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The Case Of Extended Supersymmetry And A Study In Superspace, Dharmesh Jain Dec 2014

The Case Of Extended Supersymmetry And A Study In Superspace, Dharmesh Jain

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In this dissertation we study quantum field theories with extended supersymmetry in four and three dimensions. In d=4 we study N=2 supersymmetric theories using projective superspace formalism extensively. We discover the full non-Abelian action for super Yang-Mills (SYM) theory in projective superspace by studying its relation to harmonic superspace under a suitable Wick rotation of the latter's internal two-dimensional sphere. We also show that a Chern-Simons action for SYM in ‘ full‘ N=2 superspace can be written down that reproduces both the harmonic and projective SYM actions. The projective formalism allows simplifications in computing Feynman supergraphs because the N=2 rules …

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Coupling Spin Resonances In Rhic And Ags, Nermeen Khalil Dec 2014

Coupling Spin Resonances In Rhic And Ags, Nermeen Khalil

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The polarization of proton beam during the acceleration process in a particle accelerator is affected by the existence of spin resonances. Coupling spin resonances can be excited in the presence of the betatron coupling introduced by rolled quadrupoles and solenoids, as well as in when the stable direction of the spin deviates from the vertical (for instance, by partial Snakes or spin rotators). In this study, We extended the ASPIRRIN code to account for the effect of solenoid magnets and related betatron coupling on the spin resonances. The examples of the coupling spin resonance for RHIC are given. In addition, …

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Real-Time Dynamics Of The Confining String, Frasher Loshaj Dec 2014

Real-Time Dynamics Of The Confining String, Frasher Loshaj

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) describes the interaction of quarks and gluons, which are charged under the color group. Due to confinement of color charge, only colorless hadrons are observed in experiment. At very short distances (hard processes), perturbation theory is a valid tool for calculations and predictions can be made which agree well with experiment. Confinement, which is not yet understood from first principles, is important even for hard processes, because after the perturbative evolution is finished, the final colored particles combine to create the final state hadrons. There are many effective theories of confinement developed over the years. We will …

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Double Longitudinal Helicity Asymmetries In Pion Production From Proton Collisions, Studies Of Relative Luminosity Determination, And The Impact On Determination Of The Gluon Spin In The Proton, Andrew Michael Manion Dec 2014

Double Longitudinal Helicity Asymmetries In Pion Production From Proton Collisions, Studies Of Relative Luminosity Determination, And The Impact On Determination Of The Gluon Spin In The Proton, Andrew Michael Manion

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Polarized proton-proton collisions at RHIC are being used to study the origin of proton spin, which arises from the spin and orbital angular momentum of its constituent quarks and gluons. Measurements at the PHENIX experiment at $\sqrt{s} = 200$~GeV of $A_{LL}^{\pi^0}$, the double longitudinal helicity asymmetry in neutral pion production, are used in global analyses of world polarized scattering data, where they are particularly important in constraining the sector of gluon polarization. These measurements have ruled out maximal gluonic spin contributions and are consistent with a small or zero contribution. In the latest measurements, the statistical precision of the data …

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Measurement Of The Ww And Wz Production Cross Section In The Semi-Leptonic Final State Using Sqrt(S)=7 Tev Pp Collisions With The Atlas Detector, David Puldon Dec 2014

Measurement Of The Ww And Wz Production Cross Section In The Semi-Leptonic Final State Using Sqrt(S)=7 Tev Pp Collisions With The Atlas Detector, David Puldon

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Presented is a measurement of the WW+WZ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using data produced by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded with the ATLAS detector in 2011. The measurement tests understanding of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model at high energies and is potentially sensitive to new physics models that go beyond the Standard Model. The production cross section is measured in the WW/WZ semi-leptonic decay channel where one W boson decays into a lepton (either an electron or muon) and a neutrino, and the other W or Z boson decays hadronically …

