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Finite Element Modeling Of Superplastic Forming Of High Strength Aluminium Alloys (Weldalite Tm 049), Ihab Farouk Nabil Ragai

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Recurrent Connectionist Models For Map Explanation In Bayesian Networks, Murad Assaggaf

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Impact Of Library And Information Services On The Personality Development Of The Specially-Abled Students In Karnataka: A Comparative Study, Dayanandappa Kori, K R. Mulla

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Students with Special Needs are a specific group of students who need additional assistance due to physical, intellectual or mental disabilities and limited physical development. The study examines a comparative study of the impact of library and information services on the personality development of specially-abled students in Karnataka. For this study, data were collected using quantitative and qualitative methods of in-depth interviews, survey methods, and focus group discussions on collecting data from a sample of 36 specially-abled school librarians/in charge in Karnataka. This study is confined to visually impaired schools and hearing impaired schools only. The study findings showed that …

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Elastic-Plastic Behavior And Limit Load Analysis Of Pipe Bends Under Out-Of-Plane Moment Loading And Internal Pressure, Hashem Mo Mourad

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Effect Of Mechanical Systems In Combating The Schistosomiasis Snails, Sherine Ahmed El Baradei

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Small Mammal Community Ecology And Ectoparasite Dynamics In A Tamaulipan Thornscrub Habitat, Brandi Giles

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Small mammals play many roles in ecosystems and are known as great indicators of overall ecosystem function and health, but they are also highly competent hosts for ticks and tick-borne disease. In this study, I gathered data on small mammal community ecology and species diversity, abundance, and overall ectoparasite (i.e., ticks) dynamics in a south Texas Tamaulipan thornscrub habitat. I also assessed differences in these parameters in edge versus interior habitats across a gradient of habitat fragmentation and species assemblage. Lastly, I assessed which host and environmental factors can be utilized for predicting parasitization of small mammals in this habitat. …

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High-Throughput Functional Analysis Of Cftr And Other Apically Localized Proteins In Ipsc-Derived Human Intestinal Organoids, Sunny Xia, Zoltán Bozóky, Michelle Di Paola, Onofrio Laselva, Saumel Ahmadi, Jia Xin Jiang, Amy L Pitstick, Chong Jiang, Daniela Rotin, Christopher N Mayhew, Nicola L Jones, Christine E Bear

Open Access Publications

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) can be differentiated into epithelial organoids that recapitulate the relevant context for CFTR and enable testing of therapies targeting Cystic Fibrosis (CF)-causing mutant proteins. However, to date, CF-iPSC-derived organoids have only been used to study pharmacological modulation of mutant CFTR channel activity and not the activity of other disease-relevant membrane protein constituents. In the current work, we describe a high-throughput, fluorescence-based assay of CFTR channel activity in iPSC-derived intestinal organoids and describe how this method can be adapted to study other apical membrane proteins. Specifically, we show how this assay can be employed to study …

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Accurate Flux Calibration Of Gw170817: Is The X-Ray Counterpart On The Rise?, E. Troja, B. O'Connor, G. Ryan, L. Piro, R. Ricci, B. Zhang, T. Piran, G. Bruni, S. B. Cenko, H. Van Eerten

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

X-ray emission from the gravitational wave transient GW170817 is well described as non-thermal afterglow radiation produced by a structured relativistic jet viewed off-axis. We show that the X-ray counterpart continues to be detected at 3.3 years after the merger. Such long-lasting signal is not a prediction of the earlier jet models characterized by a narrow jet core and a viewing angle ≈20 deg, and is spurring a renewed interest in the origin of the X-ray emission. We present a comprehensive analysis of the X-ray dataset aimed at clarifying existing discrepancies in the literature, and in particular the presence of an …

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Pharmacy Alumnus Gives Back To Community, Whitney Tarpy

University of Mississippi News

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Cellular Agriculture: An Outlook On Smart And Resilient Food Agriculture Manufacturing, Salil Bapat, Vishvesh Koranne, Neha Shakelly, Aihua Huang, Michael Sealy, Kamlakar P. Rajurkar, John W. Sutherland, Ajay P. Malshe

