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Local Currency Loans And Grants: Comparative Case Studies Of Ithaca Hours And Calgary Dollars, Jeff Mascornick

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Opting-Out: A Feminist Exploration Of Stay-At-Home Motherhood Among Missoula's Pink-Collar Professionals, Jodi R. Case

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Worst Best Place: Stories Of Suicide In Montana, Brett Thomas-Dejohgh

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This project tells the story of Montanans who, for now, have survived their battles against hopelessness in the state with the highest per capita suicide rate.

Colonization And Local Adaptation Of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus Nerka) Of Lake Clark Alaska, Kristina Marie Ramstad

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Demographic And Behavioral Responses Of Breeding Birds To Variation In Food Nest Predation And Habitat Structure Across Multiple Spatial Scales, Anna D. Chalfoun

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Meeting Basic Water Needs In Post-Soviet Naryn Kyrgyzstan: A Case Study Of A Tien Shan Mountain Community, Matthew J. Sanford

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Utilizing The Citizens' Forest Restoration Principles: An Evaluation Of The Knox Brooks Stewardship Project And Proposals For Integration Into The Forest Service Structure, Adam S. Rissien

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Microbial Communities Processes And Mine Waste Contamination In Upper Clark Fork River Alluvial Soils, Philip Wharton Ramsey

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Power Of Journaling: A Dynamic Tool For Evaluating Student Teacher Adjustment In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Brenda B. Mackay

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

Journaling is an acceptable pedagogical and assessment tool used to help leverage a university student teacher’s emotional and spiritual growth in a 10 week cross-cultural student teaching experience. The process requires students to document their life and learning experiences.

Questions are designed for student response. Student teachers are encouraged to draw personal connections between their lives and new experiences. This article will show how journaling helped four student teachers process what Kelly and Meyers (1995) identify as the four components of cross-cultural adaptability: (1) emotional resilience, (2) flexibility/openness, (3) perceptual acuity and (4) personal autonomy. Excerpts from the personal journals …

Disciplea Lamp, The Cross, And A Waiting World: A Personal Theological Journey Into Whole Person Learning, David J. Gyertson

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

Whole person learning is a popular, often discussed, and well explored challenge of contemporary western pedagogy. The theme of the 2006 Coalition of Christian Teacher Educators International Conference called its members to a faith-based reflection on whole person learning with the theme of “Equipping for Alignment of Heart, Head, and Hands.” This article addresses the need for a theological context of whole person learning anchored to the concepts of tough minds, tender hearts, and hands outstretched for competent, compassionate service. The foundation of this paper is a personal theological pilgrimage that began as a college student. The Spring Arbor University …

Tall Tales Marionettes| A Marionette Project, Rae Lynn Brown

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Tetralogue| Family Communication, Biology, Personal Myths, And Identity Construction, Steven Michael Krutek

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Salmon Oysters And The Spotted Owl: Environment And Economy In Coastal Washington 1985-2006, Robert A. Bauer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Role Of Islamic Educational Values In Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills, Abdullah A. Alghamdi

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Taking Pause While Moving Through Change, Patricia Ann Torba

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Political Censorship And Its Impact In Nepal, Rajendra Dev Acharya

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

World So Sweet| Essays On The Nature Of Food, Allison K. Clark

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Challenge Ahead Executive Summary Report National Disability Survey In Afghanistan 2005, Jean-Francois Trani, Parul Bakhshi

Brown School Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Roost-Site Selection And Potential Prey Sources After Wildland Fire For Two Insectivorous Bat Species ( Myotis Evotis And Myotis Lucifugus ) In Mid-Elevation Forests Of Western Montana, Nathan A. Schwab

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Charcoal Quantity And Adsorptive Activity In Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Of Western Montana, Rachel J. Brimmer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Profiles Of Florida [Book Review], Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

Statistical questions are some of the most frequent questions at any reference desk; they are also some of the most complicated questions to answer. There is an overflow of statistical information. Researchers usually consult a variety of private and government resources in order to find the right statistical information. Researchers also face the challenge of decentralization where several government agencies collect and disseminate similar statistical information.

