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Assessment Of The Effect Of Desalination Brine Waste On Marine Water Quality In Ruwais Area: A Numerical Modeling Application, Samer Jouda Al Nahhal

Theses

This thesis aims to investigate the fate and transport of the effluents discharged from

The desalination plant as well other facilities located in the Ruwais Industrial Complex

(RIC) in the United Arab Emirates. These effluents are discharged in to the Ruwais

Coastal marine waters. The effluents from the desalination plant are characterized by

warm water with high salinity, whereas one other effluent is characterized by high n

Nutrient loads. The characterization of the Ruwais environment and such effluents are

Addressed through comprehensive field surveys of the Ruwais costal water over one

Full year.

In order to investigate the impacts of …

Morphological And Physiological Abnormalities In Tissue Culture-Derived Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.) Plants, Hamad Saif Al-Mazroui

Theses

The UAE attaches great importance to agricultural development with a sound focus on date palms. This special attention is obvious in the ongoing expansion of agricultural resources and investments, the growing number of palm trees, and in the extensive use of modern technologies. Mass cultivation of date palm trees is required to continue according to the country's agricultural plans.

In order to achieve these agricultural expansion of date palm, new techniques of propagation other than traditional techniques (seed and offshoot propagation) are critically required. Tissue culture is a modern and reliable technology being one of the main methods for date …

Theorizing, Measuring, And Predicting Knowledge Sharing Behavior In Organizations - A Social Capital Approach, Chay Yue Wah, Thomas Menkhoff, Benjamin Loh, Hans-Dieter Evers

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This study aims to understand the social and organizational factors that influence knowledge sharing. A model of knowledge management and knowledge sharing was developed inspired by the work of Nahapiet and Ghoshal. Data on demographics and various social capital measures were collected from a sample of members of a tertiary educational institution in Singapore in 2003. Reward & recognition, open-mindedness and cost concerns of knowledge hoarding turned out to be the strongest predictors of knowledge sharing rather than pro-social motives or organizational concern. Overall, the findings provide evidence for the importance of a conducive organizational climate and state-of-the art performance …

Capitalizing Adolescence: Juvenile Offenders On Death Row, Mary Berkheiser

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Patent Wars In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death: The Pharmaceutical Industry, Ethics, And Global Trade, Uché Ewelukwa

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Caplin V. Harvard-Westlake School, California Superior Court

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

First Amended Complaint

Caplin V. Harvard-Westlake, California Superior Court

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2005-2006 undergraduate catalog for Morehead State University.

How Much Does Chaos Scare You?: Politics, Religion, And Philosophy In The Fiction Of Philip K. Dick, Aaron Barlow

Publications and Research

"Certain themes appear with surprising consistency in Dick’s fiction. They crop up in the early short stories, called by some critics, including Kim Stanley Robinson, Dick’s “apprentice” fiction. They appear in the novels of Dick’s most productive period, the 1960s. And they are a part of the last novels, the VALIS trilogy and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer—written when Dick was, according to Eric Rabkin and others, insane. These themes fall into three inter-related categories: metaphysics, religion, and politics. The first concerns perception and the world, and the individual’s interaction with both. The second, the moralities of creator/creation relationships. The …

Career Preference And Initial Flight Training Performance, Joshua L. Axt

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The Relationship Between Coaches' And Athletes' Perceptions Of Team Efficacy In Basketball, Angela Marie Albers

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Cold Flow Biojet Fuel From Soybean Oil, Irshad Ahmed

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The Effects Of Depression And Anxiety On Recall Of Positive, Neutral, Negative, And Anxiety-Valenced Prose Passages, Holly J. Dannewitz

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A Prospective Study Of Changes In Physical Activity : Examining The Stages Of Change Model And Other Behavioral, Demographic, And Environmental Predictors, Anna M. Evans

Theses and Dissertations

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Discovering Work Relationships And Their Effect On Job Satisfaction : An Exploratory Study Of A Small Organization In The Upper Midwest, Heather Brooke Berglove

Theses and Dissertations

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The Role Of The Media In Conflict : A Case Study Of News Framing During The Maoist Insurgency In Nepal From 2001 To 2004, Jeffrey David Achen

