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AN ANALYSIS OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY RESOURCES FOR THE STATE OF KUWAIT
(2012)
Kuwait is an important producer of oil and gas. Its rapid socio-economic growth has been characterized by increasing population, high rates of urbanization, and substantial industrialization, which is transforming it into ...
Study of Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles
(2012)
Enhancement of molecular fluorescence is of great interest due to the widespread popularity of fluorescence-based detection techniques available today. Although fluorescence-based detection is considered to be more sensitive ...
FUNDAMENTAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONCEPTS FOR POORLY CONSOLIDATED FORMATIONS
(2012)
This dissertation examines -by means of the discrete element method- the mechanisms that govern hydraulic fracturing in poorly consolidated formations. The motivation to take on this project was the widely reported ...
Evaluation of Network Mobility Schemes for Terrestrial and Satellite Networks
(2012)
NEtwork MObility (NEMO) supports the mobility of multiple Internet-connected devices. However, NEMO Basic Support Protocol suffers from unoptimized route leading to large latency in communication and header overhead. To ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLLECTIVE STUDENT TRUST AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
(2012)
The relationship between collective student trust and student achievement was tested in a sample of 1,748 5th grade students in 34 Title I elementary schools in an urban and urban fringe district. Trust was defined, the ...
Continuous and Adaptive Cartographic Generalization of River Networks
(2012)
The focus of our research is on a new automated smoothing method and its applications. Traditionally, the application of a smoothing method to a collection of polylines produces a new smoothed dataset. Although the new ...
ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSES OF WELLBORE DRILLED IN ELASTOPLASTIC POROUS FORMATIONS
(2012)
The current wellbore stability analyses for analytical solutions are mostly based on the linear elastic or poroelastic theory. The wellbore is regarded as unstable if the determined elastic/poroelastic stresses anywhere ...
THE EFFECTS OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN AUDITOR CLIENTELE AND AUDITOR-CLIENT MISMATCHES ON AUDIT QUALITY
(2012)
This study contributes to the current debate on mandatory audit firm rotation by investigating how possible consequences of mandating audit firm rotation may affect audit quality. I find that audit offices with large ...
Solid Acid Catalyzed Polysaccharide Hydrolysis
(2012)
In addition to the rising costs of gasoline and the depletion of fossil fuels, air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels has increased the need to develop alternative renewable fuels. One possible alternative is the ...
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 ...