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A bright future for rural communities : a guide to economic development.
([Austin, Tex.] : Texas Department of Agriculture, [2004?], 2014-09-16)
Economic and community development are intertwined processes.
Economic development is part of a community development plan that
may also include social issues such as health care and practical issues
such as infrastructure.... ...
The impact of Federal welfare reform on Texas medical care costs : a report / by the Texas Research League
(Austin : The League, 1973., 2014-09-16)
On October 5, 1973, the State Board of Public Welfare
decided that Texas will provide Medicaid coverage to
all recipients of cash grants under the new federal
Supplemental Security Income program. This report
discusses ...
Perception Of Diversity
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)
Two studies were conducted to examine effects of diversity on perception. The primary purpose of the first study was to see how people perceive diverse groups, how comfortable they are working in such groups, and how ...
Adult ESOL Reading Comprehension And Text-to-speech Software
(Linguistics, 2007-08-23)
This study involved ten ESOL adults and examines the extent to which text-to-speech (TTS) software facilitates their reading comprehension. The five treatment participants read fifty, 300-word, non-fiction stories and ...
The Language Of The University: A Systemic Functional Analysis
(Linguistics, 2008-08-08)
This study examines the negotiation of interpersonal meaning in the language of university administrators in their communications with students. The three texts in this study were written by the president of a large ...
Playing In The Prose: Writing Instruction And Underprepared Student-athletes In Division I-a Universities
(English, 2009-09-16)
"Playing in the Prose: Writing Instruction and Underprepared Student-Athletes in Division I-A Universities," is a study that contributes to the continuedinterest in the pedagogical tools educators can use with underprepared ...
Chicken And Dumplings: The Motif Of Food In Appalachian Literature
(English, 2011-03-03)
Food is an important element of literature. It can help to establish setting, conflicts, a hero and heroine, relationships with nature and other humans, comfort to readers as well as characters in fictional texts, class ...
Practical Understandings: Teachers' Beliefs And Practices In Pronunciation Teaching
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
Recent discussion regarding pronunciation teaching and the global expansion of English use have encouraged formal English education in the EFL/expanding circle countries.The present study involved three native English ...
Fabrication Of A Silicon Single Electron Transistor
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)
Single electronics has bright prospects because of its high scalability. The single electron transistor (SET) which utilizes these principles could replace the current workhorse of the industry, the MOSFET.
The SET is ...
Learner Perceptions Of Small Group And Pair Work In The ESL Classroom: Implications For Conditions In Second Language Acquisition
(Linguistics, 2007-08-23)
Second language acquisition (SLA) research finds that small group (SG) and pair work (PW) are essential tools in language learning, specifically creating optimal conditions for negotiation of meaning (e.g., Long, 1985; ...