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Investigating Writing Performance And Institutional Supports Among Teacher Candidates Who Transferred From Community Colleges, Katharine Pace Miles, Leslie Craigo, Selenid Gonzalez-Frey Nov 2011

Investigating Writing Performance And Institutional Supports Among Teacher Candidates Who Transferred From Community Colleges, Katharine Pace Miles, Leslie Craigo, Selenid Gonzalez-Frey

Higher Learning Research Communications

To provide a snapshot of the skills of community college students as compared to senior college students, this study investigated writing performance and college experience of initial two-year enrolled (community college transfer students, n = 17) versus initial four-year enrolled students (n = 12) in a teacher preparation program. Results of independent samples t-tests on in-class writing, research paper, and final score were non-significant (p =.28, p = .54, p = .15, respectively) indicating that two-year and four-year start teacher candidates did not differ in their performance on these assignments nor overall in the course. Qualitative data indicated that while …

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Optimizing University Managed Resources For South Dakota Public Universities: A Simulation Approach, Michael Holbeck, David Chicoine Nov 2011

Optimizing University Managed Resources For South Dakota Public Universities: A Simulation Approach, Michael Holbeck, David Chicoine

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

A simulation analysis demonstrates the use of tuition as a policy tool to achieve financial independence among the six South Dakota public universities under University Managed Resources (UMR). The simulation analysis maintains an overall environment of funding stability and is guided by horizontal equity, a concept from the economics of public finance that all entities of the same or similar situation are treated similarly. Financial independence, within the simulation analysis, is defined as an annual budgeting process with no reallocation of financial resources among or between the six universities. For each of the three indicators of horizontal equity simulated, achieving …

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Toward An Empire-Resisting Pedagogy For Theological Educators, Alan Ka Lun Lai Nov 2011

Toward An Empire-Resisting Pedagogy For Theological Educators, Alan Ka Lun Lai

Consensus

No abstract provided.

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Faith On Earth , Clifford Reinhardt Nov 2011

Faith On Earth , Clifford Reinhardt

Consensus

No abstract provided.

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The Chinese Brush Stroke Experience In Bereavement Counseling, Grace Kwan Nov 2011

The Chinese Brush Stroke Experience In Bereavement Counseling, Grace Kwan

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

In the field of expressive therapies, there are different techniques to help bereaved people to better cope with their losses (e.g., Attig, 2000; Thompson, 2003; Gulledge, 2003; Rogers, 2007; Chandler, 2007). Among various expressive arts techniques, Chinese calligraphy has been used as a therapeutic intervention for behavioral, emotional, and mental health issues (Kao, 1991; Chen, 2003). However, there is no research on using Chinese brushstroke techniques in working with people who have experienced losses. This research focuses on the experience of practicing Chinese brushstroke technique as an expressive therapeutic approach to work with seniors in expressing their feelings toward the …

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The Natural Ear In Arabic Poetry Vs Stress In English Poetry, Gatie Niema Risan Al-Hilfy Nov 2011

The Natural Ear In Arabic Poetry Vs Stress In English Poetry, Gatie Niema Risan Al-Hilfy

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research examines how orientalists are scanning Arabic poetry and tries to reveal that this scanning is influenced by scanning English and European poetry in general which is based on long and short syllables as defined in English phonology. The researcher tries to prove that the English writing system is misleading or even defective because there is no clear definition for the syllable on the one hand and because of the existence of consonant clusters in that system on the other as an accomplished fact which contradicts what is found in the Arabic writing system. A new prosodic transcription has …

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Serosurveillance Of Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H5n1 With Haemagglutination-Inhibition On Wild Aquatic Birds In Pulau Dua Serang Natural Reserves, Banten Province, Dewi Elfidasari, Dedy Duryadi Solihin, Retno Damayanti Soejoedono, Sri Murtini, Yus Rusila Noor Nov 2011

Serosurveillance Of Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H5n1 With Haemagglutination-Inhibition On Wild Aquatic Birds In Pulau Dua Serang Natural Reserves, Banten Province, Dewi Elfidasari, Dedy Duryadi Solihin, Retno Damayanti Soejoedono, Sri Murtini, Yus Rusila Noor

