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INTEGRATION OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY OF TREES TO ICE STORMS IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
(2010)
Every year, natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, wild fires,
On the Limitations of Discriminating Outbreaks of Severe Convection
(2010)
Although much has been learned in recent decades regarding the synoptic and subsynoptic environments associated with major tornado outbreaks, very little research has been conducted using a large sample of outbreak cases ...
A Culturally Nuanced Test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s ‘‘General Theory’’: Dimensionality and Generalizability in Japan and the United States
(International Criminal Justice Review, 2010-06-01)
The current research addresses two specific issues that direct attention to the relatively neglected topic of the cross-cultural applicability of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s ‘‘general theory’’ that has been developed in and ...
Yalom's Therapeutic Group Factors in Women's Quilting Groups: A Qualitative Study
(2010)
Can participation in creative community based groups be therapeutic? The presence of Yalom's therapeutic group factors (Yalom,& Leszcz, 2005) is examined in women's small quilt-making groups. 50 quilt-makers and 5 small ...
Intercultural communication of identity: A study of Japanese international students in the United States.
(2010)
This study aims to explore and understand how Japanese international students in the United States experience intercultural communication of identity. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. The Japanese ...
Ornamental nestling mouth coloration and parental care in house sparrows
(2010)
Dependent offspring across taxonomically-diverse lineages use behavioral, vocal, chemical, and morphological traits to attract parental care. Such offspring solicitations are often hypothesized to evolve as a means of ...
Holocaust Education and the Student Perspective: Toward a Grounded Theory of Student Engagment in Social Studies Education
(2010)
Too often students perceive history as boring with no relevance to their lives; however, this does not seem to be the case with one aspect of social studies education - Holocaust studies. Why do students choose to study ...
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA SPERM-SPECIFIC ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE (IPT) GENE IN HETEROLOGOUS SYSTEMS
(2010)
Plumbago zeylanica is a unique model plant for the study of flowering plant heterospermy and preferential fertilization. During double fertilization, one sperm cell, which is physically associated with the vegetative nucleus ...
WRITING A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ONE NON-WRITER'S JOURNEY
(2010)
This qualitative study explores the experiences of a self-proclaimed non-writer as she seeks to understand and develop a style of writing. Research is included to support the ideas that teachers of writing should be writers ...
THE APPLICATION OF SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS TO WEATHER RADAR
(2010)
Power spectral density (PSD) of reflectivity and polarimetric variables have the potential to provide the linkage between the dynamics and the microphysical properties of scatterers within the radar resolution volume. The ...