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THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON SKELETAL MUSCLE MORPHOLOGY AND NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION OF THE LEG EXTENSORS
(2011)
The purpose of the present study was to examine the muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), thigh skinfold thickness (SF), maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) peak force (PF), and the log-transformed EMG and MMG amplitude ...
Vegetative Rehabilitation of Highway Cut Slopes in Eastern Oklahoma (FHWA-OK-11-09 2188)
(2011-9)
Areas of moderate to severe erosion are occurring on highway rights of way in eastern Oklahoma. The silt from this erosion is filling ditch bottoms causing drainage problems ranging from slight to severe. Current vegetative ...
Practicing a Professional Ethic: Leading for Students’ Best Interests
(2011-08)
This research examined secondary administrators’ perspectives about the expression
“the best interests of the student.” Principals’ intimate reflections provided
empirical insights into what they mean when they use the ...
James Chambers: His Life, Career, and Pedagogy
(2011)
This study documents the life, career, and pedagogy of James Chambers. James Chambers (1920-1989) performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He taught ...
Exploring Cognitive Processes of Teachers in the Open-Ended Learning Environment
(2011)
This study explores professional learning of teachers in a web-based Open-Ended Learning Environment (OELE). Adult learning theorists suggest that adults are self-directed, experience-based, personally- and socially-related, ...
Spatial Distribution and Risk Factors of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in China
(PLoS Pathogens, 2011-03-03)
Author Summary The geographical distribution of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 and agro-ecological risk factors have been studied in a number of countries in Southeast Asia. However, little is know of its ...
ESSAYS ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SECOND HAND MARKET IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY
(2011)
The existence of secondary markets mean that producers of durable goods must compete with previous generations of their own products. Firms can engage in planned obsolescence to limit the scope of this competition. This ...
Parent Social Networks and Parent Responsibility
(2011)
Despite benefits of family involvement for student achievement, family-school partnerships are difficult to initiate and sustain in ways that actually promote student learning in high poverty communities. Schools may be ...
Changing lives through short-term study abroad: A transformative experience?
(2011)
The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry was to increase the knowledge base of
DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS OF STRUCTURALLY CONFINED FOREDEEP TURBIDITES, NORTHERN CHICONTEPEC BASIN, MEXICO.
(2011)
Turbidite deposits within structurally confined and tectonically active basins often exhibit complex sediment distribution patterns and facies relationships. In this dissertation, I concentrate on unraveling the deepwater ...