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The Role of Particulate Matter in the Development of Hypoxia on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf
(2013-07-31)
In the northern Gulf of Mexico, hypoxia occurs annually during the summer on the Texas-Louisiana shelf. This study examines the distribution of particulate and dissolved components relative to hydrography, to better ...
Coupled Microscale Electrophoresis and Electrochemistry: A Versatile Platform for Label-free Detection, Manufacture of Encapsulated Microbubbles and Protein Crystallization
(2013-12-12)
Microfluidics has geniuses of low consumption of reagents and sample, miniaturization of device, and fast turnaround time for analysis that enables to develop high-speed, high-resolution, portable bio-analysis devices to ...
Thermo-hydro-mechanical Analysis of Fractures and Wellbores in Petroleum/Geothermal Reservoirs
(2013-08-09)
The thesis considers three-dimensional analyses of fractures and wellbores in low-permeability petroleum/geothermal reservoirs, with a special emphasis on the role of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes. Thermoporoelastic ...
On the Dialectic of Silence: Klee, Kahn, and the Space of Transversal Modernity in Iran
(2013-12-09)
This dissertation connects the cultural theory of space with specific aesthetic and architectural practices in the history of modernism that are entangled with the past and present of Iran, its artifacts, and its politics. ...
3D Facial Performance Capture From A Single RGBD Camera
(2013-05-28)
Realistic facial animation remains one of the most challenging problems in computer graphics, where facial performance capture of real people has been a key component. The current state-of-the-art technologies used to ...
Non-Destructive Testing of Subsurface Infrastructure using Induced Polarization and Electrical Resistivity Imaging
(2013-07-05)
As of September 2007, there were over 67,000 U.S. bridges in the National Bridge Inventory classified as having unknown foundations. The bridges spanning rivers are of critical importance due to the risks of potential ...
Effects of Maternal Nutrition Manipulation on Mares and Their Foals
(2013-03-14)
Previous research documented the fetus is sensitive to nutrition of the dam, but this has not been thoroughly investigated in horses. Objectives of the current studies were to determine effect of manipulation of maternal ...