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The Effect of Feedback on Self-Efficacy and Musical Aptitude Scores
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive and negative feedback on musical aptitude test performance and self-efficacy for musical aptitude test performance. Four research questions were addressed: ...
INCORPORATING MULTIPLE HISTORIES: THE POSSIBILITY OF NARRATIVE RUPTURE OF THE ARCHIVE IN V. AND BELOVED
(2010)
Novels of the twentieth century are grappling with the questions of identity in relation to history, but a self-reflexive history, a history that is always suspicious of itself. Alienated from cultural, religious and ...
De Senghor à Mabanckou parricide, rhizome et éthique de l’identité
(2016-12)
In my dissertation, “De Senghor à Mabanckou: parricide, rhizome et éthique de l'identité,” I draw on concepts developed by Harold Bloom in The Anxiety of influence (1973) to argue that, as a francophone, sub-Saharan African ...
The Virtues of Bayesian Epistemology
(2011)
The aim of this dissertation is to address the intersection of two normative epistemologies, Bayesian confirmation theory (BCT) and virtue epistemology (VE). While both are successful in many respects, I argue that the ...
A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING PROPOSALS BY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDIA
(2018-08)
Billions of people in developing and underdeveloped countries currently lack access to basic services and are living in poverty. One of the main reasons is unavailability or limited basic resource (economic, technology, ...
STUDYING THE GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME OF A TRADITIONAL PERUVIAN COMMUNITY
(2018-08-24)
The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is an ecosystem that is home to a plethora of bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes, and viruses, collectively termed the “gut microbiota” or “microbiome” when referring to the genetic ...
Utilizing and Adapting the Delphi Method for Use in Qualitative Research
(2015-12)
The Delphi method is a pragmatic research method created in the 1950s by researchers at the RAND Corporation for use in
policy making, organizational decision making, and to inform direct practices. While the Delphi method ...
IMPACT OF WETTABILITY ALTERATION ON RELATIVE PERMEABILITY IN SANDSTONE FOR GAS-CONDENSATE APPLICATION
(2017-05-12)
Gas condensate reservoirs can experience severe production losses once the bottom-hole flowing pressure drops below the dew point pressure, where condensate starts to form near the wellbore. During production under these ...
Social Smoking and Drinking Behaviors in Young Adults
(2017-08)
Young adult social smokers smoke almost exclusively while drinking, and are more likely to smoke solely in social environments, such as bars or clubs, than daily smokers. While previous research has found a link between ...
Educational Involvement of Arab Immigrant Parents who have Children with Disabilities
(2018-05-11)
Many Arab immigrant parents invest a great deal of time, energy, and money in order to have their children attend public school in the United States (U.S.). Because of this investment, some of these parents want to ensure ...