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Beliefs Of Teachers And Principals Regarding Iste's 2000 Technology Standards For All Teachers, Essington R Wade Jan 2000

Beliefs Of Teachers And Principals Regarding Iste's 2000 Technology Standards For All Teachers, Essington R Wade

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to ascertain if there were significant differences in the way teachers and principals articulated their beliefs about technology standards for all teachers. In comparing secondary principals to secondary teachers using the statistical instruments, it was found that the variables: secondary levels (middle and high) and positions (principal, English, math, science and social studies teachers) were not significantly different. In addition, the statistical analysis indicated that there were no significant interactions between secondary levels and educational positions. Examination of the mean values and the frequency distributions of teachers and principals revealed that the means of …

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Scaffolding Literacy Knowledge Within A One -On -One Tutoring Situation: An Ethnographic Study, Diane Katherine Brantley Jan 2000

Scaffolding Literacy Knowledge Within A One -On -One Tutoring Situation: An Ethnographic Study, Diane Katherine Brantley

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to explore and describe the culture of tutoring to determine if America Reads Challenge (ARC) tutors were able to provide elementary school tutees with scaffolded literacy learning experiences. Three main educational theories formed the framework for this study: sociocultural theory of cognitive development, scaffolding, and activity theory. Relevant research related to the efficacy of tutoring programs also was included. The overarching research design was an ethnographic methodology that included the collection of video tape, followed up with informal interviews to substantiate the findings with the two tutoring dyads; Subsequently, the data was analyzed, …

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School And Student Alienation: Perceptions Of Secondary Students With And Without Disabilities, Monica Ree Brown Jan 2000

School And Student Alienation: Perceptions Of Secondary Students With And Without Disabilities, Monica Ree Brown

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study had two purposes. The first was to investigate and gather student perceptions (e.g., authoritarian, relevancy of the curriculum, teacher expectations, amount of student autonomy, student placement, school ethnic composition, parental interest, race/ethnicity) within the secondary school environment associated with their feelings of alienation from their school. The second purpose was multifaceted and involved: (1) the identification of the levels of powerlessness, normlessness, meaninglessness, and social isolation/estrangement experienced by different students, and (2) the analysis of individual student characteristics (e.g., gender, student placement, perceived ability, race/ethnicity, perceived social status) that may contribute to school alienation; The participants in this …

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Film And Architecture: Discovering The Self-Reflection Of Frank Capra And Frank Lloyd Wright Through Contextual Analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler Jan 2000

Film And Architecture: Discovering The Self-Reflection Of Frank Capra And Frank Lloyd Wright Through Contextual Analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Film and architecture were analyzed to evaluate the rhetorical potential these media hold in communicating the self-reflection of their creators. In an attempt to uncover common communication elements which further link the relationship between film and architecture, specific works of director Frank Capra and architect Frank Lloyd Wright were examined. The study utilizes both an historical, case study approach, combined with a contextual analysis of two selected works. Because Zettl's (1990) theory of applied media aesthetics emphasizes the importance of the medium in the communication process, this methodology was applied to Capra's film It's A Wonderful Life and Wright's building …

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A Downward Spiral: Young People, The Media, And Political Disengagement, Jacqueline M Maloy Jan 2000

A Downward Spiral: Young People, The Media, And Political Disengagement, Jacqueline M Maloy

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines whether political disengagement is related to the amount and/or type of television that young people watch. The study was conducted through survey research at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with over one hundred undergraduate participants. It demonstrates that there is no relationship between the amount of television which students watch and their political engagement. However, it also demonstrates that there is a relationship between the types of television programs which students watch and their attitudes toward politics and politicians. Frequent viewers of local news feel less trusting toward the government in Washington, whereas frequent viewers of late-night …

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Targeting Families And Teens: Television Violence On The Wb, Rick Brian Marks Jan 2000

Targeting Families And Teens: Television Violence On The Wb, Rick Brian Marks

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The author investigates the amount of violence contained within WB primetime programs in order to determine The WB's number of violent acts per program and per program hour as well as determine some of the possible effects of The WB's violence. The author sampled one week of WB primetime programming. A definition of violence similar to other violence studies was employed for comparability. The unit of analysis used for coding was the violent act. The author found all WB primetime programs to contain some violence. The most violent WB primetime program was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the highest number …

