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APPLICATION OF ECOSYSTEM ENERGETIC INDICATORS FOR THE VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND HEALTH
(2014)
Ecosystems services are benefits that humans receive from ecosystem functions. Ecosystem health is a term that is commonly used in the literature to describe the state of an ecosystem. Ecologists and economists have stated ...
DEVELOPMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURED ENZYMATIC BIOFUEL CELLS
(2014-12-12)
Nanostructured enzymatic biofuel cells with high power density output and prolonged lifetime were developed by the incorporation of carbon nanotubes into redox polymer-enzyme films. The performance of the enzymatic biofuel ...
WHY WORRY? IMPACTS ON THE QUANTITIES AND QUALITIES OF WORRY: AN EXAMINATION OF FAITH, MEANING, AND NEED SATISFACTION
(2014-05-09)
Pathological worry is a primary component of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and a routine concern treated in most modern-day counseling offices and clinics. The intended purpose of the current study was to seek out evidence ...
Discontent on the Range: Uncovering the Origins of Public Grazing Lands Politics
(2014-05)
Recent conflicts between ranchers, environmentalists, and federal range management experts on western public lands are a product of different perceptions of the landscape that crystallized by the middle of the twentieth ...
The Value of Aesthetic Experience
(2014-08-15)
In this dissertation, I argue that aesthetic experience is a kind of valuing experience that has certain, objective features not dependent on the psychological state of the subject. Accounts of aesthetic experience can ...
AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EFFECTIVE BOARD BEHAVIORS WITHIN CONSOLIDATED RURAL DISTRICTS
(2014-05)
The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of two rural consolidated districts through the consolidation process, as well as board effectiveness (post consolidation), in actions using relevant behaviors taken ...
MEDICAL AND NURSING STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE LEVELS MEASURED BY THE CLASSROOM TEST OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING AND CORRELATION TO KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM LECTURE, SIMULATION, OR LECTURE WITH SIMULATION
(2014-05-09)
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Various forms of students’ reasoning characteristics have been studied, especially in pre-college students. A principled pedagogical framework reflecting the cognitive processes of health care students has ...
Charro: The Transnational History of a Cultural Icon
(2014-05-09)
This is a transnational cultural history of the charro horseman in Mexico and the United States. It begins with an analysis of the archetype in nineteenth century art and literature, exploring various works of visual and ...
Wister Area Fourche Maline: A Contested Landscape
(2014-05-09)
The Wister area of southeastern Oklahoma was a contested landscape during the Fourche Maline (Late Woodland cultural period). This claim is supported by paleopathological evidence for high rates of skeletal trauma and ...
FORMULATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VEGETABLE OIL-BASED MICROEMULSION BIOFUELS
(2014-05-09)
Biofuels have been increasingly explored as alternative renewable fuel sources due to the growing global energy demand, petroleum-based fuel depletion, and the negative effects of global exhaust emissions from fossil fuels. ...