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Electrospinning of Cellulose and Carbon Nanotube-Cellulose Fibers for Smart Applications
(2008-08-19)
Cellulose is one of the Earth’s most abundant natural polymers and is used as a raw material in various applications. Recently, cellulose based electro-active paper (EAPap) has been investigated for its potential as a smart ...
The Factors Affecting the Location of Foreign Direct Investment by U.S. Companies Pre and Post 9-11
(2008-08-19)
This research examines the motivational factors that influence the location of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in a post 9-11 world. Market factors, in the past, have been a dominant motivation in choosing a location ...
The Effects of Habitat Complexity on the Cognitive Performance of Two Fish Species and Their Hybrids
(2008-08-19)
The complexity of an animal’s habitat plays a significant role in behavior, morphology as well as other life history traits. Habitat complexity may also play a significant role in an animal’s cognitive capabilities such ...
Neumann Bounded Partitions of Eigenfunctions
(2008-08-19)
A new partitioning scheme, analogous to nodal domains, for the eigenfunctions of differential operators is constructed. The new scheme produces subdomains with Neumann boundaries instead of Dirichlet boundaries and will ...
Multi-Scale Reinforced Carbon Fiber Nanocomposites
(2008-08-19)
Carbon fiber polymer composites are utilized in many industries including in commercial and military aircraft and space vehicles because of their lighter weight and superior strength compared to aluminum and steel. Due to ...
Copano Bay: Assessing the Accountability of Spatial/Temporal Variability in Benthic Molluscan Paleocommunities
(2008-08-19)
Increasing attention has been directed towards paleoecolological studies in understanding the relationship between modern live communities and death assemblages as a means of better understanding fossil assemblages preserved ...
Contemporary Russian Women Authors: Rejecting Definition in Literary Rebellion
(2008-08-30)
Russia’s women have had a difficult time finding a voice in literature until as recently as the 1980s. With this new voice, many women writers have countered the widespread gender assumptions inherent in patriarchal Russian ...
Digital Photography and the Ethics of Photo Alteration
(2008-07-18)
This study discusses the impact of photo alteration on journalistic credibility in relation to the effects of the new capabilities of digital technology. The thesis examines the early history of photo manipulation, in both ...
INHIBITOR STUDIES ON MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS MALATE SYNTHASE
(2008-08-03)
The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has intensified efforts to discover novel drugs for tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Targeting the persistent state of Mtb, a condition in which ...
Survey of Brain Variations of Young Adult and Aged B2 (-/-) Knockout Mice
(2008-07-16)
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pentameric, ligand-gated ion channels whose activation is triggered by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and by the exogenous compound, nicotine. In previous studies, ...