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Use Of 3d Seismic Azimuthal Iso-Frequency Volumes For The Detection And Characterization Of High Porosity/Permeability Zones In Carbonate Reservoirs, Brian E. Toelle May 2012

Use Of 3d Seismic Azimuthal Iso-Frequency Volumes For The Detection And Characterization Of High Porosity/Permeability Zones In Carbonate Reservoirs, Brian E. Toelle

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Among the most important properties controlling the production from conventional oil and gas reservoirs is the distribution of porosity and permeability within the producing geologic formation. The geometry of the pore space within these reservoirs, and the permeability associated with this pore space geometry, impacts not only where production can occur and at what flow rates but can also have significant influence on many other rock properties. Zones of high matrix porosity can result in an isotropic response for certain reservoir properties whereas aligned porosity/permeability, such as open, natural fracture trends, have been shown to result in reservoirs being anisotropic …

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Investor Relations: A Study Of Entry-Level Expertise And Education, Deepa Fadnis May 2012

Investor Relations: A Study Of Entry-Level Expertise And Education, Deepa Fadnis

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Today, Investor Relations (IR) is an integral part of the working of every publicly listed corporation. In the light of the growth and development in the field of IR, this study attempts to gauge the entry-level standards in education and expertise set by the industry. Using responses to online surveys administered to experienced IR practitioners, the study provides answers to research questions. These research questions are based on the tasks performed, skills required and preferred academic coursework in the field of IR. Further, these questions also explore the position and importance of communications in the IR's unit of hierarchy of …

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The Monongalia County Court House Mural: Blanche Lazzell And The Public Works Of Art Project In Morgantown, West Virginia, Kendall Joy Martin Jan 2012

The Monongalia County Court House Mural: Blanche Lazzell And The Public Works Of Art Project In Morgantown, West Virginia, Kendall Joy Martin

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Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956), a native of West Virginia and graduate of West Virginia University, was an early practitioner of Modern art in America. Lazzell was employed by the government-sponsored Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in 1934 in Morgantown, West Virginia. During her time with the program, Lazzell completed three wood-block prints and painted Justice, a mural for the Monongalia County Courthouse. This thesis examines Lazzell’s courthouse mural and discusses Lazzell’s selection of three themes, education, religion, and industry, and why they are significant to the Morgantown area. This thesis demonstrates that although the PWAP stipulated that there was to …

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An Experimental Investigation Of Swelling And Elastic Property Changes Resulting From Carbon Dioxide Injection Into Prismatic Coal Specimens., Bongani Dlamini Jan 2012

An Experimental Investigation Of Swelling And Elastic Property Changes Resulting From Carbon Dioxide Injection Into Prismatic Coal Specimens., Bongani Dlamini

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The world currently relies heavily on fossil fuels to meet its energy needs. The demand from a growing population for energy continues to increase and cannot be met solely by renewable sources of energy. As a result of this high dependence on fossil fuels, various methods of reducing emissions are under investigation. Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) has been identified as a potential technique that can be employed to reduce emissions. Unmineable coal seams have been identified as a possible carbon dioxide geologic storage formation. The behavior of coal in response to CO2 injection is not yet fully understood …

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Effect Of Engineered Metal-Oxide Nanomaterials On Bacterial Viability, Lina Cui Jan 2012

Effect Of Engineered Metal-Oxide Nanomaterials On Bacterial Viability, Lina Cui

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The occurrence of emerging or newly identified contaminants in our water resources is of rising concern for human health and the environment. Nanomaterials rise to be among the major emerging contaminants in recent years because of their broad applications. The existing conventional water and wastewater treatment plants are not designed for removal of these contaminants. To date, little is known about the fate and impacts of these contaminants in the water systems.;Engineered nanomaterials such as titanium dioxide (TiO2) are known to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) under irradiation of ultraviolet or visible light. A sub-lethal level of ROS could trigger …

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The Role Of Narcissism On Concerns For Sns Privacy: Vulnerable Narcissism In Threatening Situations, Elizabeth A. Kwolek Jan 2012

