Theses and Dissertations

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 ...

Expression of a Heterologous Protein in Magnetospirillum magneticum, The

Contributor:King, Faith Ann;
Date Submitted:2019-08

A protein foreign to Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 magnetic bacterial cells was successfully expressed and showed normal function. Magnetococcus marinus were recently utilized to introduce chemotherapy drugs in covalently ...

Relationships Among Normal and Abnormal Personality and Interpersonal Problems on Anxiety in Later Life

Contributor:Noel, Olivia R.;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Introduction: Anxiety is a prevalent problem that has been found to be associated with multiple other clinical disorders. Personality traits and disorders, as well as interpersonal problems may play a significant role in ...

Analysis of Sugars and Amino Acids in Aphid Honeydew by Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Contributor:Nguyen, Phuong Kieu;
Date Submitted:2019-08

The impact of phenology to herbivore abundance was studied on the subalpine plant Ligusticum porteri and the aphid herbivore Aphis asclepiadis to assess some of the impact of climate change on this herbivore-plant system. ...

Age Differences in Caregiver Burden: The Role of Social Support, Preparation, and Social Contexts

Contributor:Bacharz, Kelsey;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Despite over a quarter of informal caregivers in the United States being young adults, a majority of caregiving research focuses on middle-aged and older adults. The limited literature on young adult caregivers indicates ...

CasP: REALIZING CLIENT ASSISTED POLICY FOR SCALABLE LOAD BALANCING

Contributor:Kareem, Mohammed Fahem;
Date Submitted:2019-05

Load balancer improves the distribution of the workload across multiple servers. Also, it aims to optimize the resources used, minimize the throughput, and the response time. In this thesis, we developed a realizing ...

STUDY OF PARENT PERCEPTIONS TOWARD STUDENTS OF POVERTY IN AN AFFLUENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE

Contributor:Aldridge, Stacy Joy;
Date Submitted:2019-08

Student enrollment decisions parents make for their children encompass multiple factors and processes, founded on their beliefs and values. Some parents base enrollment decisions for their children on perceptions, not ...

INVERSE SCATTERING TRANSFORM AND SOLITONS FOR MATRIX NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER SYSTEMS AND FOR THE DEFOCUSING ABLOWITZ-LADIK EQUATION WITH NONZERO BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Contributor:Ortiz, Alyssa Kayelin;
Date Submitted:2019-05

The scalar nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation that models many of the world’s weakly nonlinear dispersive wave phenomena. This dissertation discusses two important variants ...