Leferink, Evelyn Ruth

An exploratory pilot study of the older woman's ($>$60 years) outpatient recovery experience following breast biopsy with benign outcome was undertaken retrospectively using an ethnographic approach. Six older women were interviewed in their homes or ambulatory breast clinic using a semi-structured interview guide. A quantitative instrument, Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Community Form (MUIS-C) was used to measure the levels of uncertainty experienced during the diagnostic phase and resul...

Andersson, Niklas

Background: The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) –injury is 3-5 times greater in female athletes compared to male athletes. This may be partially attributed to lower levels of hamstring-quadriceps co-contraction in females with subsequent knee kinematics that increases risk of ACL-injury. Finding training methods that improves co-contraction and increases knee stability is important. Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a new device on hamstring-quadriceps co-contraction and to in...

Moreno, Lyman Denis Ordiz

Emission of odorous and gaseous compounds such as hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from livestock facilities can be a major impediment to its daily operations and potential expansion. Occupational and environmental concerns require the control of H2S emissions. A treatment approach used in the oil industry in which nitrite and/or molybdate are used as metabolic inhibitors to control the production of H2S in oil reservoirs was shown to be effective in controlling H2S emissions from swine manure.<p> The ad...

Tzanetakis, Tommy

Biomass fast pyrolysis liquid (bio-oil) is a cellulose based alternative fuel with the potential to displace fossil fuels in stationary heat and power applications. To better understand the combustion behavior and emissions of bio-oil, a 10 kW spray burner was designed and constructed. The effect of swirl, atomization quality, ignition source (pilot) energy, air/fuel preheat and equivalence ratio on the stability and emissions of bio-oil spray flames was investigated. A blend of 80% pyrolysis li...

Terry, Megan

A six week parent-child shared reading intervention targeting children's emergent literacy and emotion knowledge was implemented for 33 Head Start home-based families. This pilot study tested the hypothesis that the nominal addition of social emotional components to an evidenced-based shared reading intervention (dialogic reading) would result in additive effects in regards to parent and child outcomes. The study utilized a pre-post test design involving random assignment of families to one of t...

Gragg, Zelma Jane

This study developed a summative scale that could be administered in a short time period to determine the Quality of Use (QOU) of an intervention used by teachers. The scale can be completed in less than an hour using easily attainable information. The QOU scale was applied to an elementary reading program to determine if the program results were dependent upon the quality of the fidelity of teacher use. The study focused on use of the Linguistic Pattern Series (LPS) portion of the Integrate...

Stepp, Justin Wayne

America's reliance on foreign oil has raised economic and national security issues, and in turn the U.S. has been active in reducing its dependence on foreign oil to mitigate these issues. Also, the U.S. Navy has been instrumental in driving bio-fuel research and production by setting an ambitious goal to purchase 336M gallons of bio-fuel by 2020. The production of microalgae biomass is a promising field which may be able to meet these demands. The utilization of microalgae for the production of...

Gottipati, Udaya Naidu

Target costing is widely accepted across the automobile manufacturing industries such as the Toyota Corporation followed by other manufacturing companies such as Nissan, Chrysler, Boeing, Sony, etc. However, its use in the construction industry has been limited. The application of target costing in the construction industry has been referred to as Target Value Design (TVD), which forms an important fragment of the whole lean delivery system, Integrated Project Delivery. For the purpose of studyi...

Daniels, Patrick Rudolph

Owner groups and Facility Managers of health care facilities interested in reducing operation and maintenance (O&M) expenses for new facilities have often been placed in the difficult position of making cost-benefit assessments without a complete understanding of the cumulative impact of building systems selection on their internal rate of return. This is particularly true when owners are evaluating the initial cost and operational benefit (if any) of obtaining various levels of "Leadership in E...

Cheng, Wing-kei, Joe, 鄭永基

published_or_final_version / abstract / Education / Master / Master of Education

Ng, Kwok-chuen., 伍國全.

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Tong, Shiu-ming., 湯兆明.

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Yuen, Kin-sun., 袁建新.

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Mak, Kai-lok, Gregory., 麥棨諾.

published_or_final_version / Psychiatry / Master / Master of Research in Medicine

Li, Sin-ling., 李倩玲.

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

Wong, Hay-tai., 黃熙締.

published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice

Pennell, James Phillip

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Wheat, Luther William

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Mentas, Michael Wayne.

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Rashid, Abdur

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Myers, Henry Benjamin.

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Wilson, Wayne Bruce.

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Howard, Maynard L.

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Dickson, Thomas, Oberdick, Jan, Hodge, Jacqueline

Joint Applied Project / Over the next seven years, more than 50 percent of DoD’s acquisition workforce will be eligible for retirement. To replace these highly skilled acquisition professionals, the Department of Defense (DoD) will need to efficiently and effectively train employees who are entering the contracting profession. In 2003, the Communications Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CE-LCMC) established a pilot training program that was intended to accelerate the training and d...