Theses and Dissertations

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Finite Element Analysis Of Bjork-Shiley Convexo-Concave Heart Valve, Sumit Agrawal

Theses and Dissertations

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Open Source Software For Commercial Off-The-Shelf Gps Receivers, Andrew Greenberg

Dissertations and Theses

Inexpensive and commercially available Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers can be used in novel applications, such as nanosatellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), by modifying the receiver's software. Unfortunately, typical GPS software development systems cost tens of thousands of dollars and have restrictive license agreements, such as non-disclosure agreements, for both their hardware and software. This thesis describes the design and construction of an open source GPS receiver development system that addresses these unnecessary restrictions. For the first time, any developer with a PC, a commercially available GPS receiver, and this development system can quickly and easily develop software for …

Collegiate Athlete's Psychological Perceptions Of Adhesive Ankle Taping : A Qualitative Analysis, Erika J. Hunt

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Intercomparison Of Polarimetrically-Derived And Vpr-Corrected Rainfall With Conventional Estimates, Paul Frank

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Diffusion And Remediation Of Organic Chemicals In Softwood, Nidhi Jalan

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No abstract provided.

Characterization Of Refractory Corrosion By Flowing Slag, Hong Xi

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Gambling And Sensation Seeking Among Native Americans And Non-Native Americans, Angelique A. Gillis

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Improving The Temporal And Spatial Resolution Of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Estimates From Fossil-Fuel Consumption, Jay S. Gregg

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Characteristics Of Imagery Use : A Comparison Among Skill Levels, Rebecca Lynn Fischer

Theses and Dissertations

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Affirming The Ban On Harsh Interrogation, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

Beginning in 2002, lawyers for the Bush Administration began producing the now infamous legal memoranda on the subject of interrogation. The memoranda advise interrogators that they can torture people without fear of prosecution in connection with the so-called global war on terror. Much has been and will be written about the expedient and erroneous legal analysis of the memos. One issue at risk of being overlooked, however, because the memos emphasize torture, is that the United States must respect limits far short of torture in the conduct of interrogations. The United States may not use any form of coercion against …

The Right Of Publicity And Autonomous Self-Definition, Mark P. Mckenna

Journal Articles

Legal protection against unauthorized commercial uses of an individual's identity has grown significantly over the last fifty years as it has relentlessly pursued economic value. It was forced to focus on value because a false distinction between the harms suffered by private citizens and celebrities seemingly left celebrities without a privacy claim for commercial use of their identities. But the normative case for awarding individuals the economic value of their identity is weak, since celebrities do not need additional incentive to invest in either their native skill or in developing a persona. Still, while the prevailing justification is inadequate, as …

Does Parental Autonomy Require Equal Custody At Divorce?, Margaret F. Brinig

Journal Articles

This paper considers the affect of amendments to state divorce laws that strengthen their joint custody preference. It does so in the context of suits by noncustodial parents challenging substantive custody standards not requiring equal custody at divorce. The complaint is that most custody laws, by using a best interests standard rather than equally dividing custodial time, violate substantive due process. Further, two states, Iowa and Maine, have recently amended their custody legislation to strongly presume joint physical custody.

After setting out the constitutional problem and describing the legislation in some detail, this paper tests the effects of the change …

User Surveys: Libraries Ask, "Hey, How Am I Doing?", Dwight B. King

Journal Articles

Mr. King offers suggestions on how to create and use surveys effectively to assess the quality of a library.

Shopping For Law In A Coasean Market, G. Marcus Cole

Journal Articles

In the twentieth century, two Nobel-Prize winning economists wrote two seemingly unrelated characterizations of the processes constraining human behavior. One, Ronald Coase, wrote a short article entitled The Nature of the Firm,1 in which he reduced all managerial decision-making to a fundamental choice between making the factors of production, or buying them. This article and the idea of the "make or buy" decision for which it has come to be known, have proven to be among the most seminal in the history of financial economics and organizational behavior.

The second economist, Friedrich Hayek, wrote what he thought to be a …