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The Relationship Between Teacher Attitudes Toward Florida History And The Methods And Materials The Teachers Use To Teach Florida History, Elizabeth Dewey Jan 2005

The Relationship Between Teacher Attitudes Toward Florida History And The Methods And Materials The Teachers Use To Teach Florida History, Elizabeth Dewey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Reacting to an impression that history is not viewed as significant as other curricular subjects such as reading, math, or science, there were multiple purposes for this research: first, to document the attitudes of the fourth grade teachers in one county in Florida towards the subject of Florida history. The teachers' perceptions of the importance of the topic to and for the students, to the administration, and to them personally was surveyed in addition to the perceived preparation of the teachers to teach Florida History. The second purpose was to ascertain the perception of fourth grade teachers regarding preference and …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 36 No. 61, May 12, 2004 May 2004

Central Florida Future, Vol. 36 No. 61, May 12, 2004

Central Florida Future

Undergrad tuition may rise 7.5 percent; UCF handed a $50 mil raise; Bush halves UCF plans for preserve; Test-takers stay put while portable smolders.

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Florida's Energy Future: Opportunities For Our Economy, Environment And Security - Appendices, Florida Solar Energy Center, Philip W. Fairey Jan 2004

Florida's Energy Future: Opportunities For Our Economy, Environment And Security - Appendices, Florida Solar Energy Center, Philip W. Fairey

FSEC Energy Research Center®

The future of Florida's economy, environment and security is inextricably intertwined with our energy use decisions. Our state has one of the nation's fastest growing populations, promoting rapid expansion of an energy industry that imports its fuel supplies. Florida exports approximately $32 billion per year for these energy fuels. Moreover, the Florida economy depends critically on tourism and agriculture, and the fuels and energy products that maintain them. Our pristine environment is the primary natural resource supporting this unique economic engine and the adverse effects of our rapidly growing energy use now stress it. Our State's economic well-being and security …

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Modified Sierpinski Fractal Antenna, Tripti Luintel Jan 2004

Modified Sierpinski Fractal Antenna, Tripti Luintel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Fractal antennas have the potential to provide multi-band solution through the property of self similarity that the fractal shape possess. This thesis deals with some modifications of the original Sierpinski fractal patch antenna, providing additional parameters to optimize in order to get the required radiation characteristics. A systematic study of the original Sierpinski monopole was done to gain an insight on the operation and multi-band behavior of the antenna and a similar study was done to find out why the patch version of Sierpinski lacks multi-band behavior. A Sierpinski antenna is designed by merging a grid and the fractal restoring …

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Assessing The Impact Of Movies Upon An Individual's Image Formation Concerning A Given Destination, Jeeyeon (Jeannie) Hahm Jan 2004

Assessing The Impact Of Movies Upon An Individual's Image Formation Concerning A Given Destination, Jeeyeon (Jeannie) Hahm

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The process of watching a movie is a common way to be entertained in this day and age. There are multiple ways in which people can enjoy a movie ranging from the big screen at a commercial theater, on their home's television, or even in a car while driving. One outcome associated with watching a destination movie might be that the viewer will be compelled to visit or not the location portrayed in the movie. It is a primary assumption of this thesis that movies have the ability to create or change an individual's image of a destination by its …

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Some Suggestions For Keeping National Wildlife Refuges Healthy And Whole, Reed F. Noss Jan 2004

Some Suggestions For Keeping National Wildlife Refuges Healthy And Whole, Reed F. Noss

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

National wildlife refuges have a biological conservation mandate surpassing that of any other category of public land in the United States. The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 forged a statutory requirement to maintain the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of refuges, Yet, considerably more guidance from science is needed if this mandate is to be interpreted in a scientifically defensible and biologically conservative manner. After evaluation of the extent to which well-accepted goals and principles of conservation biology are reflected in the wildlife refuge system mandate and in the actual design and management of refuges, it …

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Affordances In The Design Of Virtual Environments, David Charles Gross Jan 2004

Affordances In The Design Of Virtual Environments, David Charles Gross

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Human-computer interaction design principles largely focus on static representations and have yet to fully incorporate theories of perception appropriate for the dynamic multimodal interactions inherent to virtual environment (VE) interaction. Theories of direct perception, in particular affordance theory, may prove particularly relevant to enhancing VE interaction design. The present research constructs a conceptual model of how affordances are realized in the natural world and how lack of sensory stimuli may lead to realization failures in virtual environments. Implications of the model were empirically investigated by examining three affordances: passability, catchability, and flyability. The experimental design involved four factors for each …

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"Dawn And Doom Was In The Branches": Nature, Vodou And The Pastoral Impulse In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Christopher Rieger Jan 2004

