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An Examination Of Celebratory Violence: Wvu Football Season 2004., Sara Lynn D'Agostino Jan 2005

An Examination Of Celebratory Violence: Wvu Football Season 2004., Sara Lynn D'Agostino

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This study of celebratory violence represents an application of applied research in partial fulfillment of a masters degree. By and large students, alumni, college administrators as well as sport reporters and sport scholars have voiced their frustration about student riots at Colleges and Universities. As a qualitative study, this paper focused on the nature of fan behavior among college students at West Virginia University Football games in the 2004 season. Specifically, the study focuses on fans emotions, behavior and language, commonly referred to as celebratory violence at college football games. Results have been arranged into four chapters that form the …

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Aterf4 And Aterf7 Are Involved In The Abscisic Acid Signaling Response In Arabidopsis., Zhen Yang Jan 2005

Aterf4 And Aterf7 Are Involved In The Abscisic Acid Signaling Response In Arabidopsis., Zhen Yang

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ERFs (ethylene-responsive element binding factors) belong to a large family of transcription factors that are found exclusively in plants. A small subfamily of ERF proteins can act as transcriptional repressors. The Arabidopsis genome contains eight ERF repressors, namely AtERF3, AtERF4, AtERF7, AtERF8, AtERF9, AtERF10, AtERF11, and AtERF12. The different ERF repressors show differential expression, suggesting that they may have different function. The expression of AtERF4 can be induced by ethylene, jasmonic acid, or abscisic acid. AtERF7 can be induced by abscisic acid only. Using a transient expression system, we demonstrated that AtERF4 and AtERF7 can function as transcriptional repressors. By …

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An Analysis Of Fragmented Land-Use *Policy And Land-Use Change: The Case Study Of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, Richard J. Hoch Jan 2005

An Analysis Of Fragmented Land-Use *Policy And Land-Use Change: The Case Study Of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, Richard J. Hoch

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This research examines the relationship between remotely sensed land-use changes and particular land-use policies within metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1992 to 2002. During the 1990's the Pittsburgh region experienced a tremendous expansion of residential and urban land-use change while simultaneously experiencing a population decline. Within the metropolitan Pittsburgh area there are 525 local and independent municipal governments with the legislative right to enact or not to enact land-use planning policies enabled by the Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Code. This fragmentation creates uneven intra-urban development patterns at the urban scale. This research demonstrates that certain land-use changes that occurred during the study …

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Analysis Of Aging Effects And Effectiveness Of Dewatering Treatment Methods On Acid Mine Drainage Sludge, Phanindra Kumar V. Kunderu Jan 2005

Analysis Of Aging Effects And Effectiveness Of Dewatering Treatment Methods On Acid Mine Drainage Sludge, Phanindra Kumar V. Kunderu

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Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) is produced when sulfide minerals in overburden are subjected to oxygen and water, and generally contains low pH, high acidity and high dissolved metal concentrations. Typically, active treatment of AMD involves the addition of a neutralizing reagent to raise the pH and precipitate the metals as their respective insoluble metal hydroxides. As a by-product of the active treatment of AMD, a large amount of sludge is generated. A site, established in Monongalia County, WV for the active treatment of AMD using ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, generated sludge consisting mainly of water with a total solids concentration …

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Three Essays On Immigration And Outsourcing, Arsen V. Melkumian Jan 2005

Three Essays On Immigration And Outsourcing, Arsen V. Melkumian

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This dissertation includes essays on legal and illegal immigrations and outsourcing. Chapter 1 introduces the paths that economics has blazed into in the areas of legal and illegal immigration and outsourcing. The first essay, in Chapter 2, presents a Cournot duopoly model of a domestic unionized firm and a foreign firm, where the domestic firm has an option to shift all of its production abroad. An increase in the bargaining power of an employment oriented union will increase domestic output and utility of the union.;The second essay, in Chapter 3, examines illegal immigration in the U.S. from Mexico using annual …

