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Parameter Estimation Techniques for Determining Safe Vehicle Speeds in UGVs
(2008-05-15)
This thesis develops simplified equations to predict a velocity in which vehicle rollover or tire saturation occurs. These equations are functions of different vehicle parameters that are important to vehicle handling ...
Parameters Affecting Bird Use of Stormwater Impoundments in the Southeastern United States: Implications for Bird-Aircraft Collisions
(2011-05-02)
Bird-aircraft collisions are a large and growing threat to aviation safety in the United States. Stormwater management impoundments in and around airports create conditions which attract hazardous wildlife species to air ...
Parameters to Facilitate the Creation of Initial Response Capsules for Survivors of Prodigious Disasters
(2006-12-15)
The psychological and physiological effect that a catastrophic event has on a person is staggering. Soon after a disaster, many survivors become unruly, hysterical, and in the worse cases even suicidal. After tragedy ...
Parametric Development of Cold Metal Transfer Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
(2017-11-20)
Current commercial metal additive manufacturing techniques offer great accuracy and detail in small parts but are characterized by low deposition rates, high cost, and limited scale. This research seeks to develop, review, ...
Parametric Development of Wire 3D Printing
(2015-12-11)
Currently commercialized additive manufacturing techniques offer great detail in small, difficult to produce parts. They are also slow, limited in scale, and expensive. An additive technique that can rapidly produce large ...
Parametric Study of a Commercial-Scale Biomass Downdraft Gasifier: Experiments and Equilibrium Modeling
(2010-08-04)
Biomass has already emerged in the renewable energy arena as one of the promising candidates
for the future. Biomass has been a major source of fuel for human from the existence of
mankind. Rapid urbanization and widespread ...
Paraoxonase Responses to Exercise and Niacin Therapy in Men with Metabolic Syndrome
(2013-09-12)
Our purpose was to characterize changes in paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity and concentration after single aerobic exercise sessions conducted before and after 6-weeks of niacin therapy in men with metabolic syndrome (MetS). ...
Parasite component community of Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis, in an oiled Louisiana saltmarsh
(2013-07-01)
Fish parasites comprise a large portion of marine biodiversity but so far have been underutilized as Gulf of Mexico bioindicators. Shifts in parasite diversity, prevalence, and intensity resulting from the 2010 BP Deepwater ...
A Parasitic Dinoflagellate of the Ctenophore Mnemiosis sp.
(2011-11-14)
In this study I have sought to characterize a previously unknown parasitic dinoflagellate, which is associated with the costal ctenophore Mnemiopsis sp. Here, I describe its general morphology, based on an identification ...
Parent and Peer Social-Emotional Support as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in the Transition into and out of College
(2020-07-02)
Depression is common in the college student population. Parent and peer socio-emotional support have long been shown to be associated with greater well-being and less depressive symptoms, including a smoother transition ...
Parent Involvement in Transition Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities
(2009-12-14)
Post-secondary education is a path that many individuals take after high school. For students with learning disabilities, post-secondary education is an attainable goal regardless of the academic difficulties they may face. ...
Parent Training with African American Parents
(2012-05-08)
One of the ways in which conduct problems are treated is parent training (Bagner & Eyberg, 2007). Parent training has been primarily designed with Caucasian middle-class parents (Kerig, 2001). Therefore, it may be beneficial ...
Parent-Child Conflict and Children’s Sleep: Attachment Security as a Moderator or Mediator
(2008-08-15)
Findings in recent years have highlighted sleep problems in children as a growing epidemic throughout the world (National Sleep Foundation, 2004; Sadeh, Raviv, & Gruber, 2000). Dahl and El-Sheikh (2007) propose that in ...
Parental Involvement from the Perspective of Saudi Graduate Student Parents with Children in Elementary School in the U.S.
(2021-12-03)
Research shows that parental involvement in their children's education is related to positive student outcomes. Although there is a consensus among many researchers that parental involvement is beneficial to students' ...
Parental Processes and Young Adults' Romantic Relationships in Traditional, Divorced, and Remarried Family Structures
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of parental figures on young adults’ romantic relationships in traditional two-parent, divorced/separated, and remarried family structures. Participants (n = 786) ...
Parental Protection and Guidance Related to Early Adolescents’ Stressful Peer Experiences
(2022-07-20)
Peer-related parenting has been connected to young adolescents’ social and emotional wellbeing, yet largely missing from the literature are attempts to understand how parents respond to youths’ social and emotional ...
Parentification in the Context of Diverse Domestic Violence Exposure Experiences
(2017-07-27)
Guided by family systems theory and Johnson’s typology of violence, the current study examined the parentification experiences of 25 young adults exposed to father-mother domestic violence (DV) using thematic analysis. ...
Parenting Processes and Risky Sexual Behaviors in First and Second Generation Hispanic Immigrant Youth
(2006-12-15)
Despite the remarkable increase of Hispanic immigrant families with foreign-born and American-born children, the unique problems and behavioral characteristics of this particular population continue to be overlooked. Even ...
Parenting Styles Influence on Locus of Control, Self-Efficacy and Academic Adjustment in College Students
(2010-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived parenting style, locus of control, self-efficacy, and student outcome (i.e. academic performance, GPA) in a sample of college students. The ...
Parenting, Attachment and Child Outcomes: Self-Regulation as a Developmental mechanism
(2013-07-31)
Using data from The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), I conducted two distinct but related studies. In the first study, the associations ...