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INTEGRATION AND PERSISTENCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN A U.S. PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY
Title
INTEGRATION AND PERSISTENCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN A U.S. PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY
Author
ADEWALE, TITILOLA
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Multicultural education, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher
Description
ABSTRACTTITILOLA OLUWATOSIN ADEWALE. Integration and persistence of international students in a U.S. private 4-year institution: A qualitative case study. (Under the direction of DR. MARK D’AMICO)Globalization has resulted in the rapid mobility of...
Evaluating Risk Appeal Approaches Based on PMT Towards Making Secure Decisions
Title
Evaluating Risk Appeal Approaches Based on PMT Towards Making Secure Decisions
Author
AL Qahtani, Elham
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
To explain changes in users' security behaviors and behavioral intentions, we investigated the different messaging approaches that followed the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) design guidelines. These messaging approaches were used in different...
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES, FX LIQUIDITY RISK, AND CARRY TRADE RETURNS
Title
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES, FX LIQUIDITY RISK, AND CARRY TRADE RETURNS
Author
Abankwa, Samuel
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Finance, Industrial management, Economics
Description
The dissertation consists of three related topics: FX market-wide liquidity measure and individual currency-pair liquidity co-movements, FX liquidity risk and carry trade returns, and the forward premium puzzle in foreign exchange markets. This is...
Improving Diversity in Conversational Recipe Recommender through Dynamic Critiquing
Title
Improving Diversity in Conversational Recipe Recommender through Dynamic Critiquing
Author
Abbas, Fakhri
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Information science
Description
Diet diversification has been shown both to improve nutritional health outcomes and to promote greater enjoyment in food consumption. Conversational Recommender Systems (CRS) have a rich history in direct recommendation of recipes and meal plannin...
Realizing combined value streams from customer-side resources
Title
Realizing combined value streams from customer-side resources
Author
Abbas, Akintonde
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
The importance of flexible customer-side resources in transitioning to a clean energy future is becoming increasingly apparent. Flexible customer-side resources can resolve most issues associated with intelligent and low-carbon power grids and, in...
Applying the Energy Justice Framework to Resiliency Studies in Power Systems
Title
Applying the Energy Justice Framework to Resiliency Studies in Power Systems
Author
Abbate, Emily
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
In the power system design process, engineers account for three topics outside of the technical feasibility. Those principles are economic feasibility, environmental impacts, and safety. This thesis argues that socioeconomic factors should also be...
SIGNALING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN INVESTIGATION OF RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES
Title
SIGNALING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN INVESTIGATION OF RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES
Author
Abberger, Claire
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Industrial management
Description
This study addresses gaps in the recruitment literature by drawing on signaling theory to explore how Fortune 500 firms (n = 91) signal CSR initiatives to attract applicants. A mixed-methods design incorporating topic modeling and qualitative inte...
Aviatar- An Augmented Reality System to Improve Pilot Performance for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Title
Aviatar- An Augmented Reality System to Improve Pilot Performance for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Author
Abbott, Robert
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Aerospace engineering, Cognitive psychology
Description
In the modern airspace, small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) such as drones are becoming increasingly popular with both amateur enthusiasts as well as professional pilots. In the three years following the initiation of the small drone registratio...
Arny: An Interaction Model Based On Emotional Feedback For An AI_Based Co-creative Design System
Title
Arny: An Interaction Model Based On Emotional Feedback For An AI_Based Co-creative Design System
Author
Abdellahi, Sarah
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Artificial intelligence, Information technology, Computer science
Description
Co-creative collaboration is a creative collaboration of two or more agents working together on a shared creative product. Effective co-creative collaboration is a combination of interactions and contributions of the task collaborators. In human-h...
INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENCE IN GRANULAR FLOW
Title
INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENCE IN GRANULAR FLOW
Author
Abdelrahman, Mohamed
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Engineering
Description
Granular flow poses interesting questions in terms of both theoretical and applied mechanics. The increased utilization of vibrational finishing processes in the manufacturing of high precision components has resulted in an increased need to under...
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL FOR GRID RESILIENCY AND ENHANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY PENETRATION
Title
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL FOR GRID RESILIENCY AND ENHANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY PENETRATION
Author
Abdelrazek, Sherif
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering, Engineering, Power resources
Description
This research aims to examine the potential value of Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) to different sects of the electrical power system through the various applications in which it could be utilized. The different storage technologies are reviewed in...
