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Social Media and the Changing Identity
(2017-05-03)
This thesis uses former literature on orality, literacy, pluralism, and power structures and applies their theoretical framework in order to provide insight into the rhetorical impacts of social media. Specifically, Facebook ...
Identifying Galaxy Mergers In High Redshift Clusters Using The Hubble Space Telescope
(2017-05-04)
We propose a photometric and spectroscopic study of merging galaxies within two recently discovered high redshift clusters at z ∼ 1.6 and z ∼ 2.0. We use imaging taken with the Hubble Space Telescope’s (HST) Wide Field ...
Modelling of UAVs Hovering in Extreme Temperature Environments
(2017-04-27)
As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become more widely available, they are being applied to an ever-widening range of tasks, especially in areas that are inaccessible or dangerous to humans. Of particular interest is the ...
Abrupt Climate Change in the Southern Great Plains during the Last Glacial Interval
(2017-04-27)
Understanding how the climate of the North American Great Plains may change in the future is of tremendous socioeconomic importance, yet the regional response to previous abrupt global climate events, such as the ...
PCL Shape Memory Scaffolds Prepared with Variable Cross-Link Density
(2017-04-28)
Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) has been previously studied as a thermoresponsive shape memory polymer (SMP) for numerous biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability. We have previously investigated ...
Tunable Release of BMP-2 From Thiol-ene Click Hydrogels
(2017-05-01)
With over 6.3 million fractures that occur in the United States each year, autogenic and allogenic bone sources are becoming a dwindling resource. Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (BMP-2) has been shown to induce osteoblast ...
Unraveling the Demand for New-Age Dairy Alternative Functional Beverages: The Case of Almond Milk Demand in the United States
(2014-12-17)
There are many different types of non-alcoholic beverages available in the United States today compared to a decade ago. Along with the increased number of beverage choices, the functionality and health dimensions of the ...
Macroeconomic Factors Affecting the Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the United States
(2015-10-06)
Monthly national U.S. data for the period 1997-2012 associated with macroeconomic shocks and participation in food assistance programs were used to model dynamics using artificial intelligence and directed acyclic graphs. ...
Social Media Marketing for Small-Scale Hobby Horse Farm
(2016-04-19)
In this project, the researcher will work with a small-scale horse farm to develop a social media campaign to sell twenty horses of various riding disciplines, skills, and breeds to establish whether social media marketing ...
Social Media Marketing for Small-Scale Hobby Horse Farm
(2016-04-19)
In this project, the researcher will work with a small-scale horse farm to develop a social media campaign to sell twenty horses of various riding disciplines, skills, and breeds to establish whether social media marketing ...