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The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Using Qualitative And Quantitative Approaches And Methods In Language “Testing And Assessment” Research: A Literature Review, Ms Rahman

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The researchers of various disciplines often use qualitative and quantitative research methods and approaches for their studies. Some of these researchers like to be known as qualitative researchers; others like to be regarded as quantitative researchers. The researchers, thus, are sharply polarised; and they involve in a competition of pointing out the benefits of their own preferred methods and approaches. But, both the methods and approaches (qualitative and quantitative) have pros and cons. This study, therefore, aims to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using qualitative and quantitative research approaches and methods in language testing and assessment research. There is …

The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Winthrop To Host 19th Annual Native American Film Festival Of The Southeast, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2016

• Winthrop officials are very excited to help open the 19th annual Native American Film Festival of the Southeast.
• The films, "My Identity" and "First Light," will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Richardson Ballroom in the DiGiorgio Campus Center. There also will be a panel discussion.

Morris Named To Victory Media's 2017 Military Friendly Schools List, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The University of Minnesota, Morris announced today that it has earned the 2017 Military Friendly® School designation by Victory Media. This is is the sixth consecutive year in which the campus has been included on this list, once again demonstrating its commitment to attracting and supporting military students.

Eagles Head To Charleston To Finish Off Fall Season, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Eagles Head to Charleston to Finish Off Fall Season

Men’S Basketball Preview: Nc State Hosts Gs In Season Opener, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Men’s Basketball Preview: NC State Hosts GS in Season Opener

Men’S Basketball Signs Tyshaun Crawford To Nli, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Men’s Basketball Signs Tyshaun Crawford to NLI

Swimming & Diving Earns Honor For Work With Relay For Life, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Swimming & Diving Earns Honor for Work with Relay for Life

Ul Lafayette Hangs On To Defeat Georgia Southern 33-26, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• UL Lafayette Hangs on to Defeat Georgia Southern 33-26

Volleyball Downs Georgia State 3-1, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Volleyball Downs Georgia State 3-1

Women’S Golf Signs Three To Nlis, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Women’s Golf Signs Three to NLIs

Tribological Study Of Textured Surfaces Created Using Modulation Assisted Machining For Steel-Aluminum Contact, Paarth Mehta

Theses

One of the major problems the world faces currently is the loss of energy and mechanical efficiency in machine components due to friction. Also, surface damage due to friction and resulting part repairs and replacement has cost US industries a reportedly US $280 billion/year. Recent work in the field of surface modification and texturing has shown, that, artificially created micro textures significantly reduce friction and wear of lubricated surfaces. Micro-scale artificial textures in friction paring contacts acts as lubricant reservoirs and wear particle receptacles to boost hydrodynamic pressure, which influences the lubrication regimes. In this study, the Stribeck curve of …

Aftermath Of Hurricane Matthew Brings Threat Of Food Shortages, More Cholera, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Honduran Judge’S Car Stolen, Along With Case File Of Murdered Human Rights Activist, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Sex Ed To Go- An Analysis Of Comprehensive Sexual Education Mobile Phone Applications, Kerstin M. Kalke

Communication ETDs

The United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates among developed countries and the numbers of STIs have increased during the last few years. Mobile phone applications constitute a promising platform to disseminate sexual health information and to reduce adverse health outcomes, particularly among teens. In order to be effective, apps have to follow a comprehensive approach to sexuality education, include concepts of behavior change theories, and adhere to health literacy principles.

This study used a mixed-methods approach consisting of a quantitative content analysis and qualitative thematic analysis to assess the quality of sexual education apps available to …

Preparing Veterans For Their Next Call Of Duty, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

November 10, 2016, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Finding Joy When It Isn't Easy, David J. Mulder

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Perhaps, you too have had moments in your life when you wonder, 'What is God doing?' In those moments, I encourage you to read Habakkuk."

Posting about perseverance through trials from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/finding-joy-when-it-isnt-easy/

Brief Of Amici Curiae Naacp Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.; Legal Aid Society — Employment Law Center; Professor D. Wendy Greene; And Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig In Support Of Plaintiff/Appellant's Petition For Rehearing En Banc, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, D. Wendy Greene

Faculty Scholarship

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) is a nonprofit legal organization that has fought to achieve racial justice and ensure that America fulfills its promise of equality for all. Since 1964, LDF has worked to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”) by representing individual plaintiffs and plaintiff classes in challenges to discriminatory employment practices engaged in by employers in such cases as Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424 (1971); Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody, 422 U.S. 405 (1975); and Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp., 400 U.S. 542 (1971). …

Inhibition Of P73 Function By Pifithrin-Α As Revealed By Studies In Zebrafish Embryos, William R Davidson, Qing Ren, Gabor Kari, Ori Kashi, Adam Dicker Md, Phd, Ulrich Rodeck

Bodine Journal

The p53 family of proteins contains two members that have been implicated in sensitization of cells and organisms to genotoxic stress, i.e., p53 itself and p73. In vitro, lack of either p53 or p73 can protect certain cell types in the adult organism against death upon exposure to DNA damaging agents. The present study was designed to assess the relative contribution of p53 to radiation resistance of an emerging vertebrate model organism, i.e., zebrafish embryos. Consistent with previous reports, suppressing p53 protein expression using antisense morpholino oligonucleotides (MOs) increased survival and reduced gross morphological alterations in zebrafish embryos exposed to …

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Bodine Journal

No abstract provided.

