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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 ...
Evaluating the effectiveness of a Tier 1 teacher training program designed to address Tier 3 behavioral challenges in kindergarten classrooms: The Teacher-Child Interaction Training - Comprehensive Program
(2021-07)
The Teacher-Child Interaction Training - Comprehensive Program (TCIT-C) is a manualized teacher training intervention designed to improve social, emotional, and behavioral competence of children ages 2-6. The training ...
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 ...
Crisis management planning in US international education
(2021-05)
Purpose: This dissertation informs the state of crisis management planning in US international education and its impact on managing crises during a pandemic.
Experts' views on the potential of luxury niche agricultural products for rural economic development in Mexico and other nations with similar needs: A double-panel Delphi study
(2020-07)
Economic development in both rural and urban settings is essential if a nation is to realize growth and prosperity. Producing for luxury niche markets, such as cut flowers or certain food crops, may offer smallholder farmers ...
Expression, characterization, and in vitro glycosylation of ectodomains from the membrane protein syndecan-1
(2022-12)
Membrane proteins are a key component of numerous biological processes such as signal transduction, transportation, and various cell-cell interactions. Nearly one-third of all genes encode for membrane proteins and around ...
Investigating perinatal depression, breastfeeding, and infant nutritional status among south Sudanese refugees in Uganda: A mixed methods study
(2022-05)
Mothers in refugee settlements face challenges, including an increased risk of developing perinatal depression as well as complex barriers to breastfeeding. Issues of food insecurity and child undernutrition are common. ...
Development and validation of a reduced order fin-and-tube heat exchanger model
(2020-05)
Vapor compression systems are the most widely used cooling system type in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) applications. Two of the four basic components of a vapor compression system are heat exchangers, ...
Impact of top management team diversity on earnings management
(2020-12)
The need to increase diversity among employees gained attention several decades ago. Heterogeneous groups are inclined to make ethical decisions in comparison to homogeneous groups. Organizations manage earnings to show ...
Elementary gifted boys' perceptions of self and school
(2020-05)
This ethnographic study seeks to understand elementary-age boys', teachers', and parents' perceptions of giftedness and gendered ability construction. Utilizing the theoretical lens of Herbert Marsh's Frame of Reference ...