Catalytic conversion of biomass or biomass derived intermediate to value added chemicals is a way to reduce dependency on conventional fossil fuels. Oxidation of 5-hydroximethyl furfural (HMF) is considered one of the most ...

Argumentation is studied not only in argumentation studies but also in many other disciplines, and there are needs identified in the literature for the synthesis of argumentation theory within argumentation studies and ...

I have combined multiple studies regarding the impacts of wildlife location transmitters on avian behavior for this dissertation. Chapters I and II focus on the impacts of transmitters on raptor flight abilities. I used ...

The objective of this dissertation was to investigate the effects of avatar sex, explicitness of avatar sex, and player gender on less conscious embodied emotional arousal and valence versus consciously perceived emotional ...

[Abstract] As the renewable and green energy, wind power has been popular and recently developed countries like Europe and North American have to focus on the development of the wind power in order to relieve the stress ...

The ability of the phasor measurement units to capture the fast dynamics of the power system with high accuracy measurement has become a more popular technology in utility industry due to its efficiency when comparing with ...

1. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219 2. Franck - Violin Sonata in A major 3. J. S. Bach - Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 4. Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 5. ...

This dissertation focuses on improving the effectiveness of two Answer Set Programming (ASP) related paradigms. The first paradigm is ALM, a recent action language that allows the modular specification of ontologies and ...

Violence has played a crucial role in shaping political institutions in Latin America through the interactions of power, revolutions, and individual’s resistance. The primary research objective of this dissertation is to ...

The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the largest freshwater aquifers in the world, underlying eight contiguous states in the Great Plains Region of the United States. Recharge of the aquifer is reliant on precipitation, a ...