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Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Type "Dissertation"
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15 to Finish: Exploring Campus Population Experiences and Policy Implementation
(2017)This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of key campus stakeholders and policy implementation. Using semi-structured interviews, key stakeholders were asked about their experiences with 15 to Finish: a 2014 ... -
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3-D Data Processing to Extract Vehicle Trajectories from Roadside LiDAR Data
(2018)Accurate, high-resolution vehicle data including location, speed, and direction is essential to connected-vehicle applications, micro-level traffic performance evaluation, and adaptive traffic control. The connected-vehicle ... -
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3D-FAST: Three-Dimensional Fourier Analysis of Pavement Structures Under Transient Loading
(2018)3D-FAST is a finite-layer model to compute pavement mechanical responses under dynamic (i.e., time-variable) non-uniform load of any shape. Surface loads, including vertical load and braking shear loads are discretized ... -
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3D-Move Simulation of TSDDs for Pavement Characterizations
(2015)State highway agencies (SHAs) spend billions of dollars each year on various transportation infrastructure assets to meet legislative, agency and public expectations. Recently, some organizations in the USA and Europe have ... -
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A "New Man" in Northern Nevada's Consolidation Discourse
(2014)This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis that explores the discourse of the consolidation of local government services in Northern Nevada for adaptations of ancient rhetorical theories of ethos. I argue that the ancient ... -
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A 1H NMR Network Approach for the Study of Specialized Metabolites: Development and Applications
(2021)The history of the World could not be told without mentioning specialized metabolites. Long before we had the notion of organic molecules, we were already sailing across the oceans in the pursue of their valuable sources, ... -
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A Basic Evaluation of Distraction
(2013)AbstractThe author developed and applied a laboratory preparation to evaluate the effects of distraction on performance under varying conditions. "Distraction" occurs when there is suppression in the frequency of a response. ... -
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A Behavior Analytic Account of Stereotype Threat
(2022)Although behavior analysis has contributed substantially to the understanding and study of learning in humans, cultural influences are often either overlooked or not accounted for in how they impact individuals in their ... -
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A Behavior Analytic Approach to Childbirth: A Contingency Analysis and Preliminary Investigation
(2016)The “cascade of interventions” associated with analgesia use during childbirth has contributed to the U.S. having some of the poorest birth outcomes of any developed nation (Clark, Belfort, Byrum, Meyers, & Perlin, 2008; ... -
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A Behavior Analytic Evaluation of a Cultural Adaptation of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) for Latinx Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
(2022)An area that is growing in the field of behavior analysis is in the domain of cultural and language adaptations. Despite the substantial evidence to support the use of cultural adaptations in evidence based treatments ... -
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A behavior analytic examination of social loafing
(2020)Social loafing is a phenomenon in which individuals working in groups exert less effort than when they work alone, resulting in substantial losses in productivity. Social loafing has a broad empirical and theoretical ... -
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A Case Study of College Persistence for the Dean's Future Scholars Program
(2013)This qualitative case study supplemented by quantitative data was employed to explore the understandings that 13 undergraduate students from a single Dean's Future Scholars (DFS) cohort held concerning the contributions ... -
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A Case Study of the Implementation of the Resolution Session in Processing of Special Education Complaints in a Large Urban School District
(2016)In 2004, United States President George W. Bush signed into law the amendment to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The law contained a last step to resolve complaints prior to a due process hearing: ... -
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A Circuit-Level Model of Hippocampal, Entorhinal and Prefrontal Dynamics Underlying Rodent Maze Navigational Learning
(2010)Interactions between the hippocampus, parahippocampal regions and the prefrontal cortex are thought to underlie the formation, consolidation, and retrieval of short term memories and play an important role in the learning ... -
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A Comparative Case Study: The Expectations and Experiences of Current and Aspiring Female Secondary Assistant Principals
(2022)The assistant principal role is often a critical stepping stone in educational leadership. The position provides a great deal of exposure and experience between classroom teacher and the principalship. However, there are ... -
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A Comparative Study of Life and Death at Middle Stone Age Open--Air Sites within the Southern African Interior
(2012)The purpose of this dissertation is to determine the agent(s) of accumulation for the fossil bone assemblages from Bundu Farm and Pniel 6, two Middle Stone Age (MSA), open-air archaeological sites located near seasonal ... -
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A Comparison of ACT Values Procedures to Increase Valued Behaviors
(2017)In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), therapists use various procedures to identify and clarify clients’ personal values with the aim of increasing engagement in valued behaviors. This study sought to determine the ... -
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A Comparison of the Effects of Differing Mastery Criteria on Maintenance of Acquisition Skills
(2017)The demonstration of behavioral acquisition and the maintenance of performance following treatment is fundamental within the fields of behavior analysis and education (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968; Freeland & Noell, 2002; ... -
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A Comparison of the Effects of Loss Avoidance and Positive Reinforcement Contingencies
(2018)Two experiments were conducted with undergraduate students to compare the effects of reinforcement and extinction in gain (positive reinforcement) and loss avoidance (negative reinforcement) contingencies. In experiment ... -
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A Component and Process Analysis of the Impact of Enhanced Self-Instructional Packets on Behavioral Programming
(2020)Staff training is widely understood to be of great importance for any ABA agency, but it is often difficult to find the resources needed for sufficient staff training (LeBlanc, Gravina, & Carr, 2009). Frequent and effective ...