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An Examination Of A Career And Awareness Program and the Effects on Fifth Grade Students
(2008-09-09)
Career and educational choices and decisions impact the livelihood and life satisfaction of adults on a daily basis. Students in middle school are required to make critical decisions which will set the stage for their ...
A Comparison of Adult Learners' Academic, Social, and Environmental Needs as Perceived by Adult Learners and Faculty
(2008-09-09)
Adult learners are returning to college in massive numbers. Community colleges have seen a tremendous increase in enrollment as a result of this population of students (Boggs, 2004; Carlan, 2001; Moore & Piland, 1994). ...
Student and Faculty Perceptions of Clinical Teaching Effectiveness of Full-Time and Part-Time Baccalaureate Degree Clinical Nursing Faculty
(2008-09-09)
Schools of Nursing in the United States are experiencing faculty shortages that result in the turning away of qualified student applicants. This trend has continued and even escalated since a 1992 study was published by ...
Integration of Thin Flip Chip in Liquid Crystal Polymer Based Flex
(2008-09-09)
Thin embedded active assemblies have been developed that combine a lower profile and high functional density (per volume) with a flexible appearance, meeting the demands for the miniaturization of electronic products. The ...
Nonlinear Systems Control Using a Subset Stabilization Approach
(2008-09-09)
Numerous problems in nonlinear control systems are difficult or impossible to solve with commonly proposed methods of design. For such systems, we propose a two-loop control strategy that we call the subset stabilization ...
Impact of Interacting Disturbances on Longleaf Pine Communities
(2008-09-09)
Disturbance in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris P. Mill.) communities alters the structure, function, and composition of the forest. Species heterogeneity and diversity were investigated at the Escambia Experimental Forest ...
Knowledge Integration in Software Teams: An Analysis of Team, Project, and IT-Related Issues
(2008-09-09)
Contemporary organizations are increasingly depending on team-based structures to strategically consolidate their dispersed knowledge resources. Team members possess diverse knowledge resources, and these have to be combined ...
The Effects of Attentional Focus Instructions on Simulated Upper Extremity Amputees’ Movement Kinematics When Learning a Novel Functional Task
(2008-09-09)
An important question in motor learning concerns where attention should be focused when learning a new task. The majority of the literature dealing with this subject suggests that an external (visual, or task-related) focus ...
The Effects of Key Moderators on the Relationship Between Firm-wide IT Capability and Firm Performance: An Empirical Investigation of An Integrative Model of IT Business Value
(2008-09-09)
In the competitive and dynamic marketplace of the contemporary organization, IT has become an integral part of the organization’s success or failure. The IT function has been shown to be a valuable resource in creating IT ...
Slave Missions and Membership in North Alabama
(2008-09-09)
As white landowners settled the North Alabama towns of Florence, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa with their slaves, they began to create missions for the religious education of blacks. Many did so out of a desire to share their ...