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EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION AMONG SECONDARY EDUCATORS TOWARD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Title
EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION AMONG SECONDARY EDUCATORS TOWARD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Author
Mitchell, Karen
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
Description
KAREN SMITH MITCHELL. Expanding the conversation among secondary educators toward a shared understanding of student engagement (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE) To describe how high school administrators and teachers perceive student enga...
EXPANDING THE BOUNDS OF AUTHORITY BY APPROPRIATING GROUP MEMBERS’ TIME
Title
EXPANDING THE BOUNDS OF AUTHORITY BY APPROPRIATING GROUP MEMBERS’ TIME
Author
Rejtig, Michael
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Sociology
Description
Actors in a position of authority can acquire legitimacy beyond the normative order when the appropriation of subordinate’s time is found valid by group members. A randomized laboratory experiment consisting a peer condition and authority conditio...
FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR DELIVERY
Title
FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR DELIVERY
Author
Ke, Weina
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Biochemistry, Cytology
Description
Nucleic acid biopolymers are essential to all living organisms. The chemical makeup of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) consist of sequences of only four monomers. However, they transmit and express genetic information for va...
FUZZIER CONSTRUCTS IN CONTENT ANALYSIS: RATINGS FROM THE CROWD VS. TRADITIONAL EXPERTS
Title
FUZZIER CONSTRUCTS IN CONTENT ANALYSIS: RATINGS FROM THE CROWD VS. TRADITIONAL EXPERTS
Author
Moffit, Miles
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Communication, Psychology
Description
The task of rating (or "coding") text data as a component of qualitative content analysis remains a time-consuming process. Advances in crowdsourcing platforms have presented novel opportunities to outsource this work away from the desks of academ...
Preliminary Assessment of Lead Glazed Coarse Earthenware Trade Relationships During Mid-18th and 19th Century North Carolina Piedmont through PXRF Analysis
Title
Preliminary Assessment of Lead Glazed Coarse Earthenware Trade Relationships During Mid-18th and 19th Century North Carolina Piedmont through PXRF Analysis
Author
Dyer, Monica
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Archaeology
Description
Little documentation exists of the trade occurring in the central North Carolina Piedmont during the 18th and 19th century at wealthy farmstead sites or at surrounding sites of lower economic status. The intent of my research is to gain a greater ...
RAPID AND DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING OF INSTRUMENTED PZ27 STEEL SHEET PILES
Title
RAPID AND DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING OF INSTRUMENTED PZ27 STEEL SHEET PILES
Author
Rice, Corey
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering
Description
Pile foundations are typically used for structures underlain by weaker soils in order to increase the soil resistance and, subsequently, the axial capacity. In bridge abutments, sheet piles are typically used as facing elements for soil retention ...
RANDOMIZED NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA FOR KERNEL MATRIX COMPRESSION
Title
RANDOMIZED NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA FOR KERNEL MATRIX COMPRESSION
Author
Maniar, Saumya Kandarp
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics
Description
Matrices are used significantly as a medium to store data in many applications likeData Science, Computer Science, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics. Matrix computationslike matrix multiplication, matrix inversion, eigenvalue decomposition, sing...
Reanalysis of the Extended Multivariate ENSO Index
Title
Reanalysis of the Extended Multivariate ENSO Index
Author
Webb, Eric
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Meteorology, Atmospheric science
Description
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most robust, coupled ocean-atmospheric component of intraseasonal-interannual variability on the globe. Therefore, an index that effectively characterizes a large fraction of ENSO’s total variability ...
Crystalline Silicon Interfaces with Adhesive Polymer Semiconducting Glue and Thiazolothiazole Redox Active Organic Small Molecules
Title
Crystalline Silicon Interfaces with Adhesive Polymer Semiconducting Glue and Thiazolothiazole Redox Active Organic Small Molecules
Author
Cohen, Daniel
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Materials science, Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic
Description
Crystalline silicon is an extremely versatile semiconductor material used for electronics and photovoltaic devices. An organic conductive glue based on a blend of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and d-sorbitol ...
Cultural Distinction in Campus Dining
Title
Cultural Distinction in Campus Dining
Author
Jillani, Zara
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Sociology
Description
This study examines patterns of cultural consumption at four universities as indicated by the dining options offered on their campuses. I explore the diversity of university dining options, the considerations that guide dining personnel’s decision...
