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Michael Head's light opera, "Key Money": A musical dramaturgy.
(2002)
The analytical chapter consists of a determination of the dramatic values of the libretto and a full musical analysis, with particular emphasis on how the composer has articulated and defined these values and the dramatic ...
Prediction of cloud-to-ground lightning in the western United States.
(2002)
This dissertation focuses specifically on identifying the thermodynamic environment and forcing mechanisms across the western United States that create precipitation systems with lightning. The majority of these convective ...
Palladium-catalyzed carboxylative coupling reactions of allyltributylstannanes and allyl chloride.
(2002)
Allyltins and allyl chloride are carboxylatively coupled under high carbon dioxide pressures in the presence of Pd(0) or Pd(II) catalyst. The effects of various Group 10 metal catalysts, phosphine ligands, and other, ...
Dynamic adjustment in an idealized numerically-simulated bow echo.
(2002)
While the large-scale atmosphere is governed by relatively simple dynamic balance relations that describe the mutual adjustment between the mass and wind fields (e.g., hydrostatic and geostrophic balances), no simple ...
Titanium dioxide aerogels as photocatalysts for indoor air decontamination.
(2002)
Reducing air pollution, specifically volatile organic compounds, has become an increasing concern for the public, environmental protection organizations, and governmental agencies. One method for destroying air contaminants ...
Embodiment, technology and communication: A phenomenological exploration of communication in the technological milieu.
(2002)
Our potential for communication depends on a mutational characteristic of the consciousness structure as embodied, and not on the conscious subject as claimed by the objectivistic- or subjectivistic-biased theories that ...
Cognitive individual differences mediate strategy selection in a future memory task.
(2002)
Two studies were conducted to determine whether cognitive individual differences predict strategy selection in a multitask scenarios. In Experiment l, operation span, executive control capacity, and comfort with situational ...
A description of the needs of mothers enrolled in a program for at-risk parents.
(2002)
The present study examined the needs and characteristics of at-risk mothers with mild learning disabilities enrolled in a Head Start and Child Welfare Division program called Project Employ. The study consisted of two ...
Revealing the potentiality for chaos in a public high school.
(2002)
The heuristic methodology utilized in this study is critiqued and study findings are related to the current literature. Implications and recommendations are made to educators and education reformers. Finally, suggestions ...
Seeing the invisible: A test of rational expectations in the valuation of human capital.
(2002)
This paper investigates the relation in the U.K., U.S., Germany, and Japan between employee compensation and intangible firm value. Tests are conducted of the persistence of changes in wages relative to the average levels ...