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E-Governance in Urban Planning: Use and management of websites in Puget Sound planning offices
E-governance encompasses the use of information and communication technologies in government institutions to promote e-government, e-participation. The framework of e-governance in American planning offices is not well ... -
e-Governance: Missed Opportunity of the Revolutionary Government. Case of Georgia
This given thesis examines the circumstances around the introduction of the e-Governance in Georgia. It argues that after the Rose Revolution, the incumbent regime was extremely well-positioned to reform the very fabric ... -
E. coli adaptation to the extraintestinal niche: using natural variation to explore mechanisms of pathogenesis
Escherichia coli can function as part of the normal human gut flora, or it can act as a virulent pathogen, either within the intestinal tract or without. While intestinally pathogenic E. coli tend to share particular traits ... -
Early adolescent girls in transition in a peri-urban northern Thai community: perceptions of gender role and sexuality
(1995)This study primarily concerns the impact of gender socialization and socioeconomic transformation on young girls' perceptions of their gender roles and sexuality which places them at risk for contracting STDs and AIDS ... -
Early Bilingual Development: Expanding Our