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Learning Styles of Older Adults in Educational Settings
(2016-08-05)
Abstract
Learning Styles of Older Adults in Educational Settings, is an investigation into the learning styles of the baby boomer generation who are now entering retirement. With typical retirement at 65 years of age ...
Learning Systems for Nonlinear Mapping
(2017-04-13)
The many complex problems facing researchers and engineers demand innovative solutions.
Machine learning techniques are growing in popularity due to their versatility and power.
However, challenges remain. Popular machine ...
Lebesgue Approximation of Superprocesses
(2013-07-19)
Superprocesses are certain measure-valued Markov processes, whose distributions can be characterized by two components: the branching mechanism and the spatial motion. It is well known that some basic superprocesses are ...
Legacy Sediments in Southeastern United States Coastal Plain Streams
(2009-12-14)
Soil erosion and sedimentation are natural processes that occur throughout the landscape. However, athropogenic disturbances may result in an increase in either of these processes, or both. Many studies reported the extensive ...
Legal Issues in Music Education: An Analysis of Court Cases Involving Music Educators
(2010-11-30)
Although all educators are susceptible to legal challenges, music educators, as a result of
their professional responsibilities, have an increased risk of becoming involved in litigation.
Reasons for this increased risk ...
Legal Outcomes as Effectiveness Research of Forensic Interviewing at the Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama (CACEA)
(2005-12-15)
Sexual abuse is a devastating reality with tragic effects on the victims. It affects approximately one in four children before the age of eighteen. Legislation and prosecution of sex abuse crimes are intended to deter ...
Legal Status of Alcohol, Population Density, and the Incidence of DUI Arrests in Alabama
(2008-08-15)
The purpose of this study is to identify the effect legal status of alcohol and population density has on the incidence of DUI arrests in the state of Alabama. It was expected that dry counties with low population densities ...
Legislated Incentives and Expectations
(2013-04-23)
The United States Congress passes several pieces of legislation with the intent to improve the overall livelihood of Americans and assist other nations toward economic development. This collection of essays identifies ...
Legislative Production and Ideology Voter Scores: Three Essays
(2009-12-03)
Legislators possess supply-side characteristics in the production process of public sector
outcomes. Constituents demand legislative services and choose those who most closely resemble
their preferences. There are several ...
Leptin Treatment in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats Inhibits Glucagon Responsiveness and Hepatic Gluconeogenic Gene Expression
(2012-08-10)
Central administration of leptin normalizes blood glucose concentrations of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats and dramatically decreases blood glucose concentrations in leptin-treated rats during a fast as compared ...
Leptin's Potential Interactions with Counter-Regulatory Hormones and Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Type 1 Diabetic Rats
(2019-12-05)
Diabetes is a global epidemic and the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. One of the characteristics of diabetes is hyperglycemia. Untreated diabetes can lead to ketoacidosis, which may lead to coma or ...
Lessons Learned About the Implementation and Sustainability of the Redesigned Principal Preparation Programs in Alabama
(2012-08-02)
In the fall of 2005, the state of Alabama embarked upon a multi-system reform of its leadership standards, principal preparation program requirements, professional development standards, and professional practice evaluation ...
Lethal and Non-Lethal Outcomes for Male and Female Offenders: Utilizing the NIBRS Datasource
(2008-05-15)
The focus of this paper is to determine if the victim and the offender characteristics, along with the contextual factors, influence the lethality of a violent encounter. Data from the National Incident-Based Reporting ...
Letting Teachers Speak: The National History Standards Project and Its Consequences
(2008-05-15)
This thesis examines the National History Standards Project within the context of successive cycles of educational reform. It attempts to illustrate why and how the National History Standards were developed in the 1990s, ...
Leverage Sampling for Single-Index Models
(2021-01-04)
In this thesis, a generalized leverage-based sub-sampling method for single-index models is proposed. The approach gives more efficient estimators than random sub-samples of the same size. Also, robust rank-based estimators ...
Leveraging Automation in Data Enhancement and Quality Control Protocols for Post-Windstorm Reconnaissance Data
(2021-04-30)
Extreme windstorms cause loss of life, major financial losses, and disrupt community well-being. Post-windstorm field reconnaissance is one of the traditional methods used to collect data about these natural hazards. The ...
Leveraging Behavioral Economics-based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence
(2017-08-18)
Poor medication adherence to chronic medications can lead to added patient harm and increased costs. Concepts from behavioral economics have guided interventions to help overcome the tendency toward non-adherence with ...
LGBTQ+ Inclusion in a Writing Center in the Deep South: A Collaborative Autoethnography
(2023-07-27)
As an administrator of a writing program and writing center at a university in the Deep South, I sought to develop a workplace culture that was welcoming to LGBTQ+ employees. Writing centers have historically paid scant ...
Life and Death: Examining the Power Dynamic Between Black Women, Physicians, and Society Through Narratives
(2019-05-08)
The current research examines the maternal narratives of four Black women who struggled during childbirth due to negligence by medical staff. Historically, Black women have struggled to receive equitable care for reasons ...
Life Cycle Assessment of a Bacterial-Algal-Zooplankton System for Conversion of Anerobic Digestate into Fishmeal
(2023-07-31)
A bacterial-algae-zooplankton system was proposed to cultivate zooplankton on
digestate-grown algae as a fishmeal replacement for aquaculture. The proposed system was
designed for the purpose of creating a more sustainable ...