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Study of the Effect of Fracture Completion Variables on Decline Curve Parameters for Long-Term Production Forecast of Shale Liquids
(2013-12)Shale reservoir exploitation using multiple stage hydraulically fractured horizontal wells has proved the existence of considerable amount of oil and gas reserves throughout the world. Forecasts of future production from ... -
Study of Time Domain Logging Tools Using Finte Difference Time Domain Method
(2013-05)In the well logging industry, before designing any kind of logging tools, the tool response needs to be simulated and analyzed in different circumstances. Those kinds of logging tools can be generally categorized into two ... -
Study on Thermoelectricc Properties of Mg2(Sn,Si,Ge) for power generation applications
(May 2018)The environmental impact caused by burning fossil fuel is increasing at an alarming rate. During the production of electricity most of the energy is lost as heat. Thermoelectric devices can convert heat into electrical ... -
STUDYING MOUSE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT WITH OCT
(2013-12)Live imaging of mammalian embryos can elucidate human embryonic development, which is governed by several genetic and environmental factors. Improvements in the acquisition and quality of imaging modalities can potentially ... -
Studying the Effect of Preconsolidation Stress on Stress-Strain Behavior of Sands
(May 2018)The pore volume compressibility of unconsolidated sand reservoirs is a principal mechanism controlling reservoir economics. Core handling and testing protocols for unconsolidated sands are significantly different than for ... -
STYLISTIC DIVERSITY IN LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN HYMN TUNES
(2015-05)In the closing decades of the twentieth century, America experienced a surge of hymn writing and composition sometimes referred to as a “hymn explosion.” Responding to the radical revolutions in society and religion, hymn ... -
Stylistically Aware Representations of Books
(May 2018)The conscious or unconscious choices made by an author to use some language forms constantly over other possible forms constitute the style of the author. Capturing style embedded in documents has a wide range of applications ... -
Subcritical Flow Computation in an Open-Channel Network with Dividing Junctions and Sluice Gates
(December 2)This study focuses on the development of an integrated analytical-numerical solver to model subcritical open channel flows in a channel network, which includes dividing channel junctions, flow through a sluice gate, and ... -
Subnational Determinants of Corruption: The Case of Brazil
(August 201)This dissertation project assesses the role that different factors play in curbing municipal- and individual-level corruption. Over the course of three essays, this project explores the extant literature on determinants ... -
Subsidence and Fault Displacements Along the Long-Point Fault Derived from Continuous GPS Observations (2013-2017)
(May 2018)The Long-Point Fault located in Houston, Texas is part of a complex system of normal growth faults along the Texas Gulf Coast that repeatedly causes damage to infrastructure on both private and public property. This study ... -
Subsidence and Sea-level Rise Measurements for the Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Integrated, Multi-sensor Approach
(2014-05)The combination of remote sensing and ground truth has proven itself especially useful for scientific investigation within the last few decades. Using this approach, this research has investigated ground subsidence and ... -
Subsidence Study in Northwest Harris County Using GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR Techniques
(2013-05)Subsidence has been affecting many cities around the world, such as Nagoya (Japan), Venice (Italy), San Joaquin Valley and Long Beach (California), and Houston (Texas). This phenomenon can be caused by natural processes ... -
Subsurface mapping and 3D flexural modeling of the Putumayo foreland basin, Colombia
(2013-08)The Putumayo foreland basin (PFB) is located in southernmost Colombia and forms a 250-Kmlong segment of the 7000-Km-long corridor of Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic foreland basins formed by the eastward thrusting of the Andean ... -
Subsurface Source Generation and Transport from Spills of Alcohol Blended Fuels
(2014-06-10)The goal of this research is to improve the current understanding of the physical-chemical impacts of alcohol in an alcohol-blended fuel on the distribution and transport characteristics of alcohol and non-aqueous phase ... -
"Such a Tornado": The Life and Times of James Thomson Callender
(August 201)This dissertation focuses on the life, work, and historical importance of James Thomson Callender, a scandalmongering journalist whose publications revealed the personal affairs of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. ... -
Sulfur-Based Yolk-Shell Nanoparticles for Lithium Sulfur Batteries
(2018-12-06)The work presented in this dissertation focuses on the synthesis of gold-functionalized sulfur yolk-shell nanoparticles. Sulfur was chosen as a cathode material due to its high theoretical specific capacity (1675 mA h g−1). ... -
Sum Frequency Generation Imaging of Alkanethiol-covered Copper and Alloys: Spatial Distribution Analysis of Monolayer Order
(2013-05)The utilization of the sum frequency generation imaging microscope (SFGIM) to study heterogeneous samples of alkanethiol-covered reactive metals such as Cu and brass was demonstrated in this dissertation. This nonlinear ... -
Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids with Cyano-functionalized Anions at Gas-Liquid and Solid-Liquid Interfaces
(2012-12)As essential media currently used in several technological applications, the accurate molecular level description of ionic liquids (ILs) at the gas-liquid interface is of utmost importance. The inherently surface-sensitive ... -
Sunlight Active (CoTiO3) – Titania (TiO2) Catalyst with Effective Activity for Dye Degradation and H+ Evolution
(2018-05)In the presented work we display experimental evidence of the effective photocatalytic activity of (CoTiO3) – Titania (TiO2) for dye degradation and H+ evolution. We present analysis of the photo catalytic activity of the ... -
Superintendents as Instructional Leaders and Its Influence on Student Academic Achievement
(December 2)Background: "The intersection of what needs to be done … varies from school to school but … the superintendency is the only job title with the positional authority to orchestrate the intentional meshing of actors and script ...