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Housing Design Standards for the Aging in Place for People with Intellectual Disabilities
(2017-12)Providing an appropriate domestic environment for elderly people with intellectual disabilities can be meaningful toward improving their independence and increasing their opportunities to age in place. Literature has ... -
HOW CAN TEACHERS INTEGRATE THE HISTORY OF WOMEN INTO THEIR MAINSTREAM SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES?
(2020-05-08)Women are often underrepresented in traditional social studies courses. In this qualitative study I sought to understand how current teachers were integrating the history of women into their mainstream social studies ... -
How Do Students' Lived Experiences Affect Unsafe Feelings On University Campuses
(2020-07-30)The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experience of safety, or lack thereof, for students on a university campus. This study utilizes a hermeneutic phenomenological approach of qualitative research design. ... -
“How do you pay for debt without money? Just pay with your health.” Understanding the association between Legal Financial Obligations and Physical Health
(2024-05-10)Millions of people in the United States are subjected to Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs), otherwise known as the fees and fines imposed by the criminal justice system. This debt can be a source of stress for individuals ... -
How does perceived discrimination affect voter turnout among registered Asian Americans?
(2021-05-14)With National Asian American Survey 2016 Post-Election Survey data, this research addresses the gap in our understanding of voting behavior among native-born and naturalized Asian Americans when faced with two types of ... -
HOW GAY AND LESBIAN EDUCATORS POSITION THEMSELVES IDEOLOGICALLY IN THE CLASSROOM
(2024-05-10)In this study, I aim to better understand the ideological positioning of gay and lesbian educators in the classroom setting. Through conducting a qualitative study, I interviewed three teachers who identify as gay or ... -
How K-12 school district officials made decisions during 2011 National Weather Service tornado warnings
(2012)School district officials are responsible for the safety of large populations of students and staff. Yet, few have meteorological training to accurately interpret severe weather information to make the best decisions during ... -
How Managers Apply Weather and Climate Information for Decision-Making in the United States
(2022-08)As the climate continues to warm, precipitation events are projected to become more intense, leaving communities to prepare for potential increases in flooding. There is currently a wealth of weather and climate information ... -
How to Conceal an Atomic Bomb: Indigenous Art, Political Truth, and the Atomic Age
(2021-05-14)In this thesis, I examine artwork made by Indigenous artists who challenge ongoing harms from atomic testing on Indigenous lands. I argue that the visual arts have proven to be an important site for political agency for ... -
Human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge, beliefs, and vaccine uptake among United States and international college students
(2020-05-08)Introduction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and is associated with different types of cancer in both men and women (CDC, 2016). Nearly all sexually active ... -
HUMAN-CENTERED OPTIMIZATION OF WELL CONTROL: IMPLICATIONS FOR DRILLING SAFETY
(2019-08-01)Today 70% of incidents in offshore and marine environment are due to human factors (HF). Among all such incidents, loss of well control can have tremendous damage to human life, well, rig, underground reserves and to the ... -
Human-Computer Interface Design in Human Factors: Weapons Drop
(2018-12-14)In a technologically advanced world, aircraft users tend to get caught up in all of the automation. However, if the automated function stops working, the users are left with analog skills to meet their mission. For the ... -
Hyalella Amphipod Species Reduce Activity in the Presence of Fish Kairomones
(2021-12-17)Behaviors and fitness of freshwater prey species can be shaped by their responses to predator kairomones, but it is often unclear which environmental factors mediate these responses and how the responses vary among species. ... -
Hybrid Active-Passive RFID Tag for Tracking Birds Using Existing Radar Systems
(2019-12-13)RFID “radio-frequency identification” tags are a powerful tool for the identification and tracking of objects across a variety of media. RFID tags have applications in security badges, individual identification tags, short ... -
A Hybrid Approach to Assessing Giardia intestinalis Genetic Diversity in Two Traditional Human Populations
(2020-05-08)The protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis is traditionally viewed as a harmful agent of diarrheal disease in humans, and is the target of prevention and treatment efforts around the world. However, most cases of G. ... -
Hybrid Decision making model using linear programming and analytical hierarchical process for comparison of manufacturing choices (additive and traditional) ( a pilot study)
(2023-12-15)This research is built upon existing knowledge of additive manufacturing and traditional manufacturing to gain insights into the cost differences associated with different manufacturing processes as a pilot study. The ... -
Hybridity, identity, and migration in postcolonial fiction and criticism
(2000)In this thesis, I have attempted to provide an explanation of various interrelated topics that are placed under the rubric of postcolonialism. My analyses of Salman Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' and Sara Suleri's 'Meatless ... -
HYDRAULIC FORCE MODELING FOR RADIAL JET DRILLING
(2018)Radial jet drilling (RJD) is a proven stimulation method to increase reservoir contact quickly and affordably while utilizing existing infrastructure and wellbores. RJD exploits a niche within the industry by targeting ... -
Hydrogen Peroxide and Water Interaction with Carbon Nitride
(2020-05-07)This study aims to understand the behavior of a mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide with effects from a carbon nitride catalyst using classical molecular dynamics. Hydrogen peroxide’s wide range of use drives the need ... -
Hydrogenation of dilute nitride materials for an application to multi-junction solar cells
GalnNAs material has been studied as a candidate for the fourth-layer in multi-junction solar cells. However, the material quality of GalnNAs has inhibited its practical use in commercial photovoltaics. While improvements ...