The Role Of Narcissism On Concerns For Sns Privacy: Vulnerable Narcissism In Threatening Situations, Elizabeth A. Kwolek

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This study aims to identify psychological factors that predict one's likelihood to disengage with privacy-threatening activities on Social Networking Sites (SNS). Particularly, it pays special attention to the concept of narcissism and its impact on one's response to SNS privacy-threatening situations. By evaluating narcissism in two different ways --- grandiose and vulnerable --- the study attempts to provide a better understanding of the role of narcissism in SNS usage and concerns over privacy issues. Study I shows that vulnerable narcissism has a significant influence on consumers' likelihood of disengaging with privacy-threatening activities on SNS while grandiose narcissism has no influence. …

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A Question Of Life Or Death: Suicide And Survival In The Union Army, Kathleen Anneliese Logothetis Jan 2012

A Question Of Life Or Death: Suicide And Survival In The Union Army, Kathleen Anneliese Logothetis

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Studying the Civil War soldier involves a quest to comprehend how they soldiers understood and managed their war experiences. Under the conditions of soldier life and the horrific violence of Civil War battles, mental trauma and suicide would not be unthinkable consequences. Union soldiers did commit suicide during the war, sometimes in response to the trauma of battle, hospital, or prison camp. However, suicide in fact was a very small percentage of casualties in the Union army, representing less than one percent of the losses during the war.;This thesis examines the dual nature of suicide in the Union army. On …

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In Search Of A Dream America: Place-Connectedness In East European Immigrant Life Writing, Irina V. Rodimtseva Jan 2012

In Search Of A Dream America: Place-Connectedness In East European Immigrant Life Writing, Irina V. Rodimtseva

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Theorists of place acknowledge human need for attachment to place, but this bond is often stated as a given, without an explication of its origin or attributes. Implementing the concept of place-connectedness formulated by Lawrence Buell, I analyze the process of bonding with new places described in immigrant life writing, focusing on twentieth-century texts by authors from Russia, the Soviet Union, and Communist bloc countries. Examining the sources through which American imagery was available to East Europeans during the 1900s, I confirm a link between the concepts of the American Dream and of place-connectedness and contend that for immigrants, establishing …

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Perception Of Leadership Issues Involved In The Implementation Of Total Quality Management By Leaders Of Business And Academe In Saudi Arabia, Ali Aljodea Jan 2012

Perception Of Leadership Issues Involved In The Implementation Of Total Quality Management By Leaders Of Business And Academe In Saudi Arabia, Ali Aljodea

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The importance of implementing quality management in education and industry is of growing importance in today's world. There is a growing concern in Saudi Arabia with quality and only a few institutions have begun to implement TQM. This study examined two of the major institutions in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), and King Saud University (KSU), where TQM principles had been implemented. The study sought to determine the perceptions of upper and middle managers of the two institutions concerning the implementation of TQM and the factors related to those perceptions.;Little has been done in Saudi Arabia to compare …

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Glycan Characterization And Manipulation Using Phospholipid Additives For Capillary Electrophoresis, Stephanie A. Archer-Hartmann Jan 2012

Glycan Characterization And Manipulation Using Phospholipid Additives For Capillary Electrophoresis, Stephanie A. Archer-Hartmann

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Protein glycosylation is of interest in a number of emerging fields, and plays important functional roles in cellular biology. The analysis of these molecules is nontrivial because they exhibit great complexity in both monomer makeup and linkages of these monomers. As a result, a common challenge that analytical techniques face is the separation of linkage glycan isomers. This dissertation is based on the research leading to the development of a phospholipid-capillary electrophoresis method that allows for highly efficient separations and the non-covalent incorporation of enzymes and lectins for in-capillary interactions. Glycans were removed from glycoproteins through enzymatic means, then labeled …

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Microstructural Engineering Of Porous Cathodes For Sofc Applications, Sodith Kumar R. Gandavarapu Jan 2012