Design and Development of an Experimental Apparatus for Hardware-In-Loop Testing of Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Systems
Title
Design and Development of an Experimental Apparatus for Hardware-In-Loop Testing of Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Systems
Author
van Arnold, George
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description
Growing concerns related to the environmental impacts of rising global energy consumption compel the continued development of low-emission technologies for the building sector. In the United States, space conditioning and domestic hot water genera...
Design and Analysis of Active Isolation in Power Converter Systems
Title
Design and Analysis of Active Isolation in Power Converter Systems
Author
Halsted, Clint
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
This dissertation presents a new class of power converter topologies that realize galvanicisolation by utilizing active transistor devices instead of conventional transformers. The power converters employ standard switch-mode topologies but isolat...
Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?
Title
Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?
Author
Underwood, Catherine
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Sustainability, Social sciences--Research, Land use--Planning
Description
Despite its long history in the United States and abroad, the unconventional drilling industry, and specifically hydraulic fracturing technology, remain controversial. While the competing demands of energy from oil and gas are contrasted with envi...
Do ethics matter? A moderated model for effects of ethical climates on unethical behavior in organizations
Title
Do ethics matter? A moderated model for effects of ethical climates on unethical behavior in organizations
Author
McCorvey, Kellie
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Industrial management
Description
This research empirically examined the impact of psychological ethical climates on unethical behavior within organizations via a survey-based quantitative study of working adults in U.S. firms. Ethical climate types within an organization were hyp...
Posttraumatic Growth And Race-Based Trauma Among African Americans
Title
Posttraumatic Growth And Race-Based Trauma Among African Americans
Author
Orejuela Davila, Ana
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Clinical psychology
Description
Racism is a prevalent and chronic stressor that can cause profound physical and psychological consequences on its targets. Cultural models of stress posit that sociocultural factors (such as racial identity and racial socialization) influence the ...
Power Converter Control With Open Source FPGA Platform With Embedded Hardware Based Security
Title
Power Converter Control With Open Source FPGA Platform With Embedded Hardware Based Security
Author
Sawant, Prashant Tanaji
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
The work presented in this thesis concerns designing and implementation of an open source, reconfigurable power inverter control with embedded security. A digital controller has been designed on field programmable gate array (FPGA) to generate the...
Real-Time Vision Methods for Deployable Pedestrian Detection, Re-Identification and Path Prediction Systems
Title
Real-Time Vision Methods for Deployable Pedestrian Detection, Re-Identification and Path Prediction Systems
Author
Mendieta, Matias
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Computer engineering, Artificial intelligence
Description
This article presents two methods, REVAMPT and CARPe Posterum. REVAMPT, or Real-time Edge Video Analytics for Multi-person Privacy-aware Tracking, is an integrated system for privacy-built-in pedestrian re-identification. REVAMPT presents novel al...
ROLE OF THE NOVEL DNA SENSORS cGAS, IFI16, AND ZBP1, DURING VIRAL INFECTIONS IN GLIA
Title
ROLE OF THE NOVEL DNA SENSORS cGAS, IFI16, AND ZBP1, DURING VIRAL INFECTIONS IN GLIA
Author
Jeffries, Austin
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Immunology, Virology, Neurosciences
Description
Viral central nervous system (CNS) infections can lead to life threatening encephalitis and long-term neurological deficits in survivors. Resident CNS cell types, such as astrocytes and microglia, are known to produce key inflammatory and antivira...
RNA Kissing Loop Library to expand RNA Fiber functionality and control cargo load for potential intracellular siRNA delivery.
Title
RNA Kissing Loop Library to expand RNA Fiber functionality and control cargo load for potential intracellular siRNA delivery.
Author
Shevchenko, Oleg
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Biochemistry
Description
A kissing loop (KL) is an RNA motif that among others may have a 180° geometry when derived from a viral genome. The KL interactions of this geometry consist of nine base pairs, six of which are interacting in complementary binding while three are...
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A TWO-BAR BRIDGE RAIL FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MASH TL-3 CONDITIONS USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Title
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A TWO-BAR BRIDGE RAIL FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MASH TL-3 CONDITIONS USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Author
Fatoki, Joshua
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering
Description
Roadside barriers are important safety devices installed on highways to mitigate the severity of injuries caused by crashes of errant vehicles. The two-bar metal bridge rail is a commonly used roadside barrier in North Carolina and is recognized f...