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(2022-03-02)Utilizing fluids in oil and gas drilling operations is unavoidable. Chemical properties of the fluid are critical, as they directly affect drilling performance and most importantly, formation damage in production zones. ...
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(2022-12-08)The Department of the Air Force (DAF) devotes significant funding and resources to maintain, repair, and construct facilities to preserve and improve its power projection platforms. A service-wide team of engineers, ...
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For STAR-experiment associated research at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the primary objective is the study and characterization of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, or QGP. The data is stored in subsets of the original, full 'Data ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)The Operating Deflection Shape (ODS) technique that was derived from Experimental Modal Analysis has served well to assist users in quantifying vibration amplitudes, determining vibration mode shapes, looseness between ...
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(2019-11-26)Public breeding programs for upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) underutilize genotypic selection methods and specifically marker assisted selection for fiber quality selection. A previous study by Kari Hugie sought to ...
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(1984)This study compared the erosion/accretion rates of five shoreline types surrounding Galveston Island and Pelican Island, Texas. The shoreline types examined included sandy beach, mud flat, salt marsh, shell beach, and mud ...
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(1978)Eighteen sleep disturbed college students received either systematic desensitization or muscle relaxation training. After a one week baseline self-observation period, subjects underwent three half-hour therapy sessions. ...
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(2016-07-28)Principle component analysis (PCA) has been a widely used tool for statistics and data analysis for many years. A good result of PCA should be both interpretable and accurate. However, neither interpretability nor accuracy ...
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(2019-09-06)Bulk-flow predictive models (BFM), though simple and fast, often fail to accurately predict the performance of gas labyrinth seals (LSs). In this work, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis quantifies the effects ...
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(2020-04-16)Ambulatory devices and Image-based IoT devices have permeated our every-day life. Such technologies allow the continuous monitoring of individuals’ behavioral signals and expressions in every-day life, affording us new ...
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(2020-04-22)The fact that hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has remarkable thermal transport property, mechanical property and chemical stability provides endless possibilities in nanoscale thermal device designing. In this study, we ...
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Current study abroad trips rely on students utilizing GPS directions and digital maps for navigation. While GPS-based navigation may be more straightforward and easier for some to use than traditional paper maps, studies ...
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(2022-04-11)A new nonlinear second-order frequency-domain model based on the mild-slope equation is outlined. The model is an enhancement over previous work in that a closer correspondence between scaling of nonlinearity and horizontal ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1973)
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(2020-04-23)The consistency of instruction between various sections of introductory courses is a concern in higher education, along with properly preparing students to enter careers in industry. The study was conducted at Texas A&M ...
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(1997)Diatoms (marine algae) are the largest contributor of biological productivity in the Antarctic. As the siliceous diatoms die their tests begin to accumulate on the sea floor, and preserve a record of how environmental ...
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(2021-07-01)Distributed optimization often requires finding the minimum of a global objective function written as a sum of local functions. A group of agents work collectively to minimize the global function. We study a continuous-time ...
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(2020-02-06)Positive styles of leadership have been in focus from the early 21st century, however there are only limited empirical studies examining the relationship between positive styles of leadership and their influence on employees’ ...
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(1998)For many years business has been searching for ways to make companies more profitable. Some programs that many businesses have implemented in order to increase profits are Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and Health ...
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(2023-04-13)Vulnerable populations are considered high-risk for CVD development by experiencing a combination of low socioeconomic status, reduced access to healthcare, and/or genetic traits that increase susceptibility to CVD risk ...