Microstructural Engineering Of Porous Cathodes For Sofc Applications, Sodith Kumar R. Gandavarapu

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LSCF [(La0.6Sr0.4)0.98 (Co0.2 Fe0.8) O3-delta], a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathode material was fabricated and foamed through a polymeric in situ foaming process to build an optimum porous architecture. The changes in the porous cathode microstructure with changes in the in situ foaming parameters were qualitatively investigated through back-scattered scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging. Later, a quantitative analysis of the pore size, shape, area and distribution was completed on the same samples through a computational image analysis program called Image J (National Institute of Health, NIH). Electrochemical testing of the foamed cathode under different processing conditions including the baseline …

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Guided Wave Resonant Optical Structures And Led Micro Resonators For Biosensing Applications, Rohit Goswami Jan 2012

Guided Wave Resonant Optical Structures And Led Micro Resonators For Biosensing Applications, Rohit Goswami

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Integrated opto-electronic and nanophotonic devices for sensing application in the fields of medicine, microbiology, environmental, safety and defense have attracted considerable attention due to their potential for achieving greater compactness, shorter response times and higher sensitivities as compared to non-optical sensing systems. Optical cavity resonant devices such as Fabry--Perot interferometers have been extensively used in lasing applications and optical sensing has been accomplished through many similar technologies.;Fiber optic and planar waveguide based resonant devices which use evanescent waves for detection of refractive index changes are one of the most widely used approaches for photonic sensors. In this work we investigate …

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Politics Of Memory With Regard To The Ukrainian Minority In Poland After 1989, Joanna Klimczak Jan 2012

Politics Of Memory With Regard To The Ukrainian Minority In Poland After 1989, Joanna Klimczak

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The present thesis discusses the nature of majority- minority relations in Poland after 1989. Among other things, democratic and geopolitical changes after 1989 have been associated with protection of minority rights. In order to implement respect for minorities into Polish reality, the state had to guarantee the rights of minorities. One of the key elements in the process of official recognition and integration of minorities in the Polish state was the emergence of a particular attitude and forms of cultural awareness in relation to the past. The subject of this thesis is to analyze the politics of memory and the …

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Exploring The Effects Of Implementation Intentions And Goal Formation On Anxiety And Communication Effectiveness When Discussing Difficult Interpersonal Topics, Colleen C. Malachowski Jan 2012

Exploring The Effects Of Implementation Intentions And Goal Formation On Anxiety And Communication Effectiveness When Discussing Difficult Interpersonal Topics, Colleen C. Malachowski

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This study addressed the effects of two specific types of planning (i.e., goal intention and implementation intention formation) on interpersonal discussions of difficult topics (e.g., discussing the future of a relationship, discussing past romantic partners, discussing the current status of a relationship). Goal intentions specify a certain end point (e.g., "I intend to reach x"), and implementation intentions (Gollwitzer, 1999) specify when, where, and how a goal will be achieved (e.g., "If x, then y"). In addition, four personality traits (i.e., need for cognition, cognitive flexibility, self-efficacy, and trait dyadic communication apprehension) were examined in order to further understand the …

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The Role Of Src-Homology 2 Domain-Containing Tyrosine Phosphatase 2 In Signaling And Tumorigenesis Of Basal Type/Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Fatimah Kh. Matalkah Jan 2012

The Role Of Src-Homology 2 Domain-Containing Tyrosine Phosphatase 2 In Signaling And Tumorigenesis Of Basal Type/Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Fatimah Kh. Matalkah

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Basal type/triple negative breast cancer (BTBC) represents a distinct tumor group that is characterized by an aggressive disease phenotype and poor clinical outcome. Patients with this subtype cannot benefit from the available anti-hormone and anti-HER2 targeted therapies (e.g. tamoxifen and herceptin). Therefore, characterizing potential therapeutic targets is urgently needed. We reasoned that the Src-homology 2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHP2) could serve as a therapeutic target in BTBC, because of its critical regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) which is overexpressed in BTBC. Here, we demonstrated that SHP2 knockdown in BTBC cell lines suppressed cell proliferation, migration, and transformation. …

