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Author:: Zhu, Xun
Title:: The communicative etiology of consensual stereotypes: Integrating common information bias and positive ingroup bias
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: consensual stereotypes
social identity
social comparisons
small group communication
intergroup communication
linguistic abstraction
social influence
heuristics
multilevel modeling
multilevel mediation
experiment
File:: Download Dissertation_ZHU_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Rachel A. Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel A. Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lijiang Shen, Committee Member
Jon F. NussBaum, Committee Member
D. Wayne Osgood, Outside Member
Dennis S. Gouran, Committee Member

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Author:: Xiao, Anli
Title:: ENGAGING FOREIGN-BORN CHINESE VOLUNTEERS: EXPLORING THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONAL OUTCOMES OF FOREIGN-BORN VOLUNTEERISM
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Public relations
volunteerism
foreign-born
strategic communication
nonprofit organizations
File:: Download 7.19_Xiao_Dissertation_Engaging_Foreign-born_Chinese_Volunteers.pdf
Committee Members:: Denise Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Bortree, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Committee Member
Frank Dardis, Committee Member
Bu Zhong, Outside Member

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Author:: Koffer, Rachel Elyse
Title:: Stress, Health, and Well-Being across the Adult Life Span: A Multiple Time-Scale Approach
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:: intraindividual variability
daily stress
entropy
lifespan development
aging
File:: Download Koffer_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Nilam Ram, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Committee Member
Idan Shalev, Outside Member

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Author:: Heinen, Rachel Lee
Title:: An Extension of the Work on the Dimensionality of Creative Climate
Graduate Program:: Psychology
Keywords:: creativity
climate
innovation
File:: Download HeinenThesisforSubmission.7.10.18.pdf
Committee Members:: Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

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Author:: Badenhorst, Paul Roger
Title:: Kintsugi and Processes of Productive Damage: The Values of Embodiment and Emotion For Antiracism Work in Education
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: Race
Higher Education
Teacher Education
Embodiment
Emotion
Melancholic Object Attachments
Antiracism
File:: Download Pauli_Badenhorst_Ph.D_Dissertation_The_Pennsylvania_State_University_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Valente, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Samuel Jaye Tanner, Committee Member
Julia A Green Bryan, Outside Member

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Author:: Wei, Cheng-Hsin
Title:: THE IMPACT OF VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION IN THE EARLY POSTNATAL PERIOD ON METABOLIC REGULATION RELATED TO CHILDHOOD OBESITY RISK
Graduate Program:: Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:: Vitamin A
Retinoic acid
Micronutrient supplementation
Childhood obesity
Insulin sensitivity
Thermogenesis
File:: Download Dissertation_Cheng-Hsin_Wei_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: A. Catharine Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A. Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael H. Green, Committee Member
Connie J. Rogers, Committee Member
Mary J. Kennett, Outside Member

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Author:: Bhuiyan, Nishat Anjum
Title:: Associations between mind-body intervention attendance, psychosocial outcomes, physical activity and sitting time among racial/ethnic minorities and rural Appalachian adults
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: intervention adherence
physical activity
disparities
rural
racial/ethnic minorities
File:: Download Bhuiyan_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Scherezade K. Mama, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Jean Bopp, Committee Member
Danielle Symons Downs, Committee Member

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Author:: Sun, Yanbo
Title:: An Experimental Analysis of Predictive Coding Based On Artificial Neural Networks for Image Decoding
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Artificial Neural Network
Image Decoding
Predictive Coding
Spatial Redundancies
File:: Download Yanbo_Sun_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Clyde Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jesse Louis Barlow, Committee Member

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Author:: Lacasse, Dora Lee
Title:: The Subjunctive in New Mexican Spanish: Maintenance in the Face of Language Contact
Graduate Program:: Spanish
Keywords:: Language contact
sociolinguistics
subjunctive
New Mexican Spanish
bilingual
linguistic variation
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Committee Members:: Rena Torres Cacoullos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Outside Member

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Author:: Sama, Santosh Reddy
Title:: Investigation into Non-Conventional Mold Designs using 3D Sand-Printing in Castings
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: 3D Sand-Printing
Sand Casting
Additive Manufacturing
Gating System
Process Monitoring
Internet of Things
Conical-Helix Sprue
File:: Download Santosh_Sama_MSME_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Paul Carl Lynch, Committee Member

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