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From Story To Statistics: A Systematic Structure For Documenting International Relations Events, David A. Casey
From Story To Statistics: A Systematic Structure For Documenting International Relations Events, David A. Casey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Subtle Sentry: State Public Records Laws And The Availability Of Government Information, Grace I. Lessner
Subtle Sentry: State Public Records Laws And The Availability Of Government Information, Grace I. Lessner
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Mediating The Influence Of Deviant Peers, John William Breitbeil
Mediating The Influence Of Deviant Peers, John William Breitbeil
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Competencies Of The Twenty-First Century Superstore Manager: Implications For Professional Postsecondary Education, Robert Stephen Kelley
Competencies Of The Twenty-First Century Superstore Manager: Implications For Professional Postsecondary Education, Robert Stephen Kelley
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In recent years, supermarkets have become more complex and challenging to operate. Many supermarkets offer an expanded selection of products and services not found in the traditional format. These new generation supermarkets have been labeled by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) as superstores. The purpose of this study was to identify a competency model needed to successfully operate a superstore over the next 5-10 years. In addition, the study sought to identify the core competencies that formulate the superstore competency model and to compare the results of the model to the Contemporary Store Manager Model which was created from a …
Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood
Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Statewide Survey Of Professionals' Opinions And Practices Concerning The Assessment Of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In Children, Roberta Waller Thompson
A Statewide Survey Of Professionals' Opinions And Practices Concerning The Assessment Of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In Children, Roberta Waller Thompson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate current practices used by clinicians when diagnosing children with AD/HD as well as to explore possible relationships between practices, professional disciplines, opinions, and theoretical leanings.;The study utilized a researcher designed questionnaire mailed to licensed Psychiatrists, Pediatricians, Clinical Psychologists, and Counselors in Virginia. The sample included 274 professionals.;Hypotheses examined relationships between professional discipline and use of assessment methodologies, consultation practices, and classification system preferences, as well as relationships between opinions about classification and assessment of AD/HD and practitioners' opinions about assessment practices.;It was found that physical examination was the only variable with any …
Tagging And Habitat Utilization Of Juvenile Summer Flounder, Paralichthys Dentatus, Richard Thomas Kraus
Tagging And Habitat Utilization Of Juvenile Summer Flounder, Paralichthys Dentatus, Richard Thomas Kraus
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Analysis Of Algorithms For Online Routing And Scheduling In Networks, Jessen Tait Havill
Analysis Of Algorithms For Online Routing And Scheduling In Networks, Jessen Tait Havill
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
We study situations in which an algorithm must make decisions about how to best route and schedule data transfer requests in a communication network before each transfer leaves its source. For some situations, such as those requiring quality of service guarantees, this is essential. For other situations, doing work in advance can simplify decisions in transit and increase the speed of the network. In order to reflect realistic scenarios, we require that our algorithms be online, or make their decisions without knowing future requests. We measure the efficiency of an online algorithm by its competitive ratio, which is the maximum …
Designing Carolina: The Construction Of An Early American Social And Geographical Landscape, 1670-1719, Meaghan N. Duff
Designing Carolina: The Construction Of An Early American Social And Geographical Landscape, 1670-1719, Meaghan N. Duff
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study explores the promotion, population and settlement of the Carolina lowcountry and evaluates the colony's pioneer years, the period before an English-dominated plantation society achieved supremacy. Many designers participated in the construction of proprietary South Carolina's social and geographical landscapes. The explorers and propagandists who first characterized the colony for European audiences developed the region in the minds of potential emigrants. their recruitment campaigns determined in part the people who colonized the province. The Lords Proprietors and their agents, who devised an elaborate settlement program set forth in the Fundamental Constitutions and other land policies, influenced how Carolina evolved …
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A History The American World War Ii Personal Narrative, 1942-1945, Hildy Michelle Neel
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A History The American World War Ii Personal Narrative, 1942-1945, Hildy Michelle Neel
