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Review of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) Using Reliability Generalization Techniques to Assess Scale Reliability
(2012-05-07)
Reliability generalization studies were conducted on the motivation and learning strategies scales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) to typify score reliabilities for all scales on the instrument ...
Structural and Functional Studies to Investigate Enzymatic Catalysis and Flavin Transfer Mechanism of The Two-component Alkanesulfonate Monooxygenase System from Escherichia coli
(2012-05-07)
Several bacterial organisms rely on the two-component alkanesulfonate monooxygenase system for the acquisition of organosulfonate compounds when inorganic sulfur is limiting in the environment. This system is comprised of ...
Development of an Analytical Process to Measure Teacher Effectiveness Based on Student Growth to Augment an Educator Evaluation System
(2012-08-02)
Teacher quality is one of the most important school related variables associated with student achievement. Therefore, raising the quality of the U.S. public education teaching force is essential to ensure that every child ...
A Chemiresistor Sensor Array for Insect Infestation Detection
(2012-05-03)
Plants emit volatile organic compounds as a defensive mechanism to protect themselves from insects and pathogens. These volatile organic chemicals, also known as phytochemicals, are given off during the early stages of ...
GlpR Regulates the Glyoxylate Pathway and Virulence Factor Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2012-05-10)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa establishes life-long infection in the CF lung by utilizing various adaptation strategies ...
Evaluation and Analysis of Commercially Available Electrochemical Carbon Monoxide Sensors for Aircraft Applications
(2012-05-18)
Commercial airline flight in the United States of America is under the oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which has set standards for the amount of harmful or unpleasant compounds onboard aircraft to ...
Parent Training with African American Parents
(2012-05-08)
One of the ways in which conduct problems are treated is parent training (Bagner & Eyberg, 2007). Parent training has been primarily designed with Caucasian middle-class parents (Kerig, 2001). Therefore, it may be beneficial ...
Predictors and Consequences of Disruptions in Sleep among Children
(2012-05-10)
This dissertation includes two studies. In the first study, children’s emotional insecurity
was examined as a process variable and as a moderator of effects using three waves of data
spanning five years. Participants ...
Asphalt Politics in the Deep South: Race, Housing, and the Interstate Highway System in Atlanta and Birmingham
(2012-05-21)
This thesis explores how the Interstate Highway System was partially responsible for the transition of the American South from a rural agrarian-based society into a more urban industrialized society. With this cultural ...
Internalized Homophobia among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons: Contributing Factors and Effects
(2012-07-31)
The present paper was an examination and analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) persons by way of an integrated literature review of the circumstances and effects of homophobia that they face at home, ...