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241. Quantifying the New American Family: How Different Measures of Family Structure Relate to Family Functioning and Child Wellbeing

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Open Access
Author:
Hazlett, Emily Anne
Title:
Quantifying the New American Family: How Different Measures of Family Structure Relate to Family Functioning and Child Wellbeing
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
family structure
family functioning
child wellbeing
File:
Download DoyleHazlett_DissFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Kathryn Bancroft Hynes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Amato, Committee Member
Gregory M Fosco, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member

242. Thermodynamic Properties of Helium in Porous Media

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Open Access
Author:
Cheng, Zhigang
Title:
Thermodynamic Properties of Helium in Porous Media
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
helium
heat capacity
thermal conductivity
porous media
File:
Download Dissertation_Zhigang_Cheng.pdf
Committee Members:
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

243. Ponderomotive force corrections in laser ablation and melt formation in ultra-short pulse laser drilling.

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Open Access
Author:
Moore, Russell David
Title:
Ponderomotive force corrections in laser ablation and melt formation in ultra-short pulse laser drilling.
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Laser Ablation
Melt Dynamics
Ultra-short Pulse
Ponderomotive Force
Two-Temperature Model
File:
Download Moore_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Vladimir Semak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

244. Obstacles to funding higher education for adults: An analysis of selected Pennsylvania voters

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Open Access
Author:
Rutter, III, J. Paul
Title:
Obstacles to funding higher education for adults: An analysis of selected Pennsylvania voters
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
Financial Aid
Voters
Politics
File:
Download RUTTER-Complete_Mar14.2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member

245. Partial randomness and Kolmogorov complexity

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Open Access
Author:
Hudelson, William
Title:
Partial randomness and Kolmogorov complexity
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
randomness
algorithmic randomness
complexity
Kolmogorov complexity
computability
recursion theory
mathematical logic
File:
Download dissertation-hudelson.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen George Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jan Severin Reimann, Committee Member
Manfred Heinz Denker, Committee Member
Martin Furer, Committee Member

246. An Examination of Cyclical Isomorphism and the Micro-effects of Hospital Accreditation

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Open Access
Author:
Towers, Tyler John
Title:
An Examination of Cyclical Isomorphism and the Micro-effects of Hospital Accreditation
Graduate Program:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
Cyclical Isomorphism
Organizational Attention
Hospital Accreditation
Legitimacy Judgment
Patient Mortality
File:
Download Towers_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan Rogers Clark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Rogers Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Diane Brannon, Committee Member
Deirdre Mccaughey, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Committee Member

247. New destinations, new destinies? School incorporation and educational attainment across immigrant destinations

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Open Access
Author:
Reed, Katherine Rose
Title:
New destinations, new destinies? School incorporation and educational attainment across immigrant destinations
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
school effects
assimilation
immigrants
new Latino destinations
educational attainment
File:
Download Reed_Diss_20130327_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Katerina Bodovski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

249. Strategic Marketing Behavior of Private Label and Organic Product Firms: A Case Study of the Pre-packaged Salad Sector

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Open Access
Author:
Meng, Xiao
Title:
Strategic Marketing Behavior of Private Label and Organic Product Firms: A Case Study of the Pre-packaged Salad Sector
Graduate Program:
Agricultural Economics
Keywords:
New product introduction
Social welfare
Private label
Marketing Behavior
Likelihood Ratio Test
Random Coefficient Model
File:
Download thesis_Xiao_Meng_03_25_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward C Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alessandro Bonanno, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Coenraad Arnout P Pinkse, Committee Member

250. Field Evaluation of Dynamic Load Factors for Historic Through-truss Bridges

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Open Access
Author:
Newpher, Brandon James
Title:
Field Evaluation of Dynamic Load Factors for Historic Through-truss Bridges
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Dynamic Load Factor
Impact Factor
Dynamic Load Allowance
Through-Truss Bridges
Lenticular Arch
Pratt Truss
File:
Download Newpher_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Boothby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor