Cell migration is an essential part of many processes including embryonic development, wound healing, and unwanted processes like metastasis. Further study of cell migration is needed to help understand these processes. A cell model system (F9...
Water quality -- Connecticut -- New Haven County; Dams -- Connecticut -- New Haven County; Hop Brook (Conn.)
A spatial analysis of water quality was conducted upstream, downstream, and within the Hop Brook Reservoir. The goal was to measure the impact of Hop Brook Dam on various parameters of water quality using a YSI 556 multi-probe system. The water...
Libraries -- Technological innovations; Mobile computing
Considering the year-over-year growth in mobile technologies, we came up with an idea about applying mobile oriented technologies within the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) library website. The library mobile application is now fully...
Cognitive shortcomings are common traits among the offender population. It is this deficit in social reasoning that leads many individuals to the criminal justice system. The modification of such irrational thoughts has been demonstrated to...
Healthcare costs are projected to skyrocket as medical services become increasingly specialized and more expensive. Medicare spending in particular is growing rapidly representing approximately 16% of all federal spending. Recently, Medicare fraud...
Comparative education; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Japan -- Cross-cultural studies
In recent years, policymakers and academic experts have expressed alarm about the variance between Eastern and Western mathematics achievement. Research reveals that classrooms in the United States are lagging behind their Eastern counterparts....
Music in mathematics education; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Academic achievement
Purpose
The purpose of this research was to explore a possible connection between students’ involvement in formal music activities and their achievement in mathematics.
Hypothesis
Students who have more exposure to music as measured through the...
In this thesis, the teacher's knowledge on the types of problems that exist in mathematics is discussed. Also, this thesis identifies the teacher's awareness on children's solution to the problems, as well as students' development of number...
Archaeology -- Connecticut -- Data processing; Geographic information systems; Historical geographic information systems; Archaeology -- Connecticut -- Methodology
Cultural resources in the form of historic and prehistoric archaeological sites can be found throughout the State of Connecticut. Such resources offer society numerous benefits when properly studied, protected and managed. In order to protect and...
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...
Geographic information systems.; Aquifers--Connecticut--Hartford County.; Nitrates.
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science In Geography."; Thesis advisor: Peter A. Kyem.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-81).
English language -- United States -- Foreign words and phrases -- Spanish; English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- Spanish; English language -- Variation -- United States; Spanish language -- Influence on English; Hispanic...
Spanglish is a catch-all term for a way of speaking by some Spanish-English bilinguals that has been disparaged, maligned, and vilified by both monolingual Spanish and monolingual English groups alike, with criticism towards it extending from even...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Preschool); Gifted children -- Education (Preschool); Teachers of gifted children -- Training of
The purpose of this record is both to explore and enlighten our understanding of the relationship between the capabilities of highly gifted youth and the current recommendations for teaching such students, and to describe the process of one such...
Art appreciation -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The government of Botswana, through the ministry of education, opened Molepolole College of Education and Tonota College of Education in the years 1985 and 1990 respectively. These educational institutions were established as a response to the...
With the influx of mental health concerns in the prison system several issues have risen. One aspect that was examined in this research was the relationship between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and aggressive behavior of prison...
Teachers -- In-service training -- Connecticut; Teacher orientation -- Connecticut
This study describes and analyzes district level support for teacher induction in a large urban system. It was specific to the secondary level, while a concurrent study was conducted at the elementary level (Brooks, 2005). An instrumental case...
A comprehensive survey of aquatic plant communities in Pickerel Lake, Colchester/East Haddam, Connecticut, was conducted during the growing season of most regional macrophyte species (May 2001 to October 2001). Five weed maps were constructed to...
This study looks at the Criminal DNA Database system and the submission requirements. DNA testing results have become a relevant and reliable source of evidence in criminal proceedings since 1988. Law enforcement uses a few different types of...
Drug traffic -- Colombia; Guerrilla warfare -- Colombia; Colombia -- Social conditions
During the 1980's, Latin America was one of the major concerns of the U.S. foreign policy. Countries like Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Colombia had unstable governments and civil war created a clear and present danger to the national security of the...
Massage therapy; Touch -- Psychological aspects; Puerto Ricans -- Mental health services -- Connecticut -- Hartford
Research suggests that therapeutic touch can be a facilitator of positive health outcomes among high-risk and vulnerable populations. Minority groups appear to be especially vulnerable. One such population would include Hispanics, many of whom ...
