The purpose of this study was to describe teacher perspectives on reading instruction within professional development. The major premise is that teacher input should be utilized to improve and shape specialized professional development. This research . . .

Cambodian Americans are the eighth largest Asian group in the United States but often their experiences are invisible because they are categorized into the pan-ethnic group Asian. However, not only do their experiences differ socially, cultural, and h . . .

Recent research has compared traditional exercise to kettlebell training observing the effects on strength and power. the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of kettlebell swing versus explosive deadlift training on performance. Resistanc . . .

Coaches closely monitor team training loads and periodize sessions throughout the season to create optimal adaptations at the proper time. However, only monitoring the team’s training load ignores the innate physiological stress each athlete feels ind . . .

This study investigated the effects of integrating a Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned curriculum unit with components of the Investigating and Evaluating Environmental Issues and Actions (IEEIA) program in fostering environmental liter . . .

Even though the term digital modulation signifies modulating an analog time-continuous carrier-wave based on digital binary data, the signal processing is still carried out by analog signal-processing blocks. in this thesis, a novel Direct Digital Fre . . .

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is a field of science where energy can be transferred between two points (such as from a power source to an electrical load or consuming device) to charge electronic devices wirelessly. Examples of such electronic devices . . .

Public parks are important urban resources that promote health, enrich communities, and enhance the local environment. However, the literature on public parks suggests that these resources are not always equitably distributed. Research has shown that . . .

The purpose of the thesis is to provide a model prediction to capture specifically how energy usage in sustainable buildings on college campuses is affected by different variables of student life. This paper focuses on the California State University . . .

Mindfulness, defined as deliberate and nonjudgmental attention to one’s present experience as it unfolds, undergirds successful sport performance. the purposes of this study included developing a five-week mindfulness training program consistent with . . .