This dissertation reveals the origins of deep-impurity and near band-edge optical transitions in h-BN, the temperature and layer number dependence of energy band gap of multiple-layer h-BN, and the temperature dependence ...

A rhetorical analysis of abstinence and comprehensive sex education campaigns utilizing William R. Brown's model, the Rhetoric of Social Intervention (RSI). RSI is applied to the Abstinence Clearinghouse (for abstinence) ...

Research has shown that students involved in music at a young age, with teacher and parental support, have a higher occurrence of participating in music at the secondary level. This research project compares two groups of ...

Salmonella is a continual problem within the pet food industry. Salmonella in pet food and treats can lead to a potential human Salmonella infection through the handling of these products. The objective of this experiment ...

Pathophysiology, the study of disease, is a foundational subject within the curriculum of professional nursing programs. Nursing students in a pathophysiology course in 2008 reported difficulty discerning salient and ...

Mora County, New Mexico, has rich natural beauty and a long history of economic success followed by failure. The future of the county is uncertain, but a nonprofit corporation, Tapetes de Lana, has been founded to revive ...

First Recital Sonata in C major, K. 296 -- Mozart Rumanian Folk Dances -- Bartok Suite in A minor, Op. 10 -- Sinding Second Recital Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101 -- Shostakovich Concerto No. 3 in B ...

Due to the high reactivity and antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles, they are increasingly being added to consumer products and appliances. With this increased use, however, there will be a resultant increase ...

Home-based counselors experience demands, obstacles, and opportunities not present for office-based counselors. The literature reveals that many counselors do not feel adequately prepared to conduct therapy outside of the ...