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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
- Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
- Author
- Porter, Anne
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Video game players report using video games for stress reduction, but previous studies have found mixed results when examining stress and video games, and fail to comprehensively measure all relevant psychological, emotional, and physiological str...
- Title
- Posttraumatic Growth Among African American Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Roles of Spirituality, Locus of Control, and Self-Concept
- Author
- Hill, Lisa
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Research has suggested that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) can hinder normal cognitive, social and emotional development. Research has also suggested that CSA contributes to higher levels of pathology than other traumatic experiences. Rates of victi...
- 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
- Process and development of a culturally adapted healthy lifestyle manual for overweight and obese Latina women with binge eating disorder.
- Author
- Phimphasone, Phoutdavone
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Clinical psychology
- Description
- Obesity remains one of the greatest public health threats in the 21st century, increasing the risk for many chronic illnesses, including Type 2 diabetes and CVD, with economic costs associated with treatments for obesity reaching $147 billion/year...
- 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...