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Understanding Tween Girls' Self Perception and Clothing Behavior: A Conceptual Framework
(2009-06-15)
Defined as children “in between” younger kids and teens, tweens have been called confident, high-tech, and market savvy (Simon, 2001). In this study, tween girls, were defined as ages 9 to 14 years. Tweens compose a ...
Understanding Unsteady Flow and Modeling Water Quality Dynamics in the Coastal Systems under Various Hydrological and Climate Scenarios
(2014-05-12)
Three dimensional hydrodynamic Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) model was used to simulate flow, temperature, dye, age of tracer, and salinity in the Alabama coastal systems. The study area Perdido Bay and Wolf Bay ...
Understanding Unsteady Flow Dynamics, Temperature, and Dye Distributions of Density Currents in a River-Reservoir System under Different Upstream Releases and Meteorological Scenarios
(2016-05-05)
Three dimensional hydrodynamic Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) model was applied to simulate flow, temperature and dye distributions in the river-reservoir system. The study is in a river-reservoir system (124.2 ...
Understanding wetland hydrology and water quality through data/process based modelling
(2018-04-24)
Rapid coastal development has led to loss/alteration of wetlands, streams, riparian vegetated areas and headwater areas that buffer coastal waterways from pollution. Small wetlands, besides being easily altered, have also ...
Understanding Workplace Uncertainty: Inception, Development, and Preliminary Validation of the Workplace Uncertainty Tolerance Scale
(2022-07-13)
Uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of the work experience (Simon, 1955; 1956), yet little scholarly research exists examining human functioning when experiencing uncertainty at work. This dissertation advances the ...
Understanding Writing Expectations and Self-Efficacy in the Cooperative Extension Service
(2024-04-26)
Communication, specifically written communication, is typically identified as a top competency for Extension agents (Benge et al., 2011; Cooper et al., 2001; Harder & Narine, 2019). However, the competencies within written ...
Uneven-aged Management of Longleaf Pine Forests Using Selection Silviculture
(2015-04-07)
Approximately 38 million hectares were dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.)
forests in the Southeastern United States prior to European settlement. Frequent disturbances,
especially fire, made this species ...
United States Commerce in Live Vertebrates: Patterns and Contribution to Biological Invasions and Homogenization
(2009-05-04)
The trade in live vertebrates is a threat to biodiversity, homogenizing distinct flora and fauna, introducing invasive species and parasites, and depleting wild populations. Because records of live vertebrates imported or ...
The United States Food Administration During World War I: The Rise of Activist Government Through Food Control During Mobilization for Total War
(2013-11-01)
Although the United States Food Administration officially existed for less than twenty-four months, it left an ineffaceable mark on the economic, political, and social fabric of the nation. The unprecedented powers contained ...
The United States Government Provided Insurance, a Time-Series Analysis
(2012-04-19)
This thesis analyses the United States’ health care market, with particular attention given to the effect of the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid on U.S health care expenditure. Econometric analysis was conducted for ...
Univariate and Dynamic Multivariate Analysis of Functional MRI Data
(2014-04-23)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been increasingly used in the past decade for inferring brain function in both healthy and clinical populations. In this dissertation, we demonstrate fMRI data analysis ...
A Universally Usable and Anonymous Approach to Voter Write-Ins Using Multimodal Interaction and Prediction Techniques
(2011-11-30)
The primary objective of the research in this dissertation is to develop a system in which any person, regardless of ability or disability, can efficiently, anonymously, and independently write-in a candidate’s name during ...
University and Elementary School Perspectives of Ideal Elementary Science Teacher Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions
(2010-08-03)
Teacher education knowledge, skills, and dispositions have recently become a well-discussed topic among education scholars around the nation, mainly due to its attention by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher ...
University Educational Leadership Program Coordinators' Perceptions of University-School District Partnership Development
(2016-05-06)
This qualitative case study investigated the role of the university educational leadership coordinator in partnership development, the facilitating and hindering factors of partnership development, and the positive and ...
University Students' Travel Motivation, Memorable Tourism Experience and Destination Loyalty for Spring Break Vacation
(2016-04-27)
The study examined the relationships among university students’ travel motivation, memorable tourism experience, and destination loyalty for Spring Break vacation. It also explored the moderating effects of attribute ...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Monitoring of Forestry Best Management Practices: Feasibility, Potentiality, and Framework
(2023-04-20)
This study explores unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the forestry sector and evaluates the feasibility and potential of UAVs for monitoring forestry best management practices (BMPs). The review of 58 studies from 2003 ...
Unmuting the Mic on Telework: The Development and Validation of Telework OCB and CWB Scales
(2024-04-29)
This paper proposes the development and validation of two new scales for measuring telework organizational citizenship behaviors (T-OCBs) and telework counterproductive workplace behaviors (T-CWBs). These scales are being ...
An unnamed valley in Memnonia Fossae region, Mars: Evidence for Hydrological Activities
(2024-06-14)
Understanding Martian valley networks is crucial for deciphering the planet's paleoclimate and exploring the possibility that past or present subsurface water reservoirs, could harbor microbial life. In this context, the ...
Unpacking the Complexity of Diabetes Care through Investigating Disease Control and Therapeutic Inertia among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
(2023-06-22)
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a prevalent chronic condition requiring complex management and routine assessment of patient’s diabetes treatment. Therapeutic inertia occurs when patients do not receive timely, diabetes treatment ...
Unpacking the Links between Interpersonal Relationship Features and Depression in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
(2017-07-27)
Depression is a rapidly growing problem with enormous economic and social burden (World Health Organization, 2017b), with rates increasing by about 1.5 to 2 million adults per decade recently (Greenberg et al., 2015; Marcus ...