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HIT LIST: PRESIDENT CARTER'S REVIEW OF RECLAMATION WATER PROJECTS AND HIS IMPACT ON FEDERAL WATER POLICY
(2013)
This dissertation investigates changes in funding of federal water projects and the development of new water policies during the administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. I conclude that these events ...
Cardiovascular and Muscular Responses to Eight Weeks of Resistance Exercise Training in Young and Older Women
(2013)
PURPOSE: Resistance training is recommended for all adults of both sexes. The time-course of muscle hypertrophy in young and older women and the arterial stiffness and limb blood flow responses to resistance exercise in ...
Higgs Phenomenology in the Standard Model and Beyond at LHC
(2013)
In this dissertation, the discovery potential of neutral Higgs bosons has been discussed respectively in the Standard Model (SM), minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), and unified supersymmetric models. In the SM, ...
The Role of Propaganda in WWI Undergraduate
(2013-11-26)
A SOCIETAL APPROACH TO SOCIAL SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM: ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY, CORPORATE RESPONSES
(2013)
This study examined the voluntary compliance of corporations to societal pressures exerted by one type of stakeholder--shareholders. Specifically, from an organizational legitimacy perspective, the study investigated ...
Tracing the Rise of Ants - Out of the Ground
(PLos One, 2013-12-26)
The evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is increasingly well-understood due to recent phylogenetic analyses, along with estimates of divergence times and diversification rates. Yet, leading hypotheses regarding the ...
Dynamics of Instructional and Perceptual Factors in Instructional Design Competence Development
(2013)
This nine-month study used mixed methods data and a qualitative analysis to examine the skill and perceptual development of 17 graduate design students. Individual differences, perceptions and preferences that apparently ...
A comparison of microphysical parameterization sensitivities in three comma-head snow events and evaluation of scheme solutions with PIREPs
(2013)
Numerical model experiments are conducted to assess how aircraft icing forecasts are affected by the choice of microphysical parameterization, with respect to the presence of supercooled liquid water (SLW). Select winter ...
Concepts and Measurement in Multimethod Research
(Political Research Quarterly, 2013-06-01)
This article argues that concept misformation and conceptual stretching undermine efforts to combine qualitative and quantitative methods in multimethod research (MMR). Two related problems result from the mismatch of ...
CREATIVITY IN THE FUZZY FRONT END: THE INFLUENCE OF EVALUATION STRUCTURE AND CRITERIA
(2013)
Activities in the fuzzy front end of product development are critical for subsequent product performance. Despite calls to study these activities, relatively little research has focused on how to manage these early stage ...