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Perspectives on the Present State and Future of Higher Education Faculty Development in Kazakhstan: Implications for National Human Resource Development
(2010-10-12)
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's Kazakhstan experienced a socio-economic transition from a socialist economy to a free market economy and was challenged with building a newly independent state. ...
Essays of Educational Attainment
(2010-10-12)
One of the very interesting demographic features in the US over the last several decades is the persistent racial educational gap between blacks and whites and the reverse gender education gap as a result of the rapid rise ...
Development of Algorithms to Estimate Post-Disaster Population Dislocation--A Research-Based Approach
(2010-10-12)
This study uses an empirical approach to develop algorithms to estimate
population dislocation following a natural disaster. It starts with an empirical reexamination
of the South Dade Population Impact Survey data, ...
Nonlinear Analysis of Beams Using Least-Squares Finite Element Models Based on the Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko Beam Theories
(2010-07-14)
The conventional finite element models (FEM) of problems in structural
mechanics are based on the principles of virtual work and the total potential
energy. In these models, the secondary variables, such as the bending ...
Class, Authority, and the Querelle des Femmes: A Women's Community of Resistance in Early Modern Europe
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation examines the poetry of Isabella Whitney, a maidservant in London, Veronica Franco, a Venetian courtesan, Marie de Romieu, a baker's daughter in rural France, and Aemilia Lanyer, the daughter and wife of ...
Design and Implementation of Switching Voltage Integrated Circuits Based on Sliding Mode Control
(2010-10-12)
The need for high performance circuits in systems with low-voltage and low-power
requirements has exponentially increased during the few last years due to the sophistication
and miniaturization of electronic components. ...
Application of Membranes to Treatment of Water Based Exploration and Production Wastes
(2010-10-12)
Produced water and spent drilling fluids from petroleum operations represent a significant expense to companies developing new energy reserves. These spent fluids, seldom recycled, offer a viable source of water resources ...
Functional Properties and Utilization of High pH Beef
(2010-10-12)
Two Texas fed beef and cow/bull packing plants were surveyed for high pH beef
carcasses as well as the evaluation of functional properties of high pH beef in whole
muscle beef jerky, frankfurters, and snack stick production. ...
Masas and Bimodule Decompositions of II_1 Factors
(2010-10-12)
The measure-multiplicity-invariant for masas in II_1 factors was introduced by
Dykema, Smith and Sinclair to distinguish masas that have the same Pukanszky
invariant. In this dissertation, the measure class (left-right-measure) ...
Role and Importance of NS1 Protein of Avian Influenza Virus to Grow in the Presence of Interferon and Evaluation of the NS1 Mutant Viruses as Potential DIVA Vaccines
(2010-10-12)
A proper vaccination program can play a critical role in prevention and control of
avian influenza (AI) in commercial poultry. Low pathogenic avian influenza viruses
(LPAIV) of H5 and H7 AI subtypes cause serious economic ...