Browsing UMBC Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Tackling Diversity through First-Year Composition
(2016-01-01)Since the early 1970s, the field of Rhetoric and Composition has recognized that the diverse classrooms require more dynamic approaches instead of those that are solely concentrating on assessing students against Standard ... -
TAMING THE DESERT: FASTING, REFORM, AND THE SEARCH FOR GOD
(2019-01-01)This thesis tracks the development of monastic thought in the western Mediterranean by examining Saint Jerome and Saint John Cassian’s competing approaches to fasting. First this work places each man into his historical ... -
Tau leap methods for stiff stochastic chemical systems
(2011-01-01)Tau leap methods enable efficient simulation of stochastic chemical systems. We develop new tau leap methods that consider the following issues: stiffness, fluid limit, integer-valued states, nonnegative states, and ... -
Teaching and Learning English as an International Language (EIL): Examining the Global Orientation of Readings in Upper Secondary English Textbooks in Austria
(2020-01-01)As English is used around the world for cross-cultural communication purposes, English language teaching (ELT) materials need to capture a global, multicultural perspective that reflects its status as an international ... -
TECHNOLOGICAL DISRUPTIVE CHANGE WITHIN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE NURSES? ATTITUDES TOWARD IMPLEMENTING DISRUPTIVE CHANGE.
(2016-01-01)Health care organizations are continually confronting many changes that are transformational or disruptive in nature, which compels organizations to regularly re-evaluate their strategies, structures, policies, practices, ... -
TELOMERE ATTRITION AND AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE: DISPARITIES BY POVERTY STATUS AND RACE
(2020-01-20)Telomere length (TL) is a marker of biological aging. However, evidence for relations between TL attrition and age-related cognitive decline is equivocal. Further, it is unknown whether historically disadvantaged ... -
Temperature Change and Water Vapor Feedback in The Atmosphere. A Comprehensive Assessment Using The Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder Instrument on NASA AQUA Satellite.
(2008-01-01)Global surface temperature has increased &sim0.2 degree Celsius per decade in the past 30 years [Hansen et al. 2006] . Observational data recorded from 1850 to 2007 indicate that the warmest 11 years have occurred between ... -
Temperature detection system for individual with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis.
(2019-01-01)The integration of temperature sensors into a sensing array is highly desirable for the development of wearable technologies. Here we describe an array of cost-effective temperature-sensitive resistors integrated into a ... -
Testing Equality of Latent Functional Features Across Groups
(2010-01-01)There are more and more applications of functional data analysis in recent years. Testing methodologies have received enormous attentions, especially in biomedical problems. The motivation of this work is to build statistical ... -
The Accuracy Of Self-Reported Data Of An Aging Population Using A Telehealth System In A Retirement Community Setting Based On The User?s Age, Gender, Employment Status And Computer Experience.
(2016-01-01)Looking towards the horizon, the US faces a significant increase in numbers of our older population, in contrast to the young able population who can provide care. It is imperative that a bridge in the knowledge gap between ... -
The Association between Disengaged Couple Communication and Intimate Partner Violence in Newlywed Couples
(2018-01-01)Romantic disengagement and intimate partner violence (IPV) are maladaptive forms of couple communication. Attachment theory and research on the demand-withdraw dyadic communication pattern suggest that there is a positive ... -
The association between parent and child educational attainment for first- and second-generation immigrants
(2016-01-01)This thesis looks at the association between parent and child educational attainment for various immigrant groups in the United States. Specifically, this study seeks to determine if (1) there is a measurable association ... -
The Blue Perspective: Police Perception of Police-Community Relations
(2018-01-01)The increasing number of unarmed black men killed by police has flooded the national spotlight, generating scrutiny and outrage. This development has increased the focus of research and policy on effective policing strategies ... -
"The Canadian Bicentennial of the War of 1812: The Problem of Tecumseh"
(2017-01-01)In June 2012 Canada and the United States celebrated the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 that concluded in February 2015 with the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. Except in Baltimore and New Orleans, the ... -
The Care Squeeze: An Institutional Ethnography of a Nonprofit to Investigate the Diverse Labors Undertaken “To Fight for Better” in Coffee Markets
(2020-01-20)This study examines the everyday work in international development. Feminist geographers consistently argue that research at the scale of the everyday enables theoretical understandings from the bottom up of how power ... -
THE COLONIZED AND THE COLONIZER WITHIN ME: FINDING RYUKYU LANGUAGE OF MY MATRILINEAL ANCESTORS ON A MILITARIZED ISLAND
(2019-01-01)The Colonized and the Colonizer within Me is an attempt to transliterate and translate the individual micro experiences to the geopolitical macro circumstances that created my existence. -
The Contributions of Instructional Practices, Teacher Beliefs, and Classroom Quality on Head Start Children's Vocabulary
(2020-01-01)The National Reading Panel (2000) identified vocabulary as one of the five skills with the most robust influence on reading ability. Early differences in vocabulary drive enduring individual differences in reading performance. ... -
The Cooperative Solution? Community Strategies for Adaptation and Resistance to Globalization in Mexico
(2009-01-01)This ethnographic study analyzes how three Mexican communities are responding to the challenges of globalization, the worldwide integration of economic, political, cultural, religious, and social systems, by creating ... -
THE DIGITAL CIRCULATION AND APPROPRIATION OF BLACK CULTURE IN AMATEUR RAP VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
(2017-01-01)There is a difference in listening to rap and participating in it. Since its creation, rap has been a black medium used to advocate for black rights, criticize political situations, and bring awareness to African American ... -
The Disruption of Bursting Behavior in Pancreatic Islets: A Network and Dynamical Systems Analysis of Multicellular Clusters
(2020-01-20)Pancreatic ? cells, responsible for secreting insulin into the bloodstream and maintaining glucose homeostasis, are organized in the islets of Langerhans as clusters of electrically coupled cells. Gap junctions, connecting ...