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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The CLEM Model: Path Analysis of the Mediating Effects of Attitudes and Motivational Beliefs on the Relationship Between Perceived Learning Environment and Course Performance in an Undergraduate Nonmajor Biology Course

Partin, Matthew L. 25 July 2008 (has links)
No description available.
202

A PATH ANALYSIS OF TRUST IN NURSES, SOCIAL SUPPORT, PATIENT SELF-ADVOCACY, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, AND PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

Kleman, Carolyn Cable 13 November 2017 (has links)
No description available.
203

Disparities of Invasive Cervical Cancer Incidence and Related Factors in Ohio: An Integrated Approach

Plascak, Jesse John 17 October 2013 (has links)
No description available.
204

Contributions of oral language and word-level literacy skills to elementary writing in first and second language learners

Perkins, Christina Jacqueline 23 April 2019 (has links)
Second language (L2) learners are a growing population in Canadian school systems, and acquisition of literacy skills is critical to their success in Canadian society. While much research has been devoted to writing development in first language (L1) learners, text-level writing remains relatively underexplored in L2 populations. The present study sought to address this gap by considering the relative contributions of component oral language and word-level literacy skills to writing in elementary students speaking English as a first (EL1) or second (EL2) language. A sample of 124 kindergarten students (56 EL1, 68 EL2) and 112 grade three students (51 EL1, 61 EL2) completed a battery of standardized measures assessing oral language, word-level literacy, and writing skills. An ordinary least squares (OLS) regression-based mediation path analysis was used to test associations among oral language, word-level literacy, and writing skills in each group. Results indicated that word-level literacy skills had a significant direct effect on writing in all groups, but that oral language had no significant direct effect on writing in any groups. Instead, the effect of oral language on writing was significantly mediated by word-level skills in the kindergarten EL1 and EL2 groups, and the grade three EL1 group. The indirect effect of oral language on writing through word-level skills was not significant in the grade three EL2 group. Despite this, no significant differences in variable associations were found between EL1 and EL2 groups in either grade. Oral language skills were additionally found to have a significant effect on word-level literacy skills in the kindergarten EL1 and EL2 groups and the grade three EL1 group; the significance of this effect in the grade three EL2 group was unclear. Results of this study are discussed in relation to existing literature, and existing theories of L1 and L2 writing. / Graduate
205

Expliquer les écarts de santé mentale entre les hommes et les femmes en emploi : l’effet du genre

Bilodeau, Jaunathan 09 1900 (has links)
No description available.
206

Retenção e disponibilidade de água em solos de Santa Catarina: avaliação e geração de funções de pedotransferência / Water retention and availability in soils of Santa Catarina: Evaluation and generation of pedotransfer functions

