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Students' Mental Models Of Electricity In Simple Dc Circuits, Andrew C. Isola Iii

Dissertations

This study presents the results of research into middle school students' knowledge about the nature and mechanisms of action of electricity in simple DC circuits. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders (n=99) were asked a series of questions about the roles of bulbs, batteries, wires, and electricity in circuits. Almost half the number of students (n=42) were found to have used detailed, well-defined, and logically consistent mental models based on their responses. A total of 15 different detailed mental models were documented in these students that belonged to one of four different general model types: (1) round trip flow using both …

From Property To Personhood: What The Legal System Should Do For Children In Family Violence Cases, Leigh Goodmark

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pondering Past Purposes: A Critical History Of American Adoption Law, David Ray Papke

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Changing The Law In Child Abuse And Neglect Proceedings: An Improvement On Improvement Periods, Morgan E. Persinger

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Suffer The Little Children: Justifying Same-Sex Marriage From The Perspective Of A Child Of The Union, Lewis A. Silverman

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Advertising And Public Relations In The Next Decade, Tara Sinha, Mithileshwar Jha

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

The Profit Of Scientific Discovery And Its Normative Implications, Sheldon Krimsky

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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Genetic Diversity And The Politics Of Difference, Margaret Lock

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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Jackson V. Bensdon: School Vouchers - Offering An Apple To Private Schools, Creating A Serpent For Public Schools, Jennifer A. Henrikson

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.

Vol. 22 No. 3-4 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Criminal Investigative Analysis By Gregg O. Mccrary, Gregg O. Mccrary

Criminal Profiling Reports

Retired FBI Special Agent Gregg O. McCrary was asked by the State to analyze the crime and crime scene and review all pertinent case materials in order to classify this homicide. He was asked to offer opinions regarding victimology, motive and the likelihood of more than one offender being involved in this crime. McCrary concluded that the crime most resembled a "staged domestic homicide" as defined in the Crime Classification Manual. Some of the reasons for this classification included: inappropriate items were taken from the crime scene to make it appear as if burglary was the motive; no clear …

Notes From The Director, The Mcnair Team

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Conversation And The Speech Situation: A Tagmemic Analysis, David Benjamin Frank

Linguistics & TESOL Dissertations - Archive

Until recently, conversation, considered even now by some to be outside the scope of linguistics, has been neglected in linguistic research. Chapter One of this dissertation argues that the popular distinction between 'theories of language structure' and 'theories of language use' might be abandoned in order to allow a more integrated study of language and a clearer understanding of the nature of language in the context of human life. To forward such an integrated study, a theoretical model on which to base the analysis of both conversation structure and other linguistic structures must be developed. The tagmemic model, developed by …

Acknowledgements, The Mcnair Team

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, The Mcnair Team

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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Quantifying A Key Injection Molding Attribute Defect, Kristopher Bryan Horton

Masters Theses

A mounting demand for high quality, low cost plastic injection molded products brings with it goals such as low or even zero defects. In order to achieve these types of "world class" expectations, resources are used to monitor and control variable data such as cycle time, part weight or dimensions. Despite this emphasis on variable data, parts are often rejected based on attribute molding defects such as sink marks or splay that are measured by subjective criteria and therefore difficult to control. Appearance of a part once considered acceptable may no longer be, due to changing expectations or subjective interpretation …

Judges As Tort Law Un-Makers: Recent California Experience With "New" Torts, Stephen D. Sugarman

DePaul Law Review

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Measurement Of TC Suppression In Tungsten Using Magnetic Impurities, Betty A. Young, T. Saab, Blas Cabrera, J. J. Cross, R. M. Clarke, R. A. Abusaidi

Physics

We have measured the effects of dilute magnetic-atom doping on the superconducting transition temperature of tungsten thin films. Our “T_c tuning” technique is accurate, precise, and simple. Experiments were performed using dc-magnetron-sputtered tungsten films with undoped values of T_c in the range of 70–150 mK. The magnetic-atom doping was achieved using ion implantation. Specific T_c suppressions of between 5% and 65% were targeted and observed in this study. The transition width of each undoped sample was ≈1 mK and the transition widths remained sharp after implantation with ⁵⁶Fe⁺ ions. Our data are in good agreement …

