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The Relationship Between Empathy And Attitudes Toward Government Intervention, M. Alex Wagaman, Elizabeth A. Segal Jan 2014

The Relationship Between Empathy And Attitudes Toward Government Intervention, M. Alex Wagaman, Elizabeth A. Segal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Throughout history, government policy and programs have played integral roles in shaping social services. This article reports the findings of a study that explored the relationship between interpersonal empathy and attitudes toward government intervention among college students. Findings suggest that increased levels of empathy are associated with more positive attitudes toward government intervention. This relationship is even stronger for participants from marginalized identity groups. Nurturing empathy among those engaged in social welfare policy-making may support government efforts that are in the best interest of communities they are intended to help.

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Exploring Factors Associated With Citizens’ Perception Of Their Political Environment: Evidence From Palestine, Najwa S. Safadi, Margaret Lombe Jan 2014

Exploring Factors Associated With Citizens’ Perception Of Their Political Environment: Evidence From Palestine, Najwa S. Safadi, Margaret Lombe

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study explores factors associated with citizens’ perception of their political environment in Palestine (N = 1270). Understanding these factors in this context has potential to enhance knowledge in relation to features that may be associated with dissatisfaction and civil unrest. This knowledge may help inform development of policies with greater potential to improve welfare. Overall, results of this study suggested that gender, government anti-corruption initiatives, and the country’s economic condition are important in explaining appraisal of the political environment as stable or unstable. Implications for welfare and scholarship are discussed.

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Dance In The Museum, Claire Bishop Jan 2014

Dance In The Museum, Claire Bishop

Publications and Research

This paper argues that the art world’s current fascination for dance follows on from a previous high point of interaction in the late 1960s and 1970s, and before that, a moment in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It traces these first, second and third waves of dance in the museum at three institutions: the Tate in London, and the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Three institutional histories are sketched, drawing out the differences between their approaches. The conclusion presents the four most pressing possibilities/problems of presenting dance in the museum: …

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Accounting For Accountability, Celina Su Jan 2014

Accounting For Accountability, Celina Su

Publications and Research

Review of the book Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability, edited by Sanjeev Khagram, Archon Fung, and Paolo de Renzio.

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Cronobacter Sakazakii Characterization And Analysis Of Cytotoxicity In Microvascular Endothelial Cells, Hilary Jayne Hafner Jan 2014

Cronobacter Sakazakii Characterization And Analysis Of Cytotoxicity In Microvascular Endothelial Cells, Hilary Jayne Hafner

Microbiological Sciences

Contamination of powdered infant formulas by the bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii can pose serious risk to infants and neonates who consume the formula and subsequently develop C. sakazakii related illnesses such as sepsis and meningitis (1). The Gibbs’ lab assesses C. sakazakii isolates’ ability to cross the blood brain barrier and cause meningitis. This thesis research investigated C. sakazakkii cytotoxicity towards microvascular endothelial cells which comprise the first cell line encountered in the barrier. Understanding the mechanisms used to affect these cells will contribute to our understanding of early stages of invasion. Cytotoxicity assays performed for this research found that the …

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Exploration Of Laboratory Techniques Relating To Cryptosporidium Parvum Propagation, Life Cycle Observation, And Host Immune Responses To Infection, Cheryl Brown Jan 2014

Exploration Of Laboratory Techniques Relating To Cryptosporidium Parvum Propagation, Life Cycle Observation, And Host Immune Responses To Infection, Cheryl Brown

Microbiological Sciences

Cryptosporidium causes cryptosporidiosis, a self-limiting diarrheal disease in healthy people, but causes serious health issues for immunocompromised individuals. Cryptosporidiosis has been observed in humans since the early 1970s and continues to cause public health concerns. Cryptosporidium has a complicated life cycle making laboratory study challenging. This project explores several ways of studying Cryptosporidium parvum, with a goal of applying existing techniques to further understand this life cycle. Utilization of a neonatal mouse model demonstrated laser microdissection as a tool for studying host immune response to infeciton. A cell culture technique developed on FrameSlides™ enables laser microdissection of individual infected cells …

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Bringing The Guilty To Justice: Can The Icc Be Self-Enforcing?, Nada Ali Jan 2014

