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Mechanical Degradation of Well Cement in HPHT Carbonic Acid Environment: Experimental Studies and Mathematical Modeling
(2016)
Cement exposed to brine saturated with CO2 gas undergoes combination of chemical processes leading to mechanical degradation after placement behind the casing. These processes are influenced by downhole conditions such as ...
Manager-Debtholder Alignment and Opportunistic Income Smoothing
(2016-05-13)
Managers’ risk preferences are typically greater than those of debtholders. Managers have the potential to gain from risky activities, but debtholders share only in the losses. Debtholders recognize their misalignment with ...
AN EXAMINATION OF FORMAL SCHOOL STRUCTURE AND TEACHER EVALUATION
(2016-08)
Research showing that teachers are the most important school-related factor for student improvement has increased attention on what and how to improve teaching quality in our classrooms. Compounding this is the heightened ...
Modeling and Measuring Resilience: Applications in Supplier Selection and Critical Infrastructure
(2016-08)
Nowadays, infrastructure systems such as transportation, telecommunications, water supply, and electrical grids, are considerably facing the exposure of disruptive events such as natural disasters, manmade accidents, ...
Impact of environmental (pH) change in a model aquatic herbivore: from genes to populations
(2016-05)
Organisms are subjected to a variety of environmental stressors in which they must respond in order to survive and reproduce. While some individuals are able to adjust to these stressors and live to produce offspring and ...
USING INVEST TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN CONSERVING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE CITY OF CORVALLIS, OREGON
(2016-08-19)
The world is undergoing a sustained wave of urbanization and through changing landuse and land cover, urbanization has been posing threats to “eco-environments” at various scales (Wang et al 2002). Urban growth management ...
2016 Simons Patricia DissertatonTAKING A CLOSER LOOK: A CASE STUDY OF ONE PRINCIPAL WHO DEVELOPED TEACHER LEADERS WHO BECAME EDUCATIONAL LEADERS IN OTHER SETTINGS
(2016-05-13)
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The purpose of this investigation is to explore through a historical case study the ways in which one principal mentored and built capacity with a school-based cohort of teachers who became school leaders themselves ...
Connecting with Self, God, and Others: The Relationship Between Mindful Awareness, Prayer, and Empathy Development
(2016-05-13)
The current research examines the relationship between mindfulness, prayer, and empathic understanding. Empathy has been shown to be a critical component of positive human interaction and interpersonal relationships. Amongst ...
Environmental influences on idea selection, refinement, and creativity
(2016-12)
Creative ideas rarely translate into successful innovations. This study investigated three factors hypothesized to influence idea selection, refinement, and creativity—the source of ideas as well as the goals and climate ...
Trust, Transformational Leadership, and Collective Teacher Efficacy in an Urban School Setting
(2016-12-17)
The purpose of this study is to show how together trust along with transformational leadership moderates the effect of economic disadvantage on instructional capacity, defined by collective teacher efficacy, in urban ...