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Organizational Factors And Therapist Attitudes In The Prediction Of Mi Adoption., Erin Tooley
Organizational Factors And Therapist Attitudes In The Prediction Of Mi Adoption., Erin Tooley
Psychology ETDs
Dissemination efforts occur within a context. It is important to determine the individual and organizational factors that promote MI adoption. The present study had three goals: 1) to examine the four-factor structure of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale (EBPAS) in a sample of substance abuse providers, 2) to examine the organizational and therapist attitude variables that predicted study attrition, and 3) to examine the organizational and therapist attitude factors that predicted MI skill levels at each of the three time points and the factors that predicted skill growth over time. While the factor-structure of the EBPAS was similar in this …
Gender, Jobs And Labor: Understanding The Gendered Division Of Household Labor In Dual Earner, Middle Class Families Based On Job Dynamics, Jessica Carlisle
Gender, Jobs And Labor: Understanding The Gendered Division Of Household Labor In Dual Earner, Middle Class Families Based On Job Dynamics, Jessica Carlisle
Sociology ETDs
Despite the fact that women have made large strides in education and the workforce, they still do a significant amount of the traditional household labor. Past research shows that economic variables such as education, income, and available time as well as beliefs regarding gender norms and values can affect the variation of time spent in domestic labor for both men and women. However, inconsistencies in past research warrant the use of other models or theories to better understand this division. This study aims to understand this division through the use of the job dynamics' theory. This theory consists of scores …
Sophie D. Aberle And The United Pueblos Agency, 1935-1944, Kathlene Ferris
Sophie D. Aberle And The United Pueblos Agency, 1935-1944, Kathlene Ferris
History ETDs
This thesis examines Aberle's administration in the coincided with the New Deal era and John Collier's administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberle was a medical researcher and applied anthropologist who brought several years of field experience among the Pueblos to the UPA. Some opposition arose over her appointment, in part because she was a woman. More important, many Pueblos opposed the consolidation of several Pueblo agencies into one large agency, the United Pueblos Agency. The new agency encompassed the nineteen New Mexico pueblos and three small Navajo reservations. Some resistance to Aberle and the consolidated agency lasted throughout …
An Investigation Of The Role Of Guided Reading In Proficient First Grade Reader's In-School Writing, Jolene Reed
An Investigation Of The Role Of Guided Reading In Proficient First Grade Reader's In-School Writing, Jolene Reed
Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs
This participant observation research study explored relationships between the role of guided reading and in-school writing of three proficient first-grade literacy learners during the first eight months of the 2007-08 school-year. Portraits of each student as a literacy learner were developed through case studies. Those individual case studies were then analyzed for themes in a cross-case analysis. Data were collected regarding text encountered during the guided reading sessions that occurred in the classroom and also in the form of writing artifacts produced by the three students during the writing workshop portion of their school day. Additional data collected included student …
A Compact Rf/Photonic Antenna Using A Quantum Dot Mode Locked Laser As A Source, Junghoon Kim
A Compact Rf/Photonic Antenna Using A Quantum Dot Mode Locked Laser As A Source, Junghoon Kim
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
The research presented here is focused on achieving an active compact RF/Photonic antenna module based on a broadband antenna design integrated with a quantum dot mode-locked laser (QDMLL). A two-section QDMLL is used to produce pulsed microwaves signals to feed the radiating antenna. To realize the microwave signal radiation generated by the QDMLL, several possible MLL-integrated-antennas are proposed. The prototype integrated antenna is fully described, including the design, fabrication, and characterization of the antenna performance. Additionally, this work deals with the improvement of the radiation efficiency and functionality of the integrated module. An impedance matching network is designed to match …
Sasakian Geometry On Lens Space Bundles Over Riemann Surfaces, Candelario Castaneda
Sasakian Geometry On Lens Space Bundles Over Riemann Surfaces, Candelario Castaneda
Mathematics & Statistics ETDs
We compute the cohomology of the join of a 3 manifold with the sphere and we see the dependence of this cohomology on one of the parameters.
