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Developing a Culturally Appropriate Perinatal Mental Health Program for Black Mothers with Preterm Birth in the United States: A Mixed-Method Study
(2023-04-10)
Perinatal mental health disorders are prevalent among mothers with preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Existing institutional and societal racism amplifies the psychological burden of Black mothers ...
Development and Testing of Bridge Weigh-In-Motion Methods for Truck Characteristics and Bridge Load Rating
(2023-03-23)
This research study developed and quantitatively evaluated the concept of Bridge Weigh-In-Motion (B-WIM) and advanced knowledge within the field. The primary objective of B-WIM systems is to instrument a bridge to obtain ...
A Short-Term Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship Curriculum Framework for Latin America and the Caribbean
(2023-05-03)
Youth agricultural entrepreneurship programs have been enacted in Latin America and the Caribbean to engage youth in their communities and increase their employment. However, youth agricultural entrepreneurship programs ...
Ecological Decentralization for Improving the Resilient Design of Urban Water Distribution Networks
(2023-04-13)
Urban water distribution networks have provided potable water to communities and households worldwide over the last century. Within the last two decades, there has been a rise in complications with water distribution systems ...
Development of a Methodology to Load Rate General Aviation Airports with Environmental Considerations
(2023-05-02)
Aerial transportation infrastructure is vital to connecting communities across the United States and the globe. It provides critical support functions in transporting purchased goods and resources, providing access to ...
Digital Phenotyping in Cotton Breeding Using Growth Rate Modeling Based on Visible Light Data Collected with Unmanned Aerial Systems
(2023-05-02)
The need to improve cotton to the benefit of humanity has been the driving factor in scientific cotton breeding for nearly 150 years. The act of cotton breeding itself is not a novel enterprise. What is novel, however, are ...
Post-Disaster Damage Assessment with Artificial Intelligence and Uncertainty Quantification
(2023-03-23)
Climate disasters have severely impacted our built environment, infrastructure, and way of life, causing significant economic and fatal losses. In the immediate aftermath of a disaster, preliminary damage assessment (PDA) ...
Process Optimization Strategies for Achieving Microstructural Control and Enhanced Mechanical Performance in Advanced High Strength Steels
(2023-05-01)
Strategies were developed for processing advanced high strength steels (AHSSs) via severe plastic deformation (equal channel angular pressing, ECAP) and additive manufacturing (directed energy deposition, DED) techniques, ...
God's Work in Hell: Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency in Somalia, 1992-1995
(2023-04-03)
This dissertation project amounts to the first multinational, multi-archival study of the Somalia military interventions of 1992-1995. Somalia provided several important precedents for both American and international ...
Scope of Practice, and Certification and Licensure of Medical Assistants in the United States
(2023-04-10)
Medical assistants (MAs) are an important part of the healthcare workforce. In the United States, the scope of practice and credentials of the MAs are not specifically defined. The inconsistencies in determination of the ...