Research suggests that a gap exists between scholarly findings and practitioner knowledge, beliefs, and practices in the Human Resource field, particularly in the area of employee selection (Deadrick & Gibson, 2007; Rynes, Giluk, & Brown,...
Medical care--Decision making; Decision making--Simulation methods
A variety of methodologies have been employed for decision making related to the treatment of diseases/injury. Decision trees are a functional way in which to examine problems under uncertainty by providing a method to analyze decisions under risk...
Urinary incontinence is a major public health problem affecting 30% of community dwelling women aged 35-85. Urinary incontinence may have a significant impact on activities of daily living depending on the severity of symptoms. Women with urinary...
Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--United States; Mercury wastes--Environmental aspects--United States
This dissertation tests whether or not mercury emissions from electric power plants are not a significant contributor to mercury measurements in rainfall and argues that the current United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Externalizing behavior problems in very young children are associated with an array of negative and costly long-term outcomes. Pediatric primary care is a promising venue for implementing screening practices to improve early identification of this...
Item response theory; Goodness-of-fit tests; Monte Carlo method
Item response theory (IRT) is expanding to diverse research settings, without accompanying access to easily implemented model fit methods. One simple model fit approach involves x2/df ratios. However, its utility is not known across several...
Planar fiber-optic chips (FOC) take advantage of the evanescent field effects of side-polished fibers, exhibiting usefulness in fluorescence, absorbance, electrochemical investigations, and as presented here Raman spectroscopy. The fabrication of...
There is relatively little known about how criminal justice system actors perceive sex
offenders and the fairness, efficacy, and scope of policies aimed at sex offenders.
Similarly, there is sparse research that specifically examines the attitudes,...
Cancer accounts for nearly one-quarter of deaths in the United States, exceeded only by heart diseases. Despite the development of various strategies to treat cancer, it remains one of the most deadly diseases worldwide due to the limited effects...
Prostate--Cancer--Diagnosis; Chemical detectors; Biosensors
Prostate cancer is the most common type diagnosed among men in the United States.
Random oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) libraries are used to generate DNA aptamers by
systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). We explored...
How do words represent emotional states, and how closely are they clustered to an actual emotion? Opinions vary as to how many emotions there are, and whether (or which) emotions are basic. Generally, many agree that basic emotions include fear,...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. Travels through France and Italy.; Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th century; Nationalism--Great Britain--History--18th century; Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century
This thesis examines Tobias Smollett's Travels through France and Italy as a product of the dynamics influencing British identity in the eighteenth century. Specifically, it compares Smollett's Travels with recent trends in the historiography of...
Persons living with chronic pain encounter a host of physical and psychosocial problems resulting in a loss of quality of life and increased disability. The construct of avoidance has been proposed as a mechanism by which these changes in...
Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings
Address: 1200 block of W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Utility lines run along the sidewalk in front of a number of buildings. Trolley tracks line the street and cars are parked along the sidewalk. One of the buildings has a sign for Auto Supply...
Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Commercial facilities
Address: 900 block of E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Utility lines crisscross over the street. On one side is a cafeteria. On the other side of the street are signs for The Corner Shoppe ("Drug Sundries Luncheonette"), Coca-Cola,...
A dirt road leads to a covered bridge in Prospect, Kentucky. A pole and wire fence as well as utility lines follow the road. A utility pole is next to the bridge which is made of wood and has signs posted at the entrance. Trees and grass surround...
This shot showing the intersection of Sixth Street and Park Avenue (location of Louisville, Kentucky's Central Park) was likely taken for insurance purposes. Trolley tracks run down the road and utility poles and trees line the road. One of the...
Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Utility poles; Bourbon Stock Yard Company; Street railroad tracks; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Stockyards; Transportation
Utility lines crisscross over the trolley tracks on Johnson Street in front of the Bourbon Stockyards. Utility poles run down the sidewalk along a wooden privacy fence. Past the stockyards is a building advertising "F. Burke[?] Caf &...
Utility poles run along a tall brick building and on the opposite side of the street. A man stands in a doorway under a wood balcony. In front of him is a truck with "Eat Cuscaden's Ice Cream. It's a food" painted on the side. Another...
A red sport utility vehicle (SUV) is tied to a tree with a length of green garden hose. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "On 3rd street the most impressive part was the cars that had their trunks float and forced their back...
