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On The Horizon: Marriage Timing, Beliefs, And Consequences In Emerging Adulthood, Brian J. Willoughby, Jason S. Carroll

Faculty Publications

This chapter overviews marriage formation patterns and beliefs about marriage during emerging adulthood. Although marriage is no longer a transition occurring during emerging adulthood for many individuals, this chapter describes how marriage still has an important impact on emerging adult development and trajectories. The authors first note the major international demographic shifts in marriage that have occurred among emerging adults over the past several decades. They then highlight how research findings on beliefs about marriage have offered evidence that how emerging adults perceive their current or future marital transitions is strongly associated with other decisions during emerging adulthood. The chapter …

Sphingolipid Metabolism And Insulin Resistance In Dairy Cattle, Jorge Eduardo Rico Navarrete

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

No abstract provided.

Suffolk University Undergraduate Academic Catalog, College Of Arts And Sciences, 2016-2017, Suffolk University

College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School Academic Catalogs

This catalog contains information for the undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. The catalog is a PDF version of the Suffolk website, so many pages have repeated information and links in the document will not work.

The catalog is keyword searchable by clicking ctrl+f. A-Z course descriptions are also included here as a separate PDF file listing all CAS course offerings. Please contact the Archives if you need assistance navigating this catalog or finding information on degree requirements or course descriptions.

Application Of Computer Vision For Roller Operation Management, Mohammad Hadi Niki Rashidi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Compaction is the last and possibly the most important phase in construction of asphalt concrete (AC) pavements. Compaction densifies the loose (AC) mat, producing a stable surface with low permeability. The process strongly affects the AC performance properties. Too much compaction may cause aggregate degradation and low air void content facilitating bleeding and rutting. On the other hand too little compaction may result in higher air void content facilitating oxidation and water permeability issues, rutting due to further densification by traffic and reduced fatigue life. Therefore, compaction is a critical issue in AC pavement construction.;The common practice for compacting a …

Do School Administrators Know What Practices Are Appropriate In Physical Education?, David C. Barney, Keven A. Prusak

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to investigate school administrators' knowledge of appropriate instructional practices in physical education. For this study 130 k–12 school administrators from two states in the United States were surveyed regarding their knowledge of appropriate instructional practices in physical education. university Institutional Review Board granted approval to conduct this study. Surveys were sent electronically to the school administrators to take. At the completion of the survey the school administrators were able to click a submit button and have the surveys returned to the researchers. It was found that school administrators identified dodge ball, relay races and …

Suffolk University Undergraduate Academic Catalog, Sawyer Business School, 2016-2017, Suffolk University

College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School Academic Catalogs

This catalog contains information for the undergraduate programs in the Sawyer Business School. The catalog is a PDF version of the Suffolk website, so many pages have repeated information and links in the document will not work.

The catalog is keyword searchable by clicking ctrl+f. A-Z course descriptions are also included here as a separate PDF file listing all SBS course offerings. Please contact the Archives if you need assistance navigating this catalog or finding information on degree requirements or course descriptions.

Suffolk University Graduate Academic Catalog, College Of Arts And Sciences And Sawyer Business School, 2016-2017, Suffolk University

College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School Academic Catalogs

This catalog contains information for the graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Sawyer Business School. The catalog is a PDF version of the Suffolk website, so many pages have repeated information and links in the document will not work.

The catalog is keyword searchable by clicking ctrl+f. A-Z course descriptions are also included here as separate PDF files with lists of CAS and SBS courses. Please contact the Archives if you need assistance navigating this catalog or finding information on degree requirements or course descriptions.

Bound Together: Slavery And Democracy In Antebellum Northwestern Virginia, 1815--1865, Adam Zucconi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Since West Virginia's founding in 1863, historians have attempted to understand the forces that shaped the state's creation. Most historians have argued that the Mountain State's admission into the Union represented a grassroots rebellion among democratically-minded mountaineers who had long resisted the rule of eastern slaveholding aristocrats. The tumultuous events triggered by secession and civil war provided the opportunity for westerners to inaugurate their long desired wishes to free themselves from their allegedly tyrannical brethren and abolish the institution that many residents blamed for their woes: chattel slavery.;West Virginia's founding proved more contingent and complex than previously argued. During the …

Examining Whether Time Orientation Mediates Or Moderates Age Effects On Goal Selection And Pursuit, Amy M. Knepple Carney

