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"Sorry, but I Suck at Writing": A Study of Writing Self-efficacy in First-Year College Students
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Author
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Greene, Mary-Elizabeth
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Adult education, Social sciences--Research
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Description
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In this study, current research on writing self-efficacy—"confidence that one can perform successfully in a particular domain" (Bruning 25)—and data from a local survey of first-year college students, or freshmen, is used to examine dispositions t...
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3D Printing of Metamaterials with Conductive Elements
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Author
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Tuttle, Geoffrey
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Materials science
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Description
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To fulfill their engineered purpose, resonant metamaterials require arrays of complex three-dimensional geometries composed of non-conductive dielectrics and highly conductive materials. In order to create these geometries, 3D printers must be abl...
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A Beginning-to-End System for Efficiently Gathering Tracking Data on Multiple Targets
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Author
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Rice, Lance
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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Multi-object tracking in video has the potential for broad applicability, from analyzing division-of-labor within biological networks such as insects, to surveillance and traffic monitoring. Despite any potential the field of multiple object track...
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A RELATIONAL EXAMINATION OF RESOURCE ACQUISITION IN ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS
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Author
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Medaugh, Melissa
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Entrepreneurship
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Description
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Social networks provide entrepreneurs with a cost-effective way to acquire resources from people they know personally. In the current research, I develop and test a relational model of resource acquisition, which demonstrates the predictive role o...
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A STUDY OF PARAMETERS INFLUENCING THE VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT MEASUREMENTS.
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Author
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Patel, Harsh
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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This research effort includes hundreds of passenger vehicle wheel alignment measurements and a design of experiments that works to capture the various factorsinfluencing wheel alignment measurements. Of the many things that influence theaccuracy a...
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A comparison of two analytical milling stability analyses with time-domain simulation
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Author
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Landge, Saurabh
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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In the previous three decades, technologies involved in machine tools and machiningoperations have experienced remarkable changes. Despite these advances, unstablecutting conditions, referred to as chatter, remains an obstacle to high material rem...
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A framework for the use of wearables to enable study of stress
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Author
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Kanchinadam, Teja Simha
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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Stress is a common condition that has major health impacts. Even though short-term stress helps people to react to danger immediately, chronic stress has larger health impacts such as early aging, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression. In...
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A study of operational variable influencing wheel balancing measurements
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Author
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Nabar, Aneesh
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction, Mathematics
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Description
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The aim of this research is to analyze various operational parameters that may affect the wheel balancing measurement. Therefore, wheel balancing measurements were taken iteratively on different low profile wheel/tire assemblies for different cond...
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ALTERNATE ENGINE PARAMETERS FOR MODELING OIL QUALITY
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Author
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Trammel, Jacob
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering
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Description
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Oil changes in equipment is one of the most common preventative maintenance (PM) practices performed in fleet management. In addition to being a frequent cost item, the opportunity to optimize intervals could provide significant PM cost savings to...
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Title
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Analysis of public health information from social media
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Author
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Thalambedu Kumaresan, Madhav Narayan
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Information technology
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Description
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Social networking sites have become an integral part of daily life in the modern world. They can serve as an important, dynamic data source providing collective intelligence and awareness of health related issues. Analysis of huge volumes of unstr...
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Analysis of tanking in the National Football League
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Author
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Nance, William
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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Sports economics literature has recently explored the idea that there is an incentive to intentionally lose games in some professional sports leagues. This process is known as "tanking" and is largely related to a league’s amateur draft policies. ...