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I (Don't) Feel Pretty: Weight Perception, Self-Esteem, and Gender in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
(2019-05)Life course scholars have established that early life experiences are crucial factors in shaping developmental trajectories. Early adolescent health has been one of the most widely studied of these factors, with increased ... -
‘I am Very Devoted to our Lady’: Creolization in Enslaved Afro-Mexican Blasphemy Trials
(2024-05-10)Many historians have viewed Afro-Mexican blasphemy as an opportunity for resistance against an oppressive system in which enslaved Black people committed sacrilege to appeal to the Mexican Inquisition for reprieve and to ... -
“I don’t smell chemicals, I smell money:” the effects of federal policy and the chemical industry on human health and the environment in the Kanawha River Valley
(2023-12-15)Federal policy and the need for American produced chemicals saw a need for a domestic chemical industry to be erected in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia during World War I. Following the war, federal policy continued ... -
"I Live in Boley, America:Exploring a Contemporary Identity for African American Boley Residents
(2016-05-13)Abstract Boley's history for African Americans are stories filled with triumphs and challenges, specifically autonomy, slavery and Jim Crow. In this paper I address their past and consider a contemporary identity that ... -
I'm Not Sure How I Feel About This: Perceptions of Safety Among University of Oklahoma Student Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021-05-15)In modern politics, individuals tend to be closed-minded to ideas and realities that do not align with their own. Oftentimes, individuals seek out different information to help confirm their original beliefs and attitudes, ... -
Ice Crystal Size Distributions in Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Vicinity of Darwin, Australia: Results from the HAIC/HIWC Campaign
(2021-12)Total ice water content (IWC) derived from an isokinetic evaporator probe and ice crystal size distributions measured by a two-dimensional stereo probe and precipitation imaging probe installed on the French Falcon aircraft ... -
AN ICEHOUSE DUST RECORD FROM THE UPPER PALEOZOIC (ASSELIAN-ARTINSKIAN, MOSCOVIAN) AKIYOSHI LIMESTONE (JAPAN)
(2016)The Akiyoshi terrane in southwest Japan consists of a subduction-generated accretionary complex of shallow-marine limestone and deep-water spicular chert, underlain by ocean island-type basalt, all of which was obducted ... -
Identification and Isolation of Bioactive Natural Product Compounds Targeting Oxysterol-Binding Proteins
(2020-06-08)OSW-1, a plant-derived cholestane glycoside, has been shown to exhibit broad-spectrum antiviral activity by targeting oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) and potent antiproliferative activity by targeting OSBP-related protein ... -
Identification of mid-tropospheric patterns associated with tornado outbreaks in the United States.
(2019-12)The identification of large-scale atmospheric patterns associated with tornado outbreaks poses a great challenge. It involves analysis of physical processes occurring at different time and space scales that, in the right ... -
Identification of Piecewise Flexural Rigidity of a Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder
(2019)Aging infrastructure calls for structural health monitoring for recommendations on load postings, retrofitting, or replacements. Flexural rigidity identification has been used to monitor aging precast pretensioned concrete ... -
Identification of simultaneously congested transmission lines in power market
The number and the locations of transmission lines that are likely to get simultaneously congested is a useful piece of information for power system operation, and activities in the power markets. This study presents, a ... -
Identifying Geophysical Patterning Along the Landscape of the Silver Glen Springs Archaeological Complex
(2019-05-10)The Silver Glen Springs Complex (SGSC) is a collection of archaeological sites that has been thus-far defined by the terraforming regime of shell mounding conducted by fisher-gatherer-hunters that created many monumental ... -
Identifying habitat use of red deer in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada using a cost-distance time-geographic approach
(2021-08)The expressed movements of animals are realizations of complex spatiotemporal processes. The varied environmental contexts (such as varying topography or landcover) in which animals move are central to these processes, ... -
Identifying Key Stimulation Parameters in Eagle Ford Shale: Data Mining and Statistical Approach
(2017-08-01)The principal question for this thesis is as follows: What are the key hydraulic fracturing parameters that affect the amount of hydrocarbons that can be recovered in Eagle Ford Shale? The problem considered in this ... -
Identifying latent diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) indicators for multimodal transportation systems
(2023-12-15)Traditional transportation policies unfairly affect marginalized travelers and under-represented groups, limiting their access to social and economic opportunities and contributing to residential segregation. Even though ... -
Identifying Patterns in Course-Taking that Predict Student Leaving: A Comparison of Different Predictive Algorithms
(2018-07)Higher education institutions continue to face the problem of student attrition, which in turn impacts graduation rates overall. This has numerous drawbacks not only at the university or student levels but has far-reaching ... -
Identifying Socialized Landscapes in the Bridger Mountains, Montana
(2017-05)Archaeologists, working in the Rocky Mountains and throughout the world, have long recognized that people, regardless of time and space, invest social meanings into the landscape around them. Based on de Certeau’s (1984) ... -
Identifying the Chemical Impact and the Mechanism of an Accretion Outburst on a Class 0 Protostar
(2019)Past and present observations of luminosity bursts in various young protostars provide increasing evidence that episodic accretion is a common phenomenon in protostellar evolution. Studying these outbursting systems can ... -
Identifying Traffic Control Mechanism to Improve Level of Service and Resilience in Road Networks based on Topological Credentials
(2024-05-10)Traffic congestion mitigation strategies often include debating the merit of adding more roads versus optimizing the existing ones. Identifying and improving critical intersections, particularly by adjusting signal control ... -
Identifying Wheelchair User Needs in Higher Education Environments Related to the ADA Accessible Design Standards Implemented in Higher Education Environments
(2019)The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of the most influential civil rights acts that prohibits the discrimination of persons with disabilities. Throughout history persons with disabilities have experienced ...