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Investigating the evolutionary origins and mechanisms underlying xenobiotic sensitivity using resurrection ecology
(2017-07)
Sensitivity to an organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos, was evaluated in a resurrected population of Daphnia pulicaria; this population originated from a lake that has experienced over a century of cultural eutrophication. ...
Sisterhood relationships and self-authorship
(2017-05)
Being a member of Greek organizations has numerous developmental outcomes due to the density of the peer-interaction environment and cultural thickness. While groupthink has been observed and documented as detrimental ...
Intersection of entrepreneurial processes: The effect of integrating causation and effectuation processes on venture performance
(2017-12)
Entrepreneurs rely on a variety of decision-making heuristics when implementing entrepreneurial processes in small ventures. Researchers have suggested that entrepreneurs use effectual logic to utilize their available means ...
Laughing from the outside: Hipsters and American stand-up comedy
(2017-05)
In recent years, stand-up comedy has enjoyed increased attention from both popular and scholarly audiences for its potential as a forum for public intellectualism. This study traces this rise in prominence to the hipster ...
Empirically defining social justice through Q sort methodology
(2017-08)
Social justice, as a term, has existed since the mid-1800s. Although the idea of creating more opportunities for disadvantaged social groups has existed much longer. Social justice has been called the "fifth force" in ...
Psychological hardiness, Big Five Personality, and demographic factors as predictors of college enrollment among military veterans
(2017-07)
Enrolling in college and obtaining a degree may result in higher earnings over a lifetime and greater life and job satisfaction. Research has suggested that military veteran students were at risk for dropping out of college ...
Synthesis of thiophene, selenophene and thiophene-s-dioxide based organic semiconductors for organic electronics
(2017-05)
Solid materials having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than metals are semiconductors. Carbon-based materials that exhibit semiconductor properties are known as organic semiconductors (OSCs). These ...
Language processing in Arabic-English bilinguals: A mixed methods investigation
(2017-05)
This study examines second language activation in Arabic-English bilinguals for whom Arabic was the first language. Modeling its design on Colome (2001), the research compared processing in a picture-phoneme matching task ...
Surface plasmon microarray and voltage-driven biocatalysis for drug development and bioelectronics
(2017-07)
The objectives of the research described in this dissertation are driven with a broader motivation to provide scientific solutions to real world problems related to human health and cleaner energy. Under global health ...
Burnout, empathy, and self-care among mental health counselors
(2017-08)
The implications of burnout for those who engage in human service work continue to be of significant interest. Burnout prevalence, specifically in the form of emotional exhaustion among mental health counselors, has been ...