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Data-driven approach to support bridge asset management
(2017-12)
Economic growth and reduction of poverty lies in a well-planned, constructed, and maintained infrastructure that includes water and sanitation networks, airports, schools, health facilities, and highways systems. As bridges ...
Phenomenological inquiry into Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
(2017-08)
There is growing recognition within psychology and other disciplines that body experience may be as important as cognitive and emotional experience. However, mainstream psychology has few psychotherapeutic interventions ...
Quantifying sediment loads from streambank erosion and potential load reductions from streambank stabilization using process-based modeling
(2017-07)
Unstable streambanks contribute a significant sediment load to surface waters in some watersheds. Streambank stabilization techniques are available to increase stability of streambanks or reduce erodibility, thereby reducing ...
Diversity, relative abundance, movement, and fitness of insect predators in winter canola agricultural landscapes in the United States Southern Plains
(2017-05)
In general, landscape diversification in agricultural production systems is possibly correlated with increased biological pest suppression services. In the Southern Great Plains, continuous winter wheat systems are being ...
Latent effects of larval experience: The pervasive effects of tadpole predation risk on frog phenotype
(2017-05)
Predation risk influences prey phenotype. Predator-induced changes in prey behavior and morphology are hypothesized to be adaptive, as long as predation risk is constant. This restriction does not hold for organisms like ...
Writing instruction in the journalism and mass communication classroom
(2017-07)
This multiple case study dissertation investigated undergraduate journalism and mass communication (JMC) writing instruction at two universities in a total of seven undergraduate JMC classrooms. The purpose was to investigate ...
Engaging community college students in online courses
(2017-12)
The percentage of students enrolled in online courses is higher for community college students than it is for students attending four-year colleges and universities (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2017a). The ...