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UNDERSTANDING A NONPROFIT FORM OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE ECOLOGICAL POLITICAL METAPHOR: THE CASE OF EL SISTEMA OKLAHOMA
(2017-05)This is an educational studies dissertation substantiated in an emergent, empirical case. Over the past few decades, the fine arts, including music education, have increasingly been de-emphasized in PK-12 school environments. ... -
Understanding and design of molecular dynamics based simulation methods.
(2006)Several new strategies for employing modified molecular dynamics (MD) protocols for finding energy minima were developed developed. First, we derived a new method of searching for the lowest energy conformation by employ ... -
Understanding and managing others: The impact of discriminative facility upon social influence.
(2001)The results of two studies provided support for the importance of being sensitive to situational nuances (i.e., discriminative facility), especially when interpreting others' negative behaviors. Study 1 empirically clarified ... -
Understanding Catalytic Strategies for Bio-oil Upgrading: Model Compound Studies
(2014-08-15)In light of the awareness about climate change and the role that non-renewable sources of energy have had on this issue, there has been a notable effort in the last decades to develop alternative sources of energy. Conversion ... -
UNDERSTANDING CHINESE COUPLES: AN EXPLORATION OF HOUSEWORK TIME, LEISURE AND SLEEP GAPS, AND MENTAL HEALTH
(2016-05-13)This dissertation examines the allocation of housework time, the leisure and the sleep gaps, and the mental health among married couples in China. Using one of the very first panel data about Chinese families, this ... -
UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEM CARBON DYNAMICS BY MODELING APPROACHES
(2011)Ecosystem models are a useful tool to explore ecological processes and their responses to climate change. The basic structures of current ecosystem C cycle models are similar and robust, but their uncertainties are high, ... -
Understanding Emotionally Supportive Family Communication Individuals with MS Experience Through a Critical Interpersonal and Family Communication (CIFC) Framework
(2024-05-10)Emotionally supportive communication (ESC) has been argued as the most valuable form of supportive communication, which the present study explores from the perspective of individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS). ... -
Understanding Experiences of Undergraduate Students with Physical Disabilities
(2018-05)This transcendental, phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of undergraduate students with physical disabilities and their decision (or not) to become engaged in out-of-class activities. Schlossberg’s ... -
Understanding public school teachers' accounts of conflicts: An ethnographically based, ethnomethodological investigation.
(2001)The data for this project are narrative descriptions or accounts of conflict episodes written by public school teachers. Two categories of research within the Language and Social Interaction tradition---the ethnography of ... -
UNDERSTANDING SPECIFIC ION EFFECTS AND INTERFACIALLY ACTIVE SOLUTES USING THE COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES OF MICROEMULSIONS
(2020-05)Designing and optimizing surfactant formulations continues to be of great interest to many industrial endeavors. Many of these applications utilize an assortment of ingredients including electrolytes, alcohols and other ... -
Understanding Structure: An Approach/Avoidance Framework
(2009)The current project was designed to present an in-depth exploration of the two Personal Need for Structure factors, utilizing the quadripolar model of approach and avoidance motivation to present a coherent conceptualization ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE ALKYL DONOR SPECIFICITY OF AROMATIC PRENYLTRANSFERASES
(2019-06-21)Chemoenzymatic synthesis is a leading technique in the diversification and late stage modification of complex molecules, due to the high regio and stereo specificities of the enzymes. Over the last decade, the broad aromatic ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AS A PROFESSIONAL FIELD
(2012)This dissertation is based on an exploratory study of GIS as it has evolved as a professional field. This study is relevant because it provides a fundamentally different approach to study professionals within a particular ... -
Understanding the Development of Legitimate Teacher Authority through the Teacher-Student Relationship: A Qualitative Study
(2014-05-09)Focusing on the relational elements of care, respect, and trust, this sequential qualitative study examined teacher authority development through the development of the teacher-student relationship. Teacher effectiveness ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTAL DRIVE MECHANISMS FOR HUFF-N-PUFF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY IN TIGHT FORMATIONS
(2019-12-13)Unconventional oil and gas resources have recently become the major source of produced hydrocarbons in the US. The change in the energy landscape follows nearly two decades of technological breakthroughs including horizontal ... -
Understanding the impact of a STEM explanatory model on STEM-education stakeholders’ conceptions of STEM and STEM integration
(2022-12-17)While STEM education is recognized as a critical priority for national security, health, and economic prosperity, its various and often conflicting meanings, coupled with excessive use of the acronym as a super discipline, ... -
Understanding the impacts of environmental, economic, and policy factors on developing economies
(2023-08-04)The first chapter of this dissertation studies the long-term effects of climate conditions during an individual's birth year on their life cycle. Drawing on data from the India Human Development Survey and monthly rainfall ... -
Understanding the Lowermost Stratosphere in Current and Future Climates: Composition, Definition, and Tropopause-Overshooting Convection
(2023-12-15)The troposphere and the stratosphere are two separate layers of the atmosphere whose dynamics, composition, and chemistry are fundamentally different. This leads to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) being ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE MOTIVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF TEACHERS WHO CHANGE SCHOOLS
(2019-05)Teacher attrition is a challenge that has plagued our public school system for nearly a century. While attrition rates have consistently risen over the past 30 years, the cost of teacher turnover has moved beyond finances, ...