School of Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Over the centuries, the application of grassland and cutting of livestock are the primary foundations for
the production of food agriculture manufacturing. Growing human population, accelerated human
activities globally, staggering food inequity, changing climate, precise nutrition for extended life
expectancy, and more demand for protein food call for a new outlook to smartness in food agriculture
manufacturing for delivering nutritious food. Cellular agriculture, 3D printing of food, vertical urban
farming, and digital agriculture alongside traditional means are envisioned to transform food agriculture
and manufacturing systems for acceptability, availability, accessibility, affordability, and resiliency for meeting demands of food in this century …

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Covid-19'S Impact On Communication Practices In The Animal Welfare Nonprofit Sector, Tiffany M. Davis

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

Historically, writing and communication practices have been vital components in the nonprofit sector. With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, the writing and communication practices within the nonprofit sector have been forced to adapt and change for organizations to continue disseminating their missions and continuing fundraising. Specifically, animal welfare nonprofit organizations have had to shift their communication practices in the wake of the virus. This capstone aims to answer questions about the value of writing and communication practices, and also answer research questions about the effects of COVID-19 on the animal welfare nonprofit sector. Through secondary and primary research, in …

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Civic Engagement Through Theatre: Running A Brechtian Workshop In The Classroom, Margot Morgan

eJournal of Public Affairs

This study presents an innovative active learning technique to support the development of civic education: a theatrical workshop based on the dramaturgy of Bertolt Brecht. I argue that the Brechtian workshop can develop three skills necessary for effective civic engagement: perspective taking, collaboration, and critical judgment/self-reflection, and that these skills are directly tied to the three civic values of pluralism, community, and civic responsibility. Using qualitative data gathered in the course of teaching this workshop to two distinct student populations — a self-selecting group of students in a liberal arts environment and a group of students at a commuter campus …

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Exploring Personal Information Disclosure And Protective Behaviour Of Research Scholars’ When Seeking Information From The Web., Chanlang Ki Bareh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The collection of personal information became the most prominent threat associated with information consumption from the web. Existing research has not explored the information disclosure and protective behaviour of PhD research scholars. This investigation aimed to address the following objectives: (1) To find the Information-Seeking Behaviours of research scholars (2) To explore the research scholars’ attitudes towards personal information disclosure (3) To explore the protective behaviours of research scholars’ towards personal information disclosure. The study aims to contribute to existing knowledge in information disclosure behaviour and protective behaviour. The empirical research consists of thirty (30) PhD research scholars from the …

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Stress Intensity Factor - Simple Solution For A Complex Problem, Hamid A. Ghassri, Alberto Mello

Beyond: Undergraduate Research Journal

This research explores the modeling of a cracked structure using a linear elastic finite element method (FEM) analysis with the objective of determining the stress intensity factor (SIF) for complex geometries. The analysis uses a mapping of the stress concentration area ahead of the crack tip to asymptotically determine the SIF. For model calibration, Irwin’s approximation method was used in two known crack case solutions subjected to a uniform tensile loading (Mode I – Opening) with fixed geometric dimensions. With focus on aircraft airworthiness application, two more complex geometries with irregular stress distributions were analyzed and the results were extracted …

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Teacher Instructional Practices And Student Mathematics Achievement, Michael C. Osborne

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Using the nationally representative sample from the United States in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (N = 7,429 students from 240 schools), I examined the relationship between teacher instructional practices and student mathematics achievement. To account for the multilevel structure of the data with students nested within schools, I used a two-level hierarchical linear model in the data analysis. Teacher instructional practices showed statistically significant effects on student mathematics achievement, even after controlling for socioeconomic status (SES) and sex at the student level and school mean SES and whether the school is public or private at the …

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Direction And Speed Adjustment Of Working Fans Following Fan Failure To Facilitate Sufficient Cooling For A Server Rack, Garima Mishra

Defensive Publications Series

The malfunctioning of one or more fans in an array of fans that are housed in a server rack results in, among other things, insufficient cooling and customer dissatisfaction, followed by fan replacement, and in some cases the replacement of an entire product. Occasionally during a malfunction case, the speed of the remaining working fans may be boosted to their highest speed to cool a device until a failed fan may be replaced. However, such boosted speed create a significant amount of noise and thus trigger severe customer dissatisfaction. To address these types of challenges, techniques are presented herein that …

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Self-Extending Symbiosis In Symbiodinium Microadriaticum And The Effect Of Endosymbiotic / Horizontal Gene Transfer On Dinoflagellates And The Tree Of Life, Maha Kadry Ahmed Fathy

