Zoning boards -- Connecticut; Zoning law -- Connecticut
Introduction The Zoning Boards of Appeals and the granting of variances are a integral part of the zoning system. However ZBA's and their functions are probably one of the most, if not the most misunderstood and abused aspect of the zoning system....
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education."; Thesis advisor: Nancy Hoffman.; Ed.D.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-95).
Mexican literature -- Political aspects; Political satire, Mexican; Ibargüengoitia, Jorge, 1928-1983
The following is an abstract of research conducted while writing a thesis entitled "Another Mask of Mexico and Its People Through Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Satirical Prose." Some authors believe the only purpose of satirical writing is to amuse the...
My intent in this thesis is to show that the witch trials in the Hartford area during the Seventeenth Century were unique. The accused witches did not all share any single common bond. There was no one link to connect all of the accused to one...
Capital punishment -- Connecticut -- History; Executions (Law) -- Connecticut -- History; Women prisoners -- Connecticut -- History
The Purpose of this thesis was to add to the general information about the women executed by the state of Connecticut. It also sought to examine why the only executions of females took place in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The subject...
The purpose of this research is to determine how a student's need for relatedness affects his or her motivation and academic achievement in mathematics. In addition, student motivation is examined independently of relatedness to determine its...
This study investigated how a modified curriculum for the artistically talented affected the drawing performance of eight middle school students in heterogeneous art rooms. This study was undertaken because I was concerned about the lack of...
Sixteenth-century North America had neither European castle nor king, classical ruins or antiquities, no ancient or cultural history; no sense of a past, no memories, no art and no literature; yet it had a present and a future. To Europeans, it was...
The tick has ability to transmit a greater variety of infectious agents to humans and other animal species than any other blood-feeding arthropod. Feeding over a period of days induces specific host hemostatic, inflammatory, and immune responses....
Customer relations -- Management -- Data processing; Self-organizing maps; Data mining
This study outlines a method of determining individual customer potential, based solely on data present in the customer database: descriptive information and transaction records. We define potential as the incremental turnover that any particular...
College dropouts -- Prevention; College dropouts; College students -- Psychology
Over the years concerns have increased about retention and attrition in higher education. In order to develop and improve retention services it is important to understand the underlying dynamics associated with institutional departure. As opposed...
Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Case studies; Reading (Elementary) -- Case studies
Many children enter school at risk of literacy failure. Early intervention programs have been designed to reduce the daily frustrations and failures experienced by these children. Reading Recovery is one such program. It was designed by Marie Clay,...
Supported Living Arrangements (SLAs) are residential programs designed to facilitate the integration of developmentally disabled individuals into the community. Clients of these programs live in independent apartments and receive approximately...
Watersheds -- Research -- Connecticut; Hydrology -- Research -- Connecticut; Pequabuck River (Conn.); Pomperaug River (Conn.)
The effects of impervious surfaces on river systems as a result of urbanization are well documented and include such changes as increases in the magnitude and frequency of peak discharge, diminishing lag times, decreases in base flow and the...
Family services -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Crime prevention -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain; Human services -- Evaluation -- Connecticut -- New Britain
This thesis describes the evaluation of two community programs run by the Human Resources Agency of New Britain, Inc.: the Family Support Program and the Crime Prevention Program. These programs were reviewed as part of a contract negotiated...
This research examined the extent of recorded abuse and neglect with
committed delinquent girls in the State of Connecticut. The study looked at
differences between those girls that have a history of abuse, neglect, abuse and
neglect, and those...
Land titles--Registration and transfer--Ghana--Greater Accra Region.; Geographic information systems--Ghana--Greater Accra Region.; Greater Accra Region (Ghana)
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science in Geography."; Thesis advisor: Peter A. Kyem.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves [74-77]).
This study proposes to investigate community policing styles and their influence on misdemeanor arrest rates, and serious property and violent crime. Participants in the study include all police agencies within the state of Connecticut serving...
Data mining; SAS (Computer program language); Fuzzy algorithms
Clustering is the process of placing data records into homogenous groups. Members of each group are similar to one another and highly different from members outside the group. The clusters are used for predictive analysis (what will happen), for...
The relationship between IQ and delinquency has three theoretical relationships: a direct relationship between IQ and delinquency, with IQ directly affecting delinquency; no relationship between IQ and delinquency, with a possible third variable...
