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I am a Data Visualization Designer in an Academic Library, and More!
Many academic institutions offer various forms of data and information finding services through their libraries to students, faculty, administrators, and the general public. These services often include help with data ... -
I Am A Lonely Engineer
(Virginia Tech, 2015-06-01)I Am a Lonely Engineer is a collection of poems dealing with the emotional fallout of a speaker whose life has been uprooted by the absence of his father. Through a series of semi-surreal narratives, the speaker eventually ... -
I Am Because We Are: Africana Womanism as a Vehicle of Empowerment and Influence
(Virginia Tech, 2008-06-16)The purpose of this research project has been to shed light on the experiences of Black women in Afrocentric groupsâ Nation of Gods and Earths, the Black Panther Party, and Rastafariansâ that operated on the fringes of ... -
"I don't want to go up the hill": Symbolic Boundary Work Among Residents of an Assisted Living Community
(Virginia Tech, 2009-08-14)In this study I explore boundary work processes that older adults do which influences friendships among residents of a progressive care retirement community. Accounts of boundary work as mechanisms for including some and ... -
“I Have No Disbelief”: Spiritualism and Secular Agency in Elizabeth Stoddard’s The Morgesons
(Project Muse, 2017)This essay explores the imagery of Spiritualist religion that runs through Elizabeth Stoddard’s The Morgesons, arguing that the exercise of Spiritualist gifts including clairvoyance, trance-speaking, and spirit-traveling ... -
“I Just Feel Like I Have To Duke It Out By Myself”: How Latino Men Cope With Academic And Personal Obstacles During College
(Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2016)This qualitative study sought to identify the academic and social challenges that Latino men encountered during college as well as understand how Latino men utilized coping responses to overcome those obstacles. Latino men ... -
I Lost My Family: Grief, Loss, and Identity Formation of Adopted and Fostered American Indian Individuals
(Virginia Tech, 2020-06-19)American Indian individuals, families, and communities have experienced historical waves of separation from relocation to boarding schools to systematic child removal. Fostered and adopted American Indian individuals ... -
"I no longer teach history, I teach S.O.Ls:" Navigating the curricular and instructional minefield of a high-stakes educational environment
(Virginia Tech, 2018-12-03)Over the last several decades, the field of education has the seen the introduction and normalization of high-stakes standardized testing as part of the educational routine. With this introduction, questions concerning ... -
I ragazzi in biblioteca: la prospettiva italiana a confronto con esperienze internazionali
(University of Parma, 2005-02)The job analyzes the lines of development of the library services devoted to chidren and young adults, with particular reference to the Italian context, in public and school libraries. It analyzes some international ... -
I will honor your memory on a painted sign
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I'm the Smart Kid: Adult Attitudes and Perceptions about Enrichment and Special Education
(Virginia Tech, 2019-05-17)Within the educational community, there is a growing shift towards the development of essential skills, emphasizing process-skills over mastery of content. This shift is mirrored in the rapid changes in workplace-related ... -
I-81 ITS Program Evaluation Plan
(United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2003-07)This document presents the evaluation framework that the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) has prepared for Phase II of the Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) I-81 ITS Model Safety Corridor Program, ... -
I-Schools as a Natural Home for Digital Libraries Education
(2009-01-19)Given that digital libraries (DLs) bring together technology, information, and people who use information, it can easily be argued that i-schools should play a central role in educating DL professionals. This study examines ... -
I. Collagen-like polypeptides. II. Helix-turn-helix peptides and turn mimetics
(Virginia Tech, 2008-07-25)Collagen is one of the most important and abundant proteins in mammals. It consists of three left-handed PPII helixes coiled along a common axis to form a very compact right-handed super helix. The primary structure is ... -
I. Functionalization and Investigation of Highly Efficient Hosts for Use in Macromolecular Self-Assemblies and II. The Design and Synthesis of ROMP Imidazolium Systems for Use as Mechanical Actuators
(Virginia Tech, 2016-06-09)Recent advancements in supramolecular chemistry have given a wealth of strongly binding host-guest combinations. However, the deployment of these systems into meaningful constructs has been hindered due to difficulty of ... -
I. Isolation and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds From Suriname and Madagascar flora. II. A Synthetic Approach to Lucilactaene
(Virginia Tech, 2005-11-28)As part of an International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG), extracts of plants from Suriname and Madagascar were bioassayed for cytotoxicity and antimalarial activity. Six cytotoxic extracts and one potential ... -
I. Solubility and blend studies of nitrocellulose II. Relaxation properties of thin film coatings: the role of surface topography
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988)In the first part of this two part thesis, interaction parameters of nitrocellulose with various solvent systems were investigated by Inverse Gas Chromatography. From these data, the solubility parameters of nitrocellulose ...
