• Distributed Succession: Managing The Transition Of Multi-Site Campus Pastors 

  Robinson, Kyle J.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Succession planning is vital for certain Protestant churches that utilize a unique ministry model called multi-site. For multi-site churches, a critical senior leadership role is the campus pastor. The focus of this ...

• Implementing an Optical Surface Monitoring System for Left Breast Radiation Therapy 

  Rodenhausen, Kyle
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  This research project implements VisionRT's AlignRT optical surface monitoring system to reliably position patients receiving supine breast radiation therapy, specically, the left breast where the deep inspiration breath-hold ...

• TREM-2 and Dendritic Cells in the Pathogenesis of Allergic Airway Inflammation 

  Hall, Sannette C.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Asthma is a chronic disorder of the conducting airways that involves the interplay of multiple genetic and environmental factors. It is characterized by reversible airway obstruction, cellular infiltration, airway inflammation ...

• Addressing Awareness, Attitudes and Behavior of University Students Towards Influenza Vaccination 

  Waghmare, Prajakta
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Objective: The objective was to determine the awareness, attitudes, and behavior of college students regarding influenza vaccination. Acute respiratory illness, mainly influenza and pneumonia, is the eighth leading cause ...

• The Reliable Author: James Baldwin’s Critique of Liberalism, Romanticism, and Western Monologism. 

  Mueme, Chukwuma J.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  James Baldwin’s Nobody Knows My Name (1961), Another Country (1962), and The Fire Next Time (1963) expose the sordid realities beneath the appearances of equality of rights and human dignity in the United States. Though ...

• “Where Are We?": New Directions and Global Turns in the American Southern Gothic of the 21st Century 

  Martin, Claire K.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  This thesis, “‘Where Are We?’: New Directions and Global Turns in the American Southern Gothic of the 21st Century,” charts new directions and global currents in American Southern discourse and regional studies, specifically ...

• "A Self-Observing World of Observers": The American Serial Killer in Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Contemporary True Crime Narratives 

  Engdahl, Molly Hammond
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Particularly unique in true and fictionalized crime narratives is the serial killer; a criminal overwhelmingly male, overwhelmingly white, and understood by cultural scholars like Mark Seltzer and David Schmid as distinctly ...

• Regulation of cataractogenesis in cultured bovine lenses by hydrogen sulfide donors 

  Heruye, Segewkal Hawaze
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  There is no drug for cataracts, a leading cause of blindness. However, L-cysteine reportedly mitigates cataractogenesis, in vitro and in vivo. Here, we sought to standardize a new method for screening cataractogenesis and ...

• Operator Exposure in Fluoroscopy: The CUMC to BMMC Transition 

  Aumen, Laura
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  In our studies of operator exposure in interventional radiology and diagnostic fluoroscopy, we used the Mirion Instadose+ personal dosimeter badges, for which we measured an acceptable average badge-to-badge variability ...

• The Role of PrPC and Strain Conversion Efficiency in Prion Strain Interference 

  Eckland, Thomas E.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Prion diseases are caused by a misfolded isoform of the prion protein, PrPSc. Prion strains are hypothesized to be encoded by strain-specific conformations of PrPSc. Prion strains can interfere with each other when a long ...

• The Millennial Impact on Alternative Work Arrangement (AWA) Support and the Profile of AWA Naysayers in Public Accounting 

  Knight, Margaret E.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Attracting and retaining qualified staff is the biggest discussion within the accounting profession today, and younger generations are seeking a distinctly different work-style. Millennials make up the preponderance of the ...

• Considerations Decision Makers Use to Decide Pharmacologic Treatment for Patients Infected with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in State Prisons 

  Castro, Juan A.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Objectives|The objective was to characterize the considerations that state decision makers use to determine which pharmaceutical drug treatments will be made available for use in patients infected with HCV. Newer drug ...

• Employee-Based Brand Equity and Word-of-Mouth Product Referrals. 

  Grayson, Kristy C.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  While the benefits of employee-based brand equity (EBBE) drive value to an organization, employees are often an over-looked asset in the overall marketing mix. Word of mouth (WOM) communications is one of the oldest and ...

• Impact of a Market Orientation on the Growth of Accounting Related Master's Options to Fulfill the 150-Hour Requirement 

  Cooper, Mary
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  This study examines which factors impact the number of master's programs being offered to complete the 150-hour accounting curriculum requirement, and if there is a link between the number of programs, accounting program ...

• Perceptions of Trust and Care in the Patient-Provider Relationship: A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Nurse-Practitioner Clinic in Rural Nebraska. 

  McCain, Mason
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Recent Nebraska legislation has relaxed regulations on the scope of practice for nurse practitioners (NPs) in an attempt to reduce the healthcare provider shortage. This move centered on the idea of NPs operating rural ...

• Methods for Zinc Ion Release from Orthodontic Cement Pastes 

  Gores, Grady
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  The prevention of plaque and calculus build up around orthodontic appliances is a difficult task for many patients. Current literature shows free zinc ions have the ability to hinder the progression of plaque and diminish ...

• Mechanical Properties Of Zinc Containing Orthodontic Cements 

  Clark, Chad M.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  Objectives.Effects of zinc-eluting fillers on mechanical properties of orthodontic cement were investigated using zinc-eluting microcapsules and Zinc bioactive glass. 5 and 7 w/w% microcapsule loadings were observed without ...

• Legislating Morality: Codes of Ethics and Sanctions Related to Teacher Misconduct 

  Warnock, Larina Michelle
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  The lack of quantitative studies about the way systems affect teacher misconduct means management systems are not evidence-based, a situation that places students in harm’s way. This study sought to fill that gap and provide ...

• The impact of decentralized decision making on parental dissatisfaction in primary to secondary schools 

  Pope, Margaret
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  This research explores how the structure of a school impacts parental dissatisfaction with their child’s received education. The structure of the school, based on its level of decentralization, is empirically measured using ...

• The Role of Leadership in Hospital Mergers: Culture, Change, and Value Creation 

  Collins, Timothy Joseph
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)

  This paper examines the role of leadership in the creation of stakeholder value within the context of hospital and health system mergers. Although a hospital and health system merger may have the potential for creating ...

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