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An Investigation Of Wind Noise Over A Flat Plate, Kevin Dillion

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Think : An Installation, Kathleen Moore

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Anything Goes : A Costume Design Process, Devon Kate Ash

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Electronic Cooling Computer Model Verification And Predictions For A Generic Module Array Of Power Amplifier Chips Using Heat Pipes, Sridhar R. Nimma

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Evaluation Of Very High Bond (Vhb) Pressure Sensitive Acrylic Foam And Adhesive Transfer Tape Aluminum Bonded Joints Subjected To Environmental Aging, Manoj Anakapalli

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Assessment Of Septic System Performance Using Remote Sensing Technology, Amanda Patterson

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The Conceptual Development And Production Of Our Town, 2005, Wendy Pottorff Hansen

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Fretting Over Faith : Protestantism And The Southern Musician, Robert Hawkins

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The Dragon And The Chameleon : White Patronage During The Harlem Renaissance, Brianne E. Keeney

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Quantitative Analysis Of Land Loss In Coastal Louisiana Using Remote Sensing / By Patrick M. Wales, Patrick M. Wales

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Cashing Out, Neil P. Conway

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Willie Morris : Toward A Literary Biography, Richard Malcolm Caldwell

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Detection And Interpretation Of Small Dynamic Targets Through Optical Satellite Imaging, Scott Anderson Delozier

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Bringing Literature To Life For Sixth Grade "Reluctant Readers": A Collaborative, Participatory Study Using Theatre For Young Audiences Experiences To Address Aliteracy, Wayne Brinda

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With the current disenchantment toward reading literature among adolescents, this study explored if an Artistic Director of a Theatre for Young Audiences could lead the transformation of aliterate, sixth grade "reluctant readers" into becoming engaged readers of literature? These students have the basic skills to read, but choose not to read for a variety of reasons. The study used the intervention of specific, collaborative theatrical strategies, which are alternative approaches to traditional middle school reading pedagogy. The strategies included rehearsal techniques, organizing small group "Production Teams," preparing for and experiencing a theatrical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, and actively …

The Limits Of Philosophy: Plato's Sophist And Statesman, Mark Brouwer

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Plato's Sophist and Statesman articulate the limits or definition of philosophy. My selective interpretation begins with a problem from Sophist 259e-260a and 252e-253e: Is it possible to express correctly (in logos) the necessary conditions of logos? This is an instance of a universal problem: Is it possible for any expertise to define itself and have expert inspired confidence in this definition? I articulate this universal problem with recourse to Kantian meta-philosophy, Chomsky's generative grammar and Schoenberg's theory of harmony. Rudolph Carnap's distinction between questions internal and external to a scientific framework is the means of addressing this universal problem. Questions …

Political Neutrality And Humanitarian Aid: Practical Implications Of Organizational Ideology, Nancy Bruni

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This study investigates how the different ideological interpretations of the principle of neutrality affect the practices of humanitarian aid organizations in conflict situations. Specifically, I study the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders/MSF). Additionally, I seek specific examples from the current conflict in Darfur, Sudan to illustrate my findings.

The purpose of this study is to determine how the organizations deal with delivering aid in a highly politicized environment while maintaining neutrality. It seeks to articulate the current dilemmas facing aid organizations that work to save the lives of those who suffer. …

Towards Optimal Tree Construction Of Monotone Functions, Miao Chen

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This thesis focuses on finding counterexamples for the conjecture suggested by Dr. Jackson that if two Boolean variables i and j in a monotone Boolean function have the relation such that if i is relevant in only one sub-tree with j as root while j is relevant in both sub-trees with i as root, then the optimal tree size (defined as the number of leaves in the tree) with j as root is as least as small as the optimal tree size with i as root. All distinct monotone Boolean functions of up to 6 variables and some interesting functions …

The Rhetoric And Philosophy Of Early American Discourse 1767-1801: Toward A Theory Of Common Sense, James Cianciola

