The purpose of this research was to examine a qualitative evaluation tool known as an “Analog Blog” for attitudes of fifth grade students participating in an overnight environmental education experience. Currently, this ...

Computational biology is a powerful means to achieve a deeper understanding of the brain through modeling and simulations. To accomplish such a task, it is crucial to have the necessary data from all relevant components. ...

AbstractQUANTIFYING RELEVANCE: THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN INITIAL SCALE TO MEASURE SECONDARY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE RELEVANCE OF MATHEMATICS CONTENT Monique Apollon Williams, Ph.D. George Mason University, ...

As more and more people begin living in urban areas the role the built environment plays in creating a livable urban space is increasingly important. This research examines Jane Jacobs’ four generators of urban diversity, ...

This dissertation takes a multidisciplinary approach to examining public policy. On one level, the dissertation is a case study of the use of methodological triangulation to understand the values and beliefs of people ...

The scientific pursuit of the mind-brain relationship demands the ability to quantify subjective cognitive phenomena. I applied two new psychometric tools, called CRAM (Cued-Recalled Autobiographical Memories) test and ...

Atmospheric free radicals play an important role in the chemistry of the Earth atmosphere. Yet, there is limited knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of complexes such radicals can form with other components ...

Cosplay is a form of fan interaction in which one dresses as a particular character from a fixed medium such as a TV show. Cosplay is also an example of fan translation of popular culture into folklore and a method through ...

This dissertation introduces the problem of query consolidation, which seeks to interpret a set of disparate queries submitted to independent databases with a single “global” query. The problem has multiple applications, ...

This thesis examines whether a citizen’s gender predicts the amount of procedural justice that he or she is shown by an officer during a police-citizen encounter. Possible gender effects are examined in the context of ...