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A Politics-Reinforcing Political Question Doctrine, Harlan G. Cohen Jan 2017

A Politics-Reinforcing Political Question Doctrine, Harlan G. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

The modern political question doctrine has long been criticized for shielding the political branches from proper judicial scrutiny and allowing the courts to abdicate their responsibilities. Critics of the doctrine thus cheered when the Supreme Court, in Zivotofsky I, announced a narrowing of the doctrine. Their joy though may have been short-lived. Almost immediately, Zivotofsky II demonstrated the dark side of judicial review of the separation of powers between Congress and the President: deciding separations of powers cases may permanently cut one of the political branches out of certain debates. Judicial scrutiny in a particular case could eliminate political scrutiny …

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Students’ Out-Of-School Experiences, Job Priorities, And Perceptions Toward Themselves As A Scientist: A Cross-Cultural Study, Hunkar Korkmaz, Julie Anna Thomas, Nilgun Tatar, Serpil Altunay Jan 2017

Students’ Out-Of-School Experiences, Job Priorities, And Perceptions Toward Themselves As A Scientist: A Cross-Cultural Study, Hunkar Korkmaz, Julie Anna Thomas, Nilgun Tatar, Serpil Altunay

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine middle school students’ out-of-school experiences related to science, priorities related to their future job, and perception toward themselves as a scientist. One intact school was assigned randomly from each country. The study involved 479 students (363 Turkish students; 116 American students), aged between 11 and 13. It used the survey instrument “Relevance of Science Education” developed by an international team. Results show that for this sample there continue to be significant gender and cultural differences in science experiences and perceptions toward scientists and of careers. It is thought that the findings of …

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2017 Transactions, American Dental Association Jan 2017

2017 Transactions, American Dental Association

ADA Transactions

This item is part of the Transactions of the ADA, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT). It is from the Transactions section, one of three subtitles that make up the full publication. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Pages from the Annual Reports and the Transactions are numbered consecutively (e.g. Annual Reports volume ends pg. 500 and Transactions volume starts at pg. 501). NOTE: All three subtitles are collectively known as the Transactions of the ADA or, alternatively, the ADA Transactions. Transactions refers …

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Interpreting Early Career Trajectories, Joan Barnatt, Dianna Gahlsdorf Terrell, Lisa Andries D’Souza, Cindy Jong, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Ann Marie Gleeson, Patrick J. Mcquillan, Karen Shakman Jan 2017

Interpreting Early Career Trajectories, Joan Barnatt, Dianna Gahlsdorf Terrell, Lisa Andries D’Souza, Cindy Jong, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Ann Marie Gleeson, Patrick J. Mcquillan, Karen Shakman

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Career decisions of four teachers are explored through the concept of figured worlds in this qualitative, longitudinal case study. Participants were purposefully chosen for similarity at entry, with a range of career trajectories over time. Teacher career paths included remaining in one school, repeated changes in schools, attrition after relocation, and nonrenewal of contract. Data included interviews, observations, participants’ assessments, and pupils’ work. Cross-case analysis suggests that no single teacher attribute or workplace condition determined teachers’ career decisions; rather, teachers’ ability to refigure their identity within the figured world of teaching shaped career trajectory. Key factors such as ability to …

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Examining Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Technology Self-Efficacy: Impact Of Mobile Technology-Based Physics Curriculum, Deepika Menon, Meera Chandrasekhar, Dorina Kosztin, Douglas Steinhoff Jan 2017

Examining Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Technology Self-Efficacy: Impact Of Mobile Technology-Based Physics Curriculum, Deepika Menon, Meera Chandrasekhar, Dorina Kosztin, Douglas Steinhoff

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

While iPads and other mobile devices are gaining popularity in educational settings, challenges associated with teachers’ use of technology continue to hold true. Preparing preservice teachers within teacher preparation programs to gain experience learning and teaching science using mobile technologies is critical for them to develop positive beliefs and self-efficacy for future technology integration. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in preservice elementary teachers’ technology self-efficacy during their participation in a specialized science content course that utilized a mobile technology-based physics curriculum, Exploring Physics. The Exploring Physics curriculum is available as a hybrid online-offline application running on …

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Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Online Documents, Tools, And Startup Know-How, Jeff Thomas, Praveen Kosuri, Bernice Grant Jan 2017

Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Online Documents, Tools, And Startup Know-How, Jeff Thomas, Praveen Kosuri, Bernice Grant

Faculty Scholarship

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Digitocracy, Joel R. Reidenberg Jan 2017

Digitocracy, Joel R. Reidenberg

Faculty Scholarship

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt As Lord Of The Admiralty 1913-1920, Joseph Sweeney Jan 2017

Franklin Delano Roosevelt As Lord Of The Admiralty 1913-1920, Joseph Sweeney

Faculty Scholarship

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Generating Rembrandt: Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, And Accountability In The 3a Era--The Human-Like Authors Are Already Here- A New Model, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid Jan 2017

Generating Rembrandt: Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, And Accountability In The 3a Era--The Human-Like Authors Are Already Here- A New Model, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid

Faculty Scholarship

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are creative, unpredictable, independent, autonomous, rational, evolving, capable of data collection, communicative, efficient, accurate, and have free choice among alternatives. Similar to humans, AI systems can autonomously create and generate creative works. The use of AI systems in the production of works, either for personal or manufacturing purposes, has become common in the 3A era of automated, autonomous, and advanced technology. Despite this progress, there is a deep and common concern in modern society that AI technology will become uncontrollable. There is therefore a call for social and legal tools for controlling AI systems’ functions and …

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An Assessment Of Engagement, Self-Pacing And Learning In A Flipped Marketing Classroom: An Exploratory Study, James R. Shock, Jill K. Maher Jan 2017

An Assessment Of Engagement, Self-Pacing And Learning In A Flipped Marketing Classroom: An Exploratory Study, James R. Shock, Jill K. Maher

AMTP Proceedings 2017

This study examines the possible impact of engagement and self-pacing on student learning in a flipped classroom environment. Survey responses from 33 students were used in this exploratory study. Results indicate that engagement and self-pacing showed significance, impacting self-reported learning. This preliminary study suggests a flipped classroom improves student learning in marketing. It is expected that a larger sample size with improved measures will uncover other relationships within the flipped classroom model.

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Human Research Protection Office Clinical Research Coordinator Training Manual, Tarisa Mantia, Kim Striler, Jennifer Bell, Kristin Geile, Rachel Karbarski, Ann Desai, Kate Mcnulty, Marta Santos, Mickey Clarke, Sarah Fowler-Dixon Jan 2017

Human Research Protection Office Clinical Research Coordinator Training Manual, Tarisa Mantia, Kim Striler, Jennifer Bell, Kristin Geile, Rachel Karbarski, Ann Desai, Kate Mcnulty, Marta Santos, Mickey Clarke, Sarah Fowler-Dixon

HRPO Publications

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Hermeneutics, Margaret English De Alminana Jan 2017

Hermeneutics, Margaret English De Alminana

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Occupational Exposure To Blood And Bodily Fluids Among Health Care Workers, Riyadh Alhazmi Jan 2017

Occupational Exposure To Blood And Bodily Fluids Among Health Care Workers, Riyadh Alhazmi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Health Care workers (HCWS) must handle with a variety of occupational exposure. One significant exposure for HCWS in a hospital and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers in out of hospital expose to blood and bodily fluids during the performance of their duties , resulting in concerns regarding transmission of blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To manage the unpleasant effects of exposure to blood and bodily fluids, HCWs including EMS providers and other health care occupations must completely comply with standard precautions (SPs) recommendations and to attend continuing education …

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Medical Terminology Course Syllabus And Policies, Steelman Library, Megan M. Wagner Jan 2017

Medical Terminology Course Syllabus And Policies, Steelman Library, Megan M. Wagner

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Monitoring And Control Framework For Advanced Power Plant Systems Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Ghassan Khalil Ismaeel Al-Sinbol Jan 2017

Monitoring And Control Framework For Advanced Power Plant Systems Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Ghassan Khalil Ismaeel Al-Sinbol

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation presents the design, development, and simulation testing of a monitoring and control framework for dynamic systems using artificial intelligence techniques. A comprehensive monitoring and control system capable of detecting, identifying, evaluating, and accommodating various subsystem failures and upset conditions is presented. The system is developed by synergistically merging concepts inspired from the biological immune system with evolutionary optimization algorithms and adaptive control techniques.;The proposed methodology provides the tools for addressing the complexity and multi-dimensionality of the modern power plants in a comprehensive and integrated manner that classical approaches cannot achieve. Current approaches typically address abnormal condition (AC) detection …

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Efficacy Of Self-Directed Exposure Using Smart Phone Technology: First Versus Third Person Perspective, Matthew C. Arias Jan 2017

Efficacy Of Self-Directed Exposure Using Smart Phone Technology: First Versus Third Person Perspective, Matthew C. Arias

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Exposure therapy, including its self-directed forms, is effective for treatment of specific phobias. Nevertheless, there are issues with patient adherence in the use of exposure therapy, including its self-directed formats. Technological advancements, as with smartphones, may improve adherence to self-directed exposure therapy, perhaps due to exposure stimuli being more readily accessible. Thus, there is a need to examine how presenting phobic material on a smartphone might promote increased adherence in conducting self-directed exposure. Additionally, exposure can incorporate phobic material from different perspectives (i.e., first-person or third-person), which is one factor that may impact treatment effectiveness. Participants (N = 36) were …

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Serotonergic Modulation Of Inhibitory Input To Lateral Horn Affects Odor-Mediated Attraction In D. Melanogaster, Ayad Auda Jan 2017

Serotonergic Modulation Of Inhibitory Input To Lateral Horn Affects Odor-Mediated Attraction In D. Melanogaster, Ayad Auda

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

To survive, animals must eat, mate, and avoid danger by sensing external stimuli, processing sensory information into perception, and eliciting the appropriate behavioral responses in accordance with their physiological states. Unlike learned responses, innate responses are genetically inherited and do not require the animal to have a previous encounter with the stimulus to elicit an action. However, innate responses can be flexible based on the physiological state of the animal. This flexibility is achieved through constant alterations in network dynamics which ensures that the animal's responses are most effective. This alteration occurs to some extent by modulatory neurons/nuclei at multiple …

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In Vitro Study Of Retentive Properties Of Different Overdenture Attachment Systems On Straight And Divergent Dental Implants, Khalid Abdullaziz Azzouz Jan 2017

In Vitro Study Of Retentive Properties Of Different Overdenture Attachment Systems On Straight And Divergent Dental Implants, Khalid Abdullaziz Azzouz

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Objectives: To evaluate the retention of Locator R-TX (ZEST Anchors LLC, Escondido, CA USA), Locator (ZEST Anchors LLC, Escondido, CA USA) and GPS (Implant Direct Sybron International, LLC, California, USA) dental implant attachment systems on parallel and divergent implants after sixteen months of simulated cyclic wear.;Methods: 30 acrylic blocks representing mandibular arches were used. Two Locator R-TX, two Locator, or two GPS abutment analogs were placed parallel or with 10 degrees of divergence in each block. The associated housings were picked up in corresponding acrylic blocks with clear Orthodontic resin (Dentsply GAC, Islandia, NY USA). The black processing liners in …

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Old Testament Survey, Steelman Library, Doug Roth Dr. Jan 2017

Old Testament Survey, Steelman Library, Doug Roth Dr.

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Social Capital Structure And Dynamics In Stream Restoration: A Social Network Analysis Approach To The Upper Shavers Fork, West Virginia, Paul J. Kinder Jr. Jan 2017

Social Capital Structure And Dynamics In Stream Restoration: A Social Network Analysis Approach To The Upper Shavers Fork, West Virginia, Paul J. Kinder Jr.

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Streams are common pool resources embedded in watersheds representing complex socio-ecological systems that provide ecological goods and services as well as economic and social benefits. They have been referred to as the lifeblood of civilization. Streams, however, are among the most vulnerable natural resources globally to anthropocentric impacts and are all too often in need of restoration. While the primary objective of stream restoration is to bring back healthy ecological functions, other benefits and outcomes from restoration efforts exist, but are often overlooked. These benefits and outcomes relate to effective natural resource governance systems, which rely on social networks comprised …

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Tear Down The Wall: Long-Form Analytical Techniques And The Music Of Pink Floyd, Christopher Everett Jones Jan 2017

Tear Down The Wall: Long-Form Analytical Techniques And The Music Of Pink Floyd, Christopher Everett Jones

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This document examines the harmonic and melodic content of four albums by English Progressive Rock band Pink Floyd: Meddle (1971), The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Wall (1979). Each of these albums presents a coherent discourse that is typical of the art music tradition. The ways in which formal cohesion is achieved includes harmonic arguments, motivic development, and textual and poetic narrative.

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Characterization Of Insulin Sensitivity And The Plasma Lipidome In Periparturient Dairy Cows, Sina Saed Samii Jan 2017

Characterization Of Insulin Sensitivity And The Plasma Lipidome In Periparturient Dairy Cows, Sina Saed Samii

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

During the transition from gestation to lactation, dairy cows experience negative energy balance due to an increased demand for energy to support milk production coupled with inadequate energy intake. Energy deficit during the peripartum is associated with the development of insulin resistance which contributes to adipose tissue lipolysis. In turn, elevated free fatty acids (FFA) in circulation increase triacylglycerol (TAG) deposition in liver. This metabolic impairment is known to cause postpartum metabolic diseases including fatty liver and ketosis. Consequently, postpartum metabolic disease can lead to reduced milk production in early lactation, impaired reproductive performance, and increased culling rates. Moreover, cows …

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Student-Athletes' Experiences With Racial Microaggressions In Sport: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, Sae-Mi Lee Jan 2017

Student-Athletes' Experiences With Racial Microaggressions In Sport: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, Sae-Mi Lee

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Despite growing research on racial microaggressions as a subtle but prevalent form of racial discrimination, research on microaggressions in sport and their effects on the psychosocial wellbeing of athletes is scarce. Moreover, some researchers question the legitimacy of microaggressions due to their subtle nature and the inconsistency among individuals in how microaggressions are experienced (Lilienfeld, 2017). The purpose of this study was to examine U.S. collegiate student-athletes-of-colors' experiences with racial microaggressions in sport through a new theoretical lens, Foucauldian poststructuralist theory. I theorized microaggressions as an example of the daily panoptic gaze that leads to self-surveillance and the production of …

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Effect Of Individual Cultural Speeches On Accuracy And Cultural Content Knowledge Of Intermediate Spanish Students, Guadalupe Madrid Jan 2017

Effect Of Individual Cultural Speeches On Accuracy And Cultural Content Knowledge Of Intermediate Spanish Students, Guadalupe Madrid

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This quantitative study completed at an American university in Spring 2014 in intermediate Spanish classes measured if two individual cultural speeches (ICS tasks) had an effect not only on second language (L2) students' accuracy in Spanish during the oral presentation, but also their cultural content knowledge when answering the culture section of the final exam. The ICS task was presented in Spanish, orally without reading, so that students had the opportunity to speak Spanish and share cultural content knowledge with their classmates. The ICS task design was supported by The Robinson Cognition Hypothesis (2007), Ellis (2009) and Skehan and Foster's …

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Old Testament Survey, Steelman Library, Gerry White Jan 2017

Old Testament Survey, Steelman Library, Gerry White

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Predictions Of Participant Satisfaction And Loyalty At The West Virginia University Outdoor Education Center, Connor R. James Jan 2017

Predictions Of Participant Satisfaction And Loyalty At The West Virginia University Outdoor Education Center, Connor R. James

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The overall purpose of this study is to develop a sense of understanding into the general visitors of the West Virginia University Outdoor Education Center (WVU OEC). The WVU OEC is a portion of the university outdoor program Adventure West Virginia. This site has a zip line canopy tour, multiple high rope challenge course elements and a variety of ground based teambuilding elements. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.).

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Modeling, Simulation And Decentralized Control Of Islanded Microgrids, Farideh Doost Mohammadi Jan 2017

Modeling, Simulation And Decentralized Control Of Islanded Microgrids, Farideh Doost Mohammadi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Modeling, Simulation and Decentralized Control of Islanded Microgrids by Farideh Doost Mohammadi This thesis develops a comprehensive modular state-space model of microgrids containing inverter-based Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). The model is validated and then used for small signal stability enhancement and voltage and frequency control. State space models of various microgrid elements are first derived, which allow for the inclusion of any possible elements such as current controlled inverters that are missing in the literature. Then a complete state space model is obtained to complement the models that are available in the literature and whose objectives are system analysis only …

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The Fabianization Of The British Empire: Postwar Colonial Summer Conferences And Community Development In Kenya And Uganda, 1948-1956, Joseph M. Snyder Jan 2017

The Fabianization Of The British Empire: Postwar Colonial Summer Conferences And Community Development In Kenya And Uganda, 1948-1956, Joseph M. Snyder

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation examines the influence of the Fabian Society on Britain's postwar colonial development regime between 1948 and 1956. This study demonstrates that a primary vehicle for the "Fabianization" of the British Empire was the Cambridge Summer Conference series, particularly the conference convened in 1948. Held on the "Encouragement of Initiative in African Society", the conference devised a policy framework of community development based on a model of mass education long-favored by Arthur Creech Jones, former chair of the Fabian Colonial Bureau (FCB) and then Secretary of State for the Colonies.;While the findings of this study attest that Fabian influence …

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Hydraulics And Well Control Complications In Unconventional Shale Laterals, Tawfik A Elshehabi Jan 2017

Hydraulics And Well Control Complications In Unconventional Shale Laterals, Tawfik A Elshehabi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

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Hebrew Wisdom Literature, Steelman Library, Gerry White Dr. Jan 2017

Hebrew Wisdom Literature, Steelman Library, Gerry White Dr.

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