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Energy Saving Expert System For West Virginia K-12 Schools, Karthik Reddy Dandu Jan 2012

Energy Saving Expert System For West Virginia K-12 Schools, Karthik Reddy Dandu

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Investments on energy efficiency measures adopted by K--12 School boards across West Virginia (WV) have not always been economically successful. Since finances play an important role, and school boards have limited resources to invest on energy efficiency measures, the school boards are left with difficult choices on how best to use their funds. An expert system developed in this thesis work aims to assist the WV School Boards to examine the feasibility of implementing different types of energy measures. The expert system acquires data from the user and uses the information to provide the user with savings, installation and payback …

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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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Physiological And Endocrine Factors Contributing To Acyclicity In The Captive Female African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana), Tina Lynn Dow Jan 2012

Physiological And Endocrine Factors Contributing To Acyclicity In The Captive Female African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana), Tina Lynn Dow

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Currently, the captive African elephant population in North America is not self-sustaining. An increase in acyclicity has been documented among post-pubertal females of all ages. Due to ethical issues and cost, importation of new animals is not feasible at this time; therefore, it is imperative that all post-pubertal females within zoological facilities be reproductively viable. The main objectives of these projects were to assess the reproductive status of the captive population and to identify contributing factors to acyclicity. In addition, prevention and treatment protocols were to be designed to promote reproductive proficiency in all reproductive-age females to avert the population …

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Bending, Crushing, And Connector Behavior Of Pultruded Glass Frp Tubes, Denny Wayne Dispennette Jan 2012

Bending, Crushing, And Connector Behavior Of Pultruded Glass Frp Tubes, Denny Wayne Dispennette

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Understanding the complex mechanics involved in the behavior of thin-walled fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite tubes is essential for optimal structural applications. Flexural, crushing, and connection tests were performed on large-diameter thin-walled (D/t > 20) cylindrical tubes comprised of glass FRP composites manufactured using pultrusion process. The tubes were made of either a vinyl ester or a polyurethane matrix, using high pressure resin infusion during pultrusion.;Full scale bending tests were performed with 16 and 12 inch diameters spanning 320 and 240 inches, respectively. The test data revealed that the tubes possessed superior mechanical properties, with ultimate bending strengths of 50-70 ksi …

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Nanostructure And Chemistry Evolution Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Upon Cell Operation, Song Chen Jan 2012

Nanostructure And Chemistry Evolution Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Upon Cell Operation, Song Chen

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) are clean and efficient alternatives to conventional power generation technology. In SOFC, electrochemical reactions take place on the triple-phase boundaries (TPBs) between the electrolyte, the electrode and the gaseous fuel. Small changes in TPB structure or chemistry, and the interface between electrode and electrolyte can drastically affect SOFC performance and lifetime. However, very limited experimental work has been reported on the nanostructure and chemistry evolution of interface and TPBs in the SOFC upon cell operation.;The main goal of this dissertation is to investigate the nanostructure and chemistry of the grain boundaries and interfaces including TPB …

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Metabolic Syndrome Risk In Young Adults Attending West Virginia University, Amanda M. Dent Jan 2012

Metabolic Syndrome Risk In Young Adults Attending West Virginia University, Amanda M. Dent

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The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is increasing throughout the United States across age groups. The purpose of this study was to collect descriptive baseline anthropometric and biochemical data to determine MetS prevalence in 18 to 24 year olds and to assess change in MetS risk after a 10 week web-based intervention. MetS was defined using the National Cholesterol Education Program's Third Adult Treatment Panel (NCEP ATP III) definition. Blood pressure, anthropometric and biochemical measures were obtained at baseline, post-intervention and 15 months. The overall prevalence of MetS at baseline was 15.1% (n = 14). The prevalence of one or …

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Multispectral Scleral Patterns For Ocular Biometric Recognition, Simona G. Crihalmeanu Jan 2012

Multispectral Scleral Patterns For Ocular Biometric Recognition, Simona G. Crihalmeanu

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Biometrics is the science of recognizing people based on their physical or behavioral traits such as face, fingerprints, iris, and voice. Among the various traits studied in the literature, ocular biometrics has gained popularity due to the significant progress made in iris recognition. However, iris recognition is unfavorably influenced by the non-frontal gaze direction of the eye with respect to the acquisition device. In such scenarios, additional parts of the eye, such as the sclera (the white of the eye) may be of significance. In this dissertation, we investigate the use of the sclera texture and the vasculature patterns evident …