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Wounded Knee, 1973: Consummatory And Instrumental Functions Of Militant Discourse, Lucie Moya Melchert Jan 2000

Wounded Knee, 1973: Consummatory And Instrumental Functions Of Militant Discourse, Lucie Moya Melchert

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Little academic research exists of the American Indian takeover of the hamlet of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973. This thesis is an analysis of the discourse of the Wounded Knee incident, which served dual purposes for the activists. First, American Indian discourse served as a reinforcing agent to American Indians, both at Wounded Knee and across the country. Second, the rhetoric was meant to effect change within the general American public. This thesis will adopt and expand on Randall Lake's 1983 theory of the consummatory function of rhetoric by dissecting the fascinating discourse that shaped the identity of the …

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Dance In The Contemporary American Musical Theater: What Has Become Of The Dream Ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted Jan 2000

Dance In The Contemporary American Musical Theater: What Has Become Of The Dream Ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The dream ballet is defined. The discussion explains the inception, subsequent rise and eventual disappearance of the dream ballet. The research follows the development of the dream ballet and identifies its contributions to the American musical theater. The thesis specifically examines the amplification of the emotional realm of character and plot development, as elicited by the dream ballet; The study evaluates the void left today by the absence of the dream ballet in relation to an examination of the climate of contemporary American musical theater. The analysis explores the correlation between the decline of the dream ballet and the decline …

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A Marxist Analysis Of An Editorial Column As A Site Of Struggle For Meaning, Theresa Hubbard Pfeifer Jan 2000

A Marxist Analysis Of An Editorial Column As A Site Of Struggle For Meaning, Theresa Hubbard Pfeifer

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study calls into question the repressive authoritarianism of state-corporate capitalism and the "march of the megamedia" by investigating the media's role in perpetuating and sustaining hegemony. According to Marxist critics, the collective operations of the culture industry have worked to destroy the revolutionary potential of the working class. In a resistant textual reading and content analysis utilizing Gramsci's theory of hegemony, this study looks at how a newspaper editorial fatalizes readers into passive acquiescence of the prevailing political and socioeconomic system. To gain the willing consent of the masses, the technocratic elites of media systems create a world that …

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Making Choices Real: Increasing Electoral Participation By Voting For None, Shanna S Phillips Jan 2000

Making Choices Real: Increasing Electoral Participation By Voting For None, Shanna S Phillips

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

While Nevada legislators have consistently changed Nevada's election laws in order to keep up with the advance of modern society, there are several problems with Nevada's election rules. I intend to discuss reforms that could increase the effectiveness of the "none of these candidates" law in Nevada. First, I will assess the need for a binding "none of these candidates" law since the 1970's. I will track patterns of electoral participation so that I can assess the impact of Nevada's electoral laws on the voters of our state. Next, I will define the problems with Nevada's electoral structure and address …

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An Analysis Of Medical Futility Dilemmas, Eloise Angela Powell Jan 2000

An Analysis Of Medical Futility Dilemmas, Eloise Angela Powell

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Medical futility has caused serious dilemmas in the fields of medicine and bioethics recently. It has become more confusing due to the use of high technological equipment and medicines that are given to prolong life and interrupt the natural process of death; Therefore, we have created a dilemma of medical futility. Until recently, not many steps have been taken to address futile or inappropriate care that is given to a large number of the population, but with healthcare costs rising substantially, the time has come when these issues must be addressed; This thesis will include a short history of medical …

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The Las Vegas Phenomenon, Juliet Reubens Jan 2000

The Las Vegas Phenomenon, Juliet Reubens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis supposes that people gambling in Las Vegas are engaged in religious-like and transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors. Those which are religious-like are categorized into separate groups. These separate groups are Magic, Charms and Jinxes, Ritual, Altered-States of Consciousness, and Divining each having a subsequent section in my thesis. The transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors are like-wise categorized into separate groups. These separate groups and subsequent sections are Adults at Play, Fantasy, Theming, and Rebellion. People who play slot machines are studied and to them is applied the theory developed by Luhrmann in the book Persuasions of the Witches …

