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An Examination Of The Athletic Identity, Identity Foreclosure, And Career Maturity Of Division I Collegiate Student-Athletes In Nonrevenue-Producing Sports, Stacia A. Klasen Jan 2016

An Examination Of The Athletic Identity, Identity Foreclosure, And Career Maturity Of Division I Collegiate Student-Athletes In Nonrevenue-Producing Sports, Stacia A. Klasen

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Very few student-athletes will go on to become a professional in their sport; therefore, the vast majority will need to pursue a non-sport career once their collegiate athletic eligibility has ended. Research indicates that a strong athletic identity and identity foreclosure coincide with lower levels of career maturity, which contributes to the struggle that student-athletes often face with their post-sport transition. The majority of student-athletes compete in nonrevenue-producing collegiate sports (e.g., cross country and soccer), but this subgroup has not been adequately examined. This is problematic because research suggests that lower career maturity levels exist among student-athletes in both revenue- …

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An Exploration Of Counselor Educators' And Supervisors' Views Of The Development Of Multicultural Competency In Master's-Level Students During Practicum, Chunnan Hu Jan 2016

An Exploration Of Counselor Educators' And Supervisors' Views Of The Development Of Multicultural Competency In Master's-Level Students During Practicum, Chunnan Hu

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Counselors must improve multicultural counseling competency to meet clients' needs in this pluralistic society. This study used grounded theory methodology to describe counselor educators' and supervisors' experiences and perspectives of master's-level practicum students' multicultural competency development. Nine counselor supervisors from eight counseling programs participated in this study. Findings indicate that students' openness to and humility regarding cultural differences, direct exposure to diversity, having faculty who value multicultural competency and are culturally competent, and having effective multicultural training and supervision are key contributing factors in students' multicultural competency development. This study shares counselor educator and supervisors' current practices in promoting and …

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The Effect Of Strain Rates On The Formability Of Commercial Pure Titanium Foils, Kechuang Zhang Jan 2016

The Effect Of Strain Rates On The Formability Of Commercial Pure Titanium Foils, Kechuang Zhang

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Due to its hexagonal close-packed (HCP) crystal structures and limited slipping systems, commercial pure titanium shows low ductility. However, high-velocity deformation can be quite effective in increasing forming limits. In this present study, the formability of CP grade 2 titanium foils (38[micro]m) at various forming speeds were studied by experimental approach. A series of microlimited dome height ([micro]LDH) tests were conducted to examine the stamping formability of CP grade 2 titanium foils at different test speeds (0.01mm/s, 12m/s, 17m/s) on both MTS and split Hopkinson bar. Two different punch sizes (2mm, 20mm) were also used in [micro]LDH tests at quasi-static …

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The Effects Of Different Multimedia Learning Environments On The Learning Outcomes Of Second Language Learners : An Assessment Of Mayer's Redundancy Principle, Araya Ramsin Jan 2016

The Effects Of Different Multimedia Learning Environments On The Learning Outcomes Of Second Language Learners : An Assessment Of Mayer's Redundancy Principle, Araya Ramsin

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This quasi-experimental quantitative study examined the effects of different multimedia learning environments on the learning outcomes of second language learners. The study was designed to specifically assess Mayer's redundancy principle by investigating whether there was a difference in performance outcomes of second language learners participating in two different multimedia learning environments: 1) images with audio only and 2) images with audio and on-screen text. A repeated-measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted to evaluate change in comprehension performance from pretest to posttest, mean differences in comprehension performance between the two groups, and group differences in comprehension growth from pretest to …

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The Food Pyramid : Mexicans, Agribusiness, Governments And Communities In The Midwest Migrant Stream, Katie Sutrina-Haney Jan 2016

The Food Pyramid : Mexicans, Agribusiness, Governments And Communities In The Midwest Migrant Stream, Katie Sutrina-Haney