Makara Journal of Science

Further detailed research is required to obtain deeper information on the role of wild birds on the distribution of Avian influenza in Asia. A research has been carried out on February–June 2007 focused on blood sampling (serosurveillance) of wild birds in Pulau Dua Nature Reserves (CAPD), Serang, Banten. The research is aimed to investigate the infection of AI virus sub-tye H5N1 on the studied wild birds. The blood samples were taken from studied aquatic birds, followed by HI (haemagglutination-inhibition) test. A total of 183 samples represent 7 water bird species were taken i.e Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis, Javan pond-heron Ardeola …

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Defining Quality In Undergraduate Education, Alison W. Bowers, Shyam Ranganathan, Denise R. Simmons Nov 2011

Defining Quality In Undergraduate Education, Alison W. Bowers, Shyam Ranganathan, Denise R. Simmons

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objectives: This research brief explores the literature addressing quality in undergraduate education to identify what previous research has said about quality and to offer future directions for research on quality in undergraduate education. Method: We conducted a scoping review to provide a broad overview of existing research. Using targeted search terms in academic databases, we identified and reviewed relevant academic literature to develop emergent themes and implications for future research. Results: The exploratory review of the literature revealed a range of thoughtful discussions and empirical studies attempting to define quality in undergraduate education. Many publications highlighted the importance of including …

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Chanticleer | Vol 60, Issue 11, Jacksonville State University Nov 2011

Chanticleer | Vol 60, Issue 11, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

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Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 2011

Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

(As with all American traditions if it happened once or twice it is one. Therefore I present my traditional Thanksgiving piece) The History of Thanksgiving and of Football both go back into the Middle Ages, and so it may not be so strange that the two would become intertwined in modern America.

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The Weekly Challenger, November 24, 2011, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Nov 2011

The Weekly Challenger, November 24, 2011, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 24, 2011, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

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Planning Combinatorial Disulfide Cross-Links For Protein Fold Determination, Fei Xiong, Alan M Friedman, Chris Bailey-Kellogg Nov 2011

Planning Combinatorial Disulfide Cross-Links For Protein Fold Determination, Fei Xiong, Alan M Friedman, Chris Bailey-Kellogg

Dartmouth Scholarship

Fold recognition techniques take advantage of the limited number of overall structural organizations, and have become increasingly effective at identifying the fold of a given target sequence. However, in the absence of sufficient sequence identity, it remains difficult for fold recognition methods to always select the correct model. While a native-like model is often among a pool of highly ranked models, it is not necessarily the highest-ranked one, and the model rankings depend sensitively on the scoring function used. Structure elucidation methods can then be employed to decide among the models based on relatively rapid biochemical/biophysical experiments.

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Public Hearing Transcripts - Eastern - Machakos - Rtjrc24.11 (Municipal Council Of Machakos Social Hall), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission Nov 2011

Public Hearing Transcripts - Eastern - Machakos - Rtjrc24.11 (Municipal Council Of Machakos Social Hall), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission

I. Core TJRC Related Documents

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Evaluation Of Academic Competencies Through Standardized Instruments, Oscar Garcia López, Gema Santiago Gómez, Sara Redondo Duarte Nov 2011

Evaluation Of Academic Competencies Through Standardized Instruments, Oscar Garcia López, Gema Santiago Gómez, Sara Redondo Duarte

Higher Learning Research Communications

The aim of this investigation is to assess the correlation among different competencies-assessment systems available on the market to measure social skills in the university environment. In order to carry out the research, three self-perception competency tests were used, and 30 competencies were evaluated in a Likert scale with several response levels: the LPA-Q, the ESCI-U, and the CompeUEM. The three questionnaires were completed by 57 university students. The results show a low degree of agreement among the different questionnaires in relation to measuring the same competencies, as well as an unclear factor structure.

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Affording Emerging Adulthood: Parental Financial Assistance Of Their College-Aged Children, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Larry J. Nelson, Jason S. Carroll Nov 2011

Affording Emerging Adulthood: Parental Financial Assistance Of Their College-Aged Children, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Larry J. Nelson, Jason S. Carroll

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine parents’ attitudes about and patterns of providing financial assistance to their children during college, and how varying levels of parental financial support were related to children’s beliefs (e.g., perceptions of adulthood), behaviors (e.g., work hours, drinking, and drug use), and identity development. The sample consisted of 402 undergraduate students (62% women) recruited from four college sites across the United States (M age = 19.89), and one of their parents (310 mothers and 92 fathers). Using cluster analysis, results suggested four distinct approaches to parental financial involvement and found that emerging adults’ …

