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- Title
- Clergy Spouse Well-Being
- Author
- Stamper, Scottie
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The needs of clergy members and clergy family members present researchers with a unique and complex set of variables. While an ever-increasing body of research related to work-related stress and high rates of chronic disease and depression among c...
- Title
- Common Dietary and Environmental Compounds Promote a Leukemic Translocation in Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Differentiated Cells
- Author
- Vestal, Carol
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
- Description
- Maternal exposure to topoisomerase II (topoII) inhibitors that are biochemically similar to the chemotherapeutic drug etoposide may promote infant acute leukemia. Several studies have shown that common dietary bioflavonoids as well as benzene meta...
- Title
- Communities of Purpose
- Author
- Stukes, Felesia
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Information technology
- Description
- Communities of Purpose are commonly known to enact their purposes through social movements, grassroots efforts, semi-formal groups, and through organizations in the voluntary sector. They carry out charitable missions and goals and are often commi...
- Title
- Comparative analysis of Nitrosococcus genomes; isolation, physiological and genomic characterization of the new ammonia-oxidizing species Nitrosococcus wardiae, strain D1FHST; and molecular studies towards a better understanding of ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy
- Author
- Wang, Lin
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
- Description
- Obligate aerobic chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidzing bacteria (AOB) derive energy and reductant needed for growth solely from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite thereby facilitating the process of nitritation. A strain of an ammonia-oxidizing ...
- Title
- Conceptualizing Value: African American Mothers' Perspectives on School-Community Partnership, Parental Involvement, and Faith
- Author
- Cuthbertson, Shanitria
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education and state
- Description
- Over 30 years of research on parental and community engagement in schools highlight the positive impact of school-family-community partnerships on academic achievement, social and cultural enrichment, and overall school climate (Blank, Jacobson, &...
- Title
- Control of wind integrated power grid using voltage controllability and vulnerability detection
- Author
- Maharjan, Rabindra
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Engineering, Renewable energy sources
- Description
- Modern power grids are the largest and most complex engineered systems. Integration of distributed resources like wind farms and economic constraints push power grids to operate close to their limits. Due to this, power system is subject to variou...
- Title
- Cutting Mechanics and Manufacture of Optics for Imaging Applications
- Author
- Troutman, John
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Optics
- Description
- Ultraprecision diamond machining enables physical realization of freeform surfaces of nearly arbitrary complexity through turning and milling processes. Achievable form accuracies make diamond machining a viable alternative to conventional techniq...
- Title
- DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY FRAMEWORK IN HIGHWAY PROJECTS USING INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION CLASS (IFC) EXTENSION
- Author
- Shen, Zhenhua
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Civil engineering
- Description
- Highway-project data are being accumulated at a dramatic pace with the advance of information technology; consequently, the need for discovering useful knowledge among the historical data to prevent highway-project construction delay is increasing...
- Title
- Daily cycle in oxygen consumption by the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis Stephenson
- Author
- Reitzel, Adam M., Maas, Amy E., Jones, Ian T.
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Gene expression, Biology
- Description
- In bilaterian animals, the circadian clock is intimately involved in regulating energetic metabolism. Although cnidarians exhibit diel behavioral rhythms including cycles in locomotor activity, tentacle extension and spawning, daily cycles in cnid...
- Title
- Delivery of Remedial Community College Mathematics Instruction in an Emporium Learning Environment: Predicting Academic Success, Persistence, Retention, and Completion
- Author
- Little, Mark
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to find predictors of academic success, persistence, retention, and completion for students enrolled in community college developmental education mathematics courses utilizing an accelerated emporium model learning en...
- Title
- Development of a Patient Navigator Training Protocol to Promote Timely Approval for Pregnant African American Women Seeking Pregnancy Medicaid Coverage Prior to 14 Weeks Gestation
- Author
- Foh DNP, FNP-BC, Mariama
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health
- Description
- ABSTRACTMARIAMA T. FOH. Development of a patient navigator training protocol to promote timely approval for pregnant African American women seeking pregnancy Medicaid coverage prior to 14 weeks’ gestation. (Under the direction of Dr. DEE BALDWIN)P...
