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A Causal-Comparative Throughput Analysis on Transfer-Level Mathematics Students in California Community Colleges
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)This causal-comparative study examined the effect of revised placement rules on throughput student success for transfer-level mathematics students in California community colleges. This study was timely and relevant in ... -
The Long-Term Influences of Toxic Leaders on Their Followers: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Toxic leaders occupy leadership positions across all work sectors in the U.S. and have a significant negative influence on their organizations and followers. Prior research has predominantly focused on the influence of ... -
Student Achievement: Exploring The Standardized Test Scores Of Low Socioeconomic Status Students In The District Of Columbia's Traditional And Selective Public HIgh Schools
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Abstract The purpose of this quantitative dissertation in practice was to explore the academic achievement of students of low socioeconomic status attending the District of Columbia’s traditional and selective public ... -
Regulation of Cataractogenesis in Culture Bovine Lenses by 5-Phenyldithiole-3-Thione-NSAID Hybrid Molecules
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Although cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, there is no pharmacological management for the disease. There is evidence that L-cysteine, a substrate for the endogenous production of hydrogen sulfide ... -
The Ends or the Means: A Case Study of Dignity and Inclusive Business
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)The qualitative, instrumental single case study describes how leaders and other stakeholders of Recrea Colombia Empresarial (RCE) promoted the dignity of low-income populations through their business practices. The data ... -
Wa’U Hanga: the Rise of Native American Women Who Pursue Elected State Office
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)The topic of this analysis involves the pursuit of elected office by Native American women. Unfortunately, there are a disproportionately smaller number of Native American women who are represented in municipal, state, and ... -
A Transcendental Phenomenological Study on How Experienced Mediators Elicit Enhanced Capacity from Parties During Unscripted Aspects of Mediation
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)This Dissertation in Practice examined how experienced mediators elicit enhanced capacity from parties during unscripted aspects of mediation. The need for the study became evident to the researcher due to lack of fully-aligned ... -
Exploring Alaska Native and African American Parent Perspectives: The Educational Achievement Gap
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)This DIP is a qualitative study to describe how Alaska Native and African American parents understand the achievement gap as well as their suggestions or solutions for reducing and ending the gap. Seventeen parents were ... -
Stability and Robustness of Radiomic Features Due to Volumetric Uncertainty in Pancreatic Cancer
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Soaring interest in radiomics research seeks to identify quantitative imaging features for enhanced clinical decision support. The radiomics analysis workflow involves image acquisition followed by volume segmentation. ... -
Lives Disrupted: Exploring and Understanding the Lived Experience of Parents/guardians of First-generation Students in a Jesuit High School Setting
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)The positive impact of parent/guardian engagement on a child’s educational experience along all points of the educational pipeline is well documented. Level of parent/guardian engagement is linked to parent income and ... -
Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Assessment of Ros and Radiosensitization of Brain Cancer Cells for Improved Radiotherapy Outcomes
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Despite significant advances in radiotherapy (RT) treatment modalities, highly radioresistant forms of cancer such as Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) remains a major clinical challenge due to poor prognostication. In the ... -
The Deepening of Catholic Identity Through a Focus on Mission and School Culture by Lay Leadership: A Case Study on a Diocesan High School without a Religious Order Affiliation
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Catholic schools across America are facing numerous challenges. The enrollment trends in Catholic high schools are dropping at larger rates and schools are closing a great deal faster than they are opening (Lackman, 2013). ... -
Development and in vivo Analysis of Inhaled Clofazimine for the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally, despite current treatment options. The old and rarely used oral antibiotic, clofazimine (CFZ), is a potentially viable treatment option against TB infections due to ... -
Photoproduction of ηc mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN= 5.02 TeV at the LHC
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)High energy ultra-peripheral collisions provide unique circumstances to examine the exclusive photoproduction of heavy mesons. The Pb+Pb collisions generated at CERN's Large Hadron Collider at √sNN = 5:02 TeV provide new ... -
Constraints on Quasar Geometry from Sloan Digital Sky Survey
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Current quasar models assume a super massive black hole in the center of the quasar, with an accretion disk surrounding it. The accretion disk is believed to be a rapidly rotating, geometrically thin but optically ... -
The Influence of Board Diversity: An Investigation of Management Fraud
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)This study investigates the relationship between the board of directors’ structure and the occurrence of management fraud. Specifically, I examine the relationship between the presence of female and ethnic minority board ... -
Development and Characterization of a Nanoparticulate Delivery System for Treatment of Cutaneous Melanoma
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Despite the recent progress in the survival rates, the worldwide incidence has been rising annually at a more rapid rate as compared to any other type of cancer. ... -
Jesuit Leadership, Charism, and School Sustainability
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of the Jesuit Leadership framework as described by Lowney to confirm if the framework had a positive effect on the schools’ viability and sustainability. ... -
Working Towards (In)Equality: A Social Constructionist Feminist Perspective on the Impact of Gender and Household Size in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Data on Entrepreneurial Decisions and Motivations
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Through an explicit feminist lens, this paper examines the roles of gender and household size in both choosing to be an active early-stage entrepreneur in general and also in choosing to be an opportunity-driven entrepreneur ... -
An Examination of the Impact of Duncan Era Higher Education Policy as PeRceived by Proprietary School Leadership
(Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2020)Proprietary institutions of higher education, more commonly referred to as “for-profit” colleges and universities, have been a polarizing phenomenon in U.S. post-secondary education. Much of the literature is partisan ...
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