This collection includes master's theses submitted to the Graduate School by Ball State University master's degree candidates in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used in United States since the early 20th
century for a wide array of industrial applications, including extraction solvent, a
precursor for chlorine-containing organic compounds, spot ...
This study demonstrated three different tourism-based rural development modes in three
historic rural towns of China and Thailand through analyzing the way local government
promoted tourism and the way local people ...
This study explores how local people in Jishan use public spaces and change
these as they use. It examines how some activities that are identifies as
“encroachments” of public space by law and local regulations as well ...
Background: Running is a popular form of exercise and inherent to many sports. Running while
fatigued has been associated with decrements in performance and increased risk of acute and
overuse running injuries. However, ...
This study focused on smaller benthic foraminifera in the Ypresian aged Rio Sambre section from the Wagwater Trough in Jamaica. Deposition of the Rio Sambre Section occurred in the Middle Bathyal Zone. The section was ...
Running has become an immensely popular form of exercise for recreational,
professional, social, health, and overall fitness purposes. There is no shortage of existing
research on lower extremity running mechanics and ...
Introduction: People with disabilities have experienced a history of negative societal attitudes
and subsequent consequences. Based on Molero et al. (2019), if someone with a disability
perceives that they have been ...
This thesis examined current attitudes toward gender non-conformity in individuals who
were assigned male at birth (GNCI-AMAB) and hegemonic masculinity. Evidence suggests the
more people reject hegemonic masculinity, ...
Infirmaries were a place for those that had nowhere to go and no one to care for them.
Today, infirmaries are an often-overlooked part of a county’s past infrastructure that housed a
marginalized population. This thesis ...
This thesis examines the impact of COVID-19 on peoples’ acceptance of VR experiences. The
research design is guided by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), a model applied to
predict user attitudes and their likelihood ...
This study has presented a comprehensive overview of the process of creating a reel in
the broadcast journalism industry. The problem being solved throughout this research and project
is a lack of resources and guidance ...
Participating in regular physical activity reduces the likelihood of developing heart
disease, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. With many people around the world not getting
enough exercise and the early abandonment ...
Online learners are increasing in number, many learners face feelings of isolation. One
way to quell those feelings of isolation is the formation of a community around the learner. Using
the Community of Inquiry framework, ...
This study presents new photometric analysis and models of the eclipsing variable binary stars NSVS 694986,
NSVS 890397 and NSVS 3350218. Images were taken in the Johnson B, V, and Cousins R (RC) band passes.
All images ...
Compassion fatigue (CF) is commonly experienced among those in the helping
professions due to the high pressure and relational nature of their work environments. Among
helping professionals where CF has been well-studied ...
This investigation aimed to provide insight into the changes in gene expression in
human adipose and skeletal muscle tissues in response to a bout of whole-body
resistance exercise (RE). Healthy, young individuals (n=6, ...
Over-the-Rhine (OTR) in Cincinnati, Ohio is among the largest and most significant historic districts in
the U.S., designated as a historic district in both the National Register of Historic Places and locally.
Growing ...
Impacts of environmental stressors on river ecosystems are frequently identified using
abundance and diversity data for fish assemblages to assess the impact of environmental
stressors on river ecosystems. However, biomass ...
Malononitrile and its derivatives are essential components in the synthesis of many
organic heterocycles that are utilized in agricultural products, such as pesticides, and in
pharmaceutical chemicals. Recently, our ...
Research has increasingly indicated that the veterinary medicine profession is inundated
with mental health issues, especially with the recent climb of veterinarian suicides. Sources of
stress have been investigated in ...