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An Analysis of Socioeconomics and Education in American Literature: The Impact of Geography on Education
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)The purpose of this essay is to show the impact that unjust geographies have on socioeconomics and education through a closer examination of the landscape, domestic space, and social structure in each novel. This essay ... -
The Worldly Texts of After-School Programs: New Perspectives in Pedagogy
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Loughlin, Maranda, The Worldly Texts of After-School Programs: New Perspectives in Pedagogy. Master of Arts in English, May 2020, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. My thesis theorizes the after-school environment ... -
Mapping One's Place: Narrative Geographical Imaginations and the Topophrenic Condition
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Mapping one’s location in the world is a navigational pursuit inherent to the human condition. Spatiality studies and literary geocriticism provide the framework of topophrenia, or the enduring “placemindedness” of the ... -
Molecular studies of miRNAs in pulmonary fibrosis
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating interstitial lung disease with irreversible loss of lung tissue and function. The myofibroblast is the key cellular mediator of IPF progression. Transforming growth ... -
Quasar Outflows as Accretion Disk Winds: Photoionization Modeling and Analysis
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Quasars, or active galactic nuclei, are the galactic supermassive black holes which have been observed to be accreting matter and emitting light. Quasar outflows are gas which is being ejected away from the central ... -
Does the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Impact Publicly Traded Firm Value?
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Federal income tax legislative reforms have broad impacts, affecting nearly every person and business entity in the United States. Given the magnitude of these effects, research is necessary to determine whether tax ... -
Risk Tolerance Of Women In Stem Faculty
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Abstract The purpose of this Dissertation in Practice was to determine if differences in risk tolerance among men and women in post-secondary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) faculty positions ... -
Sodium channel gating modifier promotes neuronal repair and functional recovery from ischemic stroke.
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of adult disability, which presents a pressing need for a pharmacological therapy. Emerging literature suggests that after a stroke, the peri-infarct region exhibits dynamic changes in ... -
Drug Repurposing of an EGFR Inhibitor for Protection Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is a clinically significant phenomena that affects a variety of patient populations and negatively impacts quality of life. There is currently no drug approved by the Food and Drug ... -
Respiratory Biomarkers in Kv1.1 Knockout Mice, a Model for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Approximately 1:26 people have epilepsy and around 30% of those cannot effectively treat their seizures with medications, putting them at risk for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). We recently demonstrated the ... -
Outer Membrane Porin Regulation among Different Sequence Types of Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) is a successful pandemic clone associated with the spread of β-lactam and fluoroquinolone resistance. However, the reasons for the global dominance of this clone are largely ... -
Lived Experiences and Political Advocacy in Emerging Physician Leaders: A Phenomenological Study
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Medical education has changed very little in the past 100 years. This was noted by the American Medical Association and its focus to redefine medical education in recognition of changes in technology and society that ... -
Mindfulness and Anxiety Among First Year Dental Students
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Students transitioning to the rigors of a four-year dental education program at a private midwestern university often self-identify as experiencing anxiety to a point at which their performance academically and personally ... -
Comparison of Periodontium Among Subjects Treated With Clear Aligners and Conventional Orthodontics
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)INTRODUCTION: With the wider therapeutic use of clear aligners the need to investigate the periodontal health status and microbiome of clear aligners’ patients in comparison with users of fixed orthodontic has arisen and ... -
Flexural Strength of Orthodontic Sealant Containing Low Stress Monomers and Microcapsules
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)White spots lesions are a widely common side effect of orthodontic therapy. Orthodontic appliances increase the difficulty of removing plaque that leads to unaesthetic white spot lesions. Orthodontic sealant placed before ... -
Leadership Perceptions of Millennial Generation Professional Services Employees and the Link to Job Satisfction
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)This non-experimental quantitative study sought to determine a relationship between perceptions of leadership style and employee job satisfaction. The research design was a cross-sectional survey administered to 1,567 ... -
Community Pharmacists' Work Activities, Challenges, and Solutions to the Provision of Patient-Centered Care in Nebraska
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Objective: To: 1) explore the work activities of Nebraska independent community pharmacists within the context of the pharmacy profession’s transition from a medication product focus to a patient-centered care focus; and ... -
Back when I was bishop: Autoethnography of Leadership-As-Practice as a bishop within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)The purpose of this dissertation in practice is to provide an in-depth self-examination of my service as a bishop (a lay clergy position) within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Through the use of ... -
Alluring and Engaging the Crowd: A Look at United States Crowdfunding Offerings Using Sentiment Analysis
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Equity crowdfunding has grown exponentially in the United States since the passage of the JOBS Act in 2013, yet it continues to be an area that is relatively unexplored in the United States due to the limited availability ... -
Progression and Completion Rates of Remedial Students in a Community College Setting
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)This quantitative, retrospective study for the Dissertation in Practice analyzed progression and completion rates of first-time freshmen college students who were placed into remedial courses and those who were placed into ...
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