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation charts the publishing history, marketing, packaging, authorship, and reviewing of WWII personal narratives, explores connections between wartime narratives and issues of censorship, rationing, and the use of books as propaganda, and closely examines the main themes of twenty-five of the nearly two hundred written between 1942 and 1945. The books being assayed offered an insider's view of combat from every theater of war and every branch of the service as well as the Merchant Marines.;An offshoot of the documentary impulse of the Thirties, the personal narrative became an American publishing phenomenon during the next decade's war. In general, …
The John De La Howe Site: A Study Of Colonoware On The South Carolina Frontier, Margaret W. Cooper
The John De La Howe Site: A Study Of Colonoware On The South Carolina Frontier, Margaret W. Cooper
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten
In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler
"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Increased Inundation And Wrack Deposition On Photosynthesis And Respiration In A Virginia Salt Marsh, W. David Miller
The Effects Of Increased Inundation And Wrack Deposition On Photosynthesis And Respiration In A Virginia Salt Marsh, W. David Miller
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Church, State, And School: The Education Of Freedmen In Virginia, 1861-1870, Susan W. Gillespie
Church, State, And School: The Education Of Freedmen In Virginia, 1861-1870, Susan W. Gillespie
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Africa As A Regional And Global Source Of Atmospheric Gases And Particulates, Lawrence Mtetwa
Africa As A Regional And Global Source Of Atmospheric Gases And Particulates, Lawrence Mtetwa
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The role of the continent of Africa as a source of gaseous and particulate emissions to the atmosphere is investigated in this study. Sources of gases and particulates from Africa include fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning, and biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide. This study represents the first comprehensive database of gaseous and particulate emissions developed for the continent of Africa on a country by country basis and establishes the framework for country-by-country, assessment of greenhouse gases emissions as required by the Kyoto Conference on Global Warming, which was attended by representatives from more than 100 countries. Calculations of gases …
Generational Revolt And The Spirit Of Capitalism : Fanny Fern's Confrontation With Calvinism, Class, And Gender Ideology In Ruth Hall, Catherine Lunt
Generational Revolt And The Spirit Of Capitalism : Fanny Fern's Confrontation With Calvinism, Class, And Gender Ideology In Ruth Hall, Catherine Lunt
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
First Observation Of The Very Rare Decay Neutral Kaon(Long) Going To Electron Positron, Robert David Martin Iii
First Observation Of The Very Rare Decay Neutral Kaon(Long) Going To Electron Positron, Robert David Martin Iii
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS Experiment 871 (E871) has carried out a search for the very rare, GIM and helicity suppressed decay of the long-lived neutral kaon into an electron-positron pair. This decay is predicted within the Standard Model to occur with a branching ratio of {dollar}(9.0 \pm 0.4)\times 10\sp{lcub}-12{rcub}.{dollar} Data were taken during the 1995 and 1996 AGS HEP running periods on the B5 beamline. A signal of (4 {dollar}\pm{dollar} 2) {dollar}K\sbsp{lcub}L{rcub}{lcub}0{rcub} \to e\sp+e\sp-{dollar} events is seen with a physics background expectation of 0.2 events. The ratio of the partial decay widths {dollar}\Gamma(K\sbsp{lcub}L{rcub}{lcub}0{rcub} \to e\sp+e\sp-)/\Gamma(K\sbsp{lcub}L{rcub}{lcub}0{rcub}\to\mu\sp+\mu\sp-){dollar} is determined to be {dollar}(1.3\sbsp{lcub}-0.6{rcub}{lcub}+0.8{rcub} …
Searches For Exotic Matter, David Lee Morgan
Searches For Exotic Matter, David Lee Morgan
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This research encompasses two quite distinct searches for exotic matter. The first half concerns exotic matter on the scale of elementary particles. In this chapter, I consider the production of gluinos, the supersymmetric partner of the gluon, in models where the gluino is very light. Cross sections are calculated for electroproduction and hadroproduction of gluinos and the results indicate that existing accelerators are capable of probing the region of gluino masses between 1.0 and 2.0GeV with lifetimes between 10{dollar}\sp{lcub}-10{rcub}{dollar} and 10{dollar}\sp{lcub}-6{rcub}{dollar} seconds. Such experiments could find a light gluino if it exists, or to close this unexplored mass-lifetime window. The …
A Probability Programming Language: Development And Applications, Andrew Gordon Glen
A Probability Programming Language: Development And Applications, Andrew Gordon Glen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
A probability programming language is developed and presented; applications illustrate its use. Algorithms and generalized theorems used in probability are encapsulated into a programming environment with the computer algebra system Maple to provide the applied community with automated probability capabilities. Algorithms of procedures are presented and explained, including detailed presentations on three of the most significant procedures. Applications that encompass a wide range of applied topics including goodness-of-fit testing, probabilistic modeling, central limit theorem augmentation, generation of mathematical resources, and estimation are presented.