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Mass Spectrometry Of Metallothionein Adducts As Candidate Biomarkers Of Styrene Oxide And 1-Phenylpropylene Oxide, Sandra G. Tarr Jan 2005

Mass Spectrometry Of Metallothionein Adducts As Candidate Biomarkers Of Styrene Oxide And 1-Phenylpropylene Oxide, Sandra G. Tarr

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Metallothioneins (MT) are cysteine-rich intracellular proteins that sequester epoxides, such as the genotoxic styrene metabolite, styrene oxide (SO). Covalent adduct formation by the ring-opening of SO and its homologue, 1-phenylpropylene oxide (trans), with MT forms stable complexes that potentially may serve as biomarkers for epoxide exposure. MT was reacted with SO and trans-phenylpropylene oxide (PPO) separately in water. Mass spectra of adducts were obtained using electrospray ionization with positive-ion detection in an ion trap mass spectrometer. MS/MS analysis established the covalent nature of the complexation. Further experiments were conducted to determine the site of adduct formation. Molecular modeling was used …

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The Efficient Dissemination Of Information In Highly Mobile Ad Hoc Networks., Michael Gorden Kirkpatrick Jan 2005

The Efficient Dissemination Of Information In Highly Mobile Ad Hoc Networks., Michael Gorden Kirkpatrick

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With the proliferation of wireless networked computing devices in recent years, the importance of communication between nodes in these networks has increased greatly. The mobility of these nodes complicates the problem because a given node's connections to the network are likely to change over time with the result that communication paths are established ad hoc. As the speed of the nodes increases or the computing power available to them is reduced, many standard techniques for predicting available message pathways no longer work. In these highly mobile ad hoc networks, the links between nodes can change between the time they are …

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Gallium Nitride Growth By Rf-Plasma Assisted Molecular Bean Epitaxy: Determination Of Surface Stoichiometry By Rheed-Traxs, Annealing Of Gallium Nitride:Beryllium And The Effects Of Active Nitrogen Species, Surface Polarity, And Excess Gallium-Overpressure On High Temperature Limits., Brenda Vanmil Jan 2005

Gallium Nitride Growth By Rf-Plasma Assisted Molecular Bean Epitaxy: Determination Of Surface Stoichiometry By Rheed-Traxs, Annealing Of Gallium Nitride:Beryllium And The Effects Of Active Nitrogen Species, Surface Polarity, And Excess Gallium-Overpressure On High Temperature Limits., Brenda Vanmil

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Growth of GaN by molecular beam epitaxy is ultimately limited by thermal decomposition. Factors influencing thermal decomposition are growth species (atomic versus metastable molecular nitrogen), surface polarity (N- vs. Ga-polar), the presence of atomic hydrogen and varying Ga-overpressure. Surface polarity and growth species are the predominant influence determining the onset of thermal decomposition. Decomposition for Ga-stable Ga-polar and N-polar growth both have the same activation energy as that observed for thermal decomposition of GaN in vacuum even though N-polar growth exhibits a significant decrease in thermal decomposition rate. Decomposition may be rate-limited by desorption of surface-adsorbed Ga. Improvement in electrical …

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Measurements Based Performance Analysis Of Web Services, Venu Datla Jan 2005

Measurements Based Performance Analysis Of Web Services, Venu Datla

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Web services are increasingly used to enable interoperability and flexible integration of software systems. In this thesis we focus on measurement-based performance analysis of an e-commerce application which uses Web services components to execute business operations. In our experiments we use a session-oriented workload generated by a tool developed accordingly to TPC-W specification. The empirical results are obtained for two different user profiles, Browsing and Ordering, under different workload intensities. In addition to variation in workloads we also study the applications performance when Web services are implemented using .NET and J2EE. Unlike the previous work which was focused on the …

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Analysis Of Physiological Partners Of Protein Kinase Ck2 In Drosophila Melanogaster, Umesh C. Karandikar Jan 2005

Analysis Of Physiological Partners Of Protein Kinase Ck2 In Drosophila Melanogaster, Umesh C. Karandikar

