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Atomic Layer Deposition Seeded ZnO Nanowires in Hybrid Carbon Fiber Composites: Synthesis, Characterization and Multifunctionality
(2019-12)
Interfacial treatments of carbon fiber composites play a critical role in determining the overall performance as the surface of carbon fiber is smooth and inert causing low bonding to the polymer matrix. In this dissertation, ...
IMPACTS OF FIRM PERFORMANCE ON IT ADOPTION DECISIONS: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS
(2019-08-01)
IT innovations are key to public firms’ competitive advantage, even survival. We investigated the diffusion of a novel IT innovation – Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) from a performance feedback perspective. We ...
Improving High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Prediction using a Cycled, GSI-Based Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation System for HWRF with Vortex Scale Observations
(2019-12-13)
A Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation analysis system (GSI)-based, continuously cycled, dual-resolution hybrid ensemble-variational (EnVar) data assimilation (DA) system is developed for the Hurricane Weather Research and ...
Post-Assault Recovery in Undergraduate College Students: The Role of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
(2019)
The study sought to explore the role that aspects of self-compassion (self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, self-judgment, isolation, over-identification) and mindful awareness would have on the psychological wellbeing ...
Fit, Faith, and Fear: Evidence and Evidentialism
(2019)
This dissertation is an elaboration and application of evidentialism, the view that a proposition is justified for a person just in case it fits (is supported by) that person’s evidence. I elaborate on evidentialism by ...
Defining America at the Border: The Line Riders of the Mexican Border District, 1892-1924
(2019-05-10)
Defining America at the Border: The Line Riders of the Mexican Border District, 1892-1924 is the story of the line riders. Also known as Immigrant Inspectors, the Mounted Guard (both with the Bureau of Immigration), and ...
Electric Circuit Foundation for Structural Analysis and Applications in Large-Scale Power Networks
(2019-05-10)
The modern power grid is increasing in size and with that becoming more complex. The recent evolution of grids has made an impact on power system planning studies and analyses. On the other hand, the developments in the ...
Design and Assessment of Innovative Dual-Mode Rolling Isolation Systems
(2019-08)
Loss of operation or devastating damage to buildings and industrial structures, as well as equipment housed in them, has been observed due to earthquake-induced vibrations. A common source of operational downtime is due ...
FREEDOM IS MY BUSINESS: CARL MCINTIRE, CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF MODERN CONSERVATISM
(2019)
Carl McIntire (1906-2002), the fiery Fundamentalist minister played a key role in the rise of the modern Conservative movement that emerged following the Second World War. From his home base in the Philadelphia suburb of ...
Advancing Multimodal Approaches to Study Human Brain: Improvements in Simultaneous EEG-fMRI Acquisition
(2019-12)
The primary aim of the study detailed in this dissertation was improving the quality of simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments. Two common challenges to use ...