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The Impact of Traditional, Black, and Athlete-based Masculinity on Psychological Help-Seeking Among Black Men College Athletes 

Langley, Taylor (2022-07-29)
This study examined how conforming to traditional, Black, and athlete-based masculine norms impacts self-stigma of help-seeking. Social support was examined as a buffer between self-stigma and willingness to seek help. ...

Impact of Tree Inoculation by Leptographium terebrantis on Soil Microbial Communities in Commercial Loblolly Pine Stand 

Duwadi, Shrijana (2019-04-17)
A variety of abiotic and biotic stressors, including root-feeding bark beetles and pathogenic ophiostomatoid fungi, are associated with root disease of Pinus spp. Our research goal was to analyze if a tree inoculation by ...

Impact of Tumor Microenvironment on Intratumor Distribution of Liposomes in Prostate Cancer 

Alnaim, Ahmed Saad A. (2022-07-25)
Extensive developments in nanocarrier formulations and their applications in cancer therapy have occurred in the last few decades. This improvement brought many FDA-approved liposome nanoparticles (LNPs) and other nanoparticle ...

The Impact of Unusually Distressing Events on Veterinary Professionals 

Kramper, Sharon (2021-08-02)
Previous studies have catalogued safety hazards and frequency of workers’ compensation claims in the veterinary workplace. However, distressing events other than workplace injuries have not been collected and analyzed, and ...

Impact of urbanization on biogeochemical cycling in western Florida 

Enloe, Heather (2014-05-02)
Many city residents may benefit from the ecosystem services that urban forests provide. An important supporting process to ecosystem services is nutrient cycling. Very few studies examining the impacts of urbanization ...

Impact of Vertical Ground Motion on Seismic Response of Steel Frame Structures 

Wu, Hongyang (2016-02-05)
It is a well-known fact that all earthquakes have three orthogonal components of acceleration including two horizontal and one vertical acceleration. Current design practice for design of structures in United States only ...

Impact on Student Academic Performance of a Self-Directed Primer E-Book in a Follow-On Organic Chemistry Course 

Ali, Syed Asim (2019-11-11)
Retention of knowledge from school courses has long been a concern of educators and administrators. Bahrick (1979) offered the general sentiment that “much of the information acquired in classrooms is lost soon after final ...

Impact Performance of Polyurea-coated Cementitious Composite Tiles 

Chen, Jun (2018-10-23)
In this research, I tried to investigate the effect of polyurea coating on improving the impact resistance of concrete. As a synthetic high strength elastomeric coating material, polyurea performed well to protect concrete ...

Impacting the bottom line: Behavior mapping in a full-service hotel kitchen 

Belt, Virginia Lee (2014-04-08)
The study at hand sought to demonstrate the value of spatial layout and functionality in the foodservice industry and the impact these components have on productivity, employee satisfaction, and ultimately the bottom ...

The Impacts of Basic Psychological Needs and Big Five Personality Traits on Academic Engagement 

Jang, Hyun Sung (2023-05-01)  ETD File Embargoed
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impacts of basic psychological needs and the Big Five personality traits on college students’ academic engagement. Grounded in self-determination theory: basic ...

Impacts of Cogongrass in South Alabama: Mapping the Extent and Understanding Perceived Threats 

Damghani, Batoul (2013-07-19)
Cogongrass (imperata cylindrica) is an invasive species that was introduced to the United States in the 1900s via seed packing material in shipping containers from South Asia. It spreads by both underground rhizomes and ...

Impacts of diving tourists on coral reef community structure and herbivorous reef fish foraging behavior 

Renfro, Bobbie (2016-07-20)
Increasing contact between humans and nature can disturb essential processes within ecosystems. Chronic anthropogenic disturbances on coral reefs may shift benthic community composition leading to loss of reef growth and ...

Impacts of Drought and 40% Throughfall Reduction on Water Relations of a Longleaf Pine Stand 

Ramirez, Michael (2018-11-05)
Projections of increased frequency and severity of climatic- induced drought have raised concerns about the health, productivity and composition of forests in the southeastern United States. Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris ...

Impacts of Feed Additives on Surface Mucosal Health and Columnaris Susceptibility in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus 

Zhao, Honggang (2015-07-29)
One of the highest priority areas for improvement in aquaculture is the development of dietary additives and formulations which provide for complete mucosal health and protection of fish raised in intensive systems. Far ...

Impacts of fire on Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion in slash-longleaf pine flatwoods and savannas in the Gulf of Mexico coastal region, United States 

Cheng, Nannan (2020-11-12)
The coastal area of the southeastern United States is historically wet pine savannas, prairie, and hardwoods. Many exotic species have invaded this area and become a serious threat to native forest ecosystems. Among those ...

Impacts of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum in hypereutrophic waters 

Zinnert, Hannah (2023-07-27)  ETD File Embargoed
Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum is a by-product of carbon-based energy sources that has been beneficially used as a component of concrete mixes and wallboard as well as in land-based agriculture as a soil amendment. ...

The Impacts of Human Spatial Concentration, Economic Freedom, and Corruption on Species Imperilment 

Pandit, Ram (2007-08-15)
Advocates of certain public policies believe that alternative spatial distributions of a fixed-size human population have different environmental consequences. Specifically, a more concentrated human population has a ...

Impacts of Invasive Wild Pigs, Sus scrofa, on Water Quality and Public Health 

Bradley, Elizabeth (2023-07-19)  ETD File Embargoed
Native across Europe and Asia and introduced to approximately 59 countries, wild pigs, Sus scrofa, are the most widespread swine species in the world. As a prolific invasive species, wild pigs cause significant ecological ...

Impacts of Kinematic Links with a Granular Material 

Lee, Seunghun (2009-06-26)
The impact of kinematic links into a granular material is studied. In the impact process through the granular material defined as a conglomeration of discrete solids, the most important force governing the motion of a body ...

Impacts of Land Use/Cover on Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Apalachicola, FL 

Nagy, Rachel Chelsea (2009-03-10)
Rapid coastal development in response to a growing population raises concerns about human degradation of ecosystems. The importance of the carbon cycle and its role in climate regulation warrant the study of the effects ...