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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
Title
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
Author
Ellison, Antoinette
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
Description
Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...
A Constellation of Economic Possibilities: Latinx Food-Based Diverse Collaborative Economies as Catalysts for More Sustainable Economic Futures
Title
A Constellation of Economic Possibilities: Latinx Food-Based Diverse Collaborative Economies as Catalysts for More Sustainable Economic Futures
Author
Tornabene, Sara
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Geography, Area studies, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
Diverse and alternative forms of economies have recently gained increased attention for their potential to transform conceptually and empirically the mainstream economic system. Around the world, scholars have documented the emergence and impact o...
A Contactless Non-Intrusive Approach for Machine Learning-Based Personalized Thermal Comfort Prediction
Title
A Contactless Non-Intrusive Approach for Machine Learning-Based Personalized Thermal Comfort Prediction
Author
Ashrafi, Roshanak
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Sustainability, Building
Description
Indoor thermal environmental conditions play a significant role in protecting occupants’ well-being. In this regard, schedule-based and predefined environmental control is one of the main reasons for the current discomfort and dissatisfaction with...
A Critical, Empirical, and Reflexive Investigation of the Promise of Democratization in the Making Phenomenon
Title
A Critical, Empirical, and Reflexive Investigation of the Promise of Democratization in the Making Phenomenon
Author
Okerlund, Johanna
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
Many endeavors in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) align themselves with the promise of the democratization of technology production, a promise that has yet to be fulfilled due to gaps in access and underlying power dynamics. HCI has ...
A Cultural Wealth Perspective on Success and Persistence in Engineering for Black and Latino Students: Exploring Interactions with Faculty and Other Institutional Agents
Title
A Cultural Wealth Perspective on Success and Persistence in Engineering for Black and Latino Students: Exploring Interactions with Faculty and Other Institutional Agents
Author
Foxx, Krystal
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Engineering, Education
Description
Using Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth (CCW) framework, this qualitative case study (conducted through a federally-funded grant) explored the experiences of eight Black and Latino successful engineering students at a Southeastern universit...
A Cut-Cell Based Ghost Fluid Method for Multi-Component Compressible Flows
Title
A Cut-Cell Based Ghost Fluid Method for Multi-Component Compressible Flows
Author
Liu, Chen
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Fluid mechanics
Description
Multi-material compressible flows are observed in several applications of practical relevance including combustion, cavitation and shock lithotripsy. To solve such flows numerically with improved efficiency and accuracy, the use of the Ghost Fluid...
A Dark Enlightenment: Julius Evola and the Temptation of Esoteric Fascism
Title
A Dark Enlightenment: Julius Evola and the Temptation of Esoteric Fascism
Author
Johnson, Caleb
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
From 1926 until 1974, the Italian scholar and spiritualist Julius Evola produced books, articles, and essays on the source of the decline of the modern world. These works showed a devotion to a long-passed Golden age, when power was absolute, hier...
A Data-Analytic Approach Towards Increasing Donor Heart Utilization in the United States
Title
A Data-Analytic Approach Towards Increasing Donor Heart Utilization in the United States
Author
Satyanarayana, Sagar
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Biometry
Description
Heart transplantation is the best option available to treat end-stage Heart Failure (HF). There is a shortage of donor hearts in the United States even with the steady increase in the number of donors. One likely reason is the decreasing transplan...
A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
Title
A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
Author
Christian, Arthur
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Management, Education--Finance
Description
Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...
A Descriptive Study of Elementary Mathematically Promising Student Interactions With Cognitively Demanding Math Tasks
Title
A Descriptive Study of Elementary Mathematically Promising Student Interactions With Cognitively Demanding Math Tasks
Author
Lewis, Wendy
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning, Gifted children--Education
Description
National mathematics achievement results show that elementary students in the United States are not increasing in cognitive ability or critical thinking skills (NAEP, 2020). For this increase, mathematically promising students require more opportu...
A Detailed Description of Keldysh's Model of Photoionization
Title
A Detailed Description of Keldysh's Model of Photoionization
Author
Darden, Kenan
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Physics, Optics, Quantum theory
Description
Leonid Keldysh’s 1965 paper "Ionization in the Field of a Strong Electromagnetic Wave" contains useful and simple-to-implement equations predicting the rate of photoionization in both atomic gasses and general crystalline solids. Crucially, his re...