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Future time perspective has been studied in a number of domains and shown to influence the associations among age and a range of personal, health and social goals (Carstensen et al., 1999; Cate & John, 2007; Nurmi, 1992; Stahl & Patrick, 2012). However, the past and present also matter. It is likely that future goals are affected by our present feelings or behaviors (Lewin, 1939), as well as by our future orientation. What is not clear, however, is whether and in what ways past and present orientation relate to current goals and age. The aim of the current study was …

Designing A Valid And Reliable Instrument To Measure Teachers' Use And Perceptions Of Initiatives That Address The Low Socioeconomic Achievement Gap In West Virginia Title I Schools, Rosemary Beatrice Coyle Anderson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Initiatives that research tells us should be increasing achievement for poor children have not succeeded in reducing the achievement gap for the low socioeconomic subset in the United States and in West Virginia schools (Reardon, 2011; WVDE, 2009). This study developed a valid and reliable instrument to examine teachers' perceptions of the use of 16 research based initiatives that have been directed to improving the achievement gap of poor children. The research question was: What are the psychometric properties of a survey instrument that is designed to assess teachers' perceptions of the uses and effectiveness of reform initiatives that have …

Paradoxical Roles Of Nanoparticles In Cancer Therapeutics And Carcinogenesis, Emily Despeaux

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Nanoparticles (NPs) are becoming increasingly common in consumer goods and are under investigation for a variety of industrial and biomedical applications. However, challenges in determining NP toxicity may prevent them from reaching their full potential. NPs cannot be treated as single class for toxicity evaluations. Even among particles made from the same material, particle-specific physical properties, including size, shape, surface charge, agglomeration state, and surface modifications have a strong effect on the toxicity. Even so, the obstacles to conclusively and reproducibly evaluating toxicity span all NP classes. NP literature is riddled with confusing and often contradictory reports regarding the biocompatibility …

Effects Of Executive Functioning On False Memory In Children, Pamela Swift Tessier

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Misremembering is a common phenomenon in normal human development that has great potential to become problematic, especially in legal situations. The Deese/Roediger--McDermott (DRM; Deese, 1959; Roediger & McDermott, 1995) model has been commonly used in the literature to uncover mechanisms for why these false memories may occur. Children have only recently begun to be investigated using this paradigm. Some related mechanisms in children for false recollection that have yet to be investigated are child executive functioning and socioeconomic status. In the current study, executive functioning was investigated as a potential mechanism for false recollections using a DRM paradigm. Children completed …

Improving Patient Safety, Health Data Accuracy, And Remote Self-Management Of Health Through The Establishment Of A Biometric-Based Global Uhid, Guy Hembroff

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Healthcare systems globally continue to face challenges surrounding patient identification. Consequences of misidentification include incomplete and inaccurate electronic patient health records potentially jeopardizing patients' safety, a significant amount of cases of medical fraud because of inadequate identification mechanisms, and difficulties affiliated with the value of remote health self-management application data being aggregated accurately into the user's Electronic Health Record (EHR). We introduce a new technique of user identification in healthcare capable of establishing a global identifier. Our research has developed algorithms capable of establishing a Unique Health Identifier (UHID) based on the user's fingerprint biometric, with the utilization of facial-recognition …

Beyond The What And How: Why Parents Want To Know About Their Adolescents' Lives., Elizabeth Yale Babskie

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

As adolescents spend more time away from home and increasingly engage in unsupervised activities, parents are challenged with allowing their children more responsibility while still promoting positive youth development (Smetana, Campione-Barr, & Metzger, 2006). Extant research shows that parents continue to play an important roll in facilitating positive adolescent development through their knowledge of what their adolescent children are doing and whom they are with when away from home or school (Racz & McMahon, 2011). Recent research has focused on understanding the sources of parents’ knowledge and has identified both parentdriven (rules, solicitation, indirect, covert) and adolescent-driven (disclosure, secrecy, concealment) …

Controls On Ecosystem Nitrogen (N) Status And Carbon (C) Balance In Red Spruce Forests Located In A Region Of Historically High Atmospheric N Deposition., Kenneth R. Smith

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen (N) can have a strong influence on patterns of carbon (C) and N cycling in forest ecosystems. High-elevation red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) forests in the central Appalachian Mountains have historically been among the most sensitive ecosystems to the negative effects of N deposition. I examined the primary environmental factors that influence 1) N status, 2) belowground C balance, and 3) red spruce aboveground growth in seven high-elevation study sites that are located in an area where N deposition has been historically moderate to high. I established the seven sites in 2011 along a transect …

Synchrotron Investigations On La0.7Sr0.3Mno 3/Pbzr0.2Ti0.8O3 Heterostructures., Jinling Zhou

