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Measuring shyness in children: Designing the Manifestations of Shyness Scale
(2021-07)
The examination of shyness as a viable psychological construct continues to emerge. Although shyness has been studied and is of interest to both researchers and practitioners, an agreed upon operational definition has yet ...
Staff perceptions of student adaptation at major points of transition in the early elementary grades: A case study
(2020-12)
Students are experiencing major transitions between education settings more often than in previous decades (Dove, Pearson, & Hooper, 2010). While, historically, transitions have occurred between elementary and middle school, ...
Sugarcane aphid movement model for Oklahoma, weather and geographic effects on sugarcane aphid migration in Oklahoma
(2022-07)
The first paper discusses developing a predictive model of SCA intrusion trajectories for Oklahoma sorghum producers. The SCA survival rates and migration distribution are generated using the temperature, precipitation, ...
Large scale avian conservation issues in the Great Plains of North America
(2020-12)
Globally many bird populations are declining at a rapid pace due to direct and indirect anthropogenic disturbances. Bird collisions with buildings are one major source of direct mortality. Chapter 1 examined species- and ...
Controlling, protective, or both: An examination of parenting behaviors associated with child anxiety
(2021-07)
Overcontrol and overprotection are often used interchangeably within parenting literature. This has also impacted the questionnaires that are used to assess these parenting behaviors. However, theoretical differences between ...
Influence of training status on human performance and physical characteristics among civilian and reserve officers' training corps populations
(2020-05)
The primary objective of this investigation was to examine the influence of training status on human performance and physical characteristics among civilian and ROTC. Study 1 was designed to determine if maximal and rapid ...
Evaluating the effect of secondary school seating arrangements on on-task behaviors: An analysis of student behavior and teacher movement
(2022-05)
A small-n, reversal design study was conducted to assess student behavior and teacher movement through classroom management practices targeting seating arrangements. Three middle school classrooms were identified in this ...
All-organic infrared-to-visible up-conversion OLEDs for low-cost SWIR imaging
(2020-07)
As a low-cost alternative technology to conventional expensive short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) imaging technology based on InGaAs semiconductors, an infrared (IR)-to-visible up-conversion organic light-emitting diode ...
Human capital formation, fertility, and labor force participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2022-07)
My dissertation comprises three chapters. The first chapter examines the effect of childhood immunization. After being in power in Burkina Faso for about a year, a military regime led by Thomas Sankara-within weeks, ...
Experimental and numerical analyses on the behavior of civil and marine steel structures
(2022-12)
Bolts and welds in combination occur most commonly during the construction phase of a building when the design load changes, when there are unforeseen difficulties in make-up or matching of bolt holes, or in retrofit of ...