Rose, Hannah

University students have low levels of fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC). There is a paucity of research about changing FVC in this population, including the specific use of environmental cues to influence behaviour change. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of a cue (a modified plate design and/or plate size) on FVC while exploring explicit cognitions and attitudes in first year undergraduates. Methods: This study utilized an experimental pre-post randomized control ...

Obese females face a number of health challenges, including infertility. Obese females are three times more likely to present with infertility compared to normal weight females. Exercise improves infertility by interacting with hormones specific to reproduction. The hormones leptin and kisspeptin (KiSS) are crucial for reproduction. Research suggests leptin may increase production and secretion of KiSS. KiSS subsequently increases gonadotropin-releasing hormone, activating the menstrual cycle an...

Macdonald, Rebecca Joanne

Cereals contain naturally occurring biopolymers (for example proteins and starches) that can be used as renewable raw materials in a variety of speciality chemical applications. The separation of protein and starch biopolymers from wheat is well established and relies on a group of proteins called glutens that have a unique network-forming functionality. Oat and other cereals do not naturally contain these gluten proteins and typically rely on chemical-based separation techniques which alter t...

Gosteva, Aleksandra Vladimirovna

The growing number of young children exhibiting conduct problems is a cause of serious concern for many early childhood teachers. Past research has shown that child centred play therapy (CCPT) may be effective for addressing conduct problems. However, little research has been carried out to study the impact of CCPT on children exhibiting these problems, through training early childhood teachers in using CCPT strategies. Therefore, the goal of this pilot study was to explore whether young childre...

Sole, Ellen Jessica

Anxiety disorder can negatively affect many areas of a child’s life, including social and academic development, and increase the risk of mental health problems in adolescence and adulthood. Although psychotherapy is an effective treatment for children with anxiety, it is not widely available, while psychiatric medications are recommended for use in only the most severe cases. For these reasons, investigation into other possible treatments for problems with anxiety is necessary. The present study...

King, Jason Philip Allen

A clinically-focused music appreciation training program (MATP) was developed for use by recipients of cochlear implants (CI) and wearers of hearing aids (HA). It aimed to enhance listeners’ music appreciation abilities, with a specific focus on timbre and musical style. The MATP was pilot-tested on 17 adult postlingually deafened CI recipients (8 female, 9 male, mean age = 60.2 years) and 13 adult HA users (7 female, 4 male, mean age = 63.9 years), with each device group divided into a control ...

Nemeczek, Hans

Oral appliances (OAs) represent a widespread treatment modality for patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OAs exist in many designs, but it is unknown if there are differences in terms of side effects between the various types. The aim of this pilot study was therefore to evaluate two OA designs, one rigid type of appliance (OAR) and a more flexible one (OAF) regarding increased crowding of the lower front teeth. Six patients with a mean age of 58 years (3 men) who had us...

Afaag, Ali, Sandelin, Benjamin

The use of composite materials for dental fillings has become more common due to demands for more esthetic filling materials and a national ban against using mercury-containing products, among others dental amalgam. However, one of the drawbacks with composites is their polymerization shrinkage. Filler particles are incorporated into composites among other things to minimize the shrinkage. The sizes of the filler particles have in recent years become smaller and most composites have nano-particl...

The production and storage of uranium mine mill tailings have the potential to contaminate local groundwater and surface waters with metals and metalloids. As such, an understanding of the solids reservoirs for potential contaminants in uranium ore blends and leach residues (solid wastes generated by the milling of ore) is required to predict long-term controls on these contaminants in tailings porewaters. This study characterized the distribution of the elements of concern (EOCs; As, Mo, Ni, an...

Regev, Rotem

The effectiveness of the Caught in the Middle (CIM) program was evaluated in a sample of 7 parent-child dyads who had recently experienced marital separation. Changes in children’s feelings before and after program participation concerning the normative frequency of divorce, coping skills, stress, self-blame, and triangulation were assessed. Feeling supported, enjoying participation and practicing skills were assessed postintervention. Changes in parents’ feelings before and after the progr...

Mark, Rachel

Interactive stationary bikes provide positive affective experiences and physiological benefits; however research has been limited to adults within laboratory settings. Using a randomized, controlled trial design (RCT), this study sought to examine usage of GameBikes (GB) compared to traditional stationary bikes (TSB) among families in the home-setting including the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to understand motivation for use. Parents completed questionnaires after having a ten minute trial...

Trinh, Linda

Purpose: To explore the relationship between social support and adherence to a peer-based program among adolescent girls using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), and to explore barriers and facilitators related to physical activity. Methods: Participants (N=13) completed self-reported measures of social support, TPB constructs, adherence to the program, and physical activity behaviour. A one-month follow-up was conducted on all baseline measures. Open-ended questions were used to determ...

