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Early Adolescents' Understandings of College and Career Readiness Conceptually and in Relation to Their Own Lives
(2016)A major focus in the K-12 education system today is preparing students to not only graduate high school, but to enter and succeed in a postsecondary education. As part of this movement, many researchers have attempted to ... -
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Early Childhood Education Teachers’ Job-Related Well-Being: Examining Protective Factors on Stress and Burnout
(2018)Early childhood education teachers report one of the highest levels of stress of all other professions, which can lead to burnout and quitting intentions. This paper examines the relationship between protective factors ... -
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Early Settlement in Marginal Habitats on Santa Rosa Island, California
(2021)At low population density with abundant resource availability, the factors influencing human settlement patterns may differ from those that are important when per capita resources are more limited. For this reason, ecological ... -
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Early Tudor Gardens and Their Design: What Did They Look Like, and Why?
(2023)This study explores the role of privacy in early Tudor castle garden design. I aim to identify which aspects of the garden may relate to privacy, and to determine how elites connected their private spaces inside the castle ... -
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Early Visual Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder as Assessed by Visual Evoked Potentials
(2022)Understanding early visual processing and the integrity of the visual pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) could help to develop a potential neuromarker. If these early stages of visual perception are compromised it ... -
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Early-Career Special Education Teachers’ Knowledge of High-Leverage Practices
(2022)AbstractThe most effective way to increase students’ academic performance is to improve the instructional practices of their teachers. Effective, research-based instruction responsive to individual students’ unique needs ... -
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Earned Income Tax Credit: An Analysis of Potential Fraud and Undesirable Behaviors
(2013)The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States. Last year alone, nearly $62 billion of EITC was paid out for 2011 tax year returns (IRS 2013). The amount of total ... -
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Earth strain measurements in Nevada and possible effects on seismicity due to the solid tides
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1972)This study investigates the relation between seismicity and measurable strain changes in the Nevada region. Three-component strain meter systems have been operated in the state of Nevada to observe strain changes. -
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Earth strain observations in the western Great Basin
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1974)Strains of tidal origin and long-period tectonic origin observed at two sites in central Nevada are discussed and compared with strain observations in other areas of the western United States. The solid earth tides are the ... -
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Earthquake probability models: Recurrence curves, aftershocks, and clusters
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1975)The application of the one-dimensional Poisson probability model to magnitude- and time-series of earthquakes can be an important aid in further understanding of the physics of earthquake occurrence, yet there are many ... -
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Earthquake processes: Seismotectonics of the 1984 Round Valley, California, earthquake sequence and radiated energy and the seismic spectrum
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1991)The November 23, 1984 ML5.8 Round Valley, California earthquake was one in a series of moderate earthquakes that have taken place in the Bishop-Mammoth Lakes, California area since 1978. The aftershock sequence exhibits ... -
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Earthquake swarm near Denio, Nevada, February to April, 1973
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1974)An investigation of historic earthquake activity in northwest Nevada shows that earthquake swarms are typical. Evidence suggests that these swarms are associated with geothermal activity. An earthquake swarm occurred during ... -
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Earthquake Wave Propagation in Nevada Sedimentary Basins
(2021)Nevada is one of the most seismically active of the U.S. states, with large active faults adjacent to urban areas on sedimentary basins posing significant seismic hazard. The frequent background seismicity also provides a ... -
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Earthquake-induced ground failure hazards in the Reno-Sparks region, Washoe County, Nevada
(University of Nevada, Reno, 1993)Earthquake-induced ground failure hazards associated with liquefaction and landsliding are identified and mapped throughout the urbanized and developing areas of the Reno- Sparks region. Separate maps, produced at 1:62,500 ... -
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Eastern Truckee Meadows Groundwater Interactions with the Truckee River
(2011)Understanding hydrogeology within the Truckee Meadows is important because its aquifers and the Truckee River supply water to the communities of Reno and Sparks in Washoe County, Nevada. Residents of this area rely solely ... -
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Easy synthesis of Bismuth Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as photocatalyst for solar hydrogen generation from water
(2010)In this study, high purity bismuth iron oxide (BiFeO3/BFO) nanoparticles of size 50-80 nm have been successfully synthesized by a simple sol-gel method using urea and polyvinyl alcohol at low temperature. X-ray diffraction ... -
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"Echandole Ganas": Latina College Students Persevering in STEM
(2023)Underrepresentation of Latina college students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) remains a challenge, even though Latinx students are attending college at an increased rate. While various of the obstacles ... -
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Echoes of Concussion: Behavioral and neural changes after injury
(2020)Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, accounts for 85% of all TBIs. After several weeks of recovery in which individuals typically return to activities of daily living and there is an assumption that cognitive ... -
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Eco-hydrological pathways inferred from stable isotopes in a Pinus ponderosa and Pinus monophylla woodland of the Sheep Range, southern Great Basin, USA
(2010)The North American Monsoon System (NAMS) is highly variable bothtemporally and spatially, and variability is likely to increase with climate change. The impact of summer precipitation on ecosystem patterns and processes, ... -
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Ecohydrogeology of Owens Valley, California Spring Systems: Relationships between Geochemistry, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Microbial Communities
(2020)Integrating hydrogeology and aquatic ecology has intrigued ecologists and hydrologists. The challenges and importance of integrating these disciplines in groundwater-dependent ecosystems (e.g., springs) have been recognized ...