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Conversations in Story(ality)
(2010-07-22)
In this dissertation, I introduce and define my new term, story(ality), which requires refocused attention on the truths available through nonfiction stories told, written, and performed in a contact zone, which is a social ...
Conversion of biomass derived carbohydrate to value added chemicals by liquid-phase thermochemical and biochemical processing
(2017-07-26)
Levulinic and lactic acid are considered as highly versatile chemicals with a potential to be building-block for the synthesis of various upgraded chemicals. The main objective of this study is to develop novel strategies ...
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals Precursor through Gasification: Experimental and Modeling Approach
(2017-03-13)
Recycling carbon dioxide is of prime importance due to the harmful effects on the atmosphere. Using CO2 for gasification serves a dual purpose i.e. reducing pollution and generating syngas and is beneficial both environmentally ...
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Monomeric Sugars and Levulinic Acid: Alkaline Pretreatment, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, and Decrystallization
(2016-08-05)
The technical feasibility of applying uniform pretreatment conditions across the different switchgrass varieties to achieve similar sugar yields was investigated. Four different types of switchgrass species including, ...
Conversion of Methane Using Two and Three Dimensional Metal Carbide Catalysts
(2020-04-22)
After various decades of research aiming to discover desirable catalysts for the direct conversion of methane into valuable products, the modern chemical industry is calling forth finding alternative materials to on-purpose ...
Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons in a Supercritical Fluid Reaction Medium
(2015-05-06)
This thesis work explores the effects of a supercritical fluid reaction medium on the catalytic performance of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) reaction. The MTH reaction allows for the conversion of cheap and readily ...
Conversion of Paper and Oil Industry Byproducts to Graphitic Material
(2023-07-17)
Many different graphitic materials have become integral in modern society for the past couple of decades. Advances in developing carbon fibers, graphene, and graphene oxide have improved the amount of the material that can ...
Convexity of Generalized Numerical Ranges Associated with SU(n) and SO(n)
(2010-05-20)
We give a new proof of a result of Tam on the convexity of the generalized numerical
range associated with the classical Lie groups SO(n). We also provide a connection between
the result and the convexity of the classical ...
Cooling Hadoop: Temperature Aware Schedulers in Data Centers
(2013-01-07)
The amount of unstructured data, also known as “Big Data” in Internet is growing every day. Because the Big data is unstructured, a large-scale distributed batch processing infrastructure like Hadoop is used instead of ...
Cooperative Extension and Propagation for Caño Negro, Costa Rica
(2010-12-10)
A research relationship was established with colleagues in Costa Rica. These included not only members of academia but also non-profit organization workers, government officials, community members, and private research ...
Cooperative Map-Building for Autonomous Mobile Robots
(2017-04-20)
A novel algorithm for multi-robot simultaneous localization and mapping is investigated through simulation. Although cooperative-SLAM has been studied by other researchers, the algorithm presented here offers a simpler, ...
Cooperative Robotics Using Wireless Communication
(2005-12-15)
Cooperative Robotics has to do with the use of multiple robotic agents assisting each other to perform a task that is either too difficult or impossible for one robot to perform alone. It is a multi-disciplinary field ...
Coordination Complexes with Redox-Active Macrocyclic Ligands as Redox-Responsive 1H and 19F MRI Contrast Agent Sensors and Catalysts for the Degradation of Hydrogen Peroxide
(2023-05-02)
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS), including hydroxyl radicals (·OH), superoxide anions (O2-), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), play vital roles in cell signaling and cellular signal transduction; however, the ...
Coping Mechanisms Moderate the Association between Stressful Life Experiences and Sub-Threshold PTSD Symptoms in College Students
(2015-06-16)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not stressful life events cause sub-threshold or full Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in college populations, and whether or not that relationship ...
Coping, Meaning in Life, and Posttraumatic Growth in Incarcerated Women
(2019-07-23)
The purpose of this study was to examine treatment results for incarcerated women in a southern-US women’s prison system who have participated in Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women (BT). Research indicates that ...
Copper dependent defects in mitochondria
(2021-07-27)
Wilson disease (WD) is a disease characterized by excessive copper accumulation in the liver and various other organs. In WD copper is absorbed through dietary consumption and not properly excreted from the body. Excessive ...
Copper(II) 2-Quinoxalinol Salen Type Ligands as Catalysts for C-H Oxidation Reactions
(2020-04-09)
C-H oxidation is a powerful tool that has changed the face of synthetic organic chemistry over the last several years. Here, we explore the oxidation of alkynes to α,β-acetylenic carbonyls using only 1 mol % of an inexpensive ...
Copper(II)-Mediated 2-Quinoxalinol Salens in Alcohol Oxidation and C-H Activation: A Greener Approach
(2014-07-11)
Reduction of waste production in chemical processes is the idea of greener chemistry by using less toxic or benign methods and eliminating purification steps. Because of this, using a catalytic rather than stoichiometric ...
Coppicing Evaluation in the Southeastern U.S. to Determine Harvesting Methods for Bioenergy Production
(2017-05-01)
Renewable fuels are being tested as an alternative for fossil fuels. Woody biomass is an excellent source of renewable energy in terms of cost-benefit and availability. Short rotation woody crops (SRWC) meet intensive wood ...
Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Examining Two Institutional Approaches to Managing a Novel Marine Ecosystem
(2022-04-20)
Much of Florida’s economy is tied to the third-largest barrier reef in the world, the
Florida Reef Tract. However, because of anthropogenic threats, it is not the thriving ecosystem it
once was, and its persistence ...