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Essays in International Finance
(2017-05-01)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays on the theme of international finance. Chapter 1 compares the takeover premia paid by government-owned and private sector bidders in the oil and gas industry. Using the ...
Why did my coworker treat me this way? Examining the mediating effects of attributions on the relationships between incivility and workplace outcomes
(2017)
Workplace incivility has previously been linked to detrimental outcomes, such as decreased job satisfaction and increased burnout and turnover intentions. The purpose of this study is to extend the current research on ...
Seismic Reprocessing of a Granite Wash Survey, Buffalow Wallow Field, Anadarko Basin, Texas
(2017-12-16)
Although considered one of the more productive oil and gas reservoirs in the United States, the Pennsylvanian-age Granite Wash reservoir remain poorly understood. Amongst a myriad of issues that hinder development of ...
Transgressive Gender and the Empowerment of Masculine Women in The Monk
(2017-05-12)
In my paper, titled “Transgressive Gender and the Empowerment of Masculine Women in The Monk,” I discuss how Matthew Lewis revolutionizes Gothic literature by crafting powerful women characters who deviate from traditional ...
The Effects of Relational Conditions and Organizational Commitment on Teacher Turnover Intention
(2017)
This study examines organizational commitment’s potential role as a psychological mediator between the relational conditions in schools and individual teachers’ intentions to leave their positions. Although there is a ...
Deriving Operationally Relevant Tornado Probabilities from Convection-Allowing Ensembles
(2017-12)
Hourly maximum fields of simulated storm diagnostics from experimental versions of convection-allowing models (CAMs) provide valuable information regarding severe weather potential. The focus of this work is to extract ...
AN EXPLORATION OF TEACHER AUTONOMY IN RELATION TO ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
(2017-05-12)
This mixed methods study uses a participant selection model with a qualitative emphasis (Creswell & Plano-Clark, 2007) to examine the science teaching practices of elementary teachers in self-contained classrooms. Their ...
Finding key characteristics of promising compounds for anticancer drug discovery
(2017-12)
Multidrug resistance is the simultaneous resistance to two or more chemically unrelated therapeutics, including some therapeutics the cell has never been exposed to. It is one of the biggest obstacles to effective cancer ...
AN EXAMINATION OF ECCENTRIC VERSUS CONCENTRIC UNILATERAL RESISTANCE EXERCISE ON IPSILATERAL AND CONTRALATERAL MOTOR CONTROL STRATEGIES ACROSS AN 8 WEEK TRAINING PERIOD
(2017-05-12)
Traditionally, contralateral training interventions have been applied in the unilateral limb to examine the potential short-term “cross-over” responses and long-term “cross education” adaptations in the contralateral limb. ...
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BABOON TYMPANIC MEMBRANE FROM YOUNG TO ADULT
(2017)
The tympanic membrane (TM) or eardrum of the ear transfers sound waves into mechanical vibrations in the ossicular chain and into the cochlea. The mechanical properties of the TM play an important role in the sound ...