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An Attempt To Profile Persistent Online Students And Graduates, Randy Vincent Stach Jan 2017

An Attempt To Profile Persistent Online Students And Graduates, Randy Vincent Stach

Education

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the characteristics of online graduates, and characteristics of students who persist online with their coursework, could be identified. A mixed methods approach was used incorporating both quantitative and qualitative research methods. First, student demographic information was analyzed to identify any patterns or trends of persistent online students. Second, a survey was utilized to collect data from current students and graduates from online programs. Third, qualitative data was collected through conducting phone interviews of online graduates who have graduated in the last five years. Conclusions were drawn from the research and advice …

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Positive Pluralism Now Review, Paul Horwitz Jan 2017

Positive Pluralism Now Review, Paul Horwitz

Essays, Reviews, and Shorter Works

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Processing Trade-Offs In A Cellulosic Biorefinery, Nurun Nahar Jan 2017

Processing Trade-Offs In A Cellulosic Biorefinery, Nurun Nahar

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

Commercial scale cellulosic biorefineries face significant challenges to produce low-cost fermentable sugar from biomass. Biorefinery processing steps are interrelated and trade-offs between process parameters impact the cost and efficiency of the overall system. Although densified biomass as a biorefinery feedstock would improve biomass supply logistics, it has not been considered viable due to high energy and emissions associated with the densification process. However, the potential synergies of biomass densification with downstream processing steps are critical. An energy-efficient system with improved supply logistics, reduced severity pretreatment, and improved hydrolysis efficiency will lower the cost of sugar production from cellulosic biomass. The …

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Glutaraldehyde Removal From Produced Water Using Photolysis And Photocatalysis, Soklida Hong Jan 2017

Glutaraldehyde Removal From Produced Water Using Photolysis And Photocatalysis, Soklida Hong

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

Glutaraldehyde (GA) has been used extensively as a biocide in hydraulic fracturing fluids leading to the contamination of the compound in produced water. In this study, the performances of photolysis and photocatalysis for removal of GA in synthetic produced water were investigated. The photolytic degradation rate of GA increased with increasing incident ultraviolet light intensity and decreasing pH. Increasing initial GA concentration resulted in a reduced rate of GA degradation. At high salt concentrations, similar to the levels found in produced water, the photodegradation rate of GA was better than those at zero/low salt concentrations. In photocatalytic experiments, GA could …

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The Need To Move: Exploring Landscape Connectivity Through The Eyes Of The Northern Leopard Frog, Heather Lynn Inczauskis Jan 2017

The Need To Move: Exploring Landscape Connectivity Through The Eyes Of The Northern Leopard Frog, Heather Lynn Inczauskis

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

The northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) is a species that depends on landscape connectivity to complete its lifecycle. However, due to historic and present anthropogenic landscape changes, this species encounters a variety of agriculture fields during migratory and dispersal movements. These landscape changes have potential to affect habitat connectivity for these frogs and may interfere with the species’ life-cycle needs. Differing land-cover types have varying effects on movement, desiccation and predation of the northern leopard frog, which in turn affect the frog’s ability to survive. Through creation and use of an agent-based model that can simulate individual frog movement on …

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Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea In Engineered Water And Wastewater Systems: Presence, Activity And Relationship To Heavy Metal Inhibition, And Disinfectants, Dhritikshama Roy Jan 2017

Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea In Engineered Water And Wastewater Systems: Presence, Activity And Relationship To Heavy Metal Inhibition, And Disinfectants, Dhritikshama Roy

Environmental and Conservation Sciences

Ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) have been found as a key player in ammonia oxidation. Over the past decade, AOA have been shown in some cases to outnumber ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in marine, terrestrial and aquatic environments, and to participate in nitrification. In this dissertation research, AOA along with AOB were examined for their presence and activities in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and water treatment plants (WTPs) employing different disinfectants and their distribution systems (DSs). Firstly, this research investigated the abundance and seasonal variation of AOA and AOB by quantitative polymerase chain reaction targeting the ammonia monooxygenase subunit A gene …

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East Lynne’S Transatlantic Course: From British Serialization To American Theatre, Jordan Rae Olson Jan 2017

East Lynne’S Transatlantic Course: From British Serialization To American Theatre, Jordan Rae Olson

