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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"oakes"”.
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A Journey to Freedom: The Life of Richard Oakes, 1942-1972
<p>A Journey to Freedom: The Life of Richard Oakes 1942-1972,' is the story of Indigenous leader and activist Richard Oakes, and focuses on the climax of the national movement toward Native self-determination and freedom. 'A Journey to Freedom' investigates the intersections of place, space, …
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Comparison Of Denitrification Potential Around A Tile Drain And In Aquifer Sediments: Oakes, ND
… Best Management Practices (BMP) site, within the Oakes Irrigation Test Area (OITA) near Oakes, North Dakota.</p> <p>For the aquifer sediment study, sediment samples (n=43) were collected from 10 locations at the BMP site. All samples were analyzed for the following potential electron donors: …
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The geochemical evolution of saline groundwater within a fresh water aquifer south of Oakes, North Dakota
… area of saline/brackish groundwater south of Oakes, North Dakota has been reported by the North Dakota State Water Commission. The concentrated water (over 12,000 mg/L of total dissolved solids) is in direct hydraulic connection with relatively fresh water and shows an abrupt change in …
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A review of the life and writings of Elizabeth Oakes Smith : feminist, author, and lecturer, 1806-1893
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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Pions and vector mesons at finite temperature from QCD sum rules
… corrections to the current algebra Gell-Mann, Oakes and Renner(GMOR) relation in SU(2) X SU(2), the temperature behaviour of the pion mass and the q2 and T dependence of the ρππ vertex function in the space-like region are investigated.
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Hierarchical modelling of multivariate survival data
… follows Clayton (1978), Hougaard (1986b), and Oakes (1986, 1989). Both approximate Bayesian and maximum likelihood estimation in these models is investigated via simulation. Predicting a component of a response vector on the basis of other components of the response and other vectors is also …
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Quaternary geology of Sargent County, North Dakota
… (3) the morphology and stratigraphy of the Lake Oakes Hills. </p><p> Two glacial diamicton beds are exposed in a Prairie Coteau roadcut; the upper bed, Drift A, is noticeably rich in shale fragments whereas the lower bed, Drift B, is shale-poor. Drift A correlates with the upper member of the Red …
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Building parents’ leadership capacity for engagement in the New Orleans education reform landscape
… in school and community life (Hong, 2011; Oakes & Lipton, 2006; Warren, 2005; Oakes & Lipton, 2002). Federal policy also recommends that parents engage in regular, two-way, meaningful communication with school staff regarding academics and other school activities. While there is an …
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Automated Water Management for Center Pivot Irrigation Systems
… analysis (Akron, CO, Ames, lA, Brookings, SD, Oakes, ND, Ord, NE, Rock Port, MO, and St. John, KS). System pumping capacities of 37.9, 50.5, and 63.1 liters/second were simulated at each site along with the soil available water holding capacities of 83, 125,and 167mm/meter. The different …
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Church housing : a symbol of hospitality
… background. In 1830, a town resident David Oakes established a woolen mill. This mill prospered and provided employment for hundreds of immigrants and among its various materials, uniforms for the Union Army in the Civil War. In addition, the Township housed many military leaders including …
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Opening the Doré to Proportionality: Discretionary Administrative Decisions and the Charter
… is conceptual harmony between the traditional Oakes analysis and its new approach to reviewing the constitutionality of administrative discretionary decisions. In doing so, this thesis will illustrate how the Doré framework subverts the guarantee that the Charter's rights and freedoms are …
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Privilege and Disprivilege In Discourse In and Around Literacy Assessment In Second Grade
… tracked, labeled, and taught (Bigelow, 1994; Oakes, 1985/2005), (c) literacy competencies influence other ways of knowing and being in the world (Lindfors, 1999; Rogoff, 2003), and (d) much of current literacy assessment marginalizes children of color, children whose home language is other …
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The Relationship between religiousness/spirituality and resilience in college students.
… to cope with existential conflicts (Kallampally, Oakes, Lyons, Greer, & Gillespie, 2007). A number of theorists have linked religion and spirituality with resilience (Greene & Conrad, 2002), but research is needed that assesses the multidimensional nature or religiousness/spirituality and …
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High School Curriculum Tracks as Determinants of Post-Secondary Outcomes: A Study of Track Mobility and Its Effects
… are minimized and positive effects maximized. Oakes (2005) has identified five common elements of tracking policies and practices: extent, pervasiveness, flexibility, mobility, and locus of control. Of these elements, it is my contention that mobility is most important. A tracking system that …
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Tracking Segregation: Experiences of African American High School Students in Low- and High -Track Math and English Classes
… learning of all children (Meier et al., 1989; Oakes, 1985; 2005, Wheelock, 1992). Yet, the process continues unchallenged and unabated in over 85% of our nation's schools (Wheelock, 1992). Through two mutually-supportive objectives of (1) making a historical connection of tracking to African …
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Glacial stratigraphy of southeastern North Dakota
… southeastern North Dakota: the Grace City, the Oakes, and the Luverne End Moraines. On the basis of the lithostratigraphy of the glacial sediment of southeastern North Dakota, these arcuate ridges may be overridden older terminal moraines or they may not even be terminal moraines and new …
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Comparison of Event History Analysis and Latent Growth Modeling for College Student Perseverance
… event occurrence with longitudinal data (Cox & Oakes, 1984; Menard, 1991; Singer & Willett, 1993, 2003). An alternative is to model longitudinal data within the SEM framework, known as latent variable growth modeling (McArdle, 1988; Meredith & Tisak, 1990), which can provide a more robust …
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Teachers in Elementary Schools…Do They Have What They Need?
… state standards set by the state of California (Oakes & Saunders, 2004). A weakness of the literature reviewed for this project was that comprehensive data related to the investigated problem was limited. Clearer and comprehensive quantitative data is needed to provide a sense of how much funding …
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Data use for what and for whom?: a close look at the policies and teacher practices that shape data-driven decision making at an elementary school
… use. Borrowing the concept of “matchmaking” (Oakes & Guiton, 1995), I describe how educators’ data use targeted matching students to pre-determined educational programs. I argue that matchmaking promoted particular data-use conversations and decisions while stifling inquiries into other issues …
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Co-Constructing Cultural Attunement with Latino Clients in Couple Therapy
… concepts with steps to follow (Hoskins, 1999; Oakes, 2011). From the social constructionist perspective, cultural attunement is related to the cultural context and cultural interactions that shape beliefs and attitudes about what is meaningful in establishing deep relationships for Latino and …
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