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What are the rhetorical and philosophical implications of common sense in colonial America during the time immediately preceding, during, and following the American Revolution? A study of seminal texts from the Classical era, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution will reveal the uses of common sense as rhetorical invention in each historical period. This study will also identify the various philosophies of common sense at play in the second half of the 18th century in order to better understand their influence upon the construction of early American rhetoric. While segments of postmodern rhetorical theories challenge or reject the presuppositions of …

Bergson's Aristotelian Theory Of Duration And The History Of Temporality, Daniel Collins-Cavanaugh

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In Being and Time, Heidegger claims that the history of the ordinary concept of time is Aristotelian. He says further that this Aristotelian heritage runs from Aristotle to Bergson. In this dissertation, I dispute part of this claim. I dispute that the history of the concept of time is Aristotelian, but I agree that there is a connection between Aristotle and Bergson. Bergson, whose writing on temporality was popular just before the publication of Being and Time, has a theory of temporality, which he calls duration, which is heavily influenced by Aristotle's theory. The primary figure that influences the history …

Examination Of The Reliability And Validity Of The Triage Assessment Survey: Organizations, Christian Conte

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This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Triage Assessment Survey: Organizations (TAS:O), a 27-item, 5-point, Likert summated rating scale. The participants consisted of 117 graduate students. All participants responded to the TAS:O after reading mild, moderate, marked and severe organizational crisis scenarios. Statistical analyses were performed on the data to determine the instrument's reliability and validity. The overall Cronbach's alpha and Spearman-Brown reliability tests were both .93. An item total correlation revealed that all but one item had statistically significant correlations. Factor analysis revealed three factors, confirming the hypothesis that the TAS:O is comprised of three distinct factors …

Phylogenetic Investigations Of The Genus Cyprinella Based On Mitochondrial Dna Sequence Data, Tiffani Crum

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The genus Cyprinella is a highly diverse and widely distributed assemblage of freshwater fish. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as minnows and their similar appearances have led to numerous classification problems. Only recently has Cyprinella been elevated to generic status and many relationships within the genus are only beginning to be understood. To investigate the monophyly of Cyprinella leedsi, a species of Cyprinella with a highly disjunct distribution, and to develop a molecular method for tracking hybridization events between the invasive red shiner (C. lutrensis) and other southeastern Cyprinella species, the mtDNA tRNA Pro gene, the control …

Planning Release: An Evaluation Of The Allegheny County Jail Project, Rae Dorer

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The goal of the Allegheny County Jail Project is to allow inmates to maintain social bonds by obtaining meaningful employment and reduce the rate of recidivism. The rates of recidivism were evaluated for the Allegheny County Jail Project and then compared to the rate of recidivism of the general population of the Allegheny County Jail to measure the success of the program. A population of 126 enrollees, the first and second year enrollees of the program combined, was selected for this evaluation from September 2001 to June 2003, and then a follow up of one year was conducted to find …

Migraine: An Existential Phenomenological Study, Jodie Eckenrod

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This study examined the structure of the migraine headache experience. Three adult participants were asked to give a written answer to the question: "Please describe a time you experienced a migraine headache. Please explain what was happening before the headache, during the headache and how it was resolved." The participants were then asked for an audio taped interview with the researcher, the purpose of which was to further explore unclear areas in the written response. The written response and audio taped interview comprised the data sets for phenomenological analysis. From the data from the three participants, a general narrative of …

Electronic String Quartet #1, Theodore Smoker

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Electronic String Quartet #1 by Ted Smoker incorporates the expressiveness of live string performance with the sonic capabilities of music technology through the use of electronic effects processing. This piece incorporates pitch-set theory, polytonality, Lydian and Phrygian church modes, microtonal pitch sweeps, and percussive effects. The electronic effects used in the composition were reverb, delay with tempo control, tube-amplifier distortion, and flanger or filter sweep generator. It is intended to be played by five performers -- string instrumentalists and sound engineer. A notation for the electronic effects was invented to provide a clear, simple, and precise system for manipulating the …

A Comparison Of The Perceptions Of The Importance Of Supervision Skills And Training Between Formally Trained Supervisors And Non-Formally Trained Supervisors In A Children And Adolescent Service System Program, Jeffrey Spencer