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Chirality Sorted Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes For Random Network Thin Film Applications, Volkan Ozyar Jan 2012

Chirality Sorted Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes For Random Network Thin Film Applications, Volkan Ozyar

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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are comprised entirely of carbon atoms which lie in a graphitic plane rolled into a seamless cylinder. The direction in which the graphic plane is rolled affects the subsequent chiralities of the SWNTs. This direction is called the chiral vector. This chiral vector, Ch =na1+ma2, is described in terms of a pair of integers (n,m) and a pair of lattice vectors (a1,a2) associated with each carbon atom in the graphene sheet. The magnitude of the chiral vector determines the diameter of the nanotubes as d= Ch/pi. SWNTs with integers n-m =3i, where i = 0, 1, …

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Forensic, Archaeological And Related Application Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Xinya Zhang Jan 2012

Forensic, Archaeological And Related Application Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Xinya Zhang

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Inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a powerful analytical instrument that can be applied to multiple disciplines for trace elements detection. In the first stage of this research, ICP-MS was used to group archaeological pottery sherds based on the compositional information obtained. Provenience of the pottery was evaluated using multivariate analysis. Results were compared with those obtained on the same data set using neutron activation analysis (NAA). It was found that the groups generated in this study were comparable to the previous ones, and more details within groups were observed. In the second stage of this research, ICP-MS was applied …

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How Big Is Big Coal? Public Perceptions Of The Coal Industry's Economic Impact On West Virginia., Debra R. Blaacker Jan 2012

How Big Is Big Coal? Public Perceptions Of The Coal Industry's Economic Impact On West Virginia., Debra R. Blaacker

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The coal industry has played a major role in the culture and history of the state of West Virginia, establishing an identity as the “backbone” of the economy in this region. However, as the mining process has become more mechanized, employment has declined and risks have increased, but support for the industry continues. This study explores research that could provide explanations for this phenomenon, and examines whether there is an overestimation of the role of the coal industry in the regional economy. I also examine factors that may affect one’s perceptions of the economic impact of the industry. In particular, …

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Coca Or Death! The Political Ecology Of Cocalero Resistance A Comparative Analysis Of The Coca Farmer Social Movement In Andean Peru., Timothy Scott Pruett Jan 2012

Coca Or Death! The Political Ecology Of Cocalero Resistance A Comparative Analysis Of The Coca Farmer Social Movement In Andean Peru., Timothy Scott Pruett

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This research focuses on the resistance of coca farmers to government policies regarding coca production in Peru. Since the 1980s, the Peruvian government has criminalized the actions of numerous agricultural communities and conducted eradication campaigns that destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of Peruvian coca. Although eradication is intended to reduce the volume of coca leaves destined for black markets (cocaine production), it has had the unintended consequence of mobilizing peasant coca producing populations against such policies. Mobilization is reflected in protests, strikes, marches, and occasionally violent confrontations. Some coca farmers (cocaleros) are following a cultural heritage of producing a …

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Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: An Investigation Of College Student-Athletes' Perceptions Of Communicative Facework And Communicative Strategies For Managing Uncertainty., Sydney M. Staggers Jan 2012

Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: An Investigation Of College Student-Athletes' Perceptions Of Communicative Facework And Communicative Strategies For Managing Uncertainty., Sydney M. Staggers

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI; also referenced as “concussion”) is recognized as a major public health issue in the United States with approximately 1.7 million individuals sustaining a TBI annually (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012c). There is a greater propensity for concussions in athletic environments (Powell, 2001). Based on both reported and non-reported accounts, it is estimated that anywhere from 1.6 to 3.8 million sports-related (across all sports and recreational activities) concussions occur each year in the United States (Hayes, 2007). As a result, this dissertation, which entailed two studies, examined college student-athletes’ perceptions of others’ (i.e., coach, …