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

As recent scholarship and even popular works and documentaries demonstrate, the United States public is largely unaware how our food ends up on our table. While some popular works found in bookstores explore where our food comes from, these works rarely analyze the role of labor and specifically the system of the migrant farmworker stream. Workers in the field make possible the complex process from the growth of produce to the selling of food to consumers. By the 1960s, communities and states in the Midwest reacted to editorialized and documented condemnation of the living and working conditions of migrant farmworkers …

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The Associations Among Relational Victimization, Social Support, Depression, And Academic Achievement In Early Adolescence, Sonia Nowakowska Cooper Jan 2016

The Associations Among Relational Victimization, Social Support, Depression, And Academic Achievement In Early Adolescence, Sonia Nowakowska Cooper

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The current study examined the associations among peer victimization, psychological distress, social support, and academic achievement outcomes in a middle school sample. Specifically, the current study investigated how social support and depression influence the association between relational aggression and academic achievement. These findings aimed to address a significant gap in our understanding of how peer victimization interferes with students' academic achievement. Analyses were conducted utilizing a total sample of 471 middle school students that were part of an all-school evaluation that occurred in May, 2014. Results indicated that depression and social support mediated the association between relational victimization and academic …

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Jane Austen Uncensored : A Critical And Pedagogical Study Of Austen's Letters For The College Classroom, Amanda Smothers Jan 2016

Jane Austen Uncensored : A Critical And Pedagogical Study Of Austen's Letters For The College Classroom, Amanda Smothers

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

A vast amount of literary critical and scholarly work on Jane Austen's writing, including her juvenilia, has been published. However, insufficient attention has been paid to her extant letters and their significance. This dissertation redresses the imbalance and is the first extensive critical, scholarly discussion of Jane Austen's correspondence and their pedagogical applications. In order to rectify the disparity, this dissertation examines Jane Austen's surviving letters to determine how to contextualize them historically and biographically and in relation to her fiction for college composition and undergraduate literature courses. Background information on letter writing in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century …

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Jumping In The Snow : An Exploration Of Early Childhood Educator Career Commitment, Tara Mathien Jan 2016

Jumping In The Snow : An Exploration Of Early Childhood Educator Career Commitment, Tara Mathien

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the experiences of early childhood educators that had chosen to make teaching a career. Little research exists that examines resiliency and persistence factors in association with career commitment ideals of early childhood educators. Work experiences in early childhood programs have been researched extensively yet without the focus on those that have stayed in the field for at least five years or more. Questions addressed by this study involve how educators describe and perceive their role and overall careers. Additionally, background experiences, life experiences, personality factors, and resiliency were deeply explored. The study involved a three-part interview series …

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Simulation Analysis Of Blood Flow And Selective Drug Particle Delivery To The Targeted Tumors Cerebral Artery-Tissue Region, Sravanthi Patibandla Jan 2016

Simulation Analysis Of Blood Flow And Selective Drug Particle Delivery To The Targeted Tumors Cerebral Artery-Tissue Region, Sravanthi Patibandla

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Brain is the most intricate organ of human body. The development of new therapeutic techniques for Brain tumor diseases is a difficult task, yet these treatments are not effective for almost all the brain diseases. Presence of Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) is the main challenge in development of drugs to treat brain diseases in most of the cases. Among several brain diseases, brain tumors often have poor prognosis, which depends and changes according to the type of the tumor. In this study a three-dimensional computational simulation model for analyzing multifunctional drug distribution through the cerebral artery and adjacent tissue region …

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Situating The Humanistic Paradigm In Clinical Dental Hygiene : Empathic Understanding, Thoughtfulness And Tact, And Pedagogical Influence, Mary B. Jacobs Jan 2016

Situating The Humanistic Paradigm In Clinical Dental Hygiene : Empathic Understanding, Thoughtfulness And Tact, And Pedagogical Influence, Mary B. Jacobs

