The objective of this dissertation was to increase the body of knowledge related to functional mobility and physical activity in adults with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). By identifying key determinants which underlie ...

For many years the poet and novelist George Scarbrough was little known outside the area that literary circles have labeled Appalachia. But from northern Georgia to the reaches of Virginia and all the adjacent area between ...

This thesis explains why Afghanistan had a higher gender disparity for girls’ primary education than Pakistan from 1970 to 2015. Scholars have previously studied ongoing barriers that are still prevalent today including ...

Authors of African American literature have addressed the traumas caused by systemic racism—slavery, Jim Crow, or mass incarceration—in order to protect and uplift the next generation. This thesis contributes to the discourse ...

Potassium, sodium, silver, and thallium(I) halomethanesulfonates and crown adducts of the type MXCH2SO3 and M(18-crown-6)XCH 2SO3 (M = K, Na, Ag, Tl; X= Cl, Br, I) were synthesized. Halomethanesulfonates, postulated to be ...

E-therapy is a novel approach to addressing the complex conditions of substance use disorders and mental illness. As part of the continuum of web-based recovery support services, the My Recovery program initiated an e-therapy ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 6-week weighted ball training program on throwing velocity and isokinetic shoulder strength in 23 high school baseball players. Preliminary throwing velocity was ...

Despite growing attention to gay and lesbian concerns, today’s current sex education curriculum in schools and families is still centered upon heterosexuality. Those studies that examine family sex communication and ...

Motivation is the driving force behind an action. Intrinsic motivation derives its origin

Being a non-mother is a unique experience for women with long sentences, especially life sentences, because it is likely that they will not be able to have children once released. What factors may have prevented them from ...