This study assessed the differences between
teachers' opinions and students' responses regarding the
influence of clothing on adolescents' decisions to
participate in social activities.
Survey methodology was used with the final samples
consisting of 336 students and 140 teachers who were drawn
from six high schools located in economically depressed...
The creation of a new business venture is a
multidimensional event, but little research has addressed
the interaction of entrepreneurial characteristics and
their relationship to new venture creation. The purpose
of this study was to propose a conceptual framework for
systematically studying the entrepreneurial personality.
The major components of the...
Calls for increased farmer involvement in research and extension programs
have been numerous and well supported. One approach to integrate the collective
knowledge and experience of agricultural scientists and farmers is through whole
farm case studies (WFCS). An interdisciplinary team of 34 research and extension
personnel at Oregon and Washington...
This study examined the practice of student teaching and the effects of student
teaching upon the development of three secondary Thai language student teachers
from Chiangmai Teachers' College in Chiangmai, Thailand from July to September,
1992. The research questions were: What are the methods of teaching which are
used during...
The purpose of this study was to improve instructional system design at Small
Business Development Centers by developing a best practice model for assessing client
training needs. Two research questions were addressed:
1. Is self-directed learning an appropriate framework for instructional system design at
Small Business Development Centers?
2. What...
This study investigated the effects of knowledge and
attitudes about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
on behavior among 293 students of Chulalongkorn University,
Faculty of Education, Bangkok, Thailand. The purposes of
this study were to : a) assess university students'
knowledge and attitudes about AIDS, and their sexual
behavior; b)...
Because of their high cost, reducing the number of boards used to fill an
order of dimension parts is an important goal in a lumber rough mill. FLCO
(Fuzzy Logic Cutting Order) is a computer program that achieves this goal.
Using the concepts of fuzzy logic control, FLCO provides a...
Integrated Distributed Electric Augmented Lift (IDEAL) applies upper surface blowing in a novel way to achieve electric short take-off and landing to meet the growing need for urban air transportation. Additional research on propulsion airframe interaction (PAI) with trailing edge flaps at low Reynolds numbers was necessary to advance the...
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are RNA molecules that are at least 200 nucleotides long and do not encode proteins. lncRNAs have roles in gene regulation, chromatin epigenetics, and molecular scaffolding. In light of mounting evidence implicating species-specific noncoding RNAs and gene regulatory mechanisms in species adaptations, it is reasonable to...