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Title: When the Script Hits the Plan: Using Author's Chair to inform instructional practices within a scripted literacy program
Author: Johnson, Brianne
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education, Reading
Description: This qualitative case study conducted in a first grade classroom examined the influence of the social interactions that occur during the Author’s Chair (an element of a Writer’s Workshop instructional framework) on a teacher’s instructional decisi...

Title: Wellness Among Counselors in Training: Examining the Relationship between Trait Emotional Intelligence, Perceptions of Stress, Perceptions of Wellness, and Wellness Behaviors
Author: Merrill, Erica
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: ERICA A. MERRILL, M.Ed, LPC, NCC. Wellness Among Counselors in Training:Examining the Relationship between Trait Emotional Intelligence, Perceptions of Stress,Perceptions of Wellness, and Wellness Behaviors.(Under the direction of DR. DANIEL GUITI...

Title: Well beyond the one-shot : collaborating to create a model of information literacy instruction
Author: Looby, Kimberly, Ornat Bitting, Natalie
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Teaching, Library science, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Partnership
Description: Presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. April 2019. Numerous presentations focus on ways librarians can go beyond the one-shot model of library instruction and develop semester-long partnership...

Title: WIND TOWER TECHNOLOGY: THE IMPACT OF CROSS-SECTION AND TURBINE SELECTION ON THE GENERATED POWER
Author: Corbett, Jonathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Renewable energy sources
Description: ABSTRACTJONATHAN CONRAD CORBETT. Wind Tower Technology: The Impact of Cross-Section and Turbine Selection on the Generated Power (Under the direction of DR. NAVID GOUDARZI, with DR. PRAVEEN RAMAPRABHU as chair of committee) The performance of wind...

Title: WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS IN THE DEEP RIVER BASIN, NORTH CAROLINA: A CANDIDATE BASIN FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT
Author: Stone, Amanda
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Environmental sciences, Geology
Description: As a result of the rapid expansion of shale gas development in the United States, the public has become increasingly concerned about the proper management of hydraulic fracturing wastewater also referred to as produced water. Adverse environmental...

Title: WATER REPELLENCY EFFECT ON UNSATURATED PROPERTIES OF COMPACTED COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS
Author: Dumenu, Livingstone
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: The generation of electricity from coal-fired power plants continue to be a mainstream approach. It is estimated that about 107 million tons of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) were generated in 2017 in the US (ACAA 2018). This equal amount of CCR...

Title: Visualizing a small academic collection using only excel and tableau public : a case study of an anthropology collection
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Information visualization, Library science, Anthropology, Electronic data processing, Visualization--Data processing
Description: Presented at the American Libraries Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC June 2019. Taking on new collection as a subject librarian can be a daunting task. The collection is large and unfamiliar, and you have to immediately start purcha...

Title: Visualization and Structuring of Bibliographic Recommendations
Author: McQuaigue, Matthew
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: This study analyzes methods to structure and visualize bibliographic recommendations efficiently while conveying important information for users. Most of the work being developed in the realm of bibliography visualizations is surrounding the quest...

Title: Vector-based Mecanum-Drive Robotic System with Machine Vision and Sensor Fusion for Soccer Training
Author: Briggs, Bartholomew
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Robotics
Description: This research proposes the use of a robotic system for soccer training. The purpose of this research is to devise, build, and demonstrate a vector-based mecanum-drive robot to act as an impediment to a soccer player dribbling toward a known goal t...

Title: VISION-GUIDED ROBOT FOR PLANETARY HABITAT ASSEMBLY
Author: Whitlow, Kohl
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The focus of this research is to develop a vision-guided autonomous system for structure or habitat construction on distant planets/moons in support of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). The proposed approach would use building bl...

Title: VARIATION OF WHEEL ALIGNMENT UNDER DIFFERENT LOAD CONDITIONS WITH A COMPARISON TO KINEMATICS AND COMPLIANCE TEST DATA
Author: Paradkar, Sagar
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Passenger car suspension and wheel angles have a strong influence on ride, handling, and tire wear. These angles are affected by both static vehicle alignment (as done at a wheel alignment shop) and by changes due to vehicle loading while driving....

Title: VALIDITY OF THE 2013 NSSE ENGAGEMENT INDICATOR MODEL FOR PERSISTING TRANSFER STUDENTS: A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS STUDY
Author: Le, Thanh
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher
Description: The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (2015) reported that there were 2.4 million student transitions from one institution to another over a six-year period between 2008 and 2014. According to the Student Achievement Measure (SAM, n.d...

Title: Utilizing Image Segmentation for the Extraction of Heart Rate Variability in the Pursuit of Updating Mental Health Therapeutic Validity Processes
Author: Johnson, Lauren
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Cognitive psychology
Description: Image and signal processing modalities play critical roles in the diagnosis and treatment efficacy of medical complications in people today. However, these tools have not yet been utilized to aid in the clinical diagnosis or treatment of neurocogn...

Title: Utilization of a Teaching Video to Improve Outcomes for Post MI and Stent Patients
Author: Winiger, Amy
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Amy Winiger ACNP-BC, AACC. Utilization of a Teaching Video to Improve Outcomes for Post MI and Stent Patients. (Under the direction of Dr. Katie Shue-McGuffin) The Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) for Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute (SHVI), ...

Title: Using wireless pedometers to measure children's’ physical activity : how reliable is the Fitbit Zip?
Author: Byker, Erik Jon, Xu, Tingting, Gonzales, Monica R.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Children, Pedometers
Description: Wearable technologies, like wireless pedometers, are promising ways to get children moving through physical activity and kinesthetic learning. The purpose of this study is to investigate the reliability of wireless pedometers in measuring elementa...

Title: Using Customer Satisfaction Measurements To Build a Stronger Business Case
Author: Mambalum Mahendrababu, Monisha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Customer satisfaction has been talked about for centuries. While the use of it in the industry as a performance measurement tool to communicate value to the owners has come to light in the recent years, the use of customer satisfaction measurement...

Title: Updated phylogeny of chikungunya virus suggests lineage-specific RNA architecture
Author: Janies, Daniel
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Communicable diseases, Biology
Description: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, has recently emerged in the Americas from lineages from two continents: Asia and Africa. Historically, CHIKV circulated as at least four lineages worldwide with both...

Title: Universal sample size invariant measures for uncertainty quantification in density estimation
Author: Jacobs, Donald J., Farmer, Jenny, Merino, Zach, Merino, Zach
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Statistics, Entropy
Description: Previously, we developed a high throughput non-parametric maximum entropy method (PLOS ONE, 13(5): e0196937, 2018) that employs a log-likelihood scoring function to characterize uncertainty in trial probability density estimates through a scaled q...

Title: Unifying Estimation of Varying-coefficient Models
Author: yin, weitong
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Statistics
Description: Varying-coefficient models are widely used to analyze the relationship between a response and a group of covariates. Existing research shows different convergence rates for the estimators of coefficient for the stationary part and the nonstationar...

Title: Understanding the Probability Literacy of High School Students
Author: Coon, Fred
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Mathematics
Description: This multi-case study examined high school students’ probability literacy, with focus on randomness, independence, and sample space. Task-based interviews were used with ten high school students. A Levels of Understanding Matrix (LUM), that was cr...