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Nicaragua’s Grand Canal : a case study in political and economic culture
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Author
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Doyle, Michael S.
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Nicaragua, Canals
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Description
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The proposed Nicaraguan Grand Canal mega-project—whether promised land or pipe dream—serves as the basis for the following short case study in political and economic culture. It can be useful for multiple fields such as business, policy, foreign a...
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North Carolina free clinics: Effective primary care provider for the uninsured
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Author
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Hutchison, Jenny
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Public health, Health services administration
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Description
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Although the United States has recently made progress in reducing the number of uninsured in the country as a result of the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, millions will continue to be unable to access insurance, ...
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Parenting Stress Among Sexual Minority Parents: Gender, Race, Custody Status, Timing of Coming Out, and Level of Outness
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Author
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Martin, Ann
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling psychology, Queer studies, Families--Study and teaching
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Description
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between parenting stress among sexual minority parents and their gender, race, legal custody status, timing of coming out relative to becoming a parent, and level of outness. A total of 833...
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Probabilistic Electric Load Forecasting
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Author
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XIE, JINGRUI
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Power resources
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Description
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Traditionally, utilities have been conservative regarding the infrastructure upgrade. This makes electric load forecasts critical for guiding electric utilities’ operation, planning, and maintenance decision-making. For a long while, utilities hav...
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REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE TRANSPORTATION FUELS – PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
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Author
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Liu, Xiaoshuai
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Power resources, Environmental economics, Human ecology--Study and teaching
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Description
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The transportation sector contributes more than a quarter of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable fuels can be a key solution to mitigate GHG emissions from the transportation sector. Particularly, we have foc...
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REGULATION OF ACTOMYOSIN ATPASE
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Author
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Ge, Jinghua
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics, Biophysics
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Description
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Myosin is a molecular motor that converts chemical energy to mechanical energy, thus generating force and movement in muscles and cells. Myosin interacts with two ligands, ATP (fuel) and actin filaments (motor’s tracks). Actomyosin interaction is ...
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SHORT TERM LOAD FORECASTING WITH RECENCY EFFECT: MODELS AND APPLICATIONS
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Author
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Liu, Bidong
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Engineering
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Description
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Load forecasting is evolving in a smart grid era from the days before personal computer (PC) and the PC era. Thanks to the wide-spread use of smart meters, more data with high resolution is available than ever before. Meanwhile, with development o...
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SPACE-TIME DYNAMICS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
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Author
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Zhou, Yuhong
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Government policy, Water resources development--Management
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Description
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Water availability has become a more significant economic and policy issue in contemporary America. Although emerging as an attractive tool to water authorities, demand-side water management in urbanized areas is more complicated due to the high c...
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Skin Effect in Large Bi-Media Power Conductors
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Author
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Liu, Cory
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering
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Description
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This dissertation work presents the development of a novel closed-form mathematical solution for calculating AC resistance in conductors of two different media using current density. Current density is non-uniform under AC current, and is directly...
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Slavery and African American irreligion
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Author
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Cameron, Christopher
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Religion, Enslaved persons
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Description
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In his influential 1835 work Slavery, Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing noted of southern slaves: “Of all the races of men, the African is the mildest and most susceptible of attachment. He loves, where the European would hate. He watches...
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Social Class in The Organizational Sciences: A Meta-Analysis
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Author
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Loignon, Andrew
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Psychology, Industrial management
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Description
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Social class has become increasingly popular in the organizational sciences. Recent studies have found that one’s social class influences phenomena ranging from decision-making, to pro-social behavior, and interpersonal interactions. Despite the b...
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Socio-spatial Geographies of Hispanic Immigrant Youth Accessing the Urban Labor Market
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Author
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Schuch, Johanna
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Geography, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This study combines interviews, questionnaires, journaling, mental mapping, and a participatory action research (PAR) project to examine the lived experiences of Hispanic immigrant youth as they navigate the labor market. Research questions addres...