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Phase Separation And Neighboring Ground States Of Superconductivity In Kxfe2− Yse2, Hyejin Ryu Dec 2014

Phase Separation And Neighboring Ground States Of Superconductivity In Kxfe2− Yse2, Hyejin Ryu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Iron-based superconductor KxFe2-ySe2 has generated considerable attention having higher critical temperature (~31 K)* than previously reported FeSe series (~8 K) and showing a unique phase separation with Fe vacancy order. We investigate the effect of the chemical substitution to the ground state and report various ground states such as spin glass phase and superconductor-insulator transition (SIT) under high-magnetic field by substitution of Na, Te, and Ni on KxFe2-ySe2 single crystal. The normal-state in-plane resistivity below Tc and the upper critical field for KxFe2-ySe1.85Te0.15 and K0.50Na0.24Fe2-ySe2 are measured by suppressing superconductivity in pulsed magnetic fields. The normal-state resistivity is found to …

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The Influence Of Proton Order On The Thermal Conductivity Of Ice, Jonathan Tammo Siebert Dec 2014

The Influence Of Proton Order On The Thermal Conductivity Of Ice, Jonathan Tammo Siebert

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Water is one of the most important reasons for the possibility of life on earth. Even though water and ice have been in the focus of countless studies they are far from being understood. Despite their simple molecular structure, especially the ability of the molecule to form hydrogen bonds leads to a variety of interesting properties. One of them is the density maximum of water in its liquid state. This is caused by the hydrogen bound hexagonal structure of low pressure ice. In this work the influence of proton ordering on the thermal conductivity of hexagonal ice is examined. It …

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Nuclear Quantum Effects In Ice Phases And Water From First Principles Calculations, Betul Pamuk Dec 2014

Nuclear Quantum Effects In Ice Phases And Water From First Principles Calculations, Betul Pamuk

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Despite the simplicity of the molecule, condensed phases of water show many physical anomalies, some of which are still unexplained to date. This thesis focuses on one striking anomaly that has been largely neglected and never explained. When hydrogen (1H) is replaced by deuterium (2 D), zero point fluctuations of the heavy isotope causes ice to expand, whereas in normal isotope effect, heavy isotope causes volume contraction. Furthermore, in a normal isotope effect, the shift in volume should decrease with increasing temperature, while, in ice, the volume shift increases with increasing temperature and persists up to the melting temperature and …

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Qcd Factorization For Heavy Quarkonium Production And Fragmentation Functions, Hong Zhang Dec 2014

Qcd Factorization For Heavy Quarkonium Production And Fragmentation Functions, Hong Zhang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

From the Tevatron and the LHC data, it is clear that current models for the heavy quarkonium production are not able to explain the polarization of produced heavy quarkonia at large transverse momentum pT. A new approach to evaluate the heavy quarkonium production, by expanding the cross section in powers of 1/pT before the expansion in powers of &alphas, was proposed recently. In terms of the QCD factorization, it is proved that both the leading and next-to-leading power terms in 1/pT for the cross sections can be systematically factorized to all orders in powers …

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The Impact Of The National Economy On Supreme Court Decision Making, Joshua Matthew Johnson Dec 2014

The Impact Of The National Economy On Supreme Court Decision Making, Joshua Matthew Johnson

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Is the decision making of the Supreme Court of the United States influenced by the health of the national economy? In the development of the literature on the Supreme Court, scholars have mainly focused on how legal, attitudinal, and strategic considerations impact judicial decision making. There has been less work focusing on exogenous factors such as the economy. In this dissertation, I hypothesize that the Supreme Court is responsive to the national economy during multiple stages of the decision making process of the Court--case selection, voting, and the opinion stage. In a sense, I posit that the justices of the …

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The Authoritarian Party Identity And Its Impact On American Political Polarization, Julie Ann Wronski Dec 2014

The Authoritarian Party Identity And Its Impact On American Political Polarization, Julie Ann Wronski

