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La ville marocaine: une quête du vécu, de la mémoire, et des tiers lieux dans le roman du XXe et XXIe siècles
(2018-12-14)
Generally, work in the area of Moroccan literature treats Arabophone and Francophone texts as separate domains. My dissertation, entitled “La ville marocaine: une quête du vécu, de la mémoire, et des tiers lieux dans le ...
THE EFFECTS OF RANDOM AND CONTROLLED LATERAL CONFINEMENT ON SURFACTANT ADSORPTION
(2018-07-31)
Abstract
The effects of temperature and surface roughness on the mass and viscoelasticity of an adsorbed surfactant layer were monitored using the quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). Adsorption isotherms ...
Transitioning Experiences: Access and Barriers to Transgender Healthcare
(2014)
Marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, and gays and lesbians, have often been discriminated against in healthcare, and this has been an important focus of health and medical research within ...
Examination of Athletic Identity and Exercise Regulation Motivation After Sport Retirement
(2017-08-01)
This study sought to fill several gaps in the current exercise motivation literature by utilizing self-determination theory and identity theory in exploration of the relationship between athletic identity, exercise identity, ...
Comparison of Cliinician-Directed and Student-Self-Directed Physical Therapy Interventions for Youth with Severe and Multiple Developmental Disabilities
(2011)
I investigated two physical therapy intervention approaches, one clinician-directed (CD) and one participant self-directed (SD) for helping five young adults with severe and multiple developmental disabilities (SMDD) gain, ...
The Role of Gender Expectations and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors on Teaching Evaluations
(2010)
Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are a much-discussed and debated construct in the literature. When examining behaviors not explicitly detailed in job descriptions, ambiguity and subjective expectations about ...
Photoassociation and Rovibrational Cooling of Sodium Cesium Using Chirped Laser Pulses and Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage
(2015-04)
This dissertation presents the study of how two laser pulses can bind sodium and cesium atoms at ultracold temperature ($T=200\mu K$) into an ultracold, polar, diatomic molecule with a definite quantum state.
A single-channel ...
Freshwater zooplankton: ecology, cryptic species, and global change
(2016-08)
Modern threats to freshwater biota include anthropogenic eutrophication and invasive species, both of which may impact biodiversity. My four chapters focus on different aspects of these global changes. In Chapters 1 and ...
'Tricks upon Travellers': Robert Owen, New Lanark, and the Choreography of Character, 1800-1826
(2010)
When he assumed management of the cotton manufactory at New Lanark, Scotland in 1800, Robert Owen (1771-1858) faced a population made up of employees of "ill-formed" character. Over the course of the next twenty-six years, ...
The Post 9/11 Veteran and Adjustment to Higher Education
(2014-05-09)
Abstract
This study was designed to explore the extent to which perceived alienation, level of post-traumatic stress and co-morbid traumatic brain injury, and level of grit influence veteran students’ (n = 60) reported ...