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(Virginia Tech, 1999-11-02)Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Many injuries to school-aged children occur during unsupervised peer activities, but peer influences on risky behavior in preadolescence remain ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2002-01-22)In previous work with mouse lines selected for resistance (R) and susceptibility (S) to fescue toxicosis, R mice had higher activities of Phase II liver enzymes glutathione S-transferase and uridine diphosphate ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-04-24)Decision-makers involved in material choice decisions in the United States infrastructure were surveyed to identify factors which are important in the material choice decision and to determine the perceptions of wood ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-04-12)Local school boards are complicated governing bodies wrapped in the political tangle of their legal responsibilities, constituents' wishes, and the educational needs of the children. How then do some school board chairpersons ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-04-07)The use of multi-rater feedback as a way to analyze perceptions within the context of job performance and leadership in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was examined. Research in this domain is notable as this ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-09-19)Next generation wireless systems are being designed to provide ubiquitous broadband link access to information infrastructure. Diversity techniques play a vital role in supporting such high speed connections over radio ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2002-03-26)This study retrospectively evaluated patient records from two cardiac rehabilitation (CR) service centers located in large urban hospitals using a Process Evaluation System (PES) recently developed through a collaborative ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-06-27)College students drink at high rates. More than 80% of college students drink alcohol and about 40% engage in occasions of heavy drinking. Heavy episodic drinking among college students is associated with multiple negative ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-08-28)In an effort to demonstrate the usefulness of personality tests as predictors of job performance, it is common practice to draw a validation sample consisting of individuals who are currently employed on the job in question. ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-12)Personal resource systems define the quality of daily living, shaping personal well-being, societal satisfaction and overall quality of life. This study explores the construct of such systems through the emerging concept ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-02-10)ABSTRACT The following study was conducted to investigate the antibacterial and feed additive potential of medicinal plants. Ethanol extracts of different medicinal plants including Curcuma longa (Turmeric), Zingiber ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-11-19)Phosphorus chemistry controls key aspects of eutrophication, microbial nutrition, corrosion and other environmental processes. It is commonly assumed that phosphorus occurs exclusively as phosphate (+5) in nature. In ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-12-05)Time-dependent queueing models are important since most of real-life problems are time-dependent. We develop a numerical approximation algorithm for the mean, variance and higher-order moments of the number of entities in ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2003-08-07)Comparative DNA sequencing of matK, a maturase-encoding gene located within the intron of the chloroplast trnK gene, was evaluated for phylogenetic utility above the family level and within the grass family (Poaceae). ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-07-01)The Malacothamnus alliance consists of three genera, Iliamna, Malacothamnus, and Phymosia. The genera are considered taxonomically complex since hybridization freely occurs, polyploidy levels vary, and there is a lack ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-15)(ABSTRACT) Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the primary therapy administered for those afflicted with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We examined the effects of CPAP therapy on physiological variables ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-05-17)This paper is about retail development and its impact on local and regional communities. As the Big-box phenomena continues to play out in the 21st century, planning departments across the nation have been called to action ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-09-10)Poetry as a Source of Knowledge on Historic Dress in a Social, Political, and Economic Context: The Scottish Highlanders from 1603 through 1830 as an Example Jennifer L. Clevenger ABSTRACT Dress is both an individual and ...
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(Virginia Tech, 1999-06-28)The less glamorous aspects of a transportation system's infrastructure, such as signage, ticketing systems, and wayfinding elements, typically get little or no attention from creative professionals. Instead they are ...
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(Virginia Tech, 2004-04-08)Mammary cancer is one of the leading causes of death in both the human and companion animal population. There are many histological and pathophysiological similarities between human and feline mammary cancer, therefore ...
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