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Novice Teachers' Assessment of Their Teacher Educaton Program
(2005-08-15)
This study seeks to discover the perceptions of novice teachers concerning the adequacy of their teacher education programs and to identify the various training practices, support and resources available in the programs.The ...
Novice Teachers' Instructional Practices in Elementary Social Studies
(2018-06-12)
The purpose of this case study was to explore the instructional practices novice elementary social studies teachers utilized in the design and implementation of their instruction. This study included four elementary ...
Now
(2006-05-15)
This thesis is a creative work comprised of two short stories preceded by a critical introduction. Both of the stories deal with difficult transitions in the lives of young women; details and images play an important role ...
Number Fields
(2017-04-13)
This paper focuses on number fields and the number rings associated with a particular number field. This topic falls under the study of algebra, and in particular algebraic number theory. The motivation of this paper is ...
Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Textiles and Application in Emergency Communication Network
(2011-04-14)
In this dissertation, we presented a new type of textile antenna with new radiation mechanism that is capable of resonating at 1/9 the size of a corresponding microstrip antenna due to the woven structures. Further study ...
A Numerical Analysis of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Truck Platoon Aerodynamic Drag Reduction
(2018-07-31)
The purpose of this study was to provide an analysis of the aerodynamic phenomena involved with the platooning of multiple truck-trailer configurations. With fuel usage being a large factor in high operational costs of ...
Numerical and experimental analysis of Wetumpka impact crater, Alabama.
(2021-07-19)
Impacts are the most crucial process in the formation of the solar system, since planets and other bodies are considered to have formed by accretion of small objects through collisional processes. By studying craters on ...
A Numerical and Experimental Study of Additively Manufactured Compact Cold Plates for Electronics Cooling Applications
(2021-12-03)
This research assesses the viability of metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) to create Compact Cold Plate Heat Exchangers. Unique arrays of offset strip fins were used to increase heat transfer and reduce pressure drop. Cold ...
Numerical approaches to investigate small bodies’ properties in their structure and surface with case studies
(2023-04-27)
Asteroids, comets, and Kuiper-belt objects (aka. Small bodies) can tell us essential information to understand their evolutionary history and advance the history of our solar system. Since the currently available data on ...
The Numerical Approximation of Blow-Up Times for Fractional Reaction-Diffusion Equations
(2022-07-28)
We investigate the numerical estimation of blow-up phenomena of the space fractional reaction-diffusion equation \[ \partial_t u +(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}u=f(u), \quad x \in \Omega, t>0 \] with non-negative initial and Dirichlet ...
Numerical assement and evaluation of a stream monidification strategy to address sediment aggradation issues at Dean Road bridge in Dale County, Alabama
(2019-01-07)
Severe aggradation in bridge structures is a serious issue since it may lead to overtopping episodes during peak flows or increased risk of serious structural damage. Aggradation processes may be caused by changes in ...
Numerical Investigation of the Flow Topology in a Bidirectional Vortex Engine
(2023-03-30)
The characterization of swirl-driven phenomena, including cyclonic flows, continues to
receive attention in the propulsion community. This may be attributed to the beneficial
properties of swirl when integrated into ...
Numerical Investigation of the Solidification of Nanoparticle-Based Colloidal Suspensions
(2013-07-29)
In this dissertation, analytical and numerical approaches were used for analysis of the solidification process of nanoparticle-based colloidal suspensions, with a special emphasis to those used as nanostructured-enhanced ...
A Numerical Investigation on High-Reynolds-Number Gravity Currents in Pressurized and Free-Surface Systems using Shallow Water Equation and Integral Model Approaches
(2014-12-09)
Multiphase flows in the form of gravity currents are prevalent in various natural systems, as well as in some open channels and closed conduits. Thus, accurate flow simulation and efficient modeling tools are important in ...
Numerical Model Evaluations of Cumulative Contraction Scour at a Bridge Site with Cohesive Soils
(2005-08-15)
The objective of this study was to perform 2-Dimensional numerical contraction
scour calculations at an actual bridge site with cohesive soils. The 2-D model used in the
analysis was the Finite Element Surface Water ...
Numerical Modeling of Crustal Deformation and Pore-Pressure Changes Associated with the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taiwan
(2010-12-09)
A new 3D time-dependent pore-pressure diffusion model PFLOW is used to investigate the response of pore fluids to the crustal deformation generated by strong earthquakes in heterogeneous geologic media. Using a carefully ...
Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Layered Random Surfaces
(2020-12-01)
We present an efficient numerical method for modeling the scattering of electromagnetic fields by a multiply layered medium with random interfaces. We propose a combination of the Monte Carlo-Transformed Field Expansion ...
Numerical Modeling of Liquefaction-induced Settlement due to Reconsolidation
(2021-07-30)
Soil liquefaction poses a major threat to human life and property. Settlement following liquefaction has been one of the major sources of liquefaction-induced damage in past earthquakes and creating resilient infrastructure ...
Numerical Modeling of Nasal Cavities and Air Flow Simulation
(2006-05-15)
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has many applications in biomedical engineering, such as simulating air dynamics in nasal cavities and lungs, blood flow in vessels, and blood flow in hearts. To perform CFD simulations, ...
Numerical Modeling of Random 2D and 3D Structural Foams Using Voronoi Diagrams: A Study of Cell Regularity and Compression Response
(2013-07-10)
Representing the complex morphology of cellular solids in general and metal foams in particular for understanding key factors governing their mechanical behavior is typically achieved using periodic unit cells. Due to the ...