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Fall 2013
In this dissertation, I present a corpus-based, constructionist account of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) GO verbs (ḏahaba, maḍā, and rāḥa) and COME verbs (atā, ḥaḍara, ǧā’a, and qadima). These seven deictic motion verbs count among the most frequent lexical items in MSA, nevertheless, they are...
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A first generation whole genome RH map of the river buffalo with comparison to domestic cattle
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Santana, Andre M., Tonhati, Humberto, Greco, Anthony J., Mishra, Bina, Cai, Zhipeng, Kumar, S. T. Bharani, Tantia, Madhu S., Jones, Brittany C., Saradhi, G. Pardha, Miziara, Melissa N., Kumar, M. Aravind, Kochan, Kelli J., Goldammer, Tom, Brunner, Ronald M., Caetano, Alexandre R., Weikard, Rosemarie, Womack, James E., Mathew, Boby, Kumar, Satish, Pelai, Vanderlei A., Filho, Edson A. R., Jeong, Jooha, Prasad, Aparna, Vijh, Ramesh K., Lin, Guohui, Moore, Stephen, Galvao, Stephan R., Mariani, Paola, Grant, Jason R., Stafuzza, Nedenia B., Fornitano, Larissa C., Riggs, Penny K., Stothard, Paul, Amaral, M. Elisabete
Background The recently constructed river buffalo whole-genome radiation hybrid panel (BBURH5000) has already been used to generate preliminary radiation hybrid (RH) maps for several chromosomes, and buffalo-bovine comparative chromosome maps have been constructed. Here, we present the...
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A Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Construction Research and Development on University, Construction Industry, and Government
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Research and development (R&D) partnerships among universities, industries, and government agencies involve investigative activities that may result in new discoveries and innovations. While R&D partnerships are critical for the technological advancement of the construction industry, they require...
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Fall 2014
This research focuses on the accounts payable function in construction firms. The cash conversion cycle includes accounts payable and accounts receivable support functions. Research objectives focus on mapping the existing accounts payable processes in construction, building a model to represent...
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Spring 2017
Changes are commonly required throughout construction projects. Although some changes can be beneficial, most changes are believed to adversely affect project performance. Nevertheless, the matter of change is often overlooked by construction companies and practitioners, thereby resulting in cost...
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A fuzzy consensus building framework for early alignment of construction project teams on the extent of their roles and responsibilities
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This thesis presents a Fuzzy Consensus Building Framework (FCBF), which enables construction project parties to align their teams on their roles and responsibilities early on in their projects. The framework introduces a model that (1) incorporates consensus of construction project teams in...
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Spring 2015
Although much academic research has been performed in the study of construction process simulation, this research has not seen mainstream application in the construction industry. Many factors play a deterrent role in the adoption of simulation by construction end users, mainly the time, cost and...
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A Semantic-Driven Framework for Facilitating Reusability and Interoperability of Construction Simulation Modeling
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This research describes a semantic-driven framework to facilitate reusability and interoperability of simulation and modeling of construction processes. An immense amount of knowledge of construction processes and simulation modeling is needed to develop construction simulation models. Knowledge...
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An experimental investigation of the impact of fat taxes: Price effects, food stigma, and information effects on economic instruments to improve dietary health
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This thesis investigates how a tax and warning label on less healthy snack food products may affect consumer behaviour when the imposition of the tax is a source of consumer information. A survey that included choice experiments was implemented in supermarkets. Participants were asked to choose...