Flexible Needle-Tissue Interaction Modeling With Depth-Varying Mean Parameter: Preliminary Study, Kai Guo Yan, Tarun Podder, Yan Yu, Tien-I Liu, Christopher W.S. Cheng, Wan Sing Ng

Bodine Journal

Flexible needle steering has aroused a lot of research interest in recent years. It has the potential to correct targeting errors, which may be caused by needle bending, tissue deformation, or error in insertion angle. In addition, control and planning based on a steering model can guide the needle to some areas that are currently not amenable to needles because of obstacles, such as bone or sensitive tissues. Thus, there is a clear motivation for needle steering. In this paper, a spring–beam– damper model is proposed to describe the dynamics during the needle–tissue contact procedure. Considering tissue inhomogeneity, depth-varying mean …

Does Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Improve Local Tumor Control In Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy For Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma? A Propensity Score Analysis, Timothy Showalter Md, Atul Rao, Rani Anne Md, Francis E. Rosato, Ernest L Rosato, Jocelyn Andrel, Terry Hyslop, Xia Xu, Adam C. Berger

Bodine Journal

Background:

Locoregional recurrence (LRR) is an important factor after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for pancreatic cancer. IORT administered to the resection bed may improve local tumor control.

Methods:

We performed a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent PD at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) between 1995 and 2005 to identify patients who underwent resection with and without intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). Data collected included age, gender, complications, margin status, stage, survival, and recurrence. Unadjusted analyses of the IORT and non-IORT groups were performed using Fisher’s chi-square method for discrete variables and Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for continuous variables. To account for biases …

Nuclear Factor Κb Inhibitors Alleviate And The Proteasome Inhibitor Ps-341 Exacerbates Radiation Toxicity In Zebrafish Embryos, Borbala Daroczi, Gabor Kari, Qing Ren, Adam Dicker Md, Phd, Ulrich Rodeck

Bodine Journal

Inflammatory changes are a major component of the normal tissue response to ionizing radiation, and increased nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activity is an important mediator of inflammatory responses. Here, we used zebrafish embryos to assess the capacity of two different classes of pharmacologic agents known to target NF-κB to modify radiation toxicity in the vertebrate organism. These were proteasome inhibitors, including lactacystin, MG132, and PS-341 (Bortezomib/VELCADE), and direct inhibitors of NF-κB activity, including ethyl pyruvate (EP) and the synthetic triterpenoid CDDO-TFEA (RTA401), among others. The proteasome inhibitors either did not significantly affect radiation sensitivity of zebrafish embryos (MG132, lactacystin) or …

Intelligent Advertisement Selection, Courtney Hampson, Mary Witkowski

Defensive Publications Series

A mechanism for intelligently selecting advertisements to present to users in conjunction with videos. The mechanism identifies and analyzes past user interactions with advertisements, and uses this analysis to intelligently inform advertisement selection. Past user interactions may include watching an ad all the way through without skipping it; sharing an ad; “liking” or up-voting an ad; returning to a website associated with the content sharing platform to re-watch an ad; re-watching an ad by “rewinding” to the beginning of the ad; visiting or subscribing to a “channel” associated with the advertised product or with the advertiser; commenting on the ad; …

Rhode Island State Council On The Arts (1979-1992): Report 08

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (1979-1992)

No abstract provided.

Accident Rates, Phase Of Operations, And Injury Severity For Solo Students In Pursuit Of Private Pilot Certification (1994–2013), Douglas Boyd, Peter Dittmer

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

Flight training accidents constitute 14% of general aviation accidents. Herein we determined the rates, injury severity, and phase of flight for primary student solo accidents/incidents (mishaps) in Cessna 172 aircraft.

Mishaps over the period spanning 1994–2013 were identified from the NTSB database. Student population data were from the FAA. Statistics employed proportion tests, Poisson distribution, and Mann-Whitney tests.

Across the study period, 598 mishaps were identified. While the mishap rate increased nearly two-fold between 1994/1997 and 2002/ 2005, a 35% decline was evident thereafter. Nevertheless, no statistical difference in mishap rates was evident between the initial and current periods. Over …

The Bates Student - Volume 147 Number 7 - November 9, 2016, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Annual Financial Report, 2015-2016, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Annual Financial Report

No abstract provided.

Campus Assembly Minutes 11/09/2016, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.