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CK2 is a highly conserved Ser/Thr protein kinase composed of catalytic (alpha) and regulatory (beta) subunits. The enzyme targets proteins that are involved in a variety of cellular processes such as DNA replication, transcription, translation, cell cycle progression, and development. However, very little information is available on either the regulation of this enzyme or its role during development. These two aspects of CK2 have been addressed using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model organism. The first study (chapter 2) addresses the isolation and characterization of SSL, an ortholog of CK2beta. Using combinatorial approaches, we find that SSL associates …

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Adaptive Edge-Based Prediction For Lossless Image Compression, Rahul G. Parthe Jan 2005

Adaptive Edge-Based Prediction For Lossless Image Compression, Rahul G. Parthe

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Many lossless image compression methods have been suggested with established results hard to surpass. However there are some aspects that can be considered to improve the performance further. This research focuses on two-phase prediction-encoding method, separately studying each and suggesting new techniques.;In the prediction module, proposed Edge-Based-Predictor (EBP) and Least-Squares-Edge-Based-Predictor (LS-EBP) emphasizes on image edges and make predictions accordingly. EBP is a gradient based nonlinear adaptive predictor. EBP switches between prediction-rules based on few threshold parameters automatically determined by a pre-analysis procedure, which makes a first pass. The LS-EBP also uses these parameters, but optimizes the prediction for each pre-analysis …

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Characterization Of Noise And Design Of Active Noise Control Technology In Longwall Mines, Arunkumar R. Rai Jan 2005

Characterization Of Noise And Design Of Active Noise Control Technology In Longwall Mines, Arunkumar R. Rai

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Production and safety have always been a prime issue for mining industry and mining engineers, who strive hard to achieve the critical balance between them. Hearing loss and uneasy working environment are few common ones affecting the health statistics of a underground mine. As a result, recent years there have been the focus on to develop an engineering controls to reduce the underground noise. Unique work has been done in this thesis to add additional information on the active noise control technology applied to Longwall mining operations.;Mostly, the survey results indicated that the frequency content of each noise and the …

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Determination Of Rx Expression In The Adult Mouse Retina And Delineation Of The Rx Mediated Gene Regulation, Supriya A. Shah Jan 2005

Determination Of Rx Expression In The Adult Mouse Retina And Delineation Of The Rx Mediated Gene Regulation, Supriya A. Shah

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The Retinal homeobox gene, Rx, is expressed in the anterior neural plate and the optic vesicle shows Rx expression throughout development. Rx is required for the proliferation of retinal progenitor cells during eye development.;Our expression studies of the Rx gene in the adult mouse retina show Rx expression in the Photoreceptor and inner nuclear layer of the adult neural retina and ciliarybody. The cotransfection assays indicate that Rx supports the transcription of neural retinal markers, as well as the RPE-markers. Therefore we characterize Rx as a proliferation marker for the entire optic vesicle region.;To determine the mechanism of Rx-mediated regulation …

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African American Farmers Tilling For Congressional Attention: Exploring The Agenda Status Of Agricultural Support Policy And The Hopeful Permeations Of Civil Rights (1940--1998), Chaun A. Stores Jan 2005

African American Farmers Tilling For Congressional Attention: Exploring The Agenda Status Of Agricultural Support Policy And The Hopeful Permeations Of Civil Rights (1940--1998), Chaun A. Stores

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As with similar studies of agenda setting, this research builds on the work of Baumgartner and Jones (1993), King (1997), Worsham (1997), and Tzoumis (2001). Specifically, the focus of this study is on agricultural support policymaking---as it relates to African American farmers. Three fundamental objectives serve as the blueprint for the analysis. The first is to understand how Congress governs the agenda of agricultural support policy over the post-war period. Second, is to learn whether congressional activity is conducive to the interests of African American farmers and, third, is to assess if and when the agenda of agricultural support policy …

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Predicting Treatment Completion: A Study Of The Federal Bureau Of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program, Y. Tami Yanez Jan 2005

Predicting Treatment Completion: A Study Of The Federal Bureau Of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program, Y. Tami Yanez

