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Watering The St. Katherine Landscape: Exploring The Nexus Between Socio-Economic And Hydro-Cultural Change, Joshua D. Lohnes Aug 2013

Watering The St. Katherine Landscape: Exploring The Nexus Between Socio-Economic And Hydro-Cultural Change, Joshua D. Lohnes

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The town of St. Katherine is located in the mountainous and most water rich region of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. This relative water abundance was a critical factor to the historical and cultural landscape that emerged there over the centuries. Past human settlements have left an intricate network of catchments, conduits and wells. Much of this infrastructure is still in use today across the hundreds of orchards that dot valley floors around this growing urban center. A pipeline has recently linked this community to the Nile River hundreds of miles away restructuring water consumption patterns throughout the area and reinforcing a …

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Probes Of Pulsar Emission Physics: The Double Pulsar And The Gamma-Ray Pulsar Population, Benetge Bhakthi Pranama Perera Aug 2013

Probes Of Pulsar Emission Physics: The Double Pulsar And The Gamma-Ray Pulsar Population, Benetge Bhakthi Pranama Perera

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The double pulsar, PSR J0737-3039A/B, is a unique binary system in which both neutron stars have been detected as radio pulsars. We analyze the evolution of the radio emission from the second born, 2.8 s pulsar (pulsar B) based on five years of Green Bank Telescope data since 2003 December. We find that the pulse profile and the flux density of pulsar B change significantly over time, culminating in its radio emission disappearance towards our line of sight since 2008 March. Over this time, the flux density decreases dramatically and the pulse profile evolves from a single to a double …

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Column Flotation Of Subbituminous Coal Using The Blend Of Trimethyl Pentanediol Derivatives And Pico-Nano Bubbles, Jinxiang Chen Aug 2013

Column Flotation Of Subbituminous Coal Using The Blend Of Trimethyl Pentanediol Derivatives And Pico-Nano Bubbles, Jinxiang Chen

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Subbituminous coal, a low rank of coal, is difficult-to-float using the conventional flotation process by a single frother such as MIBC and a single collector such as kerosene or fuel oil. The froth flotation of the fine coal separation process is based on the differences of wettability between coal and mineral particles. The formation of oxygenated functional groups on coal surface can reduce its hydrophobicity. This result makes the coal more difficult to float by oily collector alone. Previous work shows that the surfactant can be used to activate the oxygenated surface, by selecting the group of such as fatty …

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Wellbore Stability In Ultra-Deep Formations Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Gbenga Kayode Aug 2013

Wellbore Stability In Ultra-Deep Formations Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Gbenga Kayode

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This thesis work looks into Horizontal wellbore integrity or stability in the Mars Ursa Basin of the Gulf of Mexico using different geo-mechanical properties of this highly producing formation in analyzing stress build up both around the producing wells as well as the producing formations. Different cases were analyzed using the CMG simulator where consideration was given to cases of single as well as multiple producing horizontal wells. The model built considered both the basic reservoir model as well as geo-mechanical models. The individual cases considered included different geomechanical properties of the producing formation these properties however include frictional angle, …

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Analysis Of Shale Production Performance Using Decline Curve Methods, Brad Thomas Nelson Aug 2013

Analysis Of Shale Production Performance Using Decline Curve Methods, Brad Thomas Nelson

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With the recent development of shale gas reservoirs such as the Marcellus using horizontal drilling and fracturing, it has become necessary to evaluate the amount of gas recoverable for both economic and operational purposes. As a result of limited production history, the production behavior of horizontal well producing from Marcellus shale has not been well established. A technique in accomplishing the estimation of future production history would be most useful to the industry.;Decline curve analysis (DCA) methods have been utilized successfully in various hydrocarbon plays throughout the world in approximating future production. Several DCA models have been proposed specifically for …

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Evaluation Of The Bond Strength Of Asphalt Overlays, Seth Knihtila Aug 2013

