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A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CYBERBULLYING WITH SEXTING CASES
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Author
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Ayers, Dana
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Law
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Description
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The misuse of social media and technology is an emerging threat to adolescents. The court systems are being forced to address the legality and fine line of social media use and the First Amendment rights of those involved. This research study is a...
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A Macro-Level Analysis of Traffic and Pedestrian Safety in Urban Areas
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Author
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Najaf, Pooya
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Transportation, City planning
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Description
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The main objective of this research is to examine the effect of city-level urban characteristic, such as urban form and trip generation factors, on traffic safety in general and pedestrian safety in particular. For this purpose, the information fo...
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A market for vice: The foundations of corporate strategic irresponsibility
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Author
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Stewart, Oscar
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Management, Sociology, Ethics
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Description
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Organizational scholarship has assumed that corporate irresponsibility (CI) is largely detrimental to firm financial performance. Alternatively, CI may sometimes work in firms’ favor, though at the expense of stakeholders. Exploring this reality, ...
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A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
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Author
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LaPorte, Thomas
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
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Description
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Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...
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ALGORITHMS FOR STRUCTURE BASED-PREDICTION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITES
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Author
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Farrel, Alvin
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Biology, Bioinformatics
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Description
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Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression through binding to specific target DNA sites. Accurate annotation of transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) at genome scale represents an essential step toward our understanding of gene regu...
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An Exploration of Factors Impacting Professional Identity Among Master’s Level Counseling Students
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Author
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McMullen, James
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational counseling, Counseling psychology, Education, Higher
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Description
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between program track, clinical experience, and supervisory relationship of counselors-in-training and their professional identity defined as counseling philosophy, beliefs about the profe...
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An analysis of administrative spending across education organizational forms
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Author
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Prieto, Tatia
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership, School management and organization
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Description
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This study compared administrative expenditures among 542 traditional school districts and 258 charter schools in Michigan, exploring whether one organizational model might better minimize administrative spending. A non-experimental correlational ...
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Better access to parks to improve population health in Mecklenburg County, NC
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Author
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Dony, Coline
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Geodesy, City planning
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Description
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Better access to parks can increase our level of physical activity. Increasingly aware of this association and its impact on community health; urban leaders started incorporating access to parks as an indicator of quality of life. However, two stu...
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Characterization of Individual Straight and Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires
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Author
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Cui, Zhiguang
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
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Description
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Boron carbides represent a class of ceramic materials with p-type semiconductor natures, complex structures and a wide homogeneous range of carbon compositions. Bulk boron carbides have long been projected as promising high temperature thermoelect...
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Characterization of the cytokinin-responsive transcriptome in rice
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Author
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Loraine, Ann, Raines, Tracy, Blakley, Ivory, Kieber, Joseph J.
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Gene expression, Cytokinins
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Description
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Background: Cytokinin activates transcriptional cascades important for development and the responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Most of what is known regarding cytokinin-regulated gene expression comes from studies of the dicotyledonous plant...
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Clergy Spouse Well-Being
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Author
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Stamper, Scottie
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Educational leadership
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Description
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The needs of clergy members and clergy family members present researchers with a unique and complex set of variables. While an ever-increasing body of research related to work-related stress and high rates of chronic disease and depression among c...