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African American Blended Parent Strategies’ And The Influence On Children’S School Performance, Christine Li'chele' Moore

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractDue to increasing divorce rates, the number of Americans living in blended family households have increased over the decades. Studies have revealed that some school-aged children who experience family structural changes due to blending families may experience stress that negatively affects their school performance. The purpose of this study was to determine what strategies African American parents in blended family units used to lessen the impact of family structure change on their school-aged children’s school performance. Bowen’s family system’s theory was used to guide this research. A generic qualitative design was used to obtain data from eight participants residing in …

Formative Assessment And Academic Performance As Predictors Of National Physical Therapy Examination Success, Tobi Fox Baldwin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Physical therapy educational researchers have studied various factors that may or may not predict success on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). One factor that has not been studied extensively is the use of the Academic Practice Examination and Assessment Tool (APEAT) as a formative assessment. The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive power of the APEAT as a formative assessment along with Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program grade point average (GPA) on success on the NPTE. Carless’s learning-oriented assessment theory was used as the theoretical foundation for this study and to guide the analysis of …

Chem 244a-008: Organic Chemistry Ii Lab, Chaudhery Hussain

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Chem 361-002: Environmental Chemistry, Alexei Khalizov

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Evsc 125-002: Fundamentals Of Environmental Science, Michael Bonchonsky

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Evsc 490-452: Environmental Health And Safety, Michael Bonchonsky

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Chem 244a-102: Organic Chemistry Ii Lab, Chaudhery Hussain

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Chem 221-002: Analytical Chemical Methods, Chaudhery Hussain

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling Of Women Residing In Public Housing, Belinda M. Newkirk

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Women living in public housing projects experience adverse outcomes because they do not seek treatment for mental illness. It is unclear whether such women have attitudes toward voluntarily accessing mental healthcare services affected by their optimism, experienced stigma, self-efficacy, and resilience. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether the individual determinants of resilience, self-efficacy, experienced stigma, and optimism predicted attitudes toward seeking professional mental health services of women living in public housing based on the self-efficacy, resilience, stigma, optimism, and help-seeking behavior theories. The first research question focused on bivariate correlations among resilience, self-efficacy, experienced stigma, and …

Chief Officers’ Perspectives Of Traffic Incident Management Standards Following A Line-Of-Duty Fatality, Charles David Hughes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractAccording to the United States Fire Administration, an average of five firefighters are killed annually at scenes of roadway incidents. The purpose of this study was to explore chief fire officers’ perceptions of incident management policies and standards for the prevention of firefighter line-of-duty deaths resulting from secondary collisions. Their perceptions may contribute to the efficacy and appropriateness of incident management policies and standards and may also lead to recommendations to improve compliance. The research question was to understand what chief fire officers’ perceptions of incident management policies and standards for preventing firefighter line-of-duty-deaths from secondary collisions. The theoretical framework …

Integrating Diverse Perspectives For Managing Neighborhood Trees And Urban Ecosystem Services In Portland, Or (Us), Lorena Nascimento, Vivek Shandas

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Municipalities worldwide are increasingly recognizing the importance of urban green spaces to mitigate climate change’s extreme effects and improve residents’ quality of life. Even with extensive earlier research examining the distribution of tree canopy in cities, we know little about human perceptions of urban forestry and related ecosystem services. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the variations in socioeconomic indicators and public perceptions by asking how neighborhood trees and socioeconomic indicators mediate public perceptions of ecosystem services availability. Using Portland, Oregon (USA) as our case study, we assessed socioeconomic indicators, land cover data, and survey responses about …

Common Mudpuppy (Necturus Maculosus) Distribution, Diet And Seasonality In Western New York And Morphological Condition In Lake And Stream Habitats., Adam M. Haines

Biology Theses

Environmental context changes the behavior and morphology of organisms. The impacts of flow on sampling techniques and morphology of the Common Mudpuppy were investigated during this study. I also explored mudpuppy distribution in western New York, diet, sexual dimorphism, seasonality, and capture biases. I found rock turning to be more efficient in streams year-round and modified minnow traps to be better more efficient in cold weather months and in deeper habitats than in other seasons or habitats. During the hot weather months, mudpuppy diet consisted of invertebrates exclusively, whereas diets in cold weather months consisted of invertebrates plus vertebrate prey. …

