• Correlation of Skin Friction and Convective Heat Transfer on Surfaces with Realistic Roughness Variations 

  Shannon, Timothy 1991-

• Kinematic effects of mechanical horse simulated hippotherapy. 

  Barrett, Cody Ryan, 1994- (2018-07-10)

  Hippotherapy is the use of horseback riding as a form of therapy for a variety of disabilities such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and autism. It is also known that hippotherapy can be beneficial for stroke patients ...

• The Elkins Hypnotizability Scale : validity, reliability, factor structure, and acceptability within a clinical sample. 

  Hickman, Kimberly Ellen, 1989- (2018-07-18)

  The current dissertation aimed to explore the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Elkins Hypnotizability Scale (EHS) in a clinical sample of 173 post-menopausal women (Study 1). Study 1 included pre-existing ...

• Moment representations of exceptional orthogonal polynomials. 

  Osborn, John Michael, 1964-; 0000-0001-7092-803X (2018-07-12)

  Exceptional orthogonal polynomials (XOPs) can be viewed as an extension of their classical orthogonal polynomial counterparts. They exclude polynomials of a certain order(s) from being eigenfunctions for their corresponding ...

• Application of ab initio theory to the chemistry of ultrathin films. 

  Brown, Paul A., 1983- (2018-07-11)

  In this work, we investigate a number of important nanosheets, e.g., graphene, haeckelites, and titanium disulfide for the expressed purpose of tuning the electronic ground state properties. We employ condensed matter ...

• “Our Real Family, The One We Chose” : the function of comfort in the sitcom family. 

  Romanowski, Max, 1994- (2019-01-31)

  Throughout history, the sitcom has continually been used as a form of comfort for the viewer. The original sitcoms of the 1950s were filled with themes that reinforced the stability of the traditional family model after ...

• Boundary data smoothness for solutions of nonlocal boundary value problems for nth order differential equations. 

  Pennington, Brian C., 1992-; 0000-0002-7017-9953 (2018-04-18)

  The method involves application of Peano's Theorem for initial value problems.

• Spectral approach to transport problems in two-dimensional disordered lattices : physical interpretation and applications. 

  Kostadinova, Eva Georgieva, 1992- (2017-11-17)

  This paper introduces the spectral approach to transport problems in infinite disordered systems characterized by an Anderson-type Hamiltonian. The spectral approach determines (with probability 1) the existence of extended ...

• Cavity ring down and thermal lens techniques applied to vibrational spectroscopy of gases and liquids. 

  Nyaupane, Parashu Ram, 1980- (2017-06-15)

  Infrared (IR) and near-infrared (NIR) region gas temperature sensors have been used in the past because of its non-intrusive character and fast time response. In this dissertation cavity ring down (CRD) absorption of oxygen ...

• Adaptive designs for phase II clinical trials with binary endpoints. 

  Carlile, Tom (, 2019-02-01)

  Because the sample size is varying while the estimate of sample size is changing, the quality of an approximation of the binomial by the Gaussian is variable and thus not desirable. Also, adaptive designs do not follow the ...

• Implementation intention as a cognitive strategy in STEM education : assessing pre-algebraic performance in 8th grade math instruction. 

  Nguyen, Megan, 1991- (2016-08-03)

  Conceptualization of STEM has been a challenge due to varying perspectives within schools, school districts, and instructors. Implementation intention refers to a memory encoding strategy in which individuals explicitly ...

• A power contrast of tests for homogeneity of covariance matrices in a high-dimensional setting. 

  Barnard, Ben Joseph, 1987-; 0000-0002-1817-2295 (2018-10-31)

  Multivariate statistical analyses, such as linear discriminant analysis, MANOVA, and profile analysis, have a covariance-matrix homogeneity assumption. Until recently, homogeneity testing of covariance matrices was limited ...

• The Pediatric Inventory for Parents : a systematic review of the psychometric properties and development of a short form. 

  Larson, Madeline, 1992- (2018-11-28)

  The Pediatric Inventory for Parents (PIP) is a measure of pediatric parenting stress. In the present study, a systematic review of the psychometric properties of the PIP was conducted to determine if it was appropriate to ...

• Framing Flint : comparing mainstream and black newspaper coverage in the wake of environmental racism. 

  Rieper, Kaitlyn B., 1994-; 0000-0002-2100-1083 (2018-11-28)

  Flint, Michigan, has been in a water crisis for four years now after the predominately black community was lead-poisoned following the decisions of government officials they should have been able to trust. The city’s ...

• Reconstructing land surface processes of the 1930s Dust Bowl drought, U.S. Great Plains. 

  Bolles, Kasey C., 1987-; 0000-0001-7547-6730 (2018-10-26)

  Mineral dust aerosols are a key component of the Earth system and a growing public health concern under climate change as levels of dustiness increase. The U.S. Great Plains is particularly vulnerable to dust episodes, but ...

• Cardiovascular and renal responses to continuous, moderate and high-intensity interval exercise in mid-spectrum CKD. 

  Forsse, Jeff Stephen, 1986- (2018-08-31)

  The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the effect a short acute bout of aerobic exercise had on vascular and renal function in individuals with midspectrum CKD. Six men and fourteen women (Age = 62.0 ± ...

• Your own personal Jesus : individualized religious sectarianism in the mid-victorian novel. 

  Dickinson, Christian S., 1983-; 0000-0002-7950-5890 (2018-11-16)

  This Dissertation explores four novels from the mid-nineteenth century, two of which are by canonical authors, Charles Dickens and George Eliot; two not as well known, Charles Kingsley and Charlotte Yonge. The nineteenth ...

• The use of demand assessments in the assessment and treatment of challenging behavior. 

  Avery, Suzannah Kathryn, 1994- (2018-10-08)

  Selection of demands without a demand assessment could result in a failure to identify an escape function for escape-maintained challenging behavior. Demands may be categorized into two categories: low-aversive and ...

• "I can't go on, I'll go on" : narrative consolation in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. 

  Brower, Emily Ruth, 1990- (2018-11-13)

  This dissertation examines the role of narrative consolation in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Specifically, I argue that narrative holds immense consolatory power for Joyce and Beckett. Despite the clear ...

• A Thomistic principle of virtue individuation. 

  Beary, Alina A., 1978-; 0000-0001-6995-4505 (2018-10-16)

  In this dissertation, I aim to accomplish two goals. The first goal is to draw contemporary moral philosophers' attention to the need for a principal approach to virtue individuation. When we individuate virtues, we answer ...

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