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Have They Said Something? Examining Changes in Citizen Reporting of Possible Terrorism to the Police
(2015-05-08)
This mixed-method study examines how terrorism affects civilian reporting behaviors. I conducted a content analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) designated domestic terrorism cases between the years of 1985 and ...
UNDERGRADUATE MUSIC STUDENT RECRUITMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MUSIC FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTITIONERS
(2015)
This large-scale qualitative study was initiated to explore, examine, and document undergraduate music student recruitment from the perspective of faculty and administrators at institutions chosen to represent a range of ...
Three Essays on Credit Market
(2015-05-08)
My dissertation focuses primarily on credit markets from a corporate finance perspective, with a concentration on corporate bonds and security offerings. My dissertation consists of three essays. Essay One is titled ...
Decision-Making for Well Placement Optimization in Oil Field Development
(2015)
Well placement is a method to improve oil recovery by drilling new infill wells in a reservoir. Drilling new wells is a critical yet very challenging task in field development, because the optimal well locations are rarely ...
TRILOBITE FAUNAS, SEDIMENTARY FACIES AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN (SANDBIAN-KATIAN) SUCCESSION OF MISSOURI
(2015-05)
The late Sandbian-Katian interval (Upper Ordovician) was a time of major environmental change across Laurentia with highest recorded sea levels of the Paleozoic. While sequence stratigraphy, environmental change and faunal ...
Allison Nelson: Pianist, Teacher and Editor
(2015)
This study documents the varied and significant contributions of Allison Nelson (b. 1927) to the field of piano through her work as a solo and collaborative pianist as part of the piano duo Nelson and Neal and teacher, ...
Digging Deeper: Enhancing Archaeoparasitology By Combining Molecular Methods With Traditional Morphological Approaches
(2015-05-01)
Coprolite science, human parasitism and ancient DNA methodology, converge most appropriately in the sub-specialty of archaeoparasitology – the study of prehistoric parasitism. In this study, we have applied targeted PCR ...
INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS PARAMETERS AND STUDIES OF STABILIZATION KINETICS OF POLYACRYLONITRILE-BASED ELECTROSPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS
(2015-08)
Carbon nanofibers produced by electrospinning brings many advantages over carbon fibers made from conventional spinning methods as they are expected to possess less structural defects, superior mechanical performance, and ...
The Spatial Distribution of, and Upland Impacts on, Playa Wetland Invertebrates
(2015)
Playa wetlands are a type of temporary wetland that are numerous in the Great Plains of the United States. Playa wetlands offer a unique habitat within semiarid grassland ecosystems. My research on the invertebrates of ...
The Pursuit of Privacy in Medieval Landscapes
(2015-05-08)
The Pursuit of Privacy in Medieval Landscapes identifies the ways in which individual pursuits of privacy in the medieval world are shaped by the landscapes in which those pursuits occur. There is a correlation between the ...