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation is devoted to understanding the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO)/ PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 (PZT) magnetoelectric interface through synchrotron x-ray absorption and other techniques. The word magnetoelectric (ME) describes the coupling effects in certain materials that exhibit a change of the magnetic (electric) order with the change of the electric (magnetic) field. Materials that are ME could potentially advance current technology. Faster, more sensitive, and more energy efficient devices can be built with ME materials as compared to the present systems. Practical ME materials are essential for the realization of this advancement. Single phase ME materials are rare and the known few do not …

Crowdwork, Corporate Social Responsibility, And Fair Labor Practices, Miriam A. Cherry, Winifred R. Poster

All Faculty Scholarship

Crowdwork, in which large numbers of workers find and perform paid tasks through online platforms, is a paradox. It can make job-matching and production processes more efficient, but it can also lead to a decline in labor standards. We seek to link ethical labor practices in virtual work with well-established notions of corporate social responsibility, that include concerns for worker well-being and fair treatment. We present a typology of trends in labour, and argue that the new phase of ‘crowdwork’ is distinct from previous eras of ‘industrial’ and ‘digital’ employment. The chapter then outlines three best practices for crowdwork. First …

Legal And Governance Structures Built To Share, Miriam A. Cherry

All Faculty Scholarship

This short piece, scheduled to appear in the book "The Rise of Platform Cooperativism" (editors Trebor Scholz & Nathan Schneider), discusses the legal issues around choice of entity and governance for on-demand platforms. While platforms are currently established as for-profit businesses that typically match or hire workers, this is not the only option. Instead, new worker owned platforms are being established that could incorporate heightened labor standards. While there are no existing statues that have been written just for platform cooperatives, existing legal structures such as LLCs or B Corporations could be modified for this purpose. While not a perfect …

Association Of Urinary Phthalates With Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy In Individuals With Diabetes: National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2010, Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

School of Medicine Publications

Background. An epidemiological association between exposure to phthalates and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is known. However, the potential role of environmental phthalates in the complications of T2D is unknown. Methods. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2010, we studied the association of 12 urinary phthalate metabolites with self-reported eye affliction/retinopathy in 1,004 participants with diabetes. Data from retinal imaging was used to validate this outcome. Independence of the phthalates→T2D association was studied by adjusting for age, sex, race, marital status, educational attainment, poverty income ratio, physical activity, glycated hemoglobin levels, total serum cholesterol, serum high-density …

The Physiology Of Apology: An Investigation Into Potential Sex Differences, Daniel Stephenson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Current literature on apology indicates that men and women differ in the types of apologies they offer and accept. In a recent study, Whited, Wheat, and Larkin (2010) showed that males and females may also experience differing physiological benefits following an apology. The purpose of the current study was to replicate the experimental study by Whited et al. and extend it by examining two different types of apologies. This study employed a 2 (men, women) X 3 (elaborate apology, simple apology, no apology) between subjects design to determine whether sex of participant and type of apology influenced the rate of …

Three Essays On Institutional Economics Of Gender, Maria Tackett

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation is a collection of essays that incorporate institutional analysis into Economics of Gender research. I specifically consider the role of institutional arrangements in the economic status of women, opportunities the institutional arrangements create for women, and outcomes of changes in institutional arrangements that affect women. In chapter 2 I investigate the relationship between income distribution inequality and labor mobility, as globalization is viewed in the existing literature as aiding income inequality by allowing greater capital mobility but not mobility of labor. The literature argues that globalization creates changes in bargaining power for labor and capital owners thus decreasing …

Microfluidic Based Hydrate Permeability System: Design And Construction, Matthew Tacker

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Methane hydrates represent a vast and untapped fossil fuel resource underlying large portions of the world's artic continental surfaces and sub-sea continental shelves. These hydrates are crystalline solids that consist of methane molecules surrounded by cages of interacting water molecules, similar to ice. Methane hydrates occur naturally, where temperature and pressure conditions favor their formation. In order to utilize these resources, methods must be developed to determine the conditions most favorable to hydrate extraction. One important condition is permeability and how it is affected by hydrates. Due to the difficulty and cost of field studies, the study of laboratory-synthesized hydrates …

Gender-Specific Motivators And Barriers To Adopting Healthful Diets And Losing Weight Among Middle-Aged West Virginians, Stephanie K. Thompson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Gender-specific motivators and barriers to adopting healthful diets and losing weight among middle-aged West Virginians Stephanie K. Thompson Background: About 70% of West Virginia adults are overweight and obese. Diet is a modifiable determinant of weight-related conditions. Innovative interventions are needed to help overcome the barriers to prevent and delay chronic conditions. In order to implement an intervention that is needed, learning the motivators and barriers to healthful eating and weight loss is the first step.;Objective: To learn what helps or hinders healthful eating and weight loss among middle-aged adults in West Virginia.;Methods: Gender-specific focus groups were conducted among 45 …

