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Engagement At The Theater: Science In The Cinema, B. D. Stillion, John M. Pratte, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Invisible Enemy, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Burrow Morphology Of The Bahamian Land Crab Gecarcinus Lateralis, Koji Seike, H. Allen Curran

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

Abstract from 2010 Workshop on Crustacean Bioturbation — Fossil and Recent held in Lepe, Spain.

Editors: Jordi M. deGibert, Fernando Muñiz, Eduardo Mayoral, Zain Belaústegui

Technology And Its Role In Teacher Education, Zelda Mcmurtry, Candice Burkett

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

This chapter discusses technology and its role in teacher education. In order for technology to reach the early childhood classroom, it must first reach the classroom of the teacher education programs. The effect of self-efficacy on preschool teachers use and understanding of technology may influence their instructional applications. Early childhood faculty come from the same career pool as early childhood teachers and may share the same beliefs that practitioners have concerning technology. Teacher education programs have a responsibility to produce professionals who are literate in technology tools and applications.

School Psychologists' Knowledge Of Tourette Syndrome Characteristics And Awareness Of Appropriate Interventions, Jesse Usher Glassman

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder consisting of multiple involuntary motor tics and one or more vocal tics. The duration of the disorder is at least one year and not more than three consecutive tic-free months (APA, 2000). The tics associated with TS are frequently more severe than other tic disorders on the spectrum. There are varying degrees of severity of TS disorder, requiring maximum to no treatment. Children and adolescents diagnosed and who are showing signs of TS are referred for school evaluations in order to identify various learning difficulties and /or emotional issues which are often associated …

The Relevance Of Executive Functions In Academic Production In Middle School, Norina Bobik

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The present study investigated the role that executive function plays on academic production in middle school from a prototype perspective. It was hypothesized that middle school teachers' prototypical ratings of the executive function capacities of middle school students who are academically successful would differ significantly from these same middle school teachers' prototypical ratings of the executive function capacities of middle school students who are academically unsuccessful. The study used archival data consisting of items from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), a questionnaire that was completed by middle school teachers during a professional in-service workshop at four large …

A Trusted Storage System For The Cloud, Sushama Karumanchi

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

Data stored in third party storage systems like the cloud might not be secure since confidentiality and integrity of data are not guaranteed. Though cloud computing provides cost-effective storage services, it is a third party service and so, a client cannot trust the cloud service provider to store its data securely within the cloud. Hence, many organizations and users may not be willing to use the cloud services to store their data in the cloud until certain security guarantees are made. In this thesis, a solution to the problem of securely storing the client’s data by maintaining the confidentiality and …

Dielectrophoretic Choking Phenomenon In A Converging-Diverging Microchannel, Ye Ai, Shizhi Qian, Sheng Liu, Sang W. Joo

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

Experiments show that particles smaller than the throat size of converging-diverging microchannels can sometimes be trapped near the throat. This critical phenomenon is associated with the negative dc dielectrophoresis arising from nonuniform electric fields in the microchannels. A finite-element model, accounting for the particle-fluid-electric field interactions, is employed to investigate the conditions for this dielectrophoretic (DEP) choking in a converging-diverging microchannel for the first time. It is shown quantitatively that the DEP choking occurs for high nonuniformity of electric fields, high ratio of particle size to throat size, and high ratio of particle's zeta potential to that of microchannel. © …

Website Accessibility Issues In Western Australian Public Libraries, Vivienne L. Conway

Theses : Honours

Website accessibility is a very real and pressing issue for public libraries internationally. Tim Berners-Lee credited with founding the Web, states "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." (Henry & McGee, 2010). There is wide-spread support for adherence to the Web Content Advisory Guidelines Version 1.0 and 2.0 (WCAG) throughout Federal, State and Local levels of government in Australia. The Guidelines have also been affirmed by the Australian Human Rights Commission, disability advocacy groups such as Vision Australia, and the Australian Library and Information Association. The Australian Government …