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Iris Indexing And Ear Classification, Ravindra B. Gadde Jan 2012

Iris Indexing And Ear Classification, Ravindra B. Gadde

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To identify an individual using a biometric system, the input biometric data has to be typically compared against that of each and every identity in the existing database during the matching stage. The response time of the system increases with the increase in number of individuals (i.e., database size), which is not acceptable in real time monitoring or when working on large scale data. This thesis addresses the problem of reducing the number of database candidates to be considered during matching in the context of iris and ear recognition. In the case of iris, an indexing mechanism based on Burrows …

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Production And Evaluation Of Novel Exogenous Phytase Enzymes Using Several Testing Variables, Ashley Marie Evans Jan 2012

Production And Evaluation Of Novel Exogenous Phytase Enzymes Using Several Testing Variables, Ashley Marie Evans

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Broiler chickens reared in the United States are mainly fed corn-soybean based diets. Most of the phosphorus in these diets is bound to a molecule called phytate; this source of phosphorus is unavailable to the bird because they lack adequate amount of endogenous phytase enzyme. Since the 1990's exogenous phytase enzymes have been incorporated in broiler diets to liberate the phytate-bound phosphorus. These enzymes must be able to resist thermal denaturation associated with pelleting and maintain high efficacy in the bird. Most of the literature focuses on single aspects of phytase efficacy. More specifically, experiments evaluate phytase based on either …

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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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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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Between Frontier And Factory: Growth And Development In Washington, Pennsylvania, 1810--1870, Eric D. Duchess Jan 2012

Between Frontier And Factory: Growth And Development In Washington, Pennsylvania, 1810--1870, Eric D. Duchess

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This dissertation examines the small town of Washington, Pennsylvania from its post-frontier period to the eve of industrialization. Two primary areas are covered in the study: the Market Revolution's growing influence on the local economy and society, and the Civil War's local impact. This study contributed to the field of urban and town history by providing a case study from a relatively under-examined region, the Upper Ohio Valley and southwestern Pennsylvania, by studying the relationship between its economic development and its social and political characteristics.;Washington was in many ways a typical small western Pennsylvania town, surrounded by farmland and serving …

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Adolescent Autonomy Development And Problematic Eating Patterns, Kaitlyn A. Ferris Jan 2012

Adolescent Autonomy Development And Problematic Eating Patterns, Kaitlyn A. Ferris

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Adolescence is a developmental time period associated with increased autonomy from parents and more independent decision-making. Adolescents strive to control areas of their life once solely controlled by parents, and food and eating decisions are two areas over which adolescents may want to have sole control. In addition, there may be heterogeneity in adolescents' beliefs about food-related behavior as well as adolescents' actual eating patterns. The current study examined parents' and adolescents' domain beliefs about food and whether adolescents' domain beliefs about such behaviors were associated with problematic eating patterns. Participants included 102 female caregiver-adolescent dyads with children between the …

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Investigation Of Coal Syngas Impurity Tolerance Of Alternative Cermet Sofc Anodes, Phil Gansor Jan 2012

Investigation Of Coal Syngas Impurity Tolerance Of Alternative Cermet Sofc Anodes, Phil Gansor

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC's) have the potential for producing highly efficient energy through conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy at high temperatures (>600°C). Until recently, pure hydrogen fuel (H2) is the prime fuel used within these devices. However, the high processing costs associated with clean hydrogen production combined with the abundance of available fossil fuels within the United States has opened the door for research on alternative fuels to power these cells. Among the biggest obstacles associated with this concept are the contaminants that are present in raw fuels such as natural gas or coal. While gas-cleanup …

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Choice Of Signaled Or Unsignaled Onset Of Differential Reinforcer Magnitudes, Ezra G. Hall Jan 2012

Choice Of Signaled Or Unsignaled Onset Of Differential Reinforcer Magnitudes, Ezra G. Hall

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In the most common operant procedure involving magnitude of reinforcement, single reinforcers, of one magnitude or the other, are available from the same source (with pigeons, a food hopper) at different times. The duration of access as a source of discriminative control by these reinforcers comes sometime after their onset, when one reinforcer continues for a longer duration than the other. Thus, reinforcers of different durations can be differentially reinforcing only after the passage of some time. In the current experiment, four pigeons responded on a single-key concurrent variable-time schedule of reinforcement. Two reinforcer durations, 2 s and 6 s, …