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Are Electronic Portfolios Used In The Hiring Process Of Special Educators?, Traci J. Tuttle Jan 2012

Are Electronic Portfolios Used In The Hiring Process Of Special Educators?, Traci J. Tuttle

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Accountability and assessment in education systems from the k-12 to post-secondary levels have driven reforms in ensuring teacher quality. Past practice and research have confirmed the validity and reliability of portfolio assessments for ensuring quality teacher preparation programs in institutions of higher education. The use of these portfolios, however, has not transferred to the hiring practices of k-12 administrators. This study narrows the body of current research to focus on electronic portfolios as a means to address the specific needs of administrators hiring special educators. The administrators in one state’s education system were sent electronic surveys in attempts to answer …

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Olivier Messiaen's Personal Expression Of Faith In His Major Solo And Chamber Works With Piano From 1940 To 1944, Marie Arlou C. Borillo Jan 2012

Olivier Messiaen's Personal Expression Of Faith In His Major Solo And Chamber Works With Piano From 1940 To 1944, Marie Arlou C. Borillo

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Throughout the history of Western art music, a number of composers either have been supported financially by religious institutions to create sacred works or have been driven by their own spiritual beliefs to create faith-inspired pieces. With the decrease of Christianity's importance to individuals in Western society throughout time, however, compositions whose genesis arise solely from religious and spiritual inspiration have lessened substantially. This is particularly evident in the music of the Roman Catholic Church from the end of the nineteenth century to the early 1960s, as the Church's liturgical music consisted of a restored Gregorian chant. This eliminated the …

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Trans-Border Advocacy Network In Tobacco Control: The Adoption Of Who-Fctc Best Practices Into Domestic Laws In Ghana And Malawi, Edward Brenya Jan 2012

Trans-Border Advocacy Network In Tobacco Control: The Adoption Of Who-Fctc Best Practices Into Domestic Laws In Ghana And Malawi, Edward Brenya

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The study investigates the politics characterizing the adoption of tobacco control policy in Ghana and Malawi as a way of contributing to political science literature. It combines the global advocacy network, the multi-level policy transfer, and the liberal-constructivist theories as a single framework to examine their effects on tobacco control policy adoption. Methodologically, the study uses a comparative case study approach complemented by elite interviews, review of secondary materials, and policy documents. The study finds that neither of the Parliaments of the two countries has adopted any legislation that is properly enforced. However, both countries have certain voluntary agreements to …

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Disaster Preparations And Relief: The Partnership Between The American National Red Cross And Amateur Radio, Bayley B. Brown Jan 2012

Disaster Preparations And Relief: The Partnership Between The American National Red Cross And Amateur Radio, Bayley B. Brown

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The goal of this master's thesis is to evaluate the current state of the partnership between the American National Red Cross chapters and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) groups. The alliance between these organizations has historically been outlined by national representatives, the most recent being the 2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the American National Red Cross and ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio. This partnership was assessed through a nationwide survey of American National Red Cross chapter representatives. Findings suggest that most Red Cross chapters have current partnerships with their local ARES group, and collaboration occurs primarily for disaster …

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Professionalization Of Personal Trainers In The Fitness Industry, Lara M. Foster Jan 2012

Professionalization Of Personal Trainers In The Fitness Industry, Lara M. Foster

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The fitness industry is a multi-million dollar business engaged with enhancing or changing the personal appearance of an individual; that is, what Goffman (1963) called with regard to the embodied self, occupations engaged in identity tinkering trades. The muscle and fitness industry's occupations are engaged in tinkering with ones physical identities (Tan & Brignole, 2012). Personal trainers have been acknowledged in social science literature as "customer service" representatives and "emotional laborers" in the fitness industry (Maguire, 2001). This research is a two-part qualitative study: first, I examine the actions, purpose, and roles of the personal fitness trainer and secondly, I …

