This study aims to understand the extent of perceived need-support (autonomy-support, competence-support, relatedness-support) of novice teachers in rural schools and whether need-support is related to a novice teacher’s ...

The examination of presidential rhetoric by scholars has provided valuable insight into the nature of presidents and the presidency. This dissertation provides the first systematic analysis of the use of religious rhetoric ...

This study provides biographical sketches of six elder Yuchi women and illuminates their relationship with food and the practice of cooking within the Yuchi food system. Based on ethnographic methods, primarily extensive ...

Souvenirs is one of Samuel Barber\'s least known piano works despite possessing many of the trademark elements--beautiful melodies, elegance, compositional variety, and emotional appeal--that made his music famous. Souvenirs ...

Hiawatha's Wedding Feast is widely recognized as the seminal work of the English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Among his compositional output, this choral cantata launched his career as a musician and composer of ...

Ultimately, the study uses the Sand Creek Massacre to identify the common denominators of massacre broadly conceived and to probe why such events occur. Placing Sand Creek within the context of similar events throughout ...

This is a study of how one community has adapted to its natural, social and political environments, within its region and, through the three successive nations which have held it in hegemony, to the capitalist world economic ...

Study of hydroclimatology at a range of temporal scales is important in understanding and ultimately mitigating the potential severe impacts of hydrological extreme events such as floods and droughts. Using daily in-situ ...