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  • From work-first to learn first : navigating educational choices among TANF recipients through the lens of possible selves and stigma

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    Jones, Terese D.
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    Individuals who are parents and students on TANF experience challenges accessing and persisting in higher education. This study explored the experiences of TANF recipients who are navigating a return to higher education and the impact of college on how they construct a future self. Two theoretical frameworks were used to...
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    persisting in higher education. This study explored the experiences of TANF recipients who are navigating a

  • Unoccupied aircraft systems in forest monitoring applications

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    Barker, Matthew I.
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    In recent years, unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) have become increasingly affordable and straightforward to incorporate in monitoring applications of forested ecosystems. This shift has facilitated interest in using these tools to monitor aspects of forest ecosystems including vegetation health, forest structure and composition, and potential habitat provided by these systems....
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    data recorded at sub-meter scales. In this dissertation, we have utilized UAS equipped with a

  • Determination of magnetoelastic parameters in magnetic thin films from FMR spectra

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    Masood, Khalid I.
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    The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) phenomenon serves as a sensitive probe of the effective internal fields in a magnetic material. FMR spectroscopy has consequently become a well-established technique, extensively employed in assessing material properties such as magnetic anisotropy, Landé g-factor, damping parameter, and the magnetoelastic constants of magnetic materials. Determining these...
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    Abstract approved: Albrecht Jander The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) phenomenon serves as a sensitive

  • Learning-based Techniques for Fast and Robust Motion Planning

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    Chow, Scott
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    Motion planning is a cornerstone of autonomous robots, enabling robots to safely and efficiently perform tasks such as package delivery, infrastructure inspection, and manipulation. However, as the field of robotics matures, robotic systems are being developed that (1) are challenging to analytically model, (2) require computationally expensive model-based controllers, and...
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    Learning-based Techniques for Fast and Robust Motion Planning by Scott Chow A DISSERTATION submitted to

  • Supporting merge comprehension when resolving merge conflicts

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    Nelson, Nicholas
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    Distributed version control allows developers to manage software evolution among distributed development teams. But it does not eliminate all consistency and concurrency issues, and instead introduces additional complexity when merging code. And resolving merge conflicts is nontrivial when automated merging fails. In such cases, developers are forced to inspect the...
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    during a merge con- flict, we conduct large-scale surveys of developers. We define a model that

  • Work Experience and Improvement Behavior: A Preliminary Study

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    Azhar, Mina
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    Improvement behaviors, specifically double loop, have been linked to successful lean implementations. Although the lean literature supports individual cognitive transformation to double loop learning as an important element of lean success, there remains a strategic methodology to achieve sustainable double loop behavior. Perceptions toward behavior and employee satisfaction have been...
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    Experience and Improvement Behavior: A Preliminary Study. Abstract approved

  • Host-Induced Gene Silencing in Black Cottonwood for Control of Septoria Canker: Efficacy and Non-Target Impacts

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    Gordon, Michael I.
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    Septoria canker remains the most important disease of poplars in intensively managed forest plantations. Genetic resistance has long been considered the best way to manage for this disease. Transgenic resistance mediated by RNA silencing against pathogens and pests (HIGS: host-induced gene silencing) has shown promise in other pathosystems but has...
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    pathosystems but has never been tested in a forest tree against a fungal pathogen. The effects of HIGS are

  • Influence of Novel Ocean Conditions on Life History Characteristics of a Nearshore Rockfish with Implications for Population Assessment and Management

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    Rosemond, Rebecca C.
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    The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), located on the eastern boundary of the North Pacific Ocean, is highly dynamic, with variable conditions driven by seasonal upwelling, regional oceanography, and broad scale climate patterns. In the last decade, the northeast Pacific Ocean has experienced several marine heatwaves (MHWs), prolonged periods...
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    : ____________________________________________________ Scott A. Heppell The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), located on the

  • Biogeochemical Processing of Freshwater Carbon in the Anthropocene

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    Buser, Jessica Z.
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    Freshwater systems cycle carbon along a spatial and temporal biogeochemical continuum, across which ecosystem processes contribute to transformations of organic matter (OM). Various ecological constraints impact rates OM transformation and production and consumption of the energetic end of respiration, methane. Microbiological processing and complete reduction of carbon substrates to methane...
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    . Colwell Freshwater systems cycle carbon along a spatial and temporal biogeochemical continuum

  • Adaptive Learning Module for Introduction to Materials Science

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    Nigon, Nutnicha
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    There is a growing need for individualized instructional designs in 4-year institutions due to: 1) growing undergraduate enrollment trends across the U.S., 2) broader diversity in students backgrounds, and 3) the growing prevalence of asynchronous remote learning. With the growth in computer technology in education, tools such as adaptive intelligent...
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    for students (Wilson & Scott, 2017). The pioneer study for a fully student-centric pedagogy was