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NGOs in the crosshairs: Non-governmental organizations and the terrorist threat.
(2004)
This study addresses the impact of terrorism and political violence on non-governmental organizations. The research is divided into two main sections. The first utilizes secondary source material to evaluate the nature and ...
Buckling and flexural vibration of rectangular plates subjected to half sinusoidal load on two opposite edges.
(2004)
The problem of buckling of thin rectangular plates subjected to uniform and linearly varying in-plane load has been solved quite some time back beginning with the work of Bryan in 1890--91. Recently, Leissa and Kang obtained ...
Learning Chinese characters: A comparative study of the learning strategies of students whose native language is alphabet-based and students whose native language is character-based.
(2004)
The study revealed that both groups used memory and cognitive strategies approximately equally, but that the groups emphasized different subcomponents of those strategies. Both groups reported usage of metacognitive ...
Self-Regulated Learning in Web-Based Environments: Instructional Tools Designed to Facilitate Cognitive Strategy Use, Metacognitive Processing, and Motivational Beliefs
(Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004-01-01)
This study investigated strategies teachers can use to improve students' use of self-regulated learning strategies in a Web-based setting. SRL is defined as a learner's intentional efforts to manage and direct complex ...
Experimental Products Evaluation Program Annual Report February 2004 (FHWA-OK-04-01 2700)
(2004-2)
This publication consists of a listing of experimental products that are being or have been evaluated by The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), or other transportation agencies. This listing is continuously ...
Evaluative organization of self-knowledge: The hidden vulnerability of compartmentalization.
(2004)
Three studies explored the possibility that the structure of the self-concept is associated with fragile self-esteem. The model of self-concept structure examined in the present studies is evaluative organization, especially ...
Sociedad y poder en cuatro novelas cortas de Elena Garro: "Ines", "Busca mi esquela", "Primer amor" y "Un traje rojo para un duelo".
(2004)
This dissertation studies the representation of contemporary societies, and the conflict and the power relations among its members in four short novels published in the 1990's. My dissertation concentrates on the works ...
Cell-cell interactions in Myxococcus xanthus.
(2004)
Myxococcus xanthus, a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, nonpathogenic soil bacterium has been used as a model organism for many years for research on developmental behavior such as multicellular morphogenesis, signal transduction. ...
Modeling and formulation of microemulsions: The net-average curvature model and the combined linker effect.
(2004)
Microemulsions are phases that contain both oil and water which coexists in thermodynamic equilibrium due to the presence of surfactant films that segregate at the oil - water interface. These systems can be used in numerous ...
Bacillus mojavensis and Bacillus subtilis require DNA or deoxyribonucleosides for anaerobic growth.
(2004)
Bacillus mojavensis strain JF-2 grows to an A600 of 0.8 to 1.0 in aerobic medium E but growth in this medium under strict anaerobic conditions is difficult to establish and replicate. Anaerobic growth of JF-2 was not ...