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DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING A WEB-BASED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
(2010)
This dissertation proposes and evaluates a consolidated design methodology for web-based emergency management decision support systems (WEM-DSSs). The development of the proposed methodology draws upon a literature review ...
Reactivation Mechanisms of Heterogeneous, Complex Fault Zones
(2010)
Fault reactivation occurs on a short-term cycle of tens to thousands of years between infrequent earthquakes, and on long-term cycles of fault inactivity for 106 - 107 years. During long-term cycles, faults may heal and ...
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Hispanic Youth: A Study of Communication Patterns, Functional Fitness, and Psychological Health
(2010)
This study examines the psychological health and functional fitness of Hispanic youth from a theoretical perspective, specifically with respect to the role of their interpersonal communication patterns in their integration ...
The Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Grant Program: Now That This Voucher Program is Constitutional; How do We Apply its Lessons to Oklahoma
(2010)
The purpose of the study was to research and discuss if: (a) a voucher program is legal in the state of Oklahoma; (b) if legal, would parents use vouchers; and (c) what would impact parents' attitude to use vouchers. The ...
INCORPORATING MULTIPLE HISTORIES: THE POSSIBILITY OF NARRATIVE RUPTURE OF THE ARCHIVE IN V. AND BELOVED
(2010)
Novels of the twentieth century are grappling with the questions of identity in relation to history, but a self-reflexive history, a history that is always suspicious of itself. Alienated from cultural, religious and ...
The Gina Bachauer Piano Competitions: An Organizational History and Survey of Offered Repertoire
(2010)
This study documented the history of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition from its 1976 inception through 2010. Particular attention was given to the organizational elements of the events such as types of ...
A Convergence Account of Ethics and Aesthetics Through A Composite Understanding of Evaluative Judgments
(2010)
In this dissertation, I argue for a convergence account of the ontological status of the fields of ethics and aesthetics. This project is accomplished in three parts.
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON MYOSTATIN PATHWAY ACTIVITY AFTER THREE SEQUENTIAL BOUTS OF RESISTANCE EXERCISE
(2010)
Background. Myostatin signaling serves to regulate skeletal muscle mass by influencing genes responsible for regulating satellite cell activity and by participating in glucocorticoid induced skeletal muscle atrophy; however ...
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 ...
Integrated diagenetic, structural and paleomagnetic study of remagnetized folded Mississippian-Triassic units from the Southern Canadian Cordillera, Alberta and British Columbia
(2010)
Determining the timing and origin of fluid-related diagenetic events relative to orogenesis is crucial for understanding the interaction between orogenesis and diagenesis. Two folds in Mississippian carbonates (Line Creek ...