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July 2017
Dissertations
- Teachers' beliefs regarding the implementation of constructivism in their classroom
Beck, Judy, The University of Toledo, 1997, Ph.D.
Subject: Curriculum development
- Simple geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and the volume of the moduli space of curves
Mirzakhani, Maryam, Harvard University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: Mathematics
- Perceptions of executives from seven selected companies of the use of social media in marketing practices
Alameddine, Abir, Pepperdine University, 2013, Ed.D.
Subject: Marketing
- Thyristor controlled series compensated transmission lines protection using artificial neural networks based symmetrical components analyzer
Elmoudi, Ramadan, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Electrical engineering
- Graphene-based Composite Materials
Rafiee, Mohammad Ali, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2011, Ph.D.
Subject: Nanoscience
- Some Thoughts on Online Film Advertising
Georgie, Vincent E., HEC Montreal (Canada), 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Marketing
Measuring corporate social responsibility through organizational values: A scale validation study
Toliver, Adria Denise, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
- Learning to be engaged: Leader goal orientation, employee goal orientation and the mediating role of employee learning on employee engagement and performance
Pollock, Patrick W., St. Ambrose University, 2015, D.B.A.
Subject: Business administration
- An analysis of high school mathematics achievement and English language arts achievement as predictors of science achievement
Edwards, Anthony C., Tarleton State University, 2012, D.Ed.
Subject: Educational tests & measurements
- Leveraging the power of social media to maximize organizational learning and drive performance
Nguyen, Camilla C., Pepperdine University, 2014, Ed.D.
Subject: Educational leadership
- Humor and aging: A comparison between a younger and an older group
Pfeifer, Donna L., University of Miami, 1992, PH.D.
Subject: Nursing
- Human resource management systems and firm performance
Ferguson, Karen L., University of Louisville, 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Business education
- Exploring generational differences among Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers: Work values, manager behavior expectations, and the impact of manager behaviors on work engagement
Murphy, Michelle Marie, Alliant International University, 2011, Ph.D.
Subject: Organizational behavior
Geographic proximity between elderly parents and their children in the United States and Japan: Convergence of individualism and familism?
Park, Keong-Suk, Brown University, 1998, Ph.D.
Subject: Demography
- Three- and Two-Dimensional Tin and Lead Halide Perovskite Semiconductors: Synthesis and Application in Photovoltaics
Cao, Duyen Hanh, Northwestern University, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Chemistry
Ego Integrity and Resilience: The Human Experience across the Life Span Delineated by Erikson's Eighth Stage of Psychosocial Development
Melici, Blair, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2016, Psy.D.
Subject: Personality psychology
The impact of organizational culture, structure, and strategy on knowledge management effectiveness and organizational effectiveness
Zheng, Wei, University of Minnesota, 2005, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
- How online review and rating systems affect online consumer buying behavior in the hotel industry
Tantrabundit, Pongsatorn, Alliant International University, 2015, D.B.A.
Subject: Marketing
Revisiting fundamental concepts of transformational leadership theory: A closer look at follower developmental processes
Lippstreu, Michael, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
The relationship between reading fluency, writing fluency, and reading comprehension in suburban third-grade students
Palmer, Mary Leonard, University of San Diego and San Diego State University, 2010, Ed.D.
Subject: Elementary education
- Evaluating organizational effectiveness
Martz, Wesley A., Western Michigan University, 2008, Ph.D.
Subject: Organizational behavior
- Measurement of perceived organizational readiness for change and employees' attitudes toward change in the public sector
Cinite, Inta, Carleton University (Canada), 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
- Strategic human resource management at the crossroads: Relationships among human resource capital, overlapping tenure, behaviors, and performance
Harris, Christopher M., The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
- Inventory Management, Metrics, and Simulation
Martin, Benjamin Robert, North Carolina State University, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Polyphase directional detection for power system protection
Nyun-Fook, Chin, University of Bath (United Kingdom), 1994, Ph.D.
Subject: Electrical engineering
- Exploring relationships between real estate professionals' transformational leadership skills, intrinsic motivation to achieve, and exercise
Smith, Devin J., Argosy University/Orange County, 2017, Ed.D.
Subject: Business administration
Alaska Native Artistic Revitalization
Jackinsky-Horrell, Nadia, University of Washington, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Art history
- Impedance algorithm for distance protection of non-homogenous 33 kv power distribution systems
Hewett, Richard James, University of Bath (United Kingdom), 1999, Ph.D.
Subject: Electrical engineering
- Integrative executive leadership: Towards a general theory of positive business leadership
Reno, Mark David, University of Toronto (Canada), 2011, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
- A study of aeroelastic flutter and acoustic-structure interactions of a flexible disk rotating in an enclosed compressible fluid
Kang, Namcheol, Purdue University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: Mechanical engineering
- How Professors Infuse Critical Thinking into College Courses
Lennon, Nancy K., Seton Hall University, 2014, Ed.D.
Subject: Higher education
- An exploration of the relationship between Vietnamese students' knowledge of L1 grammar and their English grammar proficiency
Tran, Tammie M., Alliant International University, San Diego, 2010, Ed.D.
Subject: Linguistics
The current state of project risk management practices among risk sensitive project management professionals
Voetsch, Robert James, The George Washington University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Free-vibrational analysis of rotating beam-like structures: A dynamic finite element approach
Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad, Universite Laval (Canada), 1998, Ph.D.
Subject: Mechanical engineering
- Vibration control of rotating beams with active constrained layer damping
Lin, Si-Yuan, The Catholic University of America, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Mechanical engineering
Clean food for all: Public health campaign and food safety awareness; A case study of Thailand
Tapaneeyakul, Thananuch, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Public policy
Indigent client perceptions of barriers to marriage and family therapy
Gibson, Florencetta Hayes, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Individual & family studies
Achievement, Engagement, and Behavior Outcomes of Youth At Risk Following a Pre-Eighth-Grade Summer Academic Enrichment Program and Participation in a School-Wide, School Year Long, Ownership, Mastery, and Grading Initiative
Alati, David K., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2011, Ed.D.
Subject: Educational administration
Consumer perception of brand equity measurement: A new scale
Baalbaki, Sally Samih, University of North Texas, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Marketing
The relationship between job satisfaction of registered nurses and patient satisfaction with nursing care in acute care hospitals
Sengin, Kathi Kendall, University of Pennsylvania, 2001, Ph.D.
Subject: Nursing
Masters Theses
- The Edge of the Universe
Ulibarri, Sarena, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2014, M.F.A.
Subject: American literature
- Ethics and business decision-making
Jaunich, Gregory J., The College of St. Scholastica, 2012, M.B.A.
Subject: Management
- An analysis of nurse retention and turnover rates in healthcare facilities - Developing effective nursing pipelines
Nielsen, Peter, Utica College, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Health care management
- Beer commercials and male stereotypes: Cultivation of the perception of male relational deception
Lopez, Justine E., California State University, Fullerton, 2010, M.A.
Subject: Mass communication
- Cracking Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Containing Conventional Steel Reinforcement
Deluce, Jordon Robert, University of Toronto (Canada), 2011, M.A.Sc.
Subject: Civil engineering
Initial Stress State and Stress History Effects on Liquefaction Susceptibility of Sands
Vipulanantham, Manmatharajan, Carleton University (Canada), 2011, M.A.Sc.
Subject: Mechanical engineering
- "Babbitt": Loss of human values
McNary, Leonora P., California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2003, M.A.
Subject: American literature
A critical account of the current paradigm for art gallery websites
Elkins, Margaret, Sotheby's Institute of Art - New York, 2012, M.A.
Subject: Art history
Exploring the Characteristics of Medical Marijuana Users and the Relationship between Medical Marijuana Use and Criminal Involvement among Arrestees in Maricopa County, Arizona
Cheon, Hyunjung, Arizona State University, 2014, M.S.
Subject: Criminology
- Romanization and Gaul: Persistence and adaptation of Gallic culture from the third century BCE to the fourth century CE
Slosser, Kristen, Southern Methodist University, 2006, M.A.
Subject: Ancient history
The effects of social media on national security within the United States
Lumpp, Taylor G., Utica College, 2014, M.S.
Subject: Web studies
Business Intelligence: Evolution and Future Trends
Bataweel, Dalal Suliman, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2015, M.S.
Subject: Information technology
- Citizen Adjudicators Lay Members of Alaska's Mixed Administrative Tribunals as Lay Judges in Mixed Courts: A Study of Participation, Attitude and Recruitment
Knudsen Latta, Kristin S., University of Nevada, Reno, 2012, M.J.S.
Subject: Law
Critical care nurses' use of humour: An exploratory study
Major, Joanne Elizabeth, University of Manitoba (Canada), 1998, M.N.
Subject: Nursing
- The benefits of early comprehensive youth obesity prevention strategies outweigh the costs to consumers and reimbursers
Alver, Amalie, Boston University, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Public health
A study of customer satisfaction factors and employee satisfaction in the hospitality industry
Novikova, Ksenia, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2009, M.S.
Subject: Recreation
- The material culture remains of a multi-ethnic frontier: An initial spatial analysis of Fort Shirley (36HU94)
Carn, Timothy Adam, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Archaeology
- What is architectural strategy? Examining the business of practice
Brozek Casey, Ann E., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014, M.B.A.
Subject: Architecture
Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Nurse to Patient Ratio with Nurse Burnout
Teeter, Kayla, Gardner-Webb University, 2014, M.S.N.
Subject: Nursing
- What Budgetary Skills do Nurse Managers need to Succeed in a Large Healthcare Setting?
Clark, Paul A., The College of St. Scholastica, 2015, M.B.A.
Subject: Management
An exploration of William Glasser's choice theory in classroom management
Paularinne, Robert P.J., Lakehead University (Canada), 2007, M.Ed.
Subject: Teacher education
- An application of rough sets to economic and stock market data
Tremba, Joseph Alexander, San Jose State University, 1997, M.S.C.S.
Subject: Computer science
Older women's experiences with online apparel shopping
Lee, Youngji, Iowa State University, 2014, M.S.
Subject: Marketing
- From Social Media Uses and Gratifications to Social Media Addiction: A Study of the Abuse of Social Media Among College Students
Liu, Yuchen, University of Kansas, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Mass communication
- Journeys of Mainland Chinese students in English-medium education in Hong Kong
Zhou, Shiyu, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2014, M.A.
Subject: English as a second language
A methodology for modeling healthcare teams and an evaluation of Business Process Modeling Notation as a Modeling Language
Ojo, Tolulope Abimbola, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2012, M.Sc.
Subject: Health care management
- Work-life balance: What are the current policy trends in the United States for dealing with the issue of work-life balance?
Miller, Margaret, State University of New York Empire State College, 2011, M.A.
Subject: Business administration
- One Belt One Road: China's Nation-Building Initiative
Zhang, Yizhi Jing Jing, The George Washington University, 2017, M.A.
Subject: International relations
- City-scaled digital documentation: A comparative analysis of digital documentation technologies for recording architectural heritage
Brown, Amanda, Clemson University, 2016, M.S.H.P.
Subject: Architecture
A first generation digital soil map of a portion of the Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya
Lomurut, John A., Purdue University, 2014, M.S.
Subject: Agronomy
- Illegal immigration in the USA: Analysis of attitudes and policy changes
Creadle, Veronika, Kean University, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Public policy
- Nurse Administrators' and Nurse Managers' attitudes about Nurse-To-Patient ratios, the nurse shortage, job satisfaction, and patient care
Erdahl-Wynia, Shelley, South Dakota State University, 2008, M.S.
Subject: Nursing
Exploring the effects of scarcity, impulse buying, and product returning behavior in the fast fashion environment among female fashion conscious consumers
Chatvijit, Sasikarn, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2012, M.S.
Subject: Marketing
Green products and green marketing: Factors affecting consumers' purchases of green products
Donikini, Rajyalaxmi, Tennessee State University, 2013, M.S.
Subject: Agricultural economics
- Enforcing Security Policies On GPU Computing Through The Use Of Aspect-Oriented Programming Techniques
AlBassam, Bader, University of South Florida, 2016, M.S.Cp.
Subject: Computer engineering
Gender discrimination in the workplace
Childs, Sheena, State University of New York Empire State College, 2012, M.A.
Subject: Women's studies
Contemporary human trafficking in the United States: An analysis of sexual trafficking
Jacobs, Danielle, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2013, M.A.
Subject: American history
The princess evolution from Snow White to Rapunzel in Disney animation
Garcia, James Randall, University of Colorado at Denver, 2014, M.H.
Subject: Film studies
Telling stories, making meaning: Art therapy as a process for refugee children to make sense of their experiences
Bresba, Paola, Concordia University (Canada), 2009, M.A.
Subject: Physical therapy
Human wound healing: A study of scarring at different depths of dermal injury
Dunkin, Christopher Simon Jonathan, University of London, University College London (United Kingdom), 2007, M.D.
Subject: Medicine
- Social Media, Celebrity Endorsers and Effect on Purchasing Intentions of Young Adults
Kaitlin M. Davis, West Virginia University, 2017, M.S.
Subject: Marketing
"IrHal!": The role of language in the Arab Spring
Harb Michel, Nazir Nader, Georgetown University, 2013, M.A.
Subject: Political science
- Case study: Redesigning a college Website to include accessibility, usability, and adherence to Web standards
Pruitt, Cheryl A., California State University, Long Beach, 2005, M.S.
Subject: Computer science
What Makes Apple Consumers Brand Loyal? The Effects Brand Personality, Reputation, and Brand Identity on Brand Loyalty
Pinson, Caroline, University of South Carolina, 2012, M.S.
Subject: Marketing
The culture of rape: Examining causes and educating for a rape-free society
Beaudrow, Jacob, Lakehead University (Canada), 2014, M.Ed.
Subject: Health education
Effect of Student SMART Goal Setting in a Low-Performing Middle School
Thomas, Lauren, Spalding University, 2015, M.Ed.
Subject: School counseling
- The Changing Roles of Women in American Comic Books
Loeffert, Amanda Rose, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017, M.A.
Subject: Literature
Franchising for global expansion: Fast food industry
Dong, Penelope Hong, Quinnipiac University, 1992, M.P.S.
Subject: Management
Evolution of leadership theories
Maslanka, Ann M., Grand Valley State University, 2004, M.S.
Subject: Social research
Grammar instruction in the ESL compostition classroom: Navigating the difficulties of integration
Padrick, Kendell Rachelle, San Diego State University, 2014, M.A.
Subject: Linguistics
- Exploring Positives and Negatives of Social Media and Their Effects on LGBT Youth in America
Norton, Shelby, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2016, M.S.
Subject: Counseling Psychology
Factors affecting online shopping behavior of Indian consumers
Sinha, Jayendra, University of South Carolina, 2010, M.S.
Subject: Management
Staff Nurse Perception of Leadership Styles Among Nurse Managers
Jaffe, Robert A., Gardner-Webb University, 2013, M.S.N.
Subject: Nursing