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LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENT SUCCESS OUTCOMES: A CASE STUDY OF PRESIDENTIAL AND COMMITTEE ACTIONS AT EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
(2018-12-15)
In American Higher Education, retention and graduation rates have grown in their prominence as institutional quality indicators. Yet, when measures are interrogated for parity across racial groups, inequity in outcomes is ...
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Nucleic Acid Tertiary Structures
(2011)
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is ubiquitous to all organisms and a molecule that essential to all life forms. RNA is a versatile molecule with numerous cellular functions. With advances in nucleic acid sequencing, researchers ...
Conceptualizing and Validating a Measure of Principal Trust in Central Administration
(2013-12)
ABSTRACT
Trust is a core social resource for schools. Lack of trust, however, is a serious impediment to the implementation of improvements in schools today. The absence of a valid and reliable scale to measure principals’ ...
BIOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE THREE-WAY JUNCTION IN PHI29-LIKE BACTERIOPHAGE PROHEAD RNA
(2017-08-18)
The knowledge gained from biophysical studies of RNA can contribute to basic research and inform new directions for translational research. In particular, information that develops the relationships among RNA energetics, ...
When Confucius "Encounters" John Dewey: A Historical and Philosophical Analysis of Dewey's Visit to China
(2016-12-17)
This dissertation focuses on John Dewey’s experience in modern China by exploring educational encounters between Dewey and the five Chinese scholars (Hu Shih, Liang Shuming, Tao Xingzhi, Guo Bingwen, and Jiang Menglin). ...
Measurement of ggF and VBF Higgs boson production cross-sections in the H->WW*->evmv decay channel from pp collisions collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
(2019-12)
This thesis describes measurements of the inclusive Higgs boson production cross-sections via gluon-gluon fusion (ggF) and vector-boson fusion (VBF) through the H->WW*->evmv decay mode, using proton-proton collision data ...
La obra de Luis Humberto Crosthwaite: frontera sin límites
(2016-12-15)
This analysis focuses on the literary works of the Mexican writer Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. The principal objective of this study is to show how Crosthwaite’s works are innovative forms of borderlands literature. Although ...
The effects of undermining on newcomer socialization
(2015)
Although much is known about the nature of supportive behaviors during organizational socialization, less is known about the effects of undermining during this process. This study examines the effects of undermining from ...
GENETIC AND GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF BAHD ACYLTRANSFERASES THAT DECORATE CELL WALL COMPONENTS WITH PHENOLIC ESTERS AND ALTER PLANT BIOMASS RECALCITRANCE
(2018)
Next generation biofuels make use of the energy stored in plant cell walls, so called lignocellulosic biomass. However, the natural resistance of plant cell walls against deconstruction, i.e., “cell wall recalcitrance”, ...
An Annotated Bibliography of Published Compositions for One Trumpet and Organ, 1998-2008
(2013)
Based on the number of new original publications for one trumpet and organ, the