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Amat's "Guitarra Española" and its Influence on Music Theory
(2019-05-22)The guitar was one of the most popular instruments of the 17th century and played a large role in the way that theorists and musicians thought about music during the 16th and 17th centuries. A new style of guitar playing ... -
The Amber Alert: A Comparative Analysis Of The Suggested Federal Amber Alert Activation Guidelines And Individual State Activation Criteria
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2009-09-16)This study focuses on the AMBER Alert system, in particular the criteria that should be present prior to the issuance of an alert. The purpose of this study is to review individual state's AMBER Alert activation criteria ... -
American Jewish Identity Contruction: Capturing Youth Involvement
(Humanities, 2013-07-22)In 1986 the founder and President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), Daniel Elazar, in his address to the Jewish Theological Seminary titled, The Changing Realities of the North American Jewish Community, ... -
American Sign Language Verb Categories In Constructed Action
(Linguistics, 2012-07-25)The American Sign Language construction commonly known as "role-shift" superficially resembles mimic forms, however unlike mime, role-shift is a type of depicting construction in ASL discourse (Roy 1989). The signer may ... -
AMORPHOUS SILICA BASED BIOMATERIALS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL TISSUE REGENERATION APPLICATIONS
(2021-08-02)Musculoskeletal (MSK) injury includes any injuries that affect the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, or nerves. Open bone fracture is one of the common types of MSK traumatic injuries which results in not only bone ... -
AMORPHOUS SILICON OXYNITRIDE COATINGS FOR CRANIOFACIAL IMPLANTS STIMULATE OSTEOGENESIS VIA NRF2 ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
(2022-12-13)Craniomaxillofacial injuries and defects are functionally and socially debilitating. These defects require immediate attention, and most cases undergo reconstruction surgery to restore the lost tissues. Current treatment ... -
An Accelerated Corrosion Test Method for Pre-Cracked Reinforced Concrete
(2023-08-21)Reinforced concrete (RC), a composite material combining the strength of concrete and the tensile strength of steel reinforcement, has significantly transformed the field of civil engineering and contributed to the advancement ... -
AN ACTOMYOSIN DRIVEN, PRESSURE BASED ADHESION MODEL OF CONFINED GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME CELL MIGRATION
(2016-05-13)Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and common form of glial tumors arising in the support cells of the brain. Cell migration plays a critical role in undermining the surgical resection of tumors. ... -
An Analysis Of The Interplay Between Goal Orientation And Ethical Leadership And The Theoretical Processes Through Which Ethical Leadership Influences Work Outcomes
Due to recent heightened public awareness of ethics and ethical scandals inbusiness, the ethical leadership construct has become increasingly popular. However, scholars still know little about the predictors of ethical ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUZUKI METHOD AS IT PERTAINS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MUSIC USING THE NATIVE LANGUAGE APPROACH; THE COMPARISON OF THE SUZUKI METHOD TO TRADITIONAL METHODS; AND HOW THE NATIVE LANGUAGE APPROACH AIDS IN TEACHING MUSIC TO STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA
(2021-04-30)The Suzuki Method, also known as the Mother Tongue Method or Talent Education, is a method of teaching music to children using a similar process to that of native language acquisition. The method uses musical immersion, ... -
AN ANALYTICAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS METHOD FOR FATIGUE CONSTRAINED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A 3D PRINTED STRUCTURE
(2018-12-06)A design of experiments approach has been used to analytically determine a low cycle fatigue (LCF) constraint for use in design optimization of 3D printed structures. In context of metal additive manufacturing, the process ... -
AN ANALYTICAL, NUMERICAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF AUTOMATED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES
(2021-05-09)This dissertation presents the automated damage assessment studies for concrete structure. Three major studies are performed to: 1) understand the theoretical wave scattering model to evaluate the internal vertical crack, ... -
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE USE HAND, DIGITAL AND HYBRID GRAPHICS IN CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE
(2016-05-10)Visual representation is a critical component of professional landscape architecture practice. The tools that are used for visual representation production are hand, digital and hybrid graphics. This thesis evaluates the ... -
An EEG Investigation of a Depressive Self-Schema Related to Levels of Processing in Individuals With High Depressive Symptomatology
(2016-08-09)Individuals with high depressive symptomatology have better memory for negative events than positive events. The preferential processing of negative information supports the theory of a depressive self-schema in individuals ... -
An Empirical Examination of Courts of Appeals Judges’ Voting in First Amendment Retaliation Cases Involving Police Officers
(2020-05-13)Abstract The impact of judicial ideology on voting in First Amendment decisions has been the subject of many empirical investigations in U.S. Courts of Appeals and District Courts. However, little attention has been devoted ... -
AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF LEARNING IN MANAGEMENT EARNINGS FORECASTS
(2019-05-02)My dissertation examines whether managers issuing earnings guidance learn from the forecast errors in prior earnings guidance issued by them. Using data on quarterly earnings forecasts issued by managers during the period ... -
An Enhancement of Light Reflectance Spectroscopy as A Modality for the Detection of Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy
(2018-08-29)Light Reflectance Spectroscopy (LRS) is an imaging method that has shown increasingly promising evidence in its ability to detect various forms of cancer tissues. Our previous studies have illustrated the LRS modality’s ... -
AN ESSAY ON SALESFORCE AGILITY: IS THE CONCEPT WORTHY OF STUDY?
(2016-08-12)Sales force agility has been identified as an important issue for contemporary professional selling and sales management (Jones et al. 2005). However, up until now, marketing scholars have sparingly paid attention to the ... -
An Examination of Parental Temperament and Rearrest Among a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders
(2021-12-15)The relationship of child to parent, is one that has continuously been regarded as an impactful and important one. Parents are often held responsible for the character of their child as well as being responsible for their ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS, SHOOTER CHARACTERISTICS, AND INCIDENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL MASS SHOOTINGS
(2020-12-09)School Mass Shootings (SMS) continue to be an ongoing issue for k-12 schools, technical/vocational schools, and on college campuses in the United States. Recent studies have shown that these crimes are increasing in both ...