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Spectrally-Based Color Calibration Of Microscopes For Birefringence Analysis, Olivia Feild Jan 2022

Spectrally-Based Color Calibration Of Microscopes For Birefringence Analysis, Olivia Feild

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

The analysis of colors is omnipresent in forensics. While their use for macroscopic evidence such as soil sees a large amount of research, their correct handling is more challenging when observed under a microscope. Either for hairs or textile fibers, their color (from melanin, dyes or for birefringence analysis) is crucial in being able to compare between fibers found at a crime scene. Typically, color is quantified using a color space, such as RGB, XYZ, L*a*b*, and L*u*v*. Unfortunately, color is very subjective and often difficult to quantify accurately, even using digital detectors. Finding true matches of colors has been …


Financial Sustainability Of Florida Cities: Comparative, Retrospective Modeling For Prospective Municipal Financial Health, Terry Henley Jan 2022

Financial Sustainability Of Florida Cities: Comparative, Retrospective Modeling For Prospective Municipal Financial Health, Terry Henley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

The Great Recession produced rising debt, deficits, and exposed vulnerabilities for municipalities in a globalist economy. The two-month COVID recession in 2020 accelerated these burdens; a lagging downturn recently added pressures of reduced economic activity, record inflation, and rising costs in 2022. This dissertation studies how local financial sustainability (FS) and financial condition (FC) approaches can work in concert towards a set of indicators with internal and external categorization to explain municipal financial health (MFH). Unassigned fund balance plus select formal stabilizations measure MFH, are conceptually supported in having retrospective (FC) and prospective (FS) value as an intergenerational resource and …


Quality Of Life: How Does Race Influence Residential Satisfaction In Cities, Alexis Kelly Jan 2022

Quality Of Life: How Does Race Influence Residential Satisfaction In Cities, Alexis Kelly

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

The main concepts addressed within this study are neighborhood security, culture in cities, immigration, White flight, and gentrification. Although Whites originally settled in cities, an influx of foreigners encouraged racial dispersion and seclusion. Ultimately, Whites fled to suburban and rural areas while racial minorities remained in the city. The historic relocation of Whites led to the neglect of the city and its occupants, Thus, the motivation for this study revolves around the idea that race-related exclusion influences quality of life and residential satisfaction in cities. Data were obtained from the General Social Survey to examine the relationship between quality of …


Law Enforcement Motivations For Establishing Real-Time Crime Centers: A Mixed Model Study, Frank Linton Jan 2022

Law Enforcement Motivations For Establishing Real-Time Crime Centers: A Mixed Model Study, Frank Linton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Law enforcement agencies across the United States are establishing real-time crime centers (RTCCs) at a rapid rate, yet research exploring the decisions to establish them is lacking. This study therefore attempts to fill that void by using a mixed methods approach to examine whether adaptive organizational theories, consisting of contingency theory (Lawrence & Lorsch, 1967; Woodward, 1965), resource dependency theory (Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978), and institutional theory (DiMaggio & Powell 1991; Meyer & Rowan, 1977), can be used to explain a law enforcement agency's decision to set up an RTCC. This cross-sectional mixed methods design comprised two different studies (Study …


An Anthropological Study Of The Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Drug Treatment In The United States, Abigail Shepherd Jan 2022

An Anthropological Study Of The Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Drug Treatment In The United States, Abigail Shepherd

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

This thesis examined the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the structure of drug treatment in the United States and how the effects have influenced the experience of undergoing and providing services in a variety of contexts. The COVID-19 pandemic emerged amid an opioid epidemic, which has taken the lives of over 564,000 Americans since the late 1990s. With overdose deaths increasing since the onset of the pandemic and government agencies responding with policy changes, recent research in the social sciences and on drug treatment services has necessarily shifted its focus to the effects of the pandemic on …


Innovation Resistance? Understanding Officer Attitudes Toward Police Innovation, Justin Smith Jan 2022

Innovation Resistance? Understanding Officer Attitudes Toward Police Innovation, Justin Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Over the years, innovations such as community-oriented policing, problem-oriented policing, and crime analysis have helped police agencies control, reduce, and prevent crime and disorder, and improve police and community relations. However, research shows that some officers are resistant to using these innovations in practice. Few studies have examined the causal mechanisms behind innovation resistance. This doctoral dissertation details a study that utilized a mixed method approach to partially test a framework that encompassed two theories to explain officer resistance to innovation: The Model of Consumer Resistance to Innovation from the consumer psychology and marketing fields (Ram & Sheth, 1989), and …


The Expansion Of School Resource Officers In A Florida County: A Mixed Methods Study, Melanie Soderstrom Jan 2022

The Expansion Of School Resource Officers In A Florida County: A Mixed Methods Study, Melanie Soderstrom

