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Rose Piper: New Discoveries
Rose Piper (1917- 2005) was an African-American artist, based primarily in New York, who garnered attention with her success in oil painting. She utilized her talent to transcend medium in a multidisciplinary career. Although Piper is not a widely known artist, her ability and skill make her …
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Discoveries for a Community
This thesis investigates the design of a new, private residential community on the undeveloped island, Thatch Cay, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Architectural issues explored include the use of load bearing walls versus free standing columns for the primary structure of the individual buildings as a …
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The Discoveries of a First Year Teacher
<p>As an aspiring teacher, I am often asked why I chose to become a teacher. On top of that, many often ask why math once they find out that I am not only planning to become a teacher, but a math teacher at that. The questions go on and on and on. At the end of the day, there are many reasons and …
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Techniques and Technologies for Earth-twin Discoveries
In this Thesis I present and discuss the work completed during my three and a half years as a PhD student in the Exoplanet Research Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK. Most of my work has been in collaboration and partnership with the HARPS3 instrument and the Terra …
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Crowdsourcing health discoveries : from anecdotes to aggregated self-experiments
Nearly one quarter of US adults read patient-generated health information found on blogs, forums and social media; many say they use this information to influence everyday health decisions. Topics of discussion in online forums are often poorly-addressed by existing, clinical research, so a …
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False Discoveries in the Performance of Canadian Equity Mutual Funds
This thesis assesses the performance of Canadian equity mutual funds over the period 1991-2016 using the False Discovery Rate (FDR) methodolody. We find that around 85% of the sampled funds are genuinely zero-alpha, and the majority of skilled funds lies in the extreme right tail. Overall, false …
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A Time Series Approach to the Prediction of Oil Discoveries
… series methodology for the prediction of oil discoveries at the level of the petroleum play. The study develops a Bayesian, multi-state (outlier/no-outlier), time varying coefficients, nonlinear time series forecasting model and applies the model to the problem of predicting oil discoveries in …
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Breakthroughs and discoveries in theatre rehearsals: an ethnographic study of Close Quarters
… recognition moments that occur; (2) individual discoveries for actors and directors; (3) collective discoveries shared by actors and directors; (4) and, finally, a ‘wow’ moment shared by all, where all the variables coalesce. This thesis builds upon the work of scholars and practitioners whose …
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Novel Discoveries About the Spin-Crossover Transition in Schiff-Base Ferric Complexes
The high-spin (('6)A(,1)) to low-spin (('2)T(,2)) conversion has been studied in pseudo-octahedral ferric complexes {Fe('III) (X-SalEen)(,2)}Y. The ligand, X-SalEen, is obtained by the Schiff-base condensation of salicylaldehyde, 3-OCH(,3)-salicylaldehyde, or 5-OCH(,3)-salicylaldehyde with …
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Genetic linkage and association studies in celiac disease: discoveries from whole genome analysis
Celiac Disease (CD) or Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy (GSE) is a life-long disorder. It is characterized by inflammation in the small intestine of genetically predisposed individuals caused by inappropriate immune response to gluten, a protein enriched in some of our common grains (wheat, rye and …
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: DISCOVERIES ON HOW MANAGERS MANAGE AND THE CONDITIONS TO COLLABORATION
This paper studies managerial behavior in inter-firm supply chain relationships. I first answer two questions: When a firm outsources to a 3PL, a firm that provide multiple logistics services for use by customers, what is the impact on the managerial functions that the outsourcing firm carries out …
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Regulatory RNAs at the Heart of Sugar Metabolism: New Mechanisms and Novel Discoveries
Bacteria are adept at using a variety of posttranscriptional strategies to regulate gene expression. Specifically, various RNA-mediated genetic control elements have been discovered in the past decade through a combination of genetics, bioinformatics, and transcriptomic approaches. Together, these …
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Pleuromutilin and its Application Towards Bidentate Antibiotics: Triazoles, Linker Chemistry, and Serendipitous Discoveries
The world is facing a global antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) crisis. Classes of antibiotics continually face ineffectiveness as resistance mechanisms in microbes develop and propagate. The semi-synthetic derivatization of natural product antibiotics has provided many of our treatments, but new …
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The commercialization of university research discoveries : are university technology transfer offices stimulating the process?
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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COP TOPICS: TOPIC MODELING-ASSISTED DISCOVERIES OF POLICE-RELATED THEMES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN JOURNALISTIC TEXTS
The analysis of mainstream newspaper content has long been mined by communication scholars and researchers for insights into public opinion and perceptions. In recent years, scholars have been examining African-American authored periodicals to obtain similar insights. Hearkening back to the 1950s …
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Discoveries of Targets and Novel Agents for the Treatment of Ischemic Retinopathy and Neovascular Disease
<p> Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are among the most common causes of blindness in adults. Vision loss can occur during the advanced stages of DR and AMD as a consequence of unregulated and dysfunctional growth of new blood vessels, or neovascularization (NV) …
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The Challenges And Discoveries In Using Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Approaches By Counseling Practitioners In The Southwest
… introduces counselors to the challenges and discoveries in using varied experiential approaches, specifically Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, in their practice. The intention of this study is to guide counselors who are interested in using experiential applications in their own practices.
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