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An Evaluation Of The Relative Value Of Spectral And Phenological Information For Tree Crown Classification Of Digital Images In The Eastern Deciduous Forest., Thomas Lee Key Jr. Jan 1998

An Evaluation Of The Relative Value Of Spectral And Phenological Information For Tree Crown Classification Of Digital Images In The Eastern Deciduous Forest., Thomas Lee Key Jr.

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Digitized, multitemporal, small format 35 mm aerial photographs were acquired, processed, and classified to determine the relative value of spectral and phenological information for tree crown classification of digital images of the Eastern Deciduous Forest. The one-hectare study site, located in a second-growth forest 15 km east of Morgantown, West Virginia, was photographed from a light aircraft ten times from May to October 1997 using both true color and false color film. The negatives and positive transparencies were scanned, and then rectified, enhanced, and classified using ERDAS Imagine. Differences in the timing of phenologic events between tree species, specifically leaf …

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An Object Relationship Framework And Persistence In Java., Srinivas S. Vangari Jan 1998

An Object Relationship Framework And Persistence In Java., Srinivas S. Vangari

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The main objective of this thesis is to provide the design and implementation of an object relationship framework in Java where objects can form relationships with other objects dynamically at runtime. Relationships among objects have long been recognized as the important semantic constructs facilitating ease of analysis & design of large complex systems. Almost all modeling techniques have notations to describe the existence of relationships among software components. But unfortunately the relationships identified in analysis stage could not be mapped to the equivalent high-level language constructs during the implementation because of lack of high level semantic support for relationships in …

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A Cognitive Developmental Approach To Racial Stereotyping, Empathy And The Relationship Between The Development Of Empathic Understanding And Racial Stereotyping In Euro-American Children., Z. Nilufer Bilgesu Jan 1998

A Cognitive Developmental Approach To Racial Stereotyping, Empathy And The Relationship Between The Development Of Empathic Understanding And Racial Stereotyping In Euro-American Children., Z. Nilufer Bilgesu

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In countries where population consists of the members of different ethnic and racial groups, it is important to use a multicultural approach in education. The goal of the present research is to explain the connection between age, cognitive abilities, empathic understanding and their relationship with the social attitude of racial stereotyping. It is possible to see the effect of cognitive limitations of the children in their reasoning about others, and consequently in their empathic understanding and in their racial stereotyping behavior. In this study it was predicted that while the age (maturation) of the children increases, their cognitive abilities would …

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The First Amendment, Children, The Internet, And America's Public Libraries, Fred H. Cate Jan 1998

The First Amendment, Children, The Internet, And America's Public Libraries, Fred H. Cate

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How To Tell Law Stories, Michael Grossberg Jan 1998

How To Tell Law Stories, Michael Grossberg

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The Relationships Among Hypermedia-Based Instruction, Cognitive Styles And Teaching Subject-Verb Agreement To Adult Esl Learners., Fuqiang Zhuo Jan 1998

The Relationships Among Hypermedia-Based Instruction, Cognitive Styles And Teaching Subject-Verb Agreement To Adult Esl Learners., Fuqiang Zhuo

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This study examines the relationships among hypermedia-based instruction, cognitive styles, and teaching subject-verb agreement to adult ESL learners in order to find an effective approach to teach grammar which is a very thorny issue in the field of second and foreign language instruction and learning. Therefore, the effect of hypermedia on grammar instruction and learning is the main focus in this study. The treatment was the employment of hypermedia creating a new learning environment in which the adult ESL learners could be benefited from the advantages of new technology. Based on the current methodologies, approaches, and principles of second and …

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Comparative Risk Assessment And Environmental Priorities Projects: A Forum, Not A Formula, John S. Applegate Jan 1998

Comparative Risk Assessment And Environmental Priorities Projects: A Forum, Not A Formula, John S. Applegate

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The Independence Of The Judicial Branch In The New Republic, Charles G. Geyh, Emily Field Van Tassel Jan 1998

The Independence Of The Judicial Branch In The New Republic, Charles G. Geyh, Emily Field Van Tassel

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No Bad Men!: A Feminist Analysis Of Character Evidence In Rape Trials, Aviva A. Orenstein Jan 1998

No Bad Men!: A Feminist Analysis Of Character Evidence In Rape Trials, Aviva A. Orenstein

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Symbolic Behavior: Reorganizing And Expanding Stimulus Classes Through Matching And Naming., Oliver Wirth Jan 1998

Symbolic Behavior: Reorganizing And Expanding Stimulus Classes Through Matching And Naming., Oliver Wirth

