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IEEE 802.11ac Performance Analysis and Measurement Tools
(2018-08)
Wireless local area networks have witnessed a large growth over the course of the last decade which has led to increased data traffic and demand for higher speeds. One of the IEEE 802.11 standards family that was developed ...
Reflecting on the past and looking towards the future: The effects of case analysis and outcome valence on forecasting
(2018-05-11)
Prior research has demonstrated the importance of forecasting to creative problem-solving performance. Less is known about how case analysis and outcome valence impact forecasting performance. In this study, 266 participants ...
Annotations for Selected Etudes from Théo Charlier’s 32 Etudes de Perfectionnement Analogous to Those Extant in His Trente-Six Etudes Transcendantes for the Purpose of Developing Musicianship
(2018-05)
One of the benefits of working out of the 1946 edition of Théo Charlier’s Trente-Six Etudes Transcendantes includes the annotations of supplementary material found at the conclusion of each etude. The study of this ...
Ideology of the Islamic State: A Qualitative Analysis of Online Media
(2018-05-11)
This study addresses a lacuna in scholarship on the ideology of the Islamic State resulting from the greater focus on al-Qaeda in scholarship on Salafist jihadism. Through a qualitative analysis of the entire runs of the ...
Branched polyethylenimine re-sensitizes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to beta-lactam antibioitics through a novel mechanism of action
(2018)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a growing concern in the medical industry due to high morbidity and difficulty of treatment in infected patients. Conventional β-lactam antibiotics kill Staphylococcus ...
Predicting NBA Efficiency from NCAA Statistics Using Play-by-Play and On-Off Statistics
(2018)
New data is available for college basketball since 2009-10. However, when adding interactions, there is a sparse dataset with over 30,000 variables. This causes problems, because there are far more variables than observations. ...
Interest and Intention in STEM fields: Applying Latent Growth Modeling
(2018-05-11)
Guided by the proposed paths among interest, intention, and choice variables in Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent, Brown, Hackett, 1994), the current study utilized latent growth modeling to investigate changes in ...
The Role of the Principal in Professional Learning Communities
(2018-05-11)
To meet the demands of increased student achievement, schools are implementing professional learning communities as a means of driving school improvement efforts. For the professional learning community structure to be ...
The Role of Hope and Psychological Need Support in the Prediction of Academic Achievement and Psychological Well-Being of NCAA Division I Student-Athletes
(2018-05)
Hope is a psychological strength that promotes adaptive psychological and performance outcomes. In addition, an environment which supports an individual’s psychological need to feel autonomous, competent, and connected ...
Investigations of Secondary Metabolites from Fungi: Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Computational Studies
(2018-12-14)
Natural products have served as therapeutic agents in the treatment of many human health ailments for thousands of years. In order to find new therapeutic agents for future human health problems, those in the field of ...