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Transition From Laminar to Turbulent Flow in Non-Newtonian Channel Flows: The Impact of Drag Reducing Polymer Additives
DownloadFall 2023
This thesis investigates the effect of a drag-reducing polymer on laminar-turbulent transition in a gravity-driven channel flow. The drag-reducing polymer is polyacrylamide (PAM) dissolved in water at concentrations of 50, 75, 100, and 150 parts per million (ppm). An extensive experimental...
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Fall 2015
As the developing world industrializes, humanity needs to produce a greater fraction of its energy via renewable resources in order to alleviate the scarcity of fossil fuels as well as environmental damage from the exhaust of these fuels. However, renewable sources of energy tend to be...
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Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Decorated Carbon Nanomaterials as Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries
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As awareness of global warming increases and the geopolitically influenced energy supply fluctuates, the global economy is in dire need of a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Although renewable energies are sustainable and have favorable environmental impacts, they suffer...
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Transition Metal Oxides Anchored onto Heteroatom Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries
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It is well known that renewable energy, e.g., wind and solar power, are intermittent energy sources. This means that energy storage devices are needed to store the energy for when it is needed. Currently Li-ion batteries are used as these energy storage devices, not only for alternative energy...
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Fall 2021
Folding is the process by which biomolecules spontaneously self-assemble into specific, complex, three-dimensional structures from simple one-dimensional polypeptide chains. Folding is a critical process in biology as there exists a tight link between the structure and function of biomolecules,...
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Transition Theory: Evidence from Personal Transitions and Their Role in the Contents and Organization of Autobiographical Memories
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The retrieval curve of autobiographical memories across the lifespan is not an Ebbinghaus forgetting curve; it peaks at adolescence and early adulthood. One mainstream theory of autobiographical memory uses “the self” to explain the reminiscence bump and other phenomena in the field. In this...
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Transition to an Electronic Health Record in Stroke Rehabilitation: Perspectives on Assessment and Workflow
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This thesis explores the transition to an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting at Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH), describing the perceptions and experiences of rehabilitation therapists and managers. The thesis begins with a scoping review,...