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Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/29 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Case study of professional development expenditures at a restructured high school / Sarah Archibald [and] H. Alix Gallagher.

Study Of The Use Of Telecommunications In The Classroom, Ed Ewing

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of integration of technology in the classroom. Specifically, the study was to look at computer software and related Internet and telecommunication usage.

The study took place in Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey. Teachers in four public school districts from each county were invited to participate. A letter was sent to the chief administrator of each selected school district, explaining the purpose and significance of the study. A packet was also sent to each teacher in the participating schools. The packet included an introductory letter and a …

Inclusion, The Forced Game Plan For Levelling The Playing Field: One High School's First Attempt, Rebecca Tribbett

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the co-teaching as an inclusionary technique in a high school setting. Co-teaching in this study consisted of a general and special education teacher collaborating in the instruction of a group of general and special needs students.

The participants included 140 students, the general education and special education teacher. The teachers completed an Inclusion Survey that contained a twenty-item, four points, forced-choice Likert Scale. The survey measured the teachers' beliefs in four domains: Teacher training, Academic Content/Teacher Effectiveness, Social Atmosphere (students) and Academic Climate.

Interviews of the teaching staff and …

Truth Serum And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes several epistemological--as opposed to ethical and moral--anxieties in administering drugs to individuals for the purpose of securing truths supporting the United States Government (USG)-declared war against terrorism with global research.

Development Of Dose Coefficients For Radionuclides Produced In Spallation Neutron Sources, Phillip W. Patton

Transmutation Sciences Physics (TRP)

A research consortium comprised of representatives from several universities and national laboratories has been established as part of this on-going project to generate internal and external dose conversion coefficients for radionuclides produced in spallation neutron sources. Information obtained from this multi-year study will be used to support the siting and licensing of future accelerator-driven nuclear initiatives within the U.S. Department of Energy complex, including the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) Projects. Determination of these coefficients will also fill data gaps for several hundred radionuclides that exist in Federal Guide Report No. 11 and in Publications …

A Case Study Of An Ergonomic Evaluation For A Shop Floor Facility, Ivan Siguencia

Theses

The aim of this paper is to discuss and recommend solutions for the ergonomic hazards present in a shop floor type of manufacturing facility. This type of study is important since the ergonomic issues that concern the shop floor worker are different than those faced by the assembly line worker. The shop floor employee for the most part enjoys work satisfaction, task variety, and is able to control his own work pace. From an ergonomic standpoint, this is the preferred work environment.

The focus of this paper is a case study. This study is a one-day ergonomic assessment of a …

A Practical Guide To Managing Systemic Financial Crises: A Review Of Approaches Taken In Indonesia, The Republic Of Korea, And Thailand, David Scott

Documents

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Collaborative Teaching On The Academic Achievement, Incidence Of Discipline Referrals, And Attitudes Toward School Of Fourth, Fifth, And Sixth Grade Regular And Special Education Students, Kathleen N. Papa

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if collaborative teaching had a positive effect on the academic achievement, incidence of discipline referrals, and attitudes toward school of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade regular and special education elementary school students.

The report card grades and incidence of discipline referrals (demerits, detentions, and suspensions) from the first two marking periods of the 2000-2001 school year (prior to collaborative teaching) were averaged and compared to the report card grades and incidence of discipline referrals of the first two marking periods of the 2001-2002 school year of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students …

Directed Teaching And Constructivist Teaching And Technology, Brandy Patch

Theses and Dissertations

The utilization of the computer in the classroom as a tool to provide instruction and aid learning has had a profound impact on how educators deliver instruction. Computers have become such an important instructional tool that many educators have had to rethink and reevaluate their beliefs and ideas about the ways in which they instruct students and how students learn.

Most educators have encouraged and promoted the use of computers in the classroom to assist them in providing students with an efficient and up-to-date means of acquiring the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in learning. Because of its …

An Investigation Of The Direct And Ripple Effect Of An Environmental Jolt On The Airline Industry, Leonard Lane

Student Scholarship

The events of September 11, 2001 significantly affected the operations of the U.S. domestic airline industry. The unprecedented two and one-half day, government mandated shut-down of the airline industry was followed by individual company actions that varied from large decreases in their operational capacity to little or no change. This unstable environment provided a unique opportunity to conduct an exploratory study to address the question of how firms and their customers in the airline industry reacted to the direct and ripple effect of an external environmental jolt that affected the entire industry and what accounted for the different firm responses …

Soros To Join International Panel Of Experts Planning For Next Dayton Peace Accords Conference, University Of Dayton

News Releases

News release announces that George Soros will join other international experts in a planning workshop for an autumn international conference on Balkan stability and development.

