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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Long-term Research"”.
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An exploration of supply chain management practices in the aerospace industry and in Rolls-Royce
This thesis is a part of the Supply Chain 2020 research project which seeks to study best practices in supply chain management in multiple industries in order to develop a deeper understanding of key principles and practices characterizing the creation of excellent supply chains through a long-term …
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The influence of silvicultural manipulations on plethodontid salamanders
… importance and threatened status, very little long-term research has been conducted on how methods of forest management impact salamanders. In this research, I examine how experimental silviculture impacts plethodontid salamander relative abundance and count, and I compare three different body …
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Using the Arabic Language as a Tool For Cultural Understanding in the U.S. in the Post 9/11 World
… about the Arabs in the post 9-11 world, the researcher interviewed U.S. American students to find out if U.S. American society holds any prejudice towards the students of Arabic. A constant comparative analysis of the participants' answers allowed for the emergence of six themes: the …
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Digital story explication as it relates to emotional needs and learning
… to address the needs of the whole child. This research aims to 1) gain a better understanding of the effects of immediate emotions in middle school academic contexts and 2) create a system geared toward addressing the emotional needs of teenage girls. To support emotional self-awareness and …
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Deployable Infrastructure in Support of Science and Education
… emerged in support of remote biological field research in the Mahale mountains of Western Tanzania. In collaboration with researchers from the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's (VMRCVM) Bush to Base Bioinformatics(B2B) group a team of students and faculty from the …
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"""Prozac Saved My Life"" vs. ""Prozac Ruined My Life"": Investigating the Adoption, Constitution and Maintenance of Distinct Interpretations Associated with Depression and its Medical Treatment."
Beyond the brute pain of depression, individuals enduring this problem also commonly face a more subtle, added burden related to both societal and personal confusion about the basic nature of depression and its appropriate resolution. This dissertation study seeks to better understand diverging …
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Mining periodicity and object relationship in spatial and temporal data
… data generated from these systems frames many research problems and high-impact applications. During my PhD study, I have extensively studied data mining algorithms for moving objects. I have contributed several key algorithms to this exciting field. I have proposed the very first work to …
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Research maturity levels : implementation and refinement of an online tool for characterizing the progression of research
… in industry to help allocate resources, plan research and development, and clarify communication. Research Maturity Levels, proposed by Ming Leong in 2011, are designed to bring these same benefits to the academic research community. At its inception, the RML framework was accessible by a …
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Long-Term Effects of the Step-Up Program on Parent Participants
… violent behavior. In general, qualitative and long-term research is lacking on CPA intervention programs, and it is unknown how parents perceive the effects of Step-Up after program completion. Methods: Fifteen parents who completed Step-Up with their adolescent child between one and eight …
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Effects of exotic invasive vegetation on breeding birds along the North Chickamauga Creek
… the line transect census method at four sites along the North Chickamauga Creek in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Two of the sites were regarded as being highly invaded by exotic understory plant species, while the other two sites remain relatively free of such invasion. The primary attributes of …
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Performance Modelling and Analysis of Weighted Fair Queueing for Scheduling in Communication Networks. An investigation into the Development of New Scheduling Algorithms for Weighted Fair Queueing System with Finite Buffer.
… received considerable attention by several researches since WFQ offers the minimum delay and optimal fairness guarantee. However, all previous work on WFQ has focused on developing approximations of the scheduler with an infinite buffer because of supposed scalability problems in the WFQ …
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Genetic identity and ecology of Bryde's whales in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
Little long-term research has been conducted in the Hauraki Gulf on Bryde’s whales; the least studied baleen whale. This thesis investigates this population using photoidentification and sighting records obtained from boat-based opportunistic surveys and genetic analyses of samples from living and …
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The Danielson Evaluation System in Two Mid- South High Schools: A Case Study
… experience in four pilots across the state. The researcher conducted structured open-ended interviews with teachers and building principals. Observations were conducted with research participants. Documents were collected throughout the study to meet triangulation of this phenomenological study. …
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Analysis and Comparison of the Creation of University Spin-off Startups in Deep Tech between the United States and Japan
Research-based universities have played a significant role in the economic growth of nations, particularly in the United States, where companies originating from these universities have generated substantial employment opportunities and revenue. There exists a substantial disparity in the number of …
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The impact of wildfire on avian communities: exploring habitat associations two decades after fire
… pine dominated systems for decades, yet minimal long-term research has been conducted to address how avian species are responding to vegetation recovery and wildfire-driven conversion multiple decades after wildfire in ponderosa pine ecosystems of the southwestern United States. Understanding how …
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A Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Expressing the Junin Virus Glycoprotein for Arenavirus Countermeasure Development
… (rVSVΔG-JUNVGP) for the development of countermeasures against arenaviruses. First, we evaluated rVSVΔG-JUNVGP as a vaccine against lethal Junin virus (JUNV) challenge in a guinea pig model. Currently, there are no JUNV vaccines licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration …
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Iranian Leadership Ideals: A Culturally-based Leadership Approach
… for innovative leadership practices. Recent research about the success and unique management practices of Indian corporations (Cappelli et al., 2010) shows a unique style based on both people and profit and one that blends capitalist profit-based structures with caring for people and …
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Beyond Generosity: The Action Logics in Philanthropy
… study, which represents the first step in a long-term research agenda, explored how the action logics of a sample of donors affect philanthropic giving. The purpose was to (1) identify donors’ action logics, (2) explore what types of influences a donor’s action logic may have on a donor’s …
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EGFR-Targeted Polymeric Micelles For Targeted Pc 4-PDT Of Oropharyngeal Tumors
… other cancers, a parallel clinically relevant research area is the formulation of photosensitizers in nanovehicles that allow systemic administration yet preferential enhanced uptake in the tumor. This approach can render dual-selectivity of PDT, by harnessing both the drug and the light …
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Harvest Efficiency, Forage Trampling, and Litter Decomposition of Mob Grazing
… “mob” grazing can generate many benefits in terms of forage production and overall grassland health. The objective of this study was to determine the effect stocking density had on harvest efficiency, forage trampling, and litter decomposition. One experimental site was established in eastern …
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