Bringing The Guilty To Justice: Can The Icc Be Self-Enforcing?, Nada Ali

Chicago Journal of International Law

Even though the International Criminal Court was instituted with the express goal of ending impunity, its lack of enforcement powers threatens to undermine its credibility as well as the effective administration of international criminal justice. While proponents of the court are content to rely on questionable means of enforcement such as military interventions, ICC skeptics are adamant that granting amnesties will ensure the removal of dictators from power. But, could there be a median solution between the extremes of at-any-cost accountability and outright exemption from punishment? Game theoretic analysis of the ICC offers a glimmer of hope for the effective …

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Regulating Human Rights: International Organizations, Flexible Standards, And International Refugee Law, Jill I. Goldenziel Jan 2014

Regulating Human Rights: International Organizations, Flexible Standards, And International Refugee Law, Jill I. Goldenziel

Chicago Journal of International Law

The bad actor problem, or the puzzle of how to get known human rights violators to improve their practices, is central to human rights scholarship and policy-making. Scholarship has largely focused on understanding how and if state commitments to multilateral international human rights treaties, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, can improve human rights practices. This article reframes the bad actor problem as a regulatory matter, suggesting that international agencies may, under certain conditions, provide a way to get even' bad actors to improve their human rights practices. By flexibly interpreting international law, international oganiZations can …

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Lake Street Teen Center, Kelsi Mueller Jan 2014

Lake Street Teen Center, Kelsi Mueller

Architecture Theses

The Lake Street Teen Center addresses the question how can design positively impact a place susceptible to delinquent behavior? The Typology for the investigation of this problem is a center for teens. The Theoretical Premise/Unifying idea which ushers the research is “Architectural design can create healthy environments to promote good behavior.” The site for the project is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The square footage for the building is 8,554 square feet. By combining qualitative and quantitative data the Mixed Method research approach was used to examine the theoretical premise, unifying idea, and problem statement.

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Slope Stability And Alternative Design Methodology For Highway Rock Cut Slopes In West Virginia, Michael A. Kulbacki Jan 2014

Slope Stability And Alternative Design Methodology For Highway Rock Cut Slopes In West Virginia, Michael A. Kulbacki

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This report presents the findings of numerical modeling analyses on rock cut slopes sites in Hardy County (U.S. Route 48) and Raleigh County (U.S. Route 121), West Virginia, and investigates the feasibility of design alternation in lieu of current cut slope practices performed by West Virginia Department of Highways. The scope of this research was to provide a new design process (i.e. flow charts and design charts) for rock cut slope design with respect to geotechnical bench reduction with the aid of numerical modeling.;The numerical modeling involved evaluations of current cut slopes and the investigation of design alternatives in various …

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In Vitro Recapitulation Of Functional Microvessel Using Microfluidic Platform, Xiang Li Jan 2014

In Vitro Recapitulation Of Functional Microvessel Using Microfluidic Platform, Xiang Li

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Microfluidic technologies have enabled in vitro studies to mimic in vivo microvessel environment with sufficient complexity. However, there are still existing knowledge gaps and lack of convincing evidence to demonstrate and quantify key features of a functional microvessel. In this dissertation, a physiologically realistic microvessel model was developed with a stable and mature endothelium for studying complex vascular phenomena, such as endothelial cell signaling and barrier functions with the microscopic resolution at individual cellular levels. With advanced micromanufacturing and microfluidic technologies, two types of cost-efficient, easy to operate and reproducible microchannel network devices were fabricated, and the fabricated microchannels mimicked …

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Exploring Perceptions Of Fighting On The College Campus Through A Gendered Lens, Hannah Liebreich Jan 2014

Exploring Perceptions Of Fighting On The College Campus Through A Gendered Lens, Hannah Liebreich

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis explores gender and fighting on the college campus. Recent studies that focus on the behavior of college students establish that risky behaviors, such as fighting, occur and are often normalized by students on college campuses (Armstrong and Hamilton, 2013; Kimmel, 2008; Weiss, 2013; Wechsler and Wuethrich, 2002). While these studies concentrate primarily on the role alcohol plays in social situations and in a variety of risky behaviors, they focus more broadly on college student behavior. Using a micro level analysis within the context of gender and aggression on the college campus, this thesis aims to explore the way …

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Function Over Form: Bringing The Fixation Requirement Into The Modern Era, Megan Carpenter, Steven Hetcher Jan 2014

Function Over Form: Bringing The Fixation Requirement Into The Modern Era, Megan Carpenter, Steven Hetcher

Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines the ways that contemporary creativity challenges copyright's fixation requirement. In this Article, we identity concrete problems with the fixation requirement, both practically and in light of the fundamental purpose and policy behind copyright law, and argue for a change that would amend the fixation requirement to better function in the modern era. Specifically, we conclude that a fair appraisal of the justifications for the fixation requirement provides little, if any, rationale for fixation except to the extent that fixation helps to separate idea from expression in determining the "metes and bounds" of creative expression. Recent case law …

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Efficacy And Recovery Of Cellulases Immobilized On Polymer Brushes Grafted On Silica Nanoparticles, Ashani Rangana Samaratunga Jan 2014

Efficacy And Recovery Of Cellulases Immobilized On Polymer Brushes Grafted On Silica Nanoparticles, Ashani Rangana Samaratunga

Agribusiness and Biosystems Engineering

Cellulosic biofuels can be more economical if cellulases are recovered and reused. Cellulase and β-glucosidase were immobilized on poly(acrylic acid) brush particles. Impact of brush enzyme density on efficacy and recovery was tested. Use of free enzymes led to higher sugar concentrations than the attached for both the enzymes. Increasing cellulase density on the brushes did not impact efficacy. Higher proportions of cellobiose in hydrolyzates suggest differential attachment or efficacy of attached enzymes. Higher β-glucosidase density on brushes led to increased glucose concentrations. Density on brushes did not impact β-glucosidase recovery and [approximately] 66% was recovered. Effect of pH and …

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Bringing Down An Uprising: Egypt's Stillborn Revolution, Sahar F. Aziz Jan 2014

Bringing Down An Uprising: Egypt's Stillborn Revolution, Sahar F. Aziz

Faculty Scholarship

Despite warnings that bleak socio-economic conditions were pushing Egyptians to the brink, few could have predicted the timing and extent of what has come to be known as the “January 25th revolution.” For the two years that followed this unprecedented revolutionary moment, many Egyptians believed their nation was headed toward a political rebirth in the direction of democratization – albeit in fits and starts. But what ultimately transpired was far from a revolution, but rather an uprising. Those who risked life and limb in multiple mass protests are now in jail or dead while the military-security apparatus sits firmly at …

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The Impact Of Management Decisions And Their Effect On Reproductive Performance Of Beef Cattle, Mellissa Renee Schook Jan 2014

The Impact Of Management Decisions And Their Effect On Reproductive Performance Of Beef Cattle, Mellissa Renee Schook

Animal Sciences

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate two management decisions made by beef cattle producers and their impacts on reproduction. In experiment 1, growth, attainment of puberty, and pregnancy rates were evaluated in crossbred heifers originating from two different breeding systems: 1) cows only exposed to natural service herd bulls (NS), or 2) cows exposed to ovulation synchronization and fixed-time AI followed by natural-service bulls (TAI, fixed-time artificial insemination). Artificial insemination did not influence growth rate during the development phase, attainment of puberty, or pregnancy rates in heifer progeny. In experiment 2, pregnancy attainment and calving distribution of beef females administered …

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A Retrospective Clinical Study To Evaluate Treatment Outcomes Of Vital Pulp Therapy With Prorootrtm Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Endosequencertm Root Repair Material, And Biodentine Rtm, Nathaniel T. Nicholson Jan 2014

A Retrospective Clinical Study To Evaluate Treatment Outcomes Of Vital Pulp Therapy With Prorootrtm Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Endosequencertm Root Repair Material, And Biodentine Rtm, Nathaniel T. Nicholson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The aim of this study was to evaluate success rates of vital pulp therapy cases completed exclusively by endodontic residents at West Virginia University School of Dentistry with 3 different bioactive calcium silicate cements. The materials used were ProRootRTM Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) white, EndosequenceRTM Root Repair Material (ERRM), and BiodentineRTM. Failures were also examined to observe trends toward failure associated with multiple factors.;All follow-up examinations included a clinical and radiographic evaluation, which included multiple examiners that read each radiograph. Associations between procedure failure rates and the factors of interest were examined through non-parametric tests due to the small number …

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The Effects Of Hypnosis And Symptom Interpretation On Jurors' Perceptions Of Recovered Memories Of Child Sexual Abuse, Sarah Nunley Jan 2014