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of the present study was to further clarify the structural and functional properties of stimulus equivalence classes and functional stimulus classes relative to the procedures that establish them. With college students, stimulus equivalence classes were established using a standard selection-based matching-to-sample (MTS) procedure, and functional stimulus classes were established using a topography-based naming task. During the naming trials, students were trained to say distinct nonsense words in the presence of arbitrarily assigned sets of symbols. Computer-controlled voice-recognition software was used to record and analyze students' vocal responses for accuracy and speed. Experiment 1 examined whether stimulus equivalence classes …

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Error Correcting Codes Associated With Complex Hadamard Matrices, I. Heng, C. H. Cooke Jan 1998

Error Correcting Codes Associated With Complex Hadamard Matrices, I. Heng, C. H. Cooke

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

For primes p > 2, the generalized Hadamard matrix H(p,pt) can be expressed as H = xA, where the notation means hij = xaij. It is shown that the row vectors of A represent a p-ary error correcting code. Depending upon the value of t, either linear or nonlinear codes emerge. Code words are equidistant and have minimum Hamming distance d = (p − 1)t. The code can be extended so as to possess N = p2t code words of length pt …

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4qmiscellaneous Fragments: Progress And Problems, Dana M. Pike, Andrew C. Skinner Jan 1998

4qmiscellaneous Fragments: Progress And Problems, Dana M. Pike, Andrew C. Skinner

Faculty Publications

Our comments constitute a preliminary report on our assignment to publish a group of fragments from Cave 4 that are designated 4Q Miscellaneous and Unidentified.

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Suffolk University Academic Catalog And Handbooks, College Of Arts And Sciences And School Of Management, 1998-1999, Suffolk University Jan 1998

Suffolk University Academic Catalog And Handbooks, College Of Arts And Sciences And School Of Management, 1998-1999, Suffolk University

College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School Academic Catalogs

This catalog contains information for the day, evening, and graduate programs

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Time-Resolved Studies Of Ultracold Ionizing Collisions, Scott D. Bergeson, C. Orzel, S. Kulin, S. L. Rolston Jan 1998

Time-Resolved Studies Of Ultracold Ionizing Collisions, Scott D. Bergeson, C. Orzel, S. Kulin, S. L. Rolston

Faculty Publications

Using 40 ns laser pulses, we probe the real-time dynamics of ultracold ionizing collisions in metastable xenon. We time resolve both shielding and enhancement effects, and observe the production of Xe2^+ molecular ions through associative ionization. We estimate the rate of molecule formation in excited-state collisions, and directly measure the role of both flux enhancement and excited state survival in the collisional enhancement process. Conceptually simple theoretical models are used to predict the dynamics of the collisional shielding.

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Judge I.C. (Nelson) Spoto: A Good Listener - (1907-1982), Morison Buck Jan 1998

Judge I.C. (Nelson) Spoto: A Good Listener - (1907-1982), Morison Buck

Morison Buck Biographies of Hillsborough County Judges

A biography of Judge I.C. Spoto who served as Hillsborough County attorney and for Florida's Thirteenth Circuit.

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The Emerging Female Hero In The Fiction Of Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Ursula Le Guin, And Barbara Kingsolver., Rebecca S. Phillips Jan 1998

The Emerging Female Hero In The Fiction Of Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Ursula Le Guin, And Barbara Kingsolver., Rebecca S. Phillips

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Novels written by Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Ursula Le Guin, and Barbara Kingsolver between 1971 and 1993 demonstrate a pattern of female heroism that both continues and revises the male monomyth as described by Joseph Campbell. The motifs these women's novels share with the traditional monomyth include: (1) the quest itself; (2) mysterious parentage; (3) the magical guide; (4) the slaying of the monster; (5) the boon; (6) (sometimes) the sacred marriage and the return. The elements either unique to the female quest or containing a different emphasis from the monomyth are: (1) enclosure in a patriarchal system; (2) naming …

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Genotoxicity Studies Of Roofing Asphalt Fume Condensates In Mammalian Cells., Hongwei Qian Jan 1998

Genotoxicity Studies Of Roofing Asphalt Fume Condensates In Mammalian Cells., Hongwei Qian

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The specific aims of the present investigation were to determine the genotoxicity and potential carcinogenicity of WFC of Type I and Type III roofing asphalt by using different genetic endpoints in mammalian cells in vitro and in rat in vivo. Morphological transformation studies in cultured BALB/c-3T3 cells indicated that at concentrations that allow less than 50% survival, neither of the WFC, with or without the hamster liver S9 activation system, significantly increased foci formation in BALB/c-3T3 cells. The conventional and immunofluorescent staining MN assays showed that both types of WFC caused a significant increase in the frequency of MNC and …