Wideband Spectrum Sensing And Signal Classification For Autonomous Self-Learning Cognitive Radios, Mario Bkassiny
Wideband Spectrum Sensing And Signal Classification For Autonomous Self-Learning Cognitive Radios, Mario Bkassiny
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
In this dissertation, we develop a novel cognitive radio (CR) architecture, referred to as the Radiobot [1], whose goals go beyond dynamic spectrum access (DSA) to achieve the main features of cognition, notably, self-learning and self-reconfiguration. The proposed CR architecture is based on a sequence of signal processing and machine learning techniques that enable the Radiobot to sense a wide frequency band and act autonomously by learning from past experience. To achieve its goals, the proposed CR is equipped with the following functionalities: 1) Wideband spectrum sensing, 2) non-parametric signal classification, 3) unsupervised learning and reasoning and 4) decentralized decision-making. …
Creating Theatre: The Search For A Voice, Barney Lopez
Creating Theatre: The Search For A Voice, Barney Lopez
Theatre & Dance ETDs
This essay will explore questions related to the political theatre, the use of irony and satire and Augusto Boal's "Invisible Theater". I will analyze my plays, The House That Ché Built, Carson Lake, and Simon as Sergio. I will discuss my experimentation with politic theatre, my dive into the family politics of Greek tragedy, and I will investigate the dual identities we are navigating while social networking becomes increasingly integrated into our lives. Throughout this essay, I will discuss how my playwriting has developed and how I have begun to find my voice as a playwright. I hope that this …
Development Of Novel Efficient Organocatalytic Reactions For The Construction Of Complex Molecular Architectures, Aiguo Song
Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs
Facile construction of synthetically and medicinally significant optically active molecular architectures from simple and readily available materials via catalytic enantioselective cascade processes is the cental goal in organic synthesis. Toward this end, my Ph. D. work focuses on the development of novel organocatalytic asymmetric cascade reactions and their application in the synthesis of versatile molecular structures. A novel amine catalyzed decarboxylative enantioselective Diels—Alder reaction between aldehydes and readily available coumarin-3-carboxylic acids as dienophiles via dienamine catalysis has been realized. Notably, the decarboxylation facilitates the release of the catalyst in the Diels—Alder reaction adducts and achieves high reaction efficiency in terms …
"True Patriots For The Salvation Of The Fatherland": Sinarquistas And The Struggle For Post-Revolutionary Mexico, John Smith
History ETDs
The efforts of Mexico's revolutionary leaders to rein in clerical power produced many violent confrontations between secular liberals and partisans for the Roman Catholic Church. Formed in 1937, the Unión Nacional Sinarquista built up a following of conservative Catholics in part by means of a mass culture produced by the movement's elites, such as elaborately staged rituals, canons of national heroes and martyrs, interpretations of national history, and songs. With this propaganda, the Sinarquistas sought to generate popular support for the movement leadership's right-wing political agenda. This thesis explores the mass culture of the Sinarquista movement, as well as that …
Shi'ite Reformism Versus Shi'ite Fundamentalism: A Comparative Study Of Shi'ite Discursive Practices In 20th Century Iran: The Cases Of Khomeini And Hakamizadeh, Mozafar Banihashemi
Shi'ite Reformism Versus Shi'ite Fundamentalism: A Comparative Study Of Shi'ite Discursive Practices In 20th Century Iran: The Cases Of Khomeini And Hakamizadeh, Mozafar Banihashemi
Sociology ETDs
The patterns of socio/political transformation that Iran went through in the 20th century generated episodes of great ideological divergence within Irans shi'ite establishment. The current study seeks to shed light on an instance of textual exchange that took place in the earlier part of the century — in 1943 — but became the bedrock for subsequent discursive conflicts within shi'ism notably during and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Adopting the format of a dialogue and operating within the milieu of a shi'ite outlook, the authors of this exchange, Hakamizadeh and Khomeini, touched upon several social and political topics such as …
High Temperature Znse:Mn/Zns Nanophosphors With Very High Quantum Efficiency For White Leds, Brian Akins
High Temperature Znse:Mn/Zns Nanophosphors With Very High Quantum Efficiency For White Leds, Brian Akins
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
Efficient white LEDs are rapidly taking over many lighting and display applications, because of their improved color rendering and low power requirements. They are attractive replacements for traditional lighting from the point of view of both human perception and energy efficiency. Currently, the most efficient and common LED design consists of a blue LED and a yellow phosphor, which in conjunction produce white light. The LED phosphor is a yellow phosphor made of yttrium aluminum garnet doped with cerium (YAG:Ce). While it does strongly absorb blue light, its external quantum efficiency is only 75% under blue LED excitation at room …
Optimization Design For Multi-Domain Optical Network Provisioning And Survivability, Liang Kaile