Graduate Catalog, Georgia Southern University

Graduate Catalogs

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2021 Georgia Southern University Softball Roster, Georgia Southern University

Women's Softball Records

• 2021 Softball Roster

2021 Georgia Southern University Softball Media Guide, Georgia Southern University

Women's Softball Records

• 2021 Georgia Southern Softball

2020-2021 Georgia Southern University Women's Rifle Roster, Georgia Southern University

Women's Rifle Records

• 2020-21 Women's Rifle Roster

2020-2021 Georgia Southern University Women's Rifle Statistics, Georgia Southern University

Women's Rifle Records

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Intersecting Discipinary Frameworks: Approaching Architectural Practicd Trough Political Ecology, Tota K. Hunter

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Size Matters: Nanoparticles, Biological Sex, And Lung Disease, Jessica Lynn Ray

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The majority of lung diseases occur with a sex-bias is prevalence and/or severity. However, due to the historical disregard for sex as a biological variable in basic and clinical research, there is a fundamental lack of understanding on when and why respiratory inflammation preferentially affects males or females. The inhalation of engineered nanomaterials (ENM; intentionally produced by anthropogenic means and defined as having one dimension as < 100 nm) are of particular concern when considering emerging threats to lung health. Due to their extremely small size, these respirable particles are capable of reaching the functional gas exchange region of the lungs, where they cannot be easily cleared and subsequently lead to persistent inflammation, decreased lung function, and susceptibility to the development of other respiratory diseases. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) are an ENM of interest due to their widespread use in industrial, consumer, and medical applications, making them a potential hazard in both occupational and environmental settings. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are the resident immune cells within the lungs that are responsible for phagocytosing and clearing inhaled xenobiotics, including ENM. However, typical AM clearance mechanisms are ineffective at removing persistent and pathogenic ENM such as MWCNTs, leading to the production of inflammatory mediators and the recruitment of other inflammatory immune cells. AMs have the ability to adopt a wide spectrum of functional phenotypes dependent upon endogenous and exogenous signals; these phenotypes ensure that the appropriate immune response is initiated in response to a given xenobiotic. However, when dysregulated, these phenotypes are also associated with different disease states. Interestingly, there is emerging data that sex steroid hormones (estrogen, specifically) impact AM phenotype development and inflammatory signaling, which may be, in part, responsible for the reported sex-biases observed in human lung diseases. The present research identifies sex-differences in MWCNT-induced lung inflammation, AM phenotype development, and one mechanism by which sex hormones impact AM function and subsequent inflammation.

Tremor Characterization: Determining The Severity Of Tremors Based On Motion, Ailla Bishop

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Characterization Of Female Reproductive Tract Genes In D. Melanogaster, Amanda Mandell

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Trust Your Gut The Gut-Brain Axis Stress Connection: How Stress Correlates With Gut-Related Disorders And The Importance In Identifying The Dybiosis Mechanism For Theraputic Treatments, Julia Cleo Fisher

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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The Science Of Sexuality: An In-Depth Analysis Of Neuroscientific Studies Pertaining To Human Sexuality And Their Potential Impacts On The Lgbtq+ Community, Jenna Staples

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Measurements Of Performance And Kinematics For A Steady Sinusoidal Swimming Gait Of A 3 Degree Of Freedom Fish Model, Sareta Gladson

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Protest, Reaction, And Remedy: Analyzing The Syracuse Eight's Boycott In The Civil Rights Era, Alexander Tsemberis

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Inside Out And Outside In: Race, Exclusion, And Belonging In Asian Transactional Adoptees, Danielle Llewellyn

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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The Role Of Emotion Regulation In The Relationship Between Reward/ Punishment Sensitivity And Alcohol Outcomes, Emily Lenzetti

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Associations Among Anxiety Sensitivity, Gender, And Pain Sensitivity In College Student Hazardous Drinkers, Kyla Reitzel

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? Weakened Democratic Practices And Homegrown Violent Extremism In Demark, Miranda Nemeth

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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Gender Differences In Two-Month Longitudinal Associations Of College Mental Health With Sleep Problems And Alcohol Use, Patrick Lee

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

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