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USING A LOW-ORDER MODEL TO DETECT AND CHARACTERIZE INTENSE VORTICES IN MULTIPLE-DOPPLER RADAR DATA
(2010)
A new multiple-Doppler radar analysis technique is presented for the objective detection and characterization of intense vortices. The technique consists of fitting radial wind data from two or more radars to a simple ...
Forgiveness and the Pursuit of Communication Goals in Transgression Discourses
(2010)
In social psychology, forgiveness has been treated almost exclusively as a phenomenon that involves only two parties - namely, victims and their offenders. The present research takes a broader perspective by assuming that ...
CAUSING A RUCKUS: RACIAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL BLOGS DURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
(2010)
This investigation seeks to observe and examine the presence of racial framing during the 2008 presidential election. Twelve hypotheses were advanced for this study observing explicit and implicit racial framing, racial ...
The Role of Gender Expectations and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors on Teaching Evaluations
(2010)
Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are a much-discussed and debated construct in the literature. When examining behaviors not explicitly detailed in job descriptions, ambiguity and subjective expectations about ...
'Tricks upon Travellers': Robert Owen, New Lanark, and the Choreography of Character, 1800-1826
(2010)
When he assumed management of the cotton manufactory at New Lanark, Scotland in 1800, Robert Owen (1771-1858) faced a population made up of employees of "ill-formed" character. Over the course of the next twenty-six years, ...
Stable isotope ratios as indicators of black-throated sparrow habitat use in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
(2010)
As humans accelerate their alteration of the landscape, it is increasingly important to understand relationships between organisms and their environment. Stable isotope analysis is an increasingly popular tool for identifying ...
THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING MODEL ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN AIR FORCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
(2010)
In an effort to standardize training delivery and to individualize staff development based on observation and reflective practice, the Air Force implemented the Developmental Training Model (DTM) in its Child Development ...
Analysis of Leadership Behaviors Among Top Commissioned and Top Noncommissioned Officers in Key Leadership Positions
(2010)
Since the inception of the USAF leadership, unit level leadership has been function of officers, particularly senior commissioned officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel (Lt Col.) and colonel (Col.). The NCO corps was ...
"Drain the Swamps for Health and Home": Wetlands Drainage, Land Conservation, and National Water Policy, 1850-1917
(2010)
Wetlands drainage is one of the oldest and commonest forms of land modification in American history. Colonists and later Americans perceived wetlands as a threat to progress and prosperity. Wetlands impeded travel, ...
Identification and characterization of novel components in brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthetic pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2010)
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroidal hormones essential for normal plant growth and development. To dissect the essential role of BRs in plants, a gain-of-function approach, activation tagging, was used to identify components ...