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Title: The Differences between Violently and Nonviolently Injured Trauma Patients and the Factors among Violently Injured Trauma Patients following a Brief Alcohol Counseling Intervention
Author: Dongre, Leigh
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Mental health, Health services administration
Description: Alcohol use is well documented as a public health issue and a significant contributor to violent injury (Lam & Chim, 2010; World Health Organization, 2006). The purpose of this research was to examine the difference between violently and nonviolen...

Title: The Social Context of the Aeronautical Education Experience of Civilian, Commercial, and Military Pilots
Author: Walker, Taurean
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Adult education, Aerospace engineering, Education and state
Description: The purpose of this research is to explore the social context (the nature and cultural environment) of the aeronautical training experience of African-American civilian, commercial, and military pilots. This research highlights the challenges Afri...

Title: The Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers on a Program Rooted in Multicultural Service Learning: A Case Study
Author: Perrow, Adam
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
Description: In response to diversifying classrooms, teacher education programs have focused efforts on multicultural service learning and culturally responsive teaching as mechanisms for delivering an orientation towards equity. Social justice teacher educati...

Title: The determinants of household violence
Author: Wienke, Jennifer
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics
Description: Family violence is a pervasive social issue, which warrants attention from policy makers. Theories such as nested ecological theory and general strain theory suggest that family violence increases during times of economic hardship. Even so, histor...

Title: The Underperformance of Gifted Elementary School Students
Author: Chinnis, Kimberly
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Gifted children--Education
Description: There is much concern regarding the underachievement of gifted students. Gifted students have the potential to make outstanding contributions to society. The present study analyzed the perceptions of teachers, principals, and one director of gifte...

Title: Understanding the Impact of Racism and Sexism on the Development of the Professional Identity of African American Women Principals
Author: Brown, Chrystal
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of racism and sexism in the development of the professional identity of African American women principals in public K-12 schools. African American women experience the principalship differently...

Title: Three essays on economic growth and environmental quality in China
Author: Yang, Hualiu
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Public administration
Description: This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay investigates how the distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) between the g...

Title: The evolution of flavonoid pathway in legumes
Author: Safari, Sajedeh
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics
Description: Considering the ever growing world population as well as climate change, it has become essential to improve crops in order to reach higher yields, more tolerance to pests and droughts, and better adaptation to different environments. The advanceme...

Title: USING COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS (CSIA) AND FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING TO QUANTIFY THE MASS CONTRIBUTION OF COMINGLED CHLORINATED ETHENE PLUMES
Author: Shiflet, Jason
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Hydrology, Environmental geology, Geochemistry
Description: Chlorinated solvents are present in soil and groundwater at thousands of sites across the United States. Resolving the remedial and fiscal responsibility of multiple potentially responsible parties at sites containing comingled chlorinated ethene ...

Title: The power of our inner voice: The predictive validity of self-talk
Author: Uhrich, Benjamin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Organizational behavior, Psychology, Industrial, Cognitive psychology
Description: Self-talk, or verbalized cognition, has been a focal construct of empirical studies in sports and clinical psychology for decades, but has only recently become of interest to organizational researchers. In the current study, we investigated the re...

Title: Time Domain Simulation with Applications in Compliant Workpiece Milling
Author: Rubeo, Mark
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: High performance application fields, such as the defense, power, and aerospace industries, benefit from the enhanced product quality and reduced cost associated with machining thin-walled, metallic structures over traditional fabrication and assem...

Title: UNDERSTANDING GENOME-WIDE GENE REGULATION IN PROKARYOTES USING OMICS DATA
Author: Seyedi Tabari, Seyed Ehsan
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics, Information science, Biometry
Description: Gene annotation is a critical step for understanding functions of genomes and host organisms. However, accurately annotating thousands of sequenced genomes can be a challenging task. Further, although gene transcriptional regulation is crucial for...

Title: Social Class in The Organizational Sciences: A Meta-Analysis
Author: Loignon, Andrew
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Psychology, Industrial management
Description: Social class has become increasingly popular in the organizational sciences. Recent studies have found that one’s social class influences phenomena ranging from decision-making, to pro-social behavior, and interpersonal interactions. Despite the b...

Title: The Effects of Systematic and Explicit Instruction with Shared Stories on Comprehension and Generalization of Responding During Book Club for Students with Severe Disabilities
Author: Kemp-Inman, Amy
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Reading
Description: The present study used a multiple probe across participants design to examine the effects of systematic and explicit instruction to teach students with severe disabilities (SD) to comprehend and discuss grade-aligned literature. The text was adapt...

Title: Skin Effect in Large Bi-Media Power Conductors
Author: Liu, Cory
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: This dissertation work presents the development of a novel closed-form mathematical solution for calculating AC resistance in conductors of two different media using current density. Current density is non-uniform under AC current, and is directly...

Title: Teacher candidates’ experiences with clinical teaching in reading instruction: A comparison between the professional development school environment and the non-professional development school environment.
Author: Hopper, Cynthia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Reading
Description: Teacher candidates experience a variety of school settings when enrolled in teacher education methods courses. Candidates report varied experiences when in public school classrooms. This dissertation investigated clinical experiences of teacher ca...

Title: The Effectiveness of the Nurse Discharge Eucator on Postpartum Womens Perception of Readiness for Discharge
Author: Wilson, Lorraine
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Introduction: In preparation for hospital discharge, anticipatory discharge education is critical for postpartum women. Standard care is that the many nurses who care for postpartum women provide the education, which may contribute to inconsistent...

Title: THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE: A THREE-ARTICLE STUDY ON THE DECISION TO JOIN AND THE IMPACTS OF A CAP AND TRADE MARKET
Author: Jones, Brian
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Political science, Environmental economics
Description: This dissertation takes an interdisciplinary view of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon dioxide cap and trade market. Specifically, I analyze both the factors contributing to state participation within the Initiative and the mult...

Title: Synthesis and Optical Properties of Hybrid Gold Nanoparticles Coupled with Quantum Dots and Porphyrins
Author: Tobias, Andrew
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Nanotechnology
Description: Coupling of optically active materials, or chromphores, to plasmonic nanoparticles represents a new research area which has the ability to produce higher efficiency lighting and photovoltaic materials. The main goal of this project was to create n...

Title: THE ROLE OF COURSE DELIVERY METHODS IN PERSISTENCE AMONG NONTRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AS FOUND IN TWO FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Author: Houchins, Carlie
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher--Administration, Adult education
Description: This dissertation investigated the association of course delivery method with persistence of first-time, beginning, and transfer nontraditional undergraduate students at two public universities over a 6-year period (2009–2015). Research exists on ...