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Application of Object-oriented Programming in Simulation: A Simulation of Case Study Using Microsoft Visual C++
(1995-08-01)In this thesis, a prototype simulation environment is introduced. Simulation has always been important for systems analysis. The original idea of this thesis stems from the fact that more flexible simulation programming ... -
Applying an Operational Formal Method to Safety-Critical Systems
(1996-11-01)Despite thirty years of study by the academic community, industry has not embraced the systematic usage of formal methods. To address this concern, a formal method is proposed which possesses many of the qualities that ... -
Asian American College Students and Civic Engagement
(2009-11-13)This chapter centers Asian American young adults within a discussion about civic engagement by highlighting findings from 35 years of data on Asian American college freshmen. It will also address future directions for ... -
Assessing Scientific Research Skills
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Attitudes and Advocacy: Understanding Faculty Views on Racial/Ethnic Diversity
(2009-10-08)Diversity has been a hot-button issue in higher education for the past several decades (Chang, Witt, Jones & Hakuta, 2003). A significant portion of research has been dedicated to how students experience the campus ... -
Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Implications for Family Leisure Participation
(2011-06-07)An estimated 20% of breast cancer survivors face the chronic condition of breast cancer related lymphedema. This study explored the ways in which women with this condition experienced changes in their participation in ... -
Brief chilling to subzero temperature increases cold hardiness in the hatchling painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Although many studies of ectothermic vertebrates have documented compensatory changes in cold hardiness associated with changes of season, much less attention has been paid to adjustment of physiological functions and ... -
Carrion - It's what's for dinner: Wolves reduce the impact of climate change.
Humans have viewed wolves as competitors, threats to personal safety, and symbols of evil throughout history. By the early part of the 20th century, grey wolves (Canis lupus) had been eradicated from 42% of their historic ... -
A case study of professional change: The impact of the National Gerontological Social Work Competencies Survey
Our society is aging and this demographic change necessitates that all social workers have basic competency in gerontology. This article describes the results of a competency survey conducted in 2000, and how these results ... -
Case Tool for Developing Process Control Specifications in Dairy Manufacturing
(1994-12-01)A computer aided software engineering (CASE) tool designed to assist the task of developing the specification of control software for programmable logic controllers for dairy process manufacturing is described. The CASE ... -
Cell Programming Language Investigation of Extensions For Flow Control and Error Recovery in the Language
(1994-11-01)The Cell Programming Language (CPL) is a simple programming language which allows the students and faculty to easily program a workcell on a personal computer as the workcell controller. However, the original version of ... -
Characteristics of Tenure-Line Faculty in Leadership Preparation Programs: An Analysis of Academic Preparation and Administrative Experience
This study investigated the credentials of 755 tenure-line educational leadership faculty members, using data collected through an online questionnaire. Findings disclosed that research institutions were significantly ... -
City of Springboro: Citizen Attitudes and Public Opinion Survey Results
Final report of community survey conducted by the Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs at Miami University. -
Cold hardiness and overwintering strategies of hatchlings in an assemblage of northern turtles.
Field and laboratory studies were conducted during 1989-1994 to investigate the overwintering strategies of hatching turtles representing four families native to western Nebraska. Whereas hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra ... -
Cold-hardiness and evaporative water loss in hatchling turtles.
North American turtles hatch in late summer and spend their first winter either on land or underwater. Adaptations for terrestrial overwintering of hatchlings in northern regions, where winter thermal and hydric regimes ... -
Cold-hardiness in the Antarctic tick, Ixodes uriae.
Ixodes uriae White (Ixodidae, Acarina) is the predominant tick on the Antarctic peninsula.This species has a circumpolar distribution in both hemispheres and is associated with or known to parasitize 48 species of seabirds. ... -
Cold-hardiness of a laboratory colony of lone star ticks.
The cold-hardiness of a lone star tick, Ambylomma americium (L.) laboratory colony was characterized. Fed and unfed larvae, fed and unfed nymphs, and unfed adults did not survive exposure to -17C for 7 d. After an 8-d ... -
Cold-shock injury and rapid cold-hardening in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis.
Direct exposure to -10 C, in the absence of tissue freezing, causes high mortality in Sarcophaga crassipalpis: this result suggests that injury is due to cold shock. However, brief acclimation at 0 C enables larvae, ... -
Community and Adolescence in Four Societies
This study disputes the assumption that adolescence is a universal life stage as described by Erikson. Data were collected about twelve communities in four countries: the United States, India, New Zealand, and Romania. The ...