Optimization Design For Multi-Domain Optical Network Provisioning And Survivability, Liang Kaile
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
User bandwidth demands have continued to expand at an unprecedented rate over the past two decades. This growth has been driven by the emergence of many new applications across a wide range of sectors, including commercial, private, and scientific computing. As a result, network carriers and operators have deployed a wide range of high-speed technologies to meet their growing needs. In particular, these solutions include state-of-the-art Internet Protocol (IP) and Ethernet systems as well as optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networking platforms. In particular, the latter solutions provide unmatched terabit-per-second speeds and are commonly used to provide underlying lightpath' connectivity …
A Homogenization Approach For Design And Simulation Of Blast Resistant Composites, Michael Sheyka
A Homogenization Approach For Design And Simulation Of Blast Resistant Composites, Michael Sheyka
Mechanical Engineering ETDs
Structural composites have been used in aerospace and structural engineering due to their high strength to weight ratio. Composite laminates have been successfully and extensively used in blast mitigation. This dissertation examines the use of the homogenization approach to design and simulate blast resistant composites. Three case studies are performed to examine the usefulness of different methods that may be used in designing and optimizing composite plates for blast resistance. The first case study utilizes a single degree of freedom system to simulate the blast and a reliability based approach. The first case study examines homogeneous plates and the optimal …
No More Sticky Notes: The Early Implementation Of An Ovarian Cancer Survivorship Care Plan, Carolyn Phillips
No More Sticky Notes: The Early Implementation Of An Ovarian Cancer Survivorship Care Plan, Carolyn Phillips
Nursing ETDs
Background: Over the past 10 years, the number of people diagnosed and living with cancer has increased exponentially. In 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report targeting survivorship care as an area that was not being appropriately addressed. Since then, the majority of research has focused on breast, colon, and prostate cancers, the three most common cancer types. Historically, survivorship care plans (SCPs) have been identified as important tools that can aid a patients transition from acute survivorship to extended and permanent survivorship and from oncologist to primary care provider. Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive qualitative pilot …
Coping Strategies Mediate The Relationship Between Alexithymia And Health, Jennifer Bernard
Coping Strategies Mediate The Relationship Between Alexithymia And Health, Jennifer Bernard
Psychology ETDs
Alexithymia, a construct of impaired emotion processing, has been shown to negatively impact mental health and is associated with higher physical symptom reporting. This study examined the relationship between alexithymia, coping, and health in a large ethnically diverse sample of undergraduate university students (N = 605; 65% female; 45% Hispanic). Exploratory factor analyses were conducted to create a latent measurement model for emotional approach, active coping and avoidant coping. Structural equation modeling was used to test a hypothesized structural model for coping mediating the effects of alexithymia on mental and physical health. Results indicated the association between alexithymia and negative …
The Psychology Of The Supreme Court: Modeling Judicial Semantics From Written Opinions, Anne Lippert
The Psychology Of The Supreme Court: Modeling Judicial Semantics From Written Opinions, Anne Lippert
Psychology ETDs
The construction of knowledge networks from text is a novel way to study the cognitive organization of domain specific content. This dissertation evaluated the application of knowledge networks to legal text. Text analysis methods were used to transform text from 8,014 Supreme Court opinions into matrix data suitable for the construction of knowledge networks known as SCOD networks (Supreme Court Opinion Derived networks). Four specific hypotheses were then tested to better understand the meaningfulness and validity of SCOD networks. The first hypothesis considered differences between SCOD networks and random networks. The remaining hypotheses considered the ability of SCOD networks to …
An Information Architecture Supporting Visual Analytics Of Student Data, Wisam Al-Doroubi
An Information Architecture Supporting Visual Analytics Of Student Data, Wisam Al-Doroubi
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
The topic of this thesis is student data analytics. The ability to analyze and understand student data is of utmost importance to universities as it facilitates the tracking of student progress, along with the ability to assess the effectiveness of program improvements. The ability to process and comprehend this data in order to determine the meaning and trends behind it was the goal of this work. This involved building a service that is easy to use and understand, while at the same time flexible enough to be used in a variety of settings, including the visual analytics application described in …
Functional Network Connectivity In Human Brain And Its Applications In Automatic Diagnosis Of Brain Disorders, Mohammad Arbabshirani
