• Automated Coding of Televised Leader Displays: Detecting Nonverbal Political Behavior With Computer Vision and Deep Learning 

  Joo, Jungseock; Bucy, Erik P. (TTU); Seidel, Claudia (2019)

  For decades, nonverbal communication scholars have employed manual coding as the primary research methodology for systematic content analysis of nonverbal behaviors such as facial expressions and gestures. Manual coding ...

• Overcoming resistance to COVID-19 vaccine adoption: How affective dispositions shape views of science and medicine 

  Newhagen, John E.; Bucy, Erik P. (TTU) (2020)

  Health experts worry that a COVID-19 vaccine boycott could inhibit reaching “herd immunity,” and their concerns have only grown as the pandemic has spread. Concern has largely focused on anti-vaccine protestors, who captured ...

• Accurate Determination of Electrical Potential on Ion Exchange Membranes in Reverse Electrodialysis 

  Sun, Yuting (TTU); Song, Lianfa (TTU) (2021)

  Reverse electrodialysis is a promising membrane technology to generate energy from controlled mixing of water streams of different salinities. Electrical potentials generate on the ion exchange membranes (IEMs) when selective ...

• Cardiac Autonomic Modulation Response Before, During, and After Submaximal Exercise in Older Adults With Intellectual Disability 

  Font-Farré, Manel; Farche, Ana Claudia Silva; de Madeiros Takahashi, Anielle C.; Guerra-Balic, Myriam; Figueroa, Arturo (TTU); Oviedo, Guillermo R. (2021)

  The analysis of the heart rate variability (HRV) consists of changes in the time intervals between consecutive R waves. It provides information on the autonomic nervous system regulation and it is a predictor of adverse ...

• Performance, Politics and Boris Johnson's Brexit 

  Senior, Carl; Stewart, Patrick; Bucy, Erik P. (TTU); Lee, Nick (2021)

  Modern day politics is a global affair with politicians now having an unparalleled opportunity to communicate manifesto points via a range of media (see e.g., Grabe and Bucy, 2009). Most, if not all, significant election ...

• Administration and cross-functional teams in libraries: A case study in failures and solutions 

  Perrin, Joy M. (TTU); Daniel, Justin (TTU) (2017)

  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assist library administration in avoiding cross-functional team pitfalls. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reports the results of years of cross-functional teams at ...

• Aversive Self-Focus and Alcohol Consumption Behavior in Women with Sexual Identity-Uncertainty: Changes in Salivary Cortisol Stress Response Among Those who Drink-to-Cope 

  Talley, Amelia E. (TTU); Harris, Breanna N. (TTU); Le, Tran H. (TTU); Hohman, Zachary P. (TTU) (2022)

  Background: Individuals who report sexual identity-uncertainty are at-risk for heavy alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder symptomology. The current study examined the impact of states of aversive self-focus on ...

• Comparison of Thyroid Hormone Levels Between Patients With Major Depressive Disorder and Healthy Individuals in China 

  Zhou, Yanan; Ma, Yuejiao; Wu, Qiuxia; Wang, Qianjin; Yang, Winson Fu Zun (TTU); Wang, Yunfei; Yang, Dong; Luo, Yinli; Tang, Kewei; Liu, Tieqiao; Wang, Dongfang (2021)

  Abnormal thyroid function in major depressive disorder (MDD) has been studied extensively, but the results still remain inconsistent. In China, few large-scale studies have investigated the differences in the levels of ...

• Integrating Different Cultures: A Study of Zhou Long's Confluence for Solo Flute and Su (Tracing Back) for Flute and Harp 

  Wang, danqi; 0000-0003-1501-5486 (2022-07-25)

  This project aims to introduce the Chinese-American composer Zhou Long (1953-), and provide an analysis of his Su (Tracing Back) for Flute and Harp and flute solo Confluence. Zhou Long is one of the most influential ...

