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(Virginia Tech, 1997-09-22)The Gate Turn-Off (GTO) Thyristor has the best voltage blocking and current conducting capabilities among all known high power semiconductor devices. To improve its dynamic performances to meet the increased demand in ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1997-12-10)Riley (1998) indicated that our nation's neediest communities, those with high rates of poverty and all too often large minority populations, suffer most from shortages of qualified teachers. Schools with these characteristics ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-04-06)The gene encoding the Dictyostelium replication protein A large subunit (DdRPA1) has been cloned by screening of an EcoR I partial genomic library and a Hind III genomic sub-library. The complete nucleotide sequence, ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-04-06)Drosophila nonclaret disjunctional (Ncd) is a kinesin-like C-terminal motor protein that is involved in spindle assembly in oocytes during meiosis and in spindle maintenance in early embryos during mitosis. Ncd interacts ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-06-11)AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NEWPORT NEWS TEACHER MENTORING PROGRAM Sadie Johnson Carter (ABSTRACT) The perceptions of how well the mentor teacher program meets the needs of the beginning teacher, the mentor teacher, and the ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-06-25)The goal of planning is to use knowledge to determine action. Planning theory has focused specifically on how the process of achieving this occurs. Two dominant theories prevail: rational comprehensive and communicative ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-06-29)Compound Aircraft Transport (CAT) flight involves two or more aircraft using the resources of each other; a symbiotic relationship exists consisting of a host, the mothership aircraft and a parasite, the hitchhiker aircraft. ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-08-04)The immunotoxic effects of multiple pesticide exposure were evaluated. C57BL/6 mouse thymocytes were exposed to lindane, malathion, and permethrin, either separately or in mixtures of two pesticides, in concentrations ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-08-22)Relationships Among Prospective Elementary Teachers' Beliefs About Mathematics, Mathematics Content Knowledge, and Previous Mathematics Experiences Mary Addington Quillen Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-10-14)This dissertation describes the preparation and application of a novel class of hydroprocessing catalysts, transition metal phosphides. Concentration was placed on molybdenum and tungsten monophosphides because of the ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-01)Software agents have been heralded as the most important emerging technology of the decade. As software development firms eagerly attempt to integrate these autonomous programs into their products, researchers attempt to ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-17)In the forest products manufacturing industry, recent price increases in the cost of high-quality lumber together with the reduced availability of this resource have forced manufacturers to utilize lower grade hardwood ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-01-14)Bacillus anthracis is a facultative extracellular bacterial pathogen that causes cutaneous, gastrointestinal or respiratory disease in many vertebrates, including humans. Commercially available anthrax vaccines for ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-08)Although it is known that cell-mediated immunity (CMI) plays a key role in protection against brucellosis, the exact immune mechanisms leading to protection are still not fully understood. Better understanding of the ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-14)The purpose of this study is to examine apparel manufacturers' inventory performance, which is one of the major performance indicators of supply chain management (SCM) with the consideration of company characteristics. The ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-19)Research presented herein involved the use of a smart skin treatment used for the attenuation of turbulent boundary layer induced interior noise. The treatment consisted of several Smart Foam actuators each having a ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-05-05)This study was conducted to determine the significant factors that affected career aspirations for high school seniors in a suburban school. It also analyzed differences in females' and minorities' college plans, diploma ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-05-12)The percentage of rape victims who do not seek social support after rape is alarming, particularly given the potential consequences of not seeking help. The present study attempts to address the dilemma of rape and attempted ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-06-11)A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a wireless network that uses multi-hop peerto- peer routing instead of static network infrastructure to provide network connectivity. MANETs have applications in rapidly deployed and ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-06-17)The use of piezoelectric ceramic materials for structural actuation is a fairly well developed practice that has found use in a wide variety of applications. However, actuators with piezoceramic fibers and interdigitated ...
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