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Obscured Leisure: Crafting as Leisure for Stay-At-Home Mothers
(2018-11-15)The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning handcrafting has for stay-at-home mothers, the reasons some mothers engage in handcrafting, and how the practice of handcrafting influences motherhood. Qualitative data ... -
Data Collection Technology in Social Work: Evaluating Barriers to Utilization
(2018-08-13)This thesis explores Master of Social Work students’ Behavioral Intent (BI) to use Excel using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Technology Usage (UTAUT) as a theoretical framework. Excel was selected as a proxy measure ... -
POSTERIOR NORMAL APPROXIMATION OF REAL-TIME DEGRADATION MODELING USING LAPLACE APPROXIMATION
(2018-09-05)Preventing failure that can cause delays or catastrophe, has been the focus and motivation for engineers, and other establishments that deals with heavy and light machinery, equipment, and devices. One of the biggest ... -
POSTERIOR NORMAL APPROXIMATION OF REAL-TIME DEGRADATION MODELING USING LAPLACE APPROXIMATION
(2018-09-05)Preventing failure that can cause delays or catastrophe, has been the focus and motivation for engineers, and other establishments that deals with heavy and light machinery, equipment, and devices. One of the biggest ... -
Modeling Plant Virus Propagation and an Optimal Control
(2018-08-10)Plants are a food source for man and many species. They also are sources of medicines, fibers for clothes, and are essential for a healthy environment. But plants are subject to diseases many of which are caused by viruses. ... -
AN EXPLORATION OF NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAMS SERVING INFORMAL GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS: A DESCRIPTIVE PHENOMENOLOGY APPROACH
(2018-08-07)Grandparent caregiving is a widespread form of kinship care in the U.S. More than 2.7 million of grandparents in the U.S. are the primary caregivers for grandchildren without parental involvement (US Census Bureau, 2012). ... -
Proposing a Sparse Weighted Directed Network Construction Method and a Novel Mutual-Information based Sparse Feature Selection Algorithm for Multivariate Time-series Analysis & its Application in Medical Diagnostic Problems
(2018-08-24)The main purpose of this study is feature engineering/learning from multivariate (MV) time-series to achieve a more interpretable model by dimension reduction. This aim is fulfilled in 2 main parts. In part 1, we proposed ... -
Predicting Perceived Wellness for Cisgender Women Utilizing the Social Determinants of Health Model: Testing Group Differences Between Sexual Minorities and Heterosexual Respondents
(2018-07-31)The purpose of this investigation was to bridge a gap in the literature about health disparities experienced across the intersection of multiple identities of women in the United States. Through the theoretical frameworks ... -
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON THE Cu-RICH SIDE OF ALUMINUM-COPPER PHASE DIAGRAM
(2018-08-21)Cu-rich side of Al-Cu phase diagram has not been studied extensively as the Al-rich side. It is well established that a one-phase (α phase) exists at 300oC between the 82% Cu and pure Cu, and at the eutectic temperature ... -
EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE PUBLIC ADOPTION OF SHARED AND PRIVATE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. A CASE STUDY OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA
(2018-08-14)Althogh the self-driving technology promises to solve several urban issues, the deployment of the autonomous vehicles (AV) is an evolutionary process that depends on different factors. One of these factors is the public ... -
CELL-FREE STUDIES OF CATALYTIC DNA CLEAVAGE BY RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES (RPCS) CONTAINING REDOX-ACTIVE INTERCALATING LIGANDS, ENANTIOMERIC SEPARATION AND SEMI-PREP SCALE PURIFICATION OF RPCS
(2018-08-28)Herein, we report the ruthenium (II) polypyridyl complexes (RPCs), [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)} 2+ (32+) and [(phen)2Ru(tatpp)Ru(phen)2} 4+ (44+) are shown to cleave DNA in cell-free studies in the presence of a mild reducing agent, ... -
HYPHENATED AMERICANS: CHRISTIAN ARAB-AMERICANS’ IDENTITY STRUGGLE
(2018-08-07)The topic of this thesis is the understudied minority of Christian Arab-Americans (CAAs), and this research addresses the issues CAAs face in the United States with special attention to the factors that influence their ... -
Barriers to Self-sufficiency for Syrian Refugees After Resettlement
(2018-08-13)This case study serves as insight into the barriers to refugee self-sufficiency for resettled Syrians. An understanding of the refugee experience and obstacles faced after the initial resettlement period was developed ... -
STEM SUCCESS FOR ALL: HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICE OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND MATH CLASSES
(2018-08-09)The lack of participation of historically underrepresented groups (i.e., Hispanics, Blacks, and women) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a serious issue in the United States. Despite the ... -
Three Essays on Marketing and Public Policies: An Analysis of Social Condition on Consumer Health Associations and Perceived Hypocritical Corporate Social Responsibility on Company Outcomes
(2018-08-08)Over three essays this project reviews social conditioning and the influence on consumer decision-making. Essay one analyzes health associations between fruit and average daily caloric intake. The relative impact is ... -
Sex Differences in Balance Measures and Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
(2018-06-21)The older adult population is growing at a rapid pace, with the US Census Bureau estimating older adults to comprise of 20% of the overall population by 2020. Now, more than ever, we must parse out differences within this ... -
A study of effect of bond length on bond strength using transient heat transfer analysis
(2018-08-17)It is important to understand the mechanical properties of the bonding between the adjacent layers of 3D printed parts build by fused deposition modeling. The bonding process is highly nonlinear and depends on various ... -
TWO TIMING WORK AND HOME, THE RELATIONSHIP OF INDIVIDUAL VALUES WITH BOUNDARY PERMEABILITY PREFERENCE AND BOUNDARY PERMEABILITY BEHAVIOR
(2018-08-13)Boundary theory (Ashforth et al., 2000, Clark, 2000; Nippert-Eng, 1996) discusses how individuals build, keep, arrange, and cross the boundaries around work and family domains. However, the process through which people ... -
Mathematical Modeling of the Bone Remodeling Process
(2018-08-10)The skeleton is a very important organ that needs to be continuously remodeled due to microdamage, changes in mechanical loading, or mineral homeostasis. The bone remodeling process is responsible for maintaining the ...
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