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Symbiodinium microadriaticum is a dinoflagellate that lives in a mutualistic relationship with the coral Stylophora pistillata in the Red Sea. Symbiodinium microadriaticum is divided into several clades and the A1 clade of Symbiodinium microadriaticum lives in shallow waters and is resilient to thermal stress. The association between Symbiodinium microadriaticum A1 and Stylophora pistillata enables Stylophora pistillata to tolerate the rise in the sea surface temperature caused by global warming and climate change. Here, the first completely sequenced dinoflagellate genome is explored to answer two questions: The first question is whether self-extending symbiosis has a role in the ability of Symbiodinium …

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Enrichment Of Extremophilic Bacteria From Atlantis Ii Deep Brine Sediments Using Various Electron Donors & Acceptors, Nelly Abu Alkheir

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The Atlantis II Deep is the most studied and largest brine pool in the Red Sea. It is an active hydrothermal habitat with unique physical conditions. Its unique characteristics (70°C temperature, 26% salinity, pH 5.2) caused it to be a very attractive marine ecosystem for microbiological and metagenomics studies. Sediments of the Atlantis II Deep brine were investigated for the presence of extremophilic bacteria using a cultivation approach combined with phylogenetic analysis. Two different cultivation methods were utilized: substrate gradient cultures and minimal salts medium supplemented with various combinations of electron donors and acceptors. A bacterial culture enriched from the …

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System And Method For Monitoring Fraudelent Transactions At Merchant Level In Real Time Payment, Ila Malde, Juharasha Shaik, Aditi Khare, Durga Kala, Kenny Tsai, Ram Miryala, Rajiv Ranjan, Santanu Chakraborty, Xuepeng Li, Anup Mahadev, Andrey Masharov, Mohan Paudel, Debabrata Chowdhury, Ramya Kankatala, Motilal Mahanta, Chintan Pandya, Manasa Srinivas

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a method and system providing Merchants direct access to the powerful issuer authorization rules engine to evaluate and block card payment transaction in real-time from potential fraud at checkout. The access to the intelligent rules can be made by enabling a secure connection to the Risk Manager (RM). The real-time data will empower the Merchant to not forward the fraudulent transaction onto the acquirer for further processing, saving the transaction processing fees as eliminating back-office overheads on failed payments.

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Does Human Rights Derogation Limit Covid-19 Infections?, Brian K. Gran, Reema Sen

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

The purpose of this project is to model and understand socio-legal responses to the spread of COVID-19—in particular, emergency measures that derogate from states’ human rights commitments. Derogation of human rights in response to COVID-19 is unprecedented, according to some experts (Scheinin 2020). This project investigates whether combinations of conditions, such as moderate human rights derogation in combination with strong health infrastructures, reduce degrees of virus transmission and promote prevention. Its preliminary findings indicate that suspension of some rights appears crucial to limiting COVID-19 infections, but suspension of many rights has limited impacts, raising questions for practices of human rights …

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Metagenomic Assessment Of The Mobilomes Of Red Sea's Atlantis Ii, Discovery And Kebrit Deeps, Mohamed Mohamed El Rifai

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Mobile genetic elements in microbial communities are mainly composed of plasmids, transposons and viruses. They are collectively referred to as the mobilome and serve as agents that facilitate horizontal gene transfer, which plays an important role in evolution and adaptation of microorganisms. In order to study the abundance and distribution of mobile genetic elements in different marine environments and to clarify whether certain environmental conditions could explain such distribution, sequence similarity searches using protein family signatures against diverse marine metagenomic datasets were used to determine the relative frequency of coding sequences associated with transposases, integrases, plasmids and viruses, or phages. …

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Development Of Pspp Map For Stainless Steel Alloys Used In A Marine Environment, Jarrett D. Hawkins

ME 4133/6133 Mechanical Metallurgy

A process-structure-properties-performance map will be created for these alloys focusing on the modification of the structure or composition and outlining the processes required and the affected properties. A thorough review of different chemical alloys, grain refining methods, and grain boundary compositions for several alloys and their corresponding property effects. Also plan to review material treatment processes and standard refining methods for stainless steels. The performance of these metals will be evaluated for property requirements in regards to strength, toughness, with an emphasis on corrosion resistance.