Adherence To Sport Rehabilitation, Kjersti A. Traaen

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Context: Sport injuries occur in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned sports during preseason, in season, and post season competition. In order for optimal return to play outcomes, rehabilitation programs must be implemented and enforced. However, the literature reports inconsistent adherence rates and few studies have evaluated adherence rates by including both the athlete and athletic trainer at the Division III level. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in adherence rates to rehabilitation between a pre and posttest for a Division III institution. Design: The study was a prospective exploratory study. Setting: …

Temporal And Spatial Distribution Of Imidacloprid And The Arthropod Fauna Associated With Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga Canadensis (L.) Carr, Richard M. Turcotte

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr (Pinales: Pinaceae), is an important component of both the urban and forest landscape of the eastern United States. Eastern hemlock has been heavily impacted by the introduction of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Annand) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Two goals of this research were (1) to determine the effect of treatment timing (spring versus fall) and application method (tree injection versus soil injection) on the spatial and temporal distribution of imidacloprid the primary insecticide used to treat A. tsugae and (2) to assess the impact of application method and timing of imidacloprid treatments on the …

Hydrogeochemical Characterization Of Rural Drinking Water In The Gauley River Basin, Monongahela National Forest, Arati A. Umarvadia

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In the Appalachian Plateau region, the heterogeneous coal geology and fractured bedrock aquifers has led to complexity in understanding groundwater resources in West Virginia. Groundwater is a major resource in the Monongahela National Forest where private residences, public works, and national forest operations all rely heavily on this resource. In recent years, Marcellus shale gas has been explored in a small region of the Gauley River Basin, within the boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest. Hydrogeochemical evaluation of groundwater was carried out in this region with the objective of establishing a baseline of groundwater chemistry prior to potential Marcellus development. …

Ordinary Sailors: The French Navy, Vichy And The Second World War, Alexander John Upward

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

After the debacle of the Fall of France in 1940, the one organization that managed to maintain its discipline and functionality virtually intact was the French Navy. This is the story of how subsequently that navy was able to exert a disproportionate influence on the Vichy regime of Marshal Petain. Such influence achieved its apogee between February 1941 and April 1942 when the navy's Commander-in-Chief Admiral Darlan served simultaneously in several of the regime's highest offices. During this period France continued to flirt with the possibility of actively engaging Great Britain in war on the side of Nazi Germany. It …

Bacillus Firmus For The Biological Control Of Meloidogyne Hapla And Xiphinema Americanum, Lisa M. Valencia

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Root-knot nematode (RKN) and dagger nematode (DN) are serious pests of agricultural crops, including peach trees of West Virginia. RKN is a sedentary endoparasite that feeds and reproduces within the roots of host plants, causing gall formation, loss of vigor, and plant death. DN is an ectoparasite that has the potential to vector devastating plant viruses. Many control options recommended for annual crops are not appropriate for orchards and the use of chemical nematicides is limited. The endospore-forming bacterium, Bacillus firmus (BF), is marketed as a bionematicide, though its mode of action and efficacy in controlling certain nematodes indigenous to …

Spontaneous Combustion Of South American Coal, Brunno C. C. Vieira

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Many causes can lead to mine fires and explosions in coal mines but one of the most relevant cause is the spontaneous combustion of coal. This event can cause serious environmental consequences such as release of huge quantities of greenhouse effect gases such as CO2 and CO, presents safety risks to the miners by igniting mine explosions, and also causes significant economic loss. Many countries in the world have faced these problems. In order to prevent and mitigate them, scientists develop methods to determine whether a coal deposit has propensity to spontaneous combustion or not.;Many methods have been developed around …

Autism Spectrum Disorders Among Adults: Burden Of Healthcare Services' Utilization And Expenditures, Rini Vohra

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Study 1.;Background: Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have extensive comorbidities. The current literature lacks documentation of prevalence of different types of comorbidities and their association with healthcare utilization and expenditures among adults with ASD as compared to adults without ASD.;Aim: To determine: 1) the differences in prevalence of psychiatric, non-psychiatric comorbidities, other health conditions, healthcare utilization, and expenditures among adults with and without ASD; and 2) the association of type of comorbidity with healthcare utilization and expenditures of adults with ASD.;Method: A retrospective cohort study using claims data from three state Medicaid Analytic eXtract was conducted. Adults aged 22--64 …