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An Interactive Model of Assault on Staff Members in Inpatient Treatment Facilities
(2014-12)Effectiveness of psychosocial treatment programming in inpatient treatment facilities is limited by violence against staff members perpetrated by seriously mentally ill residents. The goal of this study was to analyze a ... -
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF GRADE RETENTION AND GRADE
(2012-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of grade retention and grade placement on student achievement in both reading and math over the course of five-years. A comparison was drawn amongst two cohorts of ... -
An Investigation of the Effect of Chronic Unpredictable Stress on Hippocampal Integrity and Spatial Learning
(2012-05)Chronic stress has been shown to induce neuroplastic changes in the hippocampus, decrease the survival of progenitor cells in the hippocampus, and impair hippocampal-dependent learning and memory. Recent evidence suggests ... -
Analysis of Geophysical Evidence of Cretaceous-Paleocene Forearc Strata in the Santa Catalina Basin, California Inner Continental Borderland
(2015-05)The California continental borderland has a complex tectonic history but limited quality of geophysical data. By the use of multichannel seismic reflection data, geophysical studies were conducted to define the upper crustal ... -
Analysis of Mortuary Patterns and Burial Practices in the Classic Period Burials from the Maya Site of K'axob in Belize
(2016-05-20)Mortuary patterns among the Maya are quite diverse, and have been studied for many years. The scope of what is understood about Maya burial treatment has widened with the discovery of more skeletal remains at Maya sites. ... -
Analysis of Perceived Barriers Encountered by Management within Pharmacy Workflow due to Intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Leave at a Governmental Teaching Hospital
(2012-05)Objective: The primary objective of the study is to determine what the perceived barriers are to pharmacy workflow as experienced by management. Specific aims include determining the specific barriers as deemed by Pharmacy ... -
Analysis of Pharmacy Technician Workflow and the Identification of Opportunities for Improvement
(2012-05)PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to identify opportunities for pharmacy technician workflow improvement using the principles of Lean Six Sigma. The impact of this study may streamline pharmacy technician workflow ... -
Analysis of School Administrator Perceptions of the Professional Development Appraisal System to Improve Leadership Capacity
(2013-05)Having an effective principal leading every school is critical to ensuring schools’ effectiveness (Marzano, Waters, & McNulty, 2003). It is well documented that there is a misalignment between assistant principal training ... -
ANALYSIS SUPPORTED SPH FLUID SIMULATION
(2013-12)Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a mesh-free method that has been widely used in several fields such as astrophysics, solids mechanics, and fluid dynamics. This computational fluid dynamics model has been extensively ... -
ANALYZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PERCEPTIONS OF PRINCIPAL’S AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP SKILLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRUST
(2016-01-13)The principal is a true leader, exercising managerial and organizational leadership functions. The demands on principals have changed and principals “are asked to lead in a new world marked by unprecedented responsibilities, ... -
Analyzing the Effects of Force Variations on Expanded Residual Damage Detection using Load Dependent Ritz Vectors
(2014-06-09)Many non-destructive damage detection problems are presented with the challenge where limited sensor sets allow the measurement of fewer degrees of freedom than the analytical model. This study utilized damage residual ... -
Analyzing Trends in Student Performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, and Advanced Placement Exams
(2013-04-05)For the United States to prosper and compete in this new world of increased globalization, all students have to prepare themselves to be productive citizens and work toward receiving additional education past the secondary ... -
Anger Expression in Couples: How Does Each Partner’s Personality Influence the Other’s Expression of Anger?
(2013-08)How members of romantic couples behave when compelled to express their anger and how they respond to the anger of their partners determines whether problems are resolved or whether the conflicts escalate and lead to the ... -
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, Statins and Dementia in Patients with Heart Failure
(2012-12)Heart failure (HF) and dementia are common medical conditions in older adults.(1) More than 5.5 million adults have HF in the United States (US) and the incidence approaches 10 per 1000 population after 65 years of age. ... -
Animus, Anima, and Shadow: Gender Role Representation in Fantasy Films of the Third Wave Feminist Era
(2010-12)Research on representation of gender in 20th century media suggests that traditional attitudes towards gender, which call for aggressive, dominant male behavior and passive, submissive female behavior, have been propagated ... -
Antecedents and Consequences of Salesperson Perceptual (In)accuracy in Customer Relationships
(2011-12)Perceptual accuracy, or lack thereof, often influences a salesperson’s effectiveness in delivering value to customers, yet prior research has generally assumed that salespeople can accurately evaluate customer relationship ... -
Antecedents and outcomes of abusive supervision: Multi-level perspectives
(2012-05)Previous research has focused on the consequences of abusive supervision and the effects of moderators on the relationship between it and employee outcomes. Only a few studies have looked at the antecedents of this behavior ... -
Antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic actions of Estrogen receptor β in prostate cancer
(2013-05)High Gleason grade prostate cancers are aggressive. Currently, the major target for treatment is the androgen receptor. Recent literature points towards a tumor suppressive role of estrogen receptor β (ERβ), which has a ... -
Apathy, Depression, and Emotional Lability in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(2014-08)The presence of cognitive and behavioral impairment in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is now well-known. However, the prevalence of behavioral impairment and the relationship between behavioral and ... -
Application and Assessment of Open-system vs. Closed-system Kerogen Isolation Methods for Characterization of Gas Shale Kerogens
(2012-08)Increasing interest in unconventional natural gas resources has spurred much research into the origin as well as the mode of entrapment and expulsion of natural gas. A pre-requisite of all such research is the isolation ...