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A Qualitative Inquiry into the Motivation of African-American Males to Complete the Doctorate
(2008)African-American men face substantial barriers to their educational development. Yet, despite the associated barriers to doctorate completion at Majority White Institutions (MWIs), some African-American men achieve the ... -
A Rational Problem of Evil: The Coherence of Christian Doctrine with a Broad Free Will Defense
(2012)The problem that evil presents for Christian theism is often thought to be the most diffi- cult problem to solve. Since Alvin Plantinga's celebrated free will defense, however, some have argued that the logical problem was ... -
A Re-Conceptualization of the Fourche Maline Culture: The Woodland Period as a Transition in Eastern Oklahoma
(2011)The question: "What is Fourche Maline?" has been long debated in Oklahoma. It is argued here that use of a transegalitarian framework is useful in addressing this question. It is proposed that Fourche Maline culture ... -
A Reflection on One Writing Across the Curriculum Model
(2010)This dissertation first looks at historical iterations of the primary form of first and second WAC implementation, the workshop model. It is necessary to first situate WAC models in their respective institutions and then ... -
A REGIONAL MODEL TO TEST THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL EASTWARD MANTLE FLOW USING FINITE ELEMENTS
(2009)Computer modeling of tectonics involving the entire Caribbean and North Andes plates, as well as most of the Cocos plate and a portion of the Nazca plate, have been used to support the concept of a global eastward mantle ... -
A Regional Modeling Study Of Climate Change Impacts On Warm-Season Precipitation In The U.S.
(2009)Changes in the character of precipitation have already been observed over much of the United States. In a warming climate, the impacts of these changes will likely be felt most strongly through changes in the intensity and ... -
A Regional Modeling Study Of Climate Change Impacts On Warm-Season Precipitation In The U.S.
(2009)Changes in the character of precipitation have already been observed over much of the United States. In a warming climate, the impacts of these changes will likely be felt most strongly through changes in the intensity and ... -
A relationship between sleep quality and academic performance in first-year university students.
(2013)The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between sleep quality and academic performance in freshman university students. This study was significant because it is the goal of most universities ... -
A reluctant call to arms : the origins and the development of the Truman Doctrine.
(2016)For nearly seventy years, historians have scrutinized the origins of the Cold War and debated the Truman Doctrine's significance to this international conflict. These sometimes emotional deliberations produced three distinct ... -
A replication, evaluation, and criticism of unconscious thought theory.
(2014)Modern social psychology has incorporated into the literature a number of theories and effects that were highly counter-intuitive at the time they were introduced, yet have formed a body of literature claiming to demonstrate ... -
A Return to Relationship: How Prophetic Rhetorical Strategies Energize Pedagogy
(2009)The foundational element of the educational enterprise is the basic relationship of two human beings working collaboratively to accomplish something together that neither could accomplish alone. Faculty want to teach and ... -
A Risk And Trust Security Framework For The Pervasive Mobile Environment
(2013)A pervasive mobile computing environment is typically composed of multiple fixed and mobile entities that interact autonomously with each other with very little central control. Many of these interactions may occur between ... -
A SOCIETAL APPROACH TO SOCIAL SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM: ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY, CORPORATE RESPONSES
(2013)This study examined the voluntary compliance of corporations to societal pressures exerted by one type of stakeholder--shareholders. Specifically, from an organizational legitimacy perspective, the study investigated ... -
A song for Eurydice.
(2015)A SONG FOR EURYDICE tells the tale of the human refugees living in the desert wasteland of Terra Arcturus, hundreds of light-years from their obliterated home, Old Earth. The story follows Captain Orion Andersen of the ... -
A stochastic simulation model to support designs of experiments on transportation evacuation planning
(2010)This research presents a new discrete-event simulation model, the DOE_EVAC, that can (i) effectively simulate alternative modes of transportation during evacuations, (ii) support designs of experiments, thus, provide the ... -
A STUDY EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ME! LESSONS TO TEACH SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-ADVOCACY TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
(2011)A small-n design called the multi-element baseline design with a pre-intervention baseline and a phenomenological approach was used to examine the effectiveness of an instructional program called ME! Lessons to Teach ... -
A STUDY EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ME! LESSONS TO TEACH SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-ADVOCACY TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
(2011)A small-n design called the multi-element baseline design with a pre-intervention baseline and a phenomenological approach was used to examine the effectiveness of an instructional program called ME! Lessons to Teach ... -
A STUDY OF COMPARATIVE INTERPRETATIONS BY STANLEY DRUCKER, ELSA LUDEWIG-VERDEHR, HAKAN ROSENGREN, AND JOHN BRUCE YEH OF THE CLARINET CONCERTO BY CARL NIELSEN
(2009)Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra is a staple of twentieth-century clarinet literature that requires exceptional musicality and technical mastery to justifiably perform the work. This document aids in the ...