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Music Teachers’ Perceptions of Undergraduate Music Education Curricula: A Quantitative Survey of Current Music Teachers 

Smith, Natalie (2023-05-03)
This dissertation examined current music teachers’ perceptions of their undergraduate music education program. I gathered data through an online survey completed by current K-12 music teachers. I recruited participants ...

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Access to Medication Management Services in Older Adults Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia 

Zhao, Yi (2023-05-03)
Background: Older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) have a higher risk of using potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) than those without ADRD. Even though Medication Therapy Management ...

A ROUGH SURFACE MIXED LUBRICATION MODEL OF MACHINE COMPONENT INTERFACES WITH AN EXPERIEMENTAL EVALUATION 

Chu, Nolan (2023-05-02)  ETD File Embargoed
This work develops a numerical methodology for predicting the performance of an automotive piston ring system by considering contact and lubrication mechanics. The rough surface contact mechanics and lubrication occurs ...

Use and Misuse of the Power Side Channel in Additive Manufacturing Security 

Gatlin, Jacob (2023-05-02)
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is growing rapidly as an industry, particularly into the production of functional, safety-critical parts. AM Security has accordingly become a key research area for the technology, as sabotage ...

Seat Belt Safety in Rollover Accidents: Investigating Buckle Release Force and its Impact on Occupant Protection 

Nageswaran, Shivaprasad (2023-05-02)
Seat belts have been a crucial safety feature in vehicles for over a century. They undoubtedly remain the most effective safety device in a vehicle for reducing both fatal and nonfatal injuries resulting from motor vehicle ...

Investigating mitochondria-induced premature aging due to reproduction and environment in semi-natural enclosed wild-derived house mice 

Williams, Ashley (2023-05-02)
Reproduction is a highly energetic process requiring both prenatal and postnatal investment for female mammals. Under the disposable soma theory (DST), prenatal investment includes reallocation of resources used to maintain ...

IMPLEMENTING BIG DATA ANALYTICS APPROACHES TO IMPROVE FOOD QUALITY AND MINIMIZE FOOD WASTE AND LOSS 

Siddique, Aftab (2023-05-02)
This study was conducted to explore the application of non-invasive, rapid advanced technological enhancements and to combine big data analytics methods to detect muscle quality issues such as woody breast (WB), white ...

Probability Equivalent Level of Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall 

Zhang, Wanyu (2023-05-02)
Probability Equivalent Level of Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall (PELVE) is a novel risk measure proposed and explored by Li and Wang (2020), in [16]. It is motivated by the transition from 99% Value-at-Risk (VaR) to ...

Monitoring Strategies and Occupancy Analysis for the Reintroduced Eastern Indigo Snake in Conecuh National Forest, Alabama 

Erickson, Francesca (2023-05-02)
The Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) was presumed extirpated from its native range in Alabama in the 1950’s and was added to the Endangered Species List in 1978. A reintroduction program for the species began in ...

Disinvestment: Heirs’ Property and Food Desert across the Deep South and Appalachia 

Shin, Jihyun (2023-05-02)  ETD File Embargoed
The culture of poverty argument is popular in the United States, especially in the South. Victim-blaming masks the structural nature of the problem. While individual explanations of poverty might be popular, they fail to ...

The Role of Centralized Wastewater Treatment in the Rural Alabama Black Belt 

Wilson, Tristan (2023-05-02)
Centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment systems play a major role in protecting human health and U.S. waters from contamination. However, failing wastewater treatment in the rural Alabama Black Belt has become ...

Physiological Comparison of Three Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars Under High Tunnel and Open Field Conditions 

Zimeri, Axel (2023-05-02)  ETD File Embargoed
Recent studies have shown that high tunnel production of blueberries generates higher biomass accumulation due to the microclimates created compared to open field production. This study aimed to evaluate the physiological ...

Tropical Cyclones (TCs) Risk Assessment in South Asia: Focusing on the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh 

Tasneem, Syeda Nazifa (2023-05-02)
Tropical cyclones recurrently batter the coastal regions of Bangladesh. It causes a lot of damage in the less resilient regions, especially the cities. This study aims to pinpoint the areas that are both physically and ...

Investigating Consumers’ Purchase Intentions Toward Jute-Blended Garments 

Barsha, Ummey Hani (2023-05-02)  ETD File Embargoed
Jute is a natural fiber that has been a popular choice for making packaging materials, composite materials, and geotextiles, but its use was limited to these areas only due to its inherent disadvantages like stiffness, low ...

Study of onset of frost and crystals growth on hydrophilic and hydrophobic flat surfaces 

Ren, Fuqiang (2023-05-02)
Air-source heat pump systems extract heat directly from the cold outdoor ambient and reject heat to the warm indoor environments of residential and commercial buildings. During their winter operation, the outdoor coil often ...

Still I Rise: Agency of Black Collegian Women 

Morawo, Stephanie (2023-05-02)
The research and discourse surrounding Black women in college has continued to expand in its scope in recent years. Scholars have written about Black college women in several ways describing the intersections of their ...

Minding the Gap: An Examination of Susceptibility to Misinformation About Beef Among Generation Z and Millennials 

Hiltbrand, Karen (2023-05-02)
Every minute, 500 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube (Ceci, 2023). The constant flood of new content creates an environment that fosters misinformation, specifically about animal agriculture and the beef ...

Coordination Complexes with Redox-Active Macrocyclic Ligands as Redox-Responsive 1H and 19F MRI Contrast Agent Sensors and Catalysts for the Degradation of Hydrogen Peroxide 

Karbalaei, Sana Jr (2023-05-02)
Abstract Reactive oxygen species (ROS), including hydroxyl radicals (·OH), superoxide anions (O2-), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), play vital roles in cell signaling and cellular signal transduction; however, the ...

A Software Signal Simulation of Low Earth Orbit Satellites for Investigative Analysis 

McDougal, Samuel (2023-05-02)
Simulation tools are an important part of the engineering design process by allowing changes in algorithms and processes before implementation. Current global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) are mainly located in ...

Rapid Urbanization and its Impact on Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. 

Ainooson, Olivia (2023-05-02)
Most cities in developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid increase in urbanization which has stressed out the ecosystem and environment. Human activities have resulted in a myriad of problems of which management ...