English

Ellen Wood’s East Lynne, a popular sensation fiction, began because of its original and insatiable British readership; however, the texts immediate and drastic reception into American theater confirms that this narrative is not simply an overly dramatic and unrealistic domestic drama. Although melodramatic, Wood’s text resonates with audiences because it is relatable in genuinely meaningful ways. The main protagonist, Lady Isabel, wrongfully leaves her family and spends the rest of her life in physical and emotional turmoil, however her endurance never ceases. Her character is psychologically compelling and easily accessible because she possesses truly human qualities and is a representation …

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Natural Flavors: Rhetorical Stories Of Food Labels, Rebecca West Jan 2017

Natural Flavors: Rhetorical Stories Of Food Labels, Rebecca West

English

What is in our food? What can food labels tell us about what is in our food? This dissertation applies rhetoric in the everyday human act of reading food labels and making decisions about what to eat based on those labels. Rhetoric is continually operating from the beginning of the food manufacturing process, to designing and writing food labels and packaging, and finally to the consumer reading the label in the store. “Natural flavors” is an ingredient listing that appears more frequently on food labels, especially in the organic and natural foods industries. I collected food labels and used qualitative …

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“Your Legacy Is Yours To Build”: Defining Leadership In Beowulf And Its Adaptations, Emilee Catherine Ruhland Jan 2017

“Your Legacy Is Yours To Build”: Defining Leadership In Beowulf And Its Adaptations, Emilee Catherine Ruhland

English

This paper analyzes how narrative choice and media affect the depiction of leadership in Beowulf by studying three texts: the medieval Beowulf, the 2007 Hollywood film of the same name, and Beowulf: The Game. While the medieval text celebrates qualities of leadership that blend Germanic heroism and the Augustinian ideal of kingship, the film rejects ideal kingship and instead focuses on the vices of greed and pride as inherent in all leaders, thus rejecting good leadership completely. However, the video game strikes a balance and manages to again celebrate good leadership, though it’s celebration of the Hero King and condemnation …

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Saving Lives, Shalini Bhargava Ray Jan 2017

Saving Lives, Shalini Bhargava Ray

Articles

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Positive Pluralism Now Review, Paul Horwitz Jan 2017

Positive Pluralism Now Review, Paul Horwitz

Articles

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Snot-22 In A Control Population, Se Erskine, C Hopkins, A Clark, S Anari, N Kumar, A Robertson, S Sunkaraneni, Ja Wilson, S Carrie, N Kara, J Ray, R Smith, Cm Philpott, Hisham Khalil Jan 2017

Snot-22 In A Control Population, Se Erskine, C Hopkins, A Clark, S Anari, N Kumar, A Robertson, S Sunkaraneni, Ja Wilson, S Carrie, N Kara, J Ray, R Smith, Cm Philpott, Hisham Khalil

Peninsula Medical School

Objectives: To assess SNOT-22 and its subscales in a non-rhinosinusitis UK-wide population. Design: Self-reported questionnaire. Setting: Based from 30 ENT departments around the UK. Participants: 250 Non-rhinosinusitis adults – no self-reported nasal problems in the past, no chronic conditions undergoing active treatment and no hospital admissions in the preceding 12 months. Main outcome measures: SNOT-22, SF-36. Results: The mean SNOT-22 total score overall was 12.0. The mean was 10.2 for males with a median of 6.5 and a mean of 13.2 for females with a median of 9. Females scored significantly more highly than males on the sleep/fatigue and facial …

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Fool's Gold? Equity Compensation & The Mature Startup, Abraham Cable Jan 2017

Fool's Gold? Equity Compensation & The Mature Startup, Abraham Cable

Faculty Scholarship

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Lost Art And The Public Domain, Alan L. Durham Jan 2017

Lost Art And The Public Domain, Alan L. Durham

Articles

Because a patentable invention must be novel, and it must embody an advancement that would not have been obvious to persons of ordinary skill, the invention must be compared to the “prior art.” Prior art, in the language of the current Patent Act, includes anything that was already “patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public.” With certain qualifications, patent law has always required that prior art have been available to the public. A manuscript describing the claimed invention that had never left its author's desk drawer would not qualify …

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Bathroom Laws As Status Crimes, Stephen Rushin, Jenny E. Carroll Jan 2017

