Cambrian metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks in the Albemarle Group in south-central North Carolina are part of the peri-Gondwanan Carolina terrane. These rocks are pa[...]

The Israelis recognize the 1948 Arab-Israeli War as a war of independence. For the Palestinians, it is known as al-Nakba—the "Catastrophe". The war helped create the stat[...]

There is currently a major gap in understanding the physiological processes of tissue grade animals from early diverging phyla, particularly within the context of the mol[...]

The problem of bias resulting from biological and technological sources is one that must be consistently reexamined alongside the development of new technologies and meth[...]

Despite evidence of the rapid growth of Latinx students throughout the country (Gándara, 2017; He & Yu, 2017), there has been inadequate critical examination of the e[...]

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of weathering on the performance of intumescent fire-retardant coatings on wooden products. The weathering effe[...]

This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, we empirically examine how diversification influences the relation between corporate governance and capit[...]

Structural integrity of electric transmission poles is crucial for the reliability of power delivery. In some areas where blasting is used for mining or construction, the[...]

Random anti-reflection surface structures (rARSS) are non-periodic, densely packed, sub-wavelength structures, fabricated on an optical surface. Light incident to such a [...]

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