Scientists have shown that climate change is speeding up parts of the global water cycle, and that the water cycle intensity (WCI) is a tool to quantify this acceleration[...]

Beloved Communities: Relational Resistance in Contemporary Black Women’s Speculative Fiction analyzes contemporary novels of speculative fiction including Rivers Solomon’[...]

Feminist Phenomenology was utilized to examine the lived experiences of Black women with school counselor burnout. The study employed Black Feminist Thought and Superwoma[...]

This dissertation examines the strategies used to feminize professional titles in French, Spanish, and Portuguese newspapers. It addresses the growing use of distinctive [...]

“That smoke means money.” This is what Devra Davis’s mother said when Davis complained about the soot-filled smoke that blanketed their Donora home. In good times, 4,000 [...]

This dissertation explores how robot fiction uses pain and trauma to interrogate the boundaries of selfhood, embodiment, and empathy. Across a range of texts, artificial [...]

Influenza B viruses (IBVs) can cause severe disease and death much like influenza A viruses (IAVs), and the prevention of influenza virus infection by vaccination is the [...]

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form one of the most ancient and widespread symbioses, enhancing plant nutrient acquisition in exchange for photosynthetically derived [...]

Background: The rising rate of cesarean delivery (C-sections) in the United States has raised concerns about overuse, particularly for unnecessary primary C-sections perf[...]

Low-dimensional quantum materials have generated substantial interest over the past several decades due to the prospect of implementing their unique electronic and optoel[...]

This sequential explanatory mixed methods study examined Black and Latina female students’ sense of belonging in gateway mathematics. Using the theoretical perspectives o[...]

Advancing the separation of isomeric species remains a central challenge in analytical chemistry, particularly for biomolecules like carbohydrates and amino acids where s[...]

This dissertation presents a meta-analysis of the longitudinal association between meaning in life and well-being, with particular attention to how this relationship vari[...]

In this dissertation, I examined the usage of adjective intensifiers in the academic writing of multilingual undergraduate university students in an English as a foreign [...]

This study investigates the impact of the Flipped Classroom Model (FCM) on multilingual students and explores effective strategies for designing instructional materials t[...]

This project involves the recording and musical analysis of selected 20th-centuryUkrainian piano works by Ihor Shamo, Sergei Bortkiewicz, and Borys Liatoshynsky. The sele[...]

Successful interception depends on dynamically integrating visual information with motor planning to predict when and where to engage a moving target. This dissertation [...]

The federal courts in the United States are intentionally insulated. Despite numerous congressional attempts at recording and broadcasting court procedures, cameras had h[...]

Advances in artificial intelligence and multimodal sensing technologies have transformed activity understanding and behavior monitoring in complex, real-world environment[...]

Viral diseases have had a significant impact on millions of people worldwide. Utilizing time series forecasting methods allows for the estimation of cases, facilitating t[...]

Racial microaggression, (e.g., subtle slights based on race) are associated with increased poor mental and physical health for Black Americans. For Black American college[...]

This study explores subjective attitudes, beliefs, and lived experiences of racial identity among Multiracial young adults. As the Multiracial population in the United St[...]

This dissertation comprises three integrated studies that examine the relationship between oil palm expansion and filovirus spillover risk in sub-Saharan Africa, combinin[...]

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are rising and have the potential to disrupt plant, soil, and microbial processes. In this dissertation we examined the effects of elevated[...]

Ab initio quantum chemistry is an incredibly useful tool to compute highly accurate energies, frequencies, and molecular geometries for a plethora of chemical systems, bu[...]