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Title: Workplace Accommodations and People with Disabilities: The Dilemmatic Communicative Process of Requesting Access Technology
Author: Makkawy, Amin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Management, Communication
Description: This study consists of a qualitative investigation of how people with visual impairments manage access to technology at the workplace. By the use of Applied Thematic Data Analysis (Guest, MacQueen, & Namey, 2012), results of a questionnaire distri...

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: INTEGRATED AND MINIATURIZED ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES FOR USE DURING HIGH POWER INFRARED FIBER LASER SURGERY
Author: Wilson, Christopher
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics, Biomedical engineering
Description: The Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL) is currently being studied as a potential alternative to the conventional, solid-state Holmium:YAG laser (Ho:YAG) for the treatment of kidney stones. The TFL is an ideal candidate to replace the Ho:YAG for laser litho...

Title: Transient stability enhancement of modern power grid using predictive wide-area monitoring and control
Author: Yousefian, Reza
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Power resources, Artificial intelligence
Description: This dissertation presents a real-time Wide-Area Control (WAC) designed based on artificial intelligence for large scale modern power systems transient stability enhancement. The WAC using the measurements available from Phasor Measurement Units (...

Title: REGULATION OF ACTOMYOSIN ATPASE
Author: Ge, Jinghua
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics, Biophysics
Description: Myosin is a molecular motor that converts chemical energy to mechanical energy, thus generating force and movement in muscles and cells. Myosin interacts with two ligands, ATP (fuel) and actin filaments (motor’s tracks). Actomyosin interaction is ...

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: 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: 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: 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: A Post-modern Teacher Educator: A Phenomenological Study of Teacher Educators with Significant Experiences in High-Needs, High-Minority Urban Schools
Author: Robinson, Derrick
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Teachers--Training of, Education
Description: Four decades of university-based teacher education reform has failed to yield favorable outcomes in teacher effectiveness in P-12 schools. A rising tide of reform and criticism from governmental agencies and neo-liberal reformers has resulted in o...

Title: Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes as Cathodic Colorants
Author: Peloquin, Derek
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
Description: Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical characterization of hexacoordinate polypyridine silicon complexes show that they are fitting candidates for electrochromic applications. Tris(bipyridine)silicon(IV), [Si(bpy)3]+4, is colorless in acetonit...

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: 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: A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CYBERBULLYING WITH SEXTING CASES
Author: Ayers, Dana
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Law
Description: The misuse of social media and technology is an emerging threat to adolescents. The court systems are being forced to address the legality and fine line of social media use and the First Amendment rights of those involved. This research study is a...

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: 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 TURBULENT REACTING RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITY: A NEW CANONICAL PROBLEM IN NON-PREMIXED COMBUSTION
Author: Varshochi, Hilda
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: We describe detailed high-resolution numerical simulations of a class of shock-induced reactive turbulent mixing layers, where the scalar mixing, flow dynamics and combustion properties are driven by the Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability. The 3D ...

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: Privacy Preservation in Mobile Computing and Networking: Accessing, Sharing and Broadcasting
Author: Bo, Cheng
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: The ever increasing proliferation of mobile devices has led to unprecedented concern on privacy infringement, and various security threat and privacy leakage emerged from the water in the last few years. Although the rich functionality has allowed...

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...