Browsing DCE Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Transformation and Recovery: Spiritual Implications of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve-Step Program
(2015-10-20)The purpose of this study was to examine spiritual implications and program involvement among Alcoholics Anonymous members (N = 116). Subjects completed self-report measures such as the Daily Spiritual Experience scale ... -
Arduino-Based Small Scale Electric Brewing System
(2015-10-20)The goal of this project is to create a small-scale, low cost, electric home brewing system that allows a user to more easily brew large (5 gallon) batches of beer in an enclosed space. This is accomplished by using an ... -
Neutral Mood Induction During Reconsolidation Reduces Accuracy, but Not Vividness and Anxiety, of Emotional Episodic Memories
(2015-10-20)When consolidated memories are reactivated, they become labile and have to go through reconsolidation to become stabilized. This property of memory may potentially be used to reduce the impact of highly negative episodic ... -
Digital Preservation of Haitian Mythology Music Notation
(2015-10-20)This project aims at preserving Haitian mythology music; it is conceptualized as having two components: • Digital Preservation Archive: The process generates equivalent notation of hardcopies as well as supplementary ... -
The Role of Culture in Implicit & Explicit Suicide Ideation
(2015-10-20)This study investigated the role of culture on suicidal thoughts and behaviors by examining (i) differences in explicit reporting of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, (ii) differences in implicit association of suicidal ... -
Environmental and Economic Assessment of Reclaimed Polyurethane Panels: The Case of Diverting Decommissioned Cold Storage Panels From Landfills and Recycling Into Three Forms of Insulative Building Materials
(2015-10-27)This study investigates the long-term thermal performance of polyurethane insulated cold storage panels and the environmental and economic impact of recycling such panels when taken out of service in lieu of discarding ... -
Tracking Electricity Production Patterns for Residential Solar Electric Systems in Massachusetts
(2015-10-29)The number of residential small-scale solar electric, or photovoltaic (PV) systems installed in Massachusetts has increased over the past five years. However, expanded deployment of residential solar PV may be hindered by ... -
Utilizing Marginalized Land for the Development of Symbiotic Waste-to-Energy Mini Grids in Remote Islands
(2015-10-29)Remote islands face increasingly pressing constraints in their efforts to satisfy their waste management, energy, and water needs in a sustainable manner. Their small scale and isolated context restrict the availability ... -
An Analysis of the Potential Environmental Remediation and Economic Benefits Anaerobic Digesters Offer to the Dairy and Swine Industries: A Comparison of China and the U.S.
(2015-10-29)The purpose of this research is to investigate the environmental remediation and energy potential of anaerobic digesters on pig and dairy farms and to demonstrate how incorporating those benefits into a cost-benefit analysis ... -
Sustainability in the Apparel Industry: Improving How Companies Assess and Address Environmental Impacts Through a Revised Higg Index Facility Module
(2015-11-04)This study was focused on analyzing the Facility Environmental Module (FEM) of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s (SAC) Higg Index. The research objectives were twofold: 1) to test whether the indicators featured in the ... -
Combating Social Loafing Performance Reductions in Virtual Groups With Increased Cohesion, Reduced Deindividuation, and Heightened Evaluation Potential Through Self-Disclosure.
(2015-11-10)Over 100 years of research have shown that social loafing is a real and material psychological phenomenon that reduces performance among humans in groups. It is known that increasing evaluation potential, decreasing ... -
Nonnative Prosody and the Intelligibility of Ambiguous Utterances
(2015-11-10)This study examines nonnative prosody and intelligibility. Past research has suggested that prosody that is unfamiliar or inappropriate in some way can adversely affect the intelligibility of speech (e.g., Hahn, 2004; ... -
A Spatial and Geophysical Exploration of Atlantic Eel Larval Distributions
(2015-11-11)In the context of declining populations of freshwater eels in Europe and North America and inspired by observations of Japanese eel spawning near seamounts, this study explored a possible spatial relationship between ... -
Post-Perforation Technology for Rehabilitating Vertical Methane Extraction Wells at Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
(2015-11-11)The capture of methane from waste disposal facilities can have a significant impact on the reduction of anthropogenic methane emissions. In the United States, more than six hundred facilities are capturing approximately ... -
The Shift Towards Non-Monetary Currency and the Rise of Crypto-Currencies: Incorporating Non-Monetary Measurements to Allow a Nation to Take Stock of Its Well-Being
(2015-11-12)This thesis posits that governments around the world have failed to account for a vast percentage of the economic output of their citizens in their recordkeeping and policy-making. Through ineffective measures such as the ... -
Probability of Going Public for Cleantech Startups Based on Fundraising Milestones
(2015-11-18)The path to the wide adoption and commercial success of cleantech technologies is hindered by large research and development costs, long testing times, and uncertainty over long-term viability. These risks have made it ... -
How the House of Morgan Cooperated to Develop the Large-Cap US Multinational Corporation, 1895-1913
(2015-12-06)The following investigation is intended to determine how the large-cap US multinational corporation was further advanced during the pivotal years of 1895-1913 by a leading private unincorporated institution—House of Morgan. ... -
A Comparative Meta-Life Cycle Inventory Analysis: Energy and Water Consumption of 3D Printing Methods vs. Conventional Manufacturing in Clothing Production
(2015-12-07)In the past three decades, textile fiber production has grown more than twofold, reflecting an increasing demand for both fossil and natural resources (Turley et. al., 2009, p.9) resulting in the intensification of ... -
Metabolic Modeling of Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase II Deficiency and Respiratory Chain Complex I Deficiency
(2015-12-15)The research goal was to assess the current capabilities of a metabolic modeling environment to support exploration of inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs); and to assess whether, drawing on evidence from published studies ... -
Role Models Deserving of Regulatory Support or Pretenders With Obsolete Purpose? A Study of Mutual Banks in the U.S.
(2015-12-23)The new Dodd-Frank era in bank regulation imposes stricter standards and requirements for banks. In contrast, there have been a number of attempts in Congress to legislatively protect with more accommodative regulation a ...