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Comparative Analysis of Second Language Instruction and Motivation
(2010-07-14)
How do we explain when high school students graduate and are barely able to
communicate Spanish? With the growth of global interdependence, students within the
United States need to be realistically prepared for an ...
À Table: The Impacts of Globalization on French Cuisine
(2010-07-14)
Cuisine is an important aspect of the French culture that has been developing for centuries. It is internationally known and considered by some to be the best in the world. However, as a result of globalization, the ...
The Euro as More than a Currency: How Salient is the European Single Currency to Europeans
(2010-07-14)
This study moves past traditional studies of euro approval based on demographics and examines the euro within a two dimensional identity framework. Using Eurobarometer survey data from both 2003 and 2008, this study ...
Credibility Factors in Professional Journalists' Versus User-Created Blogs
(2010-07-14)
During the past decade the professional news industry has continued to lose ground to citizen journalists and other alternative forms of news in the war for credibility and readers. At the same time, the Internet has ...
Environmental Aspects of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Parametric Modeling and Preliminary Analysis
(2010-07-14)
Nuclear power has the potential to help reduce rising carbon emissions, but to be considered sustainable, it must also demonstrate the availability of an indefinite fuel supply as well as not produce any significant negative ...
The Color Lavender: Audience Reception, Adaptation, and Performance of The Color Purple
(2010-07-14)
Since its introduction to the world, Alice Walker?s The Color Purple has been recreated
in other media. Audiences are just as likely to have learned about Celie's journey from
the 1985 Warner Bros.' movie or the 2005 Tony ...
Modeling Plasma Flow in a Magnetic Nozzle with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method
(2010-07-14)
Magnetic nozzles must convert thermal or gyro energy of the plasma to thrust while also
inducing plasma detachment in order to be effective. Plasma detachment and methods to
induce plasma detachment are examined. In ...
Capacitive Stress Transducers in Model Dipole Magnets
(2010-07-14)
Capacitive stress transducers are used to measure mechanical stresses in the windings of superconducting dipole magnets. These transducers consist of a bonded laminate composed of alternating foils of stainless steel and ...
Latin American Political Trends and their Impact on the Future of U.S.-Latin American Relations
(2010-07-14)
Recent political trends in Latin America have led to the election of a number of leftist presidents throughout the region. Some, such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa, profess goals centered to varying ...
Love, Sacrifice, and Honor: Warrior Virtues and the American Soldiers’ Experience of World War II
(2010-07-14)
The twentieth century has been called the bloodiest century in human history. In two world wars and various other conflicts spanning across decades, man was more combative than ever before. Yet despite this century of ...