Costa, André da 24 February 2012 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T15:50:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PGMS12DA009.pdf: 7314998 bytes, checksum: 8e93659478a7813ba0b934959e229681 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Studies on the retention and availability of water are scarce for humid subtropical and temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere. The objectives of this study were to evaluate, generate and validate some pedotransfer functions (PTFs) to estimate the retention and the availability of water in soils of Santa Catarina. Were sampled 44 profiles, in areas under different vegetal coverings, to determine the water retention at suctions from zero to 1.500 kPa, the particles size distribution (7 classes), the organic matter content, the bulck density and particle density of soil, the conductivity hydraulic, and the aggregate stability. Regarding the attributes, soils with finer texture and / or more organic matter retain higher water content, where the organic matter is the main attribute that governs the availability of water, mainly in the surface horizons. Some classes of sand, mainly very fine sand, fine and coarse fractions, have greater effects on water availability than the silt fraction. The soils with contrasting textural classes, with high contents of clay or sand, have the same content of water available, although the sand soils have very low field capacity. Increased water availability occurs in soils with textural class loam, with higher content of organic matter and the lower availability occurs in sand class soils. In relation to lithology, there is a higher retention in soils derived from igneous extrusive rocks of the Serra Geral Formation, metamorphic, intrusive igneous, and sedimentary with fine texture, and a lower retention in those derived from rocks or sedimentary deposits rich in quartz. Increased availability of water occurs in soils derived from siltstone and less in soils derived from granite and recent alluvial deposits. Regarding soil classes (suborders), the water retention is higher in Cambisols, Ferralsols and Nitosols, and lower in Quartzarenic Neosols. In relation the regions, the soils of the Midwest and West, Serrano Highlands and Valley of Itajaí have high water retention, the intermediary are the Eastern Sierra, and lower in the coast. Humic Cambisols and Entisols, located in the Serrano Highlands has increased availability of water, mainly because of high contents of organic matter. In relation to soil types in the normative instruction n. 2/2008 of the MAPA (BRAZIL, 2008), which classifies the soils as a function of clay and sand, it is observed that is not adequate to classify the soils of Santa Catarina in terms of availability of water, although, the hydraulic conductivity of the unsaturated soil is lower in Type 1 soils. In relation the pedotransfer functions of literature, they better estimate the retention than water availability and with greater precision by the functions originated from climate regions subtropical and for the subsurface horizons of the soil. Most functions evaluated underestimates the water retention, with greater deviations in soils with 20-60 % clay. About the functions generated for the soils of Santa Catarina, the estimation of retention and availability of water was better in those adjusted separately for surface and subsurface horizons. To estimate the water retention, the point PTFs must be used including data of the texture, organic matter and their interactions. To estimate the availability, the point PTFs should include the five classes of sand, silt, clay, organic matter, soil bulk density, soil particles density, total porosity and their interactions. The parametrics PTFs estimate properly the water retention curve for most of the textural classes of the soil, when data of texture, organic matter, soil bulk density, soil particles density, total porosity and their interactions are included as predictors. The class PTFs estimate properly the water retention curve for most of the soil textural classes of Santa Catarina / Estudos sobre a retenção e disponibilidade de água são escassos para as regiões de clima subtropical ou temperado úmido do hemisfério sul. Os objetivos deste estudo foram avaliar, gerar e validar funções de pedotransferência (FPTs) para estimar a retenção e a disponibilidade de água em solos de Santa Catarina. Foram amostrados 44 perfis, em áreas sob diferentes coberturas vegetais, para determinar a retenção de água nas sucções de zero até 1.500 kPa, a distribuição do tamanho de partículas (7 classes), o teor de matéria orgânica, a densidade do solo e de partículas, a condutividade hidráulica e a estabilidade de agregados. Em relação aos atributos, solos com textura mais fina e/ou com maior teor de MO retêm maior conteúdo de água, sendo a MO é o principal atributo que governa a disponibilidade de água, principalmente nos horizontes superficiais. Algumas classes de areia, principalmente as areias muito fina, fina e grossa, possuem maiores efeitos sobre disponibilidade de água do que a fração silte. Os solos com classes texturais contrastantes, com elevados teores de argila ou de areia, disponibilizam o mesmo conteúdo de água disponível, embora os arenosos tenham baixa capacidade de campo. Maior conteúdo de água disponível ocorre em solos das classes com textura franca e com maior teor de MO, enquanto que a menor disponibilidade ocorre em solos da classe areia. Em relação à litologia, ocorre uma maior retenção em solos derivados de rochas ígneas extrusivas da Formação Serra Geral, e de rochas metamórficas, ígneas intrusivas e sedimentares de textura fina, e menor nos derivados de rochas ou depósitos sedimentares ricos em quartzo. Maior disponibilidade de água ocorre em solos derivados de siltitos e o menor em solos derivados de granito e de depósitos aluvionares recentes. Em relação às classes de solos (subordens), a retenção de água é maior nos Cambissolos, Nitossolos e Latossolos e menor nos Neossolos Quartzarênicos. Em relação às regiões, os solos do Meio Oeste e Oeste, Planalto Serrano e Vale do Itajaí possuem elevada retenção de água, euquanto que, nos da Serra Leste é intermediária e os do Litoral é baixa. Os Cambissolos Húmicos e os Neossolos Litólicos, localizados no Planalto Serrano, têm maior disponibilidade de água, principalmente devido aos elevados teores de matéria orgânica. Em relação aos tipos de solos da instrução normativa n. 2/2008 do MAPA (BRASIL, 2008), que classifica os solos em função do teor de argila e areia, observa-se que a mesma não é adequada para classificar os solos catarinenses quanto a disponibilidade de água. Entretanto, a condutividade hidráulica não saturada é menor nos solos do Tipo 1. Em relação às funções de pedotransferência (FPTs) publicadas na literatura, elas estimam melhor a retenção do que a disponibilidade de água, com maior precisão pelas funções originadas de regiões de clima subtropical e para os horizontes subsuperficiais do solo. A maioria das funções avaliadas subestima a retenção de água, com erros maiores nos solos com 20 a 60% de argila. Quanto às funções geradas para os solos de Santa Catarina, as que melhor estimam a retenção e disponibilidade de água são aquelas ajustadas separadamente para os horizontes superficiais e subsuperficiais. Para estimar a retenção de água devem ser utilizadas as FPTs pontuais que incluem dados de textura, matéria orgânica do solo e suas interações. Para estimar a disponibilidade de água devem ser utilizadas as FPTs pontuais que utilizam as cinco classes de areia, silte, argila, matéria orgânica, densidade do solo e de partículas, porosidade total e suas interações. As FPTs paramétricas estimam adequadamente a curva de retenção de umidade do solo para a maioria das classes texturais, quando são incluídos dados de textura, matéria orgânica, densidade do solo e de partículas, porosidade total e suas interações como variáveis preditoras. As FPTs de classe estimam adequadamente a curva de retenção de água do solo para a maioria das classes texturais dos solos de Santa Catarina

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