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Academic Optimism and Collective Student Trust of Teachers: A Test of the Relationship in Urban Schools
(2014-12)
The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between academic optimism and collective student trust in urban schools after controlling for contextual conditions that can enhance or impede cooperative student-teacher ...
State Space Dynamic Mixture Modeling: Finding People with Similar Patterns of Change
(2014-12)
Increasingly, psychologists encounter data in which several individuals have been measured on multiple variables over numerous occasions. Many of the current methods for this situation combine the data, assuming everyone ...
Minimum time, maximum effect : introducing parallel computing in CS0 and STEM outreach activities using Scratch
(2014-09-24)
This talk discusses our experiences and outcomes using Scratch to teach parallel computing concepts to students just learning about computer science. We presented versions of this material to middle school and high school ...
The formation of small-scale atmospheric vortices via horizontal shearing instability
(2014-12-12)
Motivated by recent high-resolution observations of small-scale atmospheric vortices along near-surface boundaries, this study presents a series of simulations that attempt to replicate the dynamics of the dryline and ...
Optimization of Network Topology in Computer-Aided Detection Schemes Using Phased Searching with NEAT in a Time-Scaled Framework
(2014-10-13)
In the field of computer-aided mammographic mass detection, many different features and classifiers have been tested. Frequently, the relevant features and optimal topology for the artificial neural network (ANN)-based ...
Violence in the Lives of Rural, Southern, and Poor White Women
(Violence Against Women, 2014-05-01)
Poor White single mothers and their children in non-urban communities in the American South experience high levels of domestic violence. We report selected findings from a life history study among White, low-income, unmarried ...
TENDON TISSUE ENGINEERING: AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENHANCED BIOREACTOR CULTURE AND CONSTRUCT STIMULATION TECHNIQUES
(2014-06)
Tendon tissue engineering is a field that arose as there became a need for alternatives for surgical grafts utilized in injured tendon treatments. This is due to either underperforming current technology of off the shelf ...
Insulin signaling regulates neurite growth during metamorphic neuronal remodeling
(2014-01-15)
Although the growth capacity of mature neurons is often limited, some neurons can shift through largely unknown mechanisms from stable maintenance growth to dynamic,
organizational growth (e.g. to repair injury, or during ...
Resolving DNA Using A Bare Open Narrow Capillary without Sieving Matrix
(2014-08)
DNA molecules encode the hereditary information utilized in all living organisms, including humans. Separating DNA fragments is essential in biological research because it informs us how DNA molecules work and eventually ...