Evaluation Of The Bond Strength Of Asphalt Overlays, Seth Knihtila

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The objective of this study was to develop a test method and testing device for measuring the bond strength between pavement layers. The research evaluated tack coat materials and mix designs for the West Virginia Department of Highways. The project included a laboratory and a field phase. For the laboratory work, 9.5 mm and 19 mm NMAS mix designs were evaluated. NTSS-1HM and SS-1h tack coats were evaluated. Two surface conditions were simulated; the interface was either cut HMA or milled HMA. Also, the effect of the AASHTO T-283 conditioning was evaluated as a subsidiary to the laboratory testing.;In the …

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Optimization Of Integrated Reservoir, Wellbore, And Power Plant Models For Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Jason Peluchette Aug 2013

Optimization Of Integrated Reservoir, Wellbore, And Power Plant Models For Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Jason Peluchette

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Geothermal energy has the potential to become a substantially greater contributor to the U.S. energy market. An adequate investment in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technology will be necessary in order to realize the potential of geothermal energy. This study presents an optimization of a waterbased Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) modeled for AltaRock Energy's Newberry EGS Demonstration location. The optimization successfully integrates all three components of the geothermal system: (1) the present wellbore design, (2) the reservoir design, and (3) the surface plant design.;Since the Newberry EGS Demonstration will use an existing well (NWG 55-29), there is no optimization of the …

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Droplet Impact Sub-Cavity Histories And Pdpa Spray Experiments For Spray Cooling Modeling, Nicholas Lee Hillen Aug 2013

Droplet Impact Sub-Cavity Histories And Pdpa Spray Experiments For Spray Cooling Modeling, Nicholas Lee Hillen

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Spray cooling is a topic of current interest for its ability to uniformly remove high levels of waste heat from densely packed microelectronics. It has demonstrated the ability to achieve very high heat fluxes, up to 500 W/cm2 with water as the coolant, making it an attractive active thermal management tool.;Full Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulations of spray cooling are infeasible due to the complexity of the spray (drops fluxes of 106 drops/cm2-sec) and heater surface physics requiring impractical resources. Thus a Monte-Carlo (MC) spray cooling simulation model based on empirical data is under development to serve as a cost …

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Investigation Of The Dual-Fuel Conversion Of A Direct Injection Diesel Engine, John S. Smallwood Aug 2013

Investigation Of The Dual-Fuel Conversion Of A Direct Injection Diesel Engine, John S. Smallwood

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The transportation sector is the second largest energy-consuming sector in the United States. With heavy-duty vehicles comprising 20% of the sector and petroleum products being used as 93% of the sector's fuel, alternatives fuels continue to be investigated to offset petroleum usage. Natural gas is increasingly being considered as a fuel source due to its abundance in the Marcellus Shale Formation. Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a promising energy source for dual-fuel combustion. It appears to benefit the environment and the economy. With the ability to reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and particulate matter (PM) …

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Distributed Joint Sensor And Target Location Estimation, Muammar Ali Aug 2013

Distributed Joint Sensor And Target Location Estimation, Muammar Ali

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The area of wireless sensor networks (WSN) is a fast growing area and has a variety of applications such as environmental monitoring, health care, agricultural applications, and military applications. While this research area has been active since 1980s, new applications bring new constraints, and these lead to new open problems. This thesis approaches one of them. It focuses on the problem of target location estimation with limited knowledge about sensor locations in a WSN. Sensors in a WSN are randomly deployed over a known area. The true locations of the sensors are unknown, but each sensor node is equipped with …

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Colorectal Cancer Disease In Appalachia: Symptom Interpretation And Cancer Worry Predictors, Omar F.S. Attarabeen Aug 2013

Colorectal Cancer Disease In Appalachia: Symptom Interpretation And Cancer Worry Predictors, Omar F.S. Attarabeen

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In the Appalachian region, many cultural, religious, and psychological factors have been identified to affect health. These factors are expected to play a role in health disparities, such as higher rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. Appalachia-specific factors such as geographic isolationism, poverty, and Appalachian stereotypes have been reported to negatively affect preventive health care including CRC screening. Although previous research has investigating the impact of some of these Appalachia-specific factors on seeking health care, impact of symptom interpretation and psychological states of the Appalachian population on health care seeking behavior needs to be clarified. The objective of …

