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Arrogance In The Name Of Christ: An Ethical Criticism Of Ralph Reed's Persuasive Narratives, Peter Allen Vanoosting

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Our Endangered Animals: A Wildlife Management Case Study, Robin A. Renfroe

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Expanding Peer Coaching : Pedagogical Applications Of Conference Coaching, Nicholas Dimmitt

PASAA

Recent research demonstrates that peer coaching can be a productive and constructive method for promoting teacher professional development and can build increased collegiality and confidence (Galbraith & Anstrom, 1995). This paper reviews current models of peer coaching; technical, collegial, challenge and team coaching—and suggests practical applications for its use in individual professional development and personal self-growth for classroom teachers. One objection to peer coaching has been that it can be time intensive, with teachers often too immersed in their schedules to participate. This paper presents a variation of peer coaching, conference coaching, which requires minimum preparation time and employs "micro …

Agriculture And Nigeria's Economic Development: Policies, Problems And Prospects, T.O. Ogunfiditimi

Economic and Financial Review

The paper discusses agriculture in Nigeria vis-Ã -vis the country's economic development. It also looks at the policies, problems and prospects to boost the sector. The paper concludes that Nigerians need to look inwards to bring about the needed change in the agricultural sector of the economy.

Pulse: December 1996, Lynn University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Woman Who Ran Away: Gender, Power, And Place Among The Atbalmin Of The West Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Eytan Bercovitch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

From Pollution To Empowerment: Women, Age, And Power Among The Bena Bena Of The Eastern Highlands, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Women At Kobum Spice Company: Tensions In A Local Age Stratification System And The Undermining Of Local Development, Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

"Now She Understood": Free Indirect Discourse And Its Effects, Mary Margaret Dahlberg

Theses and Dissertations

While the discussion of Free Indirect Discourse is limited almost entirely to the twentieth, century, the technique has been used by writers from a variety of periods throughout literary history. Its effects vary, depending on the strength of the narrative voice and whether it is used to represent speech or thought. The first essay in this dissertation examines free indirect thought as it emerges in Chaucer's Troylus and Criseyde, Lyly's Euphues, and Gascoigne's Adventures of Master F.J. The effect in this early period seems to be primarily dramatic, a finding supported by further discussion of a prototype form identified in …

Rapid Method For Determination Of Iodine Numbers Of Vegetable Oils, Ondrej Hendl

Masters Theses

There is a great deal of interest by the public about the total unsaturation of fats and oils used in commercial products as an indication of nutritional value. Dealers in fats and oils are extremely interested in characterizing these products. The unsaturation is a guide to the expected stability of food additives, such as edible oils and foods in which they are used. Unsaturation is typically evaluated as an iodine number (IN), calculated for these additives based on their consumption of iodine through addition across the carbon-carbon double bonds. The classical titration method can typically take 45 minutes.

The investigation …

Molecular Articulation In Response To Interactive Atomic Forces In Docker, Todd R. Kellett

Theses and Dissertations

Molecular docking aids in the design of materials supporting the current and future needs of the warfighter by simulating the real-world results of combining molecules. Specifically, it supports research and development in novel non-linear optical materials for laser-hardening and other advanced optical applications. Potential uses for these materials range from personnel and optical system laser protection to holographic information displays. DOCKER, our baseline docking system, minimizes the computational overhead of the simulation by modeling the molecules as rigid objects. This simplification can cause DOCKER's solutions to disagree with the real-world results, because molecules flex as they react to one another …

Collaborative Workspaces Within Distributed Virtual Environments, William D. Wells

Theses and Dissertations

In warfare, be it a training simulation or actual combat, a commander's time is one of the most valuable and fleeting resources of a military unit. Thus, it is natural for a unit to have a plethora of personnel to analyze and filter information to the decision-maker. This dynamic exchange of ideas between analyst and commander is currently not available within the distributed interactive simulation (DIS) community. This lack of exchange limits the usefulness of the DIS experience to the commander and his troops. This thesis addresses the commander's isolation problem through the integration of a collaborative workspace within AFIT's …

Neural Network Classification Of Environmental Samples, Jeffrey L. Blackmon

Theses and Dissertations

This research develops a general methodology for designing neural network classifiers for real-world environmental problems. This methodology is demonstrated through the design of a multi-layer perceptron to classify stainless steel and actinide samples. Neural networks, sometimes called artificial neural networks, have been shown capable of classifying complex patterns. Artificial neural networks are physiologically motivated computer algorithms which attempt to mimic the function of the large interconnected network of neurons in the human brain, which has extraordinary pattern recognition capabilities. These artificial neural networks learn to map a set of input features, elemental composition, onto a set of outputs such as …

Environmental Attitudes And Behaviors: An Examination Of The Antecedents Of Behavior Among Air Force Members At Work, Mark S. Laudenslager

Theses and Dissertations

A questionnaire was randomly distributed to members of the United States Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB, OH, with 307 returned. The survey was designed to test the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model developed by Icek Ajzen, and the organizational theory of planned behavior (OTPB) model explored in this research effort. Validation and measurement of the TPB in relation to an organizational setting was accomplished, with the organizational theory of planned behavior (OTPB) developed. The behaviors and intentions individuals have towards recycling, energy conservation, and carpooling were examined, with the demographic variables of gender, age, and education also investigated. …

Early Agriculture In The Maya Lowlands, Mary D. Pohl, Kevin O. Pope, John G. Jones, John S. Jacob, Dolores R. Piperno, Susan D. Defrance, David L. Lentz, John A. Gifford, Marie E. Danforth, J. Kathryn Josserand

