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Scalable, Self-Healing, and Real-Time Network Services for Directed Diffusion
(2007-05-15)
Directed diffusion is a data-centric publish-subscribe routing protocol for sensor networks. We have designed, implemented, and evaluated three network services which build on the strengths of directed diffusion and lessen ...
Scale Economies in MFIs Abroad and Comparable U.S. Financial Institutions
(2010-04-22)
The three essays of this dissertation employ a system of seemingly unrelated equations, each with a cost function and production input equations to determine the scale or point of production along the long-run average total ...
The Scales of Ocean and Coastal Governance: How International, National, and Local Governments are Preparing for Global Environmental Change and a Growing Population
(2023-08-02)
Coastal and ocean governance is a complex topic that requires an equally complex management structure. Governments around the world and at every scale have varying degrees of authority and resources to effectively manage ...
Scapegoating Saviors: Presidential Rhetoric in U.S. Government Shutdowns
(2019-07-12)
This project extends research on how and why rhetors create enemies in political discourse. Previous literature has examined the construction of enemies for a number of purposes. One of these purposes is scapegoating. To ...
Scattering Resonances for Three-dimensional Subwavelength Holes
(2021-07-19)
This thesis aims to investigate scattering resonances and the field amplification at resonant frequencies for two different subwavelength structures: The first structure is a cavity with a closed bottom and width $\varepsilon$ ...
Scene Generation and Target Detection for Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
(2009-04-20)
Hardware-in-the-Loop simulations are useful in developing and testing missile components at a lower cost than experimental tests. Accurate results require the missile's optical sensor be stimulated by an artificial ...
Schedule Thinning Following Functional Communication Training: A Comparison of Chained Schedules and Multiple Schedules
(2016-04-12)
Functional communication training (FCT) is a well-supported, effective, function-based intervention used to reduce rates of problem behavior by teaching communicative responses that access functionally equivalent reinforcers. ...
Scheduling DAGs For Minimum Finish Time and Power Consumption on Heterogeneous Processors
(2005-08-15)
In the past years, scheduling has always been a hot research area, and with the advancement of processor technologies, there has been an increasing focus on the strategies that allow managing resource allocation in an ...
Scheduling in WiMAX based wireless networks
(2008-12-15)
This thesis describes two transmission scheduling algorithms and a hybrid ARQ transmission
handling algorithm designed for WiMAX based wireless networks. WiMAX networks
are based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple ...
School Administrators’ Perceptions of Alabama’s ACCESS Distance Learning Program
(2013-11-05)
The purpose of this study was to examine Alabama high school principals’ perceptions about ACCESS Distance Learning. An exploratory research design was used and data were collected by survey. The survey was emailed to 508 ...
School Counselor Professional Identity in Relation to Post-master's Supervision
(2022-05-23)
School counselors and clinical mental health counselors are trained through master’s programs with similar course objectives. One major difference between school counselor and clinical counselor licensure/certification ...
School Counselors' Perceptions of Cyberbullying
(2010-06-22)
This was a qualitative study which examined school counselors’ perceptions of cyberbullying. Thirty two school counselors were asked seven reflection questions in regards to their experiences, roles/responsibilities, ...
School Desegregation: Participant Perceptions of a Freedom of Choice Initiative in the South
(2015-07-29)
This study investigated one school system’s implementation of a Freedom of Choice plan to desegregate its public schools prior to being mandated to do so. The research examined the process to implement a Freedom of Choice ...
School Leaders and Sustainability: An Exploratory Study
(2012-07-25)
This elicitation study explored school leader beliefs and practices relative to sustainability and green school practices. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior as the theoretical framework, the study specifically explored ...
School Leadership: The Journey from Trauma Aware to Trauma-Informed
(2022-11-21)
Until recently, discussions around trauma-informed approaches and practices have been limited primarily to the fields of mental health and social services; however, “attention to childhood trauma and the need for trauma-informed ...
School Lunch Participation: Evaluating Reimbursable Meals and A la Carte Sales in the School Setting
(2018-07-18)
The purpose of this study was to investigate student participation levels in the school nutrition program in a school district. Additionally, the study investigated reimbursable meal purchases compared to a la carte ...
SciBrowser: Exploration and Analysis of the Complexity, Structure, and Activity Dynamics of Open Source Science Communities
(2011-03-30)
Open Biomedical Ontology (OBO) is a socio-technical community that is comprised of individuals dispersed geographically, but function as a coherent unit through the use of cyber-infrastructure. This study explores dynamics ...
Science Achievement of Secondary Agricultural Education Students
(2012-05-04)
The purposes of this quantitative descriptive and correlational study were to describe the science achievements of secondary agricultural education students and determine if the number of agricultural education courses ...
A Scientific and Metaphoric Examination of the Creative Self: A Self Study of Creativity, the Creative Process, and Aesthetic Awareness
(2015-07-28)
The following self-study examines the role of creativity, the creative process, and aesthetic awareness among the life of an artist. The study further examines the relationship between creativity generation and drawing. ...
SCL: A Cross-Layer Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
(2012-01-08)
Wireless Sensor Networks are a new class of distributed systems that are used to collect information from the physical area they inhabit. They usually consist of a large number of low-power wireless sensor nodes or motes ...