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DESIGN, EVALUATION, AND MODELING OF MEDIUM VOLTAGE DC ENERGY CONVERSION TESTBED WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE
(2019-05-06)Much work has been done in recent years regarding the emphasis and newfound importance of energy storage and energy conversion within systems that, at one time, functioned off of simple alternating current (AC) busses. ... -
Determining the molecular events underlying the role of estradiol in mediating sex differences in cocaine reward.
(2020-12-08)Research has demonstrated that women rapidly progress from recreational cocaine use to dependence, consume greater quantities of cocaine, experience more positive subjective effects of cocaine and have higher incidences ... -
Development And Validation Of A Group Based Dominance Scale
(Psychology, 2014-09-17)The goal of this project was to update the social dominance orientation (SDO) scale by creating a separate measure for its subfactor group based dominance (GBD), which is defined as how strongly a person feels one group ... -
Development Of Gist Processing Skills And Memory In Children And Young Adults: Effects Of Presentation Type In A Modified DRM Paradigm
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)To date, studies have separately tested the influence of narrative context, source-monitoring, and list length on gist extraction. The present study expanded upon that body of work by examining those variables in combination. ... -
Development, Reliability, Validity, And Utility Of The Fear-avoidance Components Scale (FACS) In A Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorder (CMPD) Population
Fear-avoidance (FA) is a negative coping style where patients avoid physical and social activities out of fear that their pain may increase or that they may re-injure themselves. Although fear-avoidance often increases in ... -
Differential Impact of Psychological and Physiological Health Outcomes on Long-Term Associative Recognition
(2018-05-17)Evidence suggests that lifestyle and environmental factors may contribute to later life cognitive decline and dementia. Although there is a large amount of evidence linking psychological and physiological factors to general ... -
Do Spinal Fusions Necessarily Result In Poorer Therapeutic Outcomes?
(Psychology, 2008-04-22)Controversy exists over the relationship between spinal fusion surgery and successful therapeutic outcomes. Common problems include unstandardized outcomes, ignoring the impact of the medico-legal system, and a paucity of ... -
Does Chronic Pain And Pain Sensitivity Influence's One's Affective Experience Of Social And Physical Pain?
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Pain Overlap Theory (Eisenberger, Jarcho, Lieberman, & Naliboff, 2006) suggests that the affective experience of physical and social pain share the same phenomenological and neurocognitive correlates (MacDonald & Kingsbury, ... -
Does Chronic Victimization Lead To A Rejection Attribution Bias?
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)This study examined the influence of chronic victimization on social pain reactions. This influence is referred to as the rejection attribution bias, measured via self-reports of feeling excluded, threatened needs, and ... -
Does Fibromyalgia Resolve With Functional Restoration Treatment In Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders? Prevalence And Treatment Responsiveness
(Psychology, 2013-03-20)Fibromyalgia (FM), a musculoskeletal syndrome involving widespread pain and tenderness to palpation, is considered stable and chronic, with few researchers evaluating diagnosis loss at post-treatment. FM patients (N = 117) ... -
Does Our Perception Of God Influence Our Perception Of Subjectively "sinful" Behaviors?
(Psychology, 2010-07-19)The current study investigated the influence of different perceptions of God (i.e., loving vs. punishing) on participants' attitudes towards subjectively "sinful" behaviors. Participants in the current study were 158 ... -
Does Teacher Bullying Predict Poorer Adjustment Outcomes In Students?
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The current thesis sought to examine whether (1) teacher bullying affects students' health, academic motivation and performance, (2) there are ethnic differences in teacher bullying, (3) teacher and peer bullying are ... -
Duration And Depth: The Effects Of Leader-follower Relationship Quality On Observer Ratings Of Leadership Performance
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)Previous research has shown that the duration and depth of the leader-follower relationship influences how followers rate their leaders. However, no studies were found that asked whether this relationship influenced how ... -
An EEG Investigation In Depression: The Effect Of Cognitive Processing
Among clinical populations, depression patients tend to show impaired memory performance both in working memory and associative memory accompanied with disorders in neural activity in the DLPFC. However, it is unclear ... -
The Effect Of Awareness Of Moraic Structure On Native English Speakers' Listening Comprehension Of Japanese-english Speakers
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)The main aim of the series of three experiments presented here was to find interventions to reduce miscommunication between native and non-native English speakers. Thirty four Standard English (SE) speakers in Experiment ... -
The Effect Of Morphine On Dopamine Neuron Activation In Males And Cycling Females
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of estrogen on the electrophysiological response of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons to morphine (10 mg/kg; IP) in experimentally naïve adult male and ... -
Effect Of Number Of Ideas And Folders On Idea Generation In Groups
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)Electronic brainstorming is a method developed to take advantage of the positive effects of collective ideation, such as cognitive stimulation, while decreasing production blocking and social loafing. Research indicates ... -
The Effect Of Pag Stimulation Evoked Dorsal Root Reflexes In Neurogenic Inflammation
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Neurogenic inflammation is defined as inflammation produced by the sensory nerves. It contributes to the cardinal signs of inflammation: rubor (redness), tumor (swelling), color (heat), and dolor (pain or itch). It suggested ... -
The Effects Of A Preparatory Skills Training On Student Success
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)The effects of college-level student attrition are wide-spread. Numerous different approaches have been implemented to reduce these rates, such as offering freshman level seminars to aid the transition from high school to ... -
The Effects Of An Early Intervention Program On Physical Symptoms In A TMD Population
(Psychology, 2013-03-20)Aims: 1) Identify comorbid, non-specific symptoms of CSS, and TMD specific symptoms across three groups of Axis I RDC/TMD disorders, 2) investigate the influence of three interventions on TMD specific and comorbid symptoms ...