Volume 39, Number 38: May 31, 2002, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Characterization Of Subcellular Localization And Stability Of A Splice Variant Of G Alpha I2., Philip B Wedegaertner

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Alternative mRNA splicing of alpha(i2), a heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit, has been shown to produce an additional protein, termed salpha(i2). In the salpha(i2) splice variant, 35 novel amino acids replace the normal C-terminal 24 amino acids of alpha(i2). Whereas alpha(i2) is found predominantly at cellular plasma membranes, salpha(i2) has been localized to intracellular Golgi membranes, and the unique 35 amino acids of salpha(i2) have been suggested to constitute a specific targeting signal. RESULTS: This paper proposes and examines an alternative hypothesis: disruption of the normal C-terminus of alpha(i2) produces an unstable protein that fails to localize to plasma …

Agricultural Land Reform Policy In Western Ukraine : The Influence Of Environmental History And Ethics, Andrew B. Wowk

Theses

Agricultural land privatization is an important environmental and economic policy within Ukraine, which is transitioning to a market-based economy. This thesis studied the influence of bioregional environmental history and environmental ethics on land privatization in Western Ukraine, within Lviv oblast, through historical research and field research of private farmers.

Historical research showed that due to its environmental history, the study area was particularly receptive to land privatization after Ukraine's independence in 1991. Field research indicated that farmers in the study area generally see private ownership of land as better for humans and the environment than collective land ownership. The farmers …

Uribe Elected President In Colombia, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Agriculture : Pragmatism, Distinctions On Artifacts And The Role Of The Land Ethic, Dustin Mulvaney

Theses

This thesis will explore the ethical dimensions of global agriculture from the productionist paradigm to the land ethic in the context of the sustainable agriculture promoted in the fair trade, shade grown, and organic coffee movements. Much of the sustainable development debate in the environmental ethics literature has centered on justifications (from anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric worldviews) for preserving nature. Since agriculture is an artifact of human sedentary civilization, traditional nonanthropocentric arguments do not suffice because of the tendency to focus exclusively on natural systems. Building on the work of Katz's "Pragmatic ReConsideration" and Light's "methodological pragmatism," the role of anthropocentric …

Development Of A Method To Examine Shear Stress On Cardiomyocytes, Dhawal Desai

Theses

Cardiac hypertrophy is the remodeling or enlargement of the heart exhibited by individuals suffering from heart disease. Cardiac hypertrophy involves two mechanisms, mechanical stresses and humoral changes in the cardiac tissue. One such humoral change involves the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS). The primary fimction of RAS is maintenance of hemodynamics of the body mediated through an effector protein, Angiotensin 11. However, RAS has been shown to play a significant role in the pathophysiology of the heart; contributing to hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and myocardial infarction. RAS acts through binding of Angiotensin 11 at its receptors. The two forms of Angiotensin 11 …

Determination Of Phase Composition Of Sputtered Tantalum On Steel Substrates By Resistivity Measurements, Younes Abbassi

Theses

The objective of this thesis was to develop a method of distinguishing between alpha and beta phases of tantalum films on steel substrates, using the four-point probe resistivity measurements. While there is a large difference between resistivities of the two Ta phases, the problem is challenging because the measurements are influenced by the low resistivity of steel.