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Racing For Fans: Communication Technology, The Total Experience, And The Rise Of Nascar, Elizabeth M Smith Jan 2000

Racing For Fans: Communication Technology, The Total Experience, And The Rise Of Nascar, Elizabeth M Smith

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR, has seen a tremendous popularity surge in the past decade. The sport is attracting record crowds at its events nationwide and its televised broadcasts are gaining audiences rapidly. While there are many reasons why NASCAR has gained an audience recently, this exploratory study examines the role of communication technology in the proliferation of the sport; Each technology is discussed as it relates to a NASCAR fan's enjoyment of the "total experience," a term that defines the ultimate mediated experience available to a fan using communication technology without his or her …

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Thought To Thesis: A Look At The Collaborative Process And Its Value To The Student Playwright, Bryant Jonathan Turnage Jan 2000

Thought To Thesis: A Look At The Collaborative Process And Its Value To The Student Playwright, Bryant Jonathan Turnage

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Thought To Thesis is an examination of the individual facets of the theatrical collaborative process and their use to a student playwright in creating, writing, editing, and staging a graduate thesis production. Components taken into consideration are the following: the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program itself, the required laboratory class, and the thesis director; The research was gathered through a series of interviews and observations coupled with relevant writing from established theatre professionals. The body of the thesis is organized into chapters, each discussing a particular aspect of the collaborative process.

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Die Deutschen Enwanderer In Sacramento: German Immigrants In Sacramento, 1850--1859, Carole Cosgrove Terry Jan 2000

Die Deutschen Enwanderer In Sacramento: German Immigrants In Sacramento, 1850--1859, Carole Cosgrove Terry

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The economic and political conditions in Europe pushed German immigrants from their homelands, while the gold rush in California pulled them with dreams of riches. Some came directly from Germany, some made an intermediate stop in the United States, but, after arriving in California, many went to Sacramento. A small nucleus of permanent residents created an ethnic community where they practiced the German tradition of Vereinswesen, supported each other economically through loans and ready employment and, led by their Turnverein, continued practicing their customs and rituals emphasizing frivolity and celebration as they had in the "fatherland." Rather than assimilate, they …

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The Rise And Fall Of A Wall And A Dialect: Observations Of Shifting Linguistic Behavior Among Former East Berliners, Anja Vogel Jan 2000

The Rise And Fall Of A Wall And A Dialect: Observations Of Shifting Linguistic Behavior Among Former East Berliners, Anja Vogel

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

After the dividing wall between East and West Berlin fell in 1989 many changes occurred on what was formerly the eastern side of the city. Polls taken soon after found out that the East Berliners' excitement about the reunification vanished quickly. One of the more prominent---but largely ignored---new problems was the linguistic barrier that had developed between East and West during the forty years of separation; The people in and around Berlin speak a regional dialect, Berlinish. Unbeknownst to most Berliners, the dialect took on a vastly different symbolic meaning for the people in the West than it did for …

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College Radio Curricula: Las Vegas General Manager Views, Brad Leonard Weiss Jan 2000

College Radio Curricula: Las Vegas General Manager Views, Brad Leonard Weiss

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Radio continues to prosper in hundreds of different formats, with five radios on average in each American home, and over 10,000 radio stations in the United States. The key variables in the study of radio curriculum would seem to include: the specific classes that professionals believe would help students prepare for the radio industry; the theory/practical blend of course work; and the outside internship and professional programs available for students prior to entering the full-time radio job market; The purpose of this study is to gather and assess radio station general managers' perceptions of the ideal radio curriculum. Since general …

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Gospel Of The Heavenly Mother, Jennilyn F Hass Jan 2000

Gospel Of The Heavenly Mother, Jennilyn F Hass

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A collection of poems, Gospel of the Heavenly Mother asks, and attempts to answer, questions regarding the freedom that is available to the individual within a power structure. The two structures examined in the book are the grammar of the English language and organized religion, specifically the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The poems enact the belief that as we reorient ourselves to these structures, freedom is possible; by usurping the syntax in which we communicate (and therefore the language by which we understand God and our relationship to Him/Her), we gain the ability to speak more fully …

