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Re-Framing Failure: Mindsets in Foreign Language Learners
(2018-12-14)
Abstract
In recent years, Carol Dweck, Ph.D’s mindset research has influenced and shaped educational practice. However, Dweck’s research has received little attention in foreign language pedagogy and classroom discourse. ...
CYCLOPENTANONE ALDOL CONDENSATION – EFFECTS OF SURFACE SILANIZATION, ACETONE AND WATER CO-FEEDING ON CATALYTIC BEHAVIORS OF MAGNESIUM OXIDE-BASED SOLIDS
(2018)
Cyclopentanone is a promising building block in the conversion of biomass to fuels. It can be readily obtained from furanics derived from biomass and can be converted to intermediate products in the molecular weight range ...
Measuring Individual Differences and Changes in Moral Reasoning: An Economic Game Approach
(2018)
Motivated reasoning bias and its manifestation in confirmation bias make it unlikely that people will change their minds on matters for which their positions are expressions of their own or their group’s identity. Moral ...
ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS IN COLUMN INTEGRATED CO2 ON SYNOPTIC AND SEASONAL TIME SCALE OVER THE U.S.
(2018)
Past studies have demonstrated that synoptic events play an important role in the spatial and temporal variations of carbon dioxide (CO2). In this study, in order to investigate whether cold fronts have impact on synoptic ...
Resolving Ontologies of Antisemitism, Orientalism, and the Question of Zionist Colonialism
(2018)
This study addresses the persistent charge of orientalism leveled against Zionism and explores the relationship between orientalism and antisemitism, which Edward W. Said describes in his 1978 book Orientalism as that of ...
Evaluating the use of environmental DNA for surveying semi-aquatic avian fauna
(2018)
The identification and quantification of DNA shed into aqueous environments can be used to estimate site occupancy and population density of various taxa. It is often easier to sample for environmental DNA (eDNA) than use ...
Manufacturing silk/epoxy composite laminates : challenges and opportunities
(2018-05-21)
Application of natural fibers in polymer composites has been gaining popularity in several industries pursuing
environmentally friendly products. Among the natural fibers with proven potential applications, silk fibers ...
Medieval Individuals and Hermetic Communities in Le Morte Darthur: What Reading Malory Suggests About Greimas's Semiotic Square
(2018-05-11)
In Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, the progression of the Round Table toward its ultimate destruction offers examples of how the medieval individual navigates through various communities, as well as the fracturing ...
The Educative Spirit-Home: A Thought Experiment to Educate Through Native American Women's Art
(2018-05-11)
Recognizing historical trauma experienced by indigenous peoples as contributing to social and educational problems for contemporary Native Americans (LaDuke 1999, 2002, 2005, Mihesuah 2003), specifically Native women ...
Vocem Internum
(2018-05)
My dissertation project served as an opportunity to explore the various technical and aesthetical concepts of electroacoustic music composition. Over the last few years, my main focus was on composing a live electronic ...