The Effects Of Hypnosis And Symptom Interpretation On Jurors' Perceptions Of Recovered Memories Of Child Sexual Abuse, Sarah Nunley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The current study examined mock jurors' perceptions of recovered memories of child sexual abuse. Participants were presented with one of four written vignettes of an adult female who recovers memories of child sexual abuse during therapy. Two variables in the vignettes were manipulated: the method of memory recovery (hypnosis informed vs. control uninformed) and presentation of psychological symptoms commonly related to history of sexual maltreatment (symptoms informed vs. symptoms uninformed). Participant mock jurors were asked to respond to questions regarding credibility, defendant guilt, and award of monetary damages. The continuous dependent variable analyses found significant results with regard to plaintiff …

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The Labyrinth Studies: Exhibiting Culture Through Art & Architecture, Philip Erickson Jan 2014

The Labyrinth Studies: Exhibiting Culture Through Art & Architecture, Philip Erickson

Architecture Theses

Our institutions are predicated on a stable and predictable ground on which to enact our daily affairs. Because architecture embodies our social, cultural, and political beliefs and values, when these beliefs become oppressive and burdensome our architecture reflects this. The Labyrinth Studies: Exhibiting Culture through Art & Architecture utilizes the ubiquitous nature of transformation exuberated by the labyrinth, witnessed in art and architecture throughout history, to explore architecture’s ability to resonate amid the developing ethics and beliefs it embodies. Minneapolis Minnesota exhibits a unique identity of art and culture, along with displaying a high demand for public art facilities. This …

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Bridging The Gap - Sustainability Through Technê, Holly Burley Jan 2014

Bridging The Gap - Sustainability Through Technê, Holly Burley

Architecture Theses

This thesis explores the relationship between experiential and scientific approaches to sustainability and the architectural approaches to the hot-button issue. It will provide an example of how an environment can encourage participation in sustainable futures and how architecture may invite these sustainable decisions. Through the typology of student housing, this 70,000 square foot project will utilize some of the first independent years of a young adults life to lead to a better-understood relationship between students and their place in the world. The design will be catered towards Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut with hopes of further influence in the field …

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Gastronomic Innovation : A New Methodology For Nutrition Education, Joshua Muckenhirn Jan 2014

Gastronomic Innovation : A New Methodology For Nutrition Education, Joshua Muckenhirn

Architecture Theses

The title of the thesis is gAstronomic Innovation: A New Methodology for Nutrition Education. The question being investigated is, how can architecture be used as a tool to ultimately improve society’s overall health and well-being? The typology for this thesis investigation is a culinary education center for young people. The facility will be nearly 90,000 square feet. The Theoretical Premise/Unifying Idea guiding the thesis is “a youth oriented culinary education center can contribute to improving the health of future generations by empowering youth before they become trapped in the cycle of “fast” and processed foods that has been branded into …

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Architecture And Eros : The Hunt For Fulfillment, Shawn Pauly Jan 2014

Architecture And Eros : The Hunt For Fulfillment, Shawn Pauly

Architecture Theses

This project is titled “Architecture and Eros: the hunt for fulfillment.” It observes how Architecture may work to address our inherent human desire for completeness. The project proposes a design for a hunting lodge, roughly 296,000 square feet, near Glenwood Minnesota. Through the ritual-like qualities of an ancient tradition, the hunt, it looks to open a space of interpretation which engages larger cultural issues. In doing so, the design attempts to transform its audience into a community of participants rather than spectators. It examines the importance of a symbolic and poetic experience and the necessary interpretive distance evoked by these …

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Dreaming And Perceiving: An Approach To Dwelling In The City, Jill Pexa Jan 2014

Dreaming And Perceiving: An Approach To Dwelling In The City, Jill Pexa

Architecture Theses

This thesis aims to answer the question; how can we slow down our perception of city living to create an appropriate setting that reinterprets aspects of community living into an urban setting? The typology is a mixed use apartment and condominium complex in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The issue associated with city dwelling is that it has become more and more of an efficient infrastructure and lacks the cultural aspects and meaningful spaces that are necessary for meaningful forms of dwelling. By creating a sense of community and neighborhood within the city, those who live and work there will be able to …

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The Hierarchy Of Innovation, Taylor Dahl Jan 2014

The Hierarchy Of Innovation, Taylor Dahl

Architecture Theses

Currently we have the opportunity to use architecture as a vehicle for innovation. The thesis title “The Hierarchy of Innovation” is an analogy and in this case relates to “a hierarchy of needs” for the current society. This pertains to the perception of senses, self actualization, motivation, neuro science and education. The research will analyze the history of innovation, social interactive and collaborative learning, and past educational concepts that inspire spontaneity. This will eventually lead to a series of diagrams and ultimately the creation of a series of spaces that encourage self organized learning enviornments.The project typology is a hybrid …

