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The purpose of the present study was to investigate Preservice Teachers' (PT) reasons for teaching and their beliefs about teaching. Specific reasons of PTs for entering the teaching career, and typologies (clusters) of PTs based on...
In from the Rain is a collection of songs and interludes for mezzo-soprano, two clarinets, piano, five part female choir, three cellos, contrabass and computer. There are multiple ways the piece may be performed; with live musicians and...
Superconducting magnet systems are the enabling technology for several research fields, e.g., experimental high-energy physics and fusion. Advanced superconducting magnet systems are strongly needed to achieve ever-higher beam energy in...
An Investigation of the Effects of Model-Centered Instruction in Individual and Collaborative Contexts: The Case of Acquiring Instructional Design Expertise
This study investigated the effect of model-centered instruction (MCI) in both individual and collaborative contexts. The study focuses on learning effectiveness in acquiring instructional design knowledge, developing mental model of...
This dissertation attempts to provide insight into the mixing, hydration and annealing of self-assembled, multilayered films based on precise counting of their doping ions and water content. Several practical applications are then...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between personality traits and longevity. METHODS: Using the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, personality traits were assessed in 2359 participants (38% women; age = 17 to 98 years, mean = 50...
Two experiments tested the competing item-specific and semantic cohesion hypotheses of emotional memory enhancement. The item-specific hypothesis predicts that emotional words receive more item-specific and less relational processing...
Instruction fetch is an important pipeline stage for embedded processors, as it can consume a significant fraction of the total processor energy. This dissertation describes the design and implementation of two new fetch enhancements...
This project updated and improved the Promoting Active Communities Award (PAC), a Web-based assessment that enables communities to scrutinize their programs, policies, and environments related to physical activity, generating ideas and...
Selections from Inventions in the Key of C is a collection of essays about cancer and issues related to cancer. Books on the topic of cancer are plentiful. There are a number of narrative memoirs including The Red Devil, by Kathryn...
Levels of narcissism and self-reported expression of anger
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Much of the research on narcissism has produced mixed results, specifically regarding levels of self-esteem and biological sex in relation to expression of anger. It was expected that narcissism, self-esteem, and biological sex would...
This study examines the apparent impact of 9/11 on the desirability of Arab and Muslim noncitizens seeking entry into the U.S. Following the September 11th attacks, immigration legislation expanded the definition of terrorism and...
This research involves the creation of a new storm surge index that incorporates many variables important in storm surge generation like maximum winds, radius of maximum winds, pressure, translation speed, and bathymetry. Using a two...
Access to health care for a few social groups, such as migrant and seasonal farm workers and their dependents, is uncommonly low. Recent legislation targeting some of these groups have been increasingly successful, while the initiatives...
This study examines the predictive validity of the ASAM PPC-2R utilized within the state of Florida for the placement of substance abuse clients receiving treatment. Archival data collected by the Florida Department of Children and...
From 1999 through 2004, the mathematics department at Research University experimented with using a reform text, Hughes-Hallett et al.'s Calculus, to teach the undergraduate calculus sequence. A historical qualitative analysis was...
Many contemporary disk drives have built-in queues and schedulers. These features can improve I/O performance, by offloading work from the system's main processor, avoiding disk idle time, and taking advantage of vendor-specific disk...
Nickel induced rhabdomyosarcoma in cultured cardiac myocytes
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Rhabdomyosarcoma, or RMS is defined as a soft tissue lesion or tumor that allows cells to undergo myogenesis indefinitely. In order to study the components of RMS, tumors have been induced through exposure of nickel sulfide. Despite...
Mardi Gras Carnival balls are traditional New Orleans events when krewe organizations present their seasonal mock monarchs. Traditionally, these ballroom spectacles included tableaux vivants performances, the grand march and promenade of...
This work describes the activation profiles and regulatory cascades of the human kallikrein-related peptidases. The human kallikrein (KLK)-related peptidases are the largest family of serine peptidases, comprising 15 members (KLK1–15)...
In this dissertation, we introduce a genetic algorithm approach to estimate the star discrepancy of a point set. This algorithm allows for the estimation of the star discrepancy in dimensions larger than seven, something that could not...
The first essay examines CEO pay cuts. Understanding CEO pay cuts allows for a better overall understanding of CEO compensation policies. I provide a comprehensive analysis of the board's design of the executive compensation contract...
The tropical cyclone superensemble has provided skillful forecasts for Atlantic tropical cyclone activity for several years. Until very recently, the tropical cyclone superensemble had only been run using a suite of large scale models....
Through an application of Kenneth Burke's theory of dramatism, my study identifies in the first-person shooter (FPS) game genre what I call visual tropes: the repeated use of specific visual situations to provide cues and instruction to...
This document focuses on works for soprano chalumeau and soprano that were composed in Vienna in the first part of the eighteenth-century. The composers cited in the document were all employed by the Habsburg empire and were commissioned...
This thesis serves as an analysis of Toru Takemitsu's "Equinox." This piece is one of a group of compositions for solo classical guitar that was written by a composer who was well established outside the world of classical guitar during...
The exploration of new paradigms for micro- and nanoelectronics has engendered several exciting new research fields including molecular electronics and spintronics. Two essential ingredients of the device structures are materials and...
Effects of adult treatment with nicotine and the antidepressant fluoxetine on male rats exposed to nicotine during adolescense
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Approximately three million adolescents abuse nicotine in the United States today, and the vast majority of smokers began smoking during adolescence. Preliminary findings suggest a significant depressant effect in male rats treated with...
Hurricane reconnaissance has greatly helped forecasters to more accurately analyze and predict hurricanes in the Atlantic. "Vortex messages" sent by the reconnaissance flights summarize a multi-hour inspection of the hurricane's core....
The Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra is a through-composed movement for full orchestra and clarinet solo. The principal concept of this composition is to explore the possibilities of the solo instrument while simultaneously fusing the...
The purpose of this research project is to examine the communication phenomena within a modern Evangelical church in the context of the emergence of a contemporary worship style and the increasing use of media during church services. The...
Previous research has indicated that blunted cortisol production is associated with the existence of psychopathic personality traits in men but not women. The current study explored whether prior null results for women were related to...
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