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Content Analysis Of Children’S Story Reading Websites: An Evaluative Study, Jyoti Bhabal, Sneha Lokhande Ms.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research article aims at finding and evaluating the content present on the children's story reading websites. The study was conducted on 15 websites by creating a website evaluation checklist based on previous research on similar topics. The data was collected through observation and then presented in tabular and graphical forms for conducting its data analysis and interpretation. The Researcher has observed that children's story reading websites provide many fascinating features and content to deliver children with an experience as close as possible to reading printed books. All the websites aim to create an environment that will facilitate children's early …

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Evidence For Quasi-Periodic Oscillations In The Recurrent Emission From Magnetars And Their Implications On The Neutron Star Properties And Equation Of State, Ahmed Monzer El Mezeini

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In this thesis, we present an analysis of highly magnetized neutron stars â magnetarsâ , in search for high frequency oscillations in the recurrent emission from the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20, and we discuss the physical interpretation of these oscillations and its implications on the neutron star properties and structure. We present evidence for Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in the recurrent outburst activity from the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20 using Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations. By searching a large sample of bursts for timing signals at the frequencies of the QPOs discovered in the 2004 December 27 giant …

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Nylon6-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Structure And Properties, Ahmed Mahmoud Abdel Gawad

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Layered silicate clays have been used for decades as filler materials to enhance mechanical and thermal properties of polymers. Recently, efforts have focused on separating the layers of the clay with the purpose of forming clay-polymer nanocomposites. Investigations have been addressing the enhancement of mechanical and thermal properties of these materials. In this study, 5wt% of commercial montmorillonite clay (Cloisite Na+) and organically-modified montmorillonite (OMMT) clays (Cloisite 15A and Cloisite 30B) were compounded with nylon6. Nylon6/layered silicate nanocomposites were fabricated using melt compounding and solution compounding techniques. Nanoindentation, x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), melt flow index (MFI) and …

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Life After Divorce Is Not A Bed Of Roses: Experience Of Upper Middle Class Egyptians, Samiha Salah El-Refaey

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Around the world, in both developed and developing countries equally, divorce rates have increased tremendously during the twentieth century, regardless of the world's diversified cultures, religions, value systems, etc, making divorce a universal modern phenomenon. With older generations, women would have rather maintained a miserable marriage than endure the tragedies of dissolving one. This thesis investigates the changing attitudes towards divorce along with the underlying causes for its skyrocketing rates in the world generally and in Egypt, specifically. I frame a comparison between older and younger generations who have experienced both marriage and divorce. I used two theoretical approaches to …

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E2 Evolutionary Motif Prediction And Identification Of Drug Candidates To Prevent Hepatitis C Virus Cellular Entry, Shairy Azmy Danial

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection causes around three quarters of worldwide chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Interferon and ribavirin combination therapy is not effective with all HCV genotypes, and has serious side effects that may result in discontinuation of treatment. The aim of our work is to design inhibitors against HCV envelope glycoprotein E2 to prevent its binding to CD81 surface receptor and the consequent viral entry into hepatocytes. Currently, no crystal structure is constructed for E2. However, a model of E2 is available, Yagnik et al. model, which served as the starting point for the structure-based inhibitor …

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Exploring The Aerobic Methanotrophs Community In The Red Sea Atlantis Ii Deep Brine Area, Rehab Abdallah

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Methane represents one of the most abundant hydrocarbons on earth and a powerful greenhouse gas. Methane oxidation by microbial consortia contributes positively to the environment by decreasing methane emission to the atmosphere from different ecosystems. Aerobic methanotrophic bacteria are considered one of the main groups involved in methane oxidation. Brine pools are dynamic habitats for microbial cycling of carbon. Atlantis II Deep is the largest brine pool in the Red Sea. The pool is well known for its elevated temperature, salinity and methane concentration. Methane seeps from the deep brine to the overlying brine seawater interface layer, providing a suitable …

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Global Mobility With Universal Identity (Gmui), Walaa Farouk El-Sadek

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The emerging needs of operators to enhance the users' mobility and to increase their productivity, have raised a need for an architecture that can facilitate the ability of mobile users to conduct business anywhere, anytime, from any device with the same amenities offered in their home networks. The escalation of cyber attacks enforces any technology underpinning mobility to span the spectrum of network services with integral security capabilities to protect both the mobile users and the enterprise network. This thesis proposes an architecture to securely enhance users' mobility. The architecture extends the capabilities of standard mobile IP, solves its applicability …