"Dawn And Doom Was In The Branches": Nature, Vodou And The Pastoral Impulse In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Christopher Rieger

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas And The Invasion Of Florida, F. Waage Jan 2004

Marjory Stoneman Douglas And The Invasion Of Florida, F. Waage

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

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A Case Study Of The Libraries In The Vanguard Learning Colleges, Linda G. Swaine Jan 2004

A Case Study Of The Libraries In The Vanguard Learning Colleges, Linda G. Swaine

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was conducted to determine the characteristics of a learning-centered library from the perspective of the libraries in the 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges which were participants in the Learning College Project sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College. The 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges were: Cascadia Community College (WA), Community College of Baltimore County (MD), Community College of Denver (CO), Humber College, (Ontario), Kirkwood Community College (IA), Lane Community College, OR), Madison Area Technical College (WI), Moraine Valley Community College (IL), Palomar College (CA), Richland College (TX), Sinclair Community College (OH), and Valencia Community College (FL). Furthermore, …

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Exposure Matters: Examining The Physical And Psychological Health Impacts Of Toxic Contamination Using Gis And Survey Data, Christine A. Bevc Jan 2004

Exposure Matters: Examining The Physical And Psychological Health Impacts Of Toxic Contamination Using Gis And Survey Data, Christine A. Bevc

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the grassroots environmental movement brought national attention to the issues related to inequities in environmental quality. Previous research addressing these environmental inequities has progressively increased and advanced methodologically. However, the arguments and focus have been primarily limited to examining the socio-demographics in an ongoing debate of race and class. This thesis extends past the methodological stalemate focusing on the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using survey data in an environmental justice case study of a community in south Florida. This approach examines the social, health and environmental impacts of a Superfund site …

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Detection And Evaluation Of Exisiting Pavement System With Brick Base, Karishma Desai Jan 2004

Detection And Evaluation Of Exisiting Pavement System With Brick Base, Karishma Desai

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

At the turn of the century, the City of Orlando initiated the "Neighborhood Horizon Program." This program involved local citizens to help improve their community resources by engaging in a process of planning where the problems associated with the communities were identified. Many residents favored to bring back the brick roads that were overlaid with asphalt concrete to provided better transportation in the mid 1900s. With majority of the neighborhood streets already bricked, removing asphalt ensured safety, served as a technique for slowing traffic, and added to the historical integrity. Since there were no official documentations available that stated the …

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Social Underdevelopment In Sub-Saharan Africa, Michelle L. Wingo Jan 2004

Social Underdevelopment In Sub-Saharan Africa, Michelle L. Wingo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

For the past thirty years Africa has produced a more noticeably inferior reserve of human capital than other developing regions. This is puzzling because at the inception of independence, the future of Africa looked promising. However, during the 1970s both the political and economic situation in Africa began to deteriorate, and since 1980, the aggregate per capita GDP in sub-Saharan Africa has declined at almost one percent per fiscal year. Thirty-two countries are poorer now than they were twenty years ago, and sub-Saharan Africa is now the lowest-income region in the world despite the fact that during the last two …

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Effects Of Environmental Regulations On Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence From A Propensity Score Matching Estimator, John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet, Per G. Fredriksson, W. Warren Mchone Jan 2003

Effects Of Environmental Regulations On Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence From A Propensity Score Matching Estimator, John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet, Per G. Fredriksson, W. Warren Mchone

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

This study examines the effects of air quality regulation on economic activity. Anecdotal evidence and some recent empirical studies suggest that an inverse relationship exists between the stringency of environmental regulations and new plant formations. Using a unique county-level data set for New York State from 1980 to 1990, we revisit this conjecture using a seminonparametric method based on propensity score matching. Our empirical estimates suggest that pollution-intensive plants are responding to environmental regulations; more importantly, we find that traditional parametric methods used in previous studies may dramatically understate the impact of more stringent regulations.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 17, October 14, 2002 Oct 2002

Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 17, October 14, 2002

Central Florida Future

Public pushed aside for debate; UCF brands Broncos; Graduate students counsel community.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 8, September 12, 2002 Sep 2002

Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 8, September 12, 2002

Central Florida Future

Executive decision: back to the classroom; SGA designates $20,000 for controversial speaker; No chads but election's still bad.