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Roles Of Nitric Oxide And Shear Stress In The Regulation Of Microvessel Permeability In Intact Rat Mesenteric Venules, Sulei Xu Jan 2014

Roles Of Nitric Oxide And Shear Stress In The Regulation Of Microvessel Permeability In Intact Rat Mesenteric Venules, Sulei Xu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mechanical forces have been indicated to play important roles in the regulation of inflammatory cell interaction with endothelium resulting in localized leakage formation and contributing to many disease-associated microvascular dysfunctions. However, most of the mechanical force related studies were conducted in vitro. The underlying mechanisms are still controversial. There is a need to investigate how shear stress regulates the endothelial cell (EC) signaling and related vascular barrier function using intact microvessels with experimental conditions closely replicating in vivo situations. The overall aim of my dissertation is to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms of how shear stress and nitric oxide …

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Introduction: Questioning, Challenging And Advocating: Advancing Knowledge In Composition And Rhetoric, Julia Voss, Beverly J. Moss Jan 2014

Introduction: Questioning, Challenging And Advocating: Advancing Knowledge In Composition And Rhetoric, Julia Voss, Beverly J. Moss

English

No abstract provided.

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Pitting Corrosion And Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior Of Oil-Grade Alloy 718 In Sodium Chloride Solution, Ting Chen Jan 2014

Pitting Corrosion And Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior Of Oil-Grade Alloy 718 In Sodium Chloride Solution, Ting Chen

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Oil-grade nickel-base alloy 718 has been recently used in the oil and gas industry for downhole drilling components especially for the parts of the bottom hole assembly (BHA) due to its superior mechanical properties, good corrosion resistance, non-magnetic properties and ability to be heat treated to various strength levels. As the modern oil and gas industry explored into coastal and marine locations, deeper and deeper wells have been drilled with high pressure high temperature, making the demand for increased strength and good toughness super critical for alloys used in ultra-deep wells drilling. Moreover, the existence of high concentrations of chloride …

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Reservoirs Modeling Of Gas Hydrate Deposits In North Slope Of Alaska And Gulf Of Mexico, Manohar Gaddipati Jan 2014

Reservoirs Modeling Of Gas Hydrate Deposits In North Slope Of Alaska And Gulf Of Mexico, Manohar Gaddipati

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In order to address the world's growing energy demand, the necessity to explore more and more unconventional sources of energy arises. Recently there has been increased interest in the potential of natural gas hydrates as an alternate energy resource. Methane hydrates are crystalline solids, very similar to ice, in which non-polar molecules are trapped inside the cages formed by water molecules. Methane hydrates could be potentially a vast source of energy. The production of natural gas from hydrates economically poses a big challenge to today's scientific world. Two sites for greatest potential for gas production from gas hydrates as identified …

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Desired Leadership Styles In Classroom And Court: Comparing Ideal Coaching And Teaching Styles Of Collegiate Student-Athletes, Elzbieta Klein Jan 2014

Desired Leadership Styles In Classroom And Court: Comparing Ideal Coaching And Teaching Styles Of Collegiate Student-Athletes, Elzbieta Klein

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to compare student-athletes' ideal coaching leadership styles and teaching leadership styles. Further, this study examined the relationship between student-athletes' level of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness and their ideal leadership styles. Student-athletes (N=67) were surveyed about their ideal coaching and teaching leadership styles and their communication traits. The averages of each leadership styles were compared to rank them from most ideal to least ideal. Student-athletes prefer the leadership styles of Paternalistic, Democratic, and Transformational for coaches and the leadership styles of Laissez-Faire and Transactional for teachers. Student-athletes' argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness were related to some …

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Modeling Of Caprock Seal Failure Due To Fluid Injection, Hari Kiran Nambu Jan 2014

Modeling Of Caprock Seal Failure Due To Fluid Injection, Hari Kiran Nambu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The past, present, and projected trends of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration levels in the atmosphere have raised serious concerns about global warming. Several efforts are being made to stabilize the current levels of CO2 emissions. Geologic sequestration of CO2 in deep saline aquifers is considered to be one of the potential options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. A tight, low-permeability caprock layer overlying the CO2-targeted reservoir limits the upward migration of CO2 and acts as a primary seal layer to trap CO 2. Large volumes of fluid or CO2 injected in the subsurface may over-pressurize the …

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