The main purpose of the study was to validate the James-Lowell Racquetball Test (JLRBT), Form A: Knowledge, and Form B: Ability. A secondary purpose was to establish reliability and construct norms for the JLRBT, Form B.

Musculoskeletal injuries are the most common cause of lost training days in the athletic horse. Catastrophic bone failure is the most devastating of these injuries, and is a leading reason for racetrack euthanasia. As a ...

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) students (n = 14) from undergraduate classes were asked about their vaping history and dependence, assessed on the reasons for vaping via the Short Vaping Consequences Questionnaire ...

Vang-Like 2 (Vangl2), a key player in the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, regulates collective and directed cell migration in zebrafish gastrulae. vangl2 mutant zebrafish embryos exhibit a strong convergence and extension ...

Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederacy, had a remarkably contentious relationship with southerners after her husband’s death in 1889. She conflicted with groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy [UDC] ...

This thesis uses a qualitative, phenomenological approach to answer the question, “What is the experience of Operation Song?” where Operation Song is a voluntary songwriting program for United States military veterans ...

Changing education philosophies and technological advancement have altered the way in which educational content can be delivered to students. Numerous alternate school models are gaining in popularity, with internet based, ...

The development of vocabulary knowledge is essential in order to effectively communicate both in writing and orally (Howell, 2008). Research indicates that that vocabulary instruction is more effective when multiple ...

Early-modern England, with its mixture of empiricism and mysticism, greatly esteemed analogical thinking and made literary heroes out of newly translated ancients such as Plutarch, whose Lives of the Noble Grecians and ...

This dissertation will reflect an analysis of a close reading of Kurt Vonnegut's first six novels: Player Piano (1952), The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle (1963), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater ...