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Long offset seismic data analysis for resources plays
(2014-07-31)
Wide-azimuth, long-offset seismic surveys are becoming increasingly common in unconventional exploration plays, where three the key objectives are to estimate the direction of maximum horizontal stress, to predict the ...
Dance Master, Dance Mistress: Transformative Dance Pedagogy
(2014-12-12)
This study is a qualitative exploration utilizing content analysis and analytic induction in an interdisciplinary exploration of educational principles and dance pedagogy. Data consists of educational theory, dance pedagogy, ...
ENHANCING ALCOHOL PRODUCTION IN CLOSTRIDIUM CARBOXIDIVORANS STRAIN P7T AND THE ROLE OF TANDEM ADH GENES
(2014)
Clostridium carboxidivorans P7 is one of three microbial catalysts capable of fermenting synthesis gas (mainly CO, CO2 and H2) to produce the liquid biofuels ethanol and butanol. Gasification of feedstocks to produce ...
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF A NON-TRADITIONAL INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSE AMONG COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
(2014-12-12)
Calls for comprehensive innovative curriculum and pedagogical changes to mathematics courses and introductory statistics courses have been documented within multiple national reports during the last several decades. In ...
How Judgments of Learning Can Create Illusions of Episodic Memory
(2014-05-09)
Metacognitive judgments made during learning derive from several types of information. These metacognitive cues often reflect intrinsic properties of the to-be-learned material, such as encoding fluency and processing ...
Optimal Design of a Multi-scale Ensemble System for Convective Scale Probabilistic Forecasts: Data Assimilation and Initial Condition Perturbation Methods
(2014-12-12)
This dissertation research was undertaken to better understand the optimal design of convection-permitting storm-scale ensemble forecast (SSEF) systems that resolve features ranging from synoptic to convective scales. The ...
The International Corporate Tax Competition: How Do Countries Interact With Each Other
(2014)
Corporate tax rates have been significantly decreased, especially in the OECD countries in the past thirty years. In 1980, the average federal level corporate top statutory tax rate in the OECD countries was 42.35%, and ...
Reservation Limits: American Indian Urbanization and Uplift in the Twentieth Century
(2014-04-30)
This dissertation takes a macro view of American Indian urbanization and off-reservation employment across the twentieth century, and does so through a wide-angle lens that is not tribe or destination specific. While the ...
THE EFFECT OF A 12-WEEK THEORY BASED INTERVENTION ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL, SEDENTARY TIME, EXERCISE SELF- EFFICACY, PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO EXERCISE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISKS
(2014-05)
Purpose: The study assessed the impact of a 12-week walking intervention on physical activity (PA) level, sedentary time (ST), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks among inactive adults with dyslipidemia. Methods: Faculty ...
THE CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS FOR SWIMMING AND SCRATCHING ARE PARTLY SHARED OR INTERACT AT THE INTERNEURONAL LEVEL IN ADULT TURTLES.
(2014-12)
Distinct rhythmic behaviors involving a common set of motoneurons and muscles can be generated by separate central nervous system networks, a single network, or partly overlapping networks in invertebrates. Less is known ...