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Using Self-Monitoring to Improve a Fourth Grade Student's Writing
(2012-05-07)
A single case study was conducted with a 10-year-old fourth-grader who struggled with writing. The goal of the study was to increase the quantity and quality of words written by the student when he wrote a story. The ...
The Role of the Horse in Mughal Miniature Paintings
(2012-07-11)
The Mughal Empire lasted from 1526 until 1858 in present day Northern India and
Pakistan, but was under strong imperial control until 1707. The Mughal emperors were
Islamic invaders who combined their culture with that of ...
Calculating Highly Oscillatory Integrals by Quadrature Methods
(2012-04-24)
Highly oscillatory integrals of the form $I(f)=\int_{0}^{\infty} dx f(x) e^{i \omega g(x)}$ arise in various problems in dynamics, image analysis, optics, and other fields of physics and mathematics. Conventional approximation ...
Root Organic Acid Exudation As A Physiological Cause For Soil Phosphorus Deficiency Tolerance In Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp (Cowpea) Lines
(2012-04-18)
Phosphorus (P) fertilizers are not readily available in underdeveloped countries, and excessive P application can lead to problems such as eutrophication. The nonrenewable nature of P mined for use in fertilizers raises ...
ADVANCED WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRIC DEVICES
(2012-04-19)
This paper presents a wireless charging system for portable electric devices. The important impacts of wireless charging systems on the global environment are first examined, and the two basic methods for wireless charging ...
Optical Design of a Red Sensitive Spectrograph
(2012-04-22)
We present a preliminary design for a red-sensitive spectrograph. The spectrograph is optimized to operate over the 600-1000nm spectral range at a resolution of ~2000 and is designed specifically for the 2.7-m Harlan J. ...
A Study of Quintessential Inflation
(2012-04-24)
I present an analysis of a class of Dark Energy models called Quintessential Inflation Models. Such models are motivated by the common mathematical formalism describing the early expansion of the universe, i.e. inflation, ...
Taxonomy and Feeding Biology of Net-winged Midges in Dominica
(2012-04-30)
One species of net-winged midge, belonging to the family Blephariceridae, is known from the island of Dominica. This project involved examining specimens brought back from Dominica. We compared the morphology of male and ...
SYTHEIS AND PURIFICATON OF NSP4150-175 THROUGHT THE USE OF SOLID PHASE RESIN
(2012-05-08)
NSP4 is the viral-encoded, enterotoxic protein that is associated with the pathogenesis of rotavirus. Currently, the sequence of NSP4 is known for the different strains of rotavirus, but other proteins that are tightly ...
The effects of peritoneal dialysis fluid and its components on the differentiation of white blood cells into fibrocytes
(2012-04-12)
Kidneys filter out toxins which accumulate in the blood. In order to replace the function of the kidneys in patients with kidney damage, fluid is injected into the abdominal cavity, and after 4-8 hours, during which the ...