Economic Development At A Public University - A Process Model And Associated Metrics, Andres C. Salazar

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

A university has long been considered an institution of higher learning with the immutable dual goals of research and teaching. A “public” university, however, has also had the founding principle of service, the performance of which is often linked to the region from which it receives public funds. Recently, this service component has morphed to playing an active role in regional economic development. This paper reviews the factors that have led to the situation in which a public university must define a relevant and significant set of objectives for itself in improving the economy of the community it serves. Further, …

Hslic Annual Report Fy2005-06, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

HSLIC Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

2006-2007 Unm Catalog, Unm Office Of The Registrar

Course Catalogs

Course catalog for the years 2006-2007.

Studies On The Decontamination Of Surfaces Exposed To Cytotoxic Drugs In Chemotherapy Workstations, Gj Sewell, S Roberts, N Khammo, G Mcdonnell

School of Health Professions

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Maternal Condition And Facultative Sex Ratios In Populations With Overlapping Generations., L.E. Schwanz, J.G. Bragg, Eric Charnov

Biology Faculty & Staff Publications

Facultative investment in offspring sex is related to maternal condition in many organisms. In mammals, empirical support for condition-dependent sex allocation is equivocal, and there is some doubt as to theoretical expectations. Much theory has been developed to make predictions for condition-dependent sex ratios in populations with discrete generations. However, the extension of these predictions to populations with overlapping generations (OLGs; e.g., mammals) has been limited, leaving doubt as to the specific prediction for maternal-condition-dependent sex ratios in mammals. We develop a population genetics model that incorporates maternal effects on multiple offspring fitness components in a population with OLGs. Using …

Parameter Inference Of Queueing Models For It Systems Using End-To-End Measurements, Laura Wynter, Cathy H. Xia, Fan Zhang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As Information Technology (IT) matures and expands in the scope of available applications, IT systems increase at a fascinating rate in both size and complexity. For example, today, a typical Web service hosting center may have hundreds of nodes and dozens of different applications simultaneously running on it. Each of the nodes in turn has often multiple processors and layered caches. These nodes make use of both local and shared storage systems. The size and complexity of such systems make performance modeling much more difficult, if at all tractable. Detailed modeling, fine tuning and accurate analysis can be carried out …

Systems Analysis & Design: An Essential Part Of Is Education, Albert L. Harris, Michael Lang, Briony J. Oates, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Systems analysis and design has been as critical building block in Information Systems (IS) education since the inception of the IS major. Whether it is taught using the traditional or "structured approach or the object-oriented approach, it exposes students to the different methods, tools, and techniques used in developing new systems, develops students analytical and problem-solving skills, teaches fact-finding and data gathering techniques, and provides teamwork skills. All of these are valuable skills for systems analysts. This paper introduces the reader of this special issue on systems analysis and design education to the issue, discusses the two approaches to teaching …

Grid-Partition Index: A Hybrid Approach To Nearest-Neighbor Queries In Wireless Location-Based Services, Baihua Zheng, Jianliang Xu, Wang-Chien Lee, Dik Lun Lee

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Traditional nearest-neighbor (NN) search is based on two basic indexing approaches: object-based indexing and solution-based indexing. The former is constructed based on the locations of data objects: using some distance heuristics on object locations. The latter is built on a precomputed solution space. Thus, NN queries can be reduced to and processed as simple point queries in this solution space. Both approaches exhibit some disadvantages, especially when employed for wireless data broadcast in mobile computing environments. In this paper, we introduce a new index method, called the grid-partition index, to support NN search in both ondemand access and periodic broadcast …

Visualization For Analyzing Trajectory-Based Metaheuristic Search Algorithms, Steven Halim, Roland H. C. Yap, Hoong Chuin Lau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

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