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Humanistic teaching endeavors are gaining a renewed focus in dental education as a result of the sustained number of oral health disparities in the United States. The accrediting body for dental education calls for institutions to provide a humanistic environment characterized by respect, tolerance, understanding, and concern for others: one fostered by mentoring, advising, and small group interaction. The voices of dental educators are absent from the literature on humanistic pedagogy; therefore, dental educators are unable to share or access teaching knowledge regarding what humanistic pedagogy looks like. The central research question of this study is, "In what ways do …

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Survivor Memory, Collective Narrative : Producing The "Remembering The Killing Fields" Exhibit At The National Cambodian Heritage Museum And Memorial In Chicago, Illinois, Alexxandra E.A. Salazar Jan 2016

Survivor Memory, Collective Narrative : Producing The "Remembering The Killing Fields" Exhibit At The National Cambodian Heritage Museum And Memorial In Chicago, Illinois, Alexxandra E.A. Salazar

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

In 2011, the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial (NCHM) opened an exhibition titled, Remembering the Killing Fields (RKF). The exhibit was formed from the collection and curation of survivor memory in the form of life history interviews and documentary objects representing the period of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia (1975-1979). This research examines the development process of the RKF exhibit, looking particularly at the negotiations, challenges, and decisions that occurred behind-the-scenes between multiple groups involved in the exhibit's design, including first-generation Cambodian survivors, 1.5/2.0-generation Cambodian Americans, as well as non-Khmer museum professionals and scholars. How did …

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Social Support Compensation And Internalizing Symptoms During Adolescence, Kelly Marie Lyell Jan 2016

Social Support Compensation And Internalizing Symptoms During Adolescence, Kelly Marie Lyell

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The current study sought to add to the social support literature by examining the relationship between adolescent perceptions of social support from different support sources and internalizing symptoms. More specifically, the present study investigated stress-buffering and compensation effects of social support from mothers, fathers, classmates, and close friends related to internalizing symptoms at the middle school level. The primary question guiding this study was: Does social support from one source moderate support from another source when predicting internalizing symptoms? The results were examined specifically to determine if support from one source can compensate for a lack of support from another …

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Solar Photovoltaic (Pv) Array Under Partial Shading Conditions, Belqasem Aljafari Jan 2016

Solar Photovoltaic (Pv) Array Under Partial Shading Conditions, Belqasem Aljafari

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The need for renewable energy sources is growing day by day because of the severe energy crisis in the world today. Renewable energy sources play a significant role in electricity generation. Several renewable energy sources (like solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass) can be used for generation of electricity and for meeting our daily energy demands. Solar energy is the most viable option for electricity generation because it is available everywhere and is free to utilize. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) arrays convert the solar energy into electrical energy. With the current concentration on greener and cleaner sources of power, PV arrays are …

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Social Support And Academic Engagement : Perceptions Of Students With A Disability, Melissa Nordstrom Terry Jan 2016

Social Support And Academic Engagement : Perceptions Of Students With A Disability, Melissa Nordstrom Terry

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Social support and academic engagement are effective in promoting the resilience and school completion of many at-risk student groups. For students with disabilities, a paucity of research in these areas leaves the influence of and relationships between these factors less clear. The current study used data gathered from a Midwestern elementary district to examine students' perceptions of social support and academic engagement and how those variables may be related to the disability severity of students receiving special education. Additional analyses were conducted to examine potential differences between the general education and special education groups within the sample. Although no moderating …

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Teacher Perceptions Of Performance Evaluation And Teacher Self Efficacy In Illinois Public Elementary And Middle Schools, Amy Marks Jan 2016

Teacher Perceptions Of Performance Evaluation And Teacher Self Efficacy In Illinois Public Elementary And Middle Schools, Amy Marks

