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Polyelectrolytes can be used in a variety of forms from Layer-by-Layer assembled thin films to spun polyelectrolyte complex as free-standing membranes. The Layer-by-Layer methodology is used to adsorb oppositely charged polyelectrolytes...
In this dissertation, I examine how a particular mode of thinking has come about—that is, how an increasingly number of sport management scholars have conceived of sport-based inter-/trans-actions as "consumption" and those who engage...
Interference between similar events is known to be a major mechanism of forgetting. As such, it is important for us to understand how to reduce interference effects. While early research suggested that differentiation of the two sources...
This work explores first and foremost the nature of the Episcopal mission to the colonial Philippines from 1901 to 1918, while it was under the leadership of a missionary bishop named Charles Henry Brent. Missionaries, such as Brent, ...
One in five youth suffer from mental illness, and even more experience subclinical symptoms, yet this pathologic focus ignores factors of mental health that contribute to flourishing. The vast majority of research on emotional...
Since the late 1970s, researchers have examined the relationship between school building condition and student performance. Though many literature reviews have claimed that a relationship exists, no meta-analysis has quantitatively...
Ocean turbulence is responsible for stirring and spreading ocean tracers, and contributes to the mean circulation as eddy bolus fluxes. The influence of the eddies on the mean circulation becomes particularly important in regions where...
The purpose of this study was to investigate what pre-service teachers focus on when reflecting on their mathematics instruction with the use of video clubs. Video clubs are groups where teachers meet and watch videos of their lessons...
Accountability pressures have impacted pedagogy in many K-12 schools in the United States. Low achievement on standardized assessments may be attributed to many factors, including instructional strategies. Differentiated instruction has...
As the only high temperature superconductor with round wire (RW) geometry, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) superconducting wire has the advantages of being multi-filamentary, macroscopically isotropic and twistable. With overpressure (OP)...
The underlying physics and spin dynamics that govern magnetic molecules yield ideal behavior for their potential use as qubits in a quantum computer. To characterize the spin dynamics of these magnetic molecules, electron spin resonance ...
The dissertation manuscript Count Four is a collection of poems that attempts to address the often-conflicting identities of their speakers. Thematically, these poems cover a broad array of personal topics such as family, suicide, fame, ...
Collection dictation and transcription of Dr. Thaddeus Moseley's medical journal. Includes transcriptions of journal entries, abbreviated symbols, and foot-notes.
Meta-analytic techniques have gained great attention in educational, social and behavioral sciences to synthesize and summarize related study results. Most common tradition is to use primary studies with similar designs (correlational or...
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been proposed as an important transdiagnostic variable within various anxiety and mood disorders. It has been suggested that individuals high in IU may interpret ambiguous information in a more...
Tens of thousands of students with psychiatric disabilities are enrolled in postsecondary education (Souma, Rickerson, & Burgstahler, 2012) and approximately one in five postsecondary students experience a mental illness (Substance Abuse...
Children who are native Spanish-speaking Language Minority Youth (LMY) comprise the fastest growing population of students in the United States. In addition, these children lag significantly behind their non-LMY peers in academic...
Background: Until recently, consuming nutrients close to sleep was believed to have negative impacts on body composition and overall health. However, recent work from our laboratory and others has demonstrated that a low calorie snack, ...
The relationship between electronic structure and zero-field splitting dictates key design parameters for magnetic molecules. In particular, to enable the directed synthesis of new electronic spin based qubits, developing complexes where...
Say it in 6: "Further your dreams with a fellowship" Dr. Ashley Carter, a recipient of the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, graduated Spring 2018 with a PhD in Nutrition & Food Sciences. She decided to pursue a graduate degree because of...
Understanding and predicting the inner-core structure and intensity change of tropical cyclones (TCs) remains one of the biggest challenges in tropical meteorology. This study addresses this challenge by investigating the formation, ...
This study develops nudging methods of data assimilation that will expand the utility of the forthcoming GOES-R satellite series by including data from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). We...
This document describes experimental research conducted with the objective of better understanding adults' self-regulatory decision-making (e.g., study choice) process in reading for comprehension. The primary objective of this study was...
Simulation software is used in a multitude of industry and academic fields, in an assortment of scopes. One might be interested in gravitation of celestial bodies, or field structures of molecular interactions. The scale to which these...
ABSTRACT Dan P. McAdams has noted that “over the past three decades, a growing number of philosophers, social scientists, and empirical psychologists have developed theories and research paradigms around the fundamental proposition that...
The effective conservation of threatened and endangered plants requires an understanding of population dynamics and the evaluation of factors that could reduce population growth. I constructed and analyzed a stage structured demographic...
Asymmetric jets are becoming more prevalent and may offer significant advantages over traditional axisymmetric nozzles for propulsion as well as fluidic mixing applications. The purpose of this work is two fold: 1) to investigate the...
High alkali cements are not used in the state of Florida because of its supposed deleterious effects to concrete. The alkali-silica reaction forms a gel in the voids of the concrete and the increase in internal pressure created by the...
Research suggests that women gossip more often than men. We, along with previous researchers, argue that this exchange of information may be a means by which women compete for mates. That is, women use social information to besmirch the...
This dissertation describes the development of alternative products from the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). The first chapter provides an introduction to the CuAAC through the historic timeline of the development of...
Background. To characterize participant reasons for withdrawing from a diabetes focused longitudinal clinical observational trial (TEDDY) during the first three study years. Methods. 8677 children were recruited into the TEDDY study. At...
Darwin Walking Backward follows Nolan and Elsa Grey, estranged half-siblings, whose father is suspected of drowning himself off Leap’s Island. Their father was an eminent evolutionary biologist whose fall from grace led him to Leap’s, ...
It has been believed for over 30 years that matter will become a deconfined state of quarks and gluons at sufficiently high energy densities. As the energy density increases, deconfinement occurs due to Debye screening of the color...
The dissertation presents the mathematical formulation, experimental validation, and application of a volume element model (VEM) devised for modeling, simulation, and optimization of energy systems in their early design stages. The...
This thesis explores the politics of Black Power leader H. Rap Brown through a genealogical materialist lens. I argue that by addressing class and race as inextricably-bound systems of oppression, Brown synthesized competing ideological...
Traditional light emitting diodes (LEDs) involve a complicated device structure with multiple layers stacked over one another. Such a complex, multilayered architecture restricts the application of diverse fabrication techniques. Earth...
An objective index of the onset and demise of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is introduced. This index has the advantage of simplicity by using only one readily available variable, All-India rainfall (AIR), which has been reliably...
The study conducted U-Pb isotopic dating of the pitchblende mineralization of the Coles Hill uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County, VA. The ore body is found along the Chatham fault and within the Martinsville Igneous Complex. In...
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