Academic achievement -- Testing; Reading (Secondary); Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This embedded multiple-case study explored the relationship between student achievement in reading and science. Three Connecticut high schools, selected for their differing demographics, were studied. Grade 10 students' achievement on a reading...
HIV/AIDS has wrecked extensive epidemiological devastation around the world, claiming over 26 million lives. The subsequent impact of the disease has inundated millions with tragedy, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where nearly three-quarters of...
Algebra --- Study and teaching (Secondary); Educational tests and measurements --- Connecticut; Achievement tests --- Connecticut
Each year thousands of students are tracked into mathematics classes. In these particular classes, students may struggle or find their mathematics skills less academically able than their classmates and give up on the tasks that are introduced to...
American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- In literature
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the complexities surrounding the acceptance of personal and cultural identity for protagonists in Chicano/a literature. By way of close reading analysis and methodological comparison, I delve into three...
Over fifty years after its introduction into clinical practice, succinylcholine is still the only depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent used in this country today. It is highly favored in the clinical practice of anesthesia because of its rapid...
Studying an ecological system is a complex and difficult process. Studying a fossil ecology is even more difficult. There are few fossil deposits containing not only most of the organisms originally present, but also preserved well enough to make...
Given the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the need to find alternative treatments for pathogenic microbes, and the obvious medical potential of bacteriophages, we designed a study to display evidence that phage therapy is a viable...
Bail -- Connecticut; Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Connecticut; Equality before the law -- Connecticut
There is limited research on the influence of extra-legal factors on bail decisions, and fewer studies that attempt to understand the complexity of these decisions. This study utilized existing data from the Connecticut Judicial Branch to examine...
Blacks -- Race identity -- United States; Blacks -- United States -- Attitudes; Blacks -- United States -- Psychology
Racial identity has been associated with various facets of the lives of Blacks. Previous studies have associated African Americans’ racial identity with the development of self-esteem, psychopathology and academic achievement amongst other...
Bosnians--Connecticut--Hartford--Social conditions; Women refugees--Connecticut--Hartford--Social conditions; Women refugees--Bosnia and Hercegovina; War widows--Services for--Connecticut--Hartford; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Refugees
Between 1996 and 2000 a great number of Bosnian refugee women, single, married or widowed,
traumatized by war and loss, were relocated in the ‘South End’ of Hartford, owing to a large
program of resettlement launched by the U.S. Department of...
Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications; Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications -- Caregivers
According to figures compiled by the Brain lnjury Association, approximately 99,000
people survive each year with permanent disabilities resulting from traumatic brain
injuries (Olendorf, Jeryan & Boyden, 1999). Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a...
Brain drain -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Banja Luka; Banja Luka (Bosnia and Hercegovina) -- Emigration and immigration
Renata Bertotti (2008). Migratory Decision-making in Post Civil War Bosnia - A
Case Study of Banja Luka City
This paper examines the potential for loss of human capital and brain drain
from Banja Luka, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina a Serb...
Brazil is rapidly transitioning into an economic superpower and key global player in the 21st century - a development that few if any could have predicted even just a quarter-century ago when the country was deeply mired in foreign debt and racked...
Despite the efforts of American Academy of Pediatrics and other supporting breastfeeding protocols, the reluctance to breastfeed is a major problem throughout the world. Studies have suggested that breastfeeding is the optimal source of infant food...
Brown marine algae (Class Phaeophyceae) produce chemicals (phlorotannins) that protect them from marine herbivores. Defense-related factors create an intricate relationship between food choices of herbivores and metabolically costly production of...
Bullying in schools -- United States; Bullying -- United States -- Psychological aspects
School bullying impacts approximately 32% of adolescents in the United States. Peer victimization is linked to a number of adverse consequences for children and adolescents, including high rejection sensitivity, high social avoidance, and low...
This study investigated psychological and personality factors related to the onset of cancer. Stressful life events and coping strategies were investigated in a retrospective study of 69 cancer patients from local support groups and their controls....
Circle; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
The federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), has begun evaluating schools based on Standardized Assessments such as the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT). This has created a need to ensure that student achievement in mathematics reflects the ability...
Civil war -- Côte d'Ivoire; Côte d'Ivoire -- Politics and government -- 1993- ; Côte d'Ivoire -- History -- Civil War, 2002-2007
In their bid to hold on to power, leading Ivorian politicians devised undemocratic means to disenfranchise their political and ideological opponents. Events that had caused wars on the African continent in the past were ignored, and lessons were...
Coatings -- Thermal properties; Plasma spraying; Process control
The purpose of these experiments was to determine the significant factors contributing to the variations in properties associated with a quality deposited plasma spray ceramic coating – to predictably control the inputs to air plasma spray...
