Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is currently experimenting with warm mix asphalt (WMA) technologies and recycled asphalt pavement (RAP). The purpose of this experiment is to evaluate the effects of various WMA technologies and various levels of RAP on Nevada mixtures …
The historical nature of language contact between French and Arabic in Algeria has created a sociolinguistic situation in which French is permeated throughout Algerian society. The prevalence and use of spoken French in Algeria by native speakers of Spoken Algerian Arabic has be…
This study evaluated the properties and performance of field-produced HMA and foamed WMA mixtures from the Bravo Ave project in Reno, Nevada in comparison to respective laboratory-produced mixtures utilizing the same materials and mix design. Each mixture contained 15% RAP and w…
This study evaluated the properties and laboratory-performance of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) mixtures with different levels of Recycled Asphalt Pavements (RAP) content: none for control mixtures, around 15% by dry weight of aggregates, and more than 30% by …
Rap in the United States is considered one of the radical genres in the last half century. This thesis gives a brief historic background of Rap, its relationship to Hip Hop and to Black Lives Matter with biographical information about selected Rap artists. An introduction to the…
Christianity and Hip-Hop culture are often said to be at odds with one another. One is said to promote a lifestyle of righteousness and love, while the other is said to promote drugs, violence, and pride. As a result, the public has portrayed these two institutions as conflictin…
In France there is a special genre of popular music called chanson engagée that is explicitly socially and politically engaged. This designation poses questions about the nature of music and politics, for example: what does it mean for a music to be socially and politically enga…