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Dakotapi women's traditions: A historical and literary critique of women as culture bearers.
(1997)A tradition is established by such early writers as Marie Louise McLaughlin, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, and Ella Cara Deloria. These women writers knew early in their lives the importance of women's voices in literature. ... -
Damming the Bighorn: Indian reserved water rights on the Crow Reservation, 1900--2000.
(2003)According to one experienced lawyer, the Winters doctrine "hangs by a thread." Quantification of the Indian reserved water right serves the interests of local and state entities; does it also serve the interests of Indians? ... -
Dance Master, Dance Mistress: Transformative Dance Pedagogy
(2014-12-12)This study is a qualitative exploration utilizing content analysis and analytic induction in an interdisciplinary exploration of educational principles and dance pedagogy. Data consists of educational theory, dance pedagogy, ... -
Dancing on the edge: International students' transformative journeys in the United States of America.
(2007)This study explored international students' experiences of studying in the United States, including the motives that brought them to the United States, the challenges they confronted, and the learning and development ... -
Dangerous eloquence: Hate speech tactics in the discourse of Asa/Forrest Carter from 1954--1974.
(2004)This study takes as its subject the political life and writings of Asa Earl Carter and the literary writings he produced under the name Forrest Carter during the period of 1954 through 1974. As part of this study, I offer ... -
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Daniel Asia’s piano music and his artistic development with a focus on Why (?) Jacob for solo piano
(2021-12-17)DANIEL ASIA’S PIANO MUSIC AND HIS ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT WITH A FOCUS ON WHY (?) JACOB FOR SOLO PIANO The purpose of this study is to offer an overview of Daniel Asia’s piano music written before 2020, with an emphasis ... -
Daniel Boone Wilderness Therapeutic Camping Program: A retrospective study of beliefs, attitudes, and values of selected innovators and change agents.
(1997)The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the beliefs, attitudes, and values of a select group of innovators and change agents who participated in one therapeutic camping and experiential educational program ... -
The dark universe: the interplay of cosmological moduli, axions, and the MSSM
(2023-05)In this work, we introduce two effective field theories which parameterize a light modulus field interacting both with the MSSM ($\phi$MSSM) and with the MSSM combined with an additional supersymmetric DFSZ axion ($\phi$PQMSSM). ... -
Data Assimilation Using The Ensemble Kalman Filter With Emphasis On The Inequality Constraints
(2010)The reliability of reservoir models generally increases as more data are included during their construction. In the recent past, the ensemble Kalman lter (EnKF) technique has established itself as a viable data assimilation ... -
Data balancing approaches in quality, defect, and pattern analysis
(2023-05-12)The imbalanced ratio of data is one of the most significant challenges in various industrial domains. Consequently, numerous data-balancing approaches have been proposed over the years. However, most of these data-balancing ... -
Data gathering techniques on wireless sensor networks
(2008)The nearly exponential growth of the performance/price and performance/size ratios of computers has given rise to the development of inexpensive, miniaturized systems with wireless and sensing capabilities. Such wireless ... -
A data retrieval system with high storage efficiency and a computer based instructional system /
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DATA SHARING FOR TASK EFFICIENCY DURING A FOREIGN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT
(2018-12-14)This paper adapts Zigurs & Buckland’s (1998) Task Technology Fit theoretical framework for application to a virtual organization that exists for episodically during foreign humanitarian assistance/disaster relief efforts. ... -
'Daughter of Zion': Elizabeth I and the relationship of virginity to monarchical power.
(2000)The argument of the dissertation involves the meanings of virginity and the representations of Elizabeth I during her reign and in the century after her death. Elizabeth has long been associated with the term "Virgin Queen, ... -
Dave Brubeck's The Light in the Wilderness: A Conductor's Analysis
(2017)The Light in the Wilderness was the first sacred choral work of renowned jazz legend, Dave Brubeck. At the time of its premier in 1968 he was 47 years old and known only as a jazz pianist. It was the success of this piece ... -
(DE)CENTERING HETERONORMATIVITY IN THE U.S. MILITARY: IDENTITY (RE)NEGOTIATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE FOLLOWING THE REPEAL OF “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”
(2016-05-13)This study assesses: (1) cultural stigmatization processes and their influence on self-concept clarity for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in the United States military, (2) the identity management strategies employed by GLB ...