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  • Ultra-wideband indoor localization systems

    Creator:
    Ye, Ruiqing
    Abstract:
    Indoor localization systems have a variety of applications such as tracking of assets, indoor robot navigation, and monitoring of people (e.g. patients) in hospitals or at home. Global positioning system (GPS) offers location accuracy of several meters and is mainly used for outdoor location-based applications as its accuracy degrades significantly...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    several meters and is mainly used for outdoor location-based applications as its accuracy degrades

  • Engagement and retention in home visiting family support programs

    Creator:
    McGuigan, William M.
    Abstract:
    These two studies investigated maternal engagement and retention in a voluntary, home-visiting program. The program screened families at the birth of their first child for risk characteristics associated with poor child and family outcomes. Higher risk families were offered regular home visits and support for up to 5 years. In...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    ......................................................................................................... 44 General Conclusion Based on Both Studies

  • Profiles of Community Resources and their Influence on Self-Regulation at Preschool : A Focus on Children from Low-Income Families

    Creator:
    Finders, Jennifer K.
    Abstract:
    Self-regulation skills lay the foundation for short- and long-term school success, and strengthening these skills in early childhood can have significant implications for immediate and future life outcomes (e.g., Blair & Diamond, 2008; McClelland, Acock, Piccinin, Rhea, & Stallings, 2013). A large body of literature has investigated how characteristics of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    typically been described from a deficit perspective. The present study adopted a strength-based approach

  • Faculty development for outcome-based curriculum reform in the community college

    Creator:
    Webster, Jennifer M.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to document a community college faculty development process through which the faculty learned to reconstruct their curriculum around significant learning outcomes and authentic assessment strategies. The following questions focused the inquiry: 1. What kind of organizational support systems were necessary for the faculty to...
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    Dissertation