Post-traumatic stress disorder -- United States; Veterans -- Mental health -- United States; War -- Psychological aspects; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Risk factors
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects thousands of veterans returning from deployments worldwide. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between PTSD and geography, examining whether there is a relationship between the...
Product non-conformances which is one aspect of manufacturing that for the most part is ignored by researchers, analyst and media at large, has a significant effect on the cost of production. This research focuses on the processes and practices...
Rural, untouched land is being threatened by construction of subdivisions and retail buildings to support the growing population and continuing urban and suburban sprawl. Natural resources and the environment are drastically changing, and are in...
Bullying in schools -- United States; Bullying -- United States -- Psychological aspects
School bullying impacts approximately 32% of adolescents in the United States. Peer victimization is linked to a number of adverse consequences for children and adolescents, including high rejection sensitivity, high social avoidance, and low...
Soil Stabilization occupies an important role in all Civil Engineering works. Now with the scarcity of good building sites, engineers are forced to use the available sites, modify their geotechnical properties and build facilities. In these...
steps required to represent the knot as a polygon in the cubic lattice. Several lower bounds for the lattice step numbers of different knots have been obtained by computer simulations but the exact value of the lattice step number seems to be ...
Virginity -- Religious aspects -- History; Celibacy -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
The focus of this thesis is to investigate, illustrate, and understand why the cult of virginity was and remains to be so important in Catholicism. Further, when did this phenomenon of virginity start? Why was the emphasis on maintaining a celibate...
The present study examined whether relationships between
personality characteristics and emotional reactions to mass
media exist. Specifically, the purpose of this study was
to find out if anxiety sensitivity, neuroticism and
depression, may make...
The purpose of these two studies was to investigate the potential of cognitive training to reduce cognitive decline in healthy older adults and individuals with dementia. The first study included thirty older adults without dementia who were...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Brain -- Research; Learning -- Physiological aspects
The purpose of this meta-study is to investigate current research on the use of the brain in learning mathematics, and its implications for teachers of mathematics. With the new and numerous demands on educators along with an increase in the...
Textile fabrics -- Latin America; Molas -- Latin America; Arpilleras -- Latin America
The purpose of this Special Project Thesis was to investigate how three select
groups of Latin American textile artists have used their art in their lives and bring these
findings to the public. I accomplished this through newsletters and a...
Computer-aided design -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Space perception -- Testing; Educational technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The purpose of this study is to identify if a three-dimensional computer aided drafting program will help high school students improve their spatial reasoning skills (n=20). Technology changes at a rapid pace and is predicted to change even faster...
Special education -- Spelling ability; Spelling ability -- Remedial teaching
The purpose of this study is to investigate if specific strategies help special education students become effective spellers. The study is guided by three sub-questions: 1) Will teaching word families, onset and rime, and chunking of familiar words...
Vocational school students -- Connecticut; Vocational education -- Connecticut -- Examinations; Achievement tests -- Connecticut; Connecticut Academic Performance Test; National Occupational Competency Test Institute
The purpose of this study was to investigate academic underperformances in Connecticut technical high schools from 1999 to 2003. Gaps existed in students' academic performance between traditional high schools and technical high schools. This ex...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids; Manipulatives (Education)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of manipulatives in
supporting algebraic thinking in the middle grades, and reasons why they are misused, or
not used at all. Middle school algebra teachers from both urban and suburban...
Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Social aspects; Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Psychological aspects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between perceived stress, social support, and antepartum depression in women experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Following the tenets of attachment theory (Bowlby, 1980), participants in the...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the use of marriage as a literary device in William Trevor's short fiction. Trevor has continually questioned the essence of matrimony in moral and psychological terms, attempting to define marriage and...
The state of Connecticut has a vast history with major historical figures. In the late nineteenth century, Mark Twain viewed and enjoyed the ballgames of the Hartford Dark Blues and held a strong passion for the national pastime. Connecticut's...
Ethnicity; High school students -- Attitudes; Self-esteem in young adults
The United States is a country, which is characterized by its unique diversity of population. Within this diversity, however, Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics are the three ethnic groups, which compose the majority of its population (United...
Communication in organizations; Communication in personnel management
This case study was designed to investigate the relationship between organizational structure and communication practices, and to provide a subject organization with practical solutions to their communication problems. Following the completion of...