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Political scientists and pundits alike have characterized the American electorate as being increasingly polarized in recent decades. This polarization has been framed in the context of the " culture war," where party elites and citizens have become more ideologically divided on salient social issues. Recent contributions by political scientists suggest that the sources of " culture war" polarization are more deeply rooted in individual traits, and that partisan polarization represents a " worldview evolution" that has split citizens into Democratic and Republican camps on the basis of their needs for order, certainty, and security - conceptualized as authoritarianism. This argument …

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Ready, Set, Change: An Exploratory Case Study Of Readiness For Change Within Five New York State Voluntary Child Welfare Agencies, Jennette Allen-Mccombs Dec 2014

Ready, Set, Change: An Exploratory Case Study Of Readiness For Change Within Five New York State Voluntary Child Welfare Agencies, Jennette Allen-Mccombs

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Each year, significant financial resources are expended to implement new policies and programs in an attempt to facilitate organizational change (Fleming, Culler, McCorkle, Becker, & Ballard, 2011). In 2007, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) collaborated with Andrus Center for Learning and Innovation (ACLI) to implement the Sanctuary Model of organizational change within selected voluntary residential child welfare programs that serve youth with behavioral, emotional and social challenges. Since these organizations typically have bureaucratic structures in which culture is maintained through a set of rules and regulations, change may be particularly difficult (Dickinson & Perry, …

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Acculturation Experiences Of Latina Immigrants In Suffolk County, New York: A Grounded Theory Study, Jennifer Wood Dec 2014

Acculturation Experiences Of Latina Immigrants In Suffolk County, New York: A Grounded Theory Study, Jennifer Wood

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This study examines the process of acculturation for female Latina immigrants in Suffolk County, New York. Thirty in-depth audiotaped interviews were conducted with adult women who were born in Mexico, El Salvador, or Ecuador and a theoretical model for acculturation was constructed using grounded theory methodology. The model reflects the lived experiences and perceptions of the participants. It also provides a number of factors involved in the acculturative process and attainment of acculturative goals for the participants. Social, psychological, cultural, and environmental supports and barriers are presented that impact the acculturative process. Findings suggest that the level of acculturation attained …

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The Influence Of Biogenic Opal On 231pa/230th In Sediments From The Bermuda Rise And Its Implication For Paleocirculation Reconstructions, Theresa Marie King Dec 2014

The Influence Of Biogenic Opal On 231pa/230th In Sediments From The Bermuda Rise And Its Implication For Paleocirculation Reconstructions, Theresa Marie King

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Thermohaline circulation is responsible for the global transport of heat in surface waters of the ocean, and variability in this circulation has been linked to both short- and long-term climate change on time scales ranging from centuries to tens of thousands of years. Accurate reconstructions of past variability are thus critical to understanding modern and future thermohaline circulation changes and the response of the global climate system. The main circulation feature in the Atlantic is Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), and has been reconstructed using a variety of static proxies, but more recently through the use of sedimentary 231Paxs …

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The Effect Of Patch Dynamics And Nutrient Availability On The Production Of Zostera Marina Seeds Within Shinnecock Bay, Ny, Lisa Jackson Dec 2014

The Effect Of Patch Dynamics And Nutrient Availability On The Production Of Zostera Marina Seeds Within Shinnecock Bay, Ny, Lisa Jackson

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Exposing Zostera marina to fertilized porewater has been shown to increase vegetative shoot density and leaf growth rates, as well as affect morphological shoot characteristics including increasing leaf length, leaf area and the number of leaves per shoot. However, aside from changes in shoot density, records of morphological changes in reproductive shoots subjected to increased nutrient availability are lacking. To address this, five replicate ambient and nutrient enriched patches, each between 0.5 and 2.0 m2, were selected within a developing Z. marina meadow in Shinnecock Bay, NY. Fertilizer stakes, with a N:P:K of 15:3:3, were used to amend enriched patches …

