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Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section with a tau lepton in the final state at the center of mass energy of 8 TeV
(2016)
This dissertation presents the measurement of the inclusive cross section of the top quark pair production in the final state of a tau lepton with associated jets. The dataset used in this measurement is collected by the ...
RESOLVING THREE IMPORTANT ISSUES ON MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE USING BAYESIAN STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (BSEM)
(2016-05)
Measurement invariance concerns whether the constructs’ measurement properties (i.e., relations between the latent constructs of interest and their observed variables) are the same under different conditions. Without ...
IMPACT OF MOISTURE CHANGES IN UNSATURATED SOIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
(2016-12-16)
The mechanical and hydraulic properties of soil above the groundwater table change due to unsaturated conditions. While common, considering soil to be saturated as a simplifying assumption in the design of many important ...
Machine Learning Predictions of Flash Floods
(2016-08-12)
This dissertation contains a literature review and three studies concerned with the development, assessment, and use of machine learning (ML) algorithms to explore automatically generated predictions of flash floods. The ...
Exploring Direct and Indirect Relationships among Teacher Self-efficacy, Motivations for Teaching, Teacher-child Interactions, and Child Outcomes in Early Head Start Classrooms
(2016-08)
More infants and toddlers are in early care and education settings at this time than ever before in history, making the study of these settings of critical importance. In the first three years of life, patterns for health, ...
QUANTUM SECURE COMMUNICATION USING POLARIZATION HOPPING MULTI-STAGE PROTOCOLS
(2016)
This dissertation presents a study of the security and performance of a quantum communication system using multi-stage multi-photon tolerant protocols. Multi-stage protocols are a generalization of the three-stage protocol ...
ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCE ACQUISITION AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOCIAL INVESTING AND CROWDFUNDING
(2016)
Crowdfunding – an open call on an internet platform for money – is becoming an important source of financial capital for entrepreneurs. Compared to traditional sources of financial capital, the phenomenon of crowdfunding ...
Near Surface Atmospheric Impacts Resulting From a Developing Metropolitan Area
(2016-12)
Over the past century, the population of the world has become increasingly urbanized. As a result, cities have become larger and more densely populated than any time in history. This unprecedented growth and rapid modification ...
Computational investigation of non-covalent stabilization of nanoparticle suspensions and their propagation in porous media
(2016)
In this study, Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) and Lagrangian Particle Tracking (LPT) methods were used to investigate computationally the non-covalent stabilization of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in water by using polymers ...
Characterization of the iron sulfide oxidation products formed during reductive dechlorination of chlorinated aliphatic contaminants
(2016-05)
The overarching objective of this research is to investigate the transformation of iron sulfide, mackinawite (FeS), in contaminated environments. A special research focus is to investigate the FeS oxidation products formed ...