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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, & ...
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(2006-07-31)Department: GeologyNew whole-rock Pb isotopic data combined with existing Pb, Sm-Nd, and U/Pb zircon data from the Blue Ridge and the Mid-Continent Granite Rhyolite terrane support recent suggestions that the southern and central Appalachian ...
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(2009-02-23)Department: Mechanical EngineeringA general computational model for describing the stress state for any shape tooth under any loading conditions is presented. The model is constructed based on tooth type, dimensions, materials, loads, boundary conditions, ...
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(2004-07-29)Department: Community Research and ActionCollaborations are increasingly looked to for the resolution of social problems, in the establishment of market dominance on local and global levels, and within organizations as a method for increasing efficacy. Generally ...
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(2019-03-22)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this study was to objectively characterize speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs’) language science knowledge. We investigated language science knowledge in the domains of (a) explicit phonemic awareness, which ...
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(2015-07-20)Department: EpidemiologyThis dissertation researched on important epidemiologic and prevention intervention components of three crucial stages of the HIV care continuum, including HIV testing/diagnosis, linkage-to-care and antiretroviral therapy ...
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(2016-04-11)Department: Nursing ScienceAn Exploration of Nurse Manager Work Activities in Acute Care Settings Amanda Stefancyk Oberlies Dissertation under the direction of Professor Ann F. Minnick The nurse manager has been described as one of the most important ...
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(2018-04-13)Department: Computer ScienceThis thesis presents an extensible visual language for constraint specification in domain-specific modeling environments. As the language is designed within a modeling language itself, the metamodel and visual syntax are ...