• Investigating transdiagnostic and interpersonal applications of the contrast avoidance model through path analysis 

  Muffi, Ryan (2016-11-03)

  The current study aimed to evaluate the role of emotional contrast avoidance (CA; Newman & Llera, 2011) in relationships between insecure attachment and outcomes of psychopathological symptoms and interpersonal problems ...

• Anaerobic abiotic reduction of dichloroacetamide safeners: effects of manganese oxides and agrochemical co-formulants 

  Ricko, Allison N. (2015-09-18)

  Safeners are added to herbicide formulations to protect crops from toxic effects of active herbicides. Evidence suggests that as dichloroacetamide safeners transform, they can become more biologically active. Dichloroacetamide ...

• Does the timing of divorce matter? Parental divorce, interparental conflict, and young adult well-being 

  Blackwood, Jessica (2014-09-12)

  The present study compared participants from intact families to those from families where parental divorce occurred before the participant was 18 years old and families where the divorce occurred after the participant was ...

• Multiple minority stress: the role of proximal and distal stress on mental health outcomes among lesbian, gay and bisexual people of color 

  Ramirez, Johanna (2017-10-19)

  There is minimal research addressing the mental health outcomes of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color (LGB-POC). Meyer's (2003; 2015) minority stress theory posits that the manifestation of depression and anxiety ...

• Transgender microaggressions in the context of romantic relationships 

  Pulice-Farrow, Lex (2017-10-17)

  Microaggressions can shape the everyday experiences of individuals who identify as transgender, and how they approach their relationships. Microaggressions involve subtle forms of discrimination that can come across as ...

• Major ions in urban streams: a look at concentrations over time and across land cover 

  Bird, Darcy Lynn (2017-08-18)

  Major ions in urban streams remain understudied, despite the connections between ion concentrations and stream ecosystem health. The concentrations and variability of major ions were characterized for streams in the Maryland ...

• Family rituals in emerging adults: links to coping, life satisfaction, family climate, and future ritual initiation 

  McCormick, Melody (2015-07-27)

  The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between family rituals and a number of adjustment outcomes, and to determine whether family climate would moderate this relationship. Survey measures, focusing ...

• Modulation of the intestinal microbiota by 15 kDa selenoprotein expression in inflammatory colon cancer 

  Canter, Jessica A. (2015-07-09)

  The intestinal microbiota is sensitive to inflammation that may induce dysbiosis leading to colon cancer. Selenium, when incorporated into the 15 kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) has a tissue-specific role in carcinogenesis. ...

• The effect of diabetes on measures of audition and cognition among veterans 

  Reed, Nicholas S. (2014-07-21)

  Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease with complications that can impair auditory and cognitive function. This thesis describes cognitive function based on two cognitive behavioral measures (Digit Symbol ...

• A critical cultural study of lived experiences and societal implications of the 21st century natural hair movement 

  Perry, Kahleeka ""Nikkie" (2018-03-01)

  The natural hair movement of the 21st century emerged as a declaration by African-American women to embrace and celebrate their natural hair textures. Through a critical cultural study, this project demonstrated the divide ...

• Performance of commercially available soil amendments for enhanced removal of copper in bioretention media 

  Wilfong, Matthew T. (2018-03-05)

• ŚAṬAN the nemesis: the Talmud’s curriculum on God’s attribute of justice 

  Seinfeld, Alexander (2016-10-28)

  The motif of ŚAṬAN appears in thirty-nine passages in the Talmud, clustered into eighteen sugyot. Historically, most of these statements are attributed to various sages who lived over a period of some four centuries. But ...

• How urban youth use digital tools at community technology centers to support the development of civic engagement pathways: a multisite, multicase study 

  Twiss, Lisa (2017-11-15)

  This study explored how urban youth used, and did not use, digital tools at two community technology centers (CTCs) to support the development of civic engagement pathways. Research has shown that urban youth lack the same ...

• A modelling framework to explore bioenergetic effects of environmental stress and interspecific interactions 

  East, Andrew G. (2017-03-30)

  The overarching theme of this thesis research was to further develop methods to improve ecological risk assessment of anthropogenic stressors. The main objective was to develop a bioenergetic, individual-based multi-species ...

• Understanding well-being among retirees experiencing late-life unemployment 

  Voss, Maren Wright (2018-05-30)

  This study examines the role of paid work as a form of occupational engagement, with consequent impacts on health, particularly as activity patterns shift during the transition to retirement. Occupational engagement is ...

• A Delphi study to develop an inventory of competencies needed to facilitate instruction in student-centered, one-to-one learning environments 

  Parrish, Andrea H. (2018-05-30)

  Today's one-to-one, student-centered learning environments have unique qualities when compared to the traditional learning spaces of the previous decades and their characteristics hold important implications for both teacher ...

• A study on textual contents in online communities and social media using text mining approaches 

  Hong, Beomseok (2018-05-29)

  With the advent of Web 2.0, users have become more interactive, and the population of user-generated contents (UGC) has also increased drastically on the web. Among various Web 2.0 applications, we focus on textual contents ...

• Major ions in urban streams: a look at concentrations over time and across land cover 

  Bird, Darcy Lynn (2018-05-16)

  Major ions in urban streams remain understudied, despite the connections between ion concentrations and stream ecosystem health. The concentrations and variability of major ions were characterized for streams in the Maryland ...

• A social vulnerability study of the urban heat island effect in Baltimore and St. Louis 

  Heslin, Julia (2018-04-24)

  Extreme heat events (EHEs) are increasing in frequency, intensity, and duration with modern climate change. An urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon where built environments such as cities experience elevated temperatures ...

• Activity patterns and well-being in commuters: an occupational perspective 

  Greenbaum, Ann G. (2018-03-16)

  This study explored the predictors of commuter well-being in college students using an occupational framework. While past studies focused more on the physical impact of commuting on health, there was a gap in the scholarly ...

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