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Examining School, Home, and Community Acculturation Experiences of Four Liberian Immigrant Youths in the United States
(2012-02-14)
Historically, Liberian immigrants to the United States tended to be wealthy, educated individuals who wanted their children to acquire a Western education. The thirteen-year Liberian Civil War resulted in a new wave of ...
I Am a Chameleon In Pearls: How Three Select Female Superintendents Perceive Their Professional Lives
(2012-10-19)
The public school superintendent is the least progressive position in education at integrating women and balancing the scales of equitable representation. Statistical data indicates there are far fewer females than males ...
Sensitivity of the Ocean's Meridional Overturning Circulation to Surface Conditions in the Paleogene
(2012-10-19)
Deep circulations in the ocean affect the distribution of physical, chemical, and biological properties, and are intimately entwined with the planetary-scale climate. Numerous proxies, including neodymium (Nd) in fossil ...
Study of CO2 Mobility Control in Heterogeneous Media Using CO2 Thickening Agents
(2012-10-19)
CO2 injection is an effective method for performing enhanced oil recovery (EOR). There are several factors that make CO2 useful for EOR, including promoting swelling, reducing oil viscosity, decreasing oil density, and ...
Attitudes about Food
(2012-10-19)
Approximately 18% of adolescents are obese. Attitudes about Food is a cross sectional study that seeks to identify lifestyle factors associated with adolescent obesity such as fast food consumption, physical activity, ...
A Tool for the Analysis of Real Options in Sustainability Improvement Projects
(2012-10-19)
The major challenges in sustainable implementation are the financial issue and uncertainties. The traditional financial budgeting approach that is commonly used to evaluate sustainable projects normally neglects future ...
Design with Uncertain Technology Evolution
(2012-10-19)
Design is an uncertain human activity involving decisions with uncertain outcomes. Sources of uncertainty in product design include uncertainty in modeling methods, market preferences, and performance levels of subsystem ...
Methods for Composing Tradeoff Studies under Uncertainty
(2012-10-19)
Tradeoff studies are a common part of engineering practice. Designers conduct tradeoff studies in order to improve their understanding of how various design considerations relate to one another. Generally a tradeoff study ...
Identity and Social Networks Among First Generation College Students
(2012-10-19)
This thesis focuses on first generation college students and their unique social
positions in social and institutional networks. First generation students are less likely to
attend college than non-first generation ...
Progesterone Regulation of Endometrial Gene Expression in the Early Pregnant Ovine Uterus
(2012-10-19)
Establishment of pregnancy in ruminants requires blastocyst development to form an elongated filamentous conceptus that produces interferon tau (IFNT), the pregnancy recognition signal, and initiate implantation. Blastocyst ...