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The Drivers of Mergers and Acquisitions in Pharmaceutical Industry
(2012-07-16)
We examine the determinants and drivers of 112 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities exceed 50 million values in the pharmaceutical industry using COMPUSTAT, SDC and FDA data during the period 1980-2010 with random ...
Democratic Accountability in International Relations: Domestic Pressures and Constraints for Coercive Foreign Policy
(2012-08-15)
My dissertation contributes to the accountability literature in international relations by examining the role constituents' preferences can potentially play in fomenting or constraining coercive foreign policies in ...
Multi-functional Bio-synthetic Hybrid Nanostructures for Enhanced Cellular Uptake, Endosomal Escape and Targeted Delivery Toward Diagnostics and Therapeutics
(2012-09-26)
Applications of nanotechnology in medicine, also known as nanomedicine, is a rapidly growing field as it holds great potential in the development of novel therapeutics toward treatment of various diseases. Shell crosslinked ...
Scalable Techniques for Anomaly Detection
(2012-08-20)
Computer networks are constantly being attacked by malicious entities for various reasons. Network based attacks include but are not limited to, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), DNS based attacks, Cross-site Scripting ...
Hybrid Access Control Mechanism in Two-Tier Femtocell Networks
(2012-08-21)
The cellular industry is undergoing a major paradigm shift from voice-centric, structured homogeneous networks to a more data-driven, distributed and heterogeneous architecture. One of the more promising trends emerging ...
Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis of the Bakken and Sappington Formations in Montana
(2012-09-24)
The Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian (Late Fammenian-Tournaisian) Bakken Formation in the Williston Basin is one of the largest continuous oil fields in the U.S. The upper and the lower shale members are organic rich ...
Survey for Intergeneric Pollen Tube Growth in Intergeneric Pollinations Utilizing the iap Allele in Sorghum bicolor
(2012-02-14)
Hybridization within Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench has been the primary means of creating genetic diversity needed for sorghum crop improvement. While significant variation exists within S. bicolor, there are several traits ...
Factors Affecting Parents' Decisions to Treat Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Complementary and Alternative Treatments
(2012-10-19)
Autism affects approximately one in 110 children in the United States. Many parents choose to treat their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with complementary and alternative (CAM) treatments. In this study, ...
Designing an Ideal Energy Crop: The Case for Sorghum bicolor
(2012-06-07)
Following the passage of the United States Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007, significant progress has been made in replacing liquid fossil fuels with biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass. Many crops have been ...
Ethnographic Studies of School Science and Science Communities
(2012-07-16)
In this dissertation I used the anthropological and sociocultural perspectives to examine the culture of school science and science communities. I conducted three independent studies. The first study is a meta-ethnography ...