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Challenge and hindrance stressors: The mediating role of resource gain and resource loss in stressor appraisals
(2025-11-18)
The challenge-hindrance stress model has been the topic of significant empirical investigation, recently incorporating stressor appraisals within the framework. The incorporation of stressor appraisals has alleviated recent ...
“When They Don’t Come”: A Narrative Inquiry into First-Generation Students’ Experiences with Student Support Programming
(2025-11-18)
There is a growing need for first-generation student-focused services in higher education, yet evidence about how such services should be structured and made most effective remains limited (Whitley et al., 2018). Motivated ...
Solar-Wind Charge Exchange in Comets: Bayesian Diagnostics of Ion Composition and Freeze-In Temperature
(2025-11-18)
Cometary X-rays from solar-wind charge exchange (SWCX) probe solar-wind composition and coronal freeze-in conditions, yet most spectra are low- to moderate-resolution and strongly blended. Conventional fits often add more ...
Development in heterogenous landscapes: Linking embryonic environments to juvenile fitness in a lizard model.
(2025-11-18)
Developmental plasticity is the capacity of a single genotype to express multiple phenotypes in response to different early-life environments. Because developmental environments differ across space and time, they create ...
Public Policy for Resilient Oyster Management in the Gulf of Mexico: Managing a Vulnerable Species by Engaging Coastal Stakeholders
(2025-11-13)
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is an important economic, ecological, and cultural species throughout the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Despite its importance, oyster populations have been declining long-term throughout ...
Novel Outlier Detection and Clustering Methods Based on Cluster Catch Digraphs
(2025-11-13)
We propose a novel family of outlier detection algorithms built upon Cluster Catch Digraphs
(CCDs) and their extensions, designed to overcome the limitations of existing methods in handling
high-dimensional, heterogeneous, ...
Microbial community profiling in meat quality and shelf-life
(2025-11-13)
The studies presented here were designed to evaluate microbial community profiles of ground beef, with the objectives of determining shelf-life and spoilage and bridging these findings to support community outreach and ...
Three Essays in Consumer and Producer Decision-Making: Food Waste, Pesticide Use, and Local Markets
(2025-11-10)
This dissertation examines how individuals and producers make decisions in contexts characterized by uncertainty, imperfect information, and evolving market institutions in the food and agricultural system. Across three ...
Developing Engineering Principles for Computational Protein Design
(2025-11-05)
Accurate and efficient computational design of binding proteins remains an outstanding challenge which has implications in the fields of therapeutics, diagnostics, sensing, and more. The recent successes of machine learning ...
Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Equine Parvovirus-Hepatitis, Hepacivirus, Pegivirus caballi, and Pegivirus equi in U.S. Horses
(2025-10-29)
Emerging equine viruses such as Equine parvovirus-hepatitis (EqPV-H), Equine hepacivirus (EqHV), Pegivirus caballi (P. caballi), and Pegivirus equi (P. equi) have recently gained recognition as significant contributors to ...
Writing Wrongs: A Clinical Trial of an Adapted Expressive Writing Activity for Minoritized Students at Predominantly White Institutions Who Experience Microaggressions
(2025-10-10)
Racial and ethnic based stressors, such as microaggressions, compound upon universally experienced stressors of higher education and result in lasting negative repercussions for minoritized students enrolled at Predominantly ...
Material Characterization of Doped Lead-Free Solders at High Strain Rates and Extreme temperatures and Prediction of Mechanical Properties
(2025-10-08)
The reliability of solder joints remains a critical concern in advanced electronic packaging, particularly under harsh service conditions where high strain rates, extreme temperatures, and prolonged thermal aging accelerate ...
Omics Analyses of Sulfur Starvation Response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Linking Oxidative Stress to Iron Homeostasis
(2025-10-02)
Inorganic sulfur, primarily in the form of sulfate, is the preferred sulfur source utilized by bacteria. However, sulfate availability in terrestrial environments is severely limited, comprising less than 1–5% of the total ...
Comparing Two Methods of Hoof Immobilization for Stabilization of Type III Distal Phalanx Fractures in the Horse: A Cadaveric Study
(2025-08-28)
Type III distal phalanx (third phalanx; coffin bone; P3) fractures in horses are sagittal fractures with an articular component involving the distal interphalangeal (coffin) joint. Type III fractures of P3 results in a ...
The Improvement of Intramolecular Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory
(2025-08-14)
Symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) is a popular and versatile tool to compute and decompose noncovalent interaction energies between molecules. The intramolecular SAPT (ISAPT) variant provides a similar energy ...
Straight Pipes: Inheritance and Environmental Injustice in Alabama Black Belt
(2025-08-13)
This thesis explores how race, environmental conditions, and governance structures shape the persistence of straight piping in the Black Belt region of Alabama. Based on qualitative and in-depth interviews with engineers, ...
Accelerating Innovation: Increasing the Velocity of Ecosystem Development in Higher Education
(2025-08-13)
The increasing demand for impactful innovation from higher education institutions (HEIs) has elevated their role as engines of economic growth, technological progress, and societal advancement. This dissertation, Accelerating ...
Products for Transformative Meaning: A Methodology for Sandbox Products As Emergent, Unorthodox Creative Tools Enabled by the Reframing of Design Praxis Through the Nexus Object Hermeneutic
(2025-08-12)
This thesis argues that the field of Industrial Design is philosophically ill-equipped to accommodate and adapt to the growing imminence of the Transformation Economy. At the cusp of a progression from mere commodities, ...
Rollover-Aware Data-Driven Lateral Control for Tractor-Trailer Evasive Maneuvers
(2025-08-12)
In this dissertation, a new rollover-aware evasive maneuver algorithm is developed.
Specifically, a stochastic nonlinear model predictive controller is created, which can successfully
perform an emergency maneuver in the ...
Formulation and Characterization of Bio-Enhanced Thermoset Resin Composites for Additive Manufacturing
(2025-08-12)
The transition to sustainable construction materials is essential to reducing the environmental footprint of the building industry. This research project aims to develop, characterize, and optimize thermoset bio composite ...