A Discrete Element Study of the Uniaxial Compressive Response of Plain Concrete using the JCFPM Constitutive Model
Title
A Discrete Element Study of the Uniaxial Compressive Response of Plain Concrete using the JCFPM Constitutive Model
Author
Joshi, Anay
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering
Description
The standard bonded-particle models available in many discrete element method (DEM) codes are known to predict unrealistically low values for the ratio of ultimate compressive strength (UCS) to tensile strength (UTS) for concrete. To correct this,...
A Dream of Burning
Title
A Dream of Burning
Author
DeMeglio, Austin
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Creative writing
Description
A Dream of Burning takes place in a not-so-distant future of an alternate Earth. The story focuses on a young woman by the name of Iris Ode and her found family. The story starts three years after a great storm caused tragedy. After the storm, Iri...
A Dynamic Approach to Optimizing Interventions and Mitigating Contagion Impacts in Financial Networks
Title
A Dynamic Approach to Optimizing Interventions and Mitigating Contagion Impacts in Financial Networks
Author
Farthing, Christopher
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics, Finance, Economics
Description
While modern financial networks are so large, complex, and dynamic that the interactions between their members are impossible to model in their entirety, mathematical models with some simplifying assumptions allow for effective study of network dy...
A FRAMEWORK FOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR THE MARINE (FERRY) INDUSTRY
Title
A FRAMEWORK FOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR THE MARINE (FERRY) INDUSTRY
Author
Raja, Daxil
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Marine engineering
Description
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Ferry Service (NCFS) Division is responsible for extensive infrastructure which includes numerous assets. As with any organization with an extensive list of assets, it ...
A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG TERM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN USING ASSET PRIORITY INDEX AND CONDITION INDEX FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FERRY SYSTEM
Title
A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG TERM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN USING ASSET PRIORITY INDEX AND CONDITION INDEX FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FERRY SYSTEM
Author
Subramanian, Balagee
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Engineering, Management, Transportation
Description
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Ferry System combined have many assets in place. This thesis primarily concerns the North Carolina Ferry System (NCFS). The NCFS has a sizable number of assets and a lo...
A Focus On The Style Of Bone Harpoons In The Early Holocene: An Analysis Of Bone Harpoons From Koobi Fora, Kenya.
Title
A Focus On The Style Of Bone Harpoons In The Early Holocene: An Analysis Of Bone Harpoons From Koobi Fora, Kenya.
Author
Hovis, Ashley
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Archaeology
Description
While undergoing archaeological fieldwork in Ileret, Kenya, two Early Holocene (10,000-6,000 BP) sites are found containing bone harpoons. The purpose of this study is to examine the style of Early Holocene bone harpoons to see if people of East L...
A Framework for the Design and Analysis of Socially Pervasive Games
Title
A Framework for the Design and Analysis of Socially Pervasive Games
Author
Powell, Eve
Date Created
2012
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Philosophy
Description
Pervasive games have the potential to create large social impacts on players and non-players alike. However, this can only happen when the game becomes integrated and accepted within a social community - or in other words, is socially adopted in i...
A GENERAL THERMAL THICKNESS MODEL AND A HEATING RATE RELATED IGNITION CRITERION FOR COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS
Title
A GENERAL THERMAL THICKNESS MODEL AND A HEATING RATE RELATED IGNITION CRITERION FOR COMBUSTIBLE SOLIDS
Author
Tian, Ning
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering
Description
The objective of this research is to investigate the ignition behavior of combustible solid materials in fire. Three key tasks were conducted for it: (1) a new theoretical temperature profile prediction model, referred as General Thermal Thickness...
A GIS-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF WETLAND CLASSIFICATION
Title
A GIS-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF WETLAND CLASSIFICATION
Author
Deng, Jing
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Geography
Description
Wetlands play a critical role in our natural environment, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion and flooding, and protecting biodiversity. To better protect wetland systems, a comprehensive knowledge of their spatial distribution is...