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Service encounters and technology: The role of attachment styles in technology readiness and technology acceptance
(2014-12)
Amid ongoing innovation of technology and technological devices, service firms are continuously searching for alternative ways to deliver services to their customers. Service firms can struggle trying to strike a balance ...
Relationship of cortisol to psychological adjustment in parents of children diagnosed with cancer
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The current study examined the relation of physiological stress as measured by salivary cortisol in a sample of parents of children who had been diagnosed and receiving treatment for pediatric ...
Development of nonlinear finite element codes for stability studies of web material with strain state dependent properties
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The objective of the proposed research is to develop user friendly finite element codes that will solve nonlinear instability problems associated with strain state dependent material properties ...
"Clean coal" is like saying "dry water"!: Corporate communication strategies, risk definition, and power in the controversy over Oklahoma's proposed Red Rock coal-fired plant
(2013-07)
Societies in late modernity are highly dependent upon electricity produced by technologies that use primary fuels implicated in ecological expropriations and degradations. Technological dependency and risk make electric ...
MicroRNA: Molecular Micromanagers of Iron Metabolism and Oxygen Sensing
(2016-12-01)
Iron deficiency (ID) is estimated to affect one-third of the world's population. As an essential micronutrient, iron is required for DNA synthesis, cellular proliferation, and oxygen transport. Iron is potentially toxic ...
Use of expressive writing to mediate the effects of PTSD symptomology on female domestic violence victims
(2013-07)
This study examined the effectiveness of expressive writing in increasing general mental health and specifically PTSD symptomology for women residing in a domestic violence shelter. Two experimental expressive writing ...
Fusion in lesbian relationships: The relationship between differentiation of self and gay stressors
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between differentiation of self and gay stressors in a lesbian population. The sample of lesbian women, over the age of 25, and currently ...
Characterization of internalization, recycling and downregulation of muscarinic receptors
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study: Muscarinic receptors mediate the responses elicited to the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system. Specifically, muscarinic receptors mediate exocrine glandular secretion, smooth muscle ...
Effects of ion irradiation on the mechanical properties and structural evolution of sol-gel derived hybrid silicate thin films
(2015-07)
A study of the effects of ion irradiation on the surface mechanical properties and structural evolution of sol-gel derived hybrid silicate thin films has been conducted. Green films were synthesized through a sol-gel process ...
Season of birth and stimulant based disorders
(2010-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between an individual's season of birth and the diagnosis of a stimulant substance disorder. Additionally, this investigation ...