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Effect Size Matters: Empirical Investigations to Help Researchers Make Informed Decisions on Commonly Used Statistical Techniques
(2011-02-22)
The present journal article formatted dissertation assessed the characteristics of effect sizes of commonly used statistical techniques. In the first study, the author examined the American Educational Research Journal ...
Characterization and Modeling of Transformation Induced Fatigue of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
(2011-02-22)
The main focus of this research is the transformation induced fatigue behavior of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators undergoing thermally induced martensitic phase transformation. The recent development of aerospace ...
Understanding Superintendents' Self-Efficacy Influences on Instructional Leadership and Student Achievement
(2011-02-22)
This dissertation explores public school superintendent self-efficacy influences on instructional and student achievement within three Texas public school districts. The purpose of this research study is to investigate ...
Experimental and Simulation Studies to Evaluate the Improvement of Oil Recovery by Different Modes of CO2 Injection in Carbonate Reservoirs
(2011-02-22)
Experimental and numerical simulation studies were conducted to investigate the improvement of light oil recovery in carbonate cores during CO2 injection. The main steps in the study are as follows. First, the minimum ...
Influence of Insulin Resistance on Contractile Activity-Induced Anabolic Response of Skeletal Muscle
(2011-02-22)
Although the long-term therapeutic benefits of exercise are indisputable, contractile activity may induce divergent adaptations in insulin-resistant vs. insulin-sensitive skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study was to ...
Multi-Proxy Approach on Black Carbon Characterization and Combustion Products Source Discrimination in Environmental Media
(2011-02-22)
Environmental applications of pyrogenic carbon, aka black carbon (BC), have
been hampered due to the poor characterization and quantification of environmental BC.
This dissertation was dedicated to the better characterization ...
Processing and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Epoxy Resin Based Multi-scale Multi-functional Composites
(2011-02-22)
This research is focused on investigating the effect of carbon nanotubes on
macroscale composite laminate properties, such as, interlaminar shear strength, interlaminar fracture toughness and electrical conductivity along ...
Fast Hash-Based Algorithms for Analyzing Large Collections of Evolutionary Trees
(2011-02-22)
Phylogenetic analysis can produce easily tens of thousands of equally plausible evolutionary trees. Consensus trees and topological distance matrices are often used to summarize the evolutionary relationships among the ...
Community Connectedness and Long-Term Care in Late Life: A Narrative Analysis of Successful Aging in a Small Town
(2011-02-22)
This dissertation is a narrative inquiry of the ways in which cultural values,
norms, and expectations shape the aging experience of elderly adults living
independently in Kasson, a small rural town in southeastern Minnesota, ...
Novel Pattern Recognition Techniques for Improved Target Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery
(2011-02-22)
A fundamental challenge in target detection in hyperspectral imagery is spectral variability. In target detection applications, we are provided with a pure target signature;
we do not have a collection of samples that ...