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Developing The Dynamic Army Officer
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)In order to prepare for unknown future military operating environments, the United States Army must develop leaders who are capable of operating successfully in dynamic environments. Recent research has determined that the ... -
Effects of Rotational Motion on Dose Coverage in Single Isocenter Multiple Target Stereotactic Radiosurgery
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Stereotactic radiosurgery using a single isocenter multiple target technique is being used widely today. However, not much is known about the extent to which rotational patient motion effects dose coverage. This study ... -
Relocating the Female Body: "Queering" as Routes for Agency
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)The representation of the female body throughout literature has a complicated history. My thesis attempts to restructure the historical narrative of the female body through a regional narration. The region is a site for ... -
Crossing Borders, Crossing Genders: Queer Approaches to Popular Culture
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Popular culture poses the most direct route to understanding how everyday people grapple with identity and power. Popular culture simultaneously promotes inclusion and diversity, while constricting it into an easily ... -
Fluorescent Particles form Concentrated Sugar Solution
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Simple glucose solutions were heat treated in an attempt to produce carbon nanodots (CNDTs) with a monodisperse size distribution using a bottom-up approach. Absorption and fluorescence properties of the heat-treated ... -
Advanced Glycation End Products and Cigarette Smoking Affect Collagen Phenotype in Rotator Cuff Injury
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Rotator cuff tendon injuries are common, particularly amongst patients who suffer from type 2 diabetes mellitus and patients with a history of smoking. In these patients, rotator cuff injuries also heal more slowly and are ... -
The Role of CDC25 And 14-3-3 in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: from Mislocalization and Promotion of Antiapoptotic Signaling to Peptide Targeting
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Non-melanoma skin cancers, including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), are the most common malignancy worldwide, with an overwhelming majority of cases resulting from ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. With surgical intervention ... -
The Influence of Diversity on Government Durations in Parliamentary Systems
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)The purpose of this theoretical study was to test the influence of individual identity on parliamentary government durations. The intent was to evaluate the influence of individual-level identities, aggregated to groups, ... -
Through The Eyes of Former NCAA Division II Female Student-Athletes: Gender Preferences In College Head Coaches
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Despite the implementation of Title IX in the 1970s, females have continued to be underrepresented in leadership positions at all levels of intercollegiate athletics. The proportion of females serving as head coaches for ... -
The role of environmental factors in prion strain emergence
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Prion diseases are zoonotic transmissible neurodegenerative disorders of animals, including humans. The causative agent is PrPSc, a misfolded isomer of the normal cellular prion protein, PrPC. Prions can persist in the ... -
Effect of Angioplasty and Hypoxia on Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Intimal Hyperplasia in Swine Coronary Artery
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Intimal hyperplasia (IH) is a complication of coronary intervention. Intimal injury happens after balloon angioplasty. This leads to neo-intimal formation which increases in thickness. This leads to further complications ... -
T Cell Activation and Associated Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection in vitro Increased Following Acute Exercise in Human Subjects
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Conventional belief suggests exercise generates a transient immunosuppressive effect in humans. Recent research suggests it may be time to rethink this hypothesis, as acute bouts of exercise have been shown to increase ... -
Embodied Experiences of Caregiving: Literature as a Lens for the Health Humanities
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)In an age where rates of burnout and compassion fatigue are soaring, interrupting the throughline of care, both patients and caregivers alike are falling through the cracks. These bodies and persons, each of them both ... -
Being LGBT in a Catholic School: Understanding Students' Lived Experience to Influence School Leadership Practice
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)The purpose of this qualitative dissertation in practice study was to describe the in-school experiences of LGBT students at Catholic high schools. The aim of the study was to create a framework to develop in-school ... -
Town-Gown Relations: A Study of Utah Valley University and Orem, Utah
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Town-gown relations can have far-reaching impacts on a community. This qualitative case study examines the relationship between Utah Valley University and Orem, Utah, and how that relationship impacts the quality of life ... -
Acquisition of an Antibiotic Tolerant Phenotype in Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae through Antibiotic-Induced Metabolic Regulation
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)While Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae are part of the normal human microbiota, they are also potential human pathogens and have been associated with the spread of antibiotic resistance. These organisms can ... -
A Multi-Case Study of Intercollegiate Athletic Programs in NCAA Division II Schools: Their Relation to Institutional Strategic Goals and Policy Decisions
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Many American institutions of higher education invest a significant amount of resources in the development, administration, and operation of intercollegiate athletic programs and have offered and maintained these programs ... -
Volunteer Tutor Perceptions of Leadership Values and Servant Leadership at a Faith-Based University: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological dissertation in practice (DIP) study was to find out what peer-to-peer volunteer tutors value in order to articulate ways to provide better support to students in their ... -
A Phenomenological Investigation into the Impact of Mentorship on the Self-Efficacy of Novice Principals
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Research suggests that nationally only half of beginning principals remain in the same job between their first and fifth year as principal. For the full implementation of largescale change, which includes the recruitment, ... -
Placing into Remediation and its Effect on Students' Perception of Academic Self-Efficacy
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)This phenomenological, qualitative study for the Dissertation in Practice analyzed thirteen incoming community college students' reactions after begin informed they placed into remedial reading and/or English courses at a ...
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