Engineered Water Repellency for Frost Heave Mitigation: Decoupling the Relative Influence Of Matric and Osmotic Suction
Title
Engineered Water Repellency for Frost Heave Mitigation: Decoupling the Relative Influence Of Matric and Osmotic Suction
Author
Abiodun, Uduebor
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Materials science
Description
This dissertation, stemming from a substantial research endeavor funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award #1928813), stands as an essential exploration of Engineered Water Repellency (EWR) in mitigating frost heave. Combining laborato...
SOLUTION OF A 1-D INVERSE PROBLEM BY THE CONVEXIFICATION METHOD
Title
SOLUTION OF A 1-D INVERSE PROBLEM BY THE CONVEXIFICATION METHOD
Author
Abney, Ray
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics, Physics
Description
In this thesis, we demonstrate a method outlined by Dr. Mikhail Klibanov for solving a 1-D coefficient inverse problem by the convexification method. Our inverse problem in question concerns finding buried bombs, where the dielectric constants of ...
NONPROPAGATING EXCITATIONS IN 2-D
Title
NONPROPAGATING EXCITATIONS IN 2-D
Author
Abney, Ray
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Physics
Description
Nonpropagating excitations have been studied in 1-D and in 3-D, but not so much in 2-D. So, this thesis concerns 2-D nonpropagating excitations. In particular, we construct nonpropagating excitations confined to an annulus under a time-independent...
COMPRESSIVE IMAGING AND DUAL MOIRÉ LASER INTERFEROMETER AS METROLOGY TOOLS
Title
COMPRESSIVE IMAGING AND DUAL MOIRÉ LASER INTERFEROMETER AS METROLOGY TOOLS
Author
Abolbashari, Mehrdad
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Optics, Engineering
Description
Metrology is the science of measurement and deals with measuring different physical aspects of objects. In this research the focus has been on two basic problems that metrologists encounter. The first problem is the trade-off between the range of ...
Analysis of Respiratory Viral Material from Negative COVID-19 PCR Tests to Observe Effects of 2022-2023 "Twindemic" on University Campus
Title
Analysis of Respiratory Viral Material from Negative COVID-19 PCR Tests to Observe Effects of 2022-2023 "Twindemic" on University Campus
Author
Aboufoul, Lolo
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
Tracking COVID-19 cases has been one of the most important aspects of controlling the pandemic and observing how the virus causing COVID-19 spreads between populations. Tracking cases of the disease helps epidemiologists understand the reason for ...
FAULT-TOLERANT DESIGN FOR CONTINUOUS REAL-TIME MONITORING AND MODULATION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN
Title
FAULT-TOLERANT DESIGN FOR CONTINUOUS REAL-TIME MONITORING AND MODULATION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN
Author
Acharya, Ipsita
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description
An era of brain implantable devices has been ushered in recent years. These devices are currently being used to treat neurological disorders such as Parkinson's depression and epilepsy and are increasingly being proposed for a wide range of neurol...
Understanding at-risk technology users: a phenomenological approach
Title
Understanding at-risk technology users: a phenomenological approach
Author
Acosta, Kristina
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Counseling psychology, Psychology
Description
The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of users' experiences of technology that are at-risk of potential addictive behaviors. The sample consisted of 12 individuals, who self-identified as at-risk technology users. A th...
The T is Silent: An Autoethnographic Portrayal of Latinx Teacher Identity Development and Consciousness
Title
The T is Silent: An Autoethnographic Portrayal of Latinx Teacher Identity Development and Consciousness
Author
Acosta, Jatnna
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Education, Multicultural education
Description
Despite evidence of the rapid growth of Latinx students throughout the country (Gándara, 2017; He & Yu, 2017), there has been inadequate critical examination of the educational policies and practices impacting this population and their self-identi...
Development of a Methanotrophic Alternative Daily Cover to Reduce Early Landfill Methane Emissions
Title
Development of a Methanotrophic Alternative Daily Cover to Reduce Early Landfill Methane Emissions
Author
Adams, Bryn
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Microbiology, Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description
Final covers, especially when supplemented with gas collection, are highly engineered systems to prevent landfill methane release into the atmosphere. However, some methane production begins even before open cells are covered and often well before...