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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 Diagnostic Progress Monitroing Feedback on Early Literacy Student Achievement
Author: Lopuch, Jeremy
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of diagnostic formative assessment feedback on early literacy skills. The participants were 12 first-grade general education teachers and 51 of their students who were assigned to the following ...

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: 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...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Essays in investments and asset allocation
Author: Chen, Xianzhe
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: This dissertation consists of three topics in investments and asset allocation. The first chapter studies the dynamics of macro factors and their application in asset allocation. Five meaningful economic factors are extracted from hundreds of econ...

Title: Examining Healthcare Utilization Patterns, School Attendance, Behavior, and Academic Performance Among School-aged Children Identified as Homeless
Author: Brooks Nelson, Ellissa
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Medical sciences
Description: There is little research on healthcare utilization patterns, attendance, academic performance, and behavior among school-aged children experiencing homelessness examined by homelessness type. The McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act (Pub. L....

Title: FRAME WAVELETS IN HIGH DIMENSION
Author: Huang, Wei
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics
Description: In this dissertation, the classic one dimension orthogonal wavelet construction scheme is discussed and extended to construct Parseval's frame wavelets in high dimension scenario. An iterative algorithm is developed to construct various Parseval's...

Title: Exchange Rates, Carry Trade Returns and Political Risks
Author: Kesse, Kwabena
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Industrial management
Description: This dissertation elucidates the channels through which sovereign risk, exchange rates and currency risk premia are related. I show that the channels are different depending on whether a country is classified as emerging or an advanced economy. Ge...

Title: FACULTY ADVISORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF AN ACADEMIC ADVISING QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN ON ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author: Stewart, Makena
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education
Description: Student success initiatives identify comprehensive academic advising as a key strategy in promoting student retention while also ushering in cultural change within an organization. A qualitative intrinsic case study was conducted to examine the im...

Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Montessori Reading and Math Instruction for Third Grade African American Students in Urban Elementary Schools
Author: Brown, Katherine
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Elementary
Description: Improving academic achievement for students of color has long been the subject of debate among advocates of education reform (Anyon, 2013; Breitborde & Swiniarski, 2006; Payne, 2008). Some scholars have advocated for the Montessori method as an al...

Title: Evaluation of health literacy as a predictor of the need for additional medical care
Author: Carlton, Cameron
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Medical sciences, Public health--Study and teaching
Description: Background In the current healthcare environment, health care providers do not always have the time needed to identify patients that have challenges understanding health related information. In order to improve health outcomes, it is imperative th...

Title: FACTORS INFLUENCING COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
Author: Isawi, Dana
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: Since 1975, the United has admitted over three million refugees (U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, 2016). Mental health professionals are called upon to the psychological needs of this unique population. Neve...

Title: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (HAART) MEDICATION ADHERENCE AMONG OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV IN THE U.S.
Author: Witt, Brian
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Epidemiology, Medical sciences
Description: Background: In the U.S., the number of individuals living with HIV aged 50 years and older has been consistently increasing. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiological data, researchers estimated that in 2015, more than half ...

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: A market for vice: The foundations of corporate strategic irresponsibility
Author: Stewart, Oscar
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Management, Sociology, Ethics
Description: Organizational scholarship has assumed that corporate irresponsibility (CI) is largely detrimental to firm financial performance. Alternatively, CI may sometimes work in firms’ favor, though at the expense of stakeholders. Exploring this reality, ...