This research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two different types of
alcohol education interventions on the attitudes about alcohol consumption in college,
knowledge about alcohol, and self-reported alcohol consumption behavior of college
students. The educational interventions were a student-centered CD-Rom interactive
program, and a teacher-centered motivational speaker. Each...
An age-wave is upon us where many older adults are reaching retirement. Technically experienced older adults have skills that could be directly applied to free/open source software (FOSS) communities, such as project management, programming, and/or knowledge of a rapidly growing end-user population. FOSS is a widely popular, low-cost way to...
The present study considers the mid-nineteenth century origins of the term “sexual inversion,” as it became applied to a variety of nonnormative subjects and sexual practices. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood (1936) has long been recognized as a discursive space wherein socially constructed notions of sexuality and gender are interrogated. A key...
In 1991 Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.) was reported as a new host for Phytophthora lateralis Tucker and Milbrath which is an aggressive root rot pathogen thought previously to be specific to Port-Orford-cedar. This study was designed to compare the pathogenicity of P. lateralis on the two hosts, and to...
This study examined the validity of the WA PPA process which was developed to assess teacher candidates for licensing purposes. Three validities were investigated using Messick’s view. Content validity was addressed using the raters’ judgment to
establish alignment between the WAC standards and the INTASC. Evidential validity refers to the...
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The Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA) device was used to characterize the impact of
various mix factors on the development of permanent deformation in dense-graded
mixes given a standard compactive effort. Factors included two aggregate sizes, three
VMA levels, two fines contents, three binder contents and four binder types. All
specimens...
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sincere gratitude to my parents, Jesús (†) and María,
for their love and support throughout my entire