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Substance abuse and criminal behavior are two commonly associated social concerns. It is not surprising that substance abuse treatment also has demonstrated a reduction not only substance abuse, as well as criminal behavior. The Federal Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) has demonstrated wide-reaching benefits. Understanding the 33% non-completion rate of RDAP, then, is an important component of the treatment process. This study, therefore, sought to identify factors present prior to RDAP participation that may predict program completion, which may also guide efforts to reduce relapse and recidivism rates. RDAP completers were slightly more likely to have fewer …

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Integrated Stability Mapping System For Mines, Quanxi Wang Jan 2005

Integrated Stability Mapping System For Mines, Quanxi Wang

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The Integrated Stability Mapping System (ISMS) was developed as an engineering tool to quantify the geologic and geo-mechanical information of mines, and to integrate the critical stability influence factors into an overall stability index for use in mine planning and support design. It is generally understood that the inherent underground roof stability is determined by the interaction of both the given geologic characteristics and the local stress influences. Form this perspective, in this dissertation, the need for an integrated stability mapping system is established through investigating the traditional and current hazard mapping practices. In order to fulfill this need, computer …

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A Study Of Assessment Policies And Practices Of Directors In Pre-Kindergarten Programs In West Virginia., Janet Dozier Jan 2005

A Study Of Assessment Policies And Practices Of Directors In Pre-Kindergarten Programs In West Virginia., Janet Dozier

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As education for young children becomes more standards-based there has been a cry for more assessments. Developmentally appropriate assessment for young children has been defined by the twelve guidelines developed by the National Association for Young Children. The purpose of this study was done by surveying the 440 pre-kindergarten program directors in West Virginia regarding his/her perception of importance and implementation of those national assessment guidelines and followed by ten structured interviews of directors across the program descriptions. The study found the implementations of guidelines to be positively correlated to the director's perception of importance. Further it found that all …

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Lift Every Voice: African American Students' Beliefs Of Their School Climate., Constinia Charbonnette Jan 2005

Lift Every Voice: African American Students' Beliefs Of Their School Climate., Constinia Charbonnette

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The general purposes of this study were three-fold. The first purpose was to gain an in-depth understanding of West Virginia African American students’ beliefs of their overall school climate. The second purpose of this study was to examine African American students’ beliefs of factors that may positively and negatively affect their academic achievement. Last, the third purpose was to examine participants’ beliefs of high and low achieving African American students. A purposeful sample of 151 secondary students (grades 9-12); in eight West Virginia counties were surveyed and interviewed, using the Generalized Belief Measurement instrument and focus group interviews. Findings from …

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Application Of Radio Imaging Method (Rim-Iv) In Detecting Geological Anomalies: Two Case Studies., Hua Zhao Jan 2005

Application Of Radio Imaging Method (Rim-Iv) In Detecting Geological Anomalies: Two Case Studies., Hua Zhao

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RIM-IV technology is the most promising geophysical method to identify and locate geological anomalies in advance of mining. In order to make this technology successful, ground-truth works are needed to explore its potentials and limitations in application. Two cases in which the RIM-IV technology has been applied to detecting various geological anomalies have been presented in this research. In the first case, the RIM-IV survey was conducted in a section of the longwall panel where sandstone intrusions, seam thinning and severe seam undulations were expected. In the second case, the RIM-IV survey was performed in a section of the longwall …

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Forestry Transfer Students: A Case Study. West Virginia University Forest Resources Management Curriculum., James B. Harrold Jan 2005

Forestry Transfer Students: A Case Study. West Virginia University Forest Resources Management Curriculum., James B. Harrold

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College students are constantly transferring from one university, college or community college to another; or transferring within one university program to another. At West Virginia University, Division of Forestry, Forest Resources Management Curriculum, transfer students are enrolling at an increasing rate each year. This study is an attempt to determine the impact the transfer student has on the Forest Resources Management Curriculum at West Virginia University. The study addressed present and possible future impacts on the curriculum and present problems and suggested solutions associated with the transfer student. Student transfers in the Forest Resources Management Curriculum at West Virginia University …