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Effects Of A Gonadotropin Mixture On Reproductive Success In Progesterone- Treated Non-Lactating Anestrous Ewes, Kellie Nicole D'Souza Aug 2013

Effects Of A Gonadotropin Mixture On Reproductive Success In Progesterone- Treated Non-Lactating Anestrous Ewes, Kellie Nicole D'Souza

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Using exogenous gonadotropins as part of an estrous induction protocol can have beneficial effects on fertility in ewes bred out-of-season. Few studies have evaluated the efficacy of P.G. 600RTM, a mixture of gonadotropins with FSH-like and LH-like activity, to increase fertility in anestrous ewes and, in particular, following pre-treatment with progesterone delivered via controlled internal drug releasing (CIDR) devices. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of P.G. 600RTM on reproductive success in progesterone-treated non-lactating anestrous ewes. Ewes, which had been separated from rams for at least one month prior to the beginning of the experiment, received …

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The Effect Of Melatonin Or Maternal Nutrient Restriction On Cell Proliferation In The Ovine Placenta, Adam Walter Eifert Aug 2013

The Effect Of Melatonin Or Maternal Nutrient Restriction On Cell Proliferation In The Ovine Placenta, Adam Walter Eifert

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Our objectives were to assess melatonin receptor dependent modulation of placental cell proliferation following treatment with either melatonin, luzindole (melatonin receptor 1 and 2 antagonist), or vehicle. In addition, a second study was conducted to assess placental cell proliferation following dietary melatonin treatment in a maternal nutrient restriction model. For the first experiment, 14 primiparous ewes were fitted with Alzet mini osmotic pumps attached to a catheter and infused with vehicle, melatonin, or luzindole from d 62 to 90 of gestation. Ewes were euthanized and placentomes collected for analysis at the end of the 4 week infusion. For the second …

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Absorption Of Marine Vs Non-Marine Sources Of Epa And Dha, John S. Ketz Aug 2013

Absorption Of Marine Vs Non-Marine Sources Of Epa And Dha, John S. Ketz

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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from algae oil has been incorporated into tissues at a lower level and has been less effective than fish oil (FO) at reducing body fat. Our objective was to determine fecal excretion of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and DHA from different dietary sources. Male mice (n=100) were fed a 12% lipid diet containing soy oil (SO), FO, yeast oil (YO) algae oil (AO), or AO+YO. The AO diet was fed to contain amounts of DHA equal to the FO diet, and the YO diet was fed to contain amounts of EPA equal to the FO diet. To measure …

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Evaluation Of Growth And Survival Of Hardwood Trees On Brown And Gray Sandstone, Lindsay M. Wilson-Kokes Aug 2013

Evaluation Of Growth And Survival Of Hardwood Trees On Brown And Gray Sandstone, Lindsay M. Wilson-Kokes

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Deciduous forests in the Appalachian region have been greatly disrupted due to surface coal mining since the 1930's. After the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) in 1977, coal mine operators began planting a variety of grasses and legumes as a fast and economical way to re-establish a permanent vegetative cover in order to meet erosion and site stabilization requirements. However, soil compaction and competitive forage species have arrested the re-colonization of native hardwood tree species on these reclaimed sites. In an effort to evaluate tree growth on selected spoils and determine the effects of compaction, …

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Is Postural Stability Compromised In Women With Urinary Incontinence?, Samantha K. Rondini Aug 2013

Is Postural Stability Compromised In Women With Urinary Incontinence?, Samantha K. Rondini

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Women with urinary incontinence (UI) have an increased risk of falling compared to their age-matched peers without UI. Due to the anatomical location of the pelvic floor muscles, they are suspected to contribute to the maintenance of postural stability during everyday activities. Women with UI have weak or dysfunctional pelvic floor muscles. The purpose of this study was to determine if women with UI, specifically stress, urge, and mixed UI, have deficits in postural stability during static tasks and in response to postural perturbations of the support surface.;Methods: To measure static stability, 14 women (7 with UI: age 51.75 +/- …

