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(2021-03-23)Department: Law & EconomicsThis dissertation studies how reforms to state issued occupational licenses affects labor market outcomes for nurses and health outcomes for consumers. Chapter one studies the effect of the Nurse Licensure Compact (“Compact”) ...
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(2017-03-30)Department: Law and EconomicsThis dissertation is the first work to empirically examine a growing type of credit for cash-constrained tort plaintiffs called consumer litigation funding (“CLF”), which takes the form of a nonrecourse loan. A plaintiff ...
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(2019-03-25)Department: Chemical EngineeringMetastasis is the major prognostic factor for cancer patient survival, and breast tumors have a striking propensity for metastasis to bone. Once tumors establish in bone, they initiate what is colloquially known as the ...
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(2018-08-27)Department: Electrical EngineeringAn enhancement to an existing radiation hardening by design (RHBD) technique is proposed. The technique, Sensitive Node Active Charge Cancellation (SNACC), protects sensitive A/MS circuit nodes against single-event transients ...
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An ensemble recruited by α2a-adrenergic receptors is engaged in a stressor-specific manner in mice (2022-11-14)Department: Pharmacologyα2a-adrenergic receptor (α2a-AR) agonists are candidate substance use disorder therapeutics due to their ability to recruit noradrenergic autoreceptors to dampen stress system engagement. However, we recently found that ...
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(2023-12)Bellwether, a national non-profit organization, develops equitable education systems and lifelong opportunities for marginalized youth. Bellwether aims to support district superintendents as a new market segment through ...
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(2020-03-31)Department: PsychologyPropensity score analysis is one of many options for controlling for confounding variables in observational studies. A properly specified propensity score can be used to create a balanced sample of treated and control ...
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(2007-03-05)Department: Computer ScienceIntrusion detection allows an organization to monitor its network for possible attacks. The ability of an intrusion detection system (IDS) to distinguish correctly between attacks and normal activity is important. The ...
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(2016-04-09)Department: Environmental EngineeringNuclear chemical facilities are facilities that contain the operating hazards of a complex chemical facility with the additional hazards of radioactive materials. The approach to safety management at nuclear chemical ...
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(2013-07-17)Department: Special EducationAlthough the functional analysis (FA) remains the gold standard for identifying the function of problem behavior for students with disabilities, traditional FA procedures are typically costly in terms of time, resources, ...
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(2012-08-10)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesEnglish language learners are one of the most rapidly growing demographic groups of students in the United States. A key goal for this group of students is to transition out of English language learner status by demonstrating ...
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(2017-03-27)Department: ReligionThis dissertation presents evolutionary and developmental science models that integrate attachment theory and mentalization theory with mindfulness meditation. Attachment researchers study the quality of the evolved bond ...
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(2007-04-17)Department: Environmental EngineeringHospitals play a primary role in a community during mass casualty events. To optimize community response to a disaster, it is crucial for local and state emergency management agencies (EMAs) to have pre-established and ...
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(2023-05)In 2019, recognizing the critical need for higher education institutions to prepare students for their careers and productive life after college, Lynn University implemented a Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT) program. Adapted ...
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(2015-03-23)Department: Computer ScienceImmersive virtual environment (IVE) systems have applications in many areas, such as training, physical therapy, and entertainment. This thesis examines a fundamental function in IVEs: navigation. We built and optimized a ...
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(2005-12-14)Department: PsychologyTheories of social identity suggest that a psychological attachment to a social group will lead individuals to engage in in-group favoritism, intergroup differentiation, and increased involvement with other group members. ...
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(2018-06-07)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThe prevailing public discourse surrounding the effects of teacher tenure in public education is starkly divided. In recent years, a number of states have enacted tenure reforms, thereby potentially transforming the landscape ...
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(2011-12-15)Department: PsychologyThe current study examined risk factors for the development of depression during childhood and adolescence in boys and girls, including personality, social, and cognitive variables. One hundred and fifty-seven male and ...
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(2016-07-19)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesHigh payments and default on undergraduate debt have consequences. These high payments and defaults are national concerns if aversion to those consequences deters students from making optimal postbaccalaureate decisions ...
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(2005-11-02)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThis dissertation reports results of five studies designed to assess the validity of the VaNTH Observation System (VOS), which was developed to assess the implementation of “How People Learn” (HPL) (Bransford, Brown, & ...