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Influence of Surfactant-Nanoparticle Interactions on Emulsion Behavior with Applications to Flow Assurance
(2019-05)
Emulsions have wide industrial applications such as those in paints, cosmetics, food, energy, and pharmaceuticals. The surfactant-nanoparticle interactions play a critical role in determining the stability of the interfacial ...
Occupational stress and work-life conflict among police officers
(2019-12)
Stress from police work carries negative implications for the physical and psychological wellness of officers and consequences for their work-life interface to include relationships with family and friends. The ways in ...
Tourism Stakeholder Identity, Values, and Environmental Concern: Understanding Pro-Environmental Behavior in the Mount Everest Base Camp Region
(2019-07)
This research project explores the causes and consequences of the tourism economy on values, environmental concerns, and pro-environmental behaviors amongst stakeholders in the Mount Everest Base Camp (EBC) region of Nepal. ...
Prospective Elementary Teachers' Mathematics Learning Experiences and Beliefs About the Nature of Mathematics
(2019-05-01)
In the current era of mathematics education reform, researchers have sought to show how beliefs about mathematics change due to experiences learning mathematics (Hannula, 2006) and how these beliefs can influence mathematics ...
Chicken intestinal mycobiome: Biogeography, succession, and response to in-feed antibiotics
(2019-12)
In-feed antibiotics increase animal performance primarily through modulation of the intestinal microbiota. However, the exact mechanism of action is not understood. Furthermore, a majority of research on intestinal microbiota ...
Theory-Constitutive Metaphors, Similes, and Scientists' Narratives About Their Travel and/or Research Experience in Popular Science Articles: Examining Linguistic and Rhetorical Features
(2019-05-01)
Among popular science publications, the most common type is the Popular Science Article (PSA). The main purpose of PSAs is to convey the necessary scientific content in the form accessible to non-specialists. They also ...
Effects of Behavior Specific Praise on Math Fluency and on Task Behavior of Students
(2019-05-01)
One mission of schools is to assist children in developing cognitive skills, in order to become well-functioning, productive contributors to their community and society as a whole (Abbott, O'Donnell, Hawkins, Hill, Kosterman, ...
Development of lanthanide-doped CaSO4 for temperature sensing applications and 64Cu-doped gold nanoparticles for radiosensitization
(2019-07)
The objective of this work was to develop two different materials; lanthanide-doped CaSO4 (CSO) and Cu@Au gold nanoparticles (GNPs) for particle temperature sensing and biomedical applications, respectively.
Ecophilosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien: Rural, Urban, and Wilderness Roads to Conscientious Living and Environmental Guardianship
(2019-05-01)
A core message of J.R.R. Tolkien's canon concerning the human and non-human global community appears in The Lord of the Rings when Gandalf addresses the Captains of the West, as they prepare their plans to march on the ...
Making Stores Age-Friendly: Modifications for Reduced Mobility Capability and Visual Capability of Older Adults
(2019-07)
The ability to shop for everyday products is an important instrumental activity for daily living (IADL) that contributes to successful independent living. As individuals age, the prevalence of osteoarthritis (Woolf, Erwin, ...