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Nitrogen Loading To The South Shore, Eastern Bays, Ny: Sources, Impacts, And Management Options, Isabelle Stinnette Dec 2014

Nitrogen Loading To The South Shore, Eastern Bays, Ny: Sources, Impacts, And Management Options, Isabelle Stinnette

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The excessive delivery of nitrogen from land into coastal waters can lead to a host of environmental problems including algal blooms, hypoxic zones, habitat loss, and acidification. While many of these environmental problems have manifested themselves within Long Island's coastal bays, the quantity and sources of nitrogen are largely unknown in much of this region, making the development of effective management plans to ameliorate these problems exceedingly difficult. This study was designed to quantify nitrogen loads and sources to Moriches, Quantuck and Shinnecock Bays within the eastern extent of Long Island's South Shore Estuary Reserve. Further this study assessed water …

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The Effect Of Patch Dynamics And Nutrient Availability On The Production Of Zostera Marina Seeds Within Shinnecock Bay, Ny, Lisa Jackson Dec 2014

The Effect Of Patch Dynamics And Nutrient Availability On The Production Of Zostera Marina Seeds Within Shinnecock Bay, Ny, Lisa Jackson

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Exposing Zostera marina to fertilized porewater has been shown to increase vegetative shoot density and leaf growth rates, as well as affect morphological shoot characteristics including increasing leaf length, leaf area and the number of leaves per shoot. However, aside from changes in shoot density, records of morphological changes in reproductive shoots subjected to increased nutrient availability are lacking. To address this, five replicate ambient and nutrient enriched patches, each between 0.5 and 2.0 m2, were selected within a developing Z. marina meadow in Shinnecock Bay, NY. Fertilizer stakes, with a N:P:K of 15:3:3, were used to amend enriched patches …

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The Influence Of Biogenic Opal On 231pa/230th In Sediments From The Bermuda Rise And Its Implication For Paleocirculation Reconstructions, Theresa Marie King Dec 2014

The Influence Of Biogenic Opal On 231pa/230th In Sediments From The Bermuda Rise And Its Implication For Paleocirculation Reconstructions, Theresa Marie King

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Thermohaline circulation is responsible for the global transport of heat in surface waters of the ocean, and variability in this circulation has been linked to both short- and long-term climate change on time scales ranging from centuries to tens of thousands of years. Accurate reconstructions of past variability are thus critical to understanding modern and future thermohaline circulation changes and the response of the global climate system. The main circulation feature in the Atlantic is Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), and has been reconstructed using a variety of static proxies, but more recently through the use of sedimentary 231Paxs …

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Nitrogen Loading To The South Shore, Eastern Bays, Ny: Sources, Impacts, And Management Options, Isabelle Stinnette Dec 2014

Nitrogen Loading To The South Shore, Eastern Bays, Ny: Sources, Impacts, And Management Options, Isabelle Stinnette

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The excessive delivery of nitrogen from land into coastal waters can lead to a host of environmental problems including algal blooms, hypoxic zones, habitat loss, and acidification. While many of these environmental problems have manifested themselves within Long Island's coastal bays, the quantity and sources of nitrogen are largely unknown in much of this region, making the development of effective management plans to ameliorate these problems exceedingly difficult. This study was designed to quantify nitrogen loads and sources to Moriches, Quantuck and Shinnecock Bays within the eastern extent of Long Island's South Shore Estuary Reserve. Further this study assessed water …

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Mechanical Properties Of 3-D Printed Cellular Foams With Triangular Cells, Pratap Kumar Bunga Dec 2014

Mechanical Properties Of 3-D Printed Cellular Foams With Triangular Cells, Pratap Kumar Bunga