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Strengthening Families: Parents' Voices On Discipline And Child Rearing, Elizabeth M. Breshears Nov 2011

Strengthening Families: Parents' Voices On Discipline And Child Rearing, Elizabeth M. Breshears

Journal of Family Strengths

This qualitative study conducted semi-structured, multi-session focus groups and interviews with twenty-seven participants to explore in-depth, participant constructs of child discipline and punishment methods and reasons for the continuing support for corporal punishment of U.S. children. The research assumed that parents want to parent well and utilized the strengths perspective as the instrument to listen to participants' voices. Narratives revealed that participants were thoughtful about discipline and parenting strategies and viewed their parent role as a serious commitment. Non-violent discipline strategies, particularly communication, were often used. However, parents generally framed use of physical punishment as “when children need spanking” versus …

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Foreign Direct Investment In A Two-Tier Oligopoly : Coordination, Vertical Integration, And Welfare, Ping Lin, Kamal Saggi Nov 2011

Foreign Direct Investment In A Two-Tier Oligopoly : Coordination, Vertical Integration, And Welfare, Ping Lin, Kamal Saggi

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We study foreign direct investment (FDI) by two independent investors/entrants into a two-tiered oligopolistic industry. An FDI subsidy at a single stage of production can be sufficient to resolve the coordination problem facing investors thereby inducing entry at both stages. However, due to linkage offsetting, FDI at both stages may yield lower domestic welfare than FDI at a single stage. Vertical integration not only solves the coordination problem, it also eliminates double marginalization. But since the integrated multinational does not sell the intermediate to local firms, its entry generates no vertical linkages and can yield lower welfare than FDI by …

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The Anchor, Volume 125.10: November 23, 2011, Hope College Nov 2011

The Anchor, Volume 125.10: November 23, 2011, Hope College

The Anchor: 2011

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

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Piano Studio Recital, Mykola Suk, Zhu Sun, Spencer Baker, Zheni Atanasova, Ektarina Melkamini, Phillip Fortenberry, Jae Ahn-Benton Nov 2011

Piano Studio Recital, Mykola Suk, Zhu Sun, Spencer Baker, Zheni Atanasova, Ektarina Melkamini, Phillip Fortenberry, Jae Ahn-Benton

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed

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Agenda, Leadership Team Meeting, November 23, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Office Of The Regional Chancellor Nov 2011

Agenda, Leadership Team Meeting, November 23, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Office Of The Regional Chancellor

Regional Chancellor's Cabinet

Agenda for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Leadership Team meeting held November 23, 2011.

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Banner News, Alayna Barnett, Gary Meyer, Stacey Walker, Dwight Lykins, Jessica Kinnetz, Lori Harvey Nov 2011

Banner News, Alayna Barnett, Gary Meyer, Stacey Walker, Dwight Lykins, Jessica Kinnetz, Lori Harvey

Banner News

No abstract provided.

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Bulletin, Dmacc Marketing Nov 2011

Bulletin, Dmacc Marketing

Bulletin

No abstract provided.

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Council Directive On Requirements For Budgetary Frameworks Of The Member States, Official Journal Of The European Union (Ojeu), J. Vincent-Rostowski Nov 2011

Council Directive On Requirements For Budgetary Frameworks Of The Member States, Official Journal Of The European Union (Ojeu), J. Vincent-Rostowski

Documents

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2011/85/EU of 8 November 2011 on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States

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Volume 49, Number 14: November 23, 2011, University Of North Dakota Nov 2011

Volume 49, Number 14: November 23, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

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Living Well: The Value Of Teaching Place, Catherine M. English Nov 2011

Living Well: The Value Of Teaching Place, Catherine M. English

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation is a teaching memoir that examines the implementation of a place conscious pedagogy as a means to teach sustainable living practices into a secondary English classroom in a rural Nebraska school. It is framed upon the premise of instilling five senses of place consciousness into students as defined by Haas and Nachtigal (1998) including living well in community or a sense of belonging; living well spiritually or a sense of connection; living well economically or a sense of worth; living well politically or a sense of civic involvement; and living well ecologically or a sense of place. I …

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Impaired Structural Connectivity Of Socio-Emotional Circuits In Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, Stephanie H. Ameis, Jin Fan, Conrad Rockel, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Nancy J. Lobaugh, Latha Soorya, A. Ting Wang, Eric Hollander, Evdokia Anagnostou Nov 2011

