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A Phenomenological Exploration of Self-Directed Learning Among Successful Minority Entrepreneurs
(2013)
This transcendental, phenomenological study explored the Self-directed learning (SDL) of 10 successful minority entrepreneurs. Two SDL theories serve as lenses for the study, Spear and Mocker's (1984) Organizing Circumstance ...
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 ...
MICRO-STRUCTURE OF GAS SHALES AND ITS EFFECTS ON GAS STORAGE AND PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE
(2011)
This dissertation includes discussions on three fundamental topics that are relevant to gas shale reservoir characterization and engineering. First, pore structure of organic-rich gas shale samples are investigated at the ...
INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE FORT WORTH BASIN (TEXAS), HARNEY BASIN (OREGON), AND SNAKE RIVER PLAIN (IDAHO)
(2013)
Geophysical methods such as seismic, gravity, magnetics, electric, and electromagnetics are capable of identifying subsurface features but each has a different spatial resolution. Although, each of these methods are ...
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 ...