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Turning disability into a dream: A narrative inquiry of one mother’s endurance
(2022-12)
Research has indicated that, as of 2017, 18.7 percent of individuals who had a disability held employment, as opposed to 65.7 percent without a disability (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018). Despite the passage of the ...
Mudstone characterization and classification at a proposed hub scale carbon sequestration complex: Kemper County, Mississippi, United States
(2022-12)
The Mississippi Embayment in the US gulf coast plain and adjacent continental shelf present a vast resource for anthropogenic carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) opportunities from point sources to hub scale sequestration ...
Using machine learning methods to improve healthcare delivery in diabetes management
(2022-07)
This dissertation includes three studies, all focusing on Analytics and Patients information for improving diabetes management, namely educating patients and early detection of comorbidities. In these studies, we develop ...
Power-shift method to control nonlinear systems
(2022-07)
A theoretical technique is developed herein which allows for the experimental access of attractors in a coherent laser with injected signal. This technique is theoretically tested for use in other nonlinear systems such ...
Role of sociodemographic, environmental, individual, and relational processes on marital and couple relationships of firefighters: A risk and resilience model
(2022-07)
Firefighters experience chronic stress and potentially-traumatic events as part of their occupation. Exposure to chronic or acute stress can have harmful outcomes on firefighters and their families. The overall goal of ...
Social networks of veteran educators who remain in the education profession: A case study
(2022-12)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the social networks of select veteran teachers in three schools within one large, urban school district. Using Lin’s (1999) Network Theory of Social Capital as the ...
Aviation organization strategy development in national airspace modernization
(2022-05)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how small sub-directorates within larger organizations develop strategy to accomplish expansive legacy infrastructure re-engineering. There is significant, historical ...
Viewing college-town real estate as an investable asset class with outperformance during bear markets in housing
(2022-07)
College-town real estate is predicted to fare better in recessionary environments due to a constant demand for education as well as the economic stability provided by steady employment. Based on its distinctive demographics, ...
Quantifying the efficiency and quality of air void distributions in concrete
(2022-05)
This work establishes new ways to measure and examine the air bubble distribution within concrete. This is important to provide freeze thaw durability and resistance to oxychloride formation. These bubbles decrease the ...
Seismic multiples attenuating using Radon Transform and principal components
(2022-07)
Seismic data is often contaminated with noise that must be attenuated before making reliable seismic interpretations. Seismic noise can be either random noise, which cannot be correlated between seismograms, or coherent ...