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The Effects Of Wrist Proprioception On Joint Stability For Forward Falls., Patricia L. Hatches Jan 2005

The Effects Of Wrist Proprioception On Joint Stability For Forward Falls., Patricia L. Hatches

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Inherent feedforward and feedback reactions to falls diminish with age and changes in daily acitivity making injuries more likely with falling. Research on the wrist and proprioceptive exercises for stability during falls is lacking. The purpose of this study was to determine if wrist proprioceptive training could enhance neuromuscular control aiding in wrist stability when falling. This was a 2 x 3 factorial design. Thirty healthy subjects free of upper extremity injuries were randomly assigned to one of three groups. The groups were tested on a Biodex Stability System over four levels as a pre and posttest. Between testing subjects …

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The Svetlana In Me: How I Embraced By Turkish Identity In Order To Play A Russian/Estonian For An American Audience., Setenay Yener Jan 2005

The Svetlana In Me: How I Embraced By Turkish Identity In Order To Play A Russian/Estonian For An American Audience., Setenay Yener

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There are actors of all cultures and nationalities, and when exercising their craft in another culture; that task becomes a challenging experience. This thesis explores my personal journey as I exercised the acting craft in a culture that is not my own. Specifically, it examines my experience of creating the role of Svetlana, in West Virginia University’s production of Kolonists, a play that explores two cultures, both different than my own and my audience’s. The introduction section, outlines why I was driven to this study, and the discoveries I made, along with a play synopsis. The following sections examine the …

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Lighting Design For Steven Dykes's "Kolonists"., Colin Mckeen Jan 2005

Lighting Design For Steven Dykes's "Kolonists"., Colin Mckeen

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This document is a record of the process involved in creating the lighting for West Virginia University’s 2004 production of Kolonists, by Stephen Dykes. The project was assigned to serve as partial fulfillment of the requirements of a Master of Fine Arts in Design and Theatre Technology, and this document completes the requirements for that degree. This thesis explains the progress of the design from its research and conceptualization to its synopsis, criticism and history of the original production, and a self-evaluation of the work. Research examples, drawings and production photos are included for visual references.

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The Effects Of Explanatory Style On Bowling Performance., Paula M. Parker Jan 2005

The Effects Of Explanatory Style On Bowling Performance., Paula M. Parker

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As positive psychology gains more attention in psychology, sport psychology consultants will likely increase the study of this branch of psychological research. Foster, Hinkelman, and Watson (2003) suggested that an area of importance for sport psychology researchers is the development of a program to teach athletes how to be more optimistic in their explanatory style (ES). Some sport related research has shown that an optimistic explanatory style better equips individuals to bounce back from failure (e.g., Martin-Krumm et al.; Seligman et al., 1990), while other research has shown that a pessimistic style may be more beneficial to sport performance (e.g., …

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Para-Verbal Avoidance During Public Speaking: The Relationship Between Self -Disclosure And Social Anxiety., Michael F. Detweiler Jan 2005

Para-Verbal Avoidance During Public Speaking: The Relationship Between Self -Disclosure And Social Anxiety., Michael F. Detweiler

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Unlike dyadic conversation where the social burden of conversation can be shared, the quantity and quality of speech produced during a public speaking challenge is primarily dependent upon the speaker. This study examined whether differences in disclosure patterns reflect a form of subtle avoidance during public speaking challenges. Termed para-verbal avoidance, it was hypothesized individuals with increased anxiety would refrain from talking about themselves for fear of revealing potentially embarrassing personal information. Also, it was proposed individuals with increased anxiety would avoid discussing subjective information, as it can be debated by others and used as the basis for forming a …

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A Qualitative Assessment Of Program Coherence In A Caahep-Accredited Athletic Trainingeducation Program. Subtitled: "Get Me Ready To Be An Athletic Trainer"., Scott R. Dietrich Jan 2005