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The Seer's Abacus, Sasha Megan Steensen Jan 2000

The Seer's Abacus, Sasha Megan Steensen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Negative Capability is the capacity to subtract the self so that there is room to add the other. Simone Weil, John Keats, Jack Spicer and Emily Dickinson suggest that the poet ought to renounce the self so as to offer up her own voice as a sacrifice to the world. The poet who hopes to speak for others must become no Body so that she can become every Body---she must subtract so that she can add. Weil insists that in order to annihilate the self, one must pay close attention to something other than her own ego. The poet must …

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Pultrusion Of Commingled Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan Jan 2000

Pultrusion Of Commingled Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vijay Anand Ananthakrishnan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The work involves the analysis and verification of the pultrusion process. The pultrusion machine at UNLV was improved by modifying the consolidation and the cooling system. A comparative study of the material properties of the pultrusion process and the compression molding were done with the theoretical material properties. This involved a series of compression molding experiments of the commingled material followed by the pultrusion process itself. The results were then confirmed by a series of mechanical tests of the material obtained as a result of the pultrusion and the compression molding processes in the Material Test System (MTS) machine. The …

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On The Come: A Novel, David Smith Stevens Jan 2000

On The Come: A Novel, David Smith Stevens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A creative, book-length work of fiction written at the end of the 20 th Century, this dissertation invariably converses in narrative concerns common to contemporary fiction, such as character point of view, plot and theme; however, in a narrower focus, specific issues of story and story telling and their relations to personal identity are examined through the maturation of a protagonist. As members of any society, we witness events common to a percentage of the whole but the meaning assigned to the common event may vary for each individual. For example, an automobile accident is a single event; however, every …

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Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa Michelle Bybee Jan 2000

Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa Michelle Bybee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to analyze the efficacy of a problem gambling training class to train adult learners and to determine whether the attitude of this sample towards problem gambling affects their ability to learn about this issue. A survey instrument was designed by the author. The researcher used frequency distribution, crosstabulations, and linear regression to analyze the collected data. The survey sample consisted of adult gaming employees in Las Vegas who attended compulsory problem gambling awareness training; What makes this topic, problem gambling, provocative is that people have difficulty accepting that the pursuit of the intangible product …

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The Biological Removal Of Phosphorus At The Clark County Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jon Robert Becker Jan 2000

The Biological Removal Of Phosphorus At The Clark County Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jon Robert Becker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This research examines the influence of operating parameters on the enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) from the effluent of the Clark County Sanitation District (CCSD) wastewater treatment plant. Several parameters that influence EBPR were investigated, including wastewater composition: (e.g. BOD, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, Total P, Ortho-P, alkalinity, pH), dissolved oxygen levels, oxidation reduction potential, microbiology, volatile fatty acid concentrations, fraction of P in wasted sludge, and nitrification levels. Analysis of nitrate and effluent phosphorus levels indicated a strong correlation between the two parameters. Very strong denitrification, evidenced by very low nitrate levels, produced nitrogen gas that lifted microbes into the …

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Imaging The Mantle In Southwestern, Utah Using Geochemistry, And Geographic Information Systems, Reina Fern Downing Jan 2000

Imaging The Mantle In Southwestern, Utah Using Geochemistry, And Geographic Information Systems, Reina Fern Downing

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Basaltic volcanism is common in the transition zone from the Basin and Range to the Colorado Plateau. This study focuses on an 80 km long transect containing seven separate basalt fields spaced less than 20 km apart. The transect extends from eastern Nevada through northwestern Arizona and into southwestern Utah, across the crustal boundary defined as the transition zone; Geochemistry and geographic information systems (GIS) define the geometry and orientation of a mantle boundary trending approximately E-W, almost perpendicular to the crustal boundary. This study suggests that there is no genetic link between the mantle boundary and crustal boundary between …

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Effects Of Location, Size, And Animation On The Response Rate To A Promotional Web Banner, Rhett Pono Ferguson Jan 2000

