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A Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing thesis in the Creative Nonfiction genre, composed of six essays in a prologue and four sections. The essays address or orbit or interrogate or are threaded together with themes of absence, grief, transgender...
2015-05-29 (iso8601)
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2015-06-15 (iso8601)
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Understanding the effect on the materials mechanical properties from the perspective of interfacial interaction between the filler and the polymer matrix has become an important criterion in polymer nanocomposites field. Cellulose nanocrystals...
2015-06-10 (iso8601)
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Seismically-induced liquefaction represents a major cause of damage to civil infrastructure and can result in significant damage following major earthquakes. Liquefaction can occur when earthquake ground motions raise pore-water pressures in...
2015-06-09 (iso8601)
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a foodborne pathogen recognized as the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis associated with consumption of raw and undercooked seafood, particularly raw oysters, with major symptoms of nausea, vomiting, abdominal...
2015-06-05 (iso8601)
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A podcast series for WR 222: Argumentation composed and edited by undergraduates that considers a specific place in our community and argues why that place is important using interviews and narration.
2015-06-16 (iso8601)
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Recent trends in energy have lead to an increased push for the efficient use of energy with a focus on improving the energy efficiency of household appliances. Electric resistance heating represents a highly inefficient technology that still sees...
2015-06-09 (iso8601)
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A podcast series for WR 222: Argumentation composed and edited by undergraduates that considers a specific place in our community and argues why that place is important using interviews and narration.
2015-06-16 (iso8601)
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Rising human global population, appetite for seafood, and the effects of climate change have pushed commercial marine fisheries around the globe onto trajectories that are chillingly unsustainable. Input from fishermen on what it means to have a...
2015-05-29 (iso8601)
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A podcast series for WR 222: Argumentation composed and edited by undergraduates that considers a specific place in our community and argues why that place is important using interviews and narration.
2015-06-16 (iso8601)
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A podcast series for WR 222: Argumentation composed and edited by undergraduates that considers a specific place in our community and argues why that place is important using interviews and narration.
2015-06-16 (iso8601)
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We used both culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches to purify genomic DNA, and PCR to amplify 16S rRNA genes from soil sample microbes. We then sequenced the 16S rRNA amplicons of the bacterial species as well as the genomic DNA of...
2015-03-12 (iso8601)
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To face large scale environmental challenges like climate change, the Obama administration has turned to renewable sources of energy to offset the carbon emissions that result from traditional energy sources like coal and natural gas. However,...
2015 (iso8601)
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A podcast series for WR 222: Argumentation composed and edited by undergraduates that considers a specific place in our community and argues why that place is important using interviews and narration.
2015-06-16 (iso8601)
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Most studies suggest that LGBTQ+ young adults make up between 20 and 40 percent of the houseless young adult population (Edidin, Ganim, Hunter, and Karnik 2011; Nolan 2006). However, LGBTQ+ young adults compose only 1.3–3.8% of the general young...
2015-05-11 (iso8601)
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Previous research has associated insecure adult attachment with lower levels of pain self-efficacy within a laboratory setting. However, the external validity of these results remains unclear. This study focused on the applicability of this theory...
2014-11-28 (iso8601)
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Branch campuses play an important part in postsecondary degree attainment by providing place-bound students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in different geographical regions access to education that is convenient. Their heterogeneousness...
2015-04-29 (iso8601)
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Though research on EU law compliance is extensive, the question as to why some policy entrepreneurs are more successful than others, and why some countries comply better than others, remains largely disputed. Using a case study design of France,...
2015-06-08 (iso8601)
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The state of the environment, both from a preservation and toxicological point of view, is a continuing concern. One area of potential progress is the incorporation of green chemistry principles, which focus on reducing and eliminating harmful...
2015-06-11 (iso8601)
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The anthropogenic introduction of nutrients to water bodies has been shown to alter the structure and function of natural aquatic ecosystems, yet national EPA lake and reservoir nutrient criteria remain too broad for effective regional water...
2015-06-08 (iso8601)
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The U.S. Forest Service’s Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
(CFLRP) seeks to encourage collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of
forest landscapes. Many theorists note a tension between participatory approaches in...
2015-06-10 (iso8601)
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Economic sanctions are widely used in the international arena in order to reconcile political conflicts and retain peace between countries. Most states prefer to use economic sanctions rather than military interventions as a more efficient tool to...
2015-06-04 (iso8601)
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There is renewed interest in the reliability and safety of nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident followed by 8.9 magnitude earthquake and Tsunami with the height of 15 m on March 11, 2011. Small Modular Reactors...
2015-06-04 (iso8601)
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