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P = f (Conscientiousness × Ability): Examining the Facets of Conscientiousness
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2010-09-16)We posited that the form of the joint effects of motivation and ability in traditional performance models are interactive because motivation triggers the use of energy resources required to deploy ability at work. Moreover, ... -
Pagan Elements in the Afterlife Depictions of Early Christian Martyrdom Accounts
(2021-12-17)This thesis is an exploration of the pagan influences on early Christianity and its depictions of the afterlife, as seen through popular martyrdom accounts. The first chapter situates early Christianity in its context of ... -
"Palaces of art :" Victorian studio-houses in the museum context.
(, 2012-08-08)The Aesthetic Period of the late Victorian era produced a profusion of unique architectural forms known as “purpose-built studio-houses.” These combination domestic and work spaces were intentionally built and designed ... -
Paleoceanographic conditions that resulted in the accumulation of organic matter in the Middle Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group, Southwestern Shelf, Paradox Basin, Utah.
(2015-08-27)The Middle Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group exposed along Honaker Trail, Utah contains a series of black mudrocks that are cyclically interbedded with carbonates and coarser siliciclastics. This study reconstructs the ... -
Paleoceanographic evolution of the Late Devonian Duvernay Formation : insights from the geochemistry of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.
(2019-11-08)The Late Devonian Duvernay Formation is characterized by organic-rich mudrocks, argillaceous carbonates, and calcareous shales and is located in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). The Duvernay is partitioned into ... -
Paleoclimate and paleoenvironment reconstruction of early Miocene Tinderet sites in western Kenya, and its implications for hominoid evolution.
(2018-07-27)Early Miocene Tinderet sites in western Kenya preserve some the earliest occurrences of large bodied hominoids like Proconsul. The sites preserve different catarrhine fossil assemblages, with some species found in all sites ... -
Paleogene climate reconstruction using paleosol mineral assemblages, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.
(2022-05-09)Certain preserved minerals are stable within specific climate conditions, thus their presence can indicate the type of climate that was present during their deposition. The climate after the Cretaceous/Paleogene extinction ... -
Paleopedology of paleo-wetland and barite-bearing, hydric paleosols in the Morrison Formation (upper jurassic-lower cretaceous), North Central Wyoming, USA : a multianalytical approach.
(, 2014-06-11)Whereas lakes and wetlands are very sensitive to changes in climate, high-resolution data in these archives are lost unless it is possible to differentiate these deposits from other "floodplain" deposits. Synthesis of ... -
Paleosols as an indicator of ancient landscapes, climates and stratal response during the Triassic: the Salt Anticline Region of Utah.
(2006-05-29)Modern soils are excellent indicators of environmental conditions, and paleosols can be used as proxy for past conditions. This dissertation documents the response of Triassic paleosols and fluvial sediment accumulation ... -
A Pandemic of Skepticism: The relationship between COVID-19 conspiracy belief and unconventional political behavior in the United States
(2022-05-20)In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have turned to COVID-19 conspiracy theories to make sense of the world. At the same time, the United States has faced an increase in unconventional political acts like ... -
Pandemic teaching : application of universal design for learning in eighth-grade English language arts and reading.
(2021-04-09)The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of education globally, requiring educators to teach online and in-building with social distancing protocols. In this context, U.S. school districts were tasked with addressing ... -
Panthéonizations and exhumations : ceremonial reburials in revolutionary France.
(2016-07-27)During the French Revolution, the Panthéon was created as a national mausoleum to house the remains of the grands hommes of France. Alongside the recently deceased heroes of the Revolution, the deputies of the National ... -
Parable of Holistic Healing
(2016-08-11)The understanding of the seemingly simple word, “health” has been largely misconstrued within society. Ideally health would be “holistic” and many health care professionals and patients desire to give and receive respectively ... -
Paradigms of knowledge and narratives of human flourishing in Victorian realism.
(2019-05-21)This study examines the diverse conceptions of human flourishing in four Victorian realist novels. I argue that in John Henry Newman's Loss and Gain (1848), George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-72), Mary August Ward's Robert ... -
Paradigms of Medical History
(2020-05-21)There have been two prominent beliefs in western medicine through history: humoralism and modern scientific medicine. Despite humoralism often being looked at as a quite aged medical practice, there are still influences ... -
A Parallel Implementation of the Galerkin Method for Solving Partial Differential Equations on a Triangular Mesh
Finite Element Methods are techniques for estimating solutions to boundary value problems for partial differential equations from an approximating subspace. These methods are based on weak or variational forms of the BVP ... -
The Parallel Technique Software Package
(2009-11-13)This is the software described in the technical report “Two New Techniques for Unit-Delay Compiled Simulation” available from this archive. This package is part of the FHDL system and must be installed in your FHDL directory. -
A Parent's Role in Sibling Response to Disability
(2014-05)Growing up with an intellectually disabled sibling has distinct effects on a non-disabled child's development. Parenting these children while also parenting an intellectually disabled child is a uniquely stressful role. ... -
Parent-implemented interventions for children with developmental disabilities and delays : challenging behavior and parenting stress.
(2021-04-19)In Study 1, we synthesized the current literature on challenging behavior interventions in community settings and evaluated the intervention effects using the What Works Clearinghouse Single-Case Design Standards (WWC, ... -
Parental concern and the baptism of children : representations of children from the late Medieval era to 1640.
(2018-03-16)Examining religious literature from late medieval England until 1640, this dissertation explores the effect that the English Reformation had upon the religious perception of children. A survey of medieval English religious ...