Faculty Publications

Wetland research in northern Belize provides the earliest evidence for development of agriculture in the Maya Lowlands. Pollen data confirm the introduction of maize and manioc before 3000 B.C. Dramatic deforestation, beginning ca. 2500 B.C. and intensifying in wetland environments ca. 1500-1300 B.C., marks an expansion of agriculture, which occurred in the context of a mixed foraging economy. By 1000 B.C. a rise in groundwater levels led farmers to construct drainage ditches coeval with the emergence of Maya complex society ca. 1000-400 B.C. Field manipulations often involved minor modifications of natural hummocks. Canal systems are not as extensive in northern …

Learning How To Teach How To Learn English As A Second Language: Reflections From Experience, Praxis, And Theory, Leor Alcalay

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

This thesis explores the development of professional expertise in teaching ESL. Such expertise incorporates the methodological instructional knowledge, intercultural awareness, and multilingual competence essential to meeting highly diversified learning needs in US classrooms, facilitating globalization of domestic business interests, and enabling the integration of immigrants into American society. I encourage a view of ESL teachers as craftspersons and intellectuals who integrate a reflective approach toward personal experience and a comprehensive awareness of relevant intellectual constructs into a dialectical interaction with theory and practice.

The Critical Moral Classroom: An Approach To Teaching Values, Brian Daniels

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

In this thesis the proper place and instruction of morals and values in public schools is considered from an historic, and social view. A pedagogical approach to teaching values in the classroom, which is based in critical thinking, is offered as a resolution to the stalemate regarding morals and values in schools that is a result of competing cultural forces. In the historical review chapter I make a case that America's public school teachers have always been charged with the moral development of their students and that this charge has been primary over much of our history. The chapter concludes …

Developing Generative Leadership Through Emergent Learning, Justin Sherman

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

This thesis is the current synthesis of a deep exploration of the foundations of collaborative, transformational learning within organizations. I begin with a basic assumption which informs all the thinking that unfolds throughout this thesis: the sustainability of our organizations, and quite possibly the survival of our species, is dependent not on the leadership and the development of a chosen few, but on our collective ability to deeply listen for and sense what most needs to happen within a given group of people and then to act on this. We live our lives with deeply entrenched, mostly tacit beliefs about …

Dr. Henri Baruk, Henri Baruk, Richard Elofer

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

No abstract provided.

What Is Man?

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

No abstract provided.

Aberrant Communication And Protein Kinase C In Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis, Joyce P. Lazarus

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Autoimmune diseases are a worldwide healthcare concern. Research has focused mainly on the role of the immune system and genetic susceptibility to autoimmune disease. However, this study investigates altered target tissue properties and their contributions to the pathogenesis of induced autoimmune thyroiditis in Lewis rats. Our hypothesis was; inflammation-induced lymphocytic infiltration and subsequent fibrosis results in physical disruption of gap junctional communication in the target tissue contributing to the disease process. Our study of intercellular communication in experimentally-induced autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) in Lewis rats revealed a deficiency in connexin expression, connexin assembly and dye transfer [(results corroborated in murine model …

Conflict-Mitigation In Reconstruction And Development, Jan Øberg

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Study Of Preschool Children Learning Through Shared Activity, Carol Lynn Enger

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a better understanding of how preschool children learn from other children in shared activities. Shared activities provide opportunities for children to assist each other in a meaningful social context. The question directing the study was: how do preschool children assist other children to learn in teacher designed learning centers and in child directed free play activities?

In order to discover how and when children are learning from other children, an observational study of one universtiy campus child care center was conducted over a period of seven months. Initial investigations included observations of …

Status Passage Of The Science Fiction Fan: Becoming A Member Of The Science Fiction Fan Subculture, B. Diane Miller

Theses and Dissertations

In the 1930's a middle class subculture developed around the popular culture genre literature known as science fiction. This subculture calls itself "Fandom" (Sanders, 1994; Bloch, 1962). I have chosen to investigate the status passage of the science fiction fan (Glaser and Strauss, 1971); or to phrase this as a question: What is the process of becoming a member of the subculture of science fiction fandom? Throughout this monograph, I refer to the members of the science fiction fan subculture as SF Fandom to distinguish them from other “fandoms” that have grown and branched off from the original group.

In …

University Reporter - Vol. 01, No. 04 - December 1996, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Scatterbrain, James Dingilian

Theses

None provided.

A Cscw Framework For Networked Multimodal Synthetic Environments, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Fausto Berardini, Steven Cutchin, Raimund Merket

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Illinois State Racing Board Rule Which Provides For Warrantless Searches Of Racing Licensees Is Constitutional As Applied To The Search Of A Jockey's Automobile - Leroy V. Illinois Racing Board, 39 F.3d 711 (7th Cir. 1994)., Christopher A. Barbarisi

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law - The Right To Participate In Interscholastic High School Athletics Is Not A Constitutionally Protected Right, Therefore, A Rule Suspending The Eligibility Of Student-Athletes Who Transfer From One High School To Another Need Only Be Rationally Related To A Legitimate State Objective - Mississippi High School Activities Ass'n, Inc. V. Coleman, 631 So. 2d 768 (Miss. 1994)., Wm. Nicholas Chango Jr.

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

A Report On An Arts Administration With The Audubon Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, Margaret A. Davidson

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

This paper discusses an internship experience at the Audubon Institute, a not-for-profit organization located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Audubon Institute oversees the management of several facilities dedicated to the cultivation and awareness of nature. The primary focus of the internship was development and fund raising. As intern the author was given the responsibility for several special projects, the purpose of which was to assist the Vice-president for Development with improving the operations of the department. In addition, the intern assisted with the ongoing activities of the department, including grant writing and special events planning. Special projects included a feasibility …