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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"PaLS"”.
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Physically-asynchronous logically-synchronous (PALS) system design and development
… Physically-Asynchronous Logically-Synchronous (PALS) system. The PALS system is a formal architectural pattern that engineers can use to develop distributed applications as if they would operate on a globally synchronous architecture with a single global clock. The pattern maps the globally …
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More than Gal Pals: Female Romantic Friendships in Northanger Abbey
<p>Although Jane Austen’s fiction is notorious for idyllic marriages between</p> <p>deserving men and women, this thesis is concerned with its simultaneous investment in the relationships between women. Northanger Abbey (1818) features such relationships as a key part of its protagonist, Catherine …
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Using BEA and parent-tutors to boost achievement for K-PALS nonresponders.
… Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS), an evidence-based reading program, delivered in their classroom during the school year and to train their parents to implement those interventions at home during the summer. Results were promising and showed an effective intervention was …
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Use of the PALS Test to differentiate between High Achieving and Low Achieving Fifth GradeStudents: A Validity Study
… of this investigation was to determine if the PALS Tests (Williams, 1958, 1961, 1964) would significantly differentiate between low achieving and hie;h achieving 5th-grade students. The basic design was the same basic design as used by Williams (1961), except that high achieving and low …
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Intermediate Grade Reading: Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies Applied to a Teacher-Directed Program
… A) received a peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS) based intervention which was applied to the teacher- directed reading program Open Court, while the control class (Class B) received Open Court’s model of teacher-directed instruction. The 28 students in Class A worked in dyads, as prescribed …
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Effectiveness of peer-assisted learning strategies on oral reading fluency for students with a learning disability
… whether Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) was an effective method for improving oral reading fluency (ORF) of students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in familiar text, and whether the ORF skills acquired will generalize to unfamiliar text. Four elementary-aged students with …
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Peer-assisted learning strategies and their impact on the math fluency and social skills of students with autism
… determine if peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS) could increase students with autism's math fluency skills as well as enhance their social skills. All students involved in the study began their math fluency at a basic addition subtraction level 1 on the Morningside Math Fluency program. Also …
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Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy Methodology and Application to Perovskite Oxide Materials
… of positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), and applied PALS to gain a better understanding of doping mechanisms in ABO3 perovskite oxide materials.<br/><br/>Reliable decomposition of PALS spectra requires an accurate description of the instrument resolution function (IRF) and the …
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Relationships Between Reading Ability in Third Grade and Phonological Awareness in Kindergarten
… significant difference in the mean score of the PALS and SOL examination in reading existed between male and female students. Pearson correlation coefficients were computed to determine whether a statistically significant relationship existed between the PALS and the SOL examination in reading. …
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An Analysis of the Impact of Selected Structures of the Virginia Preschool Initiative on PALS Pre-K Program Summary Scores for At-Risk Preschool Students in Virginia
… assessment scores on the eight subtests of the PALS-PreK assessment. A paired sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were conducted using Fall and Spring 2006 PALS-PreK student assessment scores from school divisions that participated in the Virginia Preschool Initiative during the 2005-06 school year …
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A new beamline for positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy
… research is the development of a variable-energy PALS beamline based on a Surko-type buffer gas positron trap, the first of its kind in the world. A significant amount of work has gone into optimization of the timing and intensity characteristics of positron pulse. Successful implantation of …
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A new beamline for positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy
… research is the development of a variable-energy PALS beamline based on a Surko-type buffer gas positron trap, the first of its kind in the world. A significant amount of work has gone into optimization of the timing and intensity characteristics of positron pulse. Successful implantation of …
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The Midwifery Peer Assisted Learning and Support (My PALS) Project: A mixed method evaluation of the impact of peer support in undergraduate midwifery education in the Republic of Ireland.
… Ireland. <br/><br/>The findings revealed that My PALS was a useful intervention for undergraduate students entering midwifery education, supporting their transition to HE and to the profession of midwifery. Positive benefits for both mentors and mentees included enhanced relationships and …
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Positron interactions with oriented polymers and with chiral quartz crystals
… microstructure for decades. In this work, PALS was used to study material nanostructure, with a focus on the size and density of free volume and hole relaxation properties in polycarbonate (PC) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA); fundamental studies of polarized positron interaction with …
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Effectiveness of Filial/Play Therapy Training on High School Students' Empathic Behavior with Young Children
… in a Peer Assistance and Leadership program (PALs). Filial/play therapy is an intervention that focuses on strengthening and enhancing adult-child relationships. The high students are trained to be a therapeutic change agent for primary school children identified as having adjustment …
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Der Einfluss von Chemokinen auf die Migration von naiven und Effektor-CD8-T-Zellen in der Milz
… naive tg Zellen in der Milz überwiegend in der PALS. Nach der Infektion mit LCMV kam es zur Expansion der tg T-Zellen, zuerst in der PALS später in der gesamten Milz. LCMV-spezifische Gedächtniszellen konnten sowohl in der PALS als auch in der roten Pulpa nachgewiesen werden. Durch direkte …
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Development of a Novel Validated Tool for Predicting Patient Adherence to Prescribed Medication
… questionnaires. The Patient and Lifestyle Scale (PALS), and the Wellbeing and Medications Scale (WAMS). A feasibility study was conducted with 16 patients at a GP surgery to identify limitations in research design and perform preliminary psychometric assessment. Issues with participant …
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Head Start Transition to Elementary School: Is the Early Intervention Sustained?
… the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) (University of Virginia, 2010) and classroom practices that led to high achievement. Two Title I schools were studied. PALS scores were analyzed using t-tests, ANOVAs and multiple regressions. Reading performance in second grade was measured …
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Effects of Educational Kinesiology, Previous Performance, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status on Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Scores of Kindergarten Students
… for 8-10 minutes twice each school day until the PALS posttest was given in late spring. The classroom teachers received in-service training from the researcher to enable them to lead the treatment group in the daily performance of the Brain Gym® exercises. The treatment began after the completion …
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Interprofessional Team Training in the Pediatric Life Support Program: Effects on Teamwork and Quality of Resuscitations
… into Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) curriculum relative to resuscitation performance, presence of specific teamwork behaviors and perceptions of teamwork when compared to control group members. Although there were no significant differences in resuscitation performance or …
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