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Coordination chemistry of novel multifunctional pyridylphosphine ligands.
(2015-07-29)
Coordination complexes with ligands that incorporate multiple donor moieties have been of particular interest due to the unique and diverse characteristics they can possess. In particular, phosphine- and/or nitrogen-based ...
Perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures : a modified Delphi study.
(2015-07-13)
A descriptive study using a modified Delphi method was conducted to gather literate instructors' perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures. Using the extant literature, the researcher prepared 66 statements ...
Characterization of a nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) copper regulon.
(2015-07-17)
The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway was originally identified as a pathway that degrades mRNAs harboring premature termination codons. NMD is now also recognized as a pathway that degrades natural mRNAs. In ...
Reading disability in the law and in Presidential rhetoric : the cases of Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and George H.W. Bush.
(2017-07-31)
Using the close-text methods of rhetorical criticism, this study examines the history of discursive exclusion of people with disabilities from the polity, as evinced in presidential oratory. Specifically, this project ...
The impact of the internship experience on interns’ self-perceived preparedness to teach in a technology rich society : a mixed methods multiple case study.
(2015-07-24)
Preservice teacher education programs are the foundation of the future generations of teachers, and the pinnacle of beginning teacher training is the internship experience. A gap in educational literature exists in relation ...
“The darling child of speech” : Gerard Manley Hopkins’s pedagogy of poetic performance.
(2015-07-31)
Gerard Manley Hopkins takes pains in his letters, sermons, journals, and notes to facilitate his readers’ experience of his poetry by advocating vocal performance. This study considers Hopkins’s thoughts on poetic performance ...
Determining the relative validity of a short screener for assessing adherence to a modified Mediterranean diet in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation patients.
(2017-07-29)
The purpose of the study was to determine the relative validity of a short screener used to assess dietary compliance to a modified Mediterranean diet in a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program. Thirty-one participants ...
Bayesian inference for bivariate Poisson data with zero-inflation.
(2017-07-27)
Multivariate count data with zero-inflation is common throughout pure and applied science. Such count data often includes excess zeros. Zero-inflated Poisson regression models have been used in several applications to model ...
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 ...
Collaborating for good : building a virtual reality simulation to improve health outcomes in the urban slums of India.
(2018-04-25)
This research studies a cross-discipline, cross-cultural, and cross-sector collaborative process used to build a virtual reality simulation (VRS). The VRS is part of a social innovation collaboration (SIC) project to improve ...