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A STUDY ON UNSATURATED SOIL-GEOTEXTILE INTERFACE STRENGTH USING MULTI-SCALE LABORATORY TESTS
(2014-12-12)
The performance of marginal soils and their interface with geosynthetic reinforcement can be complex under construction or service loading conditions and may include excessive deformations and loss of strength as a result ...
An Examination of Skill Acquisition, Adaptive Functioning, and Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention Effectiveness for Children At-risk For Autism at Early Foundations Project DATA
(2014-05-09)
Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by communication and/or social deficits with restricted and repetitive behaviors. Treating autism is very costly, both financially and emotionally. Early Intensive Behavioral ...
Emotionality and Working Memory: Feelings take Control
(2014)
Three studies examined the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and individual differences in emotionality. Applying a flexible cognition approach, conditions of cognitive narrowing (low WMC) and cognitive ...
Seismic attribute expression of fluvial-deltaic and turbidite systems
(2014-12)
Much of the world's conventional oil and gas production comes from
uvial deltaic and turbidite reservoirs. The ability to accurately interpret the architectural elements comprising these systems greatly reduces the risk ...
Using Capacity to Model School Effectiveness
(2014)
This study examines concepts and conditions that show promise for creating more accurate indicators of school performance than those currently in use and dominated by student outcome measures. Data were collected from ...
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC AND CLIMATIC CHANGES ON THE STEPPE ECOSYSTEM IN CHINA’S LOESS PLATEAU AND THE MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE REGION IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA, USA
(2014-08-15)
Grassland ecosystems occupy approximately 40% of the earth’s terrestrial area and represent one of most important ecosystems on Earth in terms of its impacts on global food supply, carbon sequestration and maintaining ...
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 ...
AN OUTCOME-BASED EVALUATION OF AN INNER-CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
(2014-05-09)
Racial and ethnic minorities are expected to increase in both number and percentage of the college-going population (Department of Commerce, 2009). Meanwhile the historic underrepresentation of low-income, African-American, ...
Rural school postsecondary education Discourse: Individual anxiety-corporate confidence
(2014-12-12)
This study addressed a gap in the literature about the importance of the school context in predicting and mediating postsecondary education participation for rural students. Using grounded theory with a modified constant ...
Exploring the role of place-making on international student adjustment
(2014-05-09)
This study explored the impact of place-making activities on the adjustment of international students at an American university. A total of 19 international students over the age of 18, attending the university and living ...