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Quantitative inquiry into Federal Aviation Administration Flight Inspection Services Safety Significant Events
(2014-12)
The purpose of this case study of the FAA, Flight Inspection Services Safety Significant Events database from 2009 through 2012 was to discover if there are relationships between a set of independent variables and the ...
Effectiveness of mothers' disciplinary reasoning in response to toddler noncompliance
(2014-12)
The current study examined the effectiveness of disciplinary reasoning in deescalating the intensity of noncompliance in discipline episodes with toddlers. Using Bell's control model, the effectiveness of reasoning was ...
Nanoscale carbon fiber-matrix interphase characterization with atomic force microscopy indentation
(2014-05)
At the region between fiber and matrix in a composite there is a region called interphase region, which basically has different properties than bulk matrix and fiber. This region is responsible for the loads transfer from ...
Systolic freedom of 3-manifolds
(2014-05)
In this thesis, we study the Z2-coefficient homology (1, 2)-systolic freedom of 3-manifolds. In 1994, Bearard-Bergery and Katz proved the Z-coefficient homology (1, 2)-systolic freedom of S2 x S1. More generally, compact ...
Leadership in language immersion schools: Case studies of four elementary principals
(2014-12)
Since 1971, foreign language immersion schools have existed in the United States, generating a robust body of literature to explicate the benefits and challenges of children learning the school curriculum through the medium ...
Technology in higher education mathematics: A mixed methods study
(2014-05)
The integration of technology has become a high priority at various levels of education, including higher education. This study focused on discovering and describing the technology being used in higher education mathematics ...
Learning strategy preferences, verbal-visual cognitive styles, and multimedia preferences for continuing engineering education instructional design
(2014-07)
A literature search revealed very little information on how to teach working engineers, which became the motivation for this research. Effective training is important for many reasons such as preventing accidents, maximizing ...
Variations in online survey designs
(2014-05)
The purpose of the current study was to extend the literature on the use of survey design elements in the construction of online surveys. More specifically, this study aimed to assess the effects of online survey design ...
Two-way interactions between bioenergy cropping systems and water resources
(2014-12)
Understanding the two-way interactions between bioenergy cropping systems and water resources is imperative for the successful deployment of these crops in the US Southern Great Plains (SGP); however, such information is ...
Three essays examining the effects of information on consumer response to contemporary agricultural production
(2014-05)
Future agricultural innovation and increases in the food supply may be limited by consumer aversion to food technology and factors associated with the concentration of production. The ability of agricultural innovators and ...