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CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE AND THEIR REMNANTS: CHANDRA STUDY OF SN 1987A AND A MULTI-WAVELENGTH FOLLOW-UP OF SN 2021KRF
(2023-08-08)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: Understanding how exploding stars impact their surroundings is of fundamental importance to all areas of astrophysics. Young supernovae (SNe) and ... -
Cornflakes, God, and Circumcision: John Harvey Kellogg and Transatlantic Health Reform
(2019-05-09)The health reform movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth century impacted American and European societies in profound ways. These reforms, while usually represented in a national context, existed within a transatlantic ... -
CORPORATE CASH HOLDINGS, FIRM PERFORMANCE, AND CEO COMPENSATION
(2020-07-17)The dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay investigates the relationship between corporate cash holdings and firm performance in new and old economy firms. Results show that firm performance increases when ... -
Corporate Environmental Performance Rating Methodology
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2010-07-19)Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important to all kinds of stakeholders and companies themselves, not only for cost avoidance due to regulations, laws, cleanup costs, litigations, controversies, etc, but to ... -
A Corpus Study Of Requests In Naturally Occurring Spoken American English: A Context Analysis Approach
Given the variety of ways that speakers of American English can make requests, relatively little has been discovered on why speakers choose the forms they do. Using data from the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American ... -
A Corpus-based Analysis Of Discourse Anaphora In English And Korean: A Neo-Gricean Pragmatic Approach
(Linguistics, 2013-07-22)This dissertation explores discourse anaphora in English and Korean by using a neo-Gricean pragmatic approach with corpus-based data. Very little study of Korean discourse anaphora has yet taken place at the inter-sentential ... -
CORRELATION AND EFFECT OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON THE PROPERTIES OF INCONEL 718 PARTS FABRICATED BY SELECTIVE LASER MELTING USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD
(2020-08-10)Inconel 718 (i.e., IN718) is a nickel-based superalloy that exhibits outstanding tensile and impact-resistant properties, along with good high-temperature corrosion resistance. However, the machinability is poor due to the ... -
Correlation Of Sequence Stratigraphic Surfaces Of The Mid-cretaceous Dakota Group From Subsurface To Outcrop Southern Denver Basin, Colorado.
(Geology, 2011-10-11)The D and J sandstone of the Cretaceous Dakota Group are considered as the major oil and gas producing units within in the Denver Basin. The distribution of these units in the Denver Basin is a sub-basin of the Early ... -
A Correlational Study Of A Reading Comprehension Program And Attrition Rates Of ESL Nursing Students In Texas
(Nursing, 2013-07-22)Decreasing the attrition rate of nursing students has become an important issue for programs in Texas as a means to alleviate the nursing shortage (THECB, 2009). Programs are admitting a more diverse group of students but ... -
The Correspondence Theory Of Truth: The Root Cause Of Fundamentalism In America
(Humanities, 2013-07-22)Christian fundamentalism in America is alive and well and serves as an impediment to the progress of a democratic society because of its tendency to seek universal subordination of all truth to "Biblical truth". In this ... -
Corrosion And Hydrogen Embrittlement Of Nanocrystalline Nickel
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2013-07-22)Nanocrystalline (nc) materials have attracted the interest of the scientific community because of their unique physical and mechanical properties. However, limited research has been performed to analyze their electrochemical ... -
Corrosion And Leaching Study Of Low Copper (I) Oxide Paints For Antifouling Application
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)Global environmental concern/economy challenges necessitate innovation of AFP's with novel additives offering improved corrosion protection, and biofouling resistance. Dispersing large proportions (40-70%) of Cu/Cu2O in ... -
Corrosion Behavior Of Zn-ni Coatings Deposited By Electrolytic Plasma Processing
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)In the current research project, three groups of Zn-Ni coatings of various Ni contents were deposited on comercial carbon steel by electrolytic plasma processing (EPP), a novel surface modification technique. The coating ... -
Corrosion Potentials Of Lightweight Concrete Wrapped With Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP)
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-03-12)The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of Fiber Reinforced Polymer wraps on corrosion protection of lightweight concrete. Many studies have been undertaken for normal density concrete, but there are ... -
Cost-effectiveness Of Early Versus Delayed Functional Restoration For Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Chronic pain is among the most costly disorders in the United States. Societal impacts include productivity losses, disability compensation, and reduction in psychosocial well-being. To date, there is little documentation ... -
Couchsurfing In North Texas: A Localized View Of A Global Phenomenon
(Sociology, 2013-07-22)The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory research project to discover issues and problems faced by people who are a part of Hospitality Exchange Networks. This research focuses on the largest free travel ... -
Coupled Bilayer Photonic Crystal Slab Electro-Optic Spatial Light Modulators
(IEEEDepartment of Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 1, 2)We demonstrate here a surface-normal ultracompact Fano resonance electro-optic spatial light modulator employing a stacked photonic crystal membrane capacitor-like structure. Vertically coupled optical resonance near 1.5 ... -
Coupled Geochemical and Nano-Petrophysical Study of the Spraberry-Wolfcamp Trend; West Texas, U.S.A.
(2016-12-16)With the rise in interest of unconventional plays, efforts have moved to understand these formations across 12 orders of magnitude through nm-km scale. Recent work by others has shown the importance of the nanometer range ... -
Coupled Geochemical and Nano-Petrophysical Study of the Utica Play, Appalachian Basin, Ohio, U.S.A.
(2017-11-29)Being more extensive than the Marcellus Play, the Utica Play covers from New York state in the north to northeastern Kentucky and Tennessee in the south. The Utica Play is a stacked play consisting of organic-rich mudstones ... -
Coupling Photodriven Multielectron Reduction Of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes With Hydrogen Evolving Co-catalysts
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-09-17)With energy demands continuing to increase, the importance of finding a means of converting solar energy into a usable form of chemical energy continues to escalate. Photocatalysis provides a viable approach to harnessing ...