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"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Title
"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Author
Strong, Kellan
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Education, Reading, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
This qualitative study explores the literacy and language practices of Black adolescent girls as they read and make meaning of a critical text. The focus of this inquiry was to broadly examine how societal and situational factors influence the way...
"Everyone Wants Their Bifröst": Analyzing Heathen Practice and Radicalization Risks for the U.S. Military
Title
"Everyone Wants Their Bifröst": Analyzing Heathen Practice and Radicalization Risks for the U.S. Military
Author
Konzen, Riley
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Criminology, Military art and science, Religion
Description
The Capitol riot of January 6, 2021 functioned as a national watershed moment, generatingfar-reaching aftershocks across American society. While hypotheses abound proposing various catalysts, it has spurred a robust conversation regarding domestic...
"Showing up every day": A grounded theory of military veterans' resolution of trauma
Title
"Showing up every day": A grounded theory of military veterans' resolution of trauma
Author
Riffle, Olivia
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Medical sciences, Clinical psychology
Description
The purpose of this study was to conduct an explication of the construct of resolution in the context of posttraumatic growth, or positive psychological and life changes resulting from the struggle with a highly stressful or traumatic experience. ...
"Si IGBT and SiC MOSFET” Hybrid Switch for Voltage Source Converters
Title
"Si IGBT and SiC MOSFET” Hybrid Switch for Voltage Source Converters
Author
Liu, Haichen
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
The SiC devices have been a strong competitor than the conventional Si devices due to the superior characteristics of high operating voltage, low forward voltage, fast switching speed, and high operating temperature. However, the maturity of SiC t...
#RatchetQueerTeacher: Social, Emotional Well-being and Liberation Through Mindfulness and Hip Hop Thearapy
Title
#RatchetQueerTeacher: Social, Emotional Well-being and Liberation Through Mindfulness and Hip Hop Thearapy
Author
Wheatley, Torie
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Education, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Queer studies
Description
There is a growing mental health concern among Black Ratchet queer womxn in educational and criminal justice realms and the Covid-19 pandemic has left the educational climate in a state of high stress and anxiety. Consequently, Black Womxn in educ...
'Practice' for Enhancing the Performance of a Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent
Title
'Practice' for Enhancing the Performance of a Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent
Author
Kancharla, Venkata Sai Santosh Ravi Teja
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Artificial intelligence
Description
Deep reinforcement learning has demonstrated its capability to solve a diverse array of challenging problems, which were not able to solve previously. It has been able to achieve human-level performance in Atari 2600 games and it has shown great p...
(RE)-AUTHORING THE STUDENT: AN EXPLORATION INTO FIGURED WORLDS, IDENTITY FORMATION, GENRE, PUBLICS, AND HOW POWER RELATIONS IMPACT CHILDREN'S WRITING
Title
(RE)-AUTHORING THE STUDENT: AN EXPLORATION INTO FIGURED WORLDS, IDENTITY FORMATION, GENRE, PUBLICS, AND HOW POWER RELATIONS IMPACT CHILDREN'S WRITING
Author
Iannone, Anthony
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning, Language arts
Description
As digital media makes its way into elementary school classrooms, urban school culture moves slowly to join in. The move to integrate new technologies into schools is both enabled and constrained by factors such as the need for students and teache...
3D Printing of Metamaterials with Conductive Elements
Title
3D Printing of Metamaterials with Conductive Elements
Author
Tuttle, Geoffrey
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Materials science
Description
To fulfill their engineered purpose, resonant metamaterials require arrays of complex three-dimensional geometries composed of non-conductive dielectrics and highly conductive materials. In order to create these geometries, 3D printers must be abl...
A 360° View of Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department
Title
A 360° View of Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department
Author
Veri, Shelby
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Mental health
Description
This dissertation utilizes a three article approach to examine the current status of psychiatric boarding in the emergency department (ED). The number of ED visits for mental health concerns in the United States has been increasing for the past se...