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An Empirical Analysis Of Health Implications And Costs Of Obesity In Appalachia, Saman Janaranjana Herath Bandara Jan 2012

An Empirical Analysis Of Health Implications And Costs Of Obesity In Appalachia, Saman Janaranjana Herath Bandara

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Obesity is a major health problem in the United States (U.S.) and approximately 34 percent of the U.S. adult population is obese. Studies using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), and many other research findings warn that if the current trend of obesity continues, 50 percent of the U.S. population will be obese in 2030. Unfortunately, several diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes (type II), hypertension, cancer, arthritis, asthma, and some psychological disorders are linked with obesity. Obesity increases the risk of premature mortality, and nearly 300,000 annual deaths are associated …

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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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Avoidance Of Timeout From Response-Independent Schedules Of Food Or Sucrose Water With And Without A Limited Hold On Consumption, August F. Holtyn Jan 2012

Avoidance Of Timeout From Response-Independent Schedules Of Food Or Sucrose Water With And Without A Limited Hold On Consumption, August F. Holtyn

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Research on the relative aversiveness of timeout from lean and rich schedules of food delivery has yielded discrepant findings. Some research has shown that a lean schedule maintains higher avoidance response rates than a rich schedule (Thomas, 1964, 1965b; van Haaren & Anderson, 1998)---suggesting that timeout from a lean schedule is more aversive than timeout from a rich schedule---while other research has shown the opposite (D'Andrea, 1971; Richardson & Baron, 2008). The present study was based on the notion that the conflicting results may have arisen from differences in procedural details that influenced the effect of the food schedules on …

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Simplified Interior Ballistics Analysis Of A Tube Launched Uav Prototype, Edward R. Jackson Jan 2012

Simplified Interior Ballistics Analysis Of A Tube Launched Uav Prototype, Edward R. Jackson

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Structural analysis is a critical aspect in the successful design of tube launched projectiles, such as mortar rounds. Ongoing research conducted at West Virginia University has focused on a tube-launched, folding-wing UAV design inspired by mortars. This has driven the necessity of a structural analysis of the prototype design to provide vital feedback to designers to ensure that the UAV is likely to survive the act of launching. Due to the extreme accelerations during the launching phase, a typical mortar round experiences dramatic impulse loads for an extremely brief duration of time. Such loads are the result of the propellant …

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Three Essays On The Political Economy Of Public Finance, Adam J. Hoffer Jan 2012

Three Essays On The Political Economy Of Public Finance, Adam J. Hoffer

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This dissertation consists of three essays which examine the role political economy factors play in influencing state-level public finance in the United States. In Chapter 1, I introduce the economic logic explaining why political economy factors affect public finance. I then give a brief summary of the three essays presented in Chapters 2-4. Chapter 2 investigates the role tobacco special-interest groups, state ideology, and a number of public finance variables play in determining the state cigarette tax rate. Chapter 3 introduces a new methodology, using spatial econometrics, to investigate tax competition in cigarette tax rates. Chapter 4 examines the disparity …

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Rescue Of Inherited Retinal Degeneration Associated With Aipl1 Defects, Cristy Ann Ku Jan 2012

Rescue Of Inherited Retinal Degeneration Associated With Aipl1 Defects, Cristy Ann Ku

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Since groundbreaking clinical trials treating Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) patients with retinal pigmented epithelium-specific 65 kDa protein (Rpe65) defects, which were the most successful gene therapy studies to date, much effort has been put into finding other candidate genes associated with inherited retinal degeneration to treat. Animal models with Rpe65 defects demonstrate an unusual circumstance that greatly favors treatment, where dramatic vision loss is disproportionately greater than the ensuing slow photoreceptor degeneration. This pattern is also believed to occur in Rpe65-LCA patients, and stems from the primary defect in retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells that subsequently perturbs photoreceptors. However, a …

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The Effect Of Compost Amendment On Ammonia-Oxidizing Microbial Community Structure In An Agricultural Soil, Gregory S. Klinger Jan 2012

The Effect Of Compost Amendment On Ammonia-Oxidizing Microbial Community Structure In An Agricultural Soil, Gregory S. Klinger

