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Unmet Housing Rehabilitation and Household Goods Needs in Texas During Katrina-Rita, 2005
(2012-07-11)
The U.S. was appalled by the overall devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. Just days later the Gulf Coast was swept by Hurricane Rita which amplified the already disastrous situation. ...
Outsourcing Logistics in the Oil and Gas Industry
(2012-04-30)
The supply chain challenges that the Oil and Gas industry faces in material logistics have enlarged in the last few decades owing to an increased hydro-carbon demand. Many reasons justify the challenges, such as exploration ...
New York City School Evaluations: Comparing Parent, Teacher, and Government Assessments
(2012-04-20)
This thesis contains two studies examining survey evaluations of public schools. Survey evaluation results provide a novel means of measuring program performance, which is of particular interest to public administration ...
On the Application of Sudoku to Error Correction in Communication
(2012-04-22)
This work provides a detailed analysis of the general Sudoku problem with particular attention given to the first nontrivial case.
A formal mathematical model is developed and used to determine several important parameters; ...
The Efficacy of International Volunteerism: A Qualitative Review
(2012-04-12)
International volunteer service (IVS) plays an integral role in international development by supplying non-profit, nongovernmental and charitable organizations with manpower to serve marginalized populations across the ...
Why Do They Hate Us?:The Post 9/11 Experience of Muslims and Arabs and how the Lack of Education Deepens Stereotypes and Hatred
(2012-05-02)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experiences of Arabs, Muslims in this post 9/11 society. The research conducted delves into the experiences of these groups: the stereotypes branded on them by society, the ...
Comparison of different contrast agents when imaging shape memory polymer foams
(2012-04-20)
SMP foams have unique properties that make them well suited for certain medical applications. SMP foam has the ability to be programmed to “remember” a temporary shape, and once heated can revert back to its original ...
Marketing of Retail Signage in Different Environments
(2012-04-26)
The primary purpose of this research is to look into the design of signage in different retail locations to see how each place adapts its visual presentation to accommodate its consumers. It is clear that signs are designed ...
DECAY HEAT CONDITIONS OF CURRENT AND NEXT GENERATION REACTORS
(2012-05-04)
Decay heat is an important parameter in reactor design. Fission products generate heat in the reactor core even when the reactor has shut down. This heat has potential to melt the core if heat removal is not sufficient, ...
G Protein-coupled Estrogen receptor is activated by G-1 which induces a signaling cascade that inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation
(2012-06-08)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is predominantly estrogen dependent [1]. About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Failure in ...