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Characterization Of Genes Involved In Sumoylation During Embryogenesis In Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss), Xiaowei Zang Aug 2013

Characterization Of Genes Involved In Sumoylation During Embryogenesis In Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss), Xiaowei Zang

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SUMOylation is the post-translational modification of proteins by the addition of the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO), which plays an important role in various cellular processes. It has been reported that SUMO and its related proteins are important in diverse reproductive functions such as ovulation, gametogenesis, and embryogenesis. Modification of target proteins by SUMO is an ATP-dependent enzymatic cascade involving three key enzymes: E1 activating enzyme (the heterodimer SAE1-SAE2), E2 conjugating enzyme (UBC9) and several E3 ligating enzymes (PIAS, RanBP2/Nup358 and Pc2). The objectives of this study were to characterize the genes involved in SUMOylation and determine their expression profiles during …

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Development Of Synthetic Pathways For Macrocyclic Acetylenes, Chi-Yuan Tseng Aug 2013

Development Of Synthetic Pathways For Macrocyclic Acetylenes, Chi-Yuan Tseng

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A synthetic sequence was developed for the preparation of a diindeno-fused 4Hcyclopenta[def] phenanthrene derivative containing two bromo substituents as a potential building block for the construction of macrocyclic acetylenes. The synthetic sequence required the preparation of a benzannulated enediyne, 1-bromo-2-ethynyl-3-(2- phenylethynyl)benzene. The Sonogashira reaction between 1,3-dibromo-2-iodobenzene and (trimethylsilyl)ethyne produced I ,3-dibromo-2-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzene. Metalhalogen exchange with n-butyllithium followed by iodination with iodine furnished 1-bromo- 3-iodo-2-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzene. A second Sonogashira reaction with phenylethyne followed by desilylation then furnished 1-bromo-2-ethynyl-3-(2-phenylethynyl)benzene.;Treatment of an excess of 1-bromo-2-ethynyl-3-(2-phenylethynyl)benzene with lithium diisopropylamide followed by condensation with 2,2-dimethoxy-1 ,3-indandione furnished the corresponding propargylic diol as the major adduct and the …

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West Virginia High School Guidance Counselors Perceptions And Interactions With Agricultural Education Programs In Their Schools, Nicole Riggle Shipman Aug 2013

West Virginia High School Guidance Counselors Perceptions And Interactions With Agricultural Education Programs In Their Schools, Nicole Riggle Shipman

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Guidance or vocational counselors have a strong influence over student placement in agricultural education programs. A descriptive research design using a mailed questionnaire was used for this study to determine methods used by West Virginia high school guidance counselors to determine student placement in agricultural education classes. The study found that a majority of the guidance counselors do not have an agricultural background. A majority of the counselors report enrolling students in agricultural programs regardless of their college or career goals. Counselors view agricultural teachers as concerned for students' achievement and personal growth and believe agricultural educators should be involved …

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Emotional Intelligence And Deans: Exploring The Nature Of The Emotional Intelligence Of Community College Deans In The Southeastern Region Of The United States, Irene Kasungwa Maundu Aug 2013

Emotional Intelligence And Deans: Exploring The Nature Of The Emotional Intelligence Of Community College Deans In The Southeastern Region Of The United States, Irene Kasungwa Maundu

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Leadership is an essential aspect of community college administration. Community colleges are currently facing numerous challenges such as: above average retirement rates for administrators, funding and limited government support, diverse student populations, changes in technology, shift in teaching to student-centered learning, and steep competition. The purpose of this study was to understand the nature of the emotional intelligence of community college deans within the southeastern region of the United States of America. I used the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) to measure the emotional intelligence scores of community college deans, and a demographic questionnaire for the demographic variables. Public community …

