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Effect of Repeated Loading on Moisture Absorption of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
(2011-05)
Although known for their ease of production and high specific properties, fiber reinforced polymer composites are highly susceptible to environmental conditions such as moisture absorption. While the adverse effects of ...
Leader–Follower Interpersonal Emotion Management: Managing Stress by Person-Focused and Emotion-Focused Emotion Management
(Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2015-02-01)
Compliance with demands to express certain emotions at certain times is difficult for most employees to achieve without also experiencing adverse effects such as stress. Emotion researchers typically study “demands” in the ...
Teaching Students to Attain Annual Transition Goals Using the Take Action Goal Attainment Lessons
(Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014-08-01)
This study used the Take Action goal attainment lesson package and assistive technology to teach nine high school students with mild to moderate disabilities to attain annual transition goals. The Take Action lessons ...
Alternative Multiple Imputation Inference for Mean and Covariance Structure Modeling
(Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2012-12-01)
Model-based multiple imputation has become an indispensable method in the educational and behavioral sciences. Mean and covariance structure models are often fitted to multiply imputed data sets. However, the presence of ...
The Social Shaping of Cloud Computing: An Ethnography of Infrastructure in East St. Louis, Illinois
(2014-11-04)
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of cloud computing in a human services organization in East St. Louis, Illinois. Previous social informatics studies have focused on the impact of computerization on ...
Policy Regarding the Sequential Lineup Is Not Informed by Probative Value but Is Informed by Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis
(Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2014-02-01)
It is important to determine if switching from simultaneous to sequential lineups affects response bias (the inclination to make an identification from a lineup), discriminability (the ability to distinguish between innocent ...
Two Rural Worlds: Differences of Rural High School Students' Motivational Profiles in Indiana and Colorado
(2010)
This research examined how rural high school students' self-perceptions and environmental perceptions influence their engagement, expectations, and achievement, and how those relationships differ by geographic rural location. ...
Mutual Fund Exit and Mutual Fund Fees
(2011-08)
We examine the effect of mutual fund fee structure on mutual fund exit mode and timing. The evidence presented herein is consistent with fee maximization by mutual fund sponsors or managers, increased conflicts of interest ...
Moral exemplars in theory and practice
(Theory and Research in Education, 2013-07-01)
In this article I outline an original form of ethical theory that I call exemplarist virtue theory. The theory is intended to serve the philosophical purposes of a comprehensive moral theory, but it is also intended to ...
Innovative thinking or distortion of journalistic values? How the lack of trust creates non-transparency in the Russian media
(Abramis Academic, 2010)
This study focuses on Russian journalism as an example of an institution in which the changing business media model and financial pressures provide a unique opportunity for innovation in how business is conducted. The ...