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Sandspur, Vol 108, No 12, February 01, 2002, Rollins College Feb 2002

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 12, February 01, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

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Sunsmart Community Partnerships: Summary And Lessons Learned Report, Florida Solar Energy Center, Jennifer Szaro Jan 2002

Sunsmart Community Partnerships: Summary And Lessons Learned Report, Florida Solar Energy Center, Jennifer Szaro

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Through a working partnership with the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), the Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation (LEAF), and FMEA member utilities, the SunSmart program offers a unified, low-cost solution to providing municipal electric customers with a solar energy option. It also provides its member utilities with a high level of technical and administrative support to alleviate concerns about working with an unfamiliar electric generation technology. It relies on a core team to develop a standardized marketing and public outreach plan which can be utilized by all participants, and …

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Self-Location And The Racial Other: Reading Cross Creek As Southern Autobiography, James H. Watkins Jan 2002

Self-Location And The Racial Other: Reading Cross Creek As Southern Autobiography, James H. Watkins

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

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Sacred Place In The Work Of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Sudye Cauthen Jan 2002

Sacred Place In The Work Of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Sudye Cauthen

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

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Vol Xi Jan 2002

Vol Xi

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.

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Fibergramme Vol.25 No. 5, Weavers Of Orlando Sep 2001

Fibergramme Vol.25 No. 5, Weavers Of Orlando

Text Materials of Central Florida

FIBERGRAMME is published in September, November, January, March and May.

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Fibergramme Vol. 25, No. 5, Weavers Of Orlando Sep 2001

Fibergramme Vol. 25, No. 5, Weavers Of Orlando

Text Materials of Central Florida

FIBERGRAMME is published in September, November, January, March and May.

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Fibergramme Vol.25 No. 2, Weavers Of Orlando Mar 2001

Fibergramme Vol.25 No. 2, Weavers Of Orlando

Text Materials of Central Florida

FIBERGRAMME is published in September, November, January, March and May.

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Central Florida Future, February 21, 2001 Feb 2001

Central Florida Future, February 21, 2001

Central Florida Future

Award is 'Bittersweet' for film student; UCF and local law officials to educate Russian police; Late night moratorium imposed; Teaching Academy promises excellence in education.

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Central Florida Future, January 24, 2001 Jan 2001

Central Florida Future, January 24, 2001

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

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Bfsa Newsletter, December 2001, Black Faculty And Staff Association Jan 2001

Bfsa Newsletter, December 2001, Black Faculty And Staff Association

BFSA Collection - Textual Materials

No abstract provided.

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Taking The Pulse Of Communication Across The Curriculum: A View From The Trenches, Deanna P. Dannels Jan 2001

Taking The Pulse Of Communication Across The Curriculum: A View From The Trenches, Deanna P. Dannels

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

The article describes the status of the communication across the curriculum (CXC) movement from the perspectives of CXC directors across the U.S. as of May 2001. The participants in this study provide a breadth of information about the daily life of communication across the curriculum programs nationwide. Results of this study indicate the pulse of the movement is strong, yet there are still areas for growth. Increasingly, higher education scholars, faculty in other disciplines, and members of the public are calling for communication instruction and presenting new challenges for directors and scholars to address. If CXC programs are to be …

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Rollins College Brevard Campus, Rollins College Jan 2001

Rollins College Brevard Campus, Rollins College

Text Materials of Central Florida

Rollins College catalogue with list of faculty and students and courses by department.

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Asian Dust Events Of April 1998, R. B. Husar, D. M. Tratt, B. A. Schichtel, S. R. Falke, F. Li, D. Jaffe, S. Grassó, T. Gill, N. S. Laulainen, F. Lu, M. C. Reheis, Y. Chun, D. Westphal, B. N. Holben, C. Gueymard, I. Mckendry, N. Kuring, G. C. Feldman, C. Mcclain, R. J. Frouin, J. Merrill, D. Dubois, F. Vignola, T. Murayama, S. Nickovic, W. E. Wilson, K. Sassen, N. Sugimoto, W. C. Malm Jan 2001

Asian Dust Events Of April 1998, R. B. Husar, D. M. Tratt, B. A. Schichtel, S. R. Falke, F. Li, D. Jaffe, S. Grassó, T. Gill, N. S. Laulainen, F. Lu, M. C. Reheis, Y. Chun, D. Westphal, B. N. Holben, C. Gueymard, I. Mckendry, N. Kuring, G. C. Feldman, C. Mcclain, R. J. Frouin, J. Merrill, D. Dubois, F. Vignola, T. Murayama, S. Nickovic, W. E. Wilson, K. Sassen, N. Sugimoto, W. C. Malm

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

On April 15 and 19, 1998, two intense dust storms were generated over the Gobi desert by springtime low-pressure systems descending from the northwest. The windblown dust was detected and its evolution followed by its yellow color on SeaWiFS satellite images, routine surface-based monitoring, and through serendipitous observations. The April 15 dust cloud was recirculating, and it was removed by a precipitating weather system over east Asia. The April 19 dust cloud crossed the Pacific Ocean in 5 days, subsided to the surface along the mountain ranges between British Columbia and California, and impacted severely the optical and the concentration …

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