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Structure and dynamics of polymers adsorbed onto silica
(2021-05)
Polymer nano-composites have been studied extensively due to their large scope of applications. These studies have been undertaken to understand the properties of materials which depend on both of the components, as well ...
Respect for elders, rest opportunity, or pattern of structured inequality?: A qualitative study of urban women's experiences with menstrual practices in Kathmandu, Nepal
(2021-07)
Women in Nepal, follow numerous menstrual practices. Past studies have focused on menstrual practices followed in rural areas, particularly emphasizing health and sanitation. Using 71 semi-structured interviews with women ...
Chronic absenteeism: Caregiver perceptions of barriers to children's school attendance
(2021-07)
Chronic absenteeism is a hidden national crisis. Routine and consistent school attendance is necessary for students to academically succeed and develop into successful citizens. Educators and policy makers across the nation ...
Spatial analysis of ethnic migration behavior: A case study of Chinese immigrants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area
(2021-07)
The population of Chinese immigrants in the United States has undergone progressive growth in the past 50 years and has reached an epidemic number. As minorities, the Chinese immigrants move into receiving places to adapt ...
Entering a discourse community: Reading-to-write strategy instruction for effective paraphrasing among multilingual students
(2021-07)
Accidental plagiarism may result when a novice writer cannot construct an eligible paraphrase. From the early part of this century, some scholars argue that composition professionals at the college level should not teach ...
Colin is changing his name: A collection of poems with a critical introduction
(2021-05)
Colin Is Changing His Name is a collection of poetry that explores issues of identity and self-acceptance through the journey of coming out as gay in the rural south. Working through multiple characters named "Colin" the ...
Mining low-diameter clusters conserved in graph collections
(2021-12)
The analysis of social and biological networks often involves modeling clusters of interest as cliques or their graph-theoretic generalizations. The k-club model, which relaxes the requirement of pairwise adjacency in a ...
Modeling the ionizing radiation environment in Earth's atmosphere
(2021-05)
The constant bombardment of the Earth by cosmic radiation leads to an atmospheric radiation environment comprised of many species of energetic secondary particle. Aside from carrying out full Monte Carlo simulations from ...
Professional development needs of Oklahoma induction-year school-based agricultural education teachers across certification pathways: A mixed methods approach
(2021-05)
School-based agricultural education (SBAE), like many other subject areas, suffers from a critical teacher shortage. Oklahoma has chosen to combat this shortage by offering temporary emergency teaching certifications with ...
Development of bubble and ligand-based targeted nanoparticles for solid tumor therapy
(2021-12)
The use of nanoparticles to enhance targeted chemotherapeutic delivery and efficacy against solid tumors is on the rise. Conventional chemotherapy can be associated with deleterious systemic side effects and limited efficacy, ...