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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY, THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE, AND INEFFECTIVE ARGUING AMONG COUPLES IN THERAPY
(2021-08-02)
Considering the far-reaching effects of short or poor-quality sleep on biopsychosocial functioning, little to no research has investigated the associations among sleep quality, therapeutic alliance and couple outcomes in ...
Assortativity of suicide-related posting on Twitter
(2017-11-16)
Networks in which similar individuals are more likely to associate with one another than their dissimilar counterparts are called assortative. Such patterns are a hallmark of human social networks, in which numerous phenomena ...
The Asymmetric Game Strategies Utilizing R&D Incentives under Uncertain Patent Race and Non-infringing Imitation
(2014-05-14)
The primary objective of this research is to provide the optimal strategies for firms and decision makers to take advantage of competitive situations in which they obtain the greatest benefits. We analyze the various ...
Asymptotic Dynamics of Competition Systems with Immigration and/or Time Periodic Dependence
(2015-05-08)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of the asymptotic dynamics, in particular, coexistence states and convergence of nonnegative solutions to the competition systems with immigration and time periodic dependence. ...
Asymptotic Results in Noncompact Semisimple Lie Groups
(2013-04-22)
This dissertation is a collection of results on analysis on real noncompact semisimple Lie groups. Specifically, we examine the convergence patterns of sequences arising from the special group decompositions that exist ...
At the Intersection of Davis and King: Heritage and Memory in Selma, Alabama
(2020-11-16)
Selma, Alabama is a small community in the Black Belt with a rich heritage and history that remains deeply divided along racial lines. Selma played an important role in both the American Civil War and the Civil Rights ...
At the Tip of the Pyramid: The Iconography of Early Astronauts and Cosmonauts
(2012-04-19)
The first American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts became household names in the midst of proving that human beings could live and work beyond planet Earth. How and why did these men (along with one Soviet woman) achieve ...
Athletic Administrator, Academic Advisor, and Mentor Perceptions of Student Athlete Success
(2020-05-08)
Student athlete support services play a vital role in student athlete success at university athletic departments across the country. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires that Division-I (D-I) ...
Atomic Apartheid: United States-South African Nuclear Relations from Truman to Reagan, 1945-1989
(2006-05-15)
This dissertation analyzes nuclear cooperation between the United States and South Africa from the Truman to Reagan administrations. The focus of this work is to examine how and why the United States became involved in ...
Atomic Characterization of L_1 And The Lorentz-Bochner Space L^X(p,1) for With Some Applications
(2016-12-09)
In the 1950s, G. G Lorentz introduced the spaces $\Lambda(\alpha)$ and $M(\alpha)$, for $0<\alpha<1$ and showed that the dual of $\Lambda(\alpha)$ is equivalent to $M(\alpha)$ in his paper titled 'Some New Functional ...
Atomic Data Generation and Collisional Radiative Modeling of Ar II, Ar III, and Ne I for Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
(2009-07-16)
Accurate knowledge of atomic processes plays a key role in modeling the emission in laboratory
as well as in astrophysical plasmas. These processes are included in a collisional-radiative
model and the results are compared ...
Atomistic modeling and simulation derived novel insights for biomass valorization
(2023-07-28)
Due to the depletion of finite fossil resources and increasing concerns for mitigating the environmental damages causing global warming, the global scientific community is emphasizing the valorization of alternative ...
Atrazine-Induced Changes in Rodent Hepatic Enzymes and Adrenal Morphology
(2013-04-19)
Atrazine (ATR) is one of the most commonly used herbicides worldwide. It is a broad- spectrum herbicide used to control both pre- and post-emergence broadleaf and grassy weeds. ATR’s effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal ...
Attachment Anxiety as a Moderator for the Relationship Between Maternal Influence and Body Image Dissatisfaction Among Women
(2021-08-02)
Body image dissatisfaction (BID) is a significant concern for women in the United States. The current study (N=244) builds on previous BID research by exploring maternal appearance-focused influence in terms of modeling ...
Attachment Dimensions of Closeness, Anxiety, and Dependence and Parent and Peer Relationships in a Population of Adolescents who have Sexually Offended: Are These Associations Mediated by Emotion Regulation?
(2016-07-20)
Adolescent males who sexually offend are at great risk for continuing difficulties
in managing emotional arousal, their relationships, and their futures. The purpose of this
study is to examine the relationship between ...
Attachment of Listeria Monocytogenes to Austenitic Stainless Steel
(2006-08-15)
The objectives of this research were:
1. Investigate the attachment of Listeria monocytogenes, which were grown in nutrient-rich medium (brain heart infusion, BHI) or starved in minimal medium, to austenitic stainless ...
Attachment Style, Tinder Use, and Permissive Sexual Attitude
(2017-04-24)
Research has demonstrated that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance plays a significant role in the development, maintenance, and satisfaction of adult romantic relationships (Hazan & Shaver, 1994). Technology has ...
Attachment Styles and Workplace Stressors: An Individual and Contextual Approach to Employee Well-Being and Behavior and the Mediating Role of Surface Acting
(2016-11-09)
Workplace stress is a thriving area of research and is a topic of concern to employees and employers, alike. Using a conservation of resources framework, I sought to take an integrative approach to better understand how ...
Attachment to God: Exploring its Impact on the Teaching and Learning Orientations of Christian Adult Educators
(2013-04-19)
Attachment to God is a missing dimension of our current understanding of Christian adult education. Joung (2011) agreed that looking at individuals religious representations (i.e. attachment-related experiences) has crucial ...
The Attentional Blink Effect in Spider Phobia
(2011-08-08)
Extant research suggests that individuals with spider phobia relative to non-anxious controls display a shorter attentional blink (AB) in response to spider-related target words. Common methodological limitations of such ...