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Selected Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composers' Changing Views on Composing for Wind Band
(2012)
The purpose of this document is to identify factors influencing selected Pulitzer Prize-winning composers in choosing to compose or not for wind band. By interviewing Steven Stucky, Paul Moravec, David Lang, and John ...
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Instructor and Institutional Characteristics and the Concert Report in Music in General Studies Courses in the United States
(2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between institutional and instructor characteristics and the assignment of the concert report within American college music in general studies courses. Four ...
The Atmospheric Imaging Radar for High Resolution Observations of Severe Weather
(2012)
Mobile weather radars often utilize rapid scan strategies when collecting obser- vations of severe weather. Various techniques have been used to improve volume update times, including the use of agile and multi-beam radars. ...
Effects of Blood Flow Restricted Low-Intensity Concentric or Eccentric Training on Muscle Size and Strength
(PLos One, 2012-12-31)
We investigated the acute and chronic effects of low-intensity concentric or eccentric resistance training with blood flow restriction (BFR) on muscle size and strength. Ten young men performed 30% of concentric one ...
Optimizing Thermal Conductivity in Functionalized Macromolecules
(2012)
The quest for high thermal conductivity materials has lead to nano-composites incorporating macromolecular materials with excellent thermal conductivity, such as carbon nano-tubes and graphene nano-ribbons, in a matrix ...
A Community of Congruence Among Secondary Social Studies Teachers: A Case Study
(2012)
The purpose of this case study was to explore the community of one purposely selected department of secondary social studies teachers. I aimed to provide insight into the nature of one community of congruence amid the many ...
Aging and Wisdom: Culture Matters
(Psychological Science, 2012-10-01)
People from different cultures vary in the ways they approach social conflicts, with Japanese being more motivated to maintain interpersonal harmony and avoid conflicts than Americans are. Such cultural differences have ...
MULTIPHYSICS ANALYSIS OF HIGH DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE ELECTROZIPPER PERISTALTIC MICROPUMP
(2012)
The problem investigated in this dissertation is that of designing and developing a micropump for on-chip applications that have requirements for simultaneous high differential pressures and high flow rates, particularly ...
Assessing the Microbial Community and Functional Genes in a Vertical Soil Profile with Long-Term Arsenic Contamination
(PLos One, 2012-11-30)
Arsenic (As) contamination in soil and groundwater has become a serious problem to public health. To examine how microbial communities and functional genes respond to long-term arsenic contamination in vertical soil profile, ...
Insulin signaling regulates neurite growth during ecdysone-dependent neuronal remodeling
(2012)
The morphological rearrangement of neurons to accommodate new functions or activities is called "neuronal remodeling". Although neuronal remodeling is an important feature of nervous systems, the mechanisms governing the ...