Khezri, Solaleh

Emirate of Abu Dhabi is located in an arid region, where the main source of fresh water is desalination plants. The vulnerability of desalination plants renders planning for an alternative source of freshwater essential. In this study the feasibility of aquifer storage and recovery in the Liwa area, in Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates was investigated. Based on operational data collected from the pilot project, the model was set up and calibrated. The calibrated model was used to study...

Orloff, Kenneth Lorin

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited / In the early 1970's, rising military health care costs led to congressional interest in alternative health care delivery systems wherein efficiency and cost containment had been successfully demonstrated. As a result of a recommendation of the Military Health Care Study (1975) , DOD developed and implemented a pilot capitation budgeting (CB) resource allocation system during 1978-81. During the subsequent evaluation, a contractor dete...

Apthorp, Harriet Rose

During vestibular schwannoma surgery a large proportion of patients will lose their hearing. While there have been several papers investigating the mechanism behind this loss of auditory function, the exact pathophysiological mechanisms remain relatively elusive. The present study aimed to document the patterns of electrophysiological auditory responses during retrosigmoid vestibular schwannoma surgery. In particular, we aimed to determine whether the site of auditory impairment in individual ...

Wong, Tsz-yan, Polly., 黃芷欣.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder affecting individuals along a continuum of severity in communication, social interaction and behaviour. The impact of ASD significantly varies amongst individuals, and the cause of ASD can originate broadly between genetic and environmental factors. Previous ASD researches indicate that early identification combined with a targeted treatment plan involving behavioural interventions and multidisciplinary therapies can...

Lam, Lam., 林琳.

Objective: To develop a validated questionnaire for the assessment of menopausal syndrome in Chinese Medicine and through the analysis of the basic menopausal syndrome classification in Chinese Medicine to explore the use of objective hormone markers as one of the evidence for the Chinese Medicinal classification and guidance for application of herbal medicines by Chinese Medicine Practitioners. Methods: The major symptoms related to typical syndromes of menopause were extracted from Chin...

Aldrich, James Hunter

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited / A high-performance aircraft simulator facility employing a two-axis air combat maneuvering simulation was used to investigate pilot response to an aircraft cockpit spin indicator system. The time required to correctly respond to departed flight, spin, and engine stall indications was measured using F-14 NATOPS procedures. Incorrect and inadequate responses were also recorded. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of sixteen data items ...

McFarlane, Mary

Background: Cough Reflex Testing (CRT) has been shown to be useful in the challenging task of identifying silent aspiration (aspiration without a cough response). With the emergence of the routine clinical use of CRT in the acute stroke population, the following clinical conundrum often arises: Does passing a previously failed CRT mean the risk of silent aspiration has resolved? The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between change in laryngeal cough threshold sensitivity and ...

Eriksson, Johanna

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Pettersson, Alice

Dogs and other pets can have back pain for years that no one notices. As a result they become stressed and can e.g. develop aggressiveness or decrease their feeding. There are indications that chiropractic treatments can treat these animals but this is not commonly known by veterinarians. This study investigated stress related behaviors and average heart rate in ten dogs before and after chiropractic treatment. A control group of eight dogs was also tested but did not receive the treatment. The ...

Cabrera, Brooke A.

This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information. / Bachelors / Business Administration ...

Chung, Myung Kyung

Many studies and land use planning attempts have done to influence people’s travel choices these days. Rather than sprawl development with automobile-dependent, single-use zoning, and cul-de-sacs, scholars and city planners now prefer and recommend more walkable, mixed-use development, and compact development. Along with neo-traditional development and pedestrian pockets, one trend of recent urban planning, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), has attracted people’s attention. Given the new devel...

Burgess, Carly

Social information processing (SIP) models of social cognition are increasingly being applied to children and adolescents with most studies focusing on differences between aggressive and nonaggressive children in the coding and interpretation of social cues (Dodge and Newman, 1981; Darin and Sharon, 2012). However, research in this field is characterised by two substantial deficits, including insufficient integration of emotion processing in SIP frameworks and a lack of accessible and reliable m...

Bergström, Maria

The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, SKB, is planning to construct a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark, Sweden. Leakage of groundwater into the repository during the construction and operational phases might cause a groundwater drawdown that in turn may affect the hydrological conditions in sensitive habitats in the area. The sensitive habitats in question are wetlands, home to several protected species. SKB has planned to take mitigation measures in...

Warner, Teresa Rose

This report covers the development of the pilot episode and show bible of How Jane Austen Ruined My Life. It covers the moment the writer conceived of the idea to the completion of the second draft and finally the planning of the third draft. Furthermore, this report will cover the writer's growth, detailing the two years spent at the University of Texas and how that time molded her into the writer she is today. / text