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The Role of Self-regulation in Doctoral Students' Status of All But Dissertation
(2011-07-25)
A large amount of research has been conducted on self-regulated learning as it relates to academic achievement. Further, there is a large body of literature regarding doctoral candidates who do not complete their dissertations ...
The Role of Stability and Metabolic Cost in Gait Adaptation
(2023-07-28)
The purpose of this dissertation was to identify the role and importance of mediolateral stability and energetic cost in continuous gait adaptation and to distinguish the differential roles of metabolic and mechanical costs ...
The Role of Sugar-sweetened Water in the Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
(2016-12-08)
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which ranges from simple steatosis (fatty liver) to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), has become the most common chronic liver disease in both children and adults, paralleling ...
The role of sustained attention toward threatening stimuli in fearlessness about death: An ERP study
(2023-11-29)
Given that suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, it is critical to identify those most at risk for suicide. Prominent theories of suicide and empirical evidence suggest that dysregulated threat ...
The Role of Teacher Epistemology in Integrating Student-Centered Instructional Software: A Case Study in Social Studies Education
(2008-05-15)
This qualitative study was designed to examine the role of history teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning on their use of student-centered instructional software (Decision Point!) in an instructional unit, factors ...
Role of the Best Practices from Extant Literature in Current Algorithm and Data Structure Visualizations
(2011-06-08)
Although there are many algorithm visualizations today, there is a question as to why algorithm and data structure visualization technology has not proved its effectiveness and gained widespread acceptance in mainstream ...
The Role of the Internet Portals as an Alternative Medium in South Korea
(2009-04-16)
This thesis explores the role of the Internet as an alternative to traditional news media. More specifically, I examined the correlation between the agenda of traditional news media (two newspapers and two television news ...
Role of the Lumbopelvic-Hip Complex in Bipedal Acceleration
(2013-07-19)
A majority of sporting competition involves short bursts of acceleration; yet most running literature focuses on constant velocity locomotion. The acceleration phase is a critical component to performance in athletes and ...
The Role of the Music Administrator in Public School Systems of the Southeastern United States: A Mixed Methods Study
(2021-04-16)
The position of the system-level music administrator is an important component in the successful district-wide school music program. Curriculum supervision has been in place in various forms since the beginning of public ...
Role of the P2Y2 receptor/tissue factor axis in endotoxemia and atherothrombosis
(2021-12-06)
Inflammation and coagulation play a critical role in the pathogenesis of thrombosis. Biologically active substances initiate the inflammatory response in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) and immune cells, including ...
The Role of the Victim-Perpetrator Relationship in the Development of PTSD and Depression Following Sexual Assault
(2012-04-09)
Victims of sexual assault have a high risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, exposure to sexual assault alone is not sufficient for the development of PTSD. This study examined the impact of victim-perpetrator ...
Role of TNFR I Signaling in Racial Differences in Endothelial Function: Potential Modulatory Effect of High Laminar Shear Stress
(2020-12-02)
In the endothelium, TNF binding to TNF receptor I (TNFR I) instigate a cascade of inflammatory events that facilitate monocytes recruitment and consequently initiation of atherosclerosis. In addition, TNF promotes endothelial ...
The role of Ubiquinone Synthesis Complex in bc1 complex assembly of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(2013-12-04)
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles bounded by double-membranes found in eukaryotic cells carrying various critical cellular processes. Energy generation is arguably the most important of its functions. The Electron Transport ...
The Role of United States Foreign Policy in the Global Adoption of Democratic Governance
(2005-05-15)
The role of democracy in the foreign policy of the United States is a prominent
one. Presidents from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush have named democracy as
motivating factor for military actions around the world. This ...
Role of water availability on fish assemblage structure: effects of agricultural land use and spawning mode
(2012-04-09)
The availability of water has been changing as human demands increase, weather patterns change, and land use is altered. This is a common trend throughout the world as well as in the tributaries of the Middle Chattahoochee ...
The Role of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the Epidemiology of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus
(2010-12-07)
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is the prototypic member of the genus Pestivirus in the family Flaviviridae. Infections with BVDV cause substantial economic losses to the cattle industries, prompting the introduction ...
The Role of Women in Post-Harvest Handling of Peanuts: The Case of Reducing Aflatoxin Along the Supply Chain in Ghana
(2013-08-20)
Peanuts are an important food and cash crop for rural farmers in Ghana. However, contamination of peanuts by aflatoxins, which have been linked to food poisoning and health related problems such as liver cancer and ...
Role of zinc in biofilm production and virulence of Xylella fastidiosa
(2013-11-11)
Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative plant pathogenic bacterium that exclusively colonizes the xylem vessels of the host plant and the foreguts of sharpshooter insect vectors (Cicadelidae, Cercopidae, Machaerotidae, and ...
The role of zinc nanoparticles in the initial events of olfaction, their characterization, preservation, and microenvironmental influence.
(2018-04-24)
Olfactory responses are intensely enhanced with the addition of endogenous and engineered primarily-elemental small zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs). The endogenous ZnNPs have been found as proteon nucleating centers (PNCs) ...
The Roles of Acoustic and Visual Signals in the Reproductive Behavior of the Federally Threatened Pygmy Sculpin, Cottus paulus, (Cottidae)
(2009-07-02)
Animals use many modes of communication (i.e. tactile, visual, acoustic and chemical) for territory defense, resource defense, and/or courtship. These communication systems can be used singularly or combined together, such ...