From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Fiction, Bertram Duane Ashe
From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Fiction, Bertram Duane Ashe
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study is to explore the written representation of African-American spoken-voice storytelling in five fictional narratives published between the late nineteenth century and the late twentieth century: Charles W. Chesnutt's "Hot-Foot Hannibal," Zora Neale Hurston's their Eyes Were Watching God, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Cade Bambara's "My Man Bovanne," and John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's Story.".;Using Walter Ong's suggestion that the relationship between storyteller and inside-the-text listener mirrors the hoped-for relationship between writer and readership, this study examines the way these writers grappled with these factors as they generated their texts.;By paying attention to the teller/listener-writer/readership relationship, …
Electroproduction Of The S(11)Meson(1535) Resonance At High Momentum Transfer, Christopher Stephen Armstrong
Electroproduction Of The S(11)Meson(1535) Resonance At High Momentum Transfer, Christopher Stephen Armstrong
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The amplitude of the $S\sb{11}$(1535) resonance at values of four-momentum transfer $Q\sp2 > 0$ is not explained by the nonrelativistic constituent quark model, and is currently a topic of theoretical interest; in addition, the large branching fraction of this resonance to the proton-$\eta$ decay channel is not well understood. There is also controversy concerning the $Q\sp2$ regime in which perturbative QCD becomes important in describing nucleon resonances such as the $S\sb{11}$. The $p(e, e\sp\prime p)\eta$ reaction is an excellent system in which to study this resonance and address the issue of possible perturbative effects: the $p\eta$ channel is not accessible to …
"Struck In Their Hearts": David Zeisberger's Moravian Mission To The Delaware Indians In Ohio, 1767-1808, Maia Turner Conrad
"Struck In Their Hearts": David Zeisberger's Moravian Mission To The Delaware Indians In Ohio, 1767-1808, Maia Turner Conrad
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In 1767 David Zeisberger began his Moravian mission to the Delaware Indians in Ohio. He led this mission until his death in 1808. While Zeisberger and his assistants required conformity in matters religious, the converts did not have to make enormous changes in their traditional beliefs. The Delaware converts also did not have to alter their traditional economic, medical, housing, and diplomatic practices.;The goal of this study is to understand why hundreds of Delawares chose to convert, and why as many more chose to live at the mission. Many Delawares hoped to return to the peaceful life they had previously …
On The Front Lines Of Freedom: Black And White Women Shape Emancipation In Virginia, 1861-1890, Antoinette G. Van Zelm
On The Front Lines Of Freedom: Black And White Women Shape Emancipation In Virginia, 1861-1890, Antoinette G. Van Zelm
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Black and white women in Virginia were on the front lines of the struggle over emancipation during and after the Civil War. Between 1861 and 1890, both former slave and former slaveholding women shaped black freedom and thereby re-invented themselves as citizens within their local communities.;Focusing on women who lived in the southeastern and south-central regions of Virginia, this study expands the narrative of Southern history to encompass the vigorous contest between black and white women over the meanings of slavery, the war, and freedom. Based on federal records and private papers, this dissertation assesses women's ideas about the end …
Charlatans, Embezzlers, And Murderers: Revolution Comes To Virginia, 1765-1775, William E. White
Charlatans, Embezzlers, And Murderers: Revolution Comes To Virginia, 1765-1775, William E. White
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In 1774 Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, predicted that the social tensions in Virginia society would end the fomenting rebellion. For a decade the gentry had contended with a series of scandals that diminished their standing as the social, political and moral leaders of the colony. Three scandals, in particular, heightened freeholder scrutiny of Virginia leaders.;Richard Henry Lee quickly stepped to the forefront in 1765 and became the popular leader of the Stamp Act resistance. The revelation that he had applied for the position of Stamp Collector shocked many. He appeared as a self-interested charlatan. Then, in 1766, Speaker …
