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Title: Optical performance of random anti-reflection structured surfaces (rARSS) on spherical lenses
Author: Taylor, Courtney
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Random anti-reflection structured surfaces (rARSS) have been reported to improve transmittance of optical-grade fused silica planar substrates to values greater than 99%. These textures are fabricated directly on the substrates using reactive-ion/...

Title: A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
Author: LaPorte, Thomas
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...

Title: An analysis of administrative spending across education organizational forms
Author: Prieto, Tatia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: This study compared administrative expenditures among 542 traditional school districts and 258 charter schools in Michigan, exploring whether one organizational model might better minimize administrative spending. A non-experimental correlational ...

Title: Mechanical and Physical Characterization of Recycled PET Bales for Use as Lightweight Fill Material
Author: Garbini, Jacob
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Waste generation rates are increasing so there is a need to determine alternative methods of dealing with waste to accommodate a sustainable future. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plastic represents a large portion of the domestic waste generate...

Title: Socio-spatial Geographies of Hispanic Immigrant Youth Accessing the Urban Labor Market
Author: Schuch, Johanna
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Geography, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
Description: This study combines interviews, questionnaires, journaling, mental mapping, and a participatory action research (PAR) project to examine the lived experiences of Hispanic immigrant youth as they navigate the labor market. Research questions addres...

Title: LIMIT THEOREMS FOR RANDOM EXPONENTIAL SUMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO INSURANCE AND THE RANDOM ENERGY MODEL
Author: Erturk, Huseyin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics, Statistics
Description: In this dissertation, we are mainly concerned with the sum of random exponentials. Here, the random variables are independent and identically distributed. Another distinctive assumption is the number of variables in this sum is a function of the c...

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: NONPARAMETRIC PREDICTIVE REGRESSION
Author: Yu, Xintian
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Statistics, Finance, Economics
Description: In ﬁnancial time series nonlinear eﬀects and time-varying eﬀects are observed. In this dissertation we propose a predictive regression model with time varying coeﬃcients and functional coeﬃcients. It allows for nonstationary predictors. We establi...

Title: Factors Related to the Self-Efficacy of School Counselors in Training
Author: Mitchell, Rolanda
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling, Counseling psychology
Description: Professional school counselors play an integral role in the academic, personal/social and career development of children. Each day, they are charged with addressing student mental health needs (Burnett-Zeigler & Lyons, 2012; Green et al., 2014), e...

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: Utilizing smart inverter capabilities for management of high penetration renewable distributed generation integration in active distribution networks
Author: Chamana, Manohar
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: With a strong indication of high renewable distributed generation (DG) penetration increase in the near future, distribution system operators (DSOs) are burdened with challenges to manage their operation while also trying to solve the power qualit...

Title: Modeling the effects of involvement and attitudes on energy industry pursuit intentions: A systems analysis of the university-industry environment
Author: Gross, Jordan
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Psychology, Industrial, System theory
Description: The energy industry’s struggle to attract and retain qualified employees continues to threaten the nation’s economy, global competitiveness, and national security. Given the nationwide skills and labor shortage in the energy industry, this study w...

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: 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: 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: Path Integral Methods Using Feynman-Kac Formula and Reflecting Brownian Motions for Neumann and Robin Problems
Author: Zhou, Yijing
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics
Description: In this dissertation, we propose numerical methods for computing the boundary local time of reflecting Brownian motion (RBM) in 3d and its use in the probabilistic representation of the solution of the Laplace equation with the Neumann and Robin b...

Title: Three Essays on Bond Returns and the Cost of Debt
Author: Li, Sailu
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Accounting
Description: The three essays in this dissertation are focused on the same general research topic: returns to bondholders and the cost of debt. Each of the three essays should be treated as a stand-alone paper. The first essay is on the bond returns to debthol...

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: A CULTURALLY ADAPTED INTERVENTION TO TREAT BINGE EATING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WITH BINGE EATING
Author: Scott, Tamara
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Binge eating (BE), a specific type of overeating, is characterized by a pattern of consuming unusually large amounts of food in a discrete period of time combined with a sense of loss of control. Although research suggests similar rates of binge e...

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. ...