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Examining Current State of Practice of Enhancing Visibility of Winter Operations Vehicles
(2020-05-29)Despite precautions taken by the operators of maintenance vehicles, insufficient visibility of winter operations vehicles cause many collisions in the United States. Numerous methods have been developed to enhance the ... -
Examining Ecological Factors To Form A Macro Model For Working With Impoverished African American Neighborhoods
(Social Work, 2008-08-08)This social science study examines three ecological factors (geographical, institutional, and social) of impoverished African American neighborhoods, while also assessing the differences of poor neighborhoods with lower ... -
Examining Entrepreneurial Passion Within Online Communities
(2023-07-20)Examining Entrepreneurial Passion Within Online Communities -
Examining Health and Mental Health Disparities between Sexual Minority Youth and Heterosexual Youth in the United States
(2020-07-31)Although various studies and systematic reviews have found an association between sexual orientation and health and mental health outcomes, few studies have examined a specific sample of adolescents aged 14 to 18 years of ... -
EXAMINING HOW RACE MEDIATES TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS
(2018-12-06)This study focused on the role that race plays in Teacher-Student Relationships (TSRs). The study took place at a middle school in North Texas. A racially diverse group of teachers at the school was interviewed regarding ... -
Examining Income Polarization Indices In The Context Of `World City Thesis': An Analysis Of Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-04-11)For more than three decades, the `global city thesis' or the `world city thesis' has attracted scholarly contributions from urban planners, geographers, sociologists and urban political economists interested in socioeconomic ... -
Examining individual student success through the lens of new institutional economics in an urban public school district : the great graduation gamble
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-07-14)In a perfect world, neo-classical economics and rational theory make sense. But in this imperfect world this paper has turned to Oliver Williamson and his understanding of New Institutional Economics to help us make sense. ... -
Examining Maternal Health Disparities Through Global Comparison and Stakeholder Perspectives
(2023-06-16)Maternal mortality is a pressing global public health problem that disproportionately affects Black women and birthing people. In part one of this mixed- methods study, Black maternal health stakeholders (ages 18+) in North ... -
Examining neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome through social determinants of health, race, and ethnicity
(2023-06-20)Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) is a serious health issue in which an infant withdraws from intrauterine opioid exposure. Due to the opioid epidemic, the prevalence of NOWS increased in the United States. To ... -
Examining Responses To Theological Affiliation And Disaffiliation: Boundary Conditions And Causal Processes
(Psychology, 2010-11-01)The current study was aimed at examining responses toward theological affiliation and disaffiliation for believers in God and non-believers in God. The current study compared the reactions toward each of four possible ... -
Examining Ruthenium Chromophores For The Photochemical Reduction Of CO₂To Methanol
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2014-03-12)Our consumption of energy for transportation and electricity has been growing as quickly as our population. As this demand for energy increases we increase our production of carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels ... -
Examining the Concept Images of Function Held by Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers with Varying Levels of Prior Mathematical Experience
(2020-05-20)This multiple case study examines the function concept images of preservice secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs) enrolled in a mathematics content course designed specifically for PSMTs at a large urban university in the ... -
Examining The Effects Of Early Life Stress From Maternal Separation On Measures Of Pain And Anxiety
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Animal models of stress-induced conditions have provided important insight into the physiological mechanisms of many chronic disorders. Models of early life stress involve procedures designed to induce prenatal or postnatal ... -
Examining The Effects Of Health Behaviors And Emotions On Medical Care Seeking And Avoidant Behaviors In Older Adults
(Psychology, 2014-09-17)There has been a dearth of information that explains how an individual's emotional reactions to their illness symptoms affects their care seeking behaviors. The overall aims of this study were to elucidate the emotional ... -
Examining The Impact Of Opioid Withdrawal On Pain Processing: The Influence Of Social Isolation Stress
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)The use of opioids as a traditional treatment for acute and chronic pain has been severely hindered by the addictive nature of these substances and the pain relief they provide. Clinical reports suggest that opioid addicts ... -
Examining the Influence of Information Technology on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes
(2022-12-20)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 12/19/2024** ABSTRACT: Information Technology (IT) has radically changed our daily lives and it has the potential to help us adopt healthy behaviors and improve health ... -
EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE OXYGEN METABOLISM ON MICROVASCULAR REPERFUSION IN RESPONSE TO ACUTE ISCHEMIA
(2019-12-03)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the single leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States (and the world), with a death rate greater than cancer and chronic lower respiratory disease (emphysema, bronchitis, ... -
Examining The Role Of Need For Closure In Psychological Distress Following Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The present study investigated the relationship between Need for Closure (NFC) and psychological distress after receiving the results of genetic tests for breast cancer. One hundred and eight women recruited from the ... -
Examining the Social Effects of Community-Based Mentoring on At-Risk Adolescent Girls
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to examine which strategies of mentoring, if any, have a positive impact on adolescent girls who engage in potentially at-risk social behaviors, which may negatively ...