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When Power Becomes a Turn-Off: Interactions Between Relational Power and Ineffective Arguing on Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples Seeking Therapy
(2022-07-25)
The purpose of the current study was to explore associations between low relational power, ineffective arguing, and sexual satisfaction among heterosexual couples seeking couples’ therapy (N = 175). Analyses utilized the ...
When the Wandering Traveler Speaks: The Narrative Poetics of Early Anglo-Indian Women's Travel Writing
(2014-12-17)
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British women who traveled to and wrote about India have been examined and analyzed as many things—imperial colluders, pseudo-feminists, ethnographers, missionaries, and sexual objects—but ...
“When you’re 18, you got to vote”: How memorable messages influence first-time voters’ political attitudes and voting behaviors
(2024-04-25)
Experiences and messages individuals receive growing up influence their way of thinking
and socialization (Handel, 2011; Knapp et al., 1981). Messages that have a long-lasting impact
on and significance for the individual ...
Where No One Stands Alone: Harvey Gantt and the Civil Rights Movement in the Carolinas, 1943-1987
(2017-11-30)
As the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University and the first African American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Harvey Gantt served as a trailblazer. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, ...
Who Gives a Whoop? An Analysis of Conservation Messages on Twitter
(2020-11-16)
Whooping Cranes’ (Grus americana) historic range ran from the Arctic Coast to Central Mexico and throughout much of the mid-west to the eastern shores of the United States. By the winter of 1941, approximately 16 Whooping ...
“Who Said What?”: Effects of Message Framing and Source Type Toward COVID-19 Vaccinations Intentions Among College Students
(2022-04-27)
Since 2020 the world has experienced a change in our everyday lives due to the
COVID-19 disease. As the world tries to return to a place of normalcy, the COVID-19 vaccine
aims to do that. Considerable research has examined ...
A “Whole New World”: Race and Representation in Disney’s Live-Action Remakes of Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan
(2018-11-15)
When Disney began adapting their animated classics into live-action remakes, the studio assumed that this representational shift would be a perfect fit for their audiences. However, these films, specifically quickly became ...
Whole Tree Transportation Method for Timber Processing Depots
(2017-04-20)
The growing demand for alternative energy has led those interested in producing sustainable energy from renewable biomass such as timber to devise new concepts to satisfy those demands. The concept of timber processing ...
Why a Diamond Means Forever: The Creation of the Diamond Engagement Ring Tradition in the United States, 1939-1996
(2019-04-23)
In 1947 “a diamond is forever” became the official slogan of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited and is to date one of the most recognizable slogans in the history of American advertising. This dissertation utilizes ...
Why do Growing Cracks Branch? An Optical Investigation of Brittle Monolithic and Bilayer Transparencies Under Stress Wave Loading
(2017-02-28)
Understanding the fracture mechanics of materials due to stress wave (or impact) loading under combined tensile and shear (mixed-mode) conditions is important for two opposing reasons: (a) for creating impact resistant ...
Why Do Some Local Governments Offer Job Training or Other Services to Immigrants While Others Do Not?
(2023-01-10)
Immigrants benefit the U.S. economy both at the state and local levels. Recognizing immigrants’ critical importance to the American economy, this research study investigates the relationship between local policy adoption ...
"Why Don't You Act Like This at Home?!" Parent and Child Reactivity During In-Home Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS) Coded Observations
(2013-05-10)
The field of clinical child psychology has campaigned for evidence-based practice, with specific initiatives including the dissemination of evidence-based treatments and the development of evidence-based assessment guidelines. ...
Why is China's Savings Rate So High?
(2014-12-09)
China’s economy is quite distinctive in the modern world as it has a comparatively high savings rate. China’s rapid growth in recent years has depended on a development model that has rested heavily on industrial investment ...
Why people use fashion companies' Facebook pages: An empirical investigation
(2013-04-19)
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are fundamentally altering the way businesses and consumers behave. Fashion apparel companies such as Ann Taylor and fashion retailers such as Dillard’s build Facebook pages ...
Wide Range Tunable Transconductance Filters
(2008-05-15)
Generation of filters using operational transconductance amplifiers and capacitors (OTA-C) has become more and more popular over recent years. This is due to the need for high quality analog filters that can be implemented ...
Wide Temperature Range SiGe HBT Noise Parameters Modeling and LNA Design
(2015-06-24)
This work investigates SiGe HBT noise parameters and impedance matched Low-Noise
Ampli ers(LNAs) intended for operation across a wide temperature range from 93 to 393
K. For the IBM 5AM technology used, noise performance ...
WiFi Fingerprinting based Indoor Localization: When CSI Tensor meets Deep Residual Sharing Learning
(2017-11-20)
Location-based services (LBS) nowadays have several consumer applications such as indoor localization. Wi-Fi based indoor localization has attracted interest due to the ubiquitous access in indoor environments. In this ...
Wild by Design The Technological Construction of Authenticity, Wilderness, and Nature in America's National Parks, 1860-1945
(2019-05-16)
This dissertation explores the origins of American national park experiences. It explores how several social groups attempted to make the national parks conform to their expectations and desires using political power, ...
Wildlife monitoring and sampling: when should we consider genetic data in wild populations?
(2022-07-28)
Conservation and management of wild populations requires management professionals to devise methods for collecting data that are efficient and accurate. For example, understanding population sizes and stability is important ...
Wildlife Restoration via Forest Management in Fire-Suppressed Longleaf Pine Sandhills
(2011-12-02)
The once-extensive longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem of the southeastern United States has been reduced to a fraction of its historic extent. A fire-adapted system, many remaining fragments have been fire-suppressed ...