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Collaborating for good : building a virtual reality simulation to improve health outcomes in the urban slums of India.
(2018-04-25)
This research studies a cross-discipline, cross-cultural, and cross-sector collaborative process used to build a virtual reality simulation (VRS). The VRS is part of a social innovation collaboration (SIC) project to improve ...
Dating violence risk factors of college students attending a midwest public university.
(2018-04-25)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors of dating violence at a non-faith-based, public university – University of Akron. This is phase II of an ongoing study to identify risk factors of dating violence for ...
Fantasies and delusions : Billy Joel's turn and return to classical music.
(2018-04-17)
In 2001, the release of Fantasies and Delusions officially announced Billy Joel’s remarkable career transition from popular songwriting to classical instrumental music composition. Representing Joel’s eclectic aesthetic ...
Animals now and then.
(2018-01-12)
One aim of this dissertation is to remove ambiguities that have impeded a clear discussion and adequate evaluation of animalism. To that end I develop a taxonomy of different varieties of animalism and argue that there are ...
Convection from ice roughness surfaces using scaled Reynolds numbers for larger NACA 0012 airfoils.
(2018-04-24)
Ice accretions that develop on aircraft surfaces during flight adversely impact performance by increasing weight and drag, while also decreasing lift and stall margin. Previous studies at Baylor University characterized ...
Defining the Christian college : the Council of Church Boards of Education and American religious higher education, 1911–1950.
(2018-04-17)
This thesis explores competing definitions of the “Christian” college in the early twentieth-century United States, particularly as articulated by mainline Protestants in two national organizations: the ecumenical Council ...
Groundwork for a Thomistic account of contemporary property roles.
(2018-04-11)
Chapter one serves as an introduction to the whole dissertation. In it I explain why I think philosophers should pursue a systematic, pluralist account of contemporary property roles and consider Thomistic explanations of ...
Chalcogenide-glass negative curvature fibers.
(2018-04-05)
Hollow-core negative curvature fibers have drawn lots of attention due to their attractive properties, including a low transmission loss, a wide transmission bandwidth, low power ratio in the glass, and a simple structure. ...
Thermal boundary layer measurements using planar laser induced fluorescence.
(2018-04-09)
An experimental arrangement of toluene-based Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) has been developed and applied to the study of free and impinging jets formed with air. In the toluene-based PLIF experiment, the flow ...
Unintended consequences of well-intended regulation : the procyclical effects of the Basel I capital regulations on the U.S. banking industry.
(2018-04-20)
Numerous solutions have been posed to address the risks that fractional reserve banking systems cause for depositors. The newest regulatory trend to combat these issues has been capital regulation. Many critics have accused ...