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DO TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT INTELLIGENCE AND FAILURE IMPACT STUDENTS’ BELIEFS ABOUT INTELLIGENCE WHEN ACCOUNTING FOR PARENT INFLUENCE?
(2019-05-10)
Children’s beliefs about their intelligence (i.e., growth vs. fixed mindset) have been shown to strongly influence subsequent behaviors. Failure, and the beliefs one has when encountering failure, have only begun to be ...
The Use of EEG-fMRI Features for Characterizing Mental Disorders
(2019-08-09)
Determining clinically relevant biomarkers of mental disorders for reliably indicating pathophysiological processes or predicting therapeutic responses remains a major challenge, despite decades of research. Identifying ...
RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN BONE STATUS, MUSCLE FUNCTION, AND FAT MASS, IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN BELONGING TO CAUCASIAN, EAST-ASIAN, AND SOUTH-ASIAN BACKGROUNDS
(2019-12-13)
Introduction: Racial/ethnic differences in bone mineral density (BMD) result in increased susceptibility of some ethnic groups to fragility fractures in comparison to others. Although Asians have a lower or equivalent BMD ...
FISH FACTS: DISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE
(2019)
This dissertation chronicles the disciplinary development of ichthyology through the work of three prominent nineteenth-century naturalists: Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), and Albert Günther ...
REPRESENTATIONS OF MALE MEDIEVAL LITERARY CHARACTERS AND THE MEDIEVAL UNDERSTANDING OF GENDERED CHARACTERISTICS
(2019-05)
This dissertation analyzes how medieval society understood the way gender characteristics were composed and balanced in a person by applying classical theories on biology, the humors, physiognomy, and astrology to medieval ...
A Decision-Framework for Building Portfolios Towards Enhanced Resilience and Sustainability of Communities Under Natural Hazards
(2019-05-10)
In recent years, communities in the U.S. and other countries have experienced several catastrophic natural hazards (e.g. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Christchurch Earthquake in 2011). The unproportioned social, ...
ISSUES IN LATE CLASSICAL VIOLIN CONCERTO LITERATURE: HISTORICALLY INFORMED CADENZAS, THE CONCERTO IN E-FLAT, K. 268 ATTRIBUTED TO MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN’S UNFINISHED CONCERTO MOVEMENT IN C, WOO5
(2019-05-10)
Teaching the stylistic aspects of Classical era violin literature in a systematic way is a relatively recent endeavor in drastic need for readily accessible material. One of the goals of this document is to propose applicable ...
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE WICHITA UPLIFT AND STRUCTURES IN THE SOUTHEAST ANADARKO BASIN, SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
(2019-12)
Regional structural transects across the Wichita Uplift and adjacent Anadarko Basin show the relationship between thick-skinned basement-involved structures and thin-skinned detached fold-thrust structures. Slip from the ...
BARYON CONTENT TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF LOW-TEMPERATURE POOR GALAXY GROUPS
(2019-12-05)
Little is known concerning the overall properties of galaxy groups, especially at large radii. A better understanding of them will constrain numerical simulations regarding their formation and evolution, as well as reveal ...
STUDY OF FLUID DYNAMICS EFFECTS FOR LOSS OF WELL CONTROL INCIDENTS IN SUBSEA WELLS
(2019-05-10)
The safety of well operations has become the focal point of the research paradigm since the Deepwater Horizon incident. The risks of wellbore blowouts cannot be neglected in any drilling operation, which makes the discharge ...