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PTSD and Suicidal Ideation: An Application of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide

Davis, Margaret (2013-07-19)

The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and passive suicidal ideation (P-SI) is well established, but the mechanisms underlying it are not well understood (Panagioti, Gooding, & Tarrier, 2012).This ...

Public Administration Revealed: A Trinitarian Approach

Reyes, Maria (2012-11-16)

This is an attempt to offer a window into the good that government can do through new possibilities beyond the practical and economical. Public administration theory has been moving away from its original narrow, scientistic, ...

Public Education Employee Perceptions of School Resource Officers

Hardman, Bryan (2021-11-10)

Abstract The use of School Resource Officers (SRO's) has become an increasingly popular strategy in attempting to create safe learning environments on school campuses in the United States. The implementation of SROs saw ...

Public enemies: A demographic analysis of federal fugitive wanted posters

Calvert, Joseph (2012-07-31)

The primary purpose of this study is a determination of whether fugitives that comprise most wanted fugitive lists differ from those that make up wanted fugitive lists. Specifically, do federal law enforcement agencies ...

Public goods and private resources as determinants of county low birth weight incidence

Curtis, David (2018-04-24)

Infants born at low birth weight are at elevated risk of infant mortality, developmental delays, and adulthood cardiovascular disease. That low birth weight (LBW; <2500 grams) incidence varies two-to-three-fold between ...

Public Libraries and Democracy: The Library's Effect on Civic Engagement

Walker, Kevin (2013-07-19)

The modern public library is an agency that has grown out of the uniquely American democratic experience. Moreover, many in the profession tout these organizations as bastions of democracy. The key arguments contend that ...

Public Policy for Resilient Oyster Management in the Gulf of Mexico: Managing a Vulnerable Species by Engaging Coastal Stakeholders

Sower, Jillian (2025-11-13)

The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is an important economic, ecological, and cultural species throughout the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Despite its importance, oyster populations have been declining long-term throughout ...

Public School Choice: A Study of the Perceptions of Alabama Public School Principals

Shanks, Julius (2006-12-15)

Public School Choice is a controversial educational reform measure that is federally mandated through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The federal Act (NCLB) contains 10 titles that outline assessment mandates, ...

Public school teachers during COVID-19: A study of performance using job demands-resources theory

Schell, David (2021-07-14)

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public school teacher performance. The study uses job demands-resources (JD-R) theory to view the overall relationship between the positives and negative aspects ...

Public Service Motivation Among Frontline Public Employees: An Empirical Study of Election Officials, Public Librarians, and Wildland Firefighters in Alabama

Wang, Xuan (2025-12-07) ETD File Embargoed

Public Service Motivation (PSM) is critical to understanding frontline public employees’ motivation and job satisfaction. This dissertation examines PSM among three distinct public service professionals in Alabama: election ...

Publicizing Private Life: Criminal Conversation Trials in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Sayers, Abby (2010-08-03)

The project examines the gender relationships within the household, between master and mistress, master and servant, and within the servants’ quarters, alongside gendered experiences in the courtroom and constructions of ...

Pulsed Breakdown Phenomena in Partial Vacuum

Li, Zhenhong (2012-08-06)

In this thesis, the pulse generation and pulsed breakdown phenomena have been studied in detail. Pulsed power is widely used in food processing, biotechnology, military defense, and industrial applications. The first ...

Purchasing Cannabidiol (CBD) Products for Children: Current Behaviors and Potential Regulatory Actions in the United States

Bankole, Omolola (2024-08-07)

Following the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which legalized hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) with less than 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), there has been a significant increase in CBD's popularity and market ...

Purine Carbocyclic Nucleside Analogues as Antiviral Agents

Chen, Qi (2010-12-07)

The carbocyclic nucleosides aristeromycin and neplanocin A are two of the most potent inhibitors of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, an enzyme that plays a critical role in methyl transfer reactions during a viral replication ...

The Purpose of undergraduate rehabilitation education: Implications for Curriculum Development

Duncan, John (2008-08-15)

The goal of this study was to determine the commonalities and differences of registered and non-registered undergraduate rehabilitation education programs existent in the United States and to identify curriculum commonalities ...

Putting Exchange Back into Leader-Member Exchange (LMX): An Empirical Assessment of a Social Exchange (LMSX) Scale and an Investigation of Personality as an Antecedent

Bernerth, Jeremy (2005-08-15)

In the early 1970s, researchers began investigating a new approach to the study of leadership within organizations. In contrast to traditional theories of leadership, this new approach proposed the study of leaders and ...