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Consideration of prior experience in auditor industry specialization
(2015-07)
While industry expertise has been identified as a method of differentiation among audit firms to signal their skills and capabilities within particular industries, it is not known whether the length of time that an auditor ...
Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces strain C1A, a versatile biodegrader of plant biomass
(2015-12)
The anaerobic fungi represent a basal fungal lineage, members of which reside in the rumen and alimentary tract of herbivores. Due to their reported capacity to degrade plant materials, the anaerobic fungi have recently ...
Elementary principal leadership behaviors and teacher trust: An examination of transformational, transactional and servant leadership
(2015-12)
The high stakes accountability environment in which schools currently operate demands leadership behaviors that produce enhanced student outcomes. However, school principals are often caught in a complex web of competing ...
Statistical models for detecting existence of obstructive sleep apnea, predicting its severity, and forecasting future episodes
(2015-12)
This dissertation presents three statistical models based on data mining and nonlinear time-series analysis techniques as an alternative method for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea disease (OSA). From ...
Corporate governance and hedge fund activism
(2015-12)
Over the past two decades, hedge fund activism has emerged as a new mechanism of corporate governance that brings about operational, financial and governance reforms to a corporation. Many prominent business executives and ...
African American parents' and college students' perceptions of their role as decision makers in the special education process
(2015-05)
For this narrative study, ten participants shared their experiences about special education and the special education K-12 decision-making process through one-to-one semi-structured interviews. An initial set of open-ended ...
Front end of a 900MHz RFID for biological sensing
(2015-12)
This thesis presents the front end of a 900MHz passive RFID for biological sensing. The components blocks of the front end consist of power harvester, switch capacitor voltage regulator, phase lock loop and a modulator and ...
Electronic waste in the United States: Using Q methodology to analyze sustainable attitudes of millennials
(2015-12)
Using Q methodology (Brown, 1980; Stephenson, 1953; Watts & Stenner, 2012), this research study involved the collection of data from consumers age 18-25 years (Millennials) who have participated actively in the purchase ...
Native American English in Oklahoma: Attitudes and vitality
(2015-05)
This study offers an assessment of the subjective ethnolinguistic vitality (SEV) of Native American-accented English varieties--or just Native American English (NAE)--among tribal people in Oklahoma through an investigation ...
Antecedents to business succession planning in small relationship-dependent service businesses
(2015-12)
As the baby boom generation approaches and enters traditional retirement ages, the owners of small professional service firms are being inundated with advice concerning how to implement a business succession plan. While ...