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111. Statistical assessment of the potential factors affecting delayed incident reporting in the oil and gas industry

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Open Access
Author:
Abbe, Osahon Ighodaro
Title:
Statistical assessment of the potential factors affecting delayed incident reporting in the oil and gas industry
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Safety management
decision-making
analytical hierarchy process
oil and gas
delayed incidents
regression analysis
File:
Download Osahon_Abbe_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Samuel Oyewole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

112. Fundamental studies of the interaction between energetic C60 ion beams with inorganic and organic solid surfaces

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Open Access
Author:
Brenes, Daniel A
Title:
Fundamental studies of the interaction between energetic C60 ion beams with inorganic and organic solid surfaces
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Time-of-flight secondary neutral mass spectrometry
sputtering
c60 ion beams
angular distribution
kinetic energy distribution
File:
Download Brenes_Thesis_FINAL_version.pdf
Committee Members:
Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

114. Contaminant sequestration and phase transformation properties of birnessite-like phases (delta-mno2)

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Open Access
Author:
Fleeger, Claire Rene
Title:
Contaminant sequestration and phase transformation properties of birnessite-like phases (delta-mno2)
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
birnessite
cesium sequestration
phase transformation
manganese oxide
File:
Download FleegerCR_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member

115. Design and Synthesis of Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Transition Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Wei
Title:
Design and Synthesis of Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Transition Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
synthesis
chiral ligand
asymmetric catalysis
transition metal
File:
Download Doctoral_Disseration.Wei_Li.Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Dr Qing Wang, Committee Member
Dr Xumu Zhang, Special Member

116. Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Its Molecular Components by Sequential Combination of Organic Acid and Base

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Open Access
Author:
Noda, Yu
Title:
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Its Molecular Components by Sequential Combination of Organic Acid and Base
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
lignocellulose
biomass
biomass conversion
hydrolysis
acid
base
catalysis
combination
cellulose
hemicellulose
lignin
File:
Download Dissertation_YuNoda_Final_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Prof Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Member

117. The Genomic Organization and Gene Repertoire of the Male-specific Region of the Bovine Y Chromosome

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Author:
Chang, Ti-Cheng
Title:
The Genomic Organization and Gene Repertoire of the Male-specific Region of the Bovine Y Chromosome
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
Y chromosome
Gene transposition
Transcriptome
Natural selection
Spermatogenesis
Lineage-specific gene family
File:
Download TC_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Wansheng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wansheng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member

118. Examining Antecedents and Outcomes of Perceived Control

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Author:
Infurna, Frank John
Title:
Examining Antecedents and Outcomes of Perceived Control
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Perceived Control
Adulthood and Old Age
Health Outcomes
Social Context
File:
Download Infurna_Frank_dissertation_FINAL_submitted_to_graduate_school.pdf
Committee Members:
Denis Gerstorf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Howard Zarit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member

119. Total Syntheses of the Marine Natural Products (‒)-nakadomarin A and (±)-cortistatin J via Iminium Ion Cyclizations

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Open Access
Author:
Nilson, Mark G
Title:
Total Syntheses of the Marine Natural Products (‒)-nakadomarin A and (±)-cortistatin J via Iminium Ion Cyclizations
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
total synthesis
nakadomarin
enecarbamate
Michael addition
N-acyliminium ion
metathesis
cortistatin
(4 + 3) cyclization
File:
Download Mark_G_Nilson_Chemistry_PhD_final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member

120. Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose

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Author:
Watts, Heath Donald
Title:
Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
lignin
DFT
density functional theory
GIAO
NMR
coniferyl alcohol
biofuels
File:
Download HWatts_dissertation_complete.pdf
Committee Members:
James David Kubicki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member