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AN INTEGRATED GEOMECHANICS AND PETROPHYSICS STUDY OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
(2014-05)
Production enhancement of tight reservoirs requires in-depth analysis of mechanisms governing hydraulic fracturing, especially in naturally fractured reservoirs. This study is dedicated to the optimization of hydraulic ...
Interactions Between Coherent Structures and the Urban Canopy Layer
(2014-12-12)
The focus of this dissertation research is to gain further insight into the interaction of coherent structures and the urban canopy layer (CS-UCL interactions). There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that periods ...
Historical and Musical Comparison of Cello Works by David Stanley Smith and the Fourth Violin Sonata by Charles Ives
(2014-05-09)
David Stanley Smith is overlooked among American composers of the early twentieth century. Overshadowed by the career and magnetism of his Yale colleague and contemporary, Charles Ives, Smith was an illustrious composer ...
WIND TURBINE CLUTTER IN WEATHER RADAR: CHARACTERIZATION AND MITIGATION
(2014-05)
With the rapid growth of the wind power industry, many commercial utility-scale wind turbines have been built across the country. These extremely large man-made structures are reported to have negative impact on nearby ...
Complexity of Modules over Lie Superalgebras
(2014)
In this dissertation, a fair amount of work is dedicated to computing the complexity of modules over a classical Lie superalgebra $\fg=\fg_{\0}\oplus \fg_{\1}$ over the complex numbers $\C$. We will consider the category ...
NANOPARTICLES ADSORBED AT THE OIL/WATER INTERFACE: INSIGHTS FROM DISSIPATIVE DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
(2014)
Nanoparticles (NPs) can stabilize the so-called Pickering emulsions. These emulsions are used in many applications, including biofuel upgrading, material synthesis, food preservations and pharmaceutical processes. The ...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Student Achievement
(2014-05)
The relationship between school spending and student achievement has been studied for years, beginning in earnest with the Coleman Report (Coleman, Campbell, Hobson, McPartland, Mood, Weinfield, York, 1966). The authors ...
Why Wage War? Global Education in the Middle School Classroom
(2014-12-12)
As the 21st Century unfolds, there is increasing need for globally knowledgeable citizens, and social studies is a natural domain for global education to take place. Unfortunately, multiple studies show a lack of global ...
Application of the Forward Sensitivity Method to Data Assimilation of the Lagrangian Tracer Dynamics
(2014-05)
The analysis of the dynamics of a tracer/drifter/buoy floating on the free surface of the water waves in the open ocean whose motion is described by the shallow water model equations is of great interest in Lagrangian data ...
Grade Expectations: Predictive Factors of Academic Entitlement
(2014-08-15)
Predictive factors of academic entitlement were explored in this study. Using Object Relations Theory for guidance as well as current literature on entitlement in students, perfectionism, locus of control, self-esteem, ...