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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Huntsville"”.
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The hardest to achieve, the easiest to imagine: an examination of predictions about outer space during The Space Race in the Huntsville Times, Houston Chronicle, and Orlando Sentinel
… who lived near Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida predicted and discussed regarding space exploration. Journalistic theories such as framing and agenda-setting are employed to explain …
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No Way Out: A Historical Documentary
… deals with a 1974 inmate standoff at a prison in Huntsville, Texas known as the Carrasco Incident. The film examines the prison takeover through the eyes of those who lived through it. Composed of five interviews, "No Way Out" is a compilation of various points of view ranging from former …
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A comparison of height, weight, and percent body fat of college baseball athletes at the pitcher, catcher, infield, and outfield positions
… varsity teams within a 150-mile radius of Huntsville, Texas. Data collection occurred during the 1983 fall season. Body density was determined from the sum of three skinfold measurements. Percent body fat was determined by utilizing Siri’s equation. One discriminant function equation …
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Silent Dissent: The Effect of Structural Secrecy on Professional Communication at NASA
… between the MSFC and its community of Huntsville. Using examples from the Monday Notes, I build a narrative of the role of racial integration on structural secrecy at MSFC during the Apollo project. Through this narrative, I consider the impact of structural secrecy on the organization …
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A comparison of spatial interpretations of NASA's payload operations control center, Marshall Space Flight Center, using real world and virtual reality observations
… (POCC) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Comparisons were made of observations of the actual POCC, a VR simulation, and a second VR simulation that was altered to test for ability to recognize changes. Participants evaluated the POCC for differences in general …
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Best Practices in Tutoring Services and the Impact of Required Tutoring on High-Risk Students
… University and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The qualitative and quantitative results of that phase of the study revealed five best practices. </p> <p>The second phase of the study focused on the extent to which EKU’s tutoring practices align with the best practices found in phase …
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Fusion of observations from C-band polarimetric radar and S-band profiler radar during a convective storm
… Operational Research (ARMOR) radar, situated in Huntsville, Alabama. Also, the S-Band profiler radar is maintained by the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) and is about 50 kilometers west of the ARMOR radar site. A convective storm event characterized by squall lines is investigated. Within …
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Electric charging in the comma-head regions of continental winter cyclones
… was collocated with the University of Alabama Huntsville Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS) and was typically deployed under the comma-head. Included with the MIPS was a vertically pointed profiling radar that was used to derive signal-to-noise ratio, vertical radial velocity, and …
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Exploring methods to extract vertical motions in winter storms
… a profiling radar on the University of Alabama-Huntsville Mobile Integrated Profiling System, used during several winter cyclones observed during the Profiling of Winter Storms (PLOWS) project. First, the profiler radial velocity measurements from two storms are compared statistically to radial …
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Black female attitudes toward career choices at Sam Houston State University
Purpose: The objective of this study were threefold: (1) to develop an attitudinal profile of black females on the campus of Sam Houston State University regarding their career choices as they relate to occupational preparations fostered by the Institute of Contemporary Corrections and the …
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Worship Music As Spiritual Identity: An Examination Of Music In The Liturgy Among Black And White Adventists In The United States From 1840 To 1944
… New York City; Oakwood University Church, Huntsville, Alabama; Battle Creek Tabernacle, Battle Creek, Michigan; and Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Maryland. Bulletins of the orders of worship provided important liturgical context. Oral histories were also conducted …