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The Abacus: Introduction
(2016)
The Abacus was an instrument useful for various mathematical computations. This learning leaflet provides step-by-step instructions for the basic operations of the abacus.
"Make It An Indian Massacre:" The Scapegoating of the Southern Paiutes
(2016-05-13)
Overall, this project attempts to move dialogue beyond the cause of the Mountain Meadows Massacre to examine how and why Mormon perpetrators manipulated and covered their tracks in order to frame the Southern Paiutes. This ...
An Outcome-Based Evaluation of an Intervention and Remediation Program for High School Freshmen
(2016-05-13)
The transition from middle school to high school is a critical stage in the educational development of teenage students. Despite comprehensive education reforms aimed at helping all students graduate high school, many ...
Bode's Star Atlas: Uranographia, 1801
(2016)
This beautiful star atlas fused artistic beauty and scientific precision, the last of the four major star atlases in which artful depictions of constellation figures appear alongside the most up to date scientific information. ...
Strategic Non-disclosure of Major Customer Identity
(2016-05)
This study investigates firms’ decision to withhold the identity of their major customers. I first document that the extent of private firms in the industry (private firm intensity) relates positively to non-disclosure of ...
Whole trait theory: Does it work for virtue?
(2016-05)
Nearly a century after the first blow landed for the situationist argument, Whole Trait Theory was offered as a new model of traits, one that benefited from the situationists’ points. Whole Trait Theory argued that there ...
The Effect of Pore Water Evaporation on Transport of Caffeine, Propranolol, and Ciprofloxacin: A Sand Column Study and Model Simulation
(2016-12)
The purpose of this study was to explore the transport of selected pharmaceuticals under saturated and unsaturated conditions, simulating environmental processes of evaporation and flooding. Caffeine (a stimulant), ...
Uncertainty Analysis for In-situ Fan Curve Calibration in Variable Air Volume Systems
(2016-12-16)
In order to obtain in-situ fan performance curves for variable air volume (VAV) air handling units (AHUs) with predicted uncertainties, airflow measurements for an extended time and a tailored calibration procedure were ...
Understanding A+B bidding patterns and policy implications for ODOT project lettings [Research highlighter]
(Oklahoma City, OK : Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 2016., 2016-12)
Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are challenged with keeping the cost of construction low and ensuring timely project completion. A+B bidding is an innovative contracting design that allows contractors to propose an ...
The Complexities of Learning Arabic in the 21st Century
(2016-12-16)
Of four levels of difficulty and of hundreds of languages spoken worldwide, Arabic is considered a category 4, which means it is among the most difficult languages to learn. While Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha) is most ...