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The Nature Of Semantic Memory Deficits In Alzheimer's Disease: Semantic Degradation Or Working Memory Deficits., Staci Robyn Jan 1998

The Nature Of Semantic Memory Deficits In Alzheimer's Disease: Semantic Degradation Or Working Memory Deficits., Staci Robyn

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The nature of semantic memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been subject to controversy. It is unclear whether semantic memory is impaired because of degradation of semantic knowledge or due to information processing deficits. This study compared 18 patients with AD to 18 control participants who did not differ significantly in age, education, or gender on three working memory tasks. Three variations of the Self Ordered Pointing Task (SOPT) which varied in the degree of ability to utilize semantic processing skills were administered. Results indicated that patients with AD demonstrated working memory impairments compared to control participants. However, patients …

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Student Evaluation Of Clinical Education Environment (Secee): Instrument Development And Validation., Kari E. Sand-Jecklin Jan 1998

Student Evaluation Of Clinical Education Environment (Secee): Instrument Development And Validation., Kari E. Sand-Jecklin

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This paper describes the refinement and testing of the Student Evaluation of Clinical Education Environment (SECEE) inventory, an instrument designed to measure nursing student perceptions of the clinical learning environment. Although a quality student clinical experience is considered critical to nursing education, no comprehensive instruments measuring the clinical learning environment have been published. The SECEE inventory contains 29 forced-choice items divided among four scales: Communication and Feedback, Learning Opportunities, Learning Support, and Department Atmosphere. Items were included based on nursing students and faculty input, a review of the literature and sample clinical agency contracts, and data resulting from administration of …

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Performance Of Flexible Pavements Reinforced With Geogrids., Bora Kutuk Jan 1998

Performance Of Flexible Pavements Reinforced With Geogrids., Bora Kutuk

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This report presents the results of an investigation on the effectiveness of glass fiber grids as a reinforcement of the asphalt base layer in a flexible pavement. The study involved both laboratory experimental work and computer analysis of pavement sections. As part of the experimental work, twenty flexible pavement sections (with and without glass fiber grids) were constructed and tested in the laboratory. The laboratory-scale pavement sections were instrumented with pressure cells, displacement gages, and strain gages. Test sections were subjected to 1,000,000 load applications at a frequency of 1.2 Hz. Static loading tests were conducted at intervals of 100,000 …

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The Effects Of Reading Social Anxiety Words On Anxious Responding., Carrie Lynn Masia Jan 1998

The Effects Of Reading Social Anxiety Words On Anxious Responding., Carrie Lynn Masia

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Two studies were conducted to determine if repeated exposure to social anxiety words decreased anxious responding in individuals diagnosed with social phobia. In the first study, four participants were asked to read words aloud, and in the second study, three participants were asked to read words silently. Single-subject methodology, using an alternating treatments design, was utilized. Anxious responding was assessed via Stroop test color-naming time of social and neutral words, word-reading time of social and neutral words, heart rate during word-reading and color-naming, and self-reports of distress. Results indicate that repeated reading of social anxiety words reduces anxious responding, and …

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Searching For Evidence Of Transfer Between Drug Facilitators., Mark Aaron Miller Jan 1998

Searching For Evidence Of Transfer Between Drug Facilitators., Mark Aaron Miller

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Four experiments were conducted to test whether transfer of stimulus control could be obtained between two drug facilitators, a drug and non-drug facilitator, and two non-drug facilitators. In the first experiment, the presence of methadone signaled which of two key lights would be followed by grain. In the absence of methadone, the contingencies were reversed. Concurrently, the presence of phencyclidine (PCP) signaled which of two additional key lights would be followed by grain. In the absence PCP, the contingencies were also reversed. During transfer tests in which each conditioned stimulus (CS) was presented following administration of each drug facilitator, only …

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Perceptions Of Puerto Rican Undergraduates Of Reasons For Their Academic Success., Maria Teresa Baxter Jan 1998

Perceptions Of Puerto Rican Undergraduates Of Reasons For Their Academic Success., Maria Teresa Baxter

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to learn what might have contributed to the academic success of Puerto Rican undergraduates. The investigation centered around the perceptions of the participants about the role and significance of socio-economic status, compatibility of the home and school environments, bilingualism, encouragement, and motivation. A qualitative design was used. Ten participants of Puerto Rican origin, undergraduate students at a major university in the northeast were interviewed at their university. The data was recorded on audio cassette tapes. The answers to the questionnaire suggested that the participants had families who valued education regardless of their socio-economic status. …

