Search
Now showing items 51-60 of 241
An Ethnography of Twitch Streamers: Negotiating Professionalism in New Media Content Creation
(2017-05-12)
Twitch is an online video distribution platform that allows individuals to broadcast live video of themselves playing video games, and includes features that allow viewers to financially support their favorite Twitch ...
The Theatre of Bernard-Marie Koltès: Evolution and Revolution in Postmodern French Drama
(2017-05)
The Theatre of Bernard-Marie Koltès: Evolution and Revolution in Postmodern French Drama establishes an understanding of French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948-1989) as the most important figure in postmodern French ...
The Effect Of Ligand Denticity In Stabilizing Actinide-Element Multiple Bond Functionalities
(2017-12)
Different synthetic approaches to the development of complexes with X-An=E and E=An=E functionalities (where An = U, Th) for use in studying the inverse trans influence (ITI) and the role f-orbitals play in early actinide ...
Parallel Processing of Top-K Trajectory Similarity Queries on Big Data Using GPUs
(2017-05-12)
Through the use of location-sensing devices, it has been possible to collect very large datasets of trajectories. These datasets make it possible to issue spatio-temporal queries with which users can gather information ...
The Effects of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning on Writing Performance, Metacognition, and Experience of Students with Writing Difficulties
(2017-12-16)
Students with writing difficulties often demonstrate a deficit in both cognitive and metacognitive skills when writing. They often struggle with task-related components of writing such as mechanics, taking notes when ...
Using Cognitive Task Analysis to Describe Spatial Reasoning Processes
(2017-12-15)
This study is rooted in the idea that the ability to navigate a three-dimensional environment, both in reality and virtually, the ability to imagine and manipulate three-dimensional objects, and the ability to visualize ...
The Impact of Age at Time of Divorce and Coping Self-Efficacy on Loyalty Conflict in Adult Children of Divorce.
(2017-05-12)
Children of all ages experience divorce as a stressful life transition. Adding to that stress is the fact that a fair number are exposed to parental alienating behaviors that, in turn, promote conflicted loyalties as the ...
Low-Cost Chemically Activated Cow Bone for Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water: Batch, Field-Scale Column and Business Model Studies
(2017-05-13)
Excess fluoride concentrations in drinking water negatively impact the health of communities living in fluoride affected regions of the world by causing dental and skeletal fluorosis and other severe socio-economic problems. ...
Bone and Muscle Specific Circulating MicroRNAs in Postmenopausal Women based on Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Status
(2017-05-12)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNA molecules that fine tune posttranscriptional protein expression. Aging is accompanied by progressive declines in muscle mass and strength, and in bone mineral density (BMD). ...
Paradox Regained: The Trickster in Native North American Art and Culture
(2017)
Raven, Nanobozho, Wakdjunkaga, Ishtinke, and Coyote were a part of Native North American cultures long before anthropologists began to record their stories in the nineteenth century. Perplexed and captivated by these beings ...