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The effect of compost amendment on nitrification rates and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in an agricultural soil was examined. Four different rates from 11.2 to 89.6 Mg compost ha-1 of partially composted dairy manure was applied annually from 2000 to 2003 and again in 2005 to 32 plots on a Dormont silt loam that was shifted from long term pasture to crop cultivation. An additional 8 plots were not amended with compost and served as negative controls. Except for lime in the initial year of the experiment, no other fertilizer was used on these plots. Soil physical, chemical, and biochemical measurements were …

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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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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 Feasibility Assessment Of Water Quality Trading In The Greenbrier River Watershed, West Virginia, Arun Khatri-Chhetri Jan 2012

A Feasibility Assessment Of Water Quality Trading In The Greenbrier River Watershed, West Virginia, Arun Khatri-Chhetri

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The main goal of this dissertation was to assess the physical and economic feasibility of a water quality trading (WQT) program in the Greenbrier River watershed in West Virginia which can reduce the nutrient related water pollution. The focus of this dissertation is the feasibility of nutrient trading between wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and farmers in the watershed. This dissertation compares 12 WQT scenarios that include different market design parameters of trading ratios (1:1 and 2:1), effluent limitations for point sources (WWTPs), and baseline requirements for agricultural non-point sources. The physical feasibility analysis includes the estimation of nutrient reduction requirements …

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Synthesis Of Benzofluorenyl Derivatives Bearing Thiophene Substituents, Doreen Makaya Jan 2012

Synthesis Of Benzofluorenyl Derivatives Bearing Thiophene Substituents, Doreen Makaya

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A four-step synthetic sequence was used to prepare 10-(1, 1-dimethylethyl)-5-thienyl-11 H-benzo[b]fluorene from pivalophenone. The key step of the synthetic sequence involved the Schmittel cascade cyclization reaction of the corresponding benzannulated enyne-allene having a thienyl substituent at the alkynyl terminus. The benzannulated enyne-allene was prepared by an initial condensation of pivalophenone with the lithium acetylide derived from 2-iodophenylethyne to form 3-(2-iodophenyl)-1-(1, 1-dimethylethyl)-l-phenyl-2-propyn-1-ol. Reduction of the propagylic alcohol with triethylsilane in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid then furnished 1-(1,1-iodophenyl)-3-(1, 1-dimethylethyl)-3-phenyl-1-propyne. The Sonogashira reaction with 2-ethynylthiophene then produced the corresponding 10-(1, 1-dimethylethyl)-5-thienyl-11H-benzo[b]fluorene from pivalophenone. Similarly, starting from benzophenone, 10-phenyl-5-thienyl-11 H-benzo[b]fluorene was obtained.;The X-ray …

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A National Study Of Health Behaviors And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Survivors Of Breast, Prostate, And Colorectal Cancer Compared To Propensity Score Matched Controls, As Well As, Comparisons By Cancer Type & Gender, Traci J. Lemasters Jan 2012

A National Study Of Health Behaviors And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Survivors Of Breast, Prostate, And Colorectal Cancer Compared To Propensity Score Matched Controls, As Well As, Comparisons By Cancer Type & Gender, Traci J. Lemasters

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The objectives of this study were to 1) compare the prevalence of specific measures of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) between breast, prostate, female, and male colorectal cancer survivors to propensity score matched controls, and to compare HRQOL by type of cancer and gender and 2) compare the prevalence of specific health conditions and health behaviors between breast, prostate, female, and male colorectal cancer survivors to propensity score matched controls, and to compare health behaviors by type of cancer and gender. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a sample of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors 18 years of age …

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Oxygen Transport Kinetics In Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode, Yihong Li Jan 2012

Oxygen Transport Kinetics In Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode, Yihong Li

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Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are energy conversion devices that produce electricity by electrochemically combining a fuel and an oxidant across an ionic conducting oxide electrolyte. As it is regarded as the most efficient and versatile power generation system, SOFCs have attracted more substantial interest in recent years. Oxygen reduction at the cathode is considered as the main rate limiting factor to the performance of the whole system. In this work, experimental study of oxygen transport in single phase and infiltrated cathode materials using electrical conductivity relaxation (ECR) technique are combined with physical modeling to benefit SOFCs cathode improvement.;The conductivity …

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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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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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