to help ... -
The cathodic reduction of vanadium (V) at a mercury covered electrode /
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The Catholic Church and the rebirth of civil society: Elite convergence, mobilization and democratic transitions in east-central Europe.
(1998)In addition to these developments at the elite level, the Church also nurtured moral and religious values at the grassroots level, sometimes in difficult conditions such as in Czechoslovakia. The stronger and more visible ... -
Caught in the crossfire: Non-combatant communicative practices in Northern Ireland.
(2003)This dissertation in the area of Language and Social Interaction (LSI) study, approved by the University of Oklahoma Institutional Review Board (IRB) as #2003-233, investigates language use and cultural identity of ... -
Causal failures and cost-effective edge augmentation in networks
(2023-08-04)Node failures have a terrible effect on the connectivity of the network. In traditional models, the failures of nodes affect their neighbors and may further trigger the failures of their neighbors, and so on. However, it ... -
CAUSING A RUCKUS: RACIAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL BLOGS DURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
(2010)This investigation seeks to observe and examine the presence of racial framing during the 2008 presidential election. Twelve hypotheses were advanced for this study observing explicit and implicit racial framing, racial ...