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This quantitative dissertation explored the association between teacher self-efficacy and teacher perceptions of the Illinois teacher performance evaluation process. It also examined how the teacher evaluation system's procedures, the evaluative feedback received by the teacher, and the context of the evaluation process related to teacher self-efficacy in the areas of student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management. Teachers from two different Illinois suburban public elementary school districts were surveyed. One school district employed the Charlotte Danielson Model and the other a more traditional evaluation model. The study results showed teachers who reported using a high quality teacher evaluation process also …

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Teacher Beliefs About Factors That Influence Student Dropout, Implicit Theories Of Intelligence And Self Efficacy, Robin Lenart Jan 2016

Teacher Beliefs About Factors That Influence Student Dropout, Implicit Theories Of Intelligence And Self Efficacy, Robin Lenart

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study was an exploratory study examining teacher beliefs about the factors that influence student dropout, their implicit theory of intelligence beliefs, and their self-efficacy beliefs. A three part survey was used in this study. The first part of the survey, an instrument developed for this study, was based on Rumberger's 2011 Framework for Understanding Dropout. The second instrument was the Theories of Intelligence Scale (TIS; Dweck, 1995) and the third instrument was the Teacher Self Efficacy Scale (TSES; Tschannen-Moran & Hoy, 2001). Participants were 276 secondary teachers. Results indicated that participants placed a higher importance on individual factors than …

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Task Specificity And Multiple Document Integration, Karyn Paula Higgs Jan 2016

Task Specificity And Multiple Document Integration, Karyn Paula Higgs

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Readers must often construct an understanding of a complex process (e.g. climate change) from multiple documents. This is challenging because the documents are typically written for different purposes by different authors. In this context, readers must engage different reading strategies, because information that is important to the meaning of an individual text (i.e. text-based importance) may not be relevant to the reader's purpose (i.e. task-based relevance). Readers may have a default processing strategy based on attending to textual importance (i.e. importance-based processing), but when they have a goal or a task, they may switch to a processing strategy based on …

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Examining Self-Efficacy As A Mediator On The Relation Between Bullying Role Behaviors And Academic Success In Early Adolescence, Christina L. Piccirillo Jan 2016

Examining Self-Efficacy As A Mediator On The Relation Between Bullying Role Behaviors And Academic Success In Early Adolescence, Christina L. Piccirillo

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this project was to explore the mediating effects of social and academic self-efficacy on the relations between bullying role behaviors and academic achievement. Research has primarily focused on the bully and the victim in bullying situations, which neglects to examine the experiences of those who witness or are involved in the aggressive act, including assisting bullies, defending victims, and ignoring others. As a result, research has overlooked how other bullying roles relate to academic performance. However, research has explored how various bullying role behaviors relate to self-efficacy. Additionally, self-efficacy has been associated with academic performance, such as …

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Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Residential Flood Exposure In The Atlanta, Georgia Metropolitan Area, 1990-2010, Alex Page Ferguson Jan 2016

Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Residential Flood Exposure In The Atlanta, Georgia Metropolitan Area, 1990-2010, Alex Page Ferguson

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Financial losses due to flooding have increased substantially over the past several decades. Previous research implies that flood losses are rising due to changes in precipitation and increases in exposure. While prior research has explored changes in floodplain exposure at the county level, few efforts have examined patterns across an entire metropolitan area. This thesis examines changes in residential built-environment flood exposure within the current boundaries of the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area by estimating the number of housing units that are located within the floodplains of the region. Housing unit data at the block level from the 1990-2010 decennial …

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The Influence Of Building Social Presence And Sense Of Community In Online Learning : A Meta-Analysis On Student Satisfaction And Retention, Martha Lowe-Madkins Jan 2016

The Influence Of Building Social Presence And Sense Of Community In Online Learning : A Meta-Analysis On Student Satisfaction And Retention, Martha Lowe-Madkins

