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Coupling the Advanced Regional Prediction System and the Discrete Event Specification Fire Spread Model to Predict Wildfire Behavior
(2014-05-09)The cost of wildfire suppression in the United States has risen dramatically over the last 20 years. As the interface between wildland and urban areas expands, increased emphasis is being placed on rapid, efficient deployment ... -
Courting the shadow: A heuristic study of valuable learning.
(2002)The researcher's experience with heuristic methodology application is critiqued and the study's findings are related to pertinent literature. Finally, implications and recommendations for educators and educational reformers ... -
Covenant and international ethics: A deconstruction and reconstruction of liberal international relations theory.
(2000)Covenantal thought integrates ethics and interests in a manner similar to that found in social capital theory. In addition, this paradigm retains all the benefits of liberal theory, such as a means of discerning progress ... -
Coverage issues in wireless sensor networks.
(2006)A fundamental issue in the deployment of a large scale Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is the ability of the network to cover the region of interest. While it is important to know if the region is covered by the deployed ... -
Covering refinements, collectionwise normality, and related properties /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1976) -
Crack morphology in corrosion-fatigue of 2024-T4 aluminum alloy /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1966) -
CRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE STORY: A NARRATIVE THEORY APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURIAL FUNDRAISING IN CROWDFUNDING
(2017-05-12)The stories told by organizations have long played a critical role in furthering our understanding of organizational culture, the implementation of firm strategies, and the creation of new venture legitimacy. Recently, ... -
Creating a New Teacher Autonomy Measure and Its Effects on Teacher Job Satisfaction
(2021)The purpose of this study is to develop a new framework for describing teacher autonomy as a perception in relation to the educational context using the five dimensions of instruction, curriculum design, working relationships, ... -
Creating indigital peripheries: The Bureau of Indian Affairs, geographic information systems, and the digitization of Indian Country.
(2006)The uneven development of GIS as the BIA represents a core-periphery geography. Since the nineteenth century, North American Indians have encountered the implementation of new technologies used to meet the goals and ... -
Creating spaces for learning in the mathematics classroom: A phenomenological study of pre-service teachers.
(2005)The Pirie-Kieren model for the dynamical growth of mathematical understanding and Brent Davis' mathematical mentalities were used as inquiry guides for this study. The work of Pirie and Kieren offered a way to engage ... -
The creation and analysis of next-day random forest-based high-impact weather forecasts
(2021-05)Flash floods, tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail are costly and difficult to predict, even for state-of-the-art, high-resolution numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems. Current operational NWP ensembles have a ... -
Creation of Hyper-Doped Crystalline Titania Thin Films by the Kinetic Doping Method for Solar Cell Anode Material
(2022-12-16)This work outlines the general process of kinetic doping and how its benefits have been expanded from silica-based applications to use in titania thin films. While this has potential for many applications, the utilization ... -
Creative consciousness in The ring and the book /
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A Creative Time: Goal Setting, Prioritizing, and Time Constraints on Information Gathering
(2023)The creative process model developed by Mumford et al. (1991) is a valuable framework for understanding the fundamental processing operations required for creative problem-solving. Of the eight processes outlined in the ... -
Creativity in engineering: systems thinking approach to improve understanding
(2021-08)On the surface, creativity seems to be an attainable, easy-to-master construct. However, when diving into the literature, the observer will realize that creativity is a complex, multifaceted, highly debatable phenomenon ... -
CREATIVITY IN THE FUZZY FRONT END: THE INFLUENCE OF EVALUATION STRUCTURE AND CRITERIA
(2013)Activities in the fuzzy front end of product development are critical for subsequent product performance. Despite calls to study these activities, relatively little research has focused on how to manage these early stage ... -
Creativity training: An examination of training content, format, and activity type
(2011)Previous research indicates that creative performance can be enhance through the employment of creativity training, in particular training focused on the improvement of creative problem solving skills. In the current study, ... -
Creativity-enhancement in media organizations: A study of the perception of journalists and media managers in Saudi Arabia.
(2003)This dissertation examines creativity enhancement in the context of media organizations in Saudi Arabia. In the empirical component of this study, managers and employees in seven Saudi media organizations were surveyed for ...