Bathroom Laws As Status Crimes, Stephen Rushin, Jenny E. Carroll

Articles

A growing number of American jurisdictions have considered laws that prohibit trans individuals from using bathroom facilities consistent with their gender identities Several scholars have criticized these socalled "bathroom laws" as a form of discrimination in violation of federal law Few scholars though have considered the criminal justice implications of these proposalsBy analyzing dozens of proposed bathroom laws this Article explores how many laws do more than stigmatize the trans community"”they effectively criminalize them Some of these proposed laws would establish new categories of criminal offenses for trans individuals who use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity Others would transform …

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There's No Place Like Home: Reshaping Community Interventions And Policies To Eliminate Environmental Hazards And Improve Population Health For Low-Income And Minority Communities, Emily A. Benfer, Allyson E. Gold Jan 2017

There's No Place Like Home: Reshaping Community Interventions And Policies To Eliminate Environmental Hazards And Improve Population Health For Low-Income And Minority Communities, Emily A. Benfer, Allyson E. Gold

Articles

Substandard housing and environmental conditions threaten the health and wellbeing of individuals residing throughout the United States Empirical evidence on the relationship between housing and health has increased exponentially However despite the growth in research residents continue to be exposed to environmental health hazards Minorities and people in poverty are exposed to environmental health hazards at a disproportionately high rate Hazards such as lead mold pest infestation radon and carbon monoxide among others threaten individual safety and health and limit one's ability to access opportunity in society Moreover the effects of exposure can be farreaching Common approaches to healthy communities …

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Symposium: Conference On The Ethics Of Legal Scholarship: Introduction, Carissa Byrne Hessick, Paul Horwitz, Chad Oldfather Jan 2017

Symposium: Conference On The Ethics Of Legal Scholarship: Introduction, Carissa Byrne Hessick, Paul Horwitz, Chad Oldfather

Articles

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Guitar Music In Collections: A New Web-Based Index Is Launched, Ellwood Colahan Jan 2017

Guitar Music In Collections: A New Web-Based Index Is Launched, Ellwood Colahan

Soundboard Scholar

Is there any really good way to locate specific pieces of guitar music within published collections and anthologies? Might there be already a best way? Anyone who has taught or studied classical guitar is familiar with collections like Das Gitarrespiel or the Noad anthologies. But it is hard to remember with accuracy which pieces are in which of these editions or in dozens of others like them. Library and trade catalogs are not of much help. What is needed for this problem is in-depth indexing rather than traditional cataloging. These print indexes of song anthologies and collections have more recently …

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Recurrence Rates Of Hyperemesis Gravidarum In Pregnancy: A Systematic Review Protocol, Caitlin Dean, Katrina Bannigan, M O’Hara, Rebecca Painter, Jon Marsden Jan 2017

Recurrence Rates Of Hyperemesis Gravidarum In Pregnancy: A Systematic Review Protocol, Caitlin Dean, Katrina Bannigan, M O’Hara, Rebecca Painter, Jon Marsden

School of Health Professions

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Management Of Chronic Post-Partum Pelvic Girdle Pain: Evaluating Effectiveness Of Combined Physiotherapy And A Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthosis, L Cameron, J Freeman, J Marsden Jan 2017

Management Of Chronic Post-Partum Pelvic Girdle Pain: Evaluating Effectiveness Of Combined Physiotherapy And A Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthosis, L Cameron, J Freeman, J Marsden

School of Health Professions

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Channelling Passion For The Ocean Towards Plastic Pollution, Sabine Pahl, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Richard C. Thompson Jan 2017

Channelling Passion For The Ocean Towards Plastic Pollution, Sabine Pahl, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Richard C. Thompson

School of Psychology

Plastic pollution is caused exclusively by humans. It poses growing global threats to the ocean and to society and requires urgent action. Using psychological principles can motivate and implement change by connecting symptoms and sources.

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Cultural Perspectives On Social Presence: Research And Practical Guidelines For Online Design, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena Jan 2017

Cultural Perspectives On Social Presence: Research And Practical Guidelines For Online Design, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

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Adapting To Survive: Addressing The Global Problem Of Antimicrobial Resistance, Laura Bowater, Jonathan Pyatt Jan 2017

Adapting To Survive: Addressing The Global Problem Of Antimicrobial Resistance, Laura Bowater, Jonathan Pyatt

Peninsula Medical School

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