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Evaluation Of The Effect Of Temporal Variations In Flow Patterns On Capacity Design For Underground Coal Mine Belt Systems., Xueming Wang Jan 1998

Evaluation Of The Effect Of Temporal Variations In Flow Patterns On Capacity Design For Underground Coal Mine Belt Systems., Xueming Wang

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Belt conveyor haulage systems are critical to keep an underground-coal mine running profitably. It is not easy to design a reliable and efficient system. The issues associated with designing the capacity for a belt conveyor and a bunker are addressed in this dissertation. Several design models have been discussed, and discrete-event simulation models are recommended as the most flexible and useful tools. Most of the simulation models require the use of a step-function model to describe the loading process at each loading point. Over the years, simulation practitioners have generally employed one of the three conventional models, the peak loading …

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Microbialpolitik: Infectious Diseases And International Relations, David P. Fidler Jan 1998

Microbialpolitik: Infectious Diseases And International Relations, David P. Fidler

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No abstract provided.

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A Comment On The Evolution Of Direct Democracy In Western State Constitutions, Patrick L. Baude Jan 1998

A Comment On The Evolution Of Direct Democracy In Western State Constitutions, Patrick L. Baude

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The Relationship Between Gender, Faculty Development, And Class Size And Sense Of Efficacy Of College Mathematics Teachers., Beth Cipoletti Jan 1998

The Relationship Between Gender, Faculty Development, And Class Size And Sense Of Efficacy Of College Mathematics Teachers., Beth Cipoletti

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between gender of the teacher, faculty development, and class size of college mathematics teachers. The population for this study were 272 randomly selected institutions nationwide granting degrees in mathematics. A survey packet with a cover letter, a copy of the Teacher Efficacy Scale (Gibson & Dembo, 1984), and a questionnaire was mailed to the mathematics departments at each of the selected institutions. The recipient of the mailing was asked to either complete the enclosed instruments or forward the packet to a fellow full-time mathematics teacher. The return rate was 46%. …

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The Relations Among Daily Minor Stressors, Solicitous Spousal Responding, And Illness Behavior In Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus., James Curtis Findley Jan 1998

The Relations Among Daily Minor Stressors, Solicitous Spousal Responding, And Illness Behavior In Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus., James Curtis Findley

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Although persons with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) report more physical symptoms than do relatively healthy persons, the relation between blood glucose (BG) and symptom reporting in persons with DM has been shown to be idiosyncratic. Even in subjects that demonstrate and significant BG/symptom relation, the effect is not stable over time (i.e., greater than eight months). Daily minor stressors and solicitous spousal responding have been shown to be related to symptom reporting in other chronic illness populations and might account for variance in symptom reporting by persons with DM. Thirty-three participants with Type II DM monitored BG, physical activity, and stress …

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Investigative Interviewing With Children: Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of A Training Program For Child Protective Service Workers., Kurt Andrew Freeman Jan 1998

Investigative Interviewing With Children: Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of A Training Program For Child Protective Service Workers., Kurt Andrew Freeman

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Conducting investigative interviews with children who were allegedly sexually abused is perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of child protective service (CPS) workers' jobs. Previous research suggests that training workshops on investigative interviewing conducted with front-line workers, such as police officers and CPS workers, may result in improved knowledge about appropriate strategies to use. However, limited research has addressed whether such trainings result in improvements in actual interviewing skills. The present investigation assessed the impact of a six-hour training workshop on CPS workers' knowledge about and performance during investigative interviews. Results suggest that the training impacted participants' knowledge on …

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The Relation Between Cardiovascular Reactivity To Stress And Family History Of Hypertension: Examination Of Overt And Covert Responses To Stressors., Nicole Lynn Frazer Jan 1998

The Relation Between Cardiovascular Reactivity To Stress And Family History Of Hypertension: Examination Of Overt And Covert Responses To Stressors., Nicole Lynn Frazer

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Research has suggested that cardiovascular reactivity to stress may be a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disorders (Manuck, 1994). Offspring of hypertensives have been hypothesized to be at greater risk for developing cardiovascular disorders through these exaggerated cardiovascular responses to stress, and therefore have been the focus of much research. Little empirical attention has been paid to the relation between other overt (e.g., verbal behavior) or covert (e.g., self-reported anger) responses exhibited during the laboratory session and family history status or cardiovascular reactivity to stress. The purpose of this investigation was to examine differences in overt and covert …

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