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PORE-NETWORK MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF LABORATORY INDUCED HYDRAULIC FRACTURES
(2018-05)
Well stimulation is undertaken to reduce the restriction to flow in a reservoir. Among all the well stimulation techniques, hydraulic fracturing is one of the most widely employed techniques due to the development of shale ...
Consolidations in Higher Education: How Collaborative Structures and Processes Impact the Outcomes of Organizational Change
(2018-08)
Over the past several decades, institutions of higher education have found themselves in a difficult environment. States have reduced funding, total enrollment has either fallen or flattened across several years, and ...
DEVELOPMENT OF BENCHTOP CAPILLARY-BASED ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION AND DETECTION
(2018-05-01)
Point-of-Care (POC) analysis in recent years has driven the need for the miniaturization of chemistry instruments in the analytical field. One such instrument class involves chromatographic systems for the separation and ...
UTILIZING PROCESS-BASED CROP MODELLING TO ASSESS CLIMATE-INDUCED CROP YIELDS AND ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN THE NIGER RIVER BASIN OF WEST AFRICA
(2018)
This dissertation used the FAO AquaCrop model to evaluate the impact of climate change on major cereal yields and adaptation options in three agro-ecological zones of the Niger River Basin. The crops analysed include maize, ...
Shear Performance of Non-Traditional Concrete
(2018-08-02)
Concrete is the second most consumed material in the world, second only to water. Concrete has been around in different forms for centuries, and science and technology continually push the previously believed limits. Two ...
Learning Not to Take the Bait: An Examination of Training Methods and Overlearning on Phishing Susceptibility
(2018-05-11)
As phishing attacks become increasingly common and sophisticated, anti-phishing training must extend beyond teaching individuals about cues and rules associated with phishing. Specifically, training methods that teach ...
All risk and no reward: How benevolent and hostile sexism undermine women's development through feedback seeking
(2018-12-14)
For nearly three decades, researchers have investigated a myriad of proactive behaviors in organizations, including feedback seeking. In general, feedback seeking and other forms of proactive behavior are believed to be ...
Population dynamics and long-term impacts of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in a subtropical reservoir
(2018)
As humans continue to advance through the Anthropocene, we find that among other impacts, the rate at which species expand their range and are transplanted into new environments continues to increase. As the frequency of ...
Application of Artificial Neural Networks, Gradient Boosted Decision Trees, and Multilevel Logistic Models in a Supervised Learning Environment to Investigate Differences in Classification Performance when Predicting College Enrollment
(2018-05)
The use of data mining algorithms for applied practice is becoming commonplace in many industries. The application of these models to the domain of educational data and practice could provide significant gains in understanding ...
Chondroinductive Biomaterials for Stem Cell Differentiation
(2018)
Cartilage injury, which can lead to arthritis, currently lacks any effective treatment, and so the design of chondroinductive biomaterials holds a compelling appeal for the field of regenerative medicine. Although ...