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Title: Dynamic Illumination Systems using Freeform Optics
Author: shadalou, shohreh
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Illumination systems that can create light patterns of varying sizes or shapes with high efficiency and uniformity are advantageous for a range of applications, including lighting, augmented/virtual reality, laser-based manufacturing, medicine/der...

Title: Early Detection of Malaria Parasitic RNA Through an Amplification-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Biosensor
Author: Blackwell, Ashley
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Malaria retains its position as one of the most highly transferable diseases throughout the world today, with current efforts focused on controlling its spread. A sensitive, asymptomatic-stage detection method is needed to diagnose malaria before ...

Title: Education for Sustainable Development in Global Ready Schools: A Comparative Case Study
Author: Holshouser, Kaitlyn
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Environmental education, Education, Elementary
Description: This comparative case study explored the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at two of North Carolina’s Global Ready elementary schools. The following research questions guided the study: 1) How do educators and affiliate...

Title: Effects of Growth Mindset and Belongingness Messaging in an Online Classroom
Author: Hall, Ryan
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Education
Description: This paper examines how growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be applied to instruction in an online classroom to improve student outcomes. Research has shown that growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be used to improve student ...

Title: Effects of a Coaching Package on Teacher Delivery of Supported Opportunities to Respond
Author: Tapp, Melissa
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: Researchers have provided evidence of the effects of academic engagement on the achievement of all students. Despite the known benefits of academic engagement, low rates of engagement have been reported across studies examining engagement rates of...

Title: Elijah the Tishbite: The Zealous He-Prophet's Gender Performance in 1 and 2 Kings
Author: Argonauta, Matthew
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Bible, Sex role, Religion
Description: The prophet Elijah is known for his zealousness on behalf of the Israelite deity, Yhwh. This zeal particularly manifests itself as Elijah defends the exclusive worship of Yhwh in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab, after ...

Title: Embedding Numeracy Instruction within Standards-Based Algebra Lessons for Secondary Students with Extensive Support Needs
Author: Clausen, Amy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: Federal legislation requires every student receive access to and make progress in the general curriculum. Teachers have reported difficulties in meeting this requirement for students with extensive support needs (ESN) who do not yet demonstrate fo...

Title: Embodied Life Experiences: Bioarchaeological Analyses of Human Remains in Southwest Nigeria
Author: Russell, Cassidy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Archaeology
Description: Bioarchaeological study is on the rise in West Africa, with a focus on human migration, diet, and environmental reconstructions. Oftentimes these analyses focus on the broader patterns, obscuring the individual lives in the process. This study foc...

Title: Energetic Theory and Hadley Cells at a Seasonal Scale: How Will ITCZ respond to a Warming Climate
Author: Bai, Xiaoyu
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Atmospheric science
Description: The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a belt of convective systems around the equator with showers and thunderstorms, is an important feature not only to the tropical societies whose water budget depends on it, but also to the atmospheric sci...

Title: Entrepreneurial Passion and Entrepreneurial Persistence within Small-size Companies
Author: He, Xiaowen
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: This dissertation explores the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial persistence within small-size companies. Although prior literature has acknowledged that entrepreneurial passion enhances entrepreneurial persistence, ...

Title: Environmental Influences on the Activity Patterns of Three Species of Semi-Free Ranging Lemurs at the Lemur Conservation Foundation’s Myakka City Lemur Reserve
Author: Richardson, Abby
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences, Ecology, Animal scientists
Description: Cathemerality is a unique and flexible activity pattern found mostly in lemurs. Cathemeral lemurs exhibit relatively evenly distributed activity across the 24-hour period. Although some species of lemur are broadly recognized as being cathemeral, ...

Title: Estimation and Simulation for Multivariate Tempered Stable Distributions with Applications To Finance
Author: Xia, Yunfei
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics
Description: In this thesis, we introduce a methodology for the simulation and parameter estimation of multivariate tempered stable distributions. Using the fact that tempered stable distributions can be specified indirectly by a Lévy measure, our approach is ...

Title: Ethics Continuing Professional Education and the Potential Effect on CPAs’ Ethical Behavior and Accountability
Author: CARTER, DOREEN
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Accounting, Ethics
Description: Based on Aristotle’s philosophy that ethics can be taught, this study examines whether the behavior of licensed accounting professionals is influenced by increased ethics Continuing Professional Education (CPE) required by state licensing boards. ...

Title: European Firms’ Issuance and Call Policies of Convertible Bonds
Author: Soegaard, Benedikte Kuepper
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: This thesis examines the decision of European firms to issue convertible bonds, theirsubsequent corporate call policy, and whether this differs from the theoretical optimal call policy. The analysis was divided into two parts: Part I focused on th...

Title: Evaluating Co-Creation In Collaborative Drawing Using Creative Thinking Modes
Author: Algarni, Ali
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Co-creation is a form of collaboration in which partners share, improve and blend ideas together to develop a creative product. It helps to share ideas and solve problems in a creative manner. Several co-creativity research works have focused on g...

Title: Evaluating Corrosive Site Performance, Service Life, and Policy of Coastal Bridges
Author: Al-Salihi, Taiseer
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Many state-owned concrete structures, such as bridges, line the coast of North Carolina (NC), and these structures are vulnerable to corrosion and degradation in the aggressive, chloride-rich environments where they were built. The North Carolina ...

Title: Evaluating the Efficacy of Whole-Watershed Stream Restoration: Implications for Groundwater Storage, Water Quality, and Suspended Solids in a Piedmont Urban Forest Watershed
Author: Petitt, Destini
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Hydrology, Geochemistry, Ecology
Description: The quality and quantity of water in degraded watersheds (i.e.: watersheds undergoing changing land-use, urbanization, agricultural use) may be impaired compared to undisturbed forested watersheds. To enhance the ecosystem function of impaired wat...

Title: Evaluation of curved surfaces with x-ray reflectometry
Author: Cole, Jacob
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Physics
Description: This dissertation presents a body of work developing novel models and methods for surface evaluation with X-ray reflectometry (XRR). At the time of this work, XRR is a highly used tool for the measurement of flat wafers and laminated semiconductor...

Title: Examination of Sleep Quality and ADHD Symptomatology on College Students' Academic Performance
Author: Chen, Michelle
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences, Education, Higher, Psychology
Description: College students frequently struggle to obtain a sufficient amount and quality of sleep. National Sleep Foundation (NSF) guidelines recommend that young adults aged 18 to 25 obtain 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night – a goal that less than 50% of stu...

Title: Examining Design Knowledge and Practice Among Stem Faculty-Designers Using Visual Lesson Blueprints
Author: Budhrani, Kiran
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational technology, Design
Description: Attention is being given to improving the design of undergraduate gateway courses (i.e., entry-level, introductory) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), particularly those facing challenges of large enrollment...