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Emerging Adulthood As A Unique Stage In Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory: Incarnation V. Impudence
(Social Work, 2012-07-25)
This dissertation adds to Erikson's theory of psychosocial development by adding a stage between adolescence and young adulthood called emerging adulthood. It was theorized that the crisis of emerging adulthood, incarnation ...
The Meaning Of Homelessness To Homeless Women Veterans
(Nursing, 2012-07-25)
Homelessness in America continues to be a pervasive problem, with veterans being disproportionately represented in this population. As the Iraq/Afghanistan war soldiers return to civilian life, worries about this population ...
Improving Quality Of Service In XML Data Stream Processing Using Load Shedding
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)
In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of new types of systems that deal with large volumes of streaming data. Examples include nancial data analy- sis on feeds of stock tickers, sensor-based environmental ...
The Effects Of Climate, Soil, And Vegetation On The Design Of Water Balance Covers For Solid Waste Landfills In Texas
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-07-25)
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of climate, soil, and vegetation on the design of water balance (WB) covers for solid waste landfills in Texas. This study was conducted using water balance software ...
Investigation Of Instabilities Affecting Detonations: Improving The Resolution Using Block-structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-07-25)
The unstable nature of detonation waves is a result of the critical relationship between the hydrodynamic shock and the chemical reactions sustaining the shock. A perturbative analysis of the critical point is quite ...
An Explanation For The Non-integration Of Gay Men Into Retirment Communities
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
This qualitative research paper explores the reasons why gay men are not integrating into retirement communities. Through extensive interviews, three major themes emerged- "not out but hiding", "the need to pass at work", ...
Venezuela; A Case Study
(Political Science, 2012-07-25)
A case study of Venezuela is provided to test Marxist theory of political development. The first hypothesis is: three characteristics are inherent in any politically developed nation-State:There is an inherent class divide ...
Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of Mass Transfer In Microreactors
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
In this work, two types of microreactors for reactions have been studied, which were involving multiple fluid phases: liquid-liquid (immiscible liquids) phase and gas-liquid phase. Investigation of mass transfer within ...
Evaluating Drug Court Effectiveness And Exploring Racial Disparities In Drug Court Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Study
(Social Work, 2012-07-25)
Mixed methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Drug Impact Rehabilitation Enhanced Comprehensive Treatment (D.I.R.E.C.T.) program, and to explore the factors that may contribute to racial disparities in drug ...
Identifying Associative Memory Deficits And Neurobiological Correlates Of Encoding And Performance In A National Sample Of Veterans With Gulf War Illness Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)
Roughly 26-32% of U.S. veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War of 1991 report suffering from chronic health problems (Golomb, 2008). Memory complaints are regularly reported by ill Gulf War veterans (GWV), but there ...