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Vegetation communities and land cover in the mixedgrass prairie: an analysis of contemporary and historic data sources
(2015-12-18)
This dissertation used both quantitative and qualitative applications to ascertain historic and contemporary vegetation cover, and determine if and to what extent vegetation change has occurred. In Chapter 1, I examined ...
Investigation of Flow through Complicated Microfluidic Devices and over Micropatterned Surfaces using Computational Fluid Dynamics
(2015-12)
Computational fluid dynamics is used to study two distinct areas of engineering interest: microfluidic systems involving superhydrophobic surfaces and blood pumps. Superhydrophobic surfaces, which can induce slip at ...
The Influence of Online Cues and Warranting Value on Impression Formation
(2015-05)
Warranting theory was developed as a means to understand how individuals
judge whether online information is reliable and valid and how those judgments
influence their impressions (DeAndrea, 2014; Walther, 2011). ...
Networks of Meaning: Identity Productions across Digital and Print Media
(2015)
Managing organizational identity evolution is critical for identity coherence and consequent legitimacy. The complexity of identity evolution management has increased with the widespread adoption of digital media. In ...
ORGANIZATION OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE PREDICTS UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR
(2015-12-09)
People represent the self (self-structure) using cognitive strategies that either confront (integration) or avoid (compartmentalization) negative self-information (Showers, 1992). Previous research has found that ...
Advancing Annexin-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy for the Treatment of Solid Tumors
(2015-05)
By targeting enzymes to the surface of tumor cells, tumor vasculature, and metastatic lesions, annexin-directed enzyme prodrug therapy aims to create high-dose chemotherapy only in the direct vicinity of the tumor site and ...
A Cohort Analysis of Postsecondary Education
(2015-05-08)
This study looks at factors that predict whether young people apply to and attend a postsecondary institution, and if they do attend, what level (two-year or less vs. four-year) and type (public vs. private) of postsecondary ...
Television's Cultivation of Attitudes about Online Romantic Relationships
(2015-09-16)
Cultivation theory is based upon the idea that television depicts a world that is different from people’s social reality. The result is that people who watch a lot of television have an inaccurate and skewed perception of ...
Encapsulated thrombolytic microspheres to prevent reocclusion after thrombolysis and triggered release microspheres to deliver therapeutic drugs
(2015)
Cardiovascular diseases, including acute myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral arterial diseases, and pulmonary embolism, are the most common and growing cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Early ...
PORE CONNECTIVITY AND HYDROCARBON STORAGE IN SHALE RESERVOIRS
(2015-12)
Considerable advances have been made in the science of shale characterization during the past two decades. However, the evaluation of the production potential of shale reservoirs is still hindered by the lack of understanding ...