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Perceived Ankle Instabiliy and True Instability in Male and Female D1 Collegiate Cheerleaders
(Oklahoma State University, 2015-05-01)
Context: Ankle sprains are a common injury for athletes and other activities such as cheerleading. Previous authors have presented evidence that certain shoes can significantly impair the individuals�� sense of proprioception ...
Analytics Based on Artificial Neural Network: A Case Study Based on Iowa Corn Yield Forecasting
(2015-07-01)
This work is an application of computing techniques to solve real world problems. Agriculture has been playing a crucial role in the growth of world economy and has been associated with production of basic food demands. ...
Effect of Vegetation on the Ontogeny to Piscivory in Juvenile Largemouth Bass
(2015-12-01)
Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) are an economically important gamefish species in North America and as such are a focal species for managers. A frequent bottleneck to their recruitment is overwinter survival in ...
Design of Ionization Chambers for Use in Teaching X-ray Dosimetry
(2015-07-01)
Ionization chambers are one of the most commonly used radiation detectors in radiation dosimetry. In this project, nine ionization chambers were constructed for use in teaching radiation dosimetry to students of health ...
Principal experiences of succession
(2015-05)
This multiple case study explored the experiences of school principals and the usefulness of Peters' (2011) succession planning model. Ten purposefully selected principals from varying grade levels were interviewed; none ...
Student Entitlement in Higher Education: The Investigation of Contributing Personality Characteristics and Variation among Academic Disciplines
(2015-05-01)
A growing concern among educators is that a sense of entitlement is running rampant within the American culture. Instructors report anecdotal evidence suggesting there is an increase in academic entitlement (AE) among ...
Qualitative study of faculty perceptions of the strengths and challenges of academic advising at small, Christian universities
(2015-05)
As student retention, persistence, and degree completion became "hot topics" in higher education, research on the influence from academic advising models and practices emerged. However, there is little research on faculty ...
Visual masking in natural scenes: Database, models, and an application to perceptual image coding
(2015-05)
Studies of visual masking have provided a wide range of important insights into the processes involved in visual coding. However, very few of these studies have employed natural scenes as masks, and little is known on how ...
Mechanistic Models of Unconventional Reservoirs
(Oklahoma State University, 2015-07-01)
Rock physics models are mathematical relations between porosity, composition and elastic properties of a rock. Unlike in conventional silisiclastic rocks where seismic-to-rock properties are predicted successfully by rock ...
Essays in applied microeconomics
(2015-12)
In the first chapter, the hypothesis that workers are fully compensated in wages for differences in cost of living is tested for four groups of workers with different levels of educational attainment for the years of 2000, ...