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Effects Of Gender And Position Of Test Stimuli On Undergraduates ' Spatial Task Performance, James Brenton Curley

Masters Theses

This study predicted that sex differences in performance can occur where the sense of touch serves as vision, and that the position of the test array may significantly affect performance. Sixty-four college undergraduates (32 males and 32 females), with ages ranging from 18-27 (M = 20.06, SD = 1.82) were recruited from the psychology subject pool of Eastern Illinois University for participation. Apparatus consisted of templates with raised line drawings of tilted jars containing water drawn on them. The subjects were blindfolded and instructed to interpret four jar drawings at a time. The task consisted of identifying the jar with …

Effects Of Compression Processing Parameters And Antioxidants On Molecular Degradation Of Biodegradable Poly-L-Lactide (Plla), Thomas J. Hannan Jr.

Masters Theses

The purpose of this research was to find a combination of poly (L-lactic acid), also known as poly-L-lactide or (PLLA) and antioxidants that would, together, produce a product whose degradation rate would be advantageous for use in biodegradable medical implants. Intrinsic viscosity tests were conducted on compression molded samples of PLLA that were molded at various processing parameters in order to find optimal parameters. The optimal processing parameters were found to be time 10 minutes, temperature 220°C, and pressure 1000 psi.

The molecular weight of PLLA sample was taken while pressure, time, and temperature were varied. As pressure increased, no …

Admissions Brochure 2001-2002, William & Mary Law School

Admissions Brochures

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The Granite, 2001, University Of New Hampshire

The Granite – Yearbook

The yearbook of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1909-1922, the University of New Hampshire, 1923-

Removing Dam Development To Recover Columbia Basin Treaty Protected Salmon Economies, Rollie Wilson

American Indian Law Review

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Accurate 3-D Morphological Measurement Using A Structured-Light Range Sensor, Robert L. Cromwell, Stuart G. Poss

Gulf and Caribbean Research

A single-plane structured light range-sensor was tested to establish its usefulness in acquiring 3-D measurements of fish skulls. Twenty-one distances among 22 landmark points for each of 12 neurocrania of the scorpaenid fish Neomerinthe hemingway were taken with digital calipers, with a video-based 2-D imaging system widely used in systematic studies, and with a single-plane structured-light range sensor of inexpensive and simple design. Measures taken by 3-D sensor are highly correlated with those obtained from caliper measurement (r = 0.9995, P << 0.001 ), with a precision ranging from 0.08–0.43 mm. Like caliper-based measurements, they are less strongly correlated with measurements derived from projected video-imaging. Most skulls were scanned in just over 3 minutes each. Range maps, typically establishing the (x,y,z) coordinates of more than 75,000 points per scan, can be obtained in about 40–50 CPU seconds using software running on multiple platforms. Sensor data taken from different views can be merged to build a more complete 3-D reconstruction. System design, calibration, and use are discussed. By eliminating error due to perspective effects inherent in measuring from projected video images, such sensors hold considerable promise in quantifying biological shape in 3-D for comparative and functional studies.

Law Students' Undergraduate Major: Implications For Law School Academic Support Programs (Asps) Performance, Bryan Adamson, Mark Graham

Faculty Articles

This article addresses whether or not law students' comparative educational backgrounds affect their ability to solve general deductive reasoning problems. This question leads to two broader issues: (1) whether any comparative differences in general reasoning competency affect a student's ability to reason within a legal framework; and (2) whether a student's reasoning competency remains static over three years of law school. This article addresses the first issue. At present, a separate study is being conducted to explore how general reasoning differences may influence a student's ability to reason within a legal framework. This article contends that law school academic support …

Info: January 2001, Seattle University Law Library

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The Octofoil, January/February 2001, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

Legalize It? -Osp And Peer-To-Peer Network Liability For Online Music Copyright Infringements In The United States And Germany, Christian Nils Jochen Engelhardt

LLM Theses and Essays

It may be useful to explain why a comparative approach was chosen. It is easy and comfortable to get caught up in one's own legal system and not look abroad. It is often difficult enough to understand and apply one’s own laws accurately and the study of a foreign legal system may seem an effort too great. Yet, this reluctance to look beyond the familiar is fatal to legal development and improvement since entirely new ideas are rare in the field of law and the main source of change and new approaches is borrowing from another legal system. If one …

