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Can mindfulness meditation reduce implicit racial bias?: body scan and lovingkindness practices

Korsmo, Benjamin (John F. Kennedy University, 2019)

Seventy to 80% of White Americans exhibit a strong implicit racial bias favoring. White versus Blacks as measured by the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Individual differences in this bias sometimes predict discriminatory ...

Amelotasis : men attracted to women who are amputees: a descriptive study

Nattress, Leroy W. (Walden University, 1996)

Seventy-five amelotatists--men who acknowledge their attraction to women who are missing one or more of their extremities--were asked to participate in this study.

Examining the relationship between sensory phenomena, sensory processing, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Grimaldi, Stephanie J. (Hofstra University, 2022)

There have been a large number of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who endorse compulsive behavior driven by internally generated sensory sensations, absent of feared consequences. These experiences, ...

The Karp Inkblot Response Questionnaire: an evaluation of social desirability responding

Whittington, Maria K. (George Washington University, 1998)

A reputed advantage of projective psychological measures such as the Rorschach Test over self-report psychological tests has been projectives' comparative freedom from social desirability response (SDR) bias. SDR bias ...

Has the great white hope left the building? White attitudes and Black opportunity in American heavyweight boxing, 1949-1983

Lindsay, Andrew (University of Toledo, 2002)

The past half-century has seen thousands of black athletes play professional sports in America, with dozens heralded as superstars by the white media and audience. Many have become rich and lead their sports in ...

A qualitative study about perceptions of lifestyle and life satisfaction among older adults

Henry, Norbert J. (Syracuse University, 1989)

If people are expected to live longer, what will be the quality of that extended life? This question became the major focus of the dissertation. An important aspect of successful aging is looking the the concept of life ...

The impact of sediments and endocrine disrupting compounds on fathead minnows

Krysl, Ryan G. (University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2015)

Little is known about the impacts of sediment on the bioavailability of endocrine disrupting compounds to aquatic organisms. The goal of this thesis is to illuminate these impacts on the gene expression of fathead minnows ...

Archaeological implications of variability in the economic anatomy of Bison bison

Emerson, Alice M. (Washington State University, 1990)

Production and distribution differences in the carcasses of four bison of different age, sex and condition provided by Theodore Roosevelt National Park are examined in order to better understand prehistoric patterns of ...

Mediated empire: colonial Taiwan in Japan's imperial expansion in south China and southeast Asia, 1895-1945

Shirane, Seiji (Princeton University, 2014)

Between 1895 and 1945 the Japanese transformed the colony of Taiwan into a regional center for southern expansion under the auspices of the Government-General of Taiwan (GGT). This dissertation explores how this process ...

An empirical procedure for the assessment of ego states illustrated by egograms as described in transactional analysis theory

Williams, Kathryn B. (The Fielding Institute, 1978)

The present study was conducted to develop an objective procedure for the generation of egograms which are personality profiles illustrating the percent of psychic energy invested in five functional divisions of ego states ...

The use of phosphorus to determine evidence of bone on a possible high elevation bison jump

Robins, Morgan W. (University of Wyoming, 2021)

The Dinwoody Bison Jump (48FR7682) is located at 3,350m/11,000ft in the Wind River Mountains in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Wyoming. The site consists of an 8 km2 grazing area, a 1.6 km long system of three ...

Interactions among assemblages of ground beetles (Coleptera: carabidae) in natural and agroecosystems

French, Bryan W. (Oklahoma State University, 1998)

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Ecological and genetic factors influencing a natural plant-pathogen interaction

Morrison, Janet A. (State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1994)

Little is known about the ecological and genetic factors that influence plant-pathogen interactions in nature, although theories about the importance of pathogens assume that certain factors are paramount. The idea ...

The relation of social and emotional learning to empathy and critical thinking development in middle school students

Jacques, Amy O.; Wiesmayer, Olivia; Ferguson, Joshua (Brenau University, 2017)

The study involved an intervention with 18 seventh-grade students (ages 12-13) intended to increase critical thinking and empathy skills. Researchers met with students three mornings each week (for a total of about two ...

Protein fiber extensibility and strength: GGX and space motif contributions to mechanical and structural properties of flagelliform spider silk determined through recombinant protein characterization

Adrianos, Sherry L. (University of Wyoming, 2012)

Flagelliform spider silk is a highly extensible protein polymer produced by orb weaver spiders with remarkable mechanical properties combining strength with incredible extensibility. The flagelliform fibers are composed ...

The first-generation student in a two-year open access college: improving emotional intelligence and retention using the Freeze-Frame® technique

Lankisch, Karen M. (Capella University, 2007)

This study was conducted to examine the factors that both support and inhibit retention among first-generation college students. In recent years, state boards of regents have begun to hold universities accountable ...

Test anxiety difference as a function of gender in African American college students

Robinson, Aree E. (Tennessee State University, 2009)

Students of all levels of academic achievement and intellectual abilities can be affected by test anxiety. Motivation and self-regulation of cognition and behavior are necessary components to promote student achievement. ...

Butchering practices at the Vore Buffalo Jump (48CK302): investigating organization with the nearest neighbor test

Kirkwood, Damian R. (University of Wyoming, 2016)

Abstract not available

An evaluation of the new teacher induction program at Barrington High School

Nagel, Ninja (Concordia University, 2013)

This dissertation represents an action research study undertaken to evaluate the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) at Barrington High School (BHS) using the logic model. Due to a shift in leadership at BHS I reorganized ...

Cross-dating refinement of the Vore Site varves: Little Ice Age climate and cultural adaptations in the northern Black Hills

Crago, Clinton C. (University of Wyoming, 2003)

Climatic conditions of the Great Plains and Black Hills region over the past 500 years have been the focus of a number of investigations. These studies have examined a climatic episode known as the Little Ice Age which ...

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