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A case study : the effects of the AutisMate application on a 12 year-old boy with ASD.
(2015-12-01)The study is to show if iPad application AutisMate is effective in promoting the modeling of social communication and social interaction skills in a 12 year old boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder using a single subject ... -
A case study of Mission Guatemala’s nutrition outreach feeding programs for children in Guatemala.
(2016-04-19)Guatemala is a country with the fourth highest rate of chronic undernutrition in the world and the highest rate in Latin America and the Caribbean [1]. Nutrition initiatives with feeding programs have been incorporated ... -
A close look at the electrostatic properties of Cu, Zn-Superoxide dismutase.
(2015-12-01)Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Mutations in the gene encoding Cu, Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) are responsible for 1-2% of ALS cases. Numerous studies have proved that SOD1 forms ... -
A comparative analysis of Frank Martin’s Ballade for flute and Ballade for trombone.
(2015-07-21)Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974) wrote six single-movement pieces for six different solo instruments and accompaniment between 1938 and 1972, all titled Ballade. The Ballade for trombone (1940) and the Ballade for ... -
A comparison of tact interventions on emergent intraverbal responses in children with developmental disabilities.
(2016-07-28)Many individuals with developmental disorders experience communication deficits, including those with autism spectrum disorders. For some, this includes the underdevelopment of an intraverbal repertoire. A review of the ... -
A director's approach to Arthur Arent's One Third of a Nation.
(2015-04-15)The Federal Theatre Project, under director Hallie Flanagan, had many projects throughout its short existence from 1935-1939; however, few were as innovative and impactful as the Living Newspaper. The most successful Living ... -
A director's approach to Ken Ludwig's Moon over Buffalo.
(2016-07-05)Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo is a comedy that presents its audience with a unique theatrical experience. While attempting to follow the dramatic structure of certain classical comedies, the thematic plot of Ludwig’s play ... -
A director's approach to Sam Shepard's True West.
(2015-07-14)Sam Shepard’s True West is a black comedy that tells the story of Austin and Lee, two brothers leading vastly different lives who meet unexpectedly at their mother’s home in suburban Los Angeles, and through a series of ... -
A fast seeding technique for k-means algorithm.
(2014-11-06)The k-means algorithm is one of the most popular clustering techniques because of its speed and simplicity. This algorithm is very simple and easy to understand and implement. The first step of this algorithm is choosing ... -
A fruitless crown : the logic and limits of foreign policy in revolutionist dictatorships.
(2015-03-25)This dissertation examines the process of foreign policymaking in dictatorial regimes, using historical examples to illustrate contemporary implications for American foreign policy. I introduce a sub-category of regimes ... -
A low-cost embedded network analyzer for the measurement of material properties.
(2015-04-08)Many industrial processes involve the production of complex composite mixtures of multiple constituents that must be combined according to carefully controlled ratios. Inaccuracies in the control of the production processes ... -
A multigrid Krylov method for eigenvalue problems.
(2015-07-31)We are interested in computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices derived from differential equations. They are often large sparse matrices, including both symmetric and non symmetric cases. Restarted Arnoldi methods ... -
A pilot study : evaluation of the effectiveness of a cooking class in increasing cancer patients' self-efficacy, sense of control and knowledge.
(2016-03-20)Nutrition and cancer patients’ food choices impact treatment outcomes and survival rates. The goal of nutrition education is dietary behavior change, yet it is unclear which educational format is the most effective. The ... -
A pilot study on the effects of brief-ACT on college student drinking, correlates of drinking, and cognitive fusion.
(2016-05-27)The current study aimed to examine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a single session of modified Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The study investigated whether various drinking outcome variables, cognitive ... -
A polysemic exploration of stereotypes and racial humor in Tosh.0.
(2015-07-22)This case study uses content and rhetorical analyses to address the neutralizing effects of performance strategies used in the racially charged humor of “Tosh.0.” Selected clips were analyzed and discussed through the lens ... -
A pragmalinguistic analysis of missed opportunities for building rapport in interpreted medical interviews with Spanish-speaking patients.
(2016-03-14)Interpreted medical discourse presents significant challenges for communication because portions of the original message are often reduced, omitted, or revised (Aranguri, Davidson, & Ramirez, 2006), particularly by lay ... -
A pregnant silence : contemporary apophaticism and virtues ethics.
(2015-08-03)This dissertation surveys and critiques the ethical consequences of the contemporary revival of apophaticism. It examines representative examples of a continuum of contemporary apophatic thought—primarily Jacques Derrida, ... -
A relational view of time.
(2016-07-06)This dissertation is a defense of an Aristotelian, relational view of time. The Aristotelian holds that there are both fundamental and derivative entities. The relationalist maintains that time is not one of the fundamental ... -
A semi-empirical model to predict erosion rate of cohesive soil, determination of critical shear stress of non-cohesive soils, and field prediction of watershed erosion rate under drought and low data conditions.
(2015-10-23)Prediction of critical shear stress and determination of erosion rate due to concentrated flow plays a significant role in sustainability of engineering structures and watersheds management. Critical shear stress of a soil ... -
A Study of chemical treatments and processing for banana fiber-reinforced LDPE composites.
(2016-07-25)Natural fiber-reinforced polymeric composites have been gaining popularity due to their low weight and high sustainability potential. Banana pseudo-stem fibers in particular present a unique opportunity for reinforcement ...