Fairness, Justice And An Individual Basis For Public Policy, Douglas R. Oxley

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Prior models of the policy process have examined how human characteristics can affect policy decision-making in such a way that it leads to aggregate effects on policy outcomes as a whole. I develop a model of the policy process which suggests that emotions related to fair and unfair experiences in the same policy domain are utilized by decision-makers as policy criteria. In the lab, I empirically tested this, and find that emotions and experience related to fairness do influence the policy decision to move away from the status quo alternative. Based upon this result, I simulated the evolution of a …

Implementing Deep Drainage To Reduce Salinity In The Date Creek Catchment, South West Western Australia, Derk Bakker, John P. Collins, Justin Hardy

Resource management technical reports

No abstract provided.

Building Better Scientists Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration In Synthetic Biology: A Meeting Report From The Genome Consortium For Active Teaching (Gcat) Workshop 2010, Michael J. Wolyniak, Consuelo J. Alvarez, Vidya Chandrasekaran, Theresa M. Grana, Andrea Holdago, Christopher J. Jones, Robert W. Morris, Anil L. Pereira, Joyce Tamm, Talitha M. Washington, Yixin Yang

School of Science Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Empowered To Hope: The Life And Peacebuilding Work Of Sarah Akoru Lochodo, Sigrid Tornquist

Kroc IPJ Research and Resources

In the following pages, you will find narrative stories about a Woman PeaceMaker, along with additional information to provide a deep understanding of a contemporary conflict and one person’s journey within it. These complementary components include a brief biography of the peacemaker, a historical summary of the conflict, a timeline integrating political developments in the country with personal history of the peacemaker, a question-and-answer transcript of select interviews, and a table of best practices in peacebuilding as demonstrated and reflected on by the peacemaker during her time at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice.

Sarah Akoru Lochodo …

Electrical Characterization Of Buckled Graphene Films Derived From Plasma Etched Silicon Carbide., Tobias Denig

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Graphene is a 2D allotrope of carbon with exceptional electronic properties and numerous applications. Research in the Surface and Materials Studies Laboratory at West Virginia University has led to the development of a low temperature, halogen based plasma etching process that produces buckled graphene films on 6H-SiC. Films ranging from one to five layers in thickness have been produced. This growth process is scalable with the SiC wafer diameter, and in principle, it resolves many of the difficult issues associated with the manufacturability of large area epitaxial graphene films. The growth process and functionalization of these buckled graphene films have …

Incremental Validity Of The Psychopathic Personality Inventory - Revised In Predicting Program Failure., Katrina L. Mccoy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The current study examined the incremental validity of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory- Revised in relation to the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles and Personality Assessment Inventory in predicting failure of a Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program among 222 male inmates. Failure was defined as expulsion, withdrawal, or restart of the residential phase of the treatment program or failure during the community transition phase. One-hundred fifty-eight inmates completed the program and 64 failed. Analyses revealed that scales on the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised and the PAI predicted treatment failure with low predictive accuracy that was greater than chance. Specifically, the Psychopathic …

Technique, Aesthetics, And Style In Eighteenth-Century Compositional Pedagogy: Beethoven's Pedagogical Influences., Sean E. Beachy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This research project presents a critical analysis of the published scholarship with regard to technique, aesthetics, and style as part of the pedagogy of composition, with a focus on Ludwig van Beethoven and his teachers, and the evolution of compositional pedagogy that occurred in the eighteenth century. In the continually evolving world of composition, technique, aesthetics, and style have remained three important issues with regard to compositional pedagogy. Evidence of this importance is found in pedagogical relationships as early as the sixteenth century. The manner in which composition was taught also remained consistent throughout Johann Sebastian Bach’s pedagogical associations as …

An Engineer's Story: Ernst Behrend And The Hammermill Paper Company, The First Quarter Century., Scott W. Daley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In 1898, Ernst Behrend arrived in America controlling approximately Z1,000,000 to build a paper mill. He and his father, Moritz Behrend, had secured investments from a small pool of German entrepreneurs who owned other paper mills in Prussia. The Behrend family had been among the pioneers in producing sulphite paper made from wood pulp rather than cotton rag, and they wanted to transfer the technology to America. Starting Hammermill Paper Company in America proved to be more demanding than planning had foretold. The sulphite process was successful, but the Behrends faced numerous challenges in their new business venture. Ernst Behrend, …

