Browsing DCE Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Qualitative Analysis of Parental Stress and Family Impact of Children with ASD
(2023-07-21)Adapting to the new diagnosis of ASD, including the evaluation experience, is an extensive process for the child and the entire family. Inevitably, families need to learn how to adapt to their child’s challenging behaviors ... -
Quantifying Benefit-Cost Ratios for a Low Emission Zone against Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region
(2022-05-10)Unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contribute to significant human disease burden in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR). A Low Emission Zone (LEZ) targeting old heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) can supplement ... -
Quantifying Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions for Small Businesses in the US: Effective Policies to Reduce GHG
(2023-12-18)Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 99% of businesses in the United States (US) and account for almost half of GDP. Collectively, SMEs play a large role in the economy and should play a large role in sustainability ... -
Quantifying Sovereignty: A New Way to Examine an Essential Concept
(2017-04-12)There were three primary reasons for this study. First, the study attempted to create a quantitative framework for measuring the concept of sovereignty in order to facilitate easier comparative analyses. This framework, ... -
Quantifying the Impact of Regulatory Stringency in the Hydraulic Fracturing Industry
(2018-04-01)Hydraulic fracturing (aka “fracking”) has become an increasingly large part of the U.S. energy landscape over the past decade, providing increased domestic gas resources alongside rising concern over how the industry ... -
Queeritage: LGBTQ Family Legacy in American Dramatic Narratives 1979 - 2021
(2022-05-12)This thesis examines the long-ignored theme of intergenerational queer family legacy in American dramatic narratives. It analyzes the ramifications of a queer character's interacting with, discovering, or excavating the ... -
Quelling urban violence: A comparative analysis between humanitarian and peacebuilding approaches to engaging with street gangs in North and Latin America
(2022-05-10)This research examines and compares how humanitarian and peacebuilding organizations approach engagement with street gangs in North and Latin America for risk management purposes. Drawing from multiple semi-structured ... -
Race, Land and Climate Change: Equitable Resilience in California
(2023-04-20)Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) experience extreme climate change vulnerability, which is complicated by historical, environmental, and social factors (Sims et al., 2022). The spatial distribution of BIPOC ... -
Radical Care as Social Action: Mierle Laderman Ukeles' Manifesto and Maintenance Art
(2022-05-23)As a manifesto, Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ Manifesto! Maintenance Art – Proposal for an Exhibition “Care,” 1969 stems from the political and artistic traditions of declaring radical ideas and disrupting oppressive power systems ... -
Rapid Response, High-Throughput Extraction of Biosafety Level 4 Viral Nucleic Acids
(2017-09-13)Recent outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa virus have highlighted the need for real-time monitoring of virus evolution and spread using genome sequencing to enable rapid response efforts. For these category A pathogens, this ... -
Re-Analyzing the Links Between Terrorism and Poverty: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
(2021-05-14)This thesis investigates the exclusion and persecution of Palestinians, as well as poverty among the Palestinian people, to determine if those factors have become secondary to politics, revenge, and an often-violent supreme ... -
Real Time Cell Analysis of VEGF and PlGF-Induced Endothelial Cell Proliferation in the Presence of Heparin and Growth Factor Inhibitors
(2017-10-24)Real-time Cell Analysis (RTCA) has been made possible by new instruments that exploit the ability of cells to impede electric current to determine cell proliferation. Because impedance measurement does not interfere with ... -
Recombinant Protein Production using a Mammalian Unconventional Secretory Pathway
(2023-10-19)Recombinant proteins are widely used throughout biomedical research, and the expansive and diversified usage of such reagents requires continued development of novel production processes. Unconventional protein secretion ... -
Recommendations for Improving the Diagnostic Criteria for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
(2024-01-02)Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a disorder in which patients experience a wide variety of frequently debilitating allergic reactions and symptoms. The onset can be sudden, and it is often a life-changing disorder ... -
Reconstructing Body Size and Center of Mass in Synapsids
(2021-11-08)Body size and center of mass of an organism have an influence on ecology, physiology, and locomotion. Vertebrates are typically preserved in the fossil record only as bones, so reconstructing their full body size requires ... -
Red, White, And Sushi: The Journey of Sushi in the United States from 1893-1960s
(2024-01-03)This thesis investigated the journey of sushi in the United States before the 1960s, which is when previous examinations of sushi claim that it made its first appearance in the United States. This study traced sushi’s ... -
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the ‘Operations’ Phase of the Life Cycle in Commercial Office Buildings
(2019-04-08)Office buildings, largely occupied by the commercial sector, are not perceived as a large emitter of greenhouse gases, so the companies that occupy them and those that manage them are not required to measure, report, and ... -
Reestablishing United States Hemp as a Fiber Crop for Textiles: Addressing Barriers and Leveraging Financial Opportunities.
(2023-04-20)A financial model was developed to determine the profitability of hemp fiber farming in the northeastern US. The textile and fashion industry have experienced a sharp increase in demand for more sustainable and traceable ... -
Reframing the Bloody Hell: Menstrual Rituals and Practices Among Arab and Arab-Americans
(2016-03-26)This study investigates menstrual rituals and practices in the Arab and Arab-American population, in order to better understand if menstruation is taboo. Scholarly work has led us to believe that menstruation in the Arab ... -
Regulating belief: Does emotion regulation ability predict belief in conspiracy theories?
(2023-10-12)A growing body of evidence suggests that conspiracy beliefs are often harmful both to individuals and to society at large. Defined as explanations for events that involve secret plots by powerful groups, conspiracy beliefs ...