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Nothing routine: Television news management's response to COVID-19, organizational uncertainty, and changes in news work
(2021-05-14)COVID-19 has impacted television news routines and created organizational challenges that required re-organization of journalism work (Wood, 2020). This shift created considerable uncertainty for news creation. Some of the ... -
Novel Biomarker Distributions in the Chesterian Limestone of the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma
(2017-05)18α(H)-Oleanane is a biomarker that is proposed to be derived from β-amyrin, which is produced by angiosperm plants. As such, the presence of 18α(H)-oleanane is often used as an indicator that the petroleum source is of ... -
Novel Finite Element Method to Predict Blast Wave Transmission Through Human Ear
(2016-08)As military weapons systems continue to become more powerful, the noise levels they generate become more dangerous to the soldiers deploying them. This has increased the need for advanced methods of evaluating the risks ... -
A Novel Method for the Characterization of Anisotropic Materials
(2018-12-14)This thesis details the successful conceptualization, development, and proof of concept testing of a novel system for the characterization of a material's electromagnetic properties. In particular, the proposed system was ... -
A NOVEL POST-HOC MATCHING PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL LEARNING METHODS
(2016)In this thesis, a statistical learning method is leveraged to create a novel measure for conducting post-hoc matching between a treatment group and a candidate set. Post-hoc matching is a necessary element in many non-random ... -
A NOVEL SCAFFOLD FOR GENERATION OF 3D TUMOR CONSTRUCTS
(2017-06-16)Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, leading to over $440 million in annual funding for research and yet anticancer drug development is an unmet need. In order to find a more effective way ... -
NOVEL TARGETED ANNEXIN V - DRUG CONJUGATE FOR CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT
(2019)One of the most ubiquitous biomarkers of cancer is phosphatidylserine. It is expressed exclusively on the inner membrane leaflet of healthy vasculature, but tumor endothelium externalizes phosphatidylserine, taking advantage ... -
Novel targeted annexin V–nanoparticle conjugate for cancer photophermal therapy
(2020-12-18)Triple negative breast cancer represents a strong clinical challenge due to its high invasiveness and the lack of therapeutic targets. To overcome this problem, recent combination therapeutic strategies have been implemented. ... -
NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP: INVESTIGATING PSYCHOLOGICAL OWNERSHIP AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN UPWARD COMMUNICATION AND WORK ENGAGEMENT ACROSS SECTORS
(2019)Although communication is a necessary and inherent aspect of organizational life, organizations often fail to create climates that support the flow of both supportive and constructive communication between employees and ... -
Numeracy Predicts Accurate Climate Change Knowledge and Beliefs: A Model of Factors That Influence Biases and Polarization
(2020)Although 97% of experts generally agree that modern global warming is largely caused by human activities, some people hold biased, inaccurate beliefs about the causes of climate change and the strength of the scientific ... -
Numeracy vs. Intelligence: A Model of the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Decision Making
(2018-05)For nearly 150 years, psychological research and theory has documented a link between general intelligence and decision making performance. This suggests that individual differences in decision making (and other life ... -
Numerate people benefit more from regular science reporting: The critical role of scientific reasoning and causal misunderstanding
(2024-05-10)Numerate people tend to make more informed judgments and decisions because they are more risk literate (i.e., better able to evaluate and understand risk). Do numeracy skills also help people understand regular science ... -
Numerical Mechanistic Study of In-Situ CO2 EOR – Kinetics and Recovery Performance analysis
(2021-05)The success of supercritical CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) cannot be duplicated if the cost of CO2 transposition and processing becomes prohibitive. Research results of the in-situ CO2 EOR (ICE) approach offered a potential ... -
Numerical Methods for Optimal Trajectory Planning with Aerospace Applications
(2019-05-10)Optimal control theory focuses on finding the inputs that optimize the performance measure of a system subject to differential constraints. Differential game theory focuses on problems involving two separate parties, one ... -
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED CASING DEFORMATION IN SHALE RESERVOIR
(2018-08)Hydraulic fracturing stimulation is widely conducted to enhance hydrocarbon production in low-permeability reservoirs. However, the massive fracturing can lead to the well failure by compromising well integrity. In this ... -
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE EFFECTS OF RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY, FRACTURES, AND MULTI-WELL INTERFERENCE ON PRESSURE TRANSIENT RESPONSES USING MULTISTENCILS FAST MARCHING METHOD
(2017-08-28)Analysis of rate and pressure transient responses of a well in spatially heterogeneous reservoir cannot be performed using conventional well-test analytical equations. An accurate analysis of transient pressure/rate responses ... -
Numerical simulation of transient cuttings transport with foam in horizontal wells
(2013)The use of foam for underbalanced drilling applications is increasing significantly. This is because foam exhibits properties, which are desirable when drilling depleted and low-pressure wells. However, a good knowledge ... -
Numerical simulation study on CO2 injection for enhancing hydrocarbon recovery and sequestration in tight oil formations
(2014)Hydrocarbon resources from unconventional reservoirs, especially tight/shale plays, are changing the North America's energy prospect. Single digit percentage of oil shale recovery with current best practices, leaves a large ... -
numerical study on casing integrity during hydraulic fracturing shale formation
(2019)Due to complex sedimentation environment, shale formations are usually characterized as highly heterogeneous and anisotropic in in-situ stresses. The injection process for reservoir stimulation changes the local in-situ ... -
Nurturing as Safe Exploration Promotes the Evolution of Generalized Supervised Learning
(2017-08-01)The ability to learn is often a desirable property of intelligent systems which can make them more adaptive. However, it is difficult to develop sophisticated learning algorithms that are effective. One approach to the ...