Functional Network Connectivity In Human Brain And Its Applications In Automatic Diagnosis Of Brain Disorders, Mohammad Arbabshirani
Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
The human brain is one of the most complex systems known to the mankind. Over the past 3500 years, mankind has constantly investigated this remarkable system in order to understand its structure and function. Emerging of neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have opened a non-invasive in-vivo window into brain function. Moreover, fMRI has made it possible to study brain disorders such as schizophrenia from a different angle unknown to researchers before. Human brain function can be divided into two categories: functional segregation and integration. It is well-understood that each region in the brain is specialized in …
Intracavity Coherent Interaction Of Mode-Locked Pulse Train With Resonant Medium, Koji Masuda
Intracavity Coherent Interaction Of Mode-Locked Pulse Train With Resonant Medium, Koji Masuda
Optical Science and Engineering ETDs
Resonant interactions of a mode-locked pulse train with intracavity samples, namely rubidium-87 (Rb-87) vapor and Fabry-Perot etalon, placed inside a laser cavity are studied in the light of developing ultra-sensitive laser sensors to measure a small magnetic field and a minute change of index of refraction of a sample material, respectively. A Rb-87 vapor provides an opportunity for a compact high-sensitivity atomic magnetometer due to its accessibility by the standard laser sources and to the large ensemble magnetization. By employing the ultrasensitive interferometric technique utilizing the intracavity properties of a mode-locked laser, the performance of the Rb-87 magnetometer can be …
Crime And Immigration In Albuquerque, Nm — Real Or Misperception?, Saundra D. Daras
Crime And Immigration In Albuquerque, Nm — Real Or Misperception?, Saundra D. Daras
Geography ETDs
The decade between 2000 and 2010 marked the largest increase of immigrant populations in U.S. history, however crime rates have seen a decrease during this same period. Recent research suggests that immigrant groups may actually be associated with this phenomenon. As immigration rates are expected to continue to grow in Albuquerque and the U.S., further research into the relationship between immigration and crime rates within historical destination cities (i.e. Los Angeles, New York) and new destination gateway cities, such as Albuquerque, is necessary. This study examines how violent and non-violent crime rates in immigrant neighborhoods compare to those of non-immigrant …
Effects Of Intimate Partner Violence On Maternal Reflective Functioning And Attachment Relationship In Hispanic/Latina Women And Their Preschool-Age Children: A Qualitative Study, Patricia Martinez Burr
Effects Of Intimate Partner Violence On Maternal Reflective Functioning And Attachment Relationship In Hispanic/Latina Women And Their Preschool-Age Children: A Qualitative Study, Patricia Martinez Burr
Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs
Research indicates that thousands of women across the world suffer intimate partner violence (IPV) under the hands of their partner on a daily basis. Understanding the effects of intimate partner violence on their psychological functioning and maternal response to very young children is crucial to our understanding and provision of appropriate treatment. This qualitative study used a transcendental phenomenological approach designed to analyze the in-depth interview responses of ten Hispanic/Latina mothers of preschool-age children, who had been victims of IPV within the last year to examine these effects. Given the researchers desire to better understand the effects of IPV on …
Trait Emotional Intelligence (Ei) And Job Satisfaction: A Quantitative Analysis Of Faculty That Teach Online, Mary Cooley
Trait Emotional Intelligence (Ei) And Job Satisfaction: A Quantitative Analysis Of Faculty That Teach Online, Mary Cooley
Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs
While the construct of emotional intelligence (EI), has been researched and discussed for nearly 25 years, most research of this variable has been done within traditional learning and workplace environments, namely face-to-face settings (Rudestam & Schoenholtz-Read, 2009), not the online learning environment, where, over the last ten plus years, education has largely been focused (Allen & Seaman, 2013). Mortiboys (2012), along with Powell and Kusuma-Powell (2010), found that successful college faculty tend to possess high levels of trait EI in traditional or face-to-face classroom settings, and yet, to date, very few similar studies have been conducted with faculty teaching in …
On Roots Of The Macdonald Function, Kaylee Tejeda
On Roots Of The Macdonald Function, Kaylee Tejeda
Mathematics & Statistics ETDs
An overview is given for the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for outgoing solutions to the radial wave equation' in the context of nonreflecting radiation boundary conditions on a spherical domain. We then consider the Macdonald function K_l+1/2 (z) for l \u2208 Z \u22650 , a solution to the half-integer order modified Bessel equation. This function can be expressed as K_l+1/2 (z) = sqrt(\u03c0/2z)e^−z z^−l p_l (z), where p_l (z) is a degree-l monic polynomial with simple roots in the left-half plane. By exploiting radiation boundary conditions for the 'radial wave equation', we show that the root set of p_l (z) also obeys …
