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Fabrication + Adaptation: A System for Replacing Elementary School Portable Classrooms Throughout California
Thirty percent of California public school facilities are made of portable buildings. Portable classrooms are uninspiring and inadequate spaces for learning, reflective of a cultural indifference for the education of ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of an Acellular Human Kidney ECM-derived Hydrogel
Today, more than 900,000 patients in the United States live with end-stage renal disease, with many more suffer from poor renal regeneration1. Current methods commonly use synthetic tissue-engineered constructs to deliver ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructured Oxides for Energy Storage
Materials for energy storage have become increasingly important in the modern world as alternatives to petrochemical energy sources. Although technology such as lithium-ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells are in ... -
Fabrication, Design and Noise Analysis of a High-Gain Waveguide-Coupled Photoconductive Detector
(2013-02-25)In the field of silicon photonics, it has only recently become possible to build complex systems. As system power constraints and complexity increase, design margins will decrease--making understanding device noise performance ... -
The Fabulous Party Boys and Adapting the Tuba for Modern Popular Contexts
Tubas are instruments that are used primarily in classical (a term used broadly in this instance) settings. While wind bands, orchestras, marching bands, and brass ensembles have consistently held need for the tuba, the ... -
Faces of Humanity: Painting Portraits of Immigrant Workers
Through the years, immigration to the United States has significantly increased. Immigrants have been drawn to this country by attractive wages and pushed by the poverty in their home countries. Today, immigrant minority ... -
Facial alterations associated with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine in 80 children assessed by photo analysis and landmark digitization
(1990)A few reports have suggested that marijuana exposure during gestation may produce a recognizable facial appearance that is similar to the face of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). A previous study has demonstrated that the ... -
Facilitating Locking Pin Alignment in Transtibial Amputees via Auto-Retracting Tethered Pin
Transtibial amputees have a variety of suspension systems available to them. One of the more common systems uses a locking pin to create a mechanical connection to their prosthesis. For those using a locking pin, it is ... -
Facilitating Realistic and Efficient Applications of Ab Initio Electronic Dynamics for Polyatomic Systems
Tremendously useful insights for the design and development of nano-scale systems, e.g. photovoltaics devices, can be gained from studying molecular process and reactions using \textit{ab initio} electronic dynamics, i.e. ... -
Facilitating Successful Transitions: Use of All About Me Books to Promote Preschool and Kindergarten Transition
Research shows a strong support to develop more effective transitions to ensure continuity between schools but little agreement on exactly what transition strategies to implement to promote success. The purpose of this ... -
Facilitating the incorporation of neuroscience methods and knowledge into brain-computer interfaces
This body of work is focused on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) – devices that interpret brain activity in order to generate artificial output. BCIs have a great deal of promise in both rehabilitative and commercial ... -
Facilitation of parenting within the newborn intensive care unit
(1994)The major challenge facing neonatal health care providers today is to combine the necessary technological intensive care for preterm infants with a sensitive and individualized approach to facilitate neurobehavioral ... -
Facilitators and Barriers to Evidence-Based Cancer Pain Management
Evidence-based pain management (EBPM) is essential in relieving cancer pain. This dissertation explores nurse-level and organization-level factors for adopting, implementing, and sustaining EBPM practices. A descriptive ... -
Facilitators and Barriers to Twice Daily Tooth Brushing among Children with Special Health Care Needs
(2013-07-25)Purpose. Compared to typically-developing children, children with special health care needs (CHSCN) are at increased risk for poor oral health including dental decay. Facilitators and barriers to twice daily tooth brushing ... -
Factors Affecting DHH-Specific Quality of Life in Deaf/HH Adolescents Attending Mainstream Schools
Background: The Youth Quality of Life – Deafness and Hard of Hearing (YQoL-DHH) module measures DHH-specific quality of life in adolescents across three domains – Participation, Self-Acceptance/Advocacy, and Perceived ... -
Factors Affecting Hydraulic Conductivity of High pH, High Silica Groundwater at the Former Occidental Chemical Corporation Facility
Pollution of water and sediments in and along the Port of Tacoma, WA, has resulted from the historic discharge of chlorinated solvents and caustic materials from the former Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC) Facility. ... -
Factors Affecting Local Permit Ownership in Bristol Bay and an Evaluation of the BBEDC Permit Loan Program: An Analysis of Based on Interviews with Local Residents
(2012-09-13)Since the first Bristol Bay Limited Entry salmon permits were issued in 1975, many have been sold to non-local residents, resulting in declining numbers of permits held by local residents and eroding the economic base for ... -
Factors Affecting Survival of Primary Teeth Receiving Interim Therapeutic Restorations in a Pediatric Population
Purpose: To determine the overall survival rate of primary teeth treated with interim therapeutic restoration (ITR) in pediatric patients, to identify the variables that are associated with the success rate of interim ... -
Factors affecting the quantity and quality of Argos telemetry locations for wolverines in the northern Cascade Range in Washington
(2013-07-25)Satellite telemetry systems provide wildlife researchers with a valuable tool for tracking species that range over large distances or inhabit remote or inaccessible terrain, such as wolverines (<italic>Gulo gulo<italic>) ... -
Factors and Sources of Information School Boards Consider when Evaluating a Superintendent
University of Washington Abstract Factors and Sources of Information School Boards Consider when Evaluating a Superintendent Philip H. Gore Marge Plecki, PhD Professor College of Education This mixed methods study uses ...