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

In the aftermath of school shootings, policymakers presented the expansion of school resource officers (SROs) in the nation's schools as a method for keeping students safe. Recently, policing in the United States has come under increased scrutiny, and several school districts across the country cancelled their SRO contracts with law enforcement agencies. Notably, these contradictory decisions have been made with limited empirical knowledge surrounding, the roles, preparedness, and impact of SROs. A county in Florida substantially expanded its SRO program in the 2016-17 school year creating a new unit within the local sheriff's office and an opportunity to investigate these …


Homicide Patterns In Urban Places:A Geospatial Analysis Of Homicide In Baltimore, M.D., Kayla Toohy Jan 2022

Homicide Patterns In Urban Places:A Geospatial Analysis Of Homicide In Baltimore, M.D., Kayla Toohy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Extant criminological research examining research questions oriented on understanding the spatial distribution of violent crime instances, such as homicide, have often employed the theoretical foundations of both social disorganization theory and routine activities theory. Though there is much research using these theories independently and in conjunction with one another, few studies have integrated the theories in analyses of homicide at multiple levels of aggregation. The current study is conducted to analyze homicide incidents in Baltimore, Maryland from 2014 through 2018. The analysis conducted considers both social disorganization and routine activities theory variables to test the explanatory power of each theory …


Zombie At Work (Aggressive) Zombie At Home: The Relationship Between Work Boredom And Romantic Partner Undermining And Disengagement, Kenzie Dye Jan 2022

Zombie At Work (Aggressive) Zombie At Home: The Relationship Between Work Boredom And Romantic Partner Undermining And Disengagement, Kenzie Dye

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Work boredom is an understudied topic within Industrial/Organizational psychology, and studies have yet to examine work boredom in the context of the work-nonwork interface. The present study reviewed the current work boredom literature and then examined two pathways by which boredom may be related to employees' behavior at home. It proposed that negative affect, in the form of frustration, is a link between work boredom and undermining behaviors toward one's romantic partner. The cognitive pathway connecting work boredom with romantic partner disengagement, was proposed to be affective rumination. These pathways were expected to be buffered with a high work-nonwork segmentation …


Editor's Talk, Najwa Yanya Santiworakun Jan 2022

Editor's Talk, Najwa Yanya Santiworakun

Halal Insight

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Message From The Founding Director Of The Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University Jan 2022

Message From The Founding Director Of The Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University

Halal Insight

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The Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University (Samyan Office) Jan 2022

The Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University (Samyan Office)

Halal Insight

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Halal Food And Nutrition Alert Hafana (Pattani Office) Jan 2022

Halal Food And Nutrition Alert Hafana (Pattani Office)

Halal Insight

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The Halal Science Center, Chulalongkorn University, Chiang Mai Office Jan 2022

The Halal Science Center, Chulalongkorn University, Chiang Mai Office

Halal Insight

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Halal Innovation Community Learning Center (Hicolec) ( Nakhon Nayok Office) Jan 2022

Halal Innovation Community Learning Center (Hicolec) ( Nakhon Nayok Office)

Halal Insight

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Vision And Mission Of The Halal Science Center Jan 2022

Vision And Mission Of The Halal Science Center

Halal Insight

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Hsc Halal Forensic Science Laboratory Jan 2022

Hsc Halal Forensic Science Laboratory

Halal Insight

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Hsc Research And Innovation Jan 2022

Hsc Research And Innovation

Halal Insight

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Hsc External Scientific Affairs Service Unit Jan 2022

Hsc External Scientific Affairs Service Unit

Halal Insight

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Hsc Roles Of The Hsc In World Stage Jan 2022

Hsc Roles Of The Hsc In World Stage

Halal Insight

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Hsc Education Jan 2022

Hsc Education

Halal Insight

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Hsc Platforms Jan 2022

Hsc Platforms

Halal Insight

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Hsc Tha Shop Jan 2022

Hsc Tha Shop

Halal Insight

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Hsc Rewards Jan 2022

Hsc Rewards

Halal Insight

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Hsc Timeline Jan 2022

Hsc Timeline

Halal Insight

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Editor's Talk, Najwa Yanya Santiworakun Jan 2022

Editor's Talk, Najwa Yanya Santiworakun

Halal Insight

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Effects On Health And Longevity: Comparison Between Food And Medicine, Winai Dahlan Jan 2022

Effects On Health And Longevity: Comparison Between Food And Medicine, Winai Dahlan

Halal Insight

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Functional Food: New Trend Of Health-Conscious Consumers, Zunnur-I Seedeh Jan 2022

Functional Food: New Trend Of Health-Conscious Consumers, Zunnur-I Seedeh

Halal Insight

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Plant Proteins Vs Animal Proteins, Patchaya Phetchareon Jan 2022

Plant Proteins Vs Animal Proteins, Patchaya Phetchareon

Halal Insight

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News, Aneesah Lateh Jan 2022

News, Aneesah Lateh

Halal Insight

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