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The Influences Of The Texas Accountability Ratings On Local Practices In A Suburban Elementary School: A Case Study Approach
This case study explores the perspectives of stakeholders at a diverse, suburban elementary school regarding the Texas Educational Accountability Rating system. Specifically, it seeks to understand how they perceive the ... -
Influencing Donor Decision-making: An Examination of Situational Determinants that Impact Donation
(2015-12-08)Research around donor decision-making has shown the importance of understanding why donors make decisions. However, much less research exists explaining how donors make decisions. Set against the backdrop of online websites ... -
INFLUENTIAL FACTORS FOR DIETARY INTAKE: EXPANDING THE PROTOTYPE WILLINGNESS MODEL IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(2021-05-05)Only 10-13% of individuals consume enough fruit and vegetables. Not only do fruit and vegetables help stave off chronic disease, but they also help maintain weight, and contain nutrients that reduce inflammation, infection, ... -
Influential Factors On Adolescent's Suicidal Behavior
(Social Work, 2010-07-19)Several studies have been conducted to investigate risk factors for adolescent suicide. Most adolescent risk models for suicide contain "traditional" risk factors such as depression or substance use. However, other possible ... -
An Influenza Virus Molecular Infection Model And Discrete Event, Stochastic Simulation.
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-08-08)Influenza virus is responsible for the greatest pandemic in human history causing 20 - 40 million deaths worldwide during the 1918 flu season. In 1997 fears of a future pandemic arose with the discovery of a new strain of ... -
Information Processing In A Structured Interview: Identifying Use Of Heuristics And Heuristic-based Bias
(Social Work, 2007-08-23)The survey interview has been recognized as the most frequently used data collection procedure in the social sciences (Dijkstra & van der Zouwen, l987). Although the survey interview is an essential methodological tool in ... -
Information Technology Sophistication And Outcomes Of Acute Care Hospitals In Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)This exploratory study tested relationships between information technology sophistication and clinical and financial outcomes of acute care hospitals. The hospital sample was Texas hospitals (N =175) with available data ... -
Information Technology's Impact On The Space And Automobile Relationship: A Study Of The Link Between Internet Tech, Automobiles, And Residential Preferences
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)Many city planners, developers, real estate agents, and planning academics have been strong proponents of compact, mixed-use, New Urbanist developments. They point to the research that shows that younger generations will ... -
Information Theoretic, Probabilistic And Maximum Partial Substructure Algorithms For Discovering Graph-based Anomalies
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)The ability to mine data represented as a graph has become important in several domains for detecting various structural patterns. One important area of data mining is anomaly detection, particularly for fraud. However, ... -
Information-driven Data Gathering In Wireless Sensor Networks
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2010-11-01)Since the advance of wireless technology enables the mass production of low-cost, small-sized sensor nodes, sensor nodes can be densely deployed in an area for high tolerance to node failure or to achieve better coverage ... -
Infosearch: A System For Searching And Retrieving Documents Using Complex Queries
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)The colossal amount of information available online has resulted in overloading users who need to navigate this information for their routine requirements. Although search engines have been effective in reducing this ... -
Infrared and Fluorescent Thermal Imaging and Thermal Transport Characterization of Engineering Devices and Systems
(2022-08-15)Infrared (IR) thermal imaging is widely used for non-contact temperature measurement in engineering. IR camera detects thermal emissions from the target surface in a certain wavelength range, which, using the known surface ... -
Infrared Imaging Method For Thermographic Characterizing Of Medical High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Devices
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)With new improvements in high-end commercial R&D Infrared camera technologies many challenges have been overcome for exploring high speed Infrared imaging, the ability to capture fast varying phenomena without image blur, ... -
Infrastructure damage detection leveraging advanced AI techniques
(2023-12-14)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2026** The dissertation explores into structural damage identification and prediction through the application of machine learning. Firstly, it enhances impact echo ... -
Ingroup And Outgroup Members As Determinants Of Performance On A Brainstorming Task
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Many studies have investigated the effects of diversity on performance. Past research demonstrates that the relationship between group diversity and task performance is mixed and inconsistent (Mannix & Neale, 2005; van ... -
The Initiation Process And Factors Associated With Adolescent Female Gang Membership
This study sought to address the numerous internal and external factors associated with gang membership among adolescent females as well as the various ways females are initiated into the gang subculture. Motivations and ... -
INNOVATION DISTRICTS: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FOR CITIES’ PROSPERITY, EQUITY IMPLICATIONS, AND PLANNING POLICY SOLUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO PLACELESSNESS
(2023-08-14)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2025** ABSTRACT: Innovation is one of the most critical determinants of future success for cities. Urban policymakers and planners have developed a great interest in ... -
Innovations In ¹H MR Tissue Oximetry: New Probes And Pulses
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-03-03)Low oxygenation level (hypoxia) of tissue leads to cellular dysfunction, damage and poor response to therapy. Quantitative measurement of tissue oxygenation is critical not only for the study of tissue physiology, but ... -
An Innovative Epitaxial Growth Method For Minimizing Dislocations In Thin-film Quantum-dot Optoelectronic And Photovoltaic Device Applications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)A new buffer layer method for epitaxial growth of lattice-mismatched semiconductor quantum-dots based p-i-n structures is presented. To our knowledge this is the first instance of a dislocation-reduction approach that ... -
An Innovative Model For Police Leaders And Managers: From An Ancient Source "the Art Of War" By Sun Tzu
(Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2014-03-10)Crime has been perceived as a battle that has yet to be won within the United States, as in other countries as well. However, an ancient text over 2,500 years old has been used to achieve victory in many battles throughout ...