A Qualitative Assessment Of Program Coherence In A Caahep-Accredited Athletic Trainingeducation Program. Subtitled: "Get Me Ready To Be An Athletic Trainer"., Scott R. Dietrich

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Objective. To investigate program coherence and its influence on educational experiences within one outstanding, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP)-accredited Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) and to determine the extent to which program goals, espoused theory, and CAAHEP guidelines are reflected within interview responses from recent alumni, students, clinical staff, and faculty and course documents. Design and setting. Students, recent alumni, clinical staff, and faculty from one, CAAHEP-accredited ATEP provided in-depth interview responses pertaining to educational experiences based on the Athletic Training-Coherence Assessment Protocol (AT-CAP). Responses were compared with current course documents: handbooks, syllabi, assignments, handouts and …

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The Effects Of Hypovirulent Cryphonectria Parasitica Inoculum, Developmental Stages Of Cankers, And Time Of Year Of Wounding On The Survival Of The American Chestnut., Steven R. Jakobi Jan 2005

The Effects Of Hypovirulent Cryphonectria Parasitica Inoculum, Developmental Stages Of Cankers, And Time Of Year Of Wounding On The Survival Of The American Chestnut., Steven R. Jakobi

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The dissemination of European (Euro-7) and North American (GH2) hypovirulent (H) isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica to American chestnut saplings was investigated. Nine 0.01 ha plots were established in a clearcut. Each of 24 trees per plot received 4 punch- and 1 branch wounds in October, 1985; January, April, and July, 1986. Control plots received a virulent (V) strain of the fungus. H inocula were placed in three plots per treatment, respectively, at 2–4 month intervals. Cankers were sampled over a 2.5-year period. Isolate morphology, growth rate and sporulation were evaluated. Three hundred forty-three of the 3,456 punch wounds and 112 …

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The Connection Between Leadership And Pedagogy., Gregory M. Kuhns Jan 2005

The Connection Between Leadership And Pedagogy., Gregory M. Kuhns

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The purpose of this descriptive case study is to examine leadership and pedagogy in search of a connection between these two components. By examining the literature from a variety of authors, background information about leadership and pedagogy has been assembled to assist this researcher. A research-based Lickert scale, the Teachers' Perception of Leadership and Instructional Leadership (TPLIL), was designed by this researcher as an instrument to select the active participants for this study. The TPLIL was examined by a panel of educational experts for its clarity and representativeness. A list of twenty interview questions was used to gather information about …

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Fourth Graders' Development Of Multimedia Portfolios., Veronica D. Kuminkoski-Yurt Jan 2005

Fourth Graders' Development Of Multimedia Portfolios., Veronica D. Kuminkoski-Yurt

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A review of the literature indicates there is a need for alternative assessment practices for elementary students. Seven fourth grade students in a small rural school will learn how to construct an electronic portfolio that will exhibit their progress and achievement. The contents of the portfolio must include student participation in the selection as well as provide evidence of self-reflection. This study researches a computer-based portfolio, which uses HyperStudio software. This program will allow students to create sound, video, graphics, and animation during the construction process. As students build their multimedia portfolios, they will learn how to use technology as …

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Predicting Adherence In Injury Rehabilitation: Utility Of A Screening Tool And Physical Therapists' Predictions., Emma Jayne Grindley Jan 2005

Predicting Adherence In Injury Rehabilitation: Utility Of A Screening Tool And Physical Therapists' Predictions., Emma Jayne Grindley

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The purpose of this study was to explore protection motivation theory's (PMT) utility in guiding research in a general orthopedic rehabilitation facility. Further questions were whether a screening incorporating the Sports Injury Rehabilitation Beliefs Scale (SIRBS), Positive and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS), and a barriers checklist, and/or physical therapists' (PTs') perceptions were valid measures that could predict patients' adherence behavior. Adherence behavior was measured using the Sports Injury Rehabilitation Adherence Scale (SIRAS) and attendance behavior groupings which were classified as drop out/no drop out, no show/non no show, and cancellation/no cancellation. This study was conducted in a community sports medicine …

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