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Cross Cultural Relationships Of Depression, Attachment Styles, And Quality Of Romantic Relationships: Cultural Difference Between Taiwanese/Chinese And American College Students, Yi-An Lo Burleson Aug 2013

Cross Cultural Relationships Of Depression, Attachment Styles, And Quality Of Romantic Relationships: Cultural Difference Between Taiwanese/Chinese And American College Students, Yi-An Lo Burleson

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Relationship quality has been determined to be a positive factor in the treatment of depression (Brown, 2000; Fagan, 2009). Although the importance of marriage has been broadly studied, little research has investigated correlations among relationship quality, depressive moods, and attachment styles. Although the prevalence of depressive moods has been documented within populations of Taiwanese/Chinese international students and American college students (Wei et al., 2007), Wang and Mallinckrodt (2006) found that definitions of ideal attachment differ in these groups. Furthermore, researchers have not yet investigated the effect of cultural differences and attachment styles on the interactions between relationship quality and depressive …

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Provenance Of The Upper Jurassic Norphlet And Surrounding Formations From U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Andrea Frances Lisi Aug 2013

Provenance Of The Upper Jurassic Norphlet And Surrounding Formations From U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Andrea Frances Lisi

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U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology supplemented by thin-section petrography, dense mineral analysis of samples, and well log analysis from onshore western Florida as well as from the offshore federal lease blocks, Mobile Bay, Pensacola, Destin Dome, St. Petersburg, and Florida Middle Ground are used to constrain the provenance of the Upper Jurassic Norphlet and surrounding formations. Using LA-ICPMS, 867 U-Pb ages from 10 samples, core and cuttings, were determined. Results show an influence of both Laurentian and peri-Gondwanan Suwannee Terrane derived sediments. Four major U-Pb age populations exist in the samples which include 250-500 Ma, 500-700 Ma, 900-1400 Ma, and 1950-2250 …

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Completion Rates In West Virginia Community And Technical Colleges, Angelic M. Kinder Aug 2013

Completion Rates In West Virginia Community And Technical Colleges, Angelic M. Kinder

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This research examined withdrawal and completion rates in courses at public community colleges in West Virginia during the Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 semesters. Online distance education has quickly gained popularity over the previous ten years, and the number of students enrolling in online education has increased at a higher rate than overall enrollment in higher education. Few studies have analyzed withdrawal and completion rates specifically in online courses. Why is student attrition so high? How does this vary from traditional face-toface courses? What can institutions do to prevent online students from withdrawing and not completing courses? This study performed …

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An Exploratory Investigation Of Baseball Coaches' Attitudes And Experiences With Sport Psychology, Jesse D. Michel Aug 2013

An Exploratory Investigation Of Baseball Coaches' Attitudes And Experiences With Sport Psychology, Jesse D. Michel

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This study examined baseball coaches' attitudes and experiences with sport psychology. The researcher used a descriptive and multivariate approach to explore baseball coaches' relationship with sport psychology professionals and sport psychology services. A modified version of the Sport Psychology Attitudes Revised Coaches -- 2 (SPARC-2) (Zakrajsek, 2011) was administered to survey coaches' stigma tolerance towards sport psychology, confidence in sport psychology consultation, openness to hiring a sport psychology professional, and cultural preference towards sport psychology practitioners. Additional survey items were included to address coaches' experiences with sport psychology. All 2013 members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and all 2012-2013 …

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The Self-Perceived Leadership Styles Of Chief State School Officers And Models Of Educational Governance, Lori A. Wiggins Aug 2013

The Self-Perceived Leadership Styles Of Chief State School Officers And Models Of Educational Governance, Lori A. Wiggins

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This study examined the leadership styles of the chief state school officers of the United States and the District of Columbia. The entire population of 51 chief state school officers was surveyed and a response rate of 60% was obtained. The study examined the relationship between the leadership style, select demographic variables, and the specific models of educational governance. The Leadership Orientation (Self) Instrument (Bolman & Deal, 1990) was used. The survey instrument is based on the Bolman and Deal (1984, 1991c, 2003) four-frame model, which includes the structural, human resource, political, and symbolic leadership frames. The predominant leadership style …

