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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"WTC"”.
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A benefit analysis of the world trade center concept : case study, WTC Amsterdam
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.
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Learner Attitudes Toward Studying English in a Rural Japanese University: Motivation, WTC, and Preferences for Instructional Activities
… motivation and L2 Willingness to Communicate (WTC),which has recently caught interest both as an influence on and valued outcome of second language (L2) learning, were also included. The participants' English proficiency was measured with the Test of English for International Communication …
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An Investigation of English Learners' Willingness to Communicate in a Linguistically Diverse Setting
… learners’ (ELs’) willingness to communicate (WTC) is deemed as a key factor predicting their development in both English language and content knowledge (MacIntyre, Baker, Clément, & Donovan, 2003; MacIntyre & Charos, 1996; MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998; Skehan, 1989). As a major …
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Japanese University Students’ L2 Communication Frequency in Positive Classroom Climate
… predictors of willingness to communicate (WTC) and of actual frequency of English communication at work inside and outside the foreign language classroom among 439 university students (male = 226, female = 213) learning English in Japan. Based on Wen and Clément’s (2003) theory of L2 WTC, I …
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JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' WILLINGNESS TO USE ENGLISH WITH DIFFERENT INTERLOCUTORS
Willingness to communicate (WTC) arose out of the search for a construct to explain why some people are more likely to speak in a particular communication situation than others facing the same situation (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998). This study investigated the extent to which 1,789 …
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A longitudinal latent growth modeling perspective on communication apprehension, self-perceived communication competence, and willingness to communicate
… constructs, namely willingness to communicate (WTC), self-perceived communication competence (SPCC), and communication apprehension (CA). Specifically, this research found that students' WTC and SPCC scores increased linearly during the semester and their CA scores decreased linearly. In …
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Voice-Leading Patterns in the Fugal Expositions of J. S. Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier"
… voice leading and imitation in the fugues of the WTC–a relationship in which the type of imitative material adopted for a subject, the underlying linear motion, affects the basic format and the voice-leading details of fugal exposition in specific ways. Principles of voice-leading fundamental to …
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Generation of Multi-Scale Thermoplastic Composites for Use in Injection Molding and Fused Filament Fabrication
… as multi-scale wholly thermoplastic composites (WTCs). Multi-scale WTCs have been proposed as lightweight replacements with high performance for some traditional glass fiber (GF) and carbon fiber (CF) reinforced composites materials in various applications. TLCPs are known for performing …
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The Play Behaviors of Young Children Exposed to a Traumatic Event
… of the change in child play behavior in Pre-WTC mention and Post-WTC mention segments of the videotaped interviews revealed common themes in the play behaviors seen in other studies of trauma exposed children, such as aggression, anxiety, generalized fears, and event specific fears. This …
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Between remembrance and rebuilding : developing a consensus process for memorialization at the World Trade Center
… oversee development of Lower Manhattan and the WTC site, could convene a consensus building process. The process would provide neutral facilitation and management of stakeholders who select representatives for an open and ongoing dialogue about such contentious issues as sacred ground, …
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The effect of whole tree chips in pulp and papermaking
… conditions are held constant and the percent of WTC material is increased, fibrous yield decreases, kappa number rises and pulp color darkens. This may be a result of liquor chemical exhaustion and precipitation of lignin onto pulp fibers. These results indicate that in a mill operation, WTC …
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Economic evaluation of three preventive drug therapies for osteoporotic fractures among women at different risk levels
… averted. Treatment Willingness-To-Continue (WTC) rate was also considered. Data were collected from literature, expert panel survey, Medicaid claims data, and a risk survey in the study population. Monte Carlo simulations were conducted (distributions used: background risk, cost, and risk …
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Enhanced Anisotropic Bounding Surface Model: Implementation and Simulation of Excavation in Soft Cohesive Soils
… with field measurements in Taipei City (TNEC and WTC sites) and Boston City (Post Office Square site). The case studies have demonstrated satisfactory agreement between the simulations and field measurements, especially for the TNEC and Post Office Square sites, while there is a less satisfactory …
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The Effect of a Training Clinic on the Self-Efficacy of Counselors in Training
… in a counseling program with a training clinic (WTC) or in a counseling program without a clinic (WTTC). Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon test, a non-parametric statistical test, was used due to the small sample size to analyze the differences between the groups. Analyses revealed that there is no …
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Diagnostic Procedures Using Radiation and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: Causal Association or Detection Bias? An Examination of Population Cancer Trends and Data from the NYC Fire Department
… association between World Trade Center (WTC) exposure and TC was also investigated. </p> <p>Results: Between 1973 and 2011, TC incidence has increased and mortality has remained stable. Independent age, period and cohort effects were observed for TC incidence in the United States. Risk …
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Barriers to and facilitators of physical education teacher change
… to change (SEtC), and willingness to change (WtC); five items that assessed likelihood to change (LtC); and six items that assessed initiation of past change. In addition, six demographic questions were included. Complete survey data (N = 2,233) were analyzed using factor analysis and …
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An Exploration of the Natural Ventilation Strategies At the World Trade Center, Amsterdam
… current commission for the World Trade Center (WTC) currently under construction in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This multi-million square foot complex has been designed to service the growing needs of Europe's free market economy and the fledgling European Union (EU). The complex is a series of five …
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Unifying model-based programming and randomized path planning through optimal search
… deployment of robots at the World Trade Center (WTC) site after September 11, 2001, highlighted the potential for robots to aid in search and rescue missions that pose great threats and challenges to humans. However, robots that are tele-operated and tethered for power and communication are …
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Evacuation dynamics of the World Trade Center disaster
… and to make a fully usable model of one of the WTC buildings. About 250 accounts, of varied quality, were collect, analyse and catalogue in the database. The response times were extracted and used on the population in the model of WTC1. These were found to be of an average value compared to …
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Towards a mathematical model of tonality
… to the 24 fugue subjects in Book I of Bach's WTC; I propose the first computationally viable method for determining modulations (the change of key); and, I design a basic algorithm for finding the roots of chords, comparing its results to those of algorithms by other researchers. All three …
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