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Author:: Bower, Abbey Lynn
Title:: AN INVESTIGATION OF TRABECULAR BONE MORPHOLOGY
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Genetics
QTL
Osteoporosis
Trabecular Bone
Micro-Computed Tomography
File:: Download Dissertation5_RFC.pdf
Committee Members:: Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teresa Caroldean Lang, Committee Member
Gerald Eugene Mc Clearn, Committee Member
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member

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Author:: Duncan, Angela Lydia
Title:: Assessing the Impact of Legal Issues on Private Boarding Schools
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: boarding schools
law
ethics
decision-making
turbulence theory
independent schools
File:: Download A_Duncan-_final_submission_to_thesis_office.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Preston Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Daniel Robert Cahoy, Committee Member

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Author:: Freeman, Amy Louise
Title:: Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State
File:: Download Final_Document2.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

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Author:: Greenstein, Adam Lawrence
Title:: Analysis of Driver Behavioral Adaptation to the Lateral Drift Warning System
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: driver
behavior
adaptation
safety
roadway departure
crash
File:: Download Adam_Greenstein_PSU_MS_Thesis_-_Civil_Engineering_-_Fall_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Israel, Andrei Leon
Title:: Geographies of Learning: Place, Space, and Embodied Experience in Higher Education Field Courses
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: fieldwork
geography education
service-learning
place-based education
geography of knowledge
David Livingstone
File:: Download A_Israel_Masters_Thesis_8-09.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kauffman, Andrew Lynn
Title:: Cyclic In-Plane Lateral Load Testing of Masonry Infill Walls with Structural Fuse Elements
Graduate Program:: Architectural Engineering
Keywords:: structural fuse
masonry infill walls
cyclic
File:: Download Andrew_Kauffman_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Parrillo III, Albert Louis
Title:: Parental attachment and involvement as predictors of high school students' career thoughts
Graduate Program:: Counselor Education
Keywords:: career thoughts
dysfuncitonal career thinking
parental attachment
parental involvement
decision making confusion
external conflict
commitment anxiety
academic high school students
career and technical high school students
disability
trust
alienation
communication
demanding
responsive
File:: Download Parrillo_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Spencer G Niles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Swartz, Ann Louise
Title:: Complexity Science and Adult Education: The Role of Trauma in Nurses' Embodied Learning
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Nursing Education
Neuroscience
Mindfulness
Healthcare
Fear Leaning
Embodiment
Embodied Cognitive Science
Complexity
Compassion Fatigue
CAS
Adult Education
Adult learning
Paradox
Self-Awareness
Somatic Learning
Storytelling
Systems
Trauma
Yoga
File:: Download Swartz_Complete_Dissertation_July_9_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member

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Author:: Skattebo, Amie Lyn
Title:: Supporting the use of technology in organizations over time
Graduate Program:: Psychology
Keywords:: Psychological Climate
Technology Acceptance
File:: Download DissSkattebo07272009.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Jeanette Cleveland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jeanette N Cleveland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kevin R Murphy, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Steven Raymond Haynes, Committee Member

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Author:: Stott, Amy Lynne
Title:: Improving long-term care management practices and direct care worker organizational commitment
Graduate Program:: Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:: nursing homes
nursing supervisors
management practices
long-term care
direct care worker
training and development
work design
assisted-living
home care
organizational commitment
File:: Download Dissertation_A_Stott.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Diane Brannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Diane Brannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph J Vasey, Committee Member
Kathryn H Dansky, Committee Member
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member

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