The study purpose was three-fold: finding a point of entry for primary prevention of child neglect, assessing for child neglect risk level for both first-time mothers and their partners, and individuals opinions about establishing and administering...
African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Louisville Public Schools (Louisville, Ky.)--History; Literacy--Social aspects--Kentucky--Louisville--History
I conducted my dissertation research in the national, state, and local archives. Using Deborah Brandt's "Sponsors of Literacy" as a conceptual framework and Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework, I offer Louisville, Kentucky as...
This dissertation is an exploratory study of teacher risk taking. The risk-taking literature in education and other types of organizations is lacking in studies exploring the concept of healthy risk taking and how that risk taking is related to...
Menthol has been regularly utilized as a treatment in sports related injuries for many years, yet little is known about its physiological interactions or its effect on performance. Our previous study indicates that topically applied menthol may...
This paper explores issues of identity and difference in art and its institutions through a historiographic study of two landmark exhibitions, "The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain" (1989) and the 1993 Whitney Biennial....
This study investigated teachers' inclusion of racially diverse literature within their classroom libraries, how the representations within the literature compared with the students in the classrooms, the inclusivity of students' book selections,...
Nursing schools--Faculty; Medical teaching personnel--Attitudes; Nursing--Study and teaching (Associate degree); Nursing--Vocational guidance
The field of nursing currently faces a shortage of both nurses and nursing faculty. Yet, little is known about why clinical nurses opt to become nursing faculty. Qualitative investigations into this phenomenon are particularly rare. This study...
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of short-term high-intensity resistance training on time to exhaustion at maximal aerobic output. It was hypothesized that 2 weeks of training will induce improvements in performance at maximal...
College dropouts--Indiana; Educational attainment--Indiana; College freshmen--Indiana; Community college students--Indiana
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if student background variables (age, gender, race, academic preparation); student status (part/full-time student), and student circumstances (commuting distance, independent/dependent...
Trachea--Intubation; Optical fibers in medicine; Clinical medicine--Study and teaching--Simulation methods; Medicine--Study and teaching--Simulation methods
Fiberoptic intubation skills (FOI) are critical in reducing the anesthesia related morbidity and mortality in clinical settings. The purpose of the study was to prove that the simulator can train a novice to achieve the expert level in a relatively...
Psychic trauma in art; Psychoanalysis and art; Art--Psychological aspects; Salomon, Charlotte, 1917-1943. Leben oder theater?
This thesis explores the presence of the dialectic of trauma in Charlotte Salomon’s magnum opus, Life? or Theatre?, a series of more than seven hundred paintings created during her time in exile in France between 1941 and 1942. In this series,...
Grading and marking (Students)--Data processing; Discourse analysis--Data processing; Instructional systems--Design
In recent years the use of Tablet PCs in education has received a great deal of attention. Improved note-taking and lecture presentation have been the main focus of Tablet PCs in education. Currently, grading of student work collected as digital...
The importance of parenting styles on childhood development and early adolescent social and behavioral outcomes has been well documented within academic literature (Schaffer et al., 2009; Brand et al., 2009; Claes et al., 2005; Sirvanli-Ozen, 2005;...
African American graduate students--Kentucky; Women graduate students--Kentucky; African American women--Education (Graduate)--Kentucky
Using black feminist perspective and standpoint this study explored factors that affect black women's matriculation and retention in graduate degree programs by examining how experiences and opportunities connected to race, class, and gender inform...
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Aids and devices; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Evaluation; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
The design and validation of a classroom observation instrument to provide formative feedback for teachers of EFL in Spain is the overarching purpose of this study. This study proposes that a valid and reliable classroom observation instrument,...
Three research questions made up the focus of the study. First, after controlling for demographic variables of age, gender, and tenure in organization, to what extent does trust in leader (nurse manager) relate to job satisfaction? Second, after...
School music supervision; Conductors (Music)--Rating of; Conductors (Music)--Training of; School music--Instruction and study
The dissertation builds on the research literature studying conductor training and the musical attributes requisite for adequate conducting skill and musical performance. The study also provides evidence that effective tools for evaluation of band...
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art; Counter-Reformation in art; Barocci, Federigo, 1528-1612. Madonna del Popolo; Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. Immaculate Conception; Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. Assumption of the Virgin
This paper investigates the objectives of Counter-Reformation leaders as seen through the visual culture of the Virgin Mary in the time period. This study was completed by examining three paintings by three different artists: Federico Barocci,...
Current wind power technology is not economically feasible throughout most of the United States due to low average wind speeds. A design for a small-scale wind concentrator device suitable for use in areas of low wind velocity was tested using...
