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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Stilwell"”.
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A historical study of the Stilwell Road
… in this thesis is the history of the Stilwell Road, from its beginning in 1920, as the old Burma Road, to its completion, re-naming, use in 1945, and death in 1946 .</p> <p>The study of this problem justifies itself for various reasons, namely: (1) The Stilwell Road was severely needed …
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By Air Power Alone: America's Strategic Air War in China, 1941-1945
… with Operation Ichigo and against which Joseph Stilwell accurately warned. 20th Bomber Command used B-29s to wage Operation Matterhorn, failed, and later conducted PACAID missions. 14th Air Force then waged a counterproductive transportation campaign as The Pacific War, also known as the Greater …
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Experimental Test of Relativistic Time Dilation by Laser Spectroscopy of Fast Ions
… with a modern version of the classical Ives-Stilwell experiment, which measures relativistic time dilation via the transverse Doppler effect. A deviation from the prediction given by Special Relativity would disprove the Relativity Principle and, therefore, single out a physically preferred …
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The Process of Change Experienced by Pre-Service and In-Service Social Studies Teachers in an Online Content Area Reading Course
… for teaching certification in that state (Stilwell, 1999). Integrating reading into the content areas is commonly referred to as content area reading. By using content area reading, social studies teachers implement teaching strategies, methods, and techniques that foster their students' …
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The transient composer: rearrangement of pre-existing music in the film score
… 2013; Godsall 2019; McQuiston 2013; Powrie and Stilwell 2006; Smith 1998), no individual scholarly study has ever attempted to account for rearrangement’s recurrence, diverse functionality and complex aesthetic concerns in the context of recent screen scoring practices. This oversight is …
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A Study of the Condition of "Good Work" in Educational Leadership in Iowa
Extending the research of Gardner, Csikszentmihalyi, and Damon (2001) in the fields of genetics and journalism and pursued because "we are convinced that the challenge of good work confronts every professional today" (p. ix), this study focuues on the question of what it means to carry out good …
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A Fundamental Frequency Data Acquisition System (FFDAS).
The human voice contains many frequencies, but the human listener perceives the lowest frequency in the harmonic series, the fundamental frequency (FO), as the pitch of the speaker’s voice at any given instant in time. Fundamental frequency in human speech conveys linguistic (semantic, …
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Do Private Universities' Trustees Hold Their Presidents Accountable? A Study of University Performance and Presidential Turnover
While the extant literature related to firm financial performance and chief officer turnover is extensive in the for-profit literature, less is known about this relationship in the nonprofit setting, particularly universities. Further, the moderating role of corporate governance on performance – …
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Anomalous X-Ray Transmission Changes in Copper Crystals on Electron-Irradiation at 14 K
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Anomalous X-ray transmission changes in copper crystals on electron irradiation at 14 K
Anomalous X-ray transmission measurements were made at.4,2 K on nearly perfect crystals before and after irradiation at 14 Kwith 3 MeV electrons, Simultaneous resistance measurements were taken on high purity copper wires, The measured intensity changes for (111), (222), (333), (220), (200), and …
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Controlling the cooperative behavior of a system of autonomous mobile robots
A novel material transport system is presented that uses 'swarms' of small autonomous mobile robots to collectively lift and move palletized loads. The robots are relatively unsophisticated in design and have no advanced sensory or communications capability. There is no central or supervisory …
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The importance of air transportation to the U.S. economy : analysis of industry use and proximity to airports
This thesis investigates broader impacts of air transportation on U.S. economic productivity, as well as market access and business location, in order to help identify how aviation supports the national economy. More traditional economic impacts are reviewed before turning to enabling impacts. …
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One way to live : Orde Wingate and the adoption of ‘special forces’ tactics and strategies (1903-1944)
Winston Churchill declared Major-General Orde Wingate ‘a man of genius’ for developing what he considered low-cost, high-risk, and high-leverage operations in three theaters of the Second World War. One Way to Live: Orde Wingate and the adoption of 'special forces' tactics and strategies …