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Adiponectin alters hippocampal synaptic function: a mechanism for amelioration of synaptic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease 

Bloemer, Jenna (2019-12-06)
The hormone adiponectin, the most abundant adipokine, is an important regulator of metabolic function, and recent evidence suggests that adiponectin plays an essential role in the cross-talk between adipose tissue and brain ...

Adiponectin Expression and Oxidative Stress in Hearts of Mice Fed a High-fat Diet 

Gorman, Teresa (2013-07-09)
Evidence suggests that excess superoxide generation leading to oxidative stress and/or the reduced capacity of organisms to regulate oxidative/redox environments play a major role in the initiation and progression of obesity ...

Adipose tissue and liver adaptations in exercised versus non-exercised rats fed a ketogenic diet, western diet, or standard rodent chow 

Holland, Angelia Maleah (2016-03-31)
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD), versus other diets, on adipose tissue, liver and serum biomarkers in exercise-trained versus sedentary rodents. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley ...

Adjoint Orbits of Borel Subgroup on Maximal Nilpotent Subalgebra of Types A and C. 

Bogale, Meaza (2021-11-18)  ETD File Embargoed
We describe the adjoint orbits of a Borel subgroup on a maximal nilpotent algebra of Types A and C. In Chapter 1, we provide a historical background and motivation behind the study. We highlight the important works in ...

Adjusting Clinical Fee Scales: First Session Intake Fees Moderating Couple’s Total Number of Sessions Attended in Couple’s Therapy 

D'Agostino, Sabrina (2019-08-09)
Psychotherapy research has acknowledged the importance of examining attrition in therapy. However, researchers consistently neglect to look to the effect of additional fees beyond the every session fee for services on ...

Administrator Job Satisfaction in Higher Education 

Howard Baldwin, Tonia (2009-12-15)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the job satisfaction of men and women administrators in higher education in four-year public institutions in Alabama. In addition, the study examined whether there was a ...

Administrators' Perceptions of the Impact of No Child Left Behind Compliance on High Poverty, Rural School Systems 

Ashmon, Rosa (2010-08-04)
Since the publication of a Nation at Risk in 1983, public schools have been through many waves of reform claiming that the enhancement of educational quality provided for all students in public schools was the major goal. ...

Adolescent Action-taking: Associations with Identity Style, Possible Selves, and Parental Support 

Swart, Sarah (2006-05-15)
Action-taking is the intentional behavior in which adolescents engage. Productive action-taking promotes positive youth outcomes and future goal-achievement. The aims of the current study were to examine variation in ...

Adolescent artistic caricatures and the sharing of art 

Henley, John (2016-05-05)
The assumptions and stereotypes that form the basis of adolescent social groups include caricatures of artists and artistic peers. This exploratory qualitative study is a bricolage in educational psychology with elements ...

Adolescent co-parenting relationships and their effect on parental self-efficacy 

Lipsmeyer, Kara (2005-12-15)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the structure and quality of the co-residential co-parenting relationships on the self-efficacy of adolescent and young adult unmarried mothers. Forty one predominately ...

ADOLESCENT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR EXAMINED FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE 

Radcliffe, William (2021-08-10)
Researchers have been trying to understand the causes of deviant behaviors for decades. While there is a solid foundation in the past work done in the fields of psychology and criminology, there is also significant work ...

Adolescent Methylmercury Exposure: Behavioral Mechanisms and Protective Effects of Sodium Butyrate and Environmental Enrichment 

Boomhower, Steven (2018-04-02)
Whether exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), an environmental neurotoxicant, during adolescence alters the brain and behavior is only beginning to be explored. The continued maturation of mechanisms that control neuronal gene ...

Adolescent Perceived Parenting as a Moderator of the Be SAFE Bullying Prevention Program: Examining the Influence of Parenting on Adolescent Program Outcomes 

Norton, Jessica (2017-07-27)
Evaluations of universal bullying prevention programs often find modest effects on adolescent bullying outcomes. It may be advantageous for those in bullying research to test differential effects of program outcomes via ...

Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Comfort with Intimacy, Parental Warmth and Support, and Exploration of Dating Partner Identity 

Soto, Janet (2009-05-06)
Adolescent romantic relationships may have a significant and long-lasting impact on important developmental processes and outcomes. The goal of this study was to examine how parental warmth/ support and comfort with intimacy ...

Adolescents' Attitudes towards Counseling by Demographic Group: Before and After a Youth Relationship Education Curriculum 

Stover, Cassidy (2008-12-15)
Although marriage relationship education and counseling programs have been shown to be effective in promoting healthy relationships, participants are typically not from diverse backgrounds. Adolescent attitudes towards ...

Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Behaviors: What Roles Do Parental Warmth, Parental Psychological Control, Adolescent Psychological Well-Being and Demographics Play? 

Lathem, Bailey (2009-05-15)
Although adolescents’ relationships with their parents have been widely studied, how adolescents’ relationships with their parents are associated with adolescents’ sexuality is one area of research that is beginning to ...

Adoption and Implementation of the Health Watch Screening Program in Community Pharmacies 

Teeter, Benjamin S. (2012-11-06)
Biometric screenings are an important first step in the prevention of heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes but accessibility to these screenings can be limited. Community pharmacies are in a unique ...

Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices and Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Soil Testing in Northern Haiti 

Kokoye, Senakpon (2017-01-27)
This dissertation is organized in three chapters that deal with issues on agricultural development in Haiti. The first chapter presents results from adoption of soil conservation practices in Northern Haiti. Using data ...

Adult Learners in Higher Education: An Examination of Academic, Social and Environmental Needs as Perceived by Adult Learners and Faculty. 

Roberson, Reginald (2017-11-27)
In recent years, colleges and universities have witnessed an increase in the number of adult learners entering higher education (Hardin, 2008; Osgood-Treston, 2001). The growth in adult students attending college encourages ...

Adult males with childhood sexual experiences: The role of attachment and coping in psychological adjustment 

Lyle, Patricia (2006-12-15)
In the past three decades, the existing literature pertaining to the sexual abuse of boys has expanded. Much of the current male sexual abuse research is directed toward understanding how abused boys later become offenders. ...