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Potential Inhibitors And Sources Of Error In The Measurement Of Travertine Precipitation Rates In A Karst Stream Influenced By Thermal Mineral Waters, Johnathan E. Moore Jan 2012

Potential Inhibitors And Sources Of Error In The Measurement Of Travertine Precipitation Rates In A Karst Stream Influenced By Thermal Mineral Waters, Johnathan E. Moore

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Precipitation rates for travertine have been studied in many natural settings and compared to theoretical calcite (CaCO3) precipitation rates; in most studies, the emphasis is placed on the degassing of CO 2 as the primary controlling mechanism. Little research has been done in natural settings to evaluate precipitate composition, rates of precipitation, and the role of potential inhibitors of calcite growth. This study addresses these questions in a Sweet Springs Creek, West Virginia-Virginia: a karst stream fed partly by thermal mineral waters with high CO2. For this study, travertine plates were deployed to measure the accretion of precipitates in the …

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Detection And Characterization Of Pyromarkers Of Smoked Drugs Of Abuse, Rona Kiyomi Nishikawa Jan 2012

Detection And Characterization Of Pyromarkers Of Smoked Drugs Of Abuse, Rona Kiyomi Nishikawa

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Smoking or inhalation has increased in popularity as the choice route of administration of drugs of abuse amongst drug abusers. Combustion products associated with the smoking event (pyromarkers) of these smoked drugs of abuse can be useful in post mortem toxicological analysis both for investigative and public health applications. A method using analytical pyrolysis was developed to simulate the smoking process used for illicit drugs, which is significantly different than methods used for studies of conventional tobacco smoking, This method was used to identify possible markers associated smoked fentanyl and mixes of heroin and fentanyl. Thermocouple temperature probes were used …

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Vcast: A Distance-Sensitive Scalable Information Dissemination Protocol, Raja Abhinay Moparthi Jan 2012

Vcast: A Distance-Sensitive Scalable Information Dissemination Protocol, Raja Abhinay Moparthi

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The future of intelligent transportation systems lies in dealing with safety and navigation of vehicles. Building a technology that provides the real-time information about the state of other vehicles like its location, speed and direction would help in developing a system that ensures safety along with navigation. However, the network limitations pose difficulty in obtaining the state information over multiple-hops, because of the bandwidth limitations and congestion in the shared wireless channel. Overcoming this challenge would yield an intelligent transportation system which gives information regarding the collisions, lane changes and merges, emergency vehicle approaching alerts, stopped vehicle alerts, etc., over …

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Treatment Of Nightmares Using Imagery Rehearsal Therapy: A Multiple Baseline Study, Michael R. Nadorff Jan 2012

Treatment Of Nightmares Using Imagery Rehearsal Therapy: A Multiple Baseline Study, Michael R. Nadorff

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Nightmares have been linked with several negative consequences, including death by suicide. Further, nightmare sufferers report that nightmares have a significant negative impact on their lives. To address this problem, several nightmare treatments have been studied, with Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) having the greatest amount of empirical support. However, there are many unanswered questions in regard to IRT, such as how quickly one may see an effect and whether or not there is a temporary increase in nightmares prior to a decrease. The current study aimed to address these questions by examining IRT using a non-concurrent multiple baseline design. Four …

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Predictors Of Adherence To Mammography Screening Guidelines And Preferences For Intervention Strategies In A Mobile Mammography Program, Ami Vyas Jan 2012

Predictors Of Adherence To Mammography Screening Guidelines And Preferences For Intervention Strategies In A Mobile Mammography Program, Ami Vyas

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Early detection of breast cancer (BC) in women can lead to long-term survival and better quality of life. Mammography screening is considered to be the 'gold standard' for women at an average risk to detect BC early and hence reduce BC-related mortality. West Virginia (WV) has a lower incidence of BC but higher rates of advanced and unstaged BC which has been attributed to lower mammography screening rates in women in WV. Mobile mammography programs have been in use for more than two decades to overcome barriers and increase mammography screening rates in rural and hard-to-reach populations. WV has one …

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