A Geospatial Approach To Wildlife And Wilderness Management, Naresh Nepal
A Geospatial Approach To Wildlife And Wilderness Management, Naresh Nepal
Economics ETDs
The populations in the western United States have increased significantly over the last few decades resulting in increased development pressures on undeveloped and pristine lands. Population growth and increased human activities have also changed the overall ecosystems more rapidly and extensively in recent years than in the past, emphasizing the need for protecting natural land and ecosystems. This dissertation conducts analyses to highlight the importance of protected areas and wildlife habitat. Chapter 1 explores the use of Poisson and negative binomial regression models to examine winter habitat use by mountain goats in the Kenai Mountains of South-Central Alaska. Using GPS …
Socio-Economic And Demographic Predictors Of Mammography And Pap Smear Screening In Us Women, Curtis Christensen
Socio-Economic And Demographic Predictors Of Mammography And Pap Smear Screening In Us Women, Curtis Christensen
Economics ETDs
In 2010, 240,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 16,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer (www.seer.cancer.gov). In spite of technological advances and increases in education regarding cancer screening, healthcare costs are still on the rise and disagreement still exists between physicians who create guidelines and policy makers (Woloshin, 2000). This project examines cancer screening and examines socio-economic and demographic predictors for usage of preventative screening measures. This project also examines disparities in the current screening process. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 1987 and 2010 were used to compare differences across time. The results indicate …
Material Embodiments, Queer Visualities: Presenting Disability In American Public History, Andrew B. Marcum
Material Embodiments, Queer Visualities: Presenting Disability In American Public History, Andrew B. Marcum
American Studies ETDs
This dissertation examines the presentation of disability at three of the most popular sites for the consumption of public history in the United States including the U.S. Capitol, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. I de-construct the cultural and historical narratives and discourses of disability circulating at these sites and offer a visual culture analysis of the images, artifacts, and statuary found at each of them. My study is informed principally by the theories and methods of queer disability studies, visual culture studies, and cultural studies critiques of neoliberalism. I consider how …
Transnational Perspectives On Authenticity, Representation, And Expressions Of Visual Memory In Jewish Women And Childrens Holocaust Narratives, Tania Garcia
American Studies ETDs
This Master's Thesis explores the Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) from within a Transnational American Studies framework by emphasizing the importance of learning about multiple genocides within a global or transnational context. An examination into the link between postcolonialism and the Holocaust contributes to broadening global dialogues on Holocaust remembrance and genocide prevention. Through the interdisciplinary vantage points of history, memory, and literature, this thesis invokes a transnational methodology to engage in an academic conversation about the United States government's lack of involvement in adequately addressing the Holocaust. This thesis highlights Jewish Holocaust Literature as a means to understand the unique perspectives …
Revisioning Reality: Normative Resistance In The Cultural Works Of The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Nella Larsen, And Allan Rohan Crite, 1915-1945, Andrea L. Mays
American Studies ETDs
Despite the fact that nineteenth and twentieth century biologist and Social Darwinists theories of race have been dispelled, the social residue of white supremacist ideologies continue to have social and political implications throughout American society. America's racial hierarchy, and whiteness as a social and racial construct instantiated within it, against which every other group of people has been relationally situated, has helped not only to define non-white racial subjects in inferior terms, it has also guaranteed a perpetuation of race-based structural and social inequalities in United States of America. African American Studies, Critical Race Theory, Whiteness Studies, and most recently …
Intimate Gestures: Race, Photography, And Spectatorship In Tijuanas Dumps And Irregular Settlements, George Luna-Peña
Intimate Gestures: Race, Photography, And Spectatorship In Tijuanas Dumps And Irregular Settlements, George Luna-Peña
American Studies ETDs
Through a sustained engagement with the theoretical work of Roland Barthes and Frantz Fanon, this thesis traces the complicated lines of connection linking photography, racial difference, spectatorship, and self-making in Tijuana's dumps and irregular settlements. Understanding photography as a space and form of life and social death, this thesis explores the photographic work of two photographers in Tijuana that pictures the lives of those living in poverty: John Leuders-Booth and Ingrid Hernandez. Of these photographic projects, the thesis asks: How does the spectatorial relationship that is triggered by a photograph also initiate a relationship of value, where one side of …