For reference, the resistivity measurements of tantalum coatings (1-20 μm) on silicon and silicon dioxide substrates were conducted first. The measured resistivities were related to the crystallographic phase composition of Ta, which has lower resistivity in bcc form, α-phase, (13.5 to 42 μΩcm), …

The Shiwi Messenger, Vol. 08, No. 11 (2002), Tom R. Kennedy, Zuni Tourism, Erick Bobelu, Dave Fontaine, Zuni Tribal Offices, Zuni Conservation Program, Zuni Public Schools, Tiffany Hooee, Patricia Cachini

Shiwi Messenger, 1995 - 2003

Cultivating Tourism at Zuni- Growing Opportunities; Hawikku: A Call for Local Artists!; Graduates from Surrounding Zuni Schools; When Reality Hits- story about a student ready to graduate; Zuni High School Recognitions; Zuni Cultural Arts Council; Udall: Zuni Pueblo Receives Over $3 Million for Housing; Zuni Tribal Government Update from the Governor's Office for proposed west-side subdivision planning meeting; Update on the Zuni Waterline Project; Where's the water? How dry is it? Zuni declares Drought Emergency; Kids Shout Out! From the students of Zuni Public Schools; As he Hospital Turns- Child Abuse; News Flash

New Mexico Labor Market Review 05-31-2002, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review is a monthly publication presenting statistical data and analysis on labor market conditions throughout New Mexico. Issues examine statewide and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labor force estimates, industry activity, wages, occupational demand, and related economic conditions, often accompanied by feature articles on topics affecting the state’s economy. This issue covers April 2002.

May 31, 2002, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 30, 2002

[2002-05-30] Minutes Of A Joint Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University And The Board Of Directors Of The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority May 30, 2002., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

Easterner, Vol. 53, No. 29, May 30, 2002, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles on the construction of Brewster Hall, the retirement of provost Peter A. Dual, award winners to be honored at commencement, the potential misuse of Associated Students (ASEWU) concert funds, tainted water on campus, a Pence Union Building (PUB) concert featuring More for Me and Aboriginal Mood, a talk by Maasai educator Steven Kaputa, the suicide of Todd Allen Miller, and the year in sports.

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News May 30, 2002, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2002

No abstract provided.

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner 2002, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner Program

May 30, 2002

Honored Guests:

• Dale M. Brethower
• Mary Anne V. Bunda
• Seamus A. Conney
• Loren D. Crane
• Ronald A. Crowell
• Richard J. Dieker
• Jay Easwaran
• Jeffrey B. Gardiner
• Earl E. Halvas
• R. Dean Kaul
• Diann J. Miller
• Thomas F. Pagel
• Karen K. Seelig
• Thomas H. Seiler
• John F. Shaw
• Nancy H. Steinhaus
• Ralph K. Steinhaus
• Morton O. Wagenfeld

The Weekly Challenger, May 30, 2002, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The May 30, 2002, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Vfw (Veterans Of Foreign Wars), Max S. Baucus

Max S. Baucus Speeches and Remarks

VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)

Evidence For A Compound In Comstock-Kellog Glands Modulating Premating Behavior In Male Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria, Peter G.N. Njagi, B. Torto

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The Comstock-Kellog glands in adult females of certain acridid species, including the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria have been implicated as a source of volatiles that play a role in mating behavior. A dichloromethane extract of the glands was analyzed for metabolites by gas chromatography, coupled gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection, and mass spectrometry. Coupled gas chromatography-electroantennographic detector (GC-EAD) analysis revealed a component that elicited an electroantennogram response from the antenna of adult male S. gregaria. The compound was identified by GC-MS as pentanoic acid. The levels of the compound in the gland extract varied with age of female locust; it was present …

Odor Composition Of Preferred (Buffalo And Ox) And Nonpreferred (Waterbuck) Hosts Of Some Savanna Tsetse Flies, Nicholas K. Gikonyo, Ahmed Hassanali, Peter G.N. Njagi, Peter M. Gitu, Jacob O. Midiwo

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

A previous study on the feeding responses of tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans morsitans, implicated the existence of allomonal barriers, both volatile and nonvolatile, on the nonpreferred host, waterbuck, Kobus defassa. In the present study, electroantennogram-active compounds in odors from waterbuck were compared with those of two preferred hosts of tsetse flies, buffalo, Syncerus caffer, and ox, Bos indicus. Odors from the three bovids were trapped on activated charcoal and/or reverse-phase (octadecyl bonded) silica and analyzed with a gas chromatography- linked electroantennographic detector (GC-EAD) and, where possible, identified by using gas chromatography-linked mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and chromatographic comparisons with authentic samples. …