Modeling The Cost–Benefit Of Nerve Conduction Studies In Pre-Employment Screening For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Bradley A. Evanoff, Steven M. Kymes

Occupational and Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Reliability Of Job-Title Based Physical Work Exposures For The Upper Extremity: Comparison To Self-Reported And Observed Exposure Estimates, Bethany T. Gardner, David A. Lombardi, Ann Marie Dale, Alfred Franzblau, Bradley A. Evanoff

Occupational and Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Assessing Agreement Of Self-Reported And Observed Physical Exposures Of The Upper Extremity, Ann Marie Dale, Jaime Strickland, Bethany T. Gardner, Jurgen Symanzik, Bradley A. Evanoff

Occupational and Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Surface-Based Analysis Of Hemispheric Asymmetries And Folding Of Cerebral Cortex In Term-Born Human Infants, Jason Hill, Donna Dierker, Jeffrey Neil, Terrie Inder, Andrew Knutsen, John Harwell, Timothy Coalson, David Van Essen

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Alcohol Craving And The Dimensionality Of Alcohol Disorders, K. M. Keyes, R. F. Krueger, B. F. Grant, D. S. Hasin

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Mmunohistological Studies On Neoplasms Of Female And Male Onchocerca Volvulus: Filarial Origin And Absence Of Wolbachia From Tumor Cells, N. W. Brattig, A. Hoerauf, Peter U. Fischer, E. Liebau, C. Bandi, A. Debrah, M. Büttner, W. Büttner

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Image-Based Calibration Of A Deformable Mirror In Wide-Field Microscopy, Diwakar Turaga, Timothy E. Holy

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Washington University Magazine, October 2010

Washington University Magazine

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The Law As Justification: A Critical Rationalist Analysis, Michael F. Duggan

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Putting A Price On Child Porn: Requiring Defendants Who Possess Child Pornography Images To Pay Restitution To Child Pornography Victims, Ashleigh Boe

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Schools—Handicapped Children: The United States Supreme Court Rules That The 1997 Amendments To Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Do Not Categorically Bar Tuition Reimbursement For Unilateral Private-School Placements, Dennis Ingold

North Dakota Law Review

Forest Grove School District v. T.A., 129 S. Ct. 2484 (2009)In Forest Grove School District v. T.A., the United States Supreme Court held the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) do not mandate that a child must have received special education or related services under the authority of a public agency to be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for a placement in private school. Allowing school districts to avoid reimbursing parents for the cost of their child’s private special education by claiming the child never received special education in public school would create a perverse incentive …

Sex Segregation And Young Adults' Gender-Typed Attitudes About Occupations, Lisa M. Didonato

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The present study examined the relation between the prevalence of sex segregation, or the division of men and women within social interactions, and young adults' gender-typed attitudes. Specifically, gender-typed attitudes about the occupations that are preferred for the self and viewed as appropriate for others were investigated. The objectives of the current study were partially based on the suggestion that gender-typed attitudes may be a consequence, as well as a cause, of sex segregation (McHale, Kim, Whiteman, & Crouter, 2004). The gender-typed personality traits of expressivity (i.e., traits typically associated with femininity; e.g., being emotional) and instrumentality (i.e., traits typically …

Imputation Methods For Dealing With Missing Scores In Biometric Fusion, Yaohui Ding

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Biometrics refers to the automatic recognition of individuals based on their physical or behavioral characteristics. Multimodal biometric systems, which consolidate multiple biometric characteristics of the same person, can overcome several practical problems that occur in single modality biometric systems. While fusion can be accomplished at various levels in a multimodal biometric system, score level fusion is commonly used as it offers a good trade-off between fusion complexity and data availability. However, missing scores affect the implementation of most biometric fusion rules. While there are several techniques for handling missing data, the imputation scheme, which replaces missing values with predicted values, …