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Title
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Rebalance and Reallocation Behavior Patterns Within Retirement Plans
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Author
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Graham, Quentin
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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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...
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Design Analysis of Tesla Turbine
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Author
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Kausik, Galab
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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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 ...
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PERCEIVED VERSUS EXPERIENCED: RELIGIOUS OTHERING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS
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Author
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Carskaddon, Chelsea
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion, Ethics, Philosophy and religion
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Description
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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 ...
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Title
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PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF 4340 STEEL/POLYUREA LAMINATE
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Author
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Pajjuri, Vishnu Vardhan Kumar
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Military art and science, Chemistry, Polymers
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Description
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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...
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Performance tuning of IC engine with variable exhaust system using a one-D simulation tool
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Author
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Gajula, Vineeth
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
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Description
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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...
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Title
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Predicting costs for bridge replacement projects
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Author
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Phillips, Patrick
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering
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Description
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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...
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REDUCING ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Author
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Hamilton, Austin
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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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...
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Title
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Piers Plowman, Poverty, and the Medieval Church
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Author
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Doss, Henry
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, Medieval, History--Religious aspects, Middle Ages, History
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Description
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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...
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Title
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Pinned Incremental Metal Forming
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Author
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Stockhoff, Paul
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture, Building
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Description
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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...
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DYNAMIC CONVEX OPTIMAL POWER FLOW APPROACHES FOR MODERN POWER GRID
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Author
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Moghadasi, Seyedmahdi
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering
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Description
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Non-convexity of Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem in power systems poses difficulties in reaching optimal solutions which can adversely affect the overall solution efficiency, convergence and appropriate scheduling of generators. Dynamic convex OP...