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Online learning has become one of the primary formats for course delivery in higher education. As online learning continues to evolve, more research is needed on social presence's contribution to student satisfaction and retention. The purpose of this study was to determine if the element of social presence in online learning has an impact on student satisfaction and retention. The research was also used to support and frame further research on measuring social presence, its relationship with learner satisfaction, and ways to create a more comfortable learning environment and retain learners in online courses. The quantitative and qualitative methods in …

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The Judicialization Of Politics : An Examination Of The Administrative Court Of Thailand, Aaron Micah Johnson Jan 2016

The Judicialization Of Politics : An Examination Of The Administrative Court Of Thailand, Aaron Micah Johnson

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Since 2000, Thailand's judiciaries have decided the fate of polls, politicians, political parties and policies. Such frequent incursions into uncharted political waters signals a tide of new and largely opaque activities that scholars refer to as "the judicialization of politics." This dissertation provides an account of the judicialization of Thai politics through an examination of the Administrative Court of Thailand. It focuses on the particular actions of both judges and plaintiffs as necessary to explain the phenomenon. In addition, this study attempts to examine the effects of the judicialization of Thai politics upon not only the immediate parties involved in …

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The Outermost Court : Gentiles In Mormon Zion, 1831-1869, Christopher W. Anderson Jan 2016

The Outermost Court : Gentiles In Mormon Zion, 1831-1869, Christopher W. Anderson

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This thesis explores the lives of the non-Mormon minority that lived within early Mormon communities. Understanding the nature of community formation and the role of passive religious dissent on the frontier of antebellum America problematizes monolithic narratives of religious conflict. A more localized exploration of Mormon/non-Mormon interaction provides insight into how these communities changed over time and how economic issues were central to their viability. Other studies of these relationships have focused on the conflict that arose between Mormon communities and their neighbors. By framing this investigation in terms of the opportunities for collaboration, I argue that these communities were …

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The Politics Of Natural Resource Use : A Comparative Study Of Forest Exploitation In Indonesia And Cambodia, Azriansyah Achdiat Agoes Jan 2016

The Politics Of Natural Resource Use : A Comparative Study Of Forest Exploitation In Indonesia And Cambodia, Azriansyah Achdiat Agoes

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This paper address two questions. First, it examines the question of why authoritarian rulers rely on natural resources to stay in power. Second, it address the mechanism of how authoritarian rulers extract rents from natural resources and distribute the rents to construct patronage systems to cement political pacts and gain popular legitimacy. In this paper I argue that the characteristics of the state determine the strategy employed by authoritarian rulers to use natural resources for political purposes by distributing monopolies to business elites and receiving financial donations in return. This paper examines the cases of forest exploitation in Indonesia and …

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The Pressure Of Society On Water Quality : A Land Use Impact Study Of Lake Ripley In Oakland, Wisconsin, Kyle Whalley Jan 2016

The Pressure Of Society On Water Quality : A Land Use Impact Study Of Lake Ripley In Oakland, Wisconsin, Kyle Whalley

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Eutrophication of lakes occurs naturally over time but with the influence of humans, mainly through the process of non-point source pollution, the eutrophication rate can be accelerated. Agriculture and residential land use along with the presence of impervious surfaces can negatively impact water quality of lakes due to nutrient pollution. This research investigates the impacts of land use on the water quality of Lake Ripley in Oakland, Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011 using a regression, correlation, and trophic state index (TSI) trend analysis. The regression analysis incorporates four years of National Land Cover Database (NLCD) data, eight spatial categories created …

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The Secret Recipe : To Leadership And Career Pathway Success In Dietetics, Paula Milas Sochacki Jan 2016

The Secret Recipe : To Leadership And Career Pathway Success In Dietetics, Paula Milas Sochacki

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This dissertation focused on leaders within the dietetics profession and allowed their "voice" to be heard related to their specific personal and lived experiences throughout their own career pathways. A total of twenty participants (eighteen women and two men) were selected for this qualitative research study. I completed twenty in-depth face-to-face and phone interviews, which each lasted approximately 90 minutes. Narrative inquiry analysis was used to identify some of the key themes that emerged from the findings. A total of five key themes emerged as they related to participants' career pathway and leadership development. Mentoring was one theme that emerged; …

