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The effects of a program of exercise and nutrition on body composition in adolescents and young adults with moderate cognitive disabilities: A descriptive study.
(2005)
Individuals with cognitive disabilities appear to age at a faster rate and experience chronic health problems earlier than the general population. The Surgeon General's 2000 Gap Report emphasized disparities in healthcare. ...
State party organizations as campaign service providers: A three-state study of candidate and party perceptions.
(2005)
The advent of the candidate-centered campaign in conjunction with an array of social, political, and economic changes have altered the electoral environment and the way traditional state political party organizations have ...
Choosing dates and mates: College student ratings of self and potential opposite-sex partners.
(2005)
The current study examines the relationships between perceptions of others, decisions regarding dates and mates, and perceptions of self. Fifty-two female and fifty-one male participants viewed video clips of opposite-sex ...
Quantum Hall ferromagnetism in indium antimonide quantum wells.
(2005)
Antimony-based III-V semiconductors are getting increasing attention for device applications and fundamental research thanks to advances made in their growth and understanding of their properties. InSb with its extremely ...
The role of scientists and scientific information in public policy decisions: The case of drought planning.
(2005)
In addition to general interaction between the two communities, differences within elements of the communities also are highlighted. Scientists interact with policy-makers and the public at-large through several different ...
Bottom hole analyses of gas kick (inflow) and gas reservoir characterization while drilling underbalanced.
(2005)
This study presents two new models developed to analyze gas flow between the reservoir and the wellbore while drilling underbalanced. Three drilling operational stages were considered in the analyses. These stages are the ...
No Child Left Behind: A study of policy, planning and program implementation in an urban district with high-poverty schools.
(2005)
Teaching and learning in urban public school districts have been marginalized by an institutional culture marred by random acts of improvement and a propensity for maintaining the status quo. The No Child Left Behind Act ...
Does Rotary Pursuit Data Predict Mouse Task Performance? a Pilot Study
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2005-09-01)
Knight & Salvendy (1992) suggested that performance of mouse task depends on precision control and arm-hand steadiness. However, the claims lacked empirical support. This pilot study collected rotary pursuit data, measured ...
Creating spaces for learning in the mathematics classroom: A phenomenological study of pre-service teachers.
(2005)
The Pirie-Kieren model for the dynamical growth of mathematical understanding and Brent Davis' mathematical mentalities were used as inquiry guides for this study. The work of Pirie and Kieren offered a way to engage ...
Validity of participant recorded pedometer step logs in free-living adults.
(2005)
Purposes. The purposes of this study were to (1) examine the validity of participant recorded pedometer step logs, (2) examine the relationship between steps per day and percent bodyfat (% BF), and (3) examine differences ...