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  • On the Dynamic Likelihood Approach to Data Assimilation for Stochastic Hyperbolic Geophysical Processes

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    Foster, Dallas A.
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    Many geophysical phenomena exhibit complicated dynamics that, due to a variety of factors, diverge quickly from physical models. The arrival of new observations allows researchers to combine the model estimate with measurements in a statistical process called data assimilation to produce a revised estimate of the phenomenon. This assimilation of...
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    . Robert L. Higdon, Dr. Enrique A. Thomann, my graduate committee representative Katherine McLaughlin, and

  • Getting Kids from Cradle to College: Parents’ Expectations and Support to College-Bound Children

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    Ottusch, Timothy M.
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    Increasing numbers of individuals aspire to, seek out, and need a college degree in order to be competitive in the job market (Goyette, 2008; U.S. Department of Education, 2013). College degrees provide access to economic, social, and health benefits (Abel & Deitz, 2014; Autor, 2014). The United States also needs...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Richard A. Settersten, Jr. Increasing numbers of individuals aspire to, seek out, and

  • Resilience in Adulthood : How Does the Social Environment Facilitate Adjustment and Growth Following Adversity?

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    Igarashi, Heidi
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    This study contributes to our understanding of positive adult development by examining resilience processes in adulthood. Resilience is often considered to be an individual-level trait. However, the child development literature has consistently shown that support from parents and caring others is a critical component of resilience. Less is known about...
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    parents and caring others is a critical component of resilience. Less is known about how adults navigate

  • Quasi-Experimental Methods to Assess Impacts of Energy Policy on Pregnancy Outcomes

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    Willis, Mary D.
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    Most energy policies that are implemented in the United States dictate how energy is produced, distributed, and consumed, but policies generally neglect to fully investigate how these decisions impact population health. Individuals who live near energy sector components are often different to those that reside further away and change over...
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    populations. This dissertation implements quasi-experimental methods in a retrospective cohort study (Texas

  • Branching Brownian Motion with One Absorbing and One Reflecting Boundary

    Creator:
    Felder, William F.
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    In this work we will analyze branching Brownian motion on a finite interval with oneabsorbing and one reflecting boundary, having constant drift rate toward the absorbingboundary. Similar processes have been considered by Kesten ([12]), and more recently byHarris, Hesse, and Kyprianou ([11]). The current offering is motivated largely by the...
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    work we will analyze branching Brownian motion on a finite interval with one absorbing and one

  • Youth Wellbeing During the First School Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Intersectional Analysis

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    Fenske, Linda J.
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    During the first full school year of the Covid-19 pandemic, two central contexts for adolescent development—home and school—changed utterly. In Oregon, most middle- and high schoolers attended school entirely remotely from the beginning of the pandemic, in March, 2020, through the end of April, 2021, removing both the supports available...
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    social support or hostility for cultural attitudes toward a youth’s developing identity (Masten, 2018