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High School Dropout: Perceptions and Voices of African American and Hispanic Students
(2011-08-08)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of African American and Hispanic students who dropped out of school while exploring their schooling experiences and the factors they believe contributed to their ...
Supersymmetric F-Theory Gut Models
(2011-08-08)
F-theory is a twelve-dimensional geometric version of string theory and is believed to be a natural framework for GUT model building. The aim of this dissertation is to study how gauge theories realized by F-theory can ...
NCAA Division I Student-Athlete and Athletic Administrator Perceptions of Social Support in the Athletic Department at One University in the Northwestern United States
(2011-08-08)
Student-athletes' and athletic administrators' perceptions of available and accessible social support in the athletic department are explored. Interviews were conducted with three athletic administrators whose job ...
Analysis of Whole Milk vs. Low-Fat Milk Consumption Among WIC Children Before Programmatic Changes
(2011-08-08)
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is one of the food assistance programs targeted at low-income women, infants and children up to age five by providing foods, nutrition ...
Analytical and Experimental Studies of Drag Embedment Anchors and Suction Caissons
(2011-08-08)
The need for experimental and analytical modeling in the field of deep water offshore
anchoring technologies is high. Suction caisson and drag embedment anchors (DEA) are
common anchors used for mooring structures in deep ...
Framework for Understanding the Relationship between Lean and Safety in Construction
(2011-08-08)
Lean construction borrows concepts from lean manufacturing and Toyota Production System in order to eliminate waste and add value to the construction process. Manufacturing processes utilizing lean principles have matured ...
Placement of Traffic Barriers on Roadside and Median Slopes
(2011-08-08)
Cross median crashes have become a serious problem in recent years. Most of the median cross sections used for divided highways have terrains with steep slopes. Traffic barriers, frequently used on slopes, are generally ...
A Field-Scale Assessment of Soil-Specific Seeding Rates to Optimize Yield Factors and Water Use in Cotton
(2011-10-21)
Precision management of cotton production can increase profitability by decreasing inputs. The overall objective of this project is to improve cotton production by minimizing seeding rates while still maximizing yields and ...
Relative Response to Low-Energy Photons and Determination of Instrument Correction Factors for Portable Radiation Instrumentation
(2011-10-21)
Practically all portable radiation instruments come from the manufacturer with a
graph of photon energy response. However, many of these graphs are in log-log format
which can disguise relatively large variations in ...
Structural Studies of Bacteriophage Lysins and their Implication in Human Diseases
(2011-08-08)
Structural biology lays the molecular foundation for the modern field of life sciences. In this thesis, X-ray crystallography is the primary resource for atomic detail structural information and is the major technology ...