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The Impact Of Charter Schools On The Budget, Operations, And Educational Services Of Columbus City Schools
(2009)
Today one of the most notable school reform efforts is that of providing school choice options to families. An aim of this reform effort is to create market driven changes in the performance of traditional public schools. ...
The Impact Of The College Environment On Black Students' Access To A Medical School Education
(2009)
The focus of this study was to explore factors influencing the disparity in the acceptance rate for African American students into medical school as compared to their white counterparts. This study compared the college ...
Design And Optimization Of A Tissue Specific Ultrasonic Transducer Micro-Array For Age-Related Macular Degeneration
(2008)
Obtaining quantitative data about tissue has been a goal of ultrasonography since its inception, such data provides invaluable information for diagnosing disease. Traditional ultrasound imaging techniques (B-Mode, C-Mode ...
An Examination Of Students' Levels Of Engagement In Educational Practices In Community Colleges
(2009)
The purpose of the study was to examine students' levels of engagement in educational practices by enrollment status, time of enrollment, and size of college in community colleges. Specifically, this study assessed the ...
Factors Associated With Repeat Teen Pregnancy Prevention Among Teen Mothers During 1996 And 2002 Using Longitudinal Survey Of Adolescent Health Data
(2009)
Adolescent childbearing and pregnancy are important social and public health issues. According to Darroch et al. (2001), birth rates for United States (U.S.) teenagers continue to be higher than the rates for teens in ...
Application Of Superparamagnetic Suspension As A Hemostatic Agent: A Physical Study
(2009)
Hemorrhaging remains the leading cause of preventable death in modern wars. The military invests heavily on solutions that increase the survivability of troops injured with puncturing wounds. The hemostatic utility of ...
"Artful, Smart, And Of A Smiling Countenance": Delaware's Enslaved Women, 1760-1820
(2009)
This dissertation analyzed the lives of Delaware's enslaved women from 1760-1820. Delaware's slavery history received little scholarly attention and its enslaved women received even less. During the sixty years examined, ...
Marxism, Naturalism, And Allegory In Roger Mais' Novels
(2009)
The problem of this study was to examine in Roger Mais' novels, The Hills Were Joyful Together, Brother Man, and Black Lightning, Mais' interpretation of Jamaican poverty and its effects. In order to conduct this study, ...
The Link Between Adolescent Depression, Young Adult Alcohol And Marijuana Use, And The Role Of Mental Health Services
(2008)
Adolescent depression is an increasingly significant public health problem. Depressed adolescents are at greater risk for negative young adult outcomes, such as depression continuity and development of substance use ...
Informal Transportation Use In Urban Communities: Hacking In Baltimore, Maryland
(2009)
Transportation equity is an increasingly important issue. It is based on the assurance that every person, regardless of race, income or location of residence, has equal access to efficient and affordable transportation. ...