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Is the Genetic Influence on Trauma-Related Symptoms Evident in Children? A Classical Twin Study
Twin studies and other behavior genetics methods have shown that heritable factors contribute to trauma-related (TR) symptoms in adults. The current investigation is the first to examine the heritability of TR symptoms in ... -
Validating the Reliable Change Index with Tensor-Based Morphometry
The Reliable Change Index (RCI) is a commonly used method for interpreting change in neuropsychological test scores over time. However, the RCI is a psychometric phenomenon that, to date, has not been validated by ... -
Comparing BMS Algorithm Implementations Based on Equivalent-Circuit and Physics-Based Models
As hybrid and electric vehicles gain popularity and increase in production, the demand to improve lithium-ion battery performance is continuously increasing. Traditionally, the performance of these batteries has been ... -
VALIDATION OF THE STATISTICAL ANXIETY SCALE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
With the expansion of statistics education in colleges, students are faced with a subject that creates anxiety and fear among many. Statistics anxiety is a growing concern that has the potential to affect performance on ... -
Transnational Mexican Foodscapes in Colorado Springs
Migration appears to be a straightforward act of people moving to a new geographic location, but upon further exploration, it is a complex performance with multiple actors across space. Transnationalism is an aspect of ... -
Guilty by Association: Examining the Effects of Defendant Race and Prior Record Knowledge on Jury Decision-Making
Jurors, like all members of society, possess certain implicit biases that they cannot simply abandon once they have entered the court room, and a wealth of current research explores factors that influence jury decision ... -
Dementia-related Anxiety and Advance Care Planning
One of the reasons people may worry about being diagnosed with dementia is the lack of control associated with these diagnoses. If dementia-related anxiety (DRA) develops because of the associated declines in independence ... -
Face-Name Learning In Older Adults: Does Participant Awareness Change The Hyper-Binding Effect?
Aging has been associated with a decreased ability to remember face-name associations. Recent work by Weeks, Biss, Murphy, and Hasher (2016) provides evidence for a beneficial effect of hyper-binding on older adults’ name ... -
COMPARISON OF LOWER BODY POWER CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN NAIA AND NCAA DIVISION I COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, A
The countermovement jump (CMJ) is a practical, reliable and valid test used to measure lower-body power. The CMJ is frequently utilized by strength and conditioning professionals working with athletes, given its relationship ... -
Advanced phenology of higher trophic levels shifts aphid host plant preferences and performance
The abundance of insect herbivores, such as aphids, is mediated by interactions with higher and lower trophic levels. Bottom-up processes can affect the phloem sap quality that aphids depend on for food, while natural ... -
PROCESSING EFFECTS ON THE CRYSTALLIZATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) / POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLENDS
Interest in poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) beta-phase is high due to the piezoelectric properties that this polymer presents in this phase. From a manufacturing standpoint, the understanding how processing parameters ... -
PLACES: A DOCUMENTARY SERIES EXPLORING PLACE BRANDING
The following paper lays the framework for the ideas and themes explored in a conceptual series around place branding, with the product of the thesis being a 22-minute pilot episode. The purpose of this episode is to ... -
Dead Serious: Death Presentations in Children's Animated Media
Media have been characterized as violent and graphic while occupying a significant amount of power within Western culture. Previous research has explored the frequency of violence and death in media but fails to explore ... -
Snowmelt Affects Aphid (Aphis asclepiadis) Populations Through Soil Moisture and Host Plant Phenology
Plant-insect interactions are ecologically important relationships that are greatly affected by climate change. Previous research concerning an aphid species (Aphis asclepiadis) and its host plant (Ligusticum porteri) has ... -
EXAMINATION OF THE OWENS CACHE IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
Throughout North America, caches are recognized as an important feature type in prehistoric research. Unlike other site or feature types, the materials associated with these assemblages are not a result of discard, breakage ... -
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Shining Light on Endurance Performance
Traditional exercise physiology dogma presents endurance capacity as a biological construct primarily determined through a combination of one’s maximal rate of whole-body oxygen consumption (V ̇O2max), measure(s) of ... -
PHYSICS OF CARBONYL DOPED TRANSITION METAL OXIDES FOR A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
This thesis reviews the current state of technologies used in non-volatile memory and the limitations these technologies create for memory and CPU systems. A detailed review and analysis of the physics found in electron-electron ... -
CONSERVATISM IN DRAG: SAFE SALEABLE GAY CHARACTERS IN A PROGRESSIVE EMBELLISHMENT
ABSTRACT In the twenty-first century, gay men have been portrayed more frequently and positively in the media. However, many scholars assert that traditional hegemonic and heteronormative ideology drives narratives when ... -
AUTONOMOUS OBJECT TRACKING WITH DRONES
We propose an extension of a recent work with convolutional neural networks and drones such as Learning to fly by driving (DroNet)[1] that can possibly safely drive a drone autonomously. In other words, we propose a model ... -
Needle in the Noise: Detecting Public Safety Events Over Twitter
The recent advent of using social media and search engine queries to detect and classifying events is an emerging area in data science. This study uses current Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques for deep learning ...
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