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Understanding Catalytic Strategies for Bio-oil Upgrading: Model Compound Studies
(2014-08-15)
In light of the awareness about climate change and the role that non-renewable sources of energy have had on this issue, there has been a notable effort in the last decades to develop alternative sources of energy. Conversion ...
Radiatively-driven Natural Supersymmetry
(2014-08-15)
Within the framework of supersymmetric theories, a question arises: how can the W, Z, and h masses be so low (∼ 100 GeV) when the superpartner masses are so high (mSUSY > 1−2 TeV)? This is the little hierarchy problem, and ...
FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF PROTOCOLS FOR READING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS
(2014-12-12)
Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) is a highly sought-after wireless technology used to track and manage inventory in the supply chain industry. It has varied applications ranging from automated toll collection and ...
A Study of the Correlation Between Three Instructional Methods and Short-Term Knowledge Gain of Credit Card Debt Among College Students
(2014-05-09)
Consumer education, specifically information focusing on credit cards, is needed at all levels of society including students attending college campuses. Because financial decisions made can impact students’ progression ...
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ARABIDOPSIS NUCLEAR FACTOR-Y TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY
(2014-05-09)
NUCLEAR FACTOR-Y (NF-Y) transcription factors, composed of three independent families: NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC, have greatly expanded in plants in comparison to animals. For example, while humans have only one member of ...
SEISMIC SOLUTIONS FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE PLAYS
(2014-12)
Unconventional reservoir plays an increasingly important role for hydrocarbon exploration. Every reservoir has its unique properties, but it is mostly characterized by low permeability, such that hydraulic fracturing is ...
Social Interaction among Late Archaic and Incipient Agricultural Groups in the North American Southwest
(2014-05-09)
This study proposes that the transition to agriculture in the North American Southwest caused changes in social group relationships, especially in terms of cooperation and competition over land use. The research will ...
PALEOMAGNETISM AS A TOOL FOR DETERMINING DIAGENETIC, DEPOSITIONAL, AND EROSIONAL EVENTS AS RECORDED IN SEDIMENTARY AND IGNEOUS ROCKS
(2014)
Paleomagnetism is a useful means to study the depositional and diagenetic history of any formation. If a formation holds a geologically stable, ancient magnetization, the magnetization, and thus its origin, relates a ...
Ni d'ici ni d'ailleurs: Ecrire l'entre-deux chez rajae Benchemsi et Touria Oulehri.
(2014-12-12)
Abstract/Résumé
Cette recherche démontre la spécificité de la production romanesque féminine marocaine d’après les années de plomb. Le choix du sujet émane de la nouveauté qui marque cette production littéraire surtout ...
Three Essays on Contract Renegotiation
(2014-05-09)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays investigating renegotiation of procurement auctions in the road construction industry. The empirical analysis uses contracts procured by the Vermont Agency of Transportation ...