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A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
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Author
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Murray, Louise
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership, Gerontology
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Description
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The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research...
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A COMPUTATIONAL SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORM METROLOGY
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Author
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Habibi, Nasim
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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Many existing systems for three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement require mechanical moving parts that limit the measurement speed. A non-contact optical system that does not requires any moving parts can, in principle, increase the speed of meas...
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A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS
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Author
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Vintinner, Jean
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Reading, Education, Secondary
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Description
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the teachers' manuals of the leading commercial high school reading programs to determine the extent to which they provide effective vocabulary instruction as advocated by the leading professional organizat...
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A CONVERTIBLE-BOND-PRICING METHOD BASED ON BOND PRICES ON MARKETS
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Author
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Shi, Qiang
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Date Created
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2011
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Subjects--Topical
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Mathematics
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Description
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ABSTRACTQIANG SHI. A convertible-bond-pricing method based on bond prices on markets.(Under the direction of DR. YOU-LAN ZHU)This thesis is devoted to evaluating two-factor convertible bonds. Different zero-coupon bond curves are inputted when eva...
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A Case Study of Diversity in North Carolina Architecture Programs
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Author
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Roberts, Isaiah
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture, Educational evaluation, Education
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Description
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The enrollment rate of black students in architecture has remained stagnant for the last decade and decreased over the past two and a half decades. In 2020, of the 26,977 total students enrolled in accredited structural architecture programs, only...
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A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
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Author
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Andrews, Horace
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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This case study examined student teacher interaction that took place in one ESL middle school classroom with 29 Latino/a students learning to read in English. Observations in classrooms and interviews with teachers were conducted over a ten month ...
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A Case Study of the Strategic Staffing Initiative Used In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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Author
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March, Kendra
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership
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Description
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Accountability standards challenge schools to provide quality education for all students and to ensure that all students are on grade level by the end of the school year. If schools fall short of this challenge failing to make at least one year of...
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A Chronosequence of Cracking in Mill Creek, California
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Author
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Berberich, Samantha
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Geomorphology
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Description
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Mechanical weathering –aka physical weathering; the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces --is one of the first modifications rock undergoes once it approaches Earth’s surface. Essentially, almost all processes that shape the la...
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A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
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Author
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Williams, Connie
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning
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Description
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between school-based organizational structures that support teachers' development of Personalized Education Plans (PEPs) and their quality as written for third through fifth grade stude...
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A Comprehensive Study of Drinking Water Coagulation with Aluminum Sulfate
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Author
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Alansari, Amir
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering
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Description
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Coagulation is usually the first and most important step in conventional drinking water treatment processes. The efficiency of all downstream processes is directly dependent on the effectiveness of the coagulation stage. Coagulants such as aluminu...