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Change Bell Ringing And Mathematics: A High School Student Excursion Into Graph Theory And Group Theory, Kristi Carlson

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This unit was created as a way to introduce higher level mathematics concepts to advanced high school students. All five of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Process Standards are found in this unit. For most of the unit, students work within small groups

Something's Missing: Justice Restored, Lisa Ramsey

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Self-Pollinated Rhizomatous Tall Fescue, Keith Rincker

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Emptiness And Eight Fold Path, Jennifer Verne

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Contexts Of Positional Behavior In Captive Cebuella Pygmaea, Colin Jackson

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Inertial Navigation System, Michael Calabrese Jr., David Engblom, Aaron Fleckenstein

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Accelerometer-based inertial navigation systems present an inexpensive alternative to gyroscope and global positioning navigation systems. An array of accelerometers comprises the basic design of the inertial navigation system. The position of the device can be continuously updated based on the previous device location and measurements of the device acceleration. There are fewer moving parts in an accelerometer-based system than in a gyroscopic device, and it is free of the earth bound constraints of a global positioning system. The prototype wirelessly interfaces with a data-collection system, which processes the data and provides a graphical display of the trajectory traveled.

Two accelerometer …

Fahrenheit 451: A Teacher's Guide, Jaclyn Shurmack

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This website is a resource for teachers to reference in order to help them understand and teach various aspects of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. First, Fahrenheit 451'is a great book to teach in the classroom. It presents many ideas that will cause students to think about the world around them. Some of these ideas include thinking on one's own and also questioning information that is presented to students. One aspect of Ray Brabury's Fahrenheit 451 looks at the idea of censorship in the world- In this futuristic tale, boob are burned rather than read and the censorship of various …

An Interview With Wendell Berry, Birkin Gilmore

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In choosing which questions to ask of Mr. Berry, I was interested in the environment, physical and spiritual, that gives rise to the poems. The Sabbath poems, for instance, come from the author's meditations as he passes through places and spaces of time where, as Mr. Berry has written, "the heart and mind are open and aware." As Mr. Berry is intimately concerned with cultivating land, so these are moments to be cultivated whose fruits are poems. I am interested in how the place in which the poems are written participates in their creation. If we are to keep alive …

Teaching Pronunciation In High School Spanish Classes: A Focus On Vowels, Ellen Waisanen

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With the growing use of Spanish in the United States, it is increasingly valuable to have a knowledge of the language. Accurate pronunciation is an integral component of effectively speaking Spanish and attaining native-like mastery of the language, yet it is neglected by many high school teachers. For this reason, I chose to use my honors thesis project to emphasize accurate pronunciation and create a resource for teaching it more thoroughly. With this collection of notes and exercises, I hope to provide a foundation for high school Spanish teachers to highlight pronunciation in their classes. More specifically, I have focused …

Developmental Systems Theory: A Search For Human Nature, Erin Kenzie

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When trying to identify the driving forces behind the development of traits, 'nature' and 'nurture' are presented as the sole answers to a seemingly inevitable philosophical question. There must be reasons behind why an individual has a certain trait, so the rhetoric goes, and the line of reasoning has to go in one of two directions. Either factors in the individual's environment - such as parental care or life experience - are responsible, or the trait is an immutable characteristic of the individual's biological makeup. Although this dichotomy has permeated the public consciousness, it is dismissed by those who study …

The Effects Of Water On The Physical Properties Of Silica Aerogels, Shira G. Mandel

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The research found in this report focuses on varying the amount of water used in the fabrication of silica aerogels and characterizing the effect this has on their physical properties, such as density, thermal conductivity and transmittance. So far, the aerogels made with the "original" recipe have produced average density of 0.09 g/cm3 and thermal conductivity of 0.04 W/mK; these properties are not significantly altered as the amount of water used is increased or decreased. However, there is an observable trend in transmittance; as more water is added to the "standard" recipe, the resulting monoliths become more transparent and less …

The Design, Synthesis And Analysis Of High-Affinity Peptide-Peptoid Hybrid Ligands That Bind Evh1 Domains & The Synthesis Of 1-Substituted M-Terphenyls That Seve As N^C^C And O^C^C Ligands For Use In Cyclometallated Platinum Complexes, Eric J. Dimise

