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Title: A CASE STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY NEGOTIATION IN LARGE, TRANSGENERATIONAL FAMILY BUSINESS
Author: Szymanska, Izabela
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: The current body of research suggests that the relative importance of business objectives and family objectives changes over time in family firms (Miller et al., 2011). As family firms age, company management tends to provide more resources for th...

Title: A MACHINING STABILITY MODEL WITH PROCESS DAMPING FOR HARD-TO-MACHINE MATERIALS
Author: Tyler, Christopher
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: A substantial fraction of current machining research is directed towards increased productivity. A fundamental limitation is unstable vibration, or chatter, during cutting. Stability lobe diagrams, which relate the allowable chip width to spindle ...

Title: A MULTI-PHYSICS STUDY ON GAS DIFFUSION AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CEMENT MATERIAL WITH CO2 SORPTION
Author: Wang, Peng
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Emission control and storage of carbon dioxide (CO¬2) from fossil fuel combustion is an emerging and frontier research area to counter likely global climate changes. Although the carbon dioxide separation techniques are quite mature, there is stil...

Title: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF GAY MEN COMING OUT WHILE IN COLLEGE
Author: Carter, Adam
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Queer studies
Description: This research was conducted to explore the phenomenological essence of gay men who choose to come out while in college. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with self-identified gay men, ranging in age from 18-23 years old, who reported...

Title: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PEER RECOVERY COACHES CAREER MOTIVATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Author: Hymes, Aaron
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: This dissertation examined the experiences leading to working as a Substance Abuse Peer Recovery Coach and experiences while working as a Substance Abuse Peer Recovery Coach. This study utilized a phenomenological approach to analyze Peer Recovery...

Title: A phenomenological study of working class Black women's lived experiences with race and gender stereotypes in the workplace
Author: Wilborn, Tammy
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to understand the phenomenological experiences of working class Black women with race and gender stereotypes in the workplace. A comprehensive review of the existing literature reflected a void in the inclusion of wor...

Title: APPROXIMATING SOLUTIONS OF BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
Author: Semiyari, Hamid
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics
Description: We present a new algorithm for approximating solutions of two-point boundary value problems and prove theorems that give conditions under which the solution must exist and the algorithm generate approximations that converge to it. We show how to m...

Title: AUTOMOTIVE AND LOGISTICS CLUSTERS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS IN JAVA, INDONESIA
Author: Anggoro, Yudo
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics
Description: This study assesses the competitiveness of logistics and automotive industry clusters in Java economic corridor, Indonesia. The need for competitive industry clusters in Indonesia has emerged especially after the government launched its Master Pla...

Title: Adverse Events in Healthcare and the Ability to Improve the Quality and Safety of Patient Care in the Hospital
Author: Walsh Koricke, Maureen
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy
Description: This dissertation examines the influence of external and internal constraints on adverse event management in hospitals. Using a multilevel organizing framework, in three separate studies I explore the mechanisms of constraint that impact adverse e...

Title: Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
Author: Watson, Marcia
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Curriculum planning, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Student achievement and school reform are some of the most pervasive topics in public school discourse. However, the curriculum is one area that remains virtually unchanged across U.S. schools. The efflorescence of federal legislative policies, su...

Title: An Examination of Do Not Resuscitate Compliance: Hospital Ownership and Cost Considerations
Author: Porter, Petra
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Medical ethics
Description: My dissertation sheds light on unwanted treatment in the larger context of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA). I focus specifically on the impact of Catholic hospitals on compliance with do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. Drawing from institu...

Title: An Exploration of Learning Experiences: A Case Study of African American Male High School Students in Different English Tracks
Author: Williams, Brian
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: ABSTRACTBRIAN KEITH WILLIAMS. An exploration of learning experiences: A case study of African American male high school students in different English tracks. (Under the direction of DR. BRUCE TAYLOR)This study used qualitative research methodology...

Title: An Investigation Into the Torque Density Capabilities of Flux-Focusing Magnetic Gearboxes
Author: Uppalapati, Krishna Kiran
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Power resources, Electromagnetism
Description: Wind and many rotary based ocean energy conversion devices rely on a mechanical gearbox to increase their speed so as to match the requirements of the electromagnetic generator. However, mechanical gearboxes have a number of disadvantages such as ...

Title: Assessing community resilience at the neighborhood level in new construction starter-homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Author: Currie, Melissa
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Geography, City planning, Social sciences--Research
Description: This research explores the resiliency of new construction, "starter-home" neighborhoods using the Charlotte, North Carolina area as a study location. Such developments are characterized by nearly identical homes priced at $150,000 or less (a local...

Title: Associations between food choice values of parental guardians, socioeconomic status, home food availability, and child dietary intake
Author: Lyerly, Jordan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Previous research has found that food choice values (FCVs), socioeconomic status (SES), and home food availability (HFA) are associated with child dietary intake. However, the relationships between these variables have been poorly studied. Therefo...

Title: Automated formal analytics for smart grid security and resiliency
Author: Rahman, Mohammad
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Sports administration
Description: Smart grid is the modernization of the legacy electric power system in which cyber computing and communications are integrated with the physical world of power systems. A smart grid provides efficient and cost-effective management of the grid by a...

Title: CONCEPT IMAGE OF SLOPE: UNDERSTANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE THROUGH TASK BASED INTERVIEWS
Author: Hoffman, Timothy
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: The mathematical concept of slope has traditionally been a critical topic in the high school mathematics curriculum. However, current educational trends in the United States introduce this concept in middle school. This trend shifted the responsib...

Title: CONTINUUM ROBOT MANIPULATION
Author: Li, Jinglin
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Robotics
Description: Unlike conventional robotic manipulators, continuum manipulators are inspired by invertebrate structures found in nature, such as octopus arms and elephant trunks. The shape of a continuum manipulator can continuously deform via changing the contr...

Title: Chaos in Non-Euclidean Geometries Arising in Mechanics
Author: BHATTACHARYA, TAPOBRATA
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics
Description: Chaotic systems are a class of nonlinear dynamical systems that have captured the attention of mathematicians and engineers for long. Even though chaotic systems are deterministic in nature, long term prediction of behavior of such systems is diff...

Title: Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health
Author: Peach, Hannah
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, therefore research devoted to the identification of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors of sleep is essential. The present study examin...