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INCHING TOWARDS INTEGRATION: FACTORS AFFECTING COWORKER ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES

Scruggs, Amberly (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-06-21)

Employees with disabilities (EWDs) have to overcome many barriers in order to gain employment and become socially integrated into their organizations. Although there are many factors that contribute to the exclusion of ...
Influence of a Shared Reading Workshop on Parent Attitudes Toward Shared Reading

York, Catherine Carroll (Middle Tennessee State University, 2020)

Parental use of strategies that increase positive interactions during shared reading has been found to positively correlate with both immediate and long-term effects on children’s reading development (Baker, 2003). ...
INFLUENCE OF DIETARY FAT SOURCE ON REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS IN MARES

Crain, Caitlin Marie (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-11-01)

Sixteen cycling mares were used to study the effects of different fat supplements (corn, soybean, and fish oil) on reproductive parameters. Mares were supplemented with oil at a rate of 342 mg/kg BW/d for two consecutive ...
INFLUENCE OF FOOD MANIPULATION ON PLASMA CORTICOSTERONE, INNATE IMMUNITY, AND BLOOD CHEMISTRY IN THE BROWN AFRICAN HOUSE SNAKE (LAMPROPHIS FULIGINOSUS)

Barns, Sarah M. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-10-30)

The ability to tolerate the stress of extended periods of food restriction is an evolutionarily important trait that has significant effects on survivorship in the wild. There are different physiological mechanisms by ...
The Influence of Habitat on Body Temperature Regulation in the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

Hoekstra, Alyssa Ann (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-07-10)

Ectothermic vertebrates are dependent on the availability of environmental temperatures and their ability to behaviorally thermoregulate to maintain a suitable range of body temperatures. In heterogeneous landscapes, such ...
Influence of long-term furosemide use on bone mineral content, bone metabolism markers, and weight loss in horses

Pritchard, Abby (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-04-07)

Furosemide is a diuretic commonly used to reduce the incidence of exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) in racehorses. Previous research suggests furosemide negatively influences calcium balance and may have long-term ...
Influence of Personality Traits, Locus of Causality, and Motivation on Exercise Adherence

Garrett, Gregory A. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-08-03)

An individual's health can be improved by addressing negative behaviors, thereby mitigating or reducing risk factors associated with certain disease processes. This study is designed to identify the relationship of personality ...
INFLUENCE OF SUGAR SWEETENED MILK AND UNSWEETENED MILK

Walker, Myrtis Harrington (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-03-27)

Diets of children and adolescents do not meet current national dietary recommendations for food groups. Yet these diets include higher than recommended consumption of added sugars. Food group servings decrease as low-nutrient, ...
INFLUENCE OF WHOLE BODY VIBRATION ON BONE DENSITY IN THE STALLED HORSE

Hulak, Emily Sarah (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-04-10)

High frequency mechanical accelerations resulting from whole body vibration (WBV) have a strong osteogenic effect. It is hypothesized that WBV will maintain bone density in stalled horses equal to that of a stalled control ...
Instagram Use and College Students' Adjustment

Chung, Kok Ping (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018)

This study explored the relationship between Instagram use and college students' adjustment. Participants consisted of 177 students recruited from a psychology research pool. The participants completed measures of shyness ...
The integration of schools in Murfreesboro, Tennessee: A community study.

Lickiss, Melinda (Middle Tennessee State University, 1997)

Fourteen years after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, the citizens of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, integrated their city school system. This thesis argues that integration in Murfreesboro ...
INTELLIGENT OR IDIOT? ONE-WORD DESCRIPTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE 2012 GOP PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION AND SECOND-LEVEL AGENDA SETTING

Bennett, Aileen Ruth (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-12-10)

Agenda-setting theory (McCombs and Shaw, 1972) says that the media are able to influence what individuals think about. Second-level agenda-setting theory (McCombs et al., 1997; McCombs & Reynolds, 2008) extends this concept ...
The Interaction of Anxiety, Stress, and Family Functioning in Families of Young Children with a Chronic Illness

Boyce, Molly Klein (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-03-28)

The current study investigated the relationship between child behavior, parent anxiety, and family functioning in families with young children with a chronic illness compared to those with healthy children. Participants ...
Interactions between innate immunity, steroid hormones, and body condition in female fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)

Webb, Alison Nicole Carey (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-05-09)

This study tests for potential interactions between innate immunity, the steroid hormones corticosterone (CORT) and progesterone, and body condition in female Eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus). Seasonal changes ...
INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL MOTIVATION FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS

Weingartner, Anne (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-01-26)

The aim of this study was to examine if locus of control impacted adolescents girl's participation level in three different activities. Participants in the study were 12 or 13 year old females (n-41) from an affluent ...
International Students and Changing Policy: Experience, Life, and Plans after Graduation

Marbang, Phattra (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

This research is a qualitative study that utilizes 17 international students’ experiences in the U.S. Specifically, I examine the aspects of immigration regulations and policies regarding international students and the ...
INTEROCEPTIVE AWARENESS AS IT RELATES TO EATING DISORDERS RISK IN COLLEGE WOMEN: DOES VASOCONSTRICTION INCREASE CARDIAC AWARENESS?

Qualls, Lauren (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-07-08)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a subclinical eating disorder sample of college women exhibit interoceptive deficits psychologically and physiologically compared to healthy college women. Additionally, ...
Interpreting Grassmere's Enslaved Community: Archaeological Approaches to Public History at the Nashville Zoo

Sproul, Kate (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-03-21)

This thesis examines the antebellum site of Grassmere, the house built in 1810 by people enslaved by the Dunn family on land currently housing the Nashville Zoo. It presents historical research into Grassmere's enslaved ...
Intraspecific and intragenomic variation as measured from the dual control regions of the Western Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma mitochondrial genome

Flickinger, Dallas (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-12-03)

Snake mitochondrial genomes have the unusual feature of dual control regions. Control regions are intergenic areas that are responsible for DNA replication and transcription initiation. Although they are functional, they ...
Investigating factors related to score change at retest: Examining promotional assessments

Reichin, Sydney Lyla (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018-03-27)

While research regarding retesting in the selection process is vast, there is limited research regarding retesting in promotion. Additionally, retesting on in-basket simulations and situational judgement tests is also ...

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