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A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
Title
A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
Author
Murray, Louise
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership, Gerontology
Description
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...
A COMPUTATIONAL SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORM METROLOGY
Title
A COMPUTATIONAL SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORM METROLOGY
Author
Habibi, Nasim
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Optics
Description
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...
A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS
Title
A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS
Author
Vintinner, Jean
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Reading, Education, Secondary
Description
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...
A CONVERTIBLE-BOND-PRICING METHOD BASED ON BOND PRICES ON MARKETS
Title
A CONVERTIBLE-BOND-PRICING METHOD BASED ON BOND PRICES ON MARKETS
Author
Shi, Qiang
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics
Description
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...
A CULTURALLY ADAPTED INTERVENTION TO TREAT BINGE EATING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WITH BINGE EATING
Title
A CULTURALLY ADAPTED INTERVENTION TO TREAT BINGE EATING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WITH BINGE EATING
Author
Scott, Tamara
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Binge eating (BE), a specific type of overeating, is characterized by a pattern of consuming unusually large amounts of food in a discrete period of time combined with a sense of loss of control. Although research suggests similar rates of binge e...
A Case Study Examination of Male Former Youth Offenders' School Reentry Challenges and Factors Enabling Their Academic Success
Title
A Case Study Examination of Male Former Youth Offenders' School Reentry Challenges and Factors Enabling Their Academic Success
Author
Glover, Christopher
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Education
Description
Youth offenders often struggle to successfully return to their communities and schools after release from confinement. The reasons for this struggle are well documented, as is the fact that school engagement and success (before and after confineme...
A Case Study of Diversity in North Carolina Architecture Programs
Title
A Case Study of Diversity in North Carolina Architecture Programs
Author
Roberts, Isaiah
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Architecture, Educational evaluation, Education
Description
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...
A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
Title
A Case Study of Hispanic Middle School Students In An ESL Classroom: Discourses In Academic Reading Instruction
Author
Andrews, Horace
Date Created
2010
Subjects--Topical
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
Description
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 ...
A Case Study of the Strategic Staffing Initiative Used In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Title
A Case Study of the Strategic Staffing Initiative Used In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Author
March, Kendra
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership
Description
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...
A Child Life Perspective: The Role of Technology in Preoperative Preparation and Distraction
Title
A Child Life Perspective: The Role of Technology in Preoperative Preparation and Distraction
Author
Osborne, Courtney
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Education
Description
Reduction of stress and anxiety for hospitalized children has been studied for years. Certified child life specialists take on the role of providing interventions to support and facilitate coping for hospitalized children. Preoperative preparation...
A Chronosequence of Cracking in Mill Creek, California
Title
A Chronosequence of Cracking in Mill Creek, California
Author
Berberich, Samantha
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Geomorphology
Description
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...
A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Title
A Cold Pot Does Not Boil: A Case Study Of The Virginia Beach City Municipal Center Shooting To Understand Disgruntled Employee Violence
Author
Bynum, Karly
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Organizational sociology
Description
The phenomenon of the violent disgruntled employee is a symptom of increasing mass violence in the U.S. Previous literature on mass violence in the workplace is mostly based on the individual psychologization of attackers. This case study is a rea...
A Comparative Analysis of Canaanite Temples At Bronze Age Pella and Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan
Title
A Comparative Analysis of Canaanite Temples At Bronze Age Pella and Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan
Author
Hines, Mikayla
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Archaeology
Description
ABSTRACTMIKAYLA HINES. Comparative Analysis of Canaanite Temples At Bronze Age Pella and Tell el-Hayyat, Jordan(Under the Direction of Dr. Steven Falconer) The aim of this thesis is to uncover the social relationship between two Canaanite societie...
A Comparative Study Between Axial and Radial Flux-Focusing Magnetic Gear Topologies and Mechanical Gearboxes
Title
A Comparative Study Between Axial and Radial Flux-Focusing Magnetic Gear Topologies and Mechanical Gearboxes
Author
Calvin, Matthew
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Electromagnetism
Description
A variety of magnetic gear topologies have been investigated in recent years as alternatives to traditional mechanical gearboxes. In general these magnetic gears offer advantages in the non-contact transmission of torque including inherent overloa...
A Comparison Of Academic Advising Experiences And Satisfaction Of African American Males and Other Students At A Predominately White Institution
Title
A Comparison Of Academic Advising Experiences And Satisfaction Of African American Males and Other Students At A Predominately White Institution
Author
Means, Billie
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Education, Educational leadership, Educational psychology
Description
Of all college students, four percent are African American males of which one third graduate within six years. The status of African-American males in higher education serves as an impetus for research to investigate their collegiate experiences a...
A Comparison of Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of National Technology Standards
Title
A Comparison of Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of National Technology Standards
Author
Wilkins, Patricia
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership
Description
The need for teachers and administrators to select and use appropriate and effective technologies to support instruction is critical for the academic and social success of students. The purpose of the study was to document and compare administrato...
A Comparison of Developmental Mathematics Sequences at a North Carolina Community College Using a Markov Chain Model
Title
A Comparison of Developmental Mathematics Sequences at a North Carolina Community College Using a Markov Chain Model
Author
Peeler, Matthew
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation
Description
This study compares students at a North Carolina community college taking a course-based developmental mathematics sequence to students taking a new, module-based emporium method developmental mathematics sequence using a Markov chain model to com...
A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
Title
A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
Author
Williams, Connie
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Education, Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning
Description
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...
A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for The Prediction of Thermal-Expansion of Spherical Shells
Title
A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for The Prediction of Thermal-Expansion of Spherical Shells
Author
Bumgarner, Kolby
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering
Description
Machine Learning (ML) applications in material science is an active area of research due to its accurate predictive capabilities while also being generalizable. Experimentation where a physical model of the problem is constructed has been widely u...
A Comprehensive Study of Drinking Water Coagulation with Aluminum Sulfate
Title
A Comprehensive Study of Drinking Water Coagulation with Aluminum Sulfate
Author
Alansari, Amir
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering
Description
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...