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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...

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...

Title: A MESHLESS METHOD WITH ENRICHED BASIS FUNCTIONS FOR SINGULARITY PROBLEMS
Author: Hong, Won-Tak
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics
Description: For the last several decades, the Finite Element Method (FEM) has been a powerful tool in solving challenging science and engineering problems, especially when solution domains have complex geometry. However the mesh refinements and construction o...

Title: A Novel Fluorescence Based Method of Assessing Subsurface Damage in Optical Materials
Author: Williams, Wesley
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Optics
Description: Lapping and polishing are loose abrasive finishing processes that have been used to achieve critical surface parameters in optical materials for centuries. These processes remove material from the surface through a variety of mechanical and chemic...

Title: A Phenomenological Investigation of Licensed Professional Counselors' Perspectives of Clinical Intuition
Author: Weis, Melanie
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the essence of the experience of clinical intuition through the perspective of licensed professional counselors. Despite the attention that intuition had been given in other professional fields, a lack ...

Title: A STOCHASTIC SEGMENTATION METHOD FOR INTERESTING REGION DETECTION AND IMAGE RETRIEVAL
Author: Li, Zhong
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Information science
Description: The explosively increasing digital photo urges for an efficient image retrieval system so that digital images can be organized, shared, and reused. Current content based image retrieval (CBIR) systems face multiple challenges in all aspects: image...

Title: A Trust Supportive Framework for Pervasive Computing Systems
Author: Peng, Dichao
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Recent years have witnessed the emergence and rapid growth of pervasive computing technologies such as mobile ad hoc networks, radio frequency identification (RFID), Wi-Fi etc. Many researches are proposed to provide services while hiding the comp...

Title: A model for integrating strategic planning and competence-based curriculum design in establishing a public health programme : the UNC Charlotte experience
Author: Harver, Andrew, Thompson, Michael E., Eure, Marquis
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Public health--Study and teaching, Strategic planning, Curriculum planning
Description: Introduction: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a doctoral/research-intensive university, is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region. The university currently offers 18 doctoral, 62 master's and 90 baccalau...

Title: ABSOLUTE DISTANCE (THICKNESS) METROLOGY USING WAVELENGTH SCANNING INTERFEROMETRY
Author: Suratkar, Amit
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Optical engineering, Metrology
Description: Wavelength scanning interferometry offers a new dimension in precision metrology by measuring the cavity length (thickness), the cavity length variation over the cavity area (flatness), and the optical homogeneity within a transparent cavity; with...

Title: An Investigation of Literature Circles and Critical Literacy: Differentiated Learning Opportunities for High-Ability Students
Author: Soares, Lina
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Elementary, Reading, Curriculum planning
Description: ABSTRACTThis qualitative research study investigated how literature circles provide an optimal differentiated learning context for high-ability (sixth-grade) readers that centered on the connection between critical pedagogy and collaborative readi...

Title: Assured Information Sharing for Ad-hoc Collaboration
Author: Jin, Jing
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Computer engineering, Information technology
Description: Collaborative information sharing tends to be highly dynamic and often ad hoc among organizations. The dynamic natures and sharing patterns in ad-hoc collaboration impose a need for a comprehensive and flexible approach to reflecting and coping wi...

Title: BIOKINETIC PROCESSES OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE (EPS) STABILIZATION OF SURFACE SOILS AGAINST DUST GENERATION
Author: Zebulun, Humphrey
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Extracellular polysaccharide produced by a oligotrophic and nonpathogenic bacteria, Arthrobacter viscosus, promises to be an effective alternative to the use of chemical substances in dust control on exposed soil surfaces. The feasibility of this ...

Title: Best probability density function for random sampled data
Author: Jacobs, Donald J.
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Statistics, Probabilities
Description: The maximum entropy method is a theoretically sound approach to construct an analytical form for the probability density function (pdf) given a sample of random events. In practice, numerical methods employed to determine the appropriate Lagrange ...

Title: CORRELATES OF PARENT-CHILD CONCORDANCE IN SEXUAL ATTITUDES: DOES PARTICIPATION IN THE PARENTS MATTER! PROGRAM IMPROVE THIS AGREEMENT?
Author: Bridger, Colleen
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Health education, Families--Study and teaching
Description: The sexual health of America's teens is a critical public health issue. Parents are ill-prepared and ill-equipped to fill the sexuality education gap facing today's teens. Understanding the most effective and efficient way to teach parents how to ...

Title: Cluster Requiem and the Rise of Cumulative Growth Theory
Author: Kunkle, Gary
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Public administration
Description: Industry cluster theory has been the predominant model guiding economic development policy throughout the world for nearly two decades. As appealing as the cluster approach has been to regional scientists and policy makers it suffers from a number...

Title: Comparing Effects of Two Grouping Conditions to Teach Algebraic Problem-Solving to Students with Mild Disabilities in Inclusive Settings
Author: Harris, Amber
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Mathematics
Description: This study compared two grouping conditions (Direct Instruction vs. an instructional package containing Direct Instruction, Peer Assisted Learning Strategies, and self-monitoring) on 6th and 7th grade special education students' abilities to solve...

Title: Consistency analysis of redundant probe sets on Affymetrix three-prime expression arrays and applications to differential mRNA processing
Author: Loraine, Ann, Cui, Xiangqin
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Gene expression, Nucleic acids
Description: Affymetrix three-prime expression microarrays contain thousands of redundant probe sets that interrogate different regions of the same gene. Differential expression analysis methods rarely consider probe redundancy, which can lead to inaccurate in...

Title: DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM-only AND DISCRETE SINE TRANSFORM-only WINDOWED UPDATE ALGORITHMS FOR SHIFTING DATA WITH HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION
Author: KARWAL, VIKRAM
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Discrete Sine Transform (DST) are widely used in image and data compression applications. To process the DCT or DST of a signal a portion of length N is extracted by windowing. By shifting the window point by po...

Title: DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF TRANSMISSION POLE STRUCTURES UNDER BLASTING INDUCED GROUND VIBRATION
Author: Dai, Kaoshan
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Structural integrity of electric transmission poles is crucial for the reliability of power delivery. In some areas where blasting is used for mining or construction, these structures are endangered if they are located close to blasting sites. Thr...

Title: Development of a Methanotrophic Alternative Daily Cover to Reduce Early Landfill Methane Emissions
Author: Adams, Bryn
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Microbiology, Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: Final covers, especially when supplemented with gas collection, are highly engineered systems to prevent landfill methane release into the atmosphere. However, some methane production begins even before open cells are covered and often well before...