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Using Lesson Study to Develop Professional Teaching Knowledge for Problem-based Historical Inquiry Among 4th Grade Social Studies Teachers 

Howell, James (2014-05-15)
This study explored the use of scaffolded lesson study to develop professional teaching knowledge for problem-based historical inquiry (PBHI). Using mixed methods including extensive classroom observations, the study ...

Using Magnetostrictive Biosensors for Salmonella typhimurium and Campylobacter jejuni Detection 

Wang, Ou (2012-07-16)
Salmonella and Campylobacter are two of the most common genera of foodborne pathogens. Contaminated foods, water, undercooked foods or contact with infected animals could cause salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis. ...

Using Microtremors to Assess Site Characteristics in the New Madrid Seismic Zone 

Hardesty, Kelli (2008-08-15)
Results are presented from a study in the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) utilizing the microtremor method. The study analyzes and interprets horizontal to vertical (H/V) spectral ratios to determine resonant periods, wave ...

Using Molecular Dynamics to Examine the Effect of a Novel L505H Mutation on Drug-Resistant B-Raf-V600E and to Understanding the Mechanistic Role of the Mobile Loop Region in Alkanesulfonate Monooxygenase 

Cronin, Nicole (2015-12-10)
Two main projects were studied in this work: 1) the effect of type I and type II inhibitors on B-Raf V600E and the B-Raf V600E-L505H mutations 2) the mechanistic role of the mobile loop in SsuD in alkanesulfonate monooxygenase. ...

Using Multiple Approaches to Evaluate the Effects of Flow Regulation on Fishes in the Tallapoosa River, Alabama. 

Lamb, Elijah (2021-12-01)
Dams alter many aspects of riverine environments and generally have broad effects both upstream and downstream. Despite the variety of potential benefits of dams to humans (recreation, flood control, navigation, etc.), ...

Using Network Analysis and Natural Language Processing Methods to Study Dark Side of Social media with Applications in Fake news and Anti-vaccine Messages 

Farnoush, Alireza (2022-07-29)
Social media has revolutionized the way people consume information and communicate with each other. Despite the several benefits and opportunities of the advent of social media, such as crisis management and situational ...

Using online student polling for continuous improvement planning 

Wingate, Julius (2010-07-20)
This study examines the use of Internet polling at schools to gain student input for the improvement of learning conditions to assist in the continuous improvement planning. The study consists of 2006 respondents and three ...

Using Parent-Child Interaction Therapy to Develop a Pre-Parent Education Module 

Lee, Ember (2009-07-17)
Ineffective parenting skills, poor knowledge of child development, rigidity, and harsh physical punishment have been identified as risk factors for abuse and child disruptive behavior. Due to the long-term negative ...

Using Petrographic and Geochemical Analyses to Elucidate the Genesis of Au-Ag Epithermal Deposits on Florida Mountain, Silver City District, Idaho 

Monroe, Lucas (2021-04-22)
Florida Mountain (FM) is classified as a low-sulfidation epithermal deposit and has a rich history of Au-Ag economic mining. It is one of a trio of similar deposits in southwestern Idaho within the Northern Great Basin and ...

Using physiological approaches to quantify potential effects of anthropogenic alterations to river systems on fishes 

Stell, Ehlana (2024-04-13)  ETD File Embargoed
In this dissertation, I used an ecophysiological approach to study the effects of dams on fishes via studies on swimming performance, metabolic rate, and thermal tolerance. The first study focused on 4 fish species (Channel ...

Using Polling to Understand High School Students' Perspectives on Internet Learning and Peer Support 

Hendon, Kelli (2017-04-21)
This study explores students’ perceptions of Internet and peer-supported learning using student learning polls. Schools are expected to make improvements annually to increase student learning and achievement. The Learning ...

Using Population Models to Evaluate Management Alternatives for Gulf Striped Bass 

Aspinwall, Alexander (2016-04-29)
Interstate management of Gulf Striped Bass Morone saxatilis has involved a thirty-year cooperative effort involving Federal and State agencies in Georgia, Florida and Alabama (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Gulf Striped ...

Using pre-deployment planning for maintaining network connectivity in MANET models 

Chapman, Jarrett (2019-06-13)
Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) allow communication with little or no network infrastructure. Assuming no infrastructure is available, user nodes are defined as service demanding and agent nodes as service providing, ...

Using Preparation for Future Learning to Change Student Attitudes about Race in Undergraduate Genetics Laboratories 

Ball, Erin (2023-04-18)
Racist actions and views are complex, can be implicit or explicit, and are not necessarily acknowledged or understood by the people who are contributing to racism in society. These views and actions have broad impacts ...

Using Real Options Analytics to Improve the Capital Budgeting Process under Uncertainty 

Kim, Kyongsun (2018-04-13)
Capital allocation processes are complex and time consuming in large organizations because of the diverse choices from projects proposed by various departments within the organization. Invariably these projects reveal ...

Using remote sensing to detect indicator species of tidal influence along the lower Apalachicola River, Florida 

Davis, Eian (2023-04-27)  ETD File Embargoed
Wetlands are an important part of coastal ecosystems for the multiple services they provide, including erosion control, water quality, and wildlife habitat. With the threat of rising sea levels, it is important to ...

Using Sediments to Identify Drivers of Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, and Eutrophication in the Shallow, Subtropical Lakes of Florida, USA 

Lamb, Avery (2021-08-02)
Nutrient eutrophication and cyanobacteria dominance has increased in lake systems throughout the world over the last two decades, with growing concerns over decreases in ecosystem services and the toxins that some cyanobacteria ...

Using sonar habitat mapping and GIS analyses to identify freshwater mussel habitat and estimate population size of a federally endangered freshwater mussel species, Amblema neislerii, in the Apalachicola River, FL 

Smit, Reuben (2014-05-02)
Identification and quantification of freshwater mussel habitat in large turbid rivers is challenging. Sonar habitat mapping offers a low cost and time efficient means to identify and quantify benthic habitats over large ...

Using squamate systems to understand molecular underpinnings of evolutionary processes 

Klabacka, Randy L. (2022-12-02)
The solidification of evolutionary biology as a scientific theory provided a foundation for understanding the source of life’s variation, an objective that has since become a central aim in biology. While scientific ...

Using Student Voice to Strengthen Tutoring Services in Middle Schools 

Johnson, Marcia (2010-11-29)
This study examines the use of student learning polls as indicators of student perceptions for tutoring services for the purpose of continuous improvement planning. As an integral part of the educational reform known as ...