Impaired Structural Connectivity Of Socio-Emotional Circuits In Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, Stephanie H. Ameis, Jin Fan, Conrad Rockel, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Nancy J. Lobaugh, Latha Soorya, A. Ting Wang, Eric Hollander, Evdokia Anagnostou

Publications and Research

Background Abnormal white matter development may disrupt integration within neural circuits, causing particular impairments in higher-order behaviours. In autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), white matter alterations may contribute to characteristic deficits in complex socio-emotional and communication domains. Here, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tract based spatial statistics (TBSS) to evaluate white matter microstructure in ASD. Methods/Principal Findings DTI scans were acquired for 19 children and adolescents with ASD (∼8–18 years; mean 12.4±3.1) and 16 age and IQ matched controls (∼8–18 years; mean 12.3±3.6) on a 3T MRI system. DTI values for fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity and axial …

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A Core Knowledge Based Curriculum Designed To Help Seventh And Eighth Graders Maintain Artistic Confidence, Debbie Ann Labrum Nov 2011

A Core Knowledge Based Curriculum Designed To Help Seventh And Eighth Graders Maintain Artistic Confidence, Debbie Ann Labrum

Theses and Dissertations

How do we as art educators help adolescents maintain artistic creation as a way of visual expression? This study reviews artistic approaches among kindergarten through eighth grade students as they relate to the U-curve model of development (Davis, 1997; Pariser & van den Berg, 1997). As an art educator, my observation has been that as students approach seventh and eighth grades they lose confidence in their art making abilities as they try to draw in a realistic manner. When asked if they think they are artists, most are certain that they are not. This lack in confidence is in stark …

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A Foveated System For Wilderness Search And Rescue In Manned Aircraft, Carson D. Fenimore Nov 2011

A Foveated System For Wilderness Search And Rescue In Manned Aircraft, Carson D. Fenimore

Theses and Dissertations

Wilderness search and rescue can be assisted by video searchers in manned aircraft. The video searcher's primary task is to find clues on the ground. Due to altitude, it may be difficult to resolve details on the ground with a standard video camera. As the video streams at a constant frame rate, the searcher may become distracted by other tasks. While handling these tasks the searcher may miss important clues or spend extra time flying over the search area; either outcome decreases both the effectiveness of the video searcher and the chances of successfully finding missing persons. We develop an …

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Pilot Study To Identify The Feasibility Of Measuring Hydration Status Utilizing Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis In Children With Sickle Cell Anemia, Teresa Anne Shurley Nov 2011

Pilot Study To Identify The Feasibility Of Measuring Hydration Status Utilizing Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis In Children With Sickle Cell Anemia, Teresa Anne Shurley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Vaso-occlusive pain crisis is the hallmark complication of sickle cell anemiaand may be precipitated by low hydration status. The purpose of this pilot study was to: 1) identify the feasibility of measuring hydration status utilizing bioelectrical impedance analysis in children with SCA and 2) determine if sodium and fluid intake can be assessed in patients with SCA utilizing a 24 hour food recall. Ten children between the ages of 5 and 17 who have sickle cell anemia were evaluated to determine total body water, fluid intake, sodium intake and impact of temperature and humidity on pain crisis, hospitalization and use …

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Phylogenomics Of Reichenowia Parasitica, An Alphaproteobacterial Endosymbiont Of The Freshwater Leech Placobdella Parasitica, Sebastian Kvist, Apurva Narechania, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Bella Fuks, Mark E. Siddall Nov 2011

Phylogenomics Of Reichenowia Parasitica, An Alphaproteobacterial Endosymbiont Of The Freshwater Leech Placobdella Parasitica, Sebastian Kvist, Apurva Narechania, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Bella Fuks, Mark E. Siddall

Publications and Research

Although several commensal alphaproteobacteria form close relationships with plant hosts where they aid in (e.g.,) nitrogen fixation and nodulation, only a few inhabit animal hosts. Among these, Reichenowia picta, R. ornata and R. parasitica, are currently the only known mutualistic, alphaproteobacterial endosymbionts to inhabit leeches. These bacteria are harbored in the epithelial cells of the mycetomal structures of their freshwater leech hosts, Placobdella spp., and these structures have no other obvious function than housing bacterial symbionts. However, the function of the bacterial symbionts has remained unclear. Here, we focused both on exploring the genomic makeup of R. parasitica and on …

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