• In-situ Synthesis of NiTi Alloys by Laser-directed Energy Deposition 

  Zhang, Dongzhe (2022-07-08)

  NiTi alloys are the most widely shape memory alloys in industries such as aerospace, automobile, medical devices, and consumer products due to their unique functional properties (shape memory effect and pseudoelasticity), ...

• Behavioral and Hormonal Measures of Hunger, Satiety, and Energy Intake to Predict Weight-Loss Response to Liraglutide 

  Webster, Chelsi; 0000-0001-7884-1326 (2022-07-13)

  Weight loss for treating obesity requires a sustained negative energy balance. Various pharmacological agents facilitate weight loss by helping reduce energy intake. Pharmacotherapy for obesity has limitations, and efficacy ...

• Familias en streaming: Discursos domésticos glocales en las series españolas de la post-televisión 

  Vela, Gema; 0000-0002-3895-7524 (2022-07-12)

  Spanish television came into its own in the 1990s as a form of entertainment for the entire family during the democratic period that arrived after four decades of the Franco dictatorship (1939-1975) and a period called the ...

• The Clinical Utility of Validated Cognitive-Behavioral Case Formulations and Intraindividual Network Analyses in Adults with Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: Evaluation of Personalized Treatment Planning 

  Thornton, Casey (2021-07-29)

  A cognitive-behavioral case formulation (CBCF) is an idiographic theory of a person-situation that hypothesizes the relations between triggering situations, cognitions, and distress variables. This differs from the network ...

• Fast clustering of big data through successive bi-partitioning 

  Thapaliya, Bipana; 0000-0002-5103-9330 (2022-07-19)

  Data analysis plays an indispensable role in understanding various phenomena and discovering useful information. Clustering, one of the most used data mining techniques, is an unsupervised, iterative machine learning method ...

• The Effect of Breakfast Consumption on Afternoon Resistance Training Performance in Habitual Breakfast Consumers and Non-Consumers 

  Stratton, Matthew Thomas; 0000-0002-3877-092X (2022-07-19)

  Pre-exercise meal frequency is commonly believed to impact exercise performance. Little is known about the impact of meal frequency on resistance training. The present study sought to investigate the impact of breakfast ...

• The Joint Retirement Decision and Life Satisfaction of Older Adults 

  Slabach, Colin; 0000-0001-8776-3075 (2022-08-04)

  This dissertation consists of three essays. The first examines the joint retirement decision of couples using a spatial probit model. Previous research has thoroughly examined what occupation-related factors influence an ...

• Development of an Integrated Approach for Improving Concrete Pavement Performance: Field Testing and Analytical Studies Insights on Base Quality, Concrete Materials and Pavement Design 

  Rouzmehr, Fouzieh; 0000-0003-0252-1267 (2022-07-22)

  To get the best performance of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP), the good quality of the base, materials used in the concrete mix, and the concrete pavement steel design play essential roles. Long-term ...

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Marketing: Two Essays on AI Products and AI Promotions 

  Reshadi, Mehrnoosh (2022-07-22)

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted the field of marketing. AI and AI-enabled technologies have changed the dynamics of market exchanges as well as how B2C and B2B consumers incorporate and interact ...

• Comparison of Stress Fields near Longitudinal Construction Joints of Tied and Doweled Sections in Portland Cement Concrete Pavements 

  Hong, Geuntae; Kim, Jiyoung; Yeon, Jung Heum; Won, Moon (TTU); Choi, Seongcheol (2021)

  In Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements, tie bars are commonly used at longitudinal construction joints (LCJs) to prevent the lanes from separating. Meanwhile, the increase in multiple lanes due to greater traffic ...

• Three Essays on Perception Bias in the Financial Knowledge of American Adults 

  Quadria, Taufiq Hasan Hasan (2022-07-22)

  Perception bias in financial knowledge (the disconnect between the actual level of financial knowledge and the perception of it) is prevalent among American adults. This study utilizes surrogate residuals within a two-step ...

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