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Three years in a doctoral cohort: A survivalist's guide
(2020-12)
This narrative study examines the relationships and experiences of twelve members of a doctoral cohort in the field of educational administration. Although many studies on the success of the cohort model have been conducted, ...
Family support: A predictor of outness and psychological well-being in LGBTQ+ adult children of immigrants
(2022-08)
Researchers have documented mental health disparities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) populations. Although the LGBTQ+ identity is often a predictor of negative mental health outcomes by itself, ...
Authentication of edible oils using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and pattern recognition methods
(2022-07)
A potential method to determine whether two edible oils can be differentiated by infrared spectroscopy is proposed. IR spectra of the pure edible oils and mixtures of these edible oils in known amounts are compared using ...
On crustal and lithospheric structures of rift basins formed within the Turkana Depression in the east Africa and the Trans-Southern African Orogen in the southwest Africa
(2020-12)
This doctoral dissertation examines the crustal and lithospheric structures of rift basins formed within the Turkana Depression (TD) in east Africa and the Trans-Southern African Orogen (TSAO) in southwest Africa. Both ...
Dual enrollment experiment: Exploration for distributed leadership
(2020-12)
Leadership could be identified as a construct with unlimited definitions that are as idiosyncratic as the individuals seeking to frame its essence. While the contemporary study of scientific leadership dates back to the ...
Perceptions of high-stakes testing environment on learning experiences of gifted and talented students
(2022-05)
This study looked at teacher and administrator perceptions of the high-stakes policy environment on the influence of teaching gifted and talented students through the lens of systems theory. The national accountability ...
Advanced process control maintenance capital project management and continuous improvement
(2020-07)
The typical lifespan of Advanced Process Control (APC) projects has been reported to be 18 months to 48 months. This is relatively short considering the process units they serve have a life span of 20-30 years. Briefly, ...
Comparative analysis of math facts fluency gains made through massed and distributed practice with varied inter-session intervals
(2021-05)
We examined the math facts fluency growth of students receiving explicit timing practice in either a massed, short-distributed, or long-distributed fashion. In a repeated-measures group design, 50 mid-western 3rd grade ...
Time-geographic approach to investigating gender difference in accessing employment opportunities in a metropolitan area
(2021-05)
Gender inequality in employment remains an ongoing social issue in the United States. Although women's participation in the labor market has improved in the recent decades, the issue now is often manifested as occupational ...
Evolution of information and decision-making theory using heuristics and biases to analyze pilots’ decision not to vaccinate against COVID-19
(2022-12)
Using airline 25 pilots due to their uniformity in education, political views, personality traits, and dimensions, an informed grounded theory (GT) studied how the subjects in an information overload environment selected ...