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New Challenges in Social Media Marketing: Exploring the Interaction Effects of Age and Message Format on Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Outcomes
(2020-06-08)The prevalence of social media and their increasingly diverse user demographics have started to pose new challenges to marketing communication researchers and professionals. Guided by the media richness theory (MRT), this ... -
New conductometric detection methods for sensitive ion chromatographic measurement of weak electrolytes
(2015-11-24)Since Suppressed conductometric anion chromatography (SCAC) was proposed in the mid-1970s, SCAC has become a widely used tool for the determination of anion species in aqueous samples. Its application ranges from trace ... -
New Detonation Concepts For Propulsion And Power Generation
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-07-25)A series of related analytical and experimental studies are focused on utilizing detonations for emerging propulsion and power generation devices. An understanding of the physical and thermodynamic processes for this ... -
New Development of Grid Generation and Image Analysis
(2020-08-05)Image segmentation and registration are indispensable tools for the aid in medical diagnoses by experts. The current gold-standard for image segmentation is manual labeling of pixels by experts which is cumbersome and ... -
New Developments In Cognitive Optimization
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-07-25)This work presents an approach to solve function optimization problems using cognitive optimization. A cognitive search algorithm which is developed mimics human cognition in structure and characteristics. This algorithm ... -
New Developments Of The Deformation Method
(Mathematics, 2007-08-23)New developments of deformation method for grid generation are presented in this work. Theorems for three different cases and different methods for implementing deformation method are presented. One of the new developments ... -
New Equilibria For Noncooperative Games
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-08-08)In this dissertation we present an alternative to the Nash Equilibrium (NE), which is regarded as the fundamental solution concept in game theory. An NE provides a solution in which no player can improve his payoff by ... -
A New Feature Descriptor For LiDARStrip Matching
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data has been getting a lot of attention these days because of its applicability in various fields - city planning, disaster response & precaution, soil conservation, infrastructure or ... -
NEW FLEXIBLE MOLDABLE ION-EXCHANGE POLYMERS AND THEIR ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021-08-03)This dissertation aims to improve the functionality of open tubular capillary ion chromatography (OTIC) in terms of the lower limit of detection (LOD) and higher sensitivity by fabricating a microchannel suppressor and ... -
New GC Separation Approaches And Analysis Of Antioxidants From Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) And Their Stabilities By HPLC
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2012-04-11)Enantiomeric separations are of great interest in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agrochemical industries due to the different therapeutic effects of enantiomers. Because of the high efficiency, sensitivity and ... -
New Graduate Nurses and Transition to Practice
A widely acknowledged transition to practice gap exists for nursing students who have recently graduated and are starting their first job as a registered nurse (RN). In an attempt to bridge this gap, new graduate nurses ... -
A New Integrative Data Mining Framework For Analyzing The Cancer Genome Atlas Data
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-03-10)Besides accuracy and efficiency, understandability is another key issue of predictive modeling in real-world applications, especially in biomedical and healthcare data analysis. We develop a new integrative framework to ... -
New Macrocyclic Glycopeptide Antibiotic For Chiral HPLC Stationary Phases And Ionic Liquids In Analytical Chemistry
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2011-07-14)The main focus of this dissertation is on the development of new chiral stationary phases for HPLC and GC and the application of ionic liquids in analytical chemistry. They will be discussed separately in two parts. ... -
New Matrix Completion Models For Social Information Retrieval Application
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)Many popular social web sites have emerged during the past decade and completely changed many users' everyday live. Recently, social information retrieval models, where conventional information retrieval meets the social ... -
A New Method For Non-rigid Registration Of 3d Images
(Mathematics, 2009-09-16)In this dissertation we present a novel method for the nonrigid registration of 3D images using a well-established mathematical framework mostly known as the deformation based grid generation method. The deformation based ... -
NEW METHODS FOR DISCOVERY, FINGERPRINTING, AND ANALYSIS OF CANNABIS SATIVA NATURAL PRODUCTS
(2018-08-27)Cannabis sativa is an herbaceous annual that has always been of great interest due to its uses in the manufacturing of textiles and cordage, as well as for its medicinal properties. The two main bioactive components of C. ... -
New Methods For Trace Analysis Of Iodine And Perchlorate In Biological Fluids
Iodine is an essential element necessary for the production of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4. These hormones are necessary for metabolism and are especially important for brain development in infants and young children. ... -
A New Multiscale Approach For Dynamic Modeling And Simulation Of Micro-nano Biomolecular Systems Characterized By A Low Reynolds Number
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)In this dissertation, a new multiscale computational framework was developed in order to model and simulate motility of micro-nano-sized objects in fluid environments, characterized with a low Reynolds number. Especially, ... -
A New Paradigm In User Equilibrium - Application In Managed Lane Pricing
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2010-03-03)Ineffective use of the High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) lanes has the potential to decrease the overall roadway capacity during peak periods. Excess capacity in HOV lanes during peak periods can be made available to other ... -
NEW PUBLIC SERVICE: GRAY MATTERS IN THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC ADDED VALUE THROUGH CREATIVE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES – A SILVER LINING TO MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF A CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC
(2019-08-02)The baby boomer generation, those people born worldwide between 1946 and 1964 are now making their mass exodus from the workforce and are on the imminent road to retirement. Or maybe they are not. The road to retirement ...