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  • Tsunami and hurricane wave loads on bridge superstructures

    Creator:
    Azadbakht, Mohsen
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    This dissertation examines tsunami and hurricane wave loads on bridge superstructures. Tsunamis have caused significant damage to coastal communities in recent years. For example, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting Tohoku Tsunami destroyed infrastructure along the east coast of Japan including bridge superstructures. Recent hurricanes have also caused...
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    , 2013. Title: Tsunami and Hurricane Wave Loads on Bridge Superstructures Abstract approved

  • Use of Targeted and Non-Targeted Analysis to Study Complex PAH Environmental Mixtures

    Creator:
    Chibwe, Leah
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    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous contaminants formed from the incomplete combustion of organic material. These contaminants are of concern because of their widespread presence in the environment and toxic properties. In addition, PAHs encompass a class of diverse compounds with varying physicochemical properties and exist in the environment as...
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    Environmental Mixtures. Abstract approved

  • Poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substance release from landfills and landfill model reactors

    Creator:
    Allred, Brent McKay
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    Research and public concern of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as environmental contaminants has increased significantly due to the increasing number of reports of their detection in humans and wildlife. PFASs have a number of commercial applications including surfactants, coatings, polymers, and levelers, which are used on consumer products like...
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    Research and public concern of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as environmental contaminants

  • Sustainable apparel consumption : scale development and validation

    Creator:
    Zhang, Ruirui
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    he purpose of this project was to develop a scale to measure sustainable apparel consumption. This study used concept analysis to identify attributes of sustainable apparel consumption. Within an academic online database, a search for articles containing "sustainable consumption" in their titles was performed. Within each article, the attributes associated...
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    ; consumption behaviors towards products’ environmental impact, e.g., whether consumers will purchase an

  • Environmental influences on host-pathogen dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus

    Creator:
    Buck, Julia C.
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    The causes of the global biodiversity crisis are varied and complex. Anthropogenic threats may act in isolation, or interact additively or synergistically with each other or with natural stressors to affect sensitive taxa. The recent emergence of many infectious diseases in wildlife has brought attention to the role of disease...
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    Environmental influences on host-pathogen dynamics of the

  • Climate change and trade in a globalized world

    Creator:
    Badau, Flavius
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    Environmental sustainability and economic growth is at the forefront of international policy discussions. There is no question that climate change is happening, but also that countries all around the world aspire to continued economic growth. When it comes to climate change, scientists agree that increased carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in...
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    Munisamy Gopinath Environmental sustainability and economic growth is at the forefront of

  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Impacted Sites : New PFAS Discovery and Sorption of Anionic, Zwitterionic, and Cationic PFASs

    Creator:
    Barzen-Hanson, Krista A.
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    Public attention and concern about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are increasing due to detection of PFASs in drinking water supplies, the environment, including remote locations, and wildlife and to the lowering of the federal health advisory levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in drinking water. Aqueous film-forming...
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    , zwitterionic, and cationic PFASs, are one route of environmental entry for PFASs. AFFFs were routinely

  • A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

    Creator:
    Zhang, Hao
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    Improving the understanding the relations of sustainability behaviors in manufacturing systems and actively engaging with manufacturers (especially SMEs) in sustainability efforts is key to the long-term success of U.S. industry and the natural environment. This study addresses this urgent need by establishing a systemic approach for the design of costing...
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    economic, environmental, and social domains of sustainable manufacturing with systems thinking principles

  • Development of novel analytical methods to detect emerging contaminants in aqueous environmental matrices using large-volume injection

    Creator:
    Backe, Will J.
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    It is the responsibility of humans, as environmental stewards, to monitor our impact on the environment so that efforts can be made to remediate the effects of our actions and change behaviors. To better understand our environmental footprint, sensitive and simple analytical methods are needed to quantify the contaminants that...
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    Environmental Matrices using Large-Volume Injection Abstract approved

  • Analytical method development for the identification, detection, and quantification of emerging environmental contaminants in complex matrices

    Creator:
    Place, Benjamin J.
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    The development of analytical methods for emerging contaminants creates many unique challenges for analytical chemists. By their nature, emerging contaminants have inherent data gaps related to their environmental occurrence, fate, and impact. This dissertation is a compilation of three studies related to method development for the structural identification of emerging...
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    Environmental Contaminants in Complex Matrices. Abstract approved