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Perceptions of Service Quality in a Mixed Audience Environment
(2014-10-10)
The gay population has become an increasingly in-demand consumer group in the United
States (Iwata, 2006). The rapidly growing awareness of the gay consumer evidences an
understanding that the preferences and purchasing ...
Perceptions of Social Support for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among Low-Income Adults in Rural Alabama
(2021-08-09)
Social cognitive and social support theories suggest that psychosocial factors such as
social support from friends and family can influence health behaviors (Heaney & Israel, 2008;
McAlister, Perry, & Parcel, 2008). ...
Perceptions of Soft Skill Development in Secondary Agricultural Education Programs by Agricultural Teachers
(2017-09-12)
The research embodying this study replicates the study performed by Mitchell (2008),
which explored the essential successes of soft skills in the twenty-first century workforce as
perceived by Alabama business/marketing ...
Perceptions of supervisory relationship influences on cognitive complexity development during practicum supervision: A qualitative study
(2012-04-20)
The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploration of the potential impact of the supervisory relationship on the development of cognitive complexity of master’s students in a counseling practicum course. A priori ...
Perceptions of Teaching Excellence: An Examination of Foreign and U.S.-Educated Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(2017-07-25)
This study examined the teaching qualities and behaviors that U.S.-educated and foreign-educated faculty who teach at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) deem necessary for teaching excellence. The Teacher ...
The Perceptions of the Alabama Legislature Toward Higher Education
(2019-04-11)
With state legislatures across the nation decreasing funding in higher education, many higher education administrators are seeking new and creative ways to increase funding and decrease waste in colleges and universities. ...
Perceptions of the Role and Effectiveness of a School Assistance Team in Facilitating School Improvement in a Low-Performing School in Alabama
(2006-12-15)
This study investigated the role and impact of an Alabama School Assistance Team in facilitating school improvement in an Alabama school. Facilitating factors and barriers that hindered the Alabama School Assistance Team ...
Perceptions of the Size, Shape and Attractiveness of Female Body Scans Relative to Body Mass Index
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate male and female college students’ perceptions of female body size using 3-D body scan images. A convenience sample of 146 men and 155 women viewed 10 women’s scanned images ...
Perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, body comparisons, and disordered eating in Women's Artistic Gymnastics.
(2008-08-15)
Previous scholarship has found that body image concerns begin at an early age in women’s artistic gymnastics (WAG). There have been mixed results concerning the prevalence of disordered eating in WAG. The current study ...
Perfomance Analysis of 802.11b Networks
(2006-05-15)
Wireless local area networks (WLANs), especially those incorporating the 802.11b standard, have experienced rapid evolution and unprecedented widespread deployment during the past few years. Increasing research led to the ...
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) UNDER HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS IN ALABAMA
(2023-11-27)
Alabama strawberries have been farmed for over three decades in Alabama, and lately, there is interest in expanding acreage and finding alternative production systems. Hydroponics is an alternative system providing tools ...
Performance Analysis of Attitude Determination Algorithms for Low Cost Attitude Heading Reference Systems
(2010-05-03)
Development of micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) and micro-electro optical
mechanical system (MEOMS) inertial sensors has been driven by the need for inexpensive
sensing solutions in military and commercial applications. ...
Performance Analysis of Collision Avoidance Schemes in Ad Hoc Networks
(2012-04-11)
IEEE 802.11 DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) is a popular protocol used for
the physical and MAC layers in most ad hoc networks. DCF employs carrier sense multiple
access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) and a ...
Performance Analysis of IES Journals using Text Processing Robots in PERL
(2012-03-21)
In the past, many approaches to measure the quality of journals are developed, e.g. 2-year Impact Factor (IF), 5-year IF, Eigenfactor Score, etc. Most of them are related to the number of citations of published papers. ...
Performance Comparison of an Extended Kalman Filter and an Iterated Extended Kalman Filter for Orbit Determination of Space Debris with Poor Apriori Information and Intermittent Observations
(2012-11-06)
The growing space debris population threatens active and future missions bound for low earth orbit.
The purpose of this study is to determine if an iterated extended Kalman filter (IEKF) can be used to yield better ...
Performance Evaluation of a Binary Exponential Code Backoff Algorithm for IEEE 802.11
(2014-03-31)
IEEE 802.11 is the most widely deployed medium access control (MAC) protocol for
wireless access. Simple and efficient, this MAC protocol works well as the last wireless hop
and is a key enabler of the widespread success ...
Performance Evaluation of Biased Queue Management
(2006-08-15)
Congestion is an important issue which researchers focus on in the
Transmission Control Protocol (\textit{TCP}) network environment. To
keep the stability of the whole network, congestion control
algorithms have been ...
Performance Evaluation of Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
(2023-08-01)
Construction-generated stormwater runoff has the potential to negatively affect receiving water bodies downstream. Not only does eroded soil transport other pollutants, but sediment also remains suspended in water, where ...
Performance Evaluation of Sediment Control Practices
(2023-12-11)
Sediment is a major pollutant of waterways, increasing turbidity, carrying other harmful pollutants, and reducing flow capacity, which can lead to loss of aquatic life and increased risk of flooding. Construction projects, ...
Performance Evaluation of Split Disk-Cache
(2013-03-29)
The performance gap between the processor and the memory speeds has been ever increasing. Whereas processor speeds have improved by 60% annually, secondary storage speed has only improved by 10% annually. Although there ...