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A Survey of Alabama School Principals’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the National Board Certification Process
(2006-05-15)
The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a voluntary documentation and demonstration process of an accomplished teacher’s excellence in his or her discipline measured against rigorous standards and ...
A Survey of Android App Quality Using Third Party Markets
(2014-11-06)
Since its inception, the smart phone has quickly become one of the most ubiquitous technological artifacts in today’s society. In the first quarter of 2014, 281.5 million units were shipped. This was a 28.6 percent ...
A Survey of Band Directors' Practices for and Attitudes about Accommodating Students with Cogntive or Behavioral Exceptionalities into Middle and High School Band Programs
(2023-12-06)
This study examined secondary band directors’ practices and attitudes about
accommodating students with cognitive or behavioral exceptionalities in middle and high school
band programs. The research questions were: 1. ...
Survey of feed mills around the United States for select bacterial pathogens
(2022-11-29)
Feed and feed ingredients are one of the principal sources of microbial contamination in the animal production industry and contamination may occur at any time during growing, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, storage, ...
A Survey of How English Language Arts Teachers Address Synthesis Writing in Classroom Instruction
(2014-05-05)
The use of information from source materials in service of an argument or idea original to a writer is, according to the scholarly literature, one of the most complex applications of reading and writing. It is also, according ...
A Survey of In-service Music Teacher Preparedness for Teaching Non-Traditional Music Courses and Ensembles in Secondary-level Schools
(2019-04-25)
Despite efforts to diversify music curriculum in secondary schools, research indicates that music education in the United States (U.S.) primarily focuses on western classical music, overemphasizes performance, and fails ...
A Survey of Irrigation Best Management Practices in Alabama Container Production Nurseries.
(2019-08-16)
For over 100 years, nursery crop production in the United States has been well established and has become one of the most dominant, fastest growing sectors within agriculture. The green industry, specifically horticulture, ...
A Survey of Music Teacher Perspectives of National Board Certification: Encouragers, Deterrents, and the Application Process
(2020-12-01)
Teacher certification is an important topic in the history of teaching in American education. Policymakers have recognized that for students to meet high standards, their teachers must also be of high quality (Goldhaber, ...
Survey of Pediatric SLP Methods for Measuring Speech Intelligibility
(2022-01-06)
The purpose of this study was to explore the speech intelligibility measures currently being used by pediatric speech language-pathologists (SLPs), the most frequent measure, the variables considered in intelligibility ...
Survey of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Four Ophiostomatoid Fungi
(2022-04-19)
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is an important commercial timber species in the southeastern United States. It contributes to the growth of the economy by serving as raw material for the forest product industry in the ...
A Survey of Web Vulnerabilities
(2015-05-06)
This study tracked the patching characteristics of the top 100,000 sites to three vulnerabilities: the POODLE attack, the POODLE TLS attack, and the FREAK attack. The study also carried out a survey on top server administrators ...
A survey on the dynamics of bacterioplankton assemblages associated with an estuarine system and the stomodeum of Mnemiopsis leidyi and their functional potential
(2016-11-02)
Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems. Eighty percent of our sea food is harvested from estuaries, which are popular recreation areas, yet vital to marine transportation. Unfortunately, estuaries ...
Survival and Growth of Black Willow (Salix nigra), Silky Willow (Salix sericea), Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum), and Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) Live Stakes
(2012-04-27)
Live stakes are a simple and inexpensive bioengineering solution to establishing riparian vegetation. Studies were conducted on the native species black willow (Salix nigra), silky willow (Salix sericea), silky dogwood ...
Survival and Prevalence of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Beef Cattle Preharvest and in the Environment
(2014-04-25)
Cattle are primary reservoirs of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and are considered “super-shedders” if they shed more than 104 CFU/g of E. coli O157:H7. In addition to E. coli O157:H7, six non-O157 STEC ...
Survival and Transmission of Selected Pathogens on Airplane Cabin Surfaces and Selection of Phages Specific for Campylobacter jejuni
(2014-04-28)
We determined the limits of survival and transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on common surfaces found in the cabin of a civil aircraft. The two pathogens were ...
Survival estimates of white-tailed deer fawns at Fort Rucker, Alabama
(2011-07-19)
Decreases in recruitment of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns have been noted at several locations across the Southeast. Understanding the reason for these decreases is important for management of deer ...
Survival of Adult White-tailed Deer and Movement Relative to Temporal Patterns of Predation Risk
(2017-01-20)
Estimates of survival and cause-specific mortality are important tools for guiding management decisions of game species. Concerning the management of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), region-specific information ...
Survival of LIsteria monocytogenes on Ready-to-Eat Roast Beef During Refrigeration Storage
(2014-10-10)
Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a psychrotrophic bacterium with serious consequences to human health. Listeriosis causes an estimated 1600 sicknesses and 260 deaths annually in the United States with the primary source of ...
Survival of the Fittest: Understanding the Role of Individual Adaptability during Cultural Transitions
(2016-01-06)
Using longitudinal data from an international student sample, I hypothesized and tested a process model, in which cultural identification mediated the relationship between individual adaptability and cross-cultural adjustment. ...
Survival, Count and Discrete Mixture Models for Analyzing Tumor Latency and Multiplicity in Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention
(2013-04-09)
Since the chemicals, including Bisphenol A (BPA), Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), have been reported for potential carcinogens separately and genistein is an controversial chemopreventive isoflavone, animal experiment ...