Children's Interests And Information Disclosure: Who Provided The Egg And Sperm? Or Mommy, Where ( And Whom) Do I Come From?, Naomi R. Cahn

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This essay focuses on the relationships between children, unknown donors, and biological parents. It argues that children deserve access to information about their biological pasts both when the donor's identity is known to the biological parent and when it is unknown. Once an adoption has been finalized or once known gamete donors have agreed not to assert parental rights, the donors should be unable to assert parental rights. But the finality of adoption or gamete provision (which includes eggs, sperm, or embryos) should not prevent the disclosure of information about the identity of biological parents and gamete providers to a …

An Explanation And Illustration Of The Importance Of Infinite Series In Mathematics, Allison Walker

Honors Theses

The purpose of this work is to first, explore exactly what an infinite series is, and second, to explain the importance of infinite series is, and second, to explain the importance of infinite sries in the everyday calculations of mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. In investigating this topic, I researched the development of infinite sries as well as how Taylor and Mclaurin series are derived. I then considered many different problems containing intractable functions. In the consideration of these problems I was able to explore the usefulness of infinite series in solving these intractable problems. The conclusion of this research was …

Critical Wavelength For River Meandering, Boyd F. Edwards, Duane H. Smith

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Delineation Of The Molecular Events In Virus Interaction With The Host Cell Following Modification Of The Poliovirion., Monica Celeste Frazier

All ETDs from UAB

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Hsp70 And Its Co-Chaperones: Key Regulators Of The Intracellular Fate Of Cftr., Geoffrey Christopher Meacham

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Jatwing: A Distributed Enhanced Tuple Space-Based Mobile Agent Computation Model In A Ubicomp World., Tao Tao

All ETDs from UAB

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Degradation Of Experimental Composite Materials And In Vitro Wear Simulation., Daniel Allen Givan

All ETDs from UAB

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An Artificial Neural Network For Multi-Level Interleaved And Creative Serial Order Cognitive Behavior., Steven Frank Donaldson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Protective Immunity Against Streptococcus Mutans Infection: Studies On Nirb Promoter Controlled Expression Of Cloned S. Mutans Adhesin In An Attenuated Salmonella Strain And Its Immunoenhancing Role On Host Immunity., Yan Huang

All ETDs from UAB

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An Intelligent Multichannel Stimulator For Investigation Of Cardiac Electrophysiological Therapies., Philip Lee Johnson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Strategy Discovery In Young Children's Addition: The Role Of Situational Support, Impasse, And Awareness., Lisa Anne Grupe

All ETDs from UAB

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Effects Of Camp On Transepithelial Sodium Transport In Established Cell Models Of The Mammalian Renal Collecting Duct., Ryan Gregory Morris

All ETDs from UAB

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Dysregulation Of Growth Factor-Induced Migration Is Rate Limiting For Tumor Cell Invasion., Jareer Nabeel Kassis

All ETDs from UAB

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Influence Of Crack Path On Fracture Toughness Of Ceramic Matrix Composites., Shanghua Wu

All ETDs from UAB

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Instructional Practice Responses To The Alabama High School Graduation Examination, Third Edition, As Perceived By Alabama Teachers., Martha Ann Newman Lacroix

All ETDs from UAB

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Principals' Perceptions Of Needed Leadership In Technology In Elementary Schools., Linda Elaine Maxwell

All ETDs from UAB

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Provision Of Graft Copolymers Through Anionic Polymerization., David William Uhrig

All ETDs from UAB

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Modeling Trinucleotide Repeat Disease In The Mouse: Overcoming Limitations., Jamie Ann Cearley

All ETDs from UAB

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Development And Validation Of A Method For Accurate Collection And Analysis Of Select Antineoplastic Contaminants, Both In Air And On Surfaces, And Implications For Exposure Assessment., Rodney Raymond Larson

All ETDs from UAB

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Portal Vertex Formation In Bacteriophage P22., Sean David Moore

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.