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Title: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SOLID-LIQUID PHASE CHANGE IN VIBRATED GRANULAR MEDIA AND COMPARISON WITH THEORETICALLY PREDICTED PHASE CHANGE IN HARD SPHERE SYSTEMS
Author: Gaur, Kapil
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics, Statistical physics
Description: Hard sphere systems, for years, have been studied through computer simulations. In the 1950s the work on modern computing was on the rise and computers were being researched for use in every field. Statistical Mechanics was no alien to this and th...

Title: Rebalance and Reallocation Behavior Patterns Within Retirement Plans
Author: Graham, Quentin
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: I evaluate the determinants that influence the likelihood that an individual rebalances the amounts held in their retirement plan or reallocate the investments they use for future contributions. I do this by analyzing quarterly administrative reco...

Title: Current state of practice for condition assessment methods and the facility condition index as a measure
Author: Karanja, Pauline
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Buildings deteriorate for various reasons which include age, overcapacity, and lack of planning and preventative maintenance. Facility Condition Assessments (FCAs) are used to measure this deterioration with the aim of collecting data to determine...

Title: Design Analysis of Tesla Turbine
Author: Kausik, Galab
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis discusses the "Design Analysis of the Tesla Turbine" or so called "Flat Disc Turbine" using "Compressed Air" as the working fluid. Nikola Tesla invented the turbine in 1906 and received the patent in 1913. Using the word "Turbine", it ...

Title: Polystyrene particle uptake and their potential to act as a trojan horse to oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
Author: Gaspar, Tamara
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Environmental sciences, Ecology, Cytology
Description: The global annual usage of plastics has increased dramatically over the last decade. Polystyrene is the fourth most common plastic material produced annually due to its many versatile applications. Consequently, there has been a coinciding increas...

Title: RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ, ROSALINA TUYUC, AND LAURA REYES: CONTEMPORARY MAYA WOMEN IN GUATEMALAN POLITICS
Author: Moore, Mary
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Area studies, History
Description: This Master’s thesis analyzes the role of notable human rights activists, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, and Laura Reyes Quino, examining their directed efforts toward relieving the plight of the Mayan people in Guatemala facing g...

Title: PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE AND STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSISTERS IN A BUSINESS PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY-WHITE INSTITUTION
Author: Allen, Monica
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher
Description: While representation of African American students in freshmen enrollment has improved, degree attainment of African Americans and other minority groups continue to lag behind the White and Asian American populations. Compounding the issue of lower...

Title: PERCEIVED VERSUS EXPERIENCED: RELIGIOUS OTHERING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS
Author: Carskaddon, Chelsea
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Religion, Ethics, Philosophy and religion
Description: The question driving this thesis is to what extent religious othering is actually experienced compared to the extent to which religious othering is simply perceived. To seek an answer to this question the author chose to analyze the ways in which ...

Title: PENETRATING THE SEVENTH PALACE: READING THE SEXUAL DIMENSIONS OF THE HEBREW BOOK OF ENOCH AND THE HEKHALOT GENRE
Author: Kimbrel, Suzannah
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Area studies
Description: This thesis looks at the Late Antique mystical literary genre of Hekhalot alongside contemporary queer theory and modern psychoanalysis. Part 1 opens with an excerpt from "3 Enoch." The methodology is explained, and the relevant works of Sigmund F...

Title: PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF 4340 STEEL/POLYUREA LAMINATE
Author: Pajjuri, Vishnu Vardhan Kumar
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Military art and science, Chemistry, Polymers
Description: Enhancement of the penetration resistance of materials used in the defense industry is of great interest since such improvements can save human life and can reduce the loss of resources caused by high velocity projectiles penetrating through the w...

Title: Performance tuning of IC engine with variable exhaust system using a one-D simulation tool
Author: Gajula, Vineeth
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: The exhaust system has a significant effect on the breathing capability of an IC engine, which when increased, increases the volumetric efficiency. Due to the sudden opening of the exhaust valve, the highly pressurized gases in the combustion cham...

Title: RESURRECTING THE DEPARTED – AN EXPLORATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES OF REHIRED EMPLOYEES
Author: Oleson, Joan
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: This qualitative study conducted within a Fortune 100 corporation examines experiences of employees who leave an organization and then later choose to return for a second round of employment. It examines the communicative processes of employees wh...

Title: Predicting costs for bridge replacement projects
Author: Phillips, Patrick
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) uses historical highway bridge records to make cost-effective decisions on which maintenance, repair, or replacement action is appropriate for a deficient bridge. The current method for estim...

Title: Quantifying Bias of the U.S. Media: A Spatial Analysis of Product Differentiation on Social Media
Author: Williams, Emily
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: In this study, I create a measure of ideological bias as a means for U.S. news sources to differentiate their products in the growing digital space. In addition to traditional media platforms, such as newspapers and television broadcasts, I includ...

Title: REDUCING ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Author: Hamilton, Austin
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: This paper estimates the effect wage transparency had on Major League Baseballpitcher’s salaries in the mid to late 1980s. The paper implements a conventionalmethod of wage estimation as previously used in the literature. The data, in partare from...

Title: Piers Plowman, Poverty, and the Medieval Church
Author: Doss, Henry
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Literature, Medieval, History--Religious aspects, Middle Ages, History
Description: ABSTRACTThis thesis examines the claim that the 14th century experienced a dramatic change in how poverty is understood and addressed in society. This shift can be understood as a long-term social dialectic – one that arcs toward synthesis, but te...

Title: Pinned Incremental Metal Forming
Author: Stockhoff, Paul
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, Building
Description: Advanced design software allows designers to rapidly create huge numbers of design variations. However, these variations do not incorporate material and manufacturing limits, which are typically considered much later during the process of design d...

Title: AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELATIVE RISK AVERSION AND EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINED INEQUALITY IN STEM MAJORS: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH
Author: Jamil, Cayce
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The underrepresentation of racial/ethnic minorities and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in college majors that promote social mobility is problematic. Relative risk aversion theory predicts that disadvantaged students will choose colle...

Title: Development of injectable bioceramic drug delivery system for solid tumor treatment
Author: Haig, James
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: According to the national cancer institute "In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease" and "The number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached...

Title: A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
Author: Christian, Arthur
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Management, Education--Finance
Description: Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...