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Essays in Corporate Governance
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the role and importance of corporate governance in public and private firms. Chapter 1, investigates the role of governance characteristics in determining ...
Building Teacher Competence through Modeling and Practice in an Instructional Coaching Session
(2017)
This study aims to understand how instructional coaching supports novice teachers by examining how to build teacher competence effectively. Using self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002) as the conceptual framework, ...
Comments on Neural Networks
(Sociological Methods & Research, 2000-05-01)
Although neural networks do offer a few advantages over some other nonlinear methods, in certain situations these advantages are difficult to utilize. However, many neural network applications in the social sciences are ...
A Diagenetic and Paleomagnetic Study of the Woodford Shale, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
(2017)
Two Woodford Shale cores from the Anadarko Basin (Core A, Core C) and one oriented Woodford Shale core from the Ardmore Basin near the Ouachita thrust zone (Core B) were sampled in order to identify diagenetic events, ...
MACHINE LEARNING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEISMIC ATTRIBUTE-SEISMIC FACIES ANALYSIS DATA BASE
(2018-08-02)
Currently, seismic facies and structural analysis requires a significant amount of time and effort by skilled interpreters. With the advances made by companies such as Amazon and Google with AI (artificial intelligence) ...
Niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de calle: El cine como articulador de discursos paradójicos y segregación espacial y de género en América Latina
(2017-12)
Niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de calle: El cine como articulador de discursos paradójicos y segregación espacial y de género en América Latina es un estudio comparativo que explora la representación de niños, ...
Mechanical properties of human middle ear tissues.
(2007)
Mechanical properties of four middle ear tissues were then employed in a published 3-dimensional finite element model of human ear with an accurate geometric configuration to investigate the transfer function of human ...
Transformative Autoethnography: An Examination of Cultural Identity and its Implications for Learners
(Adult Learning, 2014-02-01)
The cultural experiences of minority learners are often omitted from the formal curriculum leading to exclusion and a sense of cultural loss. In this study, the researcher’s lived experience serves as the basis to develop ...
The aesthetics of metamorphosis: Ovidian poetics in the works of Maria Luisa Bombal and Elena Garro.
(2004)
The study begins with an analysis of the Ovidian concept of metamorphosis and its effects on the body, identity, and the corpus of the text. Chapter Two addresses the notion of "literary myth, " and contextualizes Bombal's ...
A Content Analysis Investigating Relationships Between Communication and Business Continuity Planning
(Journal of Business Communication, 2009-07-01)
This study provides an exploratory content analysis of business continuity planning (BCP) literature. The researchers systematically sampled multiple databases and codified artifacts using a set of variables developed by ...