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Diversity Distress: The Experiences of Students of Color in Higher Education
(2011-02-22)
In this study, I specify the reasons why racial minority undergraduate students choose to pursue higher education studies at historically White colleges/universities, despite the schools' potential for diversity controversies. ...
Deconvolution in Random Effects Models via Normal Mixtures
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation describes a minimum distance method for density estimation when the variable of interest is not directly observed. It is assumed that the underlying target density can be well approximated by a mixture ...
Thermodynamics and Applications of Elastin-like Polypeptides
(2010-10-12)
Understanding protein stability and folding is of central importance in chemistry,
biology, and medicine. Despite its importance, a molecular level understanding of
protein stability still remains illusive due to the ...
Optimum usage and economic feasibility of animal manure-based biomass in combustion systems
(2010-07-14)
Manure-based biomass (MBB) has the potential to be a source of green energy at
large coal-fired power plants and on smaller-scale combustion systems at or near
confined animal feeding operations. Although MBB is a low ...
An Engineering Approach Towards Personalized Cancer Therapy
(2010-10-12)
Cells behave as complex systems with regulatory processes that make use of many elements
such as switches based on thresholds, memory, feedback, error-checking, and other
components commonly encountered in electrical ...
Turbulent Flow and Transport Modeling by Long Waves and Currents
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation presents models for turbulent flow and transport by currents
and long waves in large domain.
From the Navier-Stokes equations, a fully nonlinear depth-integrated equation
model for weakly dispersive, ...
Tsallis Entropy Based Velocity Distribution in Open Channel Flows
(2010-07-14)
The Tsallis entropy is applied to derive both 1-D and 2-D velocity distributions in an open channel cross section. These distributions contain a parameter m through which the Tsallis entropy becomes a generalization of the ...
The Effect of Welfare Reform on Childbirth, Marriage, and Divorce
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation contains two essays on the effect of welfare reform on child-
birth, marriage, and divorce. In the first essay, I exploit the cross state variation in
welfare reform implementation to identify its effect ...
Role of Repressors in Fine Regulation of Development: Sxl and Its New Repressors Hey and Myc
(2010-07-14)
In Drosophila, XX embryos express Sxl from the early promoter, SxlPe, and
become females. At the same time, XY embryos with only one X chromosome become
males.
I investigated the role of repression in the establishment of ...
Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Relationships in the China Rose Group
(2011-02-22)
The wild origin, early breeding history, and diversity of the China Rose group,
including R. chinensis and its varieties, cultivars, and hybrids, are largely unknown. The
aims of this study were to investigate the genetic ...