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A Catalog of Early Cycladic Zoomorphic Objects: Symbolism and Function
(2024-05-11)During the Early Cycladic period of the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3200-2000 BCE), the inhabitants of the Cycladic islands produced three-dimensional zoomorphic objects, many of which survive today. This study cataloged 128 ... -
A Descriptive Study of Principal Use of Transformative Leadership Conversation
(2024-05-10)Leadership at the level of a school site matters with the school principal serving as a central source of influence (Dodson, 2015; Wallace Foundation, 2013). Leithwood et al. (2004) found principal leadership just behind ... -
A FRAMEWORK OF EPIDEMIC MODELING CONSIDERING PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS: COMPARTMENTAL MODELING, TEXT ANALYTICS, AND MACHINE LEARNING
(2024-04-25)The goal of this research is to provide a novel framework for epidemic modeling incorporating metrics derived from social media to predict epidemic dynamics and to estimate the impact of preventive behaviors. This study ... -
Folding Proteins In-Silco
(2024-05-11)Determination of how proteins transform into their biologically relevant structure is an extraordinarily complex research area. They fold into their native state as a population of conformations on time scales that ... -
THE HEDGE FUND NEWSPAPER OWNERSHIP ERA: FACTORS THAT MAKE THE INDUSTRY VULNERABLE, AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN DEMOCRACY
(2024-05-11)This dissertation sheds light on the relationship between ownership and media management, particularly focusing on the impacts of hedge fund ownership in journalism. While the effects of hedge fund ownership have been ...