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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 ...
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: Yield Loss of Brassica carinata in the Southeastern United States and Effect of Fungicides and Light Wavelength.
(2022-11-28)
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a major pathogen of over 400 plant species around the world and is considered to be the biggest threat to the production of Brassica carinata in the southeastern United States. Brassica carinata ...
Score Reduction on Personality Tests After a Middle Warning Message: Exploring the Possible Mechanisms
(2015-12-10)
Social desirable responding has posed a serious threat to the validity and utility of personality tests used as selection tools for organizations. There have been numerous attempts to circumvent this issue including ...
The Scottish Episcopal Church: Religious Conflict in the Late Stuart Period
(2013-07-17)
In 1689 the Scottish Parliament overthrew the Church of Scotland’s Episcopal government and replaced it with a Presbyterian church structure. Traditionally, historians have interpreted these events as evidence of the ...
Scour Potential of Cohesive Soils
(2013-05-13)
Determination of erosion parameters in order to predict scour depth is imperative to designing safe, economic, and efficient bridge foundations. Scour behavior of granular soils is generally understood, and design criteria ...
Screening for target spot (Corynespora cassiicola) resistance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
(2019-04-18)
A critical problem for Alabama cotton growers is the presence of target spot (Corynespora cassicola), a foliar disease which is responsible for combined annual yield losses of >$70 million in AL, GA and the FL Panhandle. ...
The Scrum Process for Independent Programmers
(2009-03-27)
A software process is an attempt to impose structure on the software development process. The primary goal of a software process is to arrive at a repeatable, predictable process that will raise the productivity of software ...
A season long investigation of experiences of a NCAA Division III women's basketball program
(2006-12-15)
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of a NCAA Division III women’s basketball program. The overall focus was to conduct a season long investigation of motivational factors and perceptions as they related ...
Seasonal Habitat and Shelter Selection by Reintroduced Eastern Indigo Snakes in Conecuh National Forest, Alabama
(2013-11-15)
Species reintroduction has become an increasingly popular conservation method for reestablishing extirpated populations of declining species. Because poor habitat quality at release sites has been one of the most frequently ...
Seasonal variation in sex ratios and survival rates of white-tailed deer fawns
(2006-05-15)
The ability of a female to adjust the sex ratio of her offspring has been well documented in numerous mammalian species. However, few studies have deviated from focusing on maternal condition as the driving factor concerning ...
Seat Belt Safety in Rollover Accidents: Investigating Buckle Release Force and its Impact on Occupant Protection
(2023-05-02)
Seat belts have been a crucial safety feature in vehicles for over a century. They undoubtedly remain the most effective safety device in a vehicle for reducing both fatal and nonfatal injuries resulting from motor vehicle ...
Secdoop: A Confidentiality Service for Hadoop Clusters
(2011-04-07)
The MapReduce model has proven to be an effective way to demonstrate academic research while using distributed file-systems. The MapReduce programming model was introduced by Google in 2004. MapReduce has proven to be a ...