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The problem to be investigated is to compare counseling supervisors who have formal training in supervision (CFT) to counseling supervisors who have not been formally trained in supervision (CNT) on two dependent variables. The two dependent variables used in this investigation are (1) the perceived importance of having supervisory competencies in order to do their job and (2) the perceived need to have training in these supervisory competencies in order to do their job. This study will extend a study by Dr. Maura Krushinski (2004) that examined the importance of these variables among CFTs and CNTs who were supervising counseling …

Primary Fatty Acid Amides In Mammalian Tissues: Isolation And Analysis By Hptlc And Spe In Conjunction With Gc/Ms, Tamanna Sultana

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Primary fatty acid amides (PFAM's) are a novel class of bio-active lipids present in mammals in trace level. Selective isolation of PFAM's from lipid extracts is crucial for obtaining them in pure and concentrated form for interference-free instrumental detection and analysis. Synthesis of these commercially unavailable lipids is also important for method development and quantitative analysis by instrumental means. In this study a wide variety of long chain saturated and unsaturated primary fatty acid amides were synthesized and characterized. This list includes the positional and geometrical isomers of naturally abundant PFAM's. Two isotopically enriched PFAM's were also synthesized which are …

The Self-Reported Multicultural Sports Counseling Competencies Among Professional School Counselors And Play It Smart Academic Coaches, Taunya Tinsley

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This study compared the self-reported multicultural sports counseling competencies of professional school counselors and Play It Smart academic coaches. Specifically, the study explored the differences in multicultural awareness, multicultural counseling knowledge, multicultural counseling skills, and the multicultural counseling relationship among professionals who provide counseling services to high school student athletes. Defining culture inclusively allows the extension of the definition of multicultural counseling to include the student athlete population. This study compared the multicultural sports counseling competencies of professional school counselors and academic coaches affiliated with high schools throughout the United States that utilize the National Football Foundation's Play It Smart …

Structural Determinants For Substrate And Inhibitor Recognition By The Dopamine Transporter, Okechukwu T. Ukairo

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A long-standing postulate holds that cocaine inhibits DAT-mediated dopamine transport via competition with dopamine for formation of an ionic bond with the DAT transmembrane 1 aspartic acid residue 79. A recent study from our laboratory indicated that mutation of this aspartate to glutamate (D79E) had little or no effect on dopamine affinity or dopamine uptake inhibition potencies for WIN35,428 and cocaine, and decreased WIN35,428 affinity by only 3 fold (Wang et al., 2003). The study cast doubt on the requirement of a dopamine-D79 ion pair, but did not address whether the residue plays a role in recognizing the cocaine pharmacophore. …

Isolation And Characterization Of Water-Soluble Fluorescent Species From Human Serum, Ashraf Hamid Elamin

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Lipid peroxidation (LP) proceeds by a free radical chain reaction mechanism in which molecular oxygen is incorporated into polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to yield lipid hydroperoxides (LOOH). The ultimate end-products of LP are the production of alpha, beta unsaturated aldehydes, such as acrolein, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) and malondialdehyde (MDA). These aldehydes are very reactive and exhibit facile reactivity with various biomolecules, particularly proteins, resulting in the formation of fluorescent adducts that could be useful biological marker in diseases. These fluorescent adducts typically emit light between 400 and 600 nm when excited at wavelengths ranging from 300-400 nm. Lysine residues are the …

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 1244 Piliation: Environmental Signals And Regulation, Dana Furst

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The presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 pili on the bacterial surface is dependent upon the growth environment. Quantitative western immunoblot analysis showed that an agar plate promoted surface expression of pili, whereas bacterial cells grown in liquid broth lacked similar appendages. Hyperexpression of the pilA gene increased piliation in broth cells but not to the extent of plate cells. Real-time RT-PCR indicated that the pilA gene has the potential to be regulated posttranscriptionally, regardless of the growth environment.

The P. aeruginosa 1244 pilin glycan and lipopolysaccharide O-antigen are synthesized via the same biosynthetic pathway. Rabbits immunized with LPS-free pili produced …