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In the present work, poly lactic acid (PLA) is used as a model system to investigate the mechanical behavior of 3-D printed foams with triangular cells. Solid PLA tension and compression specimens and foams made of PLA were fabricated using fused deposition 3-D printing technique. The solid PLA tension specimens were characterized for their densities and found to be about 10% lower in density as compared to their bulk counter parts. The triangular foams had a relative density of about 64%. The relationships between the structure of the foams and its deformation behavior under compression along two in-plane directions were …

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Recombination Of Charge Carriers In Low Dielectric Constant Organic Solvent, Hung Cheng Chen Dec 2014

Recombination Of Charge Carriers In Low Dielectric Constant Organic Solvent, Hung Cheng Chen

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation consists of three projects: (1) Escape of Anions from Geminate Recombination due to Charge Delocalization. (2) Charge Separation of Electron-Hole Pairs (Exciplexes) Enhanced by Charge Delocalization. (3) Energies of Radical Anions Measured by Bimolecular Electron Transfer Equilibria Method. The first project studies geminate recombination of 23 radical anions (M*− ) with solvated protons (RH2+) in tetrahydrofuran (THF). The recombination has two steps: (1) Diffusion of M*− and RH2+ together to form intimate (contact and solvent separated) ion pairs, driven by Coulomb attraction; (2) Annihilation of anions due to proton transfer (PT) from RH2 …

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Pvp-Ca Composite Preparation And Its Characteristics, Ruiyao Cui Dec 2014

Pvp-Ca Composite Preparation And Its Characteristics, Ruiyao Cui

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is a commonly used polymer that has some excellent properties, such as great strength and biocompatibility. Cellulose Acetate (CA) is another excellent polymer that has been employed in many applications, including drug. PVP-CA composite has both strength and flexible properties that can be used as ultrafiltration membranes or the drug release system. PVP-CA composites comprise a new class of materials that have been the scope of this work. In this research, the electrospun PVP-CA composites were prepared under different concentrations. Then, the impact of different electrospinning parameters on fiber diameters was investigated. Moreover, acetic acid and acetone were …

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Defect Analysis Of Boron Phosphide Thin Films And Sapphire Single Crystal Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography, Zihao Ding Dec 2014

Defect Analysis Of Boron Phosphide Thin Films And Sapphire Single Crystal Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography, Zihao Ding

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Boron phosphide is an ideal semiconductor material used for neutron detectors because of its superior material properties, such as wide band gap and large thermal neutron capture cross-section of 10B. Since bulk BP is not readily available for neutron detector application, BP thin films are mainly synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Among all the feasible substrates for BP deposition, SiC stands out due to its small lattice mismatch (4.5%) with BP, however it is necessary to optimize the growth condition to synthesize high quality BP thin films on SiC. In chapter III, BP thin film samples deposited on 4H-SiC …

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Investigation Of Biomineralization By Raman Spectroscopy, Robert William Fatscher Dec 2014

Investigation Of Biomineralization By Raman Spectroscopy, Robert William Fatscher

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Biomineralization is a process in which living organism grow composite materials consisting of inorganic and organic materials. This produces a composite material consisting of both inorganic and organic components, with superior mechanical properties. In the human body bone and dentin are both examples of biominerals. In this research Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize dentin from mice and human teeth, to determine composition. In the mouse tooth samples areas of irregular dentin were found, along the inside of the tooth, to be in the process of mineralization. By analyzing the samples along these areas we were able to determine the …

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Diamond Detector--Material Science, Design And Application, Mengjia Gaowei Dec 2014

Diamond Detector--Material Science, Design And Application, Mengjia Gaowei

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Modern synchrotrons, such as the NSLS-II, will enable unprecedented science by having extremely high brightness and flux with exceptional beam stability. These capabilities create a harsh and demanding environment for measuring the characteristics of the x-ray beam. In many cases, existing measurement techniques fail completely, requiring the development of new detectors which can meet the demands of the synchrotron. The combination of diamond properties ranked diamond an appealing candidate in the field of radiation detection in extreme conditions and it has been used as x-ray sensor material for decades. However, only until the development of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process …