Effects Of Location, Size, And Animation On The Response Rate To A Promotional Web Banner, Rhett Pono Ferguson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the layout and design of promotional Web banners on a company home page. To accomplish this, three variables; location, size and animation were used to test their effect on the response rate to those banners. Response rates were calculated by dividing the total number of click-throughs to the banner by the total number of visits to the Web pages. In each case, a relationship existed between the variable and the response rate. The results of this study also show that both animation and size can have a positive effect on response rate. …

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Soil And Vegetation Recovery On Abandoned Paved Roads In A Humid Tropical Rain Forest, Puerto Rico, Catherine M Heyne Jan 2000

Soil And Vegetation Recovery On Abandoned Paved Roads In A Humid Tropical Rain Forest, Puerto Rico, Catherine M Heyne

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

I examined soil and vegetation characteristics on a 60 yr chronosequence of abandoned paved roads in Puerto Rico. Rapid recovery obscured successional changes in soil regeneration. Littermass, bulk density, soil moisture, soil organic matter, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen reached forest levels within 11 yr of road abandonment despite residual pavement. Road soil pH showed a clear successional trend, and approached the more acidic forest soils within 60 yr. Pool sizes were similar to the forest by ≥30 yr; Road revegetation displayed strong successional trends across the chronosequence. Vegetation on roads abandoned for ≥30 yr reached a mature forest state for …

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Internet-Based Manufacturing Database, Shashidhar Iddamsetty Jan 2000

Internet-Based Manufacturing Database, Shashidhar Iddamsetty

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis presents the concept of using distributive databases and World Wide Web as a tool for deploying the Internet based Manufacturing database for insert selection. The rapid phase of development of Internet and its wide usage in the areas of business and Engineering has opened a wide spectrum for the areas of research. This tool is useful in the selection of the cutting inserts for the various machining processes based on the conditions, which a user provides; The Internet based System for Inserts and Parameter selection (ISIPS) has two research databases connected to the Internet, which provides the user …

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Identifying Critical Service Incidents That Have An Effect On Guest Satisfaction In A Central American Luxury Hotel, Kimberly Jean Jacobs Jan 2000

Identifying Critical Service Incidents That Have An Effect On Guest Satisfaction In A Central American Luxury Hotel, Kimberly Jean Jacobs

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel. Customer-contact employee and guest perceptions of what is classified as a critical incident, as well as differences between Latin American and North American guest perceptions, were compared. Data was collected through one-on-one interview with guests and employees using the Critical Incident Technique. The results of the study were compared to two other studies that had created incident classification systems. The results of this study supported the research of Bitner, Booms, and Tetreault, in 1990 and Bitner, …

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Communicating The Risks And Hazards Of Methylmercury To The Ojibwe Population, Glenna Lee Jan 2000

Communicating The Risks And Hazards Of Methylmercury To The Ojibwe Population, Glenna Lee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Fatal poisonings due to the consumption of fish containing high concentrations of methylmercury have been well documented, and demonstrate that the consumption of mercury-contaminated fish and other organisms can contribute to adverse human health effects. Native Americans of the Great Lakes region are one of the populations potentially subjected to greater concentrations of methylmercury than the general population because fishery is an integral part of their culture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Ojibwe of the Great Lakes region's understanding of the risks and hazards associated with the consumption of fish contaminated with methylmercury and increase their …

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A High-Performance Liquid Chromatography System With Fenton's Reagent For Detection Of Gas-Phase Hydrogen Peroxide, Jun Liu Jan 2000

A High-Performance Liquid Chromatography System With Fenton's Reagent For Detection Of Gas-Phase Hydrogen Peroxide, Jun Liu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A simple quantitative HPLC method for analysis of gas-phase hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has been developed. This method relies on conversion of sodium salicylate to dihydroxybenzoic acid, sodium salts by using Fenton's reagent (a mixture of H2O2 and ferrous iron) under the proper conditions. Hydroxyl radicals generated from Fenton's reagent will react with sodium salicylate and generate 2,3-, 2,4-, and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (sodium salts), which can be quantitatively determined by HPLC-UV at wavelength 310 nm. The cryogenic sampling system was chosen to collect gasphase H2O2. The detection limit for this method is 0.03 ppm. The seasonal variation of H2O2 in Las …

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