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Protein-ligand interactions are often at the center of cellular regulatory processes. The Enabled/ vasodilator Stimulated Phosphoprotein Homology 1 (EVH1) domain of the Enabled/ Vasodilator Stimulated Phosphoprotein (Ena/VASP) protein family has been linked to the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton through multiple protein-protein interactions via the recognition of polyproline amino acid sequences. Here, we examine the structural and physicochemical features of the EVH1 domain in an effort to design high affinity peptide-peptoid hybrid ligands that compete with EVH1's natural binding partners. & The unique photophysical properties of aryl, tridentate complexes of platinum have recently led to a surge in ligand design …

Inclusion Of Customized Quantum Dots Into Laponite Based Nanocomposites, Jennifer Rae Eliseo

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Quantum dot (QD) semiconductor nanocrystals offer unique electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, that can be used in advanced materials applications including optoelectronics, catalysis, sensing, and quantum computing. Tailoring of quantum dot surface coatings allows for control of self-assembly and facile inclusion into various host matrices. Querner and colleges have provided a novel synthetic route to graft aniline tetramer units onto quantum dots via a disulfide bridge. A key goal of our work has been the optimization of this synthesis for inclusion of functionalized QDs within Laponite/polyaniline nanoscaffolds. Uv/visible and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to study frequency resonance energy transfer within …

Guest-Host Chemistry Of P-Sulfonatocalix[6]Arene And Nizatidine, Galia Debelouchina

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This work investigates the guest-host chemistry in water of p-sulfonatocalix[6]arene and a number of guests related to the amino acids arginine and lysine. Two questions are particularly important: what are the interactions that drive guest-host binding and what is the role of the solvent. The answers to these questions are investigated with isothermal titration calorimetry (lTC), which gives K, ?H, and ?S, and pressure perturbation calorimetry (PPC), which allows the calculation of the thermal coefficient of expansion ? and relating it to a molecule's structure-breaking or structure-making properties. The ITC data suggests that hydrogen bonding and charge-charge interactions are the …

“The Path To Independence: A Comparative Analysis Of The Development Of Independent Media In The Early United States And The Contemporary Republic Of Georgia.”, Liza Ortego

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The Constitutionality Of Same Sex Marriage, Brandy Raley

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John Stuart Mill's Conflicting Theories In Relationship With Elected Officials In The United States Government, Frederick Murphy

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The Servicemen's Readjustment Act Of 1944: The History, People, And Effects On Minorities, Peter R. Conrad

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Intersecting Segments Of The Participatory Puzzle, Danielle Diers

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An engaged and active citizenry is integral to the American democracy. Normally when political participation is discussed, a heavy emphasis is placed on voting in national elections. While this is an important element of politics, it is but one ingredient. It is important to view participation also at the community level, for localities comprise the fabric of America. The late philosopher and educator, John Dewey, believed that democracy not only began at home, but that its home was in the neighborly community (Putnam, 2000). This exemplifies the American political system in that there exist numerous forms of participation that have …

Effects Of Reinstatement Of Generation Encoding Operations On Source Decisions, Megan K. Littrell

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The Logic Of Art: A Thesis On Directing Catherine Butterfield’S Joined At The Head For Lsu Theatre’S Studio Season 2004, Chelsea M. Marcantel

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A Pattern Of Press Self-Criticism In The First Half Of The Twentieth Century, Rebecca Ann Markway

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On The Nature Of Connectivity Types, Miao Xu

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The Effect Of Social Support On Physical Health In Older Individuals, Erin M. Jackson

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Viral Marketing: What It Is And Where It Is Going, Laura Ashley Aucion

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Do Humans Perceive Sexual Words As Threatening?, Donice Meriwether Alverson-Banks

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Adult Demographic Composition In The Poole-Rose Ossuary, Kirsten Marie Brown

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Attribution Processes Of Stability, Controllability, And Responsibility In Impoverished Parents Of Children With And Without Behavior Disorders, Jane G. Cranford

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Stella, Elizabeth, And The Dark Lady: The Character Of The Beloved Mistress In Elizabethan Sonnet Sequences, Claire Dawkins

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Microfluidics Fabrication And Testing For A Novel Biomems Cell Counting Device, Marly N. Dows

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