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When Chat and Email are not Enough: Developing Real-Time, Interactive Online...

As new technologies have become available to facilitate online writing tutorials, university Writing Centers have begun to use these technologies to better serve online students. WPAs now face new...

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Cooperative Movement Impacts on Poverty Eradication in Indonesia: 2007-2011...

Global leaders and institutions expend considerable time, effort, and resources to eradicate poverty in the world. In spite of these efforts, poverty persists worldwide as a trap into which millions of...

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Coping Behaviors of Individuals with Autoimmune Disorders

Over the past 50 years, chronic illness has become the principal cause of disability and the need for health care services in the United States (Schattner, Shahar, & Shakra, 2012). Chronic illness...

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Social Media and Young Adult's Well-Being

Social media has become an integral part of young adult's lives today. It has moved well beyond simple entertainment, and now can have a profound effect on many areas of functioning. The current study...

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Age, Growth, and Simulation Modeling to Characterize Fish Populations at Two...

Several fish populations in Kansas are heavily exploited. To obtain insight into the response of fish populations to management actions, fisheries biologists must obtain as much information as possible...

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The Southern Flank: Successes and Failures of Eisenhower Administration...

This is an examination of the Eisenhower Administration's diplomatic and broader foreign policy in Iran and Iraq. The geopolitical circumstances of the early Cold War period framed the decisions of the...

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Effect of Grain, Region, and Human Influence on Higher Taxonomic Surrogacy

Surrogacy is a common tool within conservation and can be useful when scientists lack detailed knowledge of a system. Higher taxonomic surrogacy is appealing because it can save time and money....

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Life History of a Dune-Dwelling Phaphidophorid, Utabaenetes Tinkham, in the...

The came cricket,Utabaenetes tanneri Tinkham, has been little studied. This study gathered information on the basic life history and behavior of this species, which is found only in the San Rafael...

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THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF PEER INFLUENCE AND ADVERTISEMENT ON HEALTHY FOOD...

The current study examined the differential effects of advertisement and peer pressure on the consumer choices of young adults.. Data were gathered from Fort Hays State University undergraduate...

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THE POST-ARAB SPRING GEOPOLITICAL INSTABILITY AND ITS EFFECTS ON MIDDLE EAST...

Founded on SMTs (Social Movement Theories), the current study aimed at analyzing the impact of Arab Spring uprisings on the geopolitical system of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. With...

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EXAMINING FACTORS USED BY STUDENTS TO SELECT A MAJOR IN COMMUNICATION...

There is a shortage of practicing speech-language pathologists (SLP) and this is not improving. Within the profession, this shortage is felt mostly in a public school. This study explored factors used...

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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES, MEDIA EXPOSURE, AND...

Many students in higher education settings struggle with learning a new language. It's not uncommon for international students to need additional resources in learning to speak and write in English. A...

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REDESCRIPTION OF A SPECIMEN OF PENTACERATOPS (ORNITHISCHIA: CERATOPSIDAE) AND...

Pentaceratops sternbergi is a late Campanian ceratopsian predominately known from the San Juan Basin in New Mexico. Previous specimen descriptions and cladistic analyses are based on partial skulls and...

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LEADING LADIES IN WILLA CATHER'S THE PROFESSOR'S HOUSE

This paper analyzes the women in Willa Cather’s novel The Professor’s House and demonstrates the ways in which the women are able to adapt to change better than the men in the novel, even though the...

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EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS ON THE RANGE CONTRACTION...

The largest contributor to biodiversity loss is habitat destruction caused by humans. A common consequence of habitat destruction is a reduction in the geographic range of a species. Little research...

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OCCUPANCY MODELING OF HERPETOFAUNA AND GRASSLAND NESTING BIRDS AT QUIVIRA...

Only about 11% of native grasslands remain in the United States (North America Bird Conservation Initiative, 2011). Grasslands are a considerable source of biodiversity and play a crucial role in...

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3D GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS IN MODERN AND EXTINCT FOOT-PROPELLED DIVING BIRDS:...

Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithurae) were flightless foot-propelled diving birds that lived during the Late Cretaceous and have a good fossil record compared to most Mesozoic birds. Extinct taxa are...

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POPULATION STRUCTURE AND HABITAT ASSOCIATION OF AQUATIC TESTUDINES IN QUIVIRA...

I researched aquatic turtle population structure and habitat association of the turtles of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (QNWR), in central Kansas. This group of organisms was focused on because of...

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THE EFFECTS OF LIFE HISTORY ON EXPEDITED SHIPPING

This is a thesis studying individual differences in making a selection to expedite shipping. Specifically, the following experiment tested how individuals would make the decision to pay money to...

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EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF WATER SUPPLEMENTATION ON RING-NECKED PHEASANT AND...

A “guzzler” is any structure that stores and supplements water for wildlife populations. They are often used to target economically influential game species where water is thought to be potentially...

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