The Vice Presidency Of Richard M Nixon: One Man's Quest For National Respect, An International Reputation, And The Presidency, Benjamin Joel Goldberg
The Vice Presidency Of Richard M Nixon: One Man's Quest For National Respect, An International Reputation, And The Presidency, Benjamin Joel Goldberg
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Richard M. Nixon served as Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. During this time, he worked to portray himself to the public as an international affairs expert and integral advisor within the Administration. Drawing on experiences as a Congressman and his close relationship with John Foster Dulles, Nixon made every effort to gain a meaningful advisory and decision-making role. His actual success was limited. The Vice President was motivated by his love of international affairs, desire for respect and vision of his position as a possible jump off point to the presidency in 1960. This last …
A Search For Lepton Flavor Violation In The Neutral Kaon System, Christopher Henry Hoff
A Search For Lepton Flavor Violation In The Neutral Kaon System, Christopher Henry Hoff
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The conservation of separate lepton number is an ad hoc conservation principle in the Standard Model but several non-Standard Model theories allow violation of separate lepton number conservation. A very sensitive search for lepton flavor violation in the neutral kaon system, via the decay K0L→me , was undertaken by Brookhaven National Laboratory Experiment 871 (E871) during the 1995 and 1996 AGS HEP running periods. No K0L→me decays were observed and a single event sensitivity (SES) of 1.97x10-12 was achieved. This single event sensitivity corresponds to an upper limit on the branching fraction of BK0L→m e<4.53+/-0.21+/-0.46x 10-12 at a 90% confidence level.
Coherent Neutral Pion Photoproduction On The Deuteron, David G. Meekins
Coherent Neutral Pion Photoproduction On The Deuteron, David G. Meekins
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The differential scattering cross section for the process gd→dp0 was measured, as part of experiment E89-012 at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The experiment was performed in Hall C during the Spring of 1996 as the commissioning experiment for the Hall C cryogenic target. The High Momentum Spectrometer was used to detect the recoil deuteron and no effort was made to detect the p0 or its decay photons. The differential cross section was measured at a number of incident photon energies between 0.8 GeV and 4.0 GeV for the deuteron center-of-mass angles of 90?? and 136??. The data were found …
Improvements To The Color Quantization Process, Rance David Necaise
Improvements To The Color Quantization Process, Rance David Necaise
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The presentation of color images on devices with limited color capabilities requires a reduction in the number of colors contained in the images. Color image quantization is the process of reducing the number of colors used in an image while maintaining its appearance as much as possible. This reduction is performed using a color image quantization algorithm. The quantization algorithm attempts to select k colors that best represent the contents of the image. The original image is then recolored using the representative colors. to improve the resulting image, a dithering process can be used in place of the recoloring.;This dissertation …
"I Feel Quite Independent Now": The Life Of Mary Greenhow Lee, Sheila R. Phipps
"I Feel Quite Independent Now": The Life Of Mary Greenhow Lee, Sheila R. Phipps
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This biography of Mary Greenhow Lee of Virginia examines life in the nineteenth century. Born in Richmond in 1819, Lee married a lawyer of modest means in Winchester, became widowed thirteen years later, lived through the Civil War in a border town coveted by both armies, then finally settled in Baltimore where she ran a boarding house to make a living until her death in 1907. The purpose of this study is to use a single personality from the past to examine life in the nineteenth-century South from a woman's perspective, using historic events as a backdrop to the narrative.;Mary …