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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. ...
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 ...
Psychedelics and the Human Receptorome
(PLos One, 2010-02-02)
We currently understand the mental effects of psychedelics to be caused by agonism or partial agonism of 5-HT2A (and possibly 5-HT2C) receptors, and we understand that psychedelic drugs, especially phenylalkylamines, are ...
First Investigation of the Microbiology of the Deepest Layer of Ocean Crust
(PLos One, 2010-11-05)
The gabbroic layer comprises the majority of ocean crust. Opportunities to sample this expansive crustal environment are rare because of the technological demands of deep ocean drilling; thus, gabbroic microbial communities ...
An ethic of connectedness: enacting moral school leadership through people and programs
(Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010-07-01)
As educators, we grapple with a myriad of dilemmas and often have difficulty resolving issues that relate to curriculum and instruction, funding, facilities and supervision, to name a few. Depending on the leader(s), a ...
Linear Numerical-Magnitude Representations Aid Children's Memory for Numbers
(Psychological Science, 2010-09-01)
We investigated the relation between children’s numerical-magnitude representations and their memory for numbers. Results of three experiments indicated that the more linear children’s magnitude representations were, the ...
A Self-Study on Preparing Future School Leaders
(Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2010-08-01)
William C. Frick is assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma. He holds a Ph.D. in educational theory and policy from the ...
A Communicative Ontology of Organization? A Description, History, and Critique of CCO Theories for Organization Science
(Management Communication Quarterly, 2010-02-01)
Medical Students’ Views and Ideas About Palliative Care Communicatio Training
(American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2010-02-01)
This study focused on the undergraduate medical student to identify views and ideas held toward palliative care communication training, pedagogical approaches to this training, and its perceived effectiveness and use in ...
Comparative Advertising Wars: An Historical Analysis of Their Causes and Consequences
(Journal of Macromarketing, 2010-09-01)
This historical study contributes to the extensive literature on comparative advertising by examining the causes and consequences of comparative advertising wars; that is, when one advertiser responds to a direct or implied ...