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Ontogeny of fear: Influence of corticosterone.
(2005)
A strong attachment to the caregiver is critical for survival in altricial species, including humans. While some behavioral aspects of attachment have been characterized, its neurobiology has only recently received attention. ...
Essays in auctions and information.
(2005)
This dissertation investigates the impact of information release in auctions and the change in auction organization on participant behavior. The first two essays examine how the release of information affects the aggressiveness ...
Educator perceptions of principal technology leadership competencies.
(2005)
The populace of the twentieth century is increasingly obsessed with new communication and information technologies that potentially may impact education and raise achievement levels of students (Spencer, 1999). In an ...
Package Opening: An Evaluation of Opening Tools for the Elderly Population
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2005-09-01)
Opening packages is becoming more difficult with manufacturers making packaging harder to tamper with. Consumers must apply greater force or use tools to aid them in opening. With aging, the amount of force that can be ...
Technology supported data-driven decision-making in an Oklahoma elementary school.
(2005)
Public school educators need to know how to use data that support informed decision making in order to improve educational processes. Theoretical models provide scant explanations of how public school educators actually ...
Conceptual understanding in a computer-assisted Algebra 1 classroom.
(2005)
Over the last several decades, technology has had a tremendous impact on all parts of our society. In education the calculator in the 1970's, the computer in the 1980's and the World Wide Web of the 1990's have bombarded ...
Mesoscale, porous media heat recirculating combustor.
(2005)
Small-scale power generation systems offer an alternative to traditional batteries because of the high energy density of hydrocarbon fuels. Combustion at small scales presents several challenges, including high heat loss ...
William Schuman's wind band setting of "Be Glad Then, America" (1975): Its history, analysis, and orchestration.
(2005)
This document seeks to reconcile Be Glad Then, America to the wind band community for consideration in repertoire, particularly in combination with When Jesus Wept and Chester. It contains errata lists for the score and ...
Analog free-space optical links.
(2005)
Free-space optics (FSO) communications is a technology that uses modulated infrared optical beams to transmit information line-of-sight through the atmosphere. There has been a substantial increase in the use of FSO ...
Model-data synthesis in terrestrial ecosystem modeling: Inverse analysis and inverse uncertainty analysis.
(2005)
In this thesis we investigate various inversion approaches for a general type of biogeochemical cycle model that describes the carbon sequestration mechanism of terrestrial ecosystem. We formulate the inverse problems in ...