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Language, Social Interactions, And Attention As Predictors Of Reading Development In Second Grade, Lisa A. Newland
Language, Social Interactions, And Attention As Predictors Of Reading Development In Second Grade, Lisa A. Newland
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Social interactions between 153 mother-infant dyads in the laboratory were examined for associations with language and play preferences when infants were 14 months old. Later associations with reading skills, attention, and book reading were examined at the end of second grade. Mothers and infants were videotaped in a 20-minute laboratory observation at 14 months, and joint visual attention and social toy play were coded from the interactions. Language was assessed at 14 months using a standardized instrument, and mothers rated their own and their infants' preferences for specific types of play. A follow-up study, conducted at the end of second …
Development Of A Bird-Avoidance Model For Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, Edward J. Zakrajsek
Development Of A Bird-Avoidance Model For Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, Edward J. Zakrajsek
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Bird strikes (collisions between birds and aircraft) pose a significant threat to aviation safety. For example, Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, lost an F-18 jet to a bird strike in October 1995. To help combat the bird-strike threat at Naval Air Facility El Centro, I developed a bird-avoidance model as a risk-management tool for the installation. It can be used to schedule flights at NAF El Centro and its two associated practice-bombing ranges during times of low-bird activity. I calculated bird-strike risks and published them in web-page format on both the installation's server and the USGS/Utah State University, College …