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Exploring Tornadogenesis with High-Resolution Simulations Initialized with Real Data
(2012)
Despite large advances in our understanding of tornadogenesis over the past fifty years, a comprehensive dynamical understanding of the processes behind tornado formation remains elusive. The purpose of this dissertation ...
TESTING OF NOVEL ENZYME PRODRUG AND PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPEUTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER
(2012)
The majority of this work characterizes two novel enzyme prodrug therapies using fusion proteins containing annexin V to target only tumor vascular endothelial cells and cancer cells, reducing the burden of systemic toxicity ...
Modulation Domain Image Processing
(2012)
The classical Fourier transform is the cornerstone of traditional linear
Strategic Narratives of Public Diplomacy and the Enactment of Soft Power: An Exploratory Study
(2017-08)
This dissertation investigated the formation, projection, and reception of strategic narratives with the purpose of exploring and explaining how and in what ways soft power can be enacted via strategic narratives. Specifically, ...
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION, CORRELATION, AND DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF NEAR-WELLBORE FORMATION TREATMENT BY GEL PARTICLES AND PARTICLE-GEL SYSTEM
(2014-12)
Reservoir permeability heterogeneity with high permeability zones can create many problems in petroleum reservoirs such as lost circulation of drilling fluids and high water production in hydrocarbon producing wells. These ...
Analysis of Leadership Behaviors Among Top Commissioned and Top Noncommissioned Officers in Key Leadership Positions
(2010)
Since the inception of the USAF leadership, unit level leadership has been function of officers, particularly senior commissioned officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel (Lt Col.) and colonel (Col.). The NCO corps was ...
WHY USE STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION? A STUDY OF ONE TEACHER’S CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES
(2018-05-11)
Modern educational practices have fostered relationships that place instructors and teachers as the experts or central authorities regarding academic knowledge, academic disciplines, and teacher-student relationships, ...
MACRONUTRIENTS SHAPE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN EVOLUTION
(2017-05-10)
Nutrient limitation of the principle macronutrients carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus are known to influence community structure, success of individual species, and over long enough time could, in theory, shape the evolution ...
A Mixed Methods Approach to Studying Social Capital In An International Coalition
(2014)
Public relations as a communication practice contributes to a fully functioning society by bringing organizations, groups and individuals together to discuss issues. Public relations also helps to build advocacy coalitions. ...
Purism, Prescriptivism, and Privilege: Choctaw Language Ideologies and Their Impact on Teaching and Learning
(2015-12)
Oklahoma Choctaw, a Muskogean language originally spoken in the American southeast, is currently the focus of language revitalization efforts by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The School of Choctaw Language, which has ...