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Advancing a better understanding of influences on relational health: A prevention science approach
(2016-07-28)
One of the strongest predictors of optimal health, well-being, and life satisfaction is having stable and supportive relationships (Pinker, 2014). Yet as evidenced by high rates of relationship dissolution, maintaining ...
Factors Affecting Markets, Economic Growth and Economic Development: Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2016-08-01)
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This dissertation consists of three essays. The topics of the essays are not necessary related, and each essay constitutes a chapter in this dissertation. The first chapter presents farm and retail models ...
The Role of Frataxin in Doxorubicin Mediated Cardiac Hypertrophy
(2016-07-29)
Doxorubicin (DOX) is a highly effective anti-neoplastic agent, used to treat a wide range of cancer. However, the clinical application of DOX is limited due to its dose dependent cardiotoxic complications which eventually ...
Classification of Ego Platform Motion for Platform Independent Plug and Play Navigation
(2016-05-05)
This dissertation presents a method of using these kinematic constraints without requiring this apriori knowledge of the application platform. The method is termed ``joint navigation and classification'' (JNC), and involves ...
Insomnia drives changes in suicide ideation: A latent difference score model of community adults over a brief interval
(2016-07-29)
Insomnia is robustly associated with suicidal behavior (Bernert, Kim, Iwata, & Perlis, 2015), but limitations in existing studies hinder nuanced understanding of this relationship. The current study aimed to address ...
A Hollow Inheritance: The Legacies of the Tuskegee Civic Association and the Crusade for Civic Democracy in Alabama
(2016-08-01)
This thesis examines and analyzes the Tuskegee Civic Association’s “Crusade for Citizenship” in Alabama. In 1957, the Crusade encouraged black citizens to boycott businesses owned and operated by segregationist whites in ...
Mediterranean Diet Adherence in the Southeast United States: Validation of a Field-Based Survey Instrument and the Impact of Nutrition Knowledge
(2016-07-29)
The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been shown to reduce chronic disease risk, and nutrition knowledge has been shown to correlate with diet choices. However, Mediterranean diet adherence in the southeast United States is ...
EnLIGHTening the landscape
(2016-08-01)
The simple idea of nighttime design became a catalyst for what would be a year long investigation into how our perception, both spatially and experientially, is shaped by the effects and implementation of lighting. The ...
Magnetometer Aided Navigation Filters for Improved Observability and Estimation on Ground Vehicles
(2016-07-29)
Two modified extended Kalman filters, called the MGVA and MVVA filters, have been developed which combine the attitude determination capabilities of magnetometers with the standard extended Kalman filter. The standard ...
Identifying Potential Cisco Refuge Lakes in Minnesota under Future Climate Warming Scenarios
(2016-12-09)
Fish habitat models were developed and applied to investigate the impacts of future climate change on cisco oxythermal habitat in Minnesota lakes. Cisco Coregonus artedi is the most common cold-water stenothermal fish ...