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Positioning First-year Composition: Hybrid Learning For Student Engagement And Sustainability
(English, 2014-12)
This study uses quantitative and qualitative methodology to describe, and analyze the use of social media to create a blended learning environment in the first-year composition classroom. Findings indicate hybrid courses ...
Development Of Linear Regression Model For Predicting Water Quality Parameters From Anaerobic Treatment Of Vinasse
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)
One of the most prominent biofuels today is ethanol. The production of ethanol from biomass, whether from sugar crops, starch crops, dairy products, or cellulosic materials, results in the production of a high-strength ...
The Potential Of Posthumanism: Reimagining Utopia Through Bellamy, Atwood, And Slonczewski
(English, 2014-12)
In this thesis, I focus on posthumanist theory, utopia, and the evolving portrayal of technology in the novels of Edward Bellamy, Margaret Atwood, and Joan Slonczewski. The main argument of this thesis is that there is a ...
Nuestra Realidad: Illumnating The Lived Experiences Of Middle-class Hispanic Parents In Predominanty White Texas Public Schools
(Education, 2014-12)
As the student population across the nation becomes increasingly diverse, educators are constantly met with challenges that go beyond teaching. While the Latino population continues to grow, and the projection of the ...
Joint Kinematics, Muscle Activity And Postural Strain For Finger- Intensive Operation Of Small Hand- Held Devices
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014)
Background: Extensive movement of fingers while playing video games, and while browsing or texting in a smartphone often result in medically recognized repetitive strain injuries such as "PlayStation thumb" or "Blackberry ...
Energy Storage Devices For Seamless Integration Of Renewable Energy
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-12)
Renewable energy, as a promising resource for supporting continuously growing electricity demand, bears the disadvantages of un-controllable variability and partial unpredictability, which present challenges for large-scale ...
A Cloud Based Automated Anomaly Detection Framework
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-12)
A machine-to-machine (M2M) communications network hosts millions of heterogeneous devices such as for vehicle tracking, medical services, and home automation and security services. These devices exchange thousands of ...
Scaling Laws For Radial Foil Bearings
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-12)
The effects of fluid pressurization, structural deformation of the compliant members and heat generation in foil bearings make the design and analysis of foil bearings very complicated. The complex fluid-structural-thermal ...
Estimation Of Optimum Compaction Level For Bioreactor Landfill Operation
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)
The effect of compaction on the degradation of MSW is important for the successful operation of bioreactor landfill. It has been a general tendency to compact working face solid waste as much as possible to gain more space. ...
Lustration Legislation In Eastern Europe And Its Meaning For The Western World
(History, 2014-12)
Lustration policies spread widely across Eastern Europe in the early 1990's after the fall of the Communism when most of the post-Communist states of Eastern Europe employed a strategy of purging the former Communists from ...