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Adolescent Bullying : An Analysis Of Personality Characteristics, Bullying Participant Behaviors, And Social Anxiety, Erin Deliberto Jan 2016

Adolescent Bullying : An Analysis Of Personality Characteristics, Bullying Participant Behaviors, And Social Anxiety, Erin Deliberto

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Anywhere from 25-40% of students are involved in bully participation behaviors at school, including bullying, victimization, outsider, and defending. A majority of these behaviors can result in adverse effects (i.e., social anxiety). Gender and age differences among bully participant behaviors have been found in extant research. Further, research has suggested relationships between each of the bully participant behaviors and the Big Five personality characteristics. Therefore, the primary objective of the current evaluation was to investigate the association among adolescent boys' and girls' personality traits, their level of involvement in bully participant behaviors, and level of social anxiety. Adolescent participants (N=644) …

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I'M Licensed. What Do I Do Now? : A Qualitative Study Of The Learning Journeys Of Newly Licensed Real Estate Agents, Kristine A. Brown Jan 2016

I'M Licensed. What Do I Do Now? : A Qualitative Study Of The Learning Journeys Of Newly Licensed Real Estate Agents, Kristine A. Brown

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This qualitative study explored the learning journeys of eight newly licensed real estate agents in Illinois. It examined how these agents viewed the real estate industry, how they learned the business, and how they developed their professional identities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted monthly with each participant for a six-month period during their first year in the business.

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Impacts Of Tourism On Water Quality In Quintana Roo, Mexico, Katelyn Kane Jan 2016

Impacts Of Tourism On Water Quality In Quintana Roo, Mexico, Katelyn Kane

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The Yucatan Peninsula is the world's second largest underwater karst cave system. The highly fractured limestone and scarce soil allows precipitation to rapidly infiltrate to the groundwater system identified as the Yucatan Aquifer. The geology of the area also prevents the accumulation of surface water; as such, groundwater is the only source of fresh water on the peninsula and can become easily contaminated due to anthropogenic activities on the surface from tourism. The state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, is economically dependent on the tourism industry. This study focuses on an assessment of eleven locations throughout the Cancun and Riveria Maya …

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In Our Voices, Through Our Eyes : An Oral History Of The Illinois School Library Media Association, Mary Romano Marks Jan 2016

In Our Voices, Through Our Eyes : An Oral History Of The Illinois School Library Media Association, Mary Romano Marks

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This qualitative study examined the development of the Illinois School Library Association (ISLMA). The research focused on archival documents from the ISLMA, the Illinois Library Association (ILA), and the Illinois Association for Media in Education (IAME) Archives and the personal files of the interviewees. In addition, interviews were conducted with individuals associated with IAME and ISLMA. Participants were asked to recollect the development of ISLMA and their professional roles in relation to its birth. This research was examined in relation to the development of ISLMA, school library media history and related education, and library national standards and trends and is …

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Methionine Aminopeptidase As A Target For The Discovery Of Novel Antibacterial Agents, Congling Chen Jan 2016

Methionine Aminopeptidase As A Target For The Discovery Of Novel Antibacterial Agents, Congling Chen

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The rise of antibiotic resistance has been an increasingly critical global health issue. Compounding this issue is the fact that the approval of new antibiotics has dramatically decreased over the past three decades. One validated target for the discovery of new antibacterial agents is methionine aminopeptidase (MetAp). MetAp is a metallo-protein that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the N-terminal methionine residue from nascent proteins, a key step required for certain post-translational modifications. Studies have demonstrated that knock-out mutations of the MetAp gene leads to decreased cell viability or even cell death, which strengthens MetAp as a viable target for antibiotic discovery …

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