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Synthesis of Haptens for the Marine Toxin, Gymnodimine; Synthesis of Beta-lactone Fused Carbocycles and Nitrogen Heterocycles; Efforts Toward the Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of Thiolyngbyan
(2011-08-08)
Contamination of seafood by marine toxins has been a consistent public health
problem. Gymnodimine (GYM) is a member of a family of spirocyclic imine containing
marine natural products which was shown to be highly toxic ...
The Perceptions of Principals and Math Teachers in Successful Comprehensive 5A High Schools on the Role of the Professional Learning Community
(2011-10-21)
As accountability for public schools continues to increase, educators are continually seeking the best practices in order to assure successful academic achievement, particularly in mathematics. This study focused on the ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Cell-Responsive Biodegradable Polyureas for Ligament Tissue Engineering
(2014-05-03)
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most frequently ruptured ligament,
accounting for an estimated 200,000 injuries and approximately 100,000 reconstructive
surgeries each year in the United States. Due to the poor ...
Combustion Assisted Gravity Drainage (CAGD): An In-Situ Combustion Method to Recover Heavy Oil and Bitumen from Geologic Formations using a Horizontal Injector/Producer Pair
(2012-11-21)
Combustion assisted gravity drainage (CAGD) is an integrated horizontal well air injection process for recovery and upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen from tar sands. Short-distance air injection and direct mobilized oil ...
The Impact of Legislation House Bill 56 on Immigration Laws and Construction in Alabama
(2013-08-02)
Historically the United States has welcomed immigration from all over the world; from Ellis Island to the Statue of Liberty, whose iconic “Mother of Exiles” is considered a symbol of hope to generations upon generations ...
Engineering Geologic Assessment of Risk to Visitors: Canyon Lake Gorge, Texas
(2010-07-14)
Presented here are the results of a study of geological hazards conducted in Canyon
Lake Gorge of Central Texas. Canyon Lake Gorge formed in 2002 when the emergency
spillway of Canyon Lake was overtopped. Since that time, ...
Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2013-04-22)
My dissertation is composed of three sections. The first section examines the effect of monetary incentives on student performance in public education in Texas. I address how to deal with non-random samples caused by ...
Representation, Structure, and Public Management in School Desegregation: An Examination of Student Outcomes
(2013-08-06)
As we near the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, questions still remain about its salience and our ability to provide equal educational opportunities to students of all races and ...
Fault-tolerant Partial-resonant High-frequency AC-link Converters and Their Applications
(2014-01-08)
Recently, the demand for high-power-density converters with high efficiency and
enhanced reliability has increased considerably. To address this demand, this dissertation
introduces several low, medium, and high power ...
Irreducible Infeasible Subsystem Decomposition for Probabilistically Constrained Stochastic Integer Programs
(2013-07-25)
This dissertation explores methods for finding irreducible infeasible subsystems (IISs) of systems of inequalities with binary decision variables and for solving probabilistically constrained stochastic integer programs ...