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Finite Element Modeling Of Superplastic Forming Of High Strength Aluminium Alloys (Weldalite Tm 049), Ihab Farouk Nabil Ragai

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Recurrent Connectionist Models For Map Explanation In Bayesian Networks, Murad Assaggaf

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Impact Of Library And Information Services On The Personality Development Of The Specially-Abled Students In Karnataka: A Comparative Study, Dayanandappa Kori, K R. Mulla

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Elastic-Plastic Behavior And Limit Load Analysis Of Pipe Bends Under Out-Of-Plane Moment Loading And Internal Pressure, Hashem Mo Mourad

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Effect Of Mechanical Systems In Combating The Schistosomiasis Snails, Sherine Ahmed El Baradei

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Small Mammal Community Ecology And Ectoparasite Dynamics In A Tamaulipan Thornscrub Habitat, Brandi Giles

Theses and Dissertations

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Accurate Flux Calibration Of Gw170817: Is The X-Ray Counterpart On The Rise?, E. Troja, B. O'Connor, G. Ryan, L. Piro, R. Ricci, B. Zhang, T. Piran, G. Bruni, S. B. Cenko, H. Van Eerten

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

Pharmacy Alumnus Gives Back To Community, Whitney Tarpy

University of Mississippi News

Cellular Agriculture: An Outlook On Smart And Resilient Food Agriculture Manufacturing, Salil Bapat, Vishvesh Koranne, Neha Shakelly, Aihua Huang, Michael Sealy, Kamlakar P. Rajurkar, John W. Sutherland, Ajay P. Malshe

School of Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Covid-19'S Impact On Communication Practices In The Animal Welfare Nonprofit Sector, Tiffany M. Davis

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

Civic Engagement Through Theatre: Running A Brechtian Workshop In The Classroom, Margot Morgan

eJournal of Public Affairs

Exploring Personal Information Disclosure And Protective Behaviour Of Research Scholars’ When Seeking Information From The Web., Chanlang Ki Bareh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Stress Intensity Factor - Simple Solution For A Complex Problem, Hamid A. Ghassri, Alberto Mello

Beyond: Undergraduate Research Journal

Teacher Instructional Practices And Student Mathematics Achievement, Michael C. Osborne

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Direction And Speed Adjustment Of Working Fans Following Fan Failure To Facilitate Sufficient Cooling For A Server Rack, Garima Mishra

Defensive Publications Series

Self-Extending Symbiosis In Symbiodinium Microadriaticum And The Effect Of Endosymbiotic / Horizontal Gene Transfer On Dinoflagellates And The Tree Of Life, Maha Kadry Ahmed Fathy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Enrichment Of Extremophilic Bacteria From Atlantis Ii Deep Brine Sediments Using Various Electron Donors & Acceptors, Nelly Abu Alkheir

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Defensive Publications Series

Does Human Rights Derogation Limit Covid-19 Infections?, Brian K. Gran, Reema Sen

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Metagenomic Assessment Of The Mobilomes Of Red Sea's Atlantis Ii, Discovery And Kebrit Deeps, Mohamed Mohamed El Rifai

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Development Of Pspp Map For Stainless Steel Alloys Used In A Marine Environment, Jarrett D. Hawkins

ME 4133/6133 Mechanical Metallurgy

Content Analysis Of Children’S Story Reading Websites: An Evaluative Study, Jyoti Bhabal, Sneha Lokhande Ms.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Evidence For Quasi-Periodic Oscillations In The Recurrent Emission From Magnetars And Their Implications On The Neutron Star Properties And Equation Of State, Ahmed Monzer El Mezeini

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Nylon6-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Structure And Properties, Ahmed Mahmoud Abdel Gawad

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Life After Divorce Is Not A Bed Of Roses: Experience Of Upper Middle Class Egyptians, Samiha Salah El-Refaey

Archived Theses and Dissertations

E2 Evolutionary Motif Prediction And Identification Of Drug Candidates To Prevent Hepatitis C Virus Cellular Entry, Shairy Azmy Danial

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Exploring The Aerobic Methanotrophs Community In The Red Sea Atlantis Ii Deep Brine Area, Rehab Abdallah

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Global Mobility With Universal Identity (Gmui), Walaa Farouk El-Sadek

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Sr 21-22-13 Ucc, Marshall University Faculty Senate

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