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This search engine will let you explore the over 1800 theses written in Honors at The University of Maine since the Program’s inception in 1935. You may search our thesis archives based on any of the fields listed above. If the thesis is available at the Reynolds Library (Thomson Honors Center) or Fogler Library (Special Collections), the information will appear below the bibliographic data. At last count, we had about 1800 theses in the Reynolds Library.
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A STUDY OF TEACHER PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES ON NUTRITION EDUCATION IN MAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Major: Food Science and Human Nutrition Graduation Year: 2016 Thesis Advisor: Katheryn Yerxa
Description of Publication:
The purpose of this study was to identify how multiple influencing factors on nutrition education, relating to professional development, teacher self-efficacy, teacher beliefs, program use, wellness policies, and environmental factors, influence the amount of time elementary educators spend teaching nutrition in their classrooms. The primary tool for data collection was a comprehensive survey developed using Qualtrics software. The survey was distributed to Maine superintendents and principals who were asked to pass the survey along to K-5 teachers. Out of 270 responses collected before the survey end date, 233 were used for statistical analyses. The factors that influenced time teaching nutrition for Maine elementary school teachers were teachers’ beliefs surrounding nutrition education in schools, perceived administrative support for nutrition education, student body socioeconomic status, and training in nutrition education.
Location of Publication: fogler
URL to Thesis: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/honors/377
A Study of the Administration of the City of Old Town
A Study of the Attitudes of Parents in Relation to the Behavior of Their Children in Nursery School
A STUDY OF THE COPING MECHANISMS ADOPTED BY WORK GROUPS TO DEAL WITH PROJECT STRUCTURE
A Study of the Death of Escherichia coli on Cotton Swabs
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF DOGS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ MOOD AND ANXIETY
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether first-year college students’ interaction with a dog would have a positive effect on their mood and anxiety. A sample of 35 first-year college students, aged 18-19 years, was partially randomly assigned to a condition for five minutes in which the participant either interacted with a dog (n = 19) or watched an informational video that included dogs (n = 16). Before the experimental treatment, students completed the Pet Attitude Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Expanded Form, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale to evaluate their animal preferences, mood, anxiety, and stress. After the experimental treatment, participants again completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Expanded Form and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to assess for possible changes in mood and anxiety. Results indicated that those who directly interacted with the dog reported increases in positive mood, but those who just watched dogs did not.
All participants, regardless of condition, experienced declines in negative mood and anxiety across time. Thus, there appear to be some benefits to interacting with dogs, specifically regarding improvements in positive mood. Further studies, especially those with larger sample sizes and that take place during times of elevated stress are needed in order to more fully examine the potential for positive effects of dog interactions on college students.
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF THE ECONOMY ON THE OUTCOME OF PRESIDENTIAL REELECTIONS: 1992 AND 2004 EXAMINED
A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN AID ON TERRORISM IN THE PHILIPPINES
Major: Political Science Graduation Year: 2017 Thesis Advisor: Kristin Vekasi
Description of Publication:
This project is a spatial and temporal analysis of terrorist activity within the Philippines on a provincial and regional level. The data accumulated from the Global Terrorism Database and USAID demonstrate strong evidence against the foreign occupation theory. A regional analysis is appropriate for the Philippines because there is a distinctly different aid allocation for the north and the south. Therefore, it is more accurate to look at the effects of the foreign aid on the regions as distinctly separate entities. Additionally, as the north receives far less aid, this region of the country can be used to demonstrate the controlled terrorist activity of the Philippines, compared to the south where the aid is significantly greater. The two conditions can be examined with minimal conditional variation, thus making the implemented aid the primary driver of the differences in terrorist activity. Foreign nation building aid given to the Philippines by the United States has contributed to a significant decrease in terrorist activity. The decreasing trend of terrorist activity is demonstrated by the Islamic extremist groups located in the south, and the increasing trend demonstrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) located in the north, which received only a very small percentage of the foreign aid. Following aid implementation, the Islamic extremist groups became less lethal and perpetrated fewer attacks, contributing to the evidence against the foreign occupation theory. This theory indicates that terrorist organizations perceive foreign influence as a threat and respond by increasing their activity.
Location of Publication: fogler reynolds
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