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Student engagement and college students' future aspirations
(2016-12)
A large majority of research concerning student engagement focuses on the improvement of students' academic progress and success and increased student retention (Finn, 1989; Reschly & Christenson, 2012). A limited, almost ...
Effects of ion irradiation on the chemical and microstructural properties of sol-gel derived thin films
(2016-08)
The effects of ion irradiation on the chemical and structural properties of ion irradiated thin films were studied. Ion irradiation was performed using 200 keV H+, 400 keV N2+, 1 MeV Cu+, 4 MeV Cu2+, and 9 MeV Cu3+ ions. ...
Three essays on emotion exchange in marketing relationships
(2016-07)
Relationships are an integral part of everyday life and play a large role in how products are negotiated, delivered, and consumed. As researchers, our understanding of, and ability to predict relationship outcomes is being ...
Studies on the stoichiometry of sexual dimorphism in Hyalella amphipods
(2016-07)
Understanding the causes and consequences of variation in across multiple levels of biological organization is a central goal in modern biology. Research integrating key ecological and evolutionary processes necessitates ...
Relationship of working memory to job performance and innovation with stress and effort as moderators
(2016-12)
The present study investigated working memory capacity and the affect it has on employees to perform their job and to be innovative. The study also considered moderation of effort and stress to the relationship of working ...
Personality assessment feedback using DSM and FFM personality traits: Clinical utility from the client's perspective
(2016-07)
Clinical utility is an important issue in the diagnosis and treatment of DSM disorders. Several studies have examined the clinical utility of personality functioning utilizing clinician ratings. However, research examining ...
Comparative study of erodibility models and investigation of influential factors in estimation of their parameters from laboratory mini-jets
(2016-05)
Modeling and predicting detachment of cohesive particles and consequently erosion of cohesive soil mass remains an unconquered problem. The linear excess shear stress model and the non-linear Wilson model are some of the ...
How ideologies influence the legitimacy of state involvement in corporate governance
(2016-07)
The Central Government of China is the largest controlling owner of many publicly traded Chinese firms and the CEOs of many Chinese firms are former officials with the Central Government. This study explores how these forms ...
Framework for transfer learning: Maximization of quadratic mutual information to create discriminative subspaces
(2016-07)
In the area of pattern recognition and computer vision, Transfer learning has become an emerging topic in recent years. It is motivated by the mechanism of human vision system that is capable of accumulating previous ...
Regional diagenesis of Mississippian strata of the southern mid-continent, USA
(2016-12)
Mississippian carbonates are one of the most complex and largest resource plays on the southern Midcontinent. This study involves petrographic, geochemical, and fluid inclusion analysis of fracture, breccia, vug, and inter- ...