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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Science and Education"”.
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Essays on the organization of science and education
… four chapters exploring how organizations inform and distort the implementation of public policy in two empirical settings. Chapters 1 and 2 study the non-market allocation of research funding to scientists while Chapters 3 and 4 examine the market for schools and school leaders. Experts are …
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Deployable Infrastructure in Support of Science and Education
… 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 Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design designed, constructed, tested, and deployed the mobile field …
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Local dose coefficients for radionuclide contamination in wounds
… coefficients obtained by Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education looking at whole body effects of radionuclide intake from wounds. These dose coefficients can be used to calculate activity limits at the wound site that could lead to a clinically significant dose. This is useful for emergency …
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What John Dewey Owes to Froebel
Whatever the subject for discussion in regard to education, or educators, may be, in its many and various phases whether on matters of great importance, or those of lessor scope, in this twentieth century, unsurpassed for progress in art, literature, science and education, the fact remains that our …
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Distribution of Resource Use in an Informal Learning Environment: Using Sensor Technologies to Bring Geography Indoors
… has studied the relationship between humans and the indoors, it has not been readily investigated in Geography. This study draws from prior research in Building Design, Managerial Science, and Education to examine the relationship between building users and resources in indoor spaces. To …
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To Save the World: The Untold Stories of Memorial Row
… in World War I. Collectively called Memorial Row and situated among present-day McGill and Don Anderson Halls and the Social Science and Education buildings, the trees honor individuals who died in combat, as a result of combat injuries, and from the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 while …
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To Save the World: The Untold Stories of Memorial Row
… in World War I. Collectively called Memorial Row and situated among present-day McGill and Don Anderson Halls and the Social Science and Education buildings, the trees honor individuals who died in combat, as a result of combat injuries, and from the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 while …
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Scientific Data Collections: Use in Scholarly Communication and Implications for Data Curation
The landscape of scientific production and scholarly communication is changing: Networked connectivity, the availability of data in digital forms and the development of computing tools are helping to bring about changes in the way science is conducted and communicated. These changes are having an …
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Analyzing Student’s Problem-solving Approaches in MOOCs using Natural Language Processing
… instructors improve their instructional designs and effectively guide the learning process of students. This thesis proposes a natural language processing (NLP) driven method to capture online learners’ problem-solving approaches while using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a learning …
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History and Analysis of Food Guides in the United States
… the development of nutrient-based dietary standards in the United States from the original energy and protein-based standards proposed by Atwater in 1894 to the micronutrient-based Recommended Dietary Allowances revised by the National Research Council in 1989. This qualitative historical …
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Centimeter-Scale Spacecraft: Design, Fabrication, And Deployment
… has led to a profusion of ever smaller, cheaper, and more capable devices, from sensors to computers to radios. Many of these components are suitable for use in spacecraft. Their availability has led to the ongoing revolution in small satellites, most visibly exemplified by the CubeSat standard. …
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Experimental Validation of a New Distributed Cooperative Control Algorithm for Multi-agent Systems with Switching Communication Topologies and Time-Delays
… of multiagent systems with switching topologies and time delays. The nonlinear control law utilizes discontinuous cooperative control gains and uses contraction mapping to achieve consensus of multiagent systems. The testing platform we used consists of a number of mobile robots and software …
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Science teachers' perceptions of expertise in practice : An exploratory study.
… thesis reports on an exploration of the nature and characteristics of science teaching expertise as exhibited by six identified expert science teachers. An action research methodology was adopted with data gathered through: semi-structured interviews; classroom observations, and reflective …
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Conceptual schemes and human (inter)action: disentangling fact and value for a broader vision
… human affairs. Conceptual schemes involve values and beliefs, assumptions and presuppositions that originate in past experience and, projected onto new observations, guide what is seen, what is considered salient, and what is overlooked or dismissed. Paradigms (in the sense of exemplars) and …
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Integrative Medicine - Holistic Conceptual Model, Scientific and Educational Approaches // Интегративна медицина - холистичен концептуален модел, научни и образователни подходи
… of integrative medicine (IM) as a medical and social construct. IM emerged as an idea to integrate complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in health care, but today it is much more than that, so the dissertation aims to study the concept of "IM" and its place in science and education …
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Distributed practice for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training: improving educational efficiency and cost-effectiveness in clinical settings
… of the most important determinants of survival and survival with good neurological outcomes of the victims. Despite annual training, healthcare providers struggle to conduct guideline compliant CPR during the management of cardiac arrests. Increased likelihood of survival from cardiac arrest …
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Unresolved tensions in the Mormon doctrines of God, man, and salvation during three critical periods of development
… evidence argues directly against this assumption and indirectly against the church's claim to have exclusive possession of true doctrines. There have been three periods of doctrinal development in the Mormon church. During the first five years of the church's existence, 1830-1835, Joseph Smith …
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The relationship of age span between children and time use in two- parent, two-child families
… factor which affected the time use of wives and husbands in 1,983 two-parent, two-child families. Data were derived from the Northeastern Regional Project, NE 113, sponsored by the Science and Education Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture. Using a multiple regression …
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An investigation of the factors that influence the career aspirations of Year 12 science students
… is the lack of upper secondary students choosing science related subjects in their final years of schooling. Even of those students who choose science subjects to study in Years 11 and 12 in Australia, many tend to choose non-science pathways for tertiary education options (department of …
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Islam, Modernity, and the Liminal Space Between: A Vertical Case Study of the Institute of Traditional Islamic Art and Architecture, Amman, Jordan
<p>This dissertation investigates the development and function of the Institute of Traditional Islamic Art and Architecture in Amman, Jordan. A vertical case study using grounded theory methodology, the research attempts to create a rich and holistic understanding of the Institute. Specific areas …
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