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Moisture effects on dynamic elastic properties of shale from deep formations
(2018-12-14)
Geomechanics testing is an important component of reservoir geomechanics studies for improving drilling, and stimulation operations. Usually the cores for geomechanical tests are exposed to non-native fluid and air prior ...
Ruggedized Feeding Techniques for Placement Insensitive Antennas
(2018-08-02)
Today's warfighter relies on extensive wireless technology to stay connected to allied forces and the battle theater. Communication equipment, IFF (identification friend-or-foe) identifiers, global positioning systems, ...
IMPROVED SURFACTANT PERFORMANCES IN POROUS MEDIA: EFFECTS OF HYDROTROPES AND BIO-COLSOVENTS
(2018-12)
Surfactant flooding for the mobilization of residual oil is a promising technology for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and surfactant enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR). A significant economic barrier to the widespread use ...
"MY HUSBAND? A WOMAN, A WOMAN, A WOMAN": CROSS-DRESSING AS SOCIOECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
(2018-05-11)
During the evolutionary period that is the eighteenth century, constructing and differentiating between genders was contentious, as was establishing tenants of masculinity and femininity. Because of the era’s interlocking ...
DETECTABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST PROTOTYPE FOR DENSE BREASTS
(2018-12-14)
The primary objective of the research in this thesis is to evaluate the performance of the high-energy in-line phase contrast prototype with the conventional mammography along with ultrasound systems in the detection of ...
UTILIZING A SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FRAMEWORK TO ELICIT AFRICAN AMERICAN’S PERCEIVED CONTROL BELIEFS ABOUT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2018-08-02)
African Americans’ Perceived Behavior Control (PBC) beliefs about physical activity were evaluated utilizing the Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) framework. Thirty one-on-one semi-structured ...
"Educate A Nation": A Historical Analysis of Female Education's Impact on Kenyan Economics and Politics
(2018-05-11)
Gender norms impact the educational system in Kenya, and influence the quantity and quality of education females receive. Additionally, this relationship formed between education and gender norms interacts with other ...
Incomplete State-Making in a Divided Polity: Habsburg Austria, 1618-1914
(2018-05)
Habsburg Austria is a unique case for the study of “state-making:” the creation of means by which a sovereign state asserts its ability to control its territory. Examples of state-making include the creation of a professional ...
Evaluation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the Stratospheric Polar Vortex and Their Joint Influence on the Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Circulation
(2018-12)
Multiple modes of climate variability inform long-range Northern Hemisphere (NH) winter weather prediction through their interactions with the atmosphere. Two specific modes of variability that are the focus of this study ...
A RECORD OF MID-LATITUDE DUSTINESS IN A CARBONIFEROUS-PERMIAN CARBONATE RAMP ON CENTRAL SPITSBERGEN
(2018)
This study focuses on a mid-latitude dust record from the Wordiekammen Formation, a carbonate ramp on Spitsbergen. The ramp developed on the Northern Pangean margin in Moscovian (Carboniferous) through Sakmarian (Permian) ...