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A STUDY OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' SENSE OF EFFICACY FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTION
(2012)
The three-fold purpose of this mixed methods study was to (a) analyze how preservice teachers' perceptions of teacher preparation program variables affect preservice teachers self-efficacy for literacy instruction, (b) ...
Response to Intervention: Initiating a School's Change
(2012)
Change in schools is ever present. This study looks at change in regard to the implementation of Response to Intervention. Response to Intervention is being implemented in schools around the country. With this implementation ...
ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SILURIAN TANEZZUFT FORMATION AND CRUDE OILS FROM THE MURZUQ BASIN,
(2012)
Source rock and crude oil samples collected from the Murzuq Basin, S.W. Libya have been investigated by a variety of organic geochemical methods, including Rock-Eval pyrolysis (RE), gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography ...
A Kin Selection Model of Suicide Risk
(2012)
Suicide has rarely been considered from an evolutionary perspective, likely because it appears prototypically maladaptive, and certainly appears to have no adaptive function. The current theory proffers a potential adaptive ...
Study of Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles
(2012)
Enhancement of molecular fluorescence is of great interest due to the widespread popularity of fluorescence-based detection techniques available today. Although fluorescence-based detection is considered to be more sensitive ...
INVESTMENT-PROMOTION POLICIES AND EMPLOYMENT BY FOREIGN FIRMS IN THE US STATES
(2012)
This study examines the relationship between state-level attributes and employment outcomes of US inbound Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In particular, I investigate how investment-promotion policies influence the ...
Academic and Athletic Motivation as Predictors of Academic Performance of Division I College Student-Athletes
(2012)
Division I intercollegiate student-athletes represent a unique population of college students on college campuses today because they face competing demands between the student and athlete roles. Without the proper environment ...
Essays in Market Microstructure and Risk Management
(2012)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigates various issues related to market microstructure and risk management. Chapter 1 examines the determinants of traders' decisions to revise orders, and the ...
MEASURING RATE CONSTANTS FOR THE REACTION OF HYPOCHLOROUS ACID AND BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MOLECULES
(2012)
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a neutrophil-derived oxidant that is used to kill invading pathogens. Since HOCl reacts indiscriminately with biological molecules, such as amino acids, excess or misplaced production of HOCl ...