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The Music Muse
(Virginia Tech, 1996-11-01)
Ever wonder why two people can sing the same note with the same loudness, but sound completely different? Middle C is middle C no matter who sings it, yet for some reason Lucianno Pavarotti1s middle C sounds richer and ...
Using Writing-To-Learn Strategies: Promoting Peer Collaboration Among High School Science Teachers
(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-01)
Writing-to-learn strategies have been well documented in the promotion of student learning (Poirrier, 1997c). Less is known about how teachers come to use these strategies in every day instruction. This study is a description ...
AHS Maglev System Architecture
(Virginia Tech, 1999-08-23)
In the period between 1993-1998 a vision was presented of an Automated Highway System developed under a contract naming Virginia Tech one of the three ITS Research Centers of Excellence in the United States by the Federal ...
Primary Driving Force in Wood Vacuum Drying
(Virginia Tech, 1997-12-02)
The objective of this research based on both the theory and experimentation was to prove that the total pressure difference is the primary driving force during the vacuum drying. The theoretical drying rates of diffusion, ...
Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Distributed Power Electronics System Based on Building Block Concept
(Virginia Tech, 1999-05-24)
The basic Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) configurations are identified and conceptual PEBB modules are constructed and tested. Using the INCA (Inductance Calculator) parasitic extraction and the Saber circuit ...
Group-Oriented Practices of Middle School Counselors
(Virginia Tech, 1999-08-08)
This study is an investigation into the middle school counseling programs that facilitate the early adolescent need to belong to a group. Particular focus is on the effectiveness of teacher-advisory programs, peer mediation ...
Influences of Higher Order Modeling Techniques on the Analysis of Layered Viscoelastic Damping Treatments
(Virginia Tech, 1998-11-13)
Much of the work done on active and passive constrained layer beams is done with mathematical models proposed by Kerwin and extended by DiTaranto, Mead and Markus, and others. The mathematics proposed by these early ...
Economc Analysis of Privatization
(Virginia Tech, 1999-05-25)
This collection of papers originates from my interest in the reform efforts in transitional economies. Each of the chapters is self-contained.
Chapter one presents a brief literature survey of those schools of thought ...
Microwave-Assisted Extraction for the Isolation of Trace Systemic Fungicides from Woody Plant Material
(Virginia Tech, 1999-06-04)
The extraction and recovery of trace organic material from semi-solid and solid matrices is often the slowest and most error-prone step of an analytical method. The conventional liquid extraction techniques for solids and ...
Middle School Students' Attitudes Toward a Physical Education Program
(Virginia Tech, 1999-05-06)
The purpose of this study was to examine middle school students' attitude toward a physical education program and to determine the various aspects of the program that appear to contribute to positive and negative attitudes ...