Earthquake Preparedness Project At Um Considers Strength Of Bridges, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

... MDOT funds research involving DeSoto County bridge

Liriano V. Hobart Corp.: Obvious Dangers, The Duty To Warn Of Safer Alternatives, And The Heeding Presumption, Hildy Bowbeer, David S. Killoran

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Book Review: A Democratic Society's Response To Juvenile Crime: American Youth Violence By Franklin E. Zimring, Hon. Michael A. Corriero

Brooklyn Law Review

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Internet Pornography In The Library: Can The Public Library Employer Be Liable For Third-Party Sexual Harassment When A Client Displays Internet Pornography To Staff?, Kim Houghton

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

"Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad": The Issue Of Standing In Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. V. Glickman And Its Implications For The Animal Rights Movement, Fiona M. St. John-Parsons

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Municipal Home Rule In New York: Tobacco Control At The Local Level, Laura D. Hermer

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Recognition Of A Qualified Privilege For Non-Confidential Journalistic Materials: Good Intentions, Bad Law, Christopher J. Clark

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Intelligent Visualization And Automated Processing For Large Scale Geographic Information Systems, Yu Jiang

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research focuses on developing a new output system that compacts maps in multiple projections into a single Geographic Information System (GIS) without visual errors, through constructing a discrete GIS database that is managed by a Relational Data Base Management System (RDBMS). Unlike in a traditional large GIS database, the data are "physically discrete but logically continuous." In a new discrete GIS database, every map keeps its individuality without a relationship to any other map, and the relationships among the maps are centrally managed by a RDBMS. A study site was chosen at the boundary of the state of Indiana …

Mutations In The Cardiac Transcription Factor Nkx2.5 Affect Diverse Cardiac Developmental Pathways, D. Woodrow Benson, G. Michael Silberbach, Ann Kavanaugh-Mchugh, Carol Cottrill, Yizhong Zhang, Steve Riggs, Octavia Smalls, Mark C. Johnson, Michael S. Watson, J. G. Seidman, Christine E. Seidman, John Plowden, John D. Kugler

MUSC Faculty Journal Articles

Heterozygous mutations in NKX2.5, a homeobox transcription factor, were reported to cause secundum atrial septal defects and result in atrioventricular (AV) conduction block during postnatal life. To further characterize the role of NKX2.5 in cardiac morphogenesis, we sought additional mutations in groups of probands with cardiac anomalies and first-degree AV block, idiopathic AV block, or tetralogy of Fallot. We identified 7 novel mutations by sequence analysis of the NKX2.5-coding region in 26 individuals. Associated phenotypes included AV block, which was the primary manifestation of cardiac disease in nearly a quarter of affected individuals, as well as atrial septal defect and …

Vol. 50, No. 6, December 1, 1999, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Prospective Faculty to Speak Within Next Week •Yingtao, Justified •Persian Pride •More Top 10 Lists •Shopping Guide •Tumble Freely •Dogma Trashed

The Transformation Of The Investigation Of F In Plato's Dramas Of Definition, David Wolfsdorf

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

In this paper I consider which formal characteristics, if any, occur in the investigations. In addition, I am interested in whether there is a transformation of formal characteristics among the dramas of definition.

Methodologically, the paper focuses on what I call the surface claims and arguments of the text. By that I mean the explicit claims and arguments Socrates and his interlocutors make about the identity of F. This aspect of the texts is distinguished from their literary or dramatic aspects as well as any indirect claims and arguments about F, however these might occur. The neglect of the literary …

Discriminatory Effects: Desegregation Litigation In Higher Education In Georgia, Molly O'Brien

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

While no one can deny the importance of desegregating all educational institutions over the past half-century, one of the unexpected consequences of the movement has been to make uncertain the legality of historically black public colleges. This uncertainty has created an opportunity for those who oppose historically black colleges, for whatever reason, to bring suit against them and potentially close their doors for not enrolling a student body that represents the racial make-up of the state. Professor O'Brien explores this issue in her Article by chronicling the progress of higher education in Georgia, from the establishment of a dual system, …