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Size and Price-to-Book Effects in Stock Returns: Evidence from Chinese Stock Markets
(2013-04-19)
In this thesis, the relationship between stock return, beta, size and P/B ratio in the Chinese stock market is reexamined. Jensen, Johnson, and Mercer’s approach is applied to confirm whether the P/B effect and size effect ...
Size Optimization of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications via a Novel Size- Selective Fractionation Process
(2014-12-12)
Magnetic nanoparticles, especially those composed of iron oxide, are extremely attractive options when it comes to MRI contrast agents and magnetically targeted therapies. Their superparamagnetic properties as well as their ...
Size-selective Synthesis of [n]Cycloparaphenylenes and Related Benzenoid Macrocycles
(2023-04-24)
This work begins with a discussion of the currently existing methods for the π-extension of nonplanar aromatic systems with a focus on reactions pertaining to the π-extension of cyclophane-based molecules. Completing the ...
Skeletal Muscle Growth Responses to Voluminous Resistance Training in Young Men with or without Graded Dosage of Protein Supplementation
(2018-06-11)
Purpose: We examined hypertrophic outcomes of weekly graded whey protein dosing (GWP)
versus whey protein (WP) or maltodextrin (MALTO) dosed once daily during 6 weeks of
resistance training (RT). Methods: College-aged ...
The Skeletal Muscle Pump During Contractile Transitions
(2014-07-24)
The aim of this study was to characterize the contribution of skeletal muscle contraction to the immediate hyperemic blood flow response as well as the continued involvement in matching tissue perfusion to elevated metabolic ...
“The Skeleton in America’s Own Cupboard”: Mississippi’s Theodore G. Bilbo and the Shaping of Racial Politics, 1946-1948
(2017-04-26)
In the summer of 1946, Theodore Bilbo, a politician from rural southeast Mississippi, ran for election as a United States Senator. Fearing that a large number of newly-enfranchised blacks in his state would work to have ...
Skills Sequencing in Music Literacy Instruction: A National Survey of the Pedagogy Practices of Secondary Choral Directors
(2022-04-29)
The importance of sound before symbol (or sight) theories has been taught to educators for hundreds of years (Hicks, 1980; Jacobi, 2012; West, 2016). While the general consensus in choral music education is that choral ...
Skin conductance reactivity moderates the association between parental behavioral control and adolescent externalizing behavior
(2018-07-18)
The present study examined whether skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) moderated the concurrent and longitudinal association between parental behavioral control and early adolescents’ externalizing behaviors. Data ...
Slave Missions and Membership in North Alabama
(2006-12-15)
As white landowners settled the North Alabama towns of Florence, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa with their slaves, they began to create missions for the religious education of blacks. Many did so out of a desire to share their ...
Sleep and Cognitive Functioning: The Moderating Role of Vagal Indices
(2011-12-05)
This dissertation contains two studies. In the first study, vagal tone and vagal reactivity (indexed by respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA) were examined as possible moderators of the associations between both actigraphy ...
Sleep and Educational Environment: How do Children in Public/Private School, and Homeschool Settings Differ in Sleep, Subjective Well-Being, and Emotional Intelligence?
(2019-12-06)
The study explored sleep, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence among children ages 8 - 12 enrolled in either public/private school or homeschool. Previous research indicated educational environment relates to ...
Sleep as a Moderator of Links Between Parent-Child Attachment and Adjustment in Early Adolescence
(2015-07-02)
Poor sleep duration and quality are common among typically developing children and are related to adjustment problems such as internalizing and externalizing symptoms, as well as lower self-esteem. Attachment, or the bond ...
Sleep Functioning and Problem Behaviors: The Salience of Parental Warmth
(2009-05-15)
Inadequate sleep functioning, such as low sleep quantity and poor sleep quality, appears prevalent across age groups, but is particularly detrimental during adolescence, and the consequences vary widely; they include ...
Sleep Habits and Academic Performance
(2008-08-15)
This study examined the effects of poor sleep habits on the academic performance of children. The role of poverty rate, medical diagnoses, napping and medication on sleep habits was also assessed. One hundred ninety-one ...
Sleep, Alcohol, and Academic Performance in Undergraduate Students
(2018-07-19)
This study sought to examine the relationship between sleep, alcohol, and academic performance in undergraduate students. Previous research has demonstrated relationships between study variables, however, sleep quality has ...
Sleep, Physical Activity, and Mental Health Among Sexual-Minority, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse Youth
(2023-08-03)
In the face of legislation that curtails the rights and wellbeing of sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) youth, developmental science has a responsibility to investigate SGM health and its protective factors. Sleep is a ...
Sliding Under the Radar: The Illegal Slave Trade in the United States
(2020-05-15)
The Slave Importation Act of 1808 legally prohibited the transport enslaved persons from Africa but failed to prevent illegal smugglers from continuing to import slaves. Before 1808, the Atlantic Slave Trade had been a ...
Slow Coloring Cyclic Permutation Graphs
(2021-04-12)
The slow coloring game is played by two players, Lister and Painter, on a graph \(G\). In round \(i\), Lister marks a nonempty subset of \(V(G)\), which we'll call \(M\). By doing this he scores \(|M|\) points. Painter ...
Slow Speed Orthogonal Machining of Polycrystalline FCC BCC HCP Alloys at Various Levels of Hardness using Gaseous Coolants
(2018-11-16)
A statistically designed slow speed orthogonal machining experiment was conducted to compare the effects of various metal-working gases upon the cutting process. Several metals with different crystalline structures and ...
The Slow-Coloring Game on Path Power Graphs
(2022-11-16)
The Slow-Coloring Game is a game played on a graph G by two players which we will refer to as Lister and Painter. In the ith round, Lister marks a nonempty subset M of V (G) of uncolored vertices as eligible to receive ...