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The Development of a Combined Approach for the Real-Time, Non-Destructive Monitoring of In Vitro Bone Tissue Engineered Constructs Utilizing Physio-Metabolic Markers
(2016-08)
Annually, over $2.5 billion is spent on more than 500,000 bone grafts in the US alone, with more than 2 million being implanted worldwide. The limited supply of autografts and complications associated with traditional ...
Assessment of Partial Joint Penetration Welds on Bolted End-plate Connections for use in Intermediate Moment Frames
(2016-05-13)
End-plate moment connections are a very common connection type used in the metal building industry today. Bolted end-plate connections are found where a rafter is joined to a column and consist of a steel plate welded to ...
The Intersection of Gender and Land in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Land Tenure Regularization and its Impact on Women
(2016)
Following the violent and destructive genocide of 1994, Rwandan women were especially vulnerable because social and legal barriers kept them from accessing resources that were already scarce. The government of Rwanda, ...
Geochemical Characterization of the Upper Mississippian Goddard Formation, Springer Group, in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma
(2016)
The Goddard Formation is the basal unit of the Late Mississippian-Early Pennsylvanian Springer Group of Oklahoma. This Formation is part of a stacked oil and condensate play in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province ...
PARENTING & BULLYING: A REVIEW OF THE PARENT-CHILDREN RELATIONSHIP AND ITS EFFECTS ON A CHILD’S FREQUENCY OF BULLYING
(2016-05-13)
This research explores the relationship between the quality of children's relationship with their parents as perceived by the children and their frequency of bullying other children. The purpose of this research is to ...
The Use of Recycled Material Backfills to Mitigate the Effects of Expansive Soils on Subterranean Structures
(2016)
The extreme annual weather patterns of the Midwest United States have created a demand for basements as emergency shelters in both residential and commercial structures. However, with the majority of the Midwest experiencing ...
The Income Color Line: The Significance of Race for New Immigrants in the United States
(2016-05-13)
Using data from the first wave of the New Immigrant Survey, I examine differences in personal income—combined wage/salary, tips, professional practice, and self-employment—among new immigrants in the United States based ...
Listening At the Lab: Bird Watchers and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
(2016-05)
Professionalization within the sciences has often been presented as a process of separation between scientists and the public. Implicit within this conception of professionalization is a hierarchical conception of knowledge ...
Applying the Simplified Local Density Model to Study the Effects fo Confinement on Density in Shale Formation
(2016)
The pores in shale gas reservoirs are represented on a nanometer scale. In addition to having smaller pore sizes than conventional reservoirs, shale gas reservoirs exhibit different mechanisms of gas storage, i.e. gas ...
SON: PREDICTING THE NATURE OF SERVICE DISRUPTIONS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS
(2016-12)
An important aspect of communication is involved in its cellular network. To meet the demands, communication requires the next generation cellular network, i.e., self organizing networks (SON). In order to implement a ...