A BROKEN HEART: THE IMPACT OF PEDIATRIC OPEN HEART SURGERY ON PARENTS' WELLBEING AND PARENTING
Title
A BROKEN HEART: THE IMPACT OF PEDIATRIC OPEN HEART SURGERY ON PARENTS' WELLBEING AND PARENTING
Author
McWhorter, Linda
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
According to the pediatric medical traumatic stress model, pediatric medicalexperiences can create posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in pediatric patients and intheir parents and siblings. While the impact of traumatic medical experiences has b...
A Beginning-to-End System for Efficiently Gathering Tracking Data on Multiple Targets
Title
A Beginning-to-End System for Efficiently Gathering Tracking Data on Multiple Targets
Author
Rice, Lance
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
Multi-object tracking in video has the potential for broad applicability, from analyzing division-of-labor within biological networks such as insects, to surveillance and traffic monitoring. Despite any potential the field of multiple object track...
A Breadcrumb Network for Assisting with Autonomous Robot Localization
Title
A Breadcrumb Network for Assisting with Autonomous Robot Localization
Author
Grabowsky, David
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
Localization and communication are critical components for functioning autonomous robots. The infrastructure required or these operations commonly includes global positioning system (GPS) and easily recognizable and re-identifiable landmarks. Howe...
A Brief Glimpse of Blue: Examining the Participation and Political Effects of 21st-Century Election Reform in North Carolina
Title
A Brief Glimpse of Blue: Examining the Participation and Political Effects of 21st-Century Election Reform in North Carolina
Author
Holder, John
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Political science
Description
This study examines registration, voting and election results in the presidential elections from 1992 to 2012. During this period, North Carolina introduced a series of election reforms which were designed to increase political participation by ma...
A CASE STUDY OF AN EFFECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALGEBRA I TEACHER
Title
A CASE STUDY OF AN EFFECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALGEBRA I TEACHER
Author
Linton, Patricia
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education
Description
ABSTRACTPATRICIA LORRAINE CURTIS LINTON. A case study of an effective middle school Algebra I teacher. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID K. PUGALEE)Using a qualitative case study approach, the research was an exploration of the perceptions of midd...
A CASE STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY NEGOTIATION IN LARGE, TRANSGENERATIONAL FAMILY BUSINESS
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...
A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Title
A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Author
Harris, Letitia
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Description
As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...
A COMBINED FINITE ELEMENT AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR PREDICTING SPECIFIC CUTTING FORCES AND MAXIMUM TOOL TEMPERATURES DURING ORTHOGONAL MACHINING
Title
A COMBINED FINITE ELEMENT AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR PREDICTING SPECIFIC CUTTING FORCES AND MAXIMUM TOOL TEMPERATURES DURING ORTHOGONAL MACHINING
Author
Mekarthy, Sai Manish Reddy
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Computer science
Description
In machining, specific cutting forces and temperature fields in the shear zones are of primary interest. These quantities depend on many machining parameters, such as the cutting speed, rake angle, tool-tip radius, uncut chip thickness, etc. The f...
A COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIHOP WIRELESS ACCESS AND SENSOR NETWORKS: ANYCAST ROUTING & SIMULATION TOOLS
Title
A COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIHOP WIRELESS ACCESS AND SENSOR NETWORKS: ANYCAST ROUTING & SIMULATION TOOLS
Author
Sharif, Kashif
Date Created
2012
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
The reliance on wireless networks has grown tremendously within a number of varied application domains, prompting an evolution towards the use of heterogeneous multihop network architectures. We propose and analyze two communication frameworks for...
A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
Title
A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
Author
Murray, Louise
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership, Gerontology
Description
The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research...
A COMPUTATIONAL SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORM METROLOGY
Title
A COMPUTATIONAL SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORM METROLOGY
Author
Habibi, Nasim
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Optics
Description
Many existing systems for three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement require mechanical moving parts that limit the measurement speed. A non-contact optical system that does not requires any moving parts can, in principle, increase the speed of meas...