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Measuring and Optimizing Influence for Resilient Community Networks
(2018)
Social networks and the use of technology allow communities to be connected, creating opportunities for individuals to spread information and influence others. This communication is critical when disruptions, such as natural ...
Artist Power: Donald Judd's Museum and Foundation
(2018)
This thesis examines the Chinati and Judd Foundations, established by Minimal artist Donald Judd, to demonstrate how artists can use organizations to wield power and influence in the art world. The Chinati Foundation, a ...
New Methodology for Inspecting Ruled and Free-Form Surface in Metrology
(2018-12-14)
A new method is proposed to find the cutter contact (CC) points for both 3- and 5-axis CNC machining, and use this to determine measurement points using CMM. The first part of this research focuses on deriving a mathematical ...
PROPPANT FLOW AND TRANSPORT MODELING IN DEFORMABLE HYDRAULIC FRACTURE NETWORKS
(2018)
The objective of the hydraulic fracturing stimulation is to create a large volume of fractured rock with enhanced permeability. The effectiveness of a hydraulic fracturing stimulation depends on maintaining the created ...
Popular Faulkner: The Development of “The National Voice” Across The Bayard and Ringo Stories
(2018-05-11)
This thesis seeks to demonstrate the development of a 'popular' Faulkner that emerges through the composition history of his 1938 novel 'The Unvanquished.' Using Michael Warner's concept of "publics," Faulkner's Bayard-Ringo ...
The Influence of Organic Metabolites Binding with Ferric Iron on Corrosion Mechanisms in Oil and Gas Production Water
(2018-05-11)
Corrosion of carbon steel is a potential hazard to oil and gas production infrastructure. The total annual cost of corrosion in the oil and gas production industry is estimated to be $1.372 billion in the USA (Simons, ...
Re-Framing Failure: Mindsets in Foreign Language Learners
(2018-12-14)
Abstract
In recent years, Carol Dweck, Ph.D’s mindset research has influenced and shaped educational practice. However, Dweck’s research has received little attention in foreign language pedagogy and classroom discourse. ...
Measuring Individual Differences and Changes in Moral Reasoning: An Economic Game Approach
(2018)
Motivated reasoning bias and its manifestation in confirmation bias make it unlikely that people will change their minds on matters for which their positions are expressions of their own or their group’s identity. Moral ...
ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS IN COLUMN INTEGRATED CO2 ON SYNOPTIC AND SEASONAL TIME SCALE OVER THE U.S.
(2018)
Past studies have demonstrated that synoptic events play an important role in the spatial and temporal variations of carbon dioxide (CO2). In this study, in order to investigate whether cold fronts have impact on synoptic ...
Resolving Ontologies of Antisemitism, Orientalism, and the Question of Zionist Colonialism
(2018)
This study addresses the persistent charge of orientalism leveled against Zionism and explores the relationship between orientalism and antisemitism, which Edward W. Said describes in his 1978 book Orientalism as that of ...