- Title
- Developmental expression of germline- and sex determination-related genes in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
- Author
- Reitzel, Adam M., Pang, Kevin, Martindale, Mark Q.
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Evolution (Biology), Biology
- Description
- Background: An essential developmental pathway in sexually reproducing animals is the specification of germ cells and the differentiation of mature gametes, sperm and oocytes. The germline genes vasa, nanos and piwi are commonly identified in prim...
- Title
- Digital Mirror: An Examination of Social Media’s Influence on Late Adolescent Black Females’ Global and Academic Self-Concept
- Author
- Williams, Nakeshia
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- The broad socialization of new media has the ability to cultivate the values, beliefs, interests, and personality characteristics of Black females. Specifically, new media’s digital platform of social media offers individuals immediate access to v...
- Title
- Dynamic Remedial Action Scheme Using Online Transient Stability Analysis
- Author
- Shrestha, Arun
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Engineering, Power resources
- Description
- Economic pressure and environmental factors have forced the modern power systems to operate closer to their stability limits. However, maintaining transient stability is a fundamental requirement for the operation of interconnected power systems. ...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF PEER-MEDIATED INSTRUCTION ON MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING FOR STUDENTS WITH MODERATE/SEVERE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- Author
- Ley Davis, Luann
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Multicultural education, Mathematics
- Description
- The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2006) set a precedent that established even higher expectations for all students, including those with disabilities. More recently, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of...
- Title
- EPIDEMIOLOGY, COSTS, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LOAD-BEARING SURFACE CHOICE IN PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: CERAMIC-ON-POLYETHYLENE VS. METAL-ON-POLYETHYLENE
- Author
- Carnes, Keith
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Economics, Medical sciences
- Description
- In an age of cost-consciousness in health care, it is essential that we seek to understand the ramifications of the choices where costs and expected clinical performance differ. When the cost differences are evolving and performance differences ar...
- Title
- EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES, FX LIQUIDITY RISK, AND CARRY TRADE RETURNS
- Author
- Abankwa, Samuel
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Finance, Industrial management, Economics
- Description
- The dissertation consists of three related topics: FX market-wide liquidity measure and individual currency-pair liquidity co-movements, FX liquidity risk and carry trade returns, and the forward premium puzzle in foreign exchange markets. This is...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF SELF-COMPASSION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY ON BURNOUT AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF: A MODERATOR ANALYSIS OF THE JOB DEMANDS-RESOURCES FRAMEWORK AND A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED FIELD TRIAL OF A BRIEF SELF-GUIDED ONLINE INTERVENTION
- Author
- Fiery, Mallory
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Psychology
- Description
- Compassion fatigue is a serious concern among individuals in the helping professions, including animal welfare. Current interventions for compassion fatigue are time-consuming, expensive, and not well understood. Similarly, the role of personal re...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON HOW DIVERSITY TRAINING HAS IMPACTED THEIR UPWARD MOBILITY INTO SENIOR LEADERSHIP
- Author
- Crews, William
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Sex role
- Description
- ABSTRACTWILLIAM E. CREWS. Exploring the perceptions of African American women on how diversity training has impacted their upward mobility into senior leadership. (Under the direction of Dr. LISA R. MERRIWEATHER)The purpose of the present study wa...
- Title
- EXPLORING VARIED APPROACHES FOR COUNTERING THE PRIVACY AND SECURITY RISKS OF THIRD-PARTY MOBILE APPLICATIONS
- Author
- Mohsen, Fadi
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Information science
- Description
- Third-party mobile applications have become an essential component of modernecosystems such as Android and iOS. The number of these applications has growntremendously in recent years, for instance, the number of Android applications inthe market i...