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Improved mass spectrometry characterization of organic compounds using analyte preconcentration and radio-frequency ionization.
(2015-11-19)
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful and sensitive analytical technique that can be used for analysis of organic compounds in diverse areas of research including biomedical, environmental, and forensic sciences. Detection ...
Development, model validation, and preliminary experimental verification of an FEA program for structural analysis of casing in casing for oil wells.
(2014-11-21)
Oil and gas wells rely upon long steel pipes, known as casing, that run down the
depth of the well. During drilling, a section of pipe is cemented in place and another section
of casing is run inside, repeating this ...
Religion and social support for parents.
(2017-07-31)
How does religion benefit parental well-being? Are religious parents benefitting from the source of informal social support that religion provides? Does religion have an effect apart from this? This study, using logistic ...
The characterization of the Christ as ideal king in Ephesians.
(2010-06-23)
Lack of consensus regarding an historical situation that occasioned the writing of Ephesians has led to a recent trend in research, which seeks to read the letter as addressing more broadly the related issues of identity ...
Ordering desires : rhetoric and virtue in Milton's Paradise Lost.
(2018-05-23)
Critics have long recognized that the writings of John Milton unite elements of biblical narrative with imaginative construction. However, despite Milton's explicit appreciation for Spenser, less critical attention has ...
Rereading Zora Neale Hurston through the lens of "What white publishers won't print".
(, 2013-05-15)
During Zora Neale Hurston’s life, she wrote many controversial statements on
race. Scholars continually suggest that Hurston was merely pandering to the white nation or tricking her audience. By using Hurston’s own ...
Musical process and the structuring of riffs in Metallica.
(2010-06-23)
This study focuses on the 1980s thrash metal music of Metallica. It analyzes the harmonic and melodic nature of Metallica's riffs and examines how musical processes help shape the formal structures of these riffs. Drawing ...
Experimental and numerical study on flow control using obliquely aligned elements.
(2010-06-23)
The use of micro-electromechanical system devices (MEMS) have been studied extensively in literature for control of flow separation and transitioning to turbulent flow. However, there is limited information about how ...
From Neo-orthodox theology to rationalistic deism : a study of the religious influences on the development of John Rawls's political philosophy.
(, 2013-05-15)
The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that John Rawls’s early religious beliefs guided the development of his later political philosophy. By first analyzing A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin & Faith, I ...
Rhetoric, reason, and the problem of rule : Aristotle and J.S. Mill on speech and politics.
(, 2012-08-08)
This dissertation examines the relation between reason, public speech, and rule in the thought of J.S. Mill and Aristotle. It argues that both Mill and Aristotle present alternatives to typical liberal theories of speech ...