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Comparative Study Of Microstructure And Properties Of Thermal Sprayed Mcraly Bond Coatings, Michael William Inglima Dec 2014

Comparative Study Of Microstructure And Properties Of Thermal Sprayed Mcraly Bond Coatings, Michael William Inglima

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

A series of experiments were performed in order to observe certain process-property trends in thermally sprayed MCrAlY bond coatings for thermal barrier coating (TBC) applications in gas-turbine engines. Firstly, the basis of gas-turbine operation and design is discussed with a focus on the Brayton cycle and basic thermodynamic properties with respect to both the thermal and fuel efficiency of the turbine. The high-temperature environment inside the gas-turbine engine creates an extremely corrosive medium in which the engineering components must operate with sufficient operating life times. These engineering constraints, both thermal/fuel efficiency and operating life, pose a serious problem during long …

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A Study Modeling Secure Base Parenting Cognitions, Sandra Skinner Dec 2014

A Study Modeling Secure Base Parenting Cognitions, Sandra Skinner

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Secure attachment is associated with a host of positive outcomes including higher levels of prosocial behavior and self-efficacy, better stress regulation, and a lower incidence of psychopathology. Secure base support and sensitive caregiving interactions are predictive of secure attachment. Interventions designed to promote sensitive caregiving have had success in both improving parental behaviors and in increasing levels of attachment security. These interventions are, however, too time consuming and resource intensive to be rolled out to the general population. This study sought to determine if a brief and easy to deliver intervention could be successful in enhancing secure base cognitions in …

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Gender, Power, And Inequality: An Examination Of The Causes And Consequences Of Queer Intimate Partner Violence, Bethany Marie Coston Dec 2014

Gender, Power, And Inequality: An Examination Of The Causes And Consequences Of Queer Intimate Partner Violence, Bethany Marie Coston

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Violence is a not a new social phenomenon--at least, in the sense that violence has occurred throughout history between individuals, within communities, and practiced by institutions. But mainstream sociological studies of violence are all too often studies of men's violence. This project is an attempt to challenge critically the specter of heteronormativity that haunts the theories and praxis of intimate partner violence (IPV). Under this preexisting framework, studies have focused on men's violence against woman and used patriarchy as an explanation (i.e. the unequal distribution of gendered power, with men benefiting). However, I want to know if gender is still …

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Sexual Decision Making In The Context Of Hookup Culture; A Mixed-Method Examination, Rachel Kalish Dec 2014

Sexual Decision Making In The Context Of Hookup Culture; A Mixed-Method Examination, Rachel Kalish

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation is a multi-method study of college students' sexual decision-making. It relies on interviews and focus groups to examine how college students make decisions within the context of the " hook-up culture" (Heldman and Wade 2010) prominent on American campuses. Patterns in the qualitative data are examined quantitatively using the Online College Life Survey. To understand how students make decisions in hookup culture, I examine their views of relationships, how they enact relationships, and the effects of hooking up on relationships. I that students envision relationships in their future, and choose not to expend time on them during their …

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The Effects Of Gender Mainstreaming On Maternal And Child Health: A Cross-National Analysis Of Sub-Saharan Africa, Lauren Pandolfelli Dec 2014

The Effects Of Gender Mainstreaming On Maternal And Child Health: A Cross-National Analysis Of Sub-Saharan Africa, Lauren Pandolfelli

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

A substantive body of sociological literature has found that women's status is correlated with improved maternal and child health outcomes in developing countries, and accordingly, proposes policy recommendations for ending discrimination against women. Yet, the sociological literature has not engaged adequately with policy models for improving women's status. I address this gap in the literature by conducting the first cross-national quantitative analysis of gender mainstreaming -the global strategy adopted in 1995 by United Nations member countries for fostering gender equality. Specifically, the dissertation uses two-way fixed effects ordinary least squares regression to estimate the effects of gender-mainstreamed bilateral health aid, …

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