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Crisis As Opportunity: Personality Constructs And Erikson Identity Development, Christopher E. Ruth Aug 2013

Crisis As Opportunity: Personality Constructs And Erikson Identity Development, Christopher E. Ruth

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Identity development theory suggests that the developmental trajectory from childhood through young adulthood involves a movement from exploration towards eventual tentative commitment to adult values, beliefs, and career goals. Currently little research has focused on the impact of personality traits commonly studied in personal counseling and career work with collegeattending emerging adults on the process of identity development. This study examined the predictive quality of personality preferences on Erickson's and Marcia's operationalization of identity status. More specifically, do particular personality preferences derived from the Myers- Briggs Typology Indicator more often result in particular Eriksonian identity statuses (i.e., foreclosed, diffused, moratorium …

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Three Essays On Institutions, Religion, And Economic Development, Hossein Radmard Aug 2013

Three Essays On Institutions, Religion, And Economic Development, Hossein Radmard

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This dissertation consists of three essays that provide empirical evidence on the importance of institutions, informal institutions and particularly religion in economic development. In the first chapter, the relationship between religious adherence rate in the U.S. counties and entrepreneurship is examined. After controlling for spatial dependencies, results indicate that more religious counties, meaning counties with higher rate of religious membership, have lower entrepreneurial potentials. Chapter 2 investigates the relevance of institutional quality in efficiency of public spending. This study is delivered in the state level. By using a nonparametric method, efficiency of public spending is calculated and then its relationship …

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Rush To Failure: The Governorship Of Sir Percy Girouard, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., R.E.: 1909--1912, Abdullahi Daiyabu Sara Aug 2013

Rush To Failure: The Governorship Of Sir Percy Girouard, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., R.E.: 1909--1912, Abdullahi Daiyabu Sara

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In the British Colonial Service, to be a successful administrator, certain expectations must be met. These involved clarity of dispatches, keeping the CO fully informed of development in the dependency and cultivating a healthy working relationship between the governor and his subordinate staff and between the governor and the CO. The absence of the latter was a failing on a -would be successful administrator. At the time of Sir Percy's outstanding performance in the Sudan, Transvaal and Northern Nigeria, he was acclaimed as Canada's outstanding proconsul in the British colonial administration. His performance in the latter places informed the CO's …

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Searches For Radio Pulsars & Fast Transients And Multiwavelength Studies Of Single-Pulse Emission, Mitchell B. Mickaliger Aug 2013

Searches For Radio Pulsars & Fast Transients And Multiwavelength Studies Of Single-Pulse Emission, Mitchell B. Mickaliger

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Pulsars are excellent tools for studying a wide array of astrophysical phenomena (e.g. gravitational waves, the interstellar medium, general relativity), yet they are still not fully understood. What are their emission processes and how do they change at different energies? How is giant pulse emission different from regular emission? How are different classes of pulsars (RRATs, magnetars, nulling pulsars, etc.) related? Answering these questions will not only help us to understand pulsars in general, but will also help improve techniques for pulsar searches and timing, gravitational wave searches, and single-pulse searches. The work we present here aims to answer these …

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Essays On Resource Allocation And Energy Commodity Markets, Oleg Kucher Aug 2013

Essays On Resource Allocation And Energy Commodity Markets, Oleg Kucher

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The dissertation consists of three essays directed towards energy resource allocation on micro-, regional- and macro- levels: 1. Economic Analysis of Coal and Biomass to Liquids Investment Decisions, 2. Spatial Dependence in Wholesale Gasoline Markets across the United States, and 3. Energy Prices, Inventory and the Business Cycle. The first dissertation essay entitled "Economic Analysis of Coal and Biomass to Liquids (CBTL) Investment Decisions" examines the economic feasibility of converting coal and biomass into liquid fuels in the U.S. The study investigates the investment decisions into the CBTL technology under fuel price uncertainty. The CBTL technology scenario draws upon the …

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