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High Order DNS For Late Flow Transition
(Mathematics, 2012-07-25)
In this report, a new high order scheme for boundary points is introduced when calculating the derivative of smooth functions by Compact Scheme. The primitive function reconstruction method of ENO schemes is applied to ...
"God Is Dead... Now There Danceth A God In Me." Bringing Modernist Darkness To Light Through The Apollonian And Dionysian Dichotomy
(English, 2012-04-11)
Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy can be seen at work in the texts of canonical modernist writers such as Virginia Woolf, Hermann Hesse, Albert Camus, Rainer Maria Rilke, William B. ...
Perceptions Of Terrorism Regarding Fear Of Victimization
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2012-04-11)
The purpose of this study is to measure perceptions of terrorism in regards to fear of victimization by terrorist organizations among college undergraduates. A quantitative measure of levels of fear of victimization and ...
Factors Associated With High School Completion Among Foster Youth Leaving Care
(Social Work, 2012-04-11)
This study explores factors associated with high school completion among foster youth leaving care. Educational outcomes for youth leaving care are examined based on an integrative model of ecological theory and attachment ...
An Overview Of Mitigation Strategies For Settlements Under Bridge Approach Slabs
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Settlement and heave related movements of bridge approach slabs relative to bridge decks create a bump in the roadway causing inconvenience to the travelling public and at times so large as to make travelling unsafe. Hence, ...
Sustainable Reutilization Of Excavated Trench Material
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Sustainability is becoming a key factor in most construction projects. In most construction projects, personnel are spending efforts to understand the social, economic and environmental impacts of the various facets of ...
The Effects Of Personal Trauma History And Working With Clients With Similar Trauma On Well-being Among Mental Health Counselors
(Social Work, 2012-04-11)
Several studies have researched burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and shared trauma of practicing mental health professionals. Yet few have focused directly on the impact of personal trauma ...
Thermal Maturity And Porosity Development During Catagensis In The Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, Texas
(Geology, 2012-04-11)
Unconventional resource plays are typified by significantly recoverable volumes of thermally mature hydrocarbons (oil, condensate and/or gases) trapped within a low permeability shale formation acting as source, reservoir ...
Sybil Defense For Online Social Networks Using Partial Graph Information
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Online social networks (OSNs) today are proprietary, in the sense that communication between users requires the users to be part of the same OSN. This raises privacy issues and reliability concerns among users, and calls ...
Routing And Channel Assignment Schemes For Interference Avoidance In Wireless Mesh Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)
This dissertation presents efficient routing and channel assignment schemes for interference avoidance in wireless mesh networks (WMNs). The most significant contributions of this dissertation are the development and ...