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Revealing and resolving contradictory ways to reduce selection bias to enhance the validity of causal inferences from non-randomized longitudinal data
(2018-07)
The purpose of the current study is to understand the mechanism of selection bias in nonrandomized studies by exploring possible reasons for inconsistent and biased results between the simple gain scores and the residual ...
Phase Diagrams and Quantum Phase Transitions in Lattice-Confined Antiferromagnetic Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates
(2018-12-01)
A spinor Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) confined in optical lattices has attracted much attention for its abilities to systematically study, verify, and optimize condensed matter models. In this dissertation, I present ...
From the sanctuary to the classroom: The role of black church partnerships in supporting the educational achievement for African American students
(2018-05)
Education reform efforts are consistently being implemented in public schools across the United States to support students success. There is an increased need however for improvement regarding the educational achievement ...
Relationship between reformed science teaching and learning beliefs and classroom practice: A two-part study
(2018-05)
Research examining the relationship between teachers' beliefs and classroom practice has been on the rise. While several researchers (Buehl & Beck, 2015; Fang, 1996; Pajares, 1992) have examined the relationship between ...
Empirically validating the measures and interventions of numeracy development (MIND): Remediation packet to increase basic math fluency scores
(2018-05)
With the majority of fourth grade students failing to achieve proficiency in math, educational researchers need to focus on class-wide and group interventions that can be efficiently and effectively used by general education ...
Impact of a Low-Intensity Physical Activity Intervention on Health Behavior Change in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
(2018-05-01)
Objective: To assess the FitBit FlexTM as a low-intensity, low cost physical activity (PA) intervention for pediatric cancer survivors (PSCs). Additionally, we aimed to assess the impact of social support (SS) for PA on ...
Longitudinal relations of disciplinary and non-disciplinary parental practices to child behavior and academic performance and the unique contribution of parent-child synchrony
(2018-08)
This dissertation contains two studies. The first study investigated the relations between parenting practices and child social and academic outcomes. This study adopted a comprehensive approach that examined the longitudinal ...
Regulation of a phosphodiesterase and map kinase during dictyostelium signaling and multicellular development
(2018-07)
Many eukaryotic signaling pathways use cAMP as a secondary messenger to evoke specific responses to different external stimuli. Here, localized levels of cAMP can be controlled by phosphodiesterases, which are sometimes ...
Meaning making of a woman in her life development through the study abroad experience
(2018-07)
Study Abroad continues to grow as part of the higher education experience. Women participate more often than men in Study Abroad, yet little research has addressed the narrative of a woman's unique voice in the process as ...
Study of the Penetration of Photovoltaics into the Libyan Power System
(2018-12-01)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of the penetration of Photovoltaic (PV) power generation on the Libyan power system with reference to voltage profile improvement and overall system performance. ...