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Developing Career Readiness Employability Skills Transitions (CREST) Program: A College and Career Transition Program
(Creighton University, 2016-06-29)
After spending nearly all of their adolescent lives in primary education, young adults depart the high school setting expecting to be adequately prepared to effectively transition to adulthood. Young adults should possess ...
Mechanically-Induced Osteocyte-Th17-Cell Signaling and Osteoclastogenesis
(Creighton University, 2016-06-24)
Repetitive mechanical loading can lead to microdamage in bone tissue. In order to prevent accumulation of microdamage, a repair mechanism known as targeted bone remodeling removes the damaged bone tissue and replaces it ...
A Meta-Assessment of the Outcomes Assessment Practices of Accredited Radiography Educational Programs
(Creighton University, 2016-11-08)
This qualitative dissertation in practice followed an exploratory case study design using document analysis of interim reports to methodically review the assessment plans and measurement tools of accredited radiography ...
Excellent, Approachable, Local: Using an experience-driven, embodied methodology to explore communities of practice within a third place
(Creighton University, 2016-05-16)
Communities of practice can only be changed from the inside out, by participants who believe they are governed by assumptions worth challenging. Challenging those assumptions can be difficult and stressful, but unless we ...
Perceptions of Chief Student Services Officers at Small Private Institutions Regarding the Impact Past Experiences Have on Addressing Enrollment, Retention, and Engagement of Students
(Creighton University, 2016-06-20)
The qualitative study of 13 Chief Student Services Officers (CSSO) at small private institutions sought out how undergraduate and professional experiences assist influenced the decision-making process in the area of ...
Do Community College Students' Perceptions Impact Their Decisions to Transfer?
(Creighton University, 2016-06-08)
The objective of this study was to determine if the perceptions of urban community college students impacted their decision to transition into a four-year private Catholic university. The study design was quantitative in ...
Immunomodulation of the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells by Vitamin D in Malignant Melanoma
(Creighton University, 2016-04-27)
Malignant melanoma is the deadliest cutaneous malignancy. Its prevalence is currently rising and accounts for 75% of skin cancer-related deaths in the United States. This prototypical immunogenic malignancy requires ...
Interannual Variability of Nocturnal Low-level Cloud and Nocturnal Low-level Jet Occurrence from 1999 to 2014 over Northern Australia and the Indonesian Archipelago
(Creighton University, 2016-04-29)
From 1999 to 2014, four warm ENSO events occurred and shifted the convection process from the tropical western Pacific to the central and eastern Pacific causing decreased precipitation and severe droughts in northern ...
Loss of Periostin Results in Mandibular Dismorphology in a Mouse Model of Human Periodontitis
(Creighton University, 2016-05-09)
INTRODUCTION. Periodontal disease and permanent tooth loss are rampant worldwide. Periostin, a “matricellular” protein within the periodontal ligament (PDL) of humans and mice, conveys change in mechanical loading to ...
Mechanisms of Prion Strain Interference
(Creighton University, 2016-05-06)
Prion diseases are infectious neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and other mammals and are inevitably fatal. The infectious agent in prion disease (PrPSc) is an abnormal isoform of an endogenous host protein ...