Theses and Dissertations

EUCLIDEAN SPHERES PACKING TRANSFORMATION ON VOLUME DATA USING SLICER3D

Contributor:Alhazmi, Anod Hassan;
Date Submitted:2019-12

The rapidly growing usage of imaging technologies in medical research and applications increase the demand for automatic volume’s shape analysis algorithms. Considering 3D volumes that are arbitrary positioned and oriented ...

SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES”: EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN VETERANS TRANSITIONING TO BECOMING COLLEGE STUDENTS

Contributor:B., R.;
Date Submitted:2019-12

As both the number of women in the military and number of student veterans increase, college campuses must be prepared to serve both men and women student veterans. Student veterans differ from other student populations ...

Exceptional Recruiting: Identity Intersections' Impact on Decision Making for Young Black Women Athletes During the NCAA Recruiting Process

Contributor:Houston, Beau Manierre Walker;
Date Submitted:2019-12

This qualitative critical phenomenological study describes the lived experiences of Black collegiate women student-athletes attending predominantly White institutions. Interviews and written narratives of ten Black woman ...

LEVERAGING SPARK PERFORMANCE WITH BOTTLENECK-AWARE TUNING, CACHING AND SCHEDULING

Contributor:Barreto Goes Perez, Tiago;
Date Submitted:2019-12

Driven by the rapid increase in the scale of data to be processed, massive clusters with data analytic frameworks such as Spark, operate around the clock to reduce operational cost, achieve higher resource utilization and ...

Geriatric Anxiety Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Long-Term Care Anxiety Assessment Measure

Contributor:Pifer, Marissa A.;
Date Submitted:2019-12

Introduction: Anxiety symptoms and disorders are common in later-life but they often go undetected and untreated in long-term care settings. This may be linked to the lack of a go-to reliable anxiety screener validated for ...

DEFENDING AGAINST RADIO FREQUENCY SPOOFING ATTACKS ON FIXED GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVERS USING INTERFEROMETRIC REFLECTOMETRY SIGNATURES

Contributor:Lewis, Steven W;
Date Submitted:2019-12

Space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), are vulnerable to radio frequency interference (RFI) and spoofing. We can defend against these types of attacks by ...

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE LEADER DEVELOPERS: A CASE STUDY OF AIR OFFICERS COMMANDING

Contributor:Larsen, Hans J.;
Date Submitted:2019-12

This dissertation is a qualitative case study that examined how the United States Air Force Academy’s (USAFA) Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Master’s Program prepares officers to be leader developers. AOCs are sent through ...

EXPLORATION OF RACIAL CLIMATE, RETENTION, AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS OF COLOR AT K-12 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES, AN

Contributor:Moscote Basney, Giovanna;
Date Submitted:2019-08

The relationship between racial climate, job satisfaction, and intent to leave is largely unknown among faculty of Color at K-12 independent private schools. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) and tokenism provided theoretical ...

UNDERSTANDING RESILIENCY—THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USAFA CADET GRIT-S SCORES AND CADET DEVELOPMENT

Contributor:Stoddard, Justin R.;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Life is filled with adversity and no one is excluded from experiencing setbacks, failures, and even catastrophes. But within all people is the potential to learn and bounce back from these experiences. Resiliency theory ...

EFFICIENT MACHINE LEARNING INFERENCE FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS WITH INTEGER BASED RESTRICTED BOLTZMANN MACHINES CLASSIFIERS

Contributor:Sosa Barillas, Bryan Samuel;
Date Submitted:2019-12

Nowadays, there exist many emerging applications for embedded systems, such as computer vision and speech recognition, which heavily rely on machine learning classification. The typical approach to carry out machine learning ...

Sharing Culture: Volunteer Cultural Mentorship of Refugees

Contributor:Brady, Stefanie;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Refugees resettled in the United States are entitled to services related to health, employment and education assistance organized at the federal level, and offered cultural mentorship from volunteers organized at the local ...

Investigating The Reasons Women Wear Choker Necklaces

Contributor:Williquette, Heather Ann;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Choker necklaces have been around for centuries, carrying with them different cultural and societal connotations. However, little to no research investigates the reasons why women continue to wear choker necklaces today. ...

ROBIN’S ADOLESCENT IDENTITY EXAMINED THROUGH CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Contributor:Menkhus, Rachel;
Date Submitted:2019-08

This research examines the social identity roles that are typically attributed to the popular Batman sidekick, Robin. This study looks at how each iteration of the character differs within the historical context of the ...

Improved Equivalent-Circuit Models of Lithium-Ion-Iron-Phosphate Cells

Contributor:Werckle, Claudia;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Abstract Lithium-ion batteries allow energy storage with high power and energy density and are widely used for many energy-storage applications. Electric vehicles are one of the most common uses of lithium-ion battery packs ...

ANXIETY BUFFER DISRUPTION: INTERPLAY BETWEEN NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND WORLDVIEW DEFENSE IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Contributor:Lockett, McKenzie;
Date Submitted:2019-08

According to anxiety buffer disruption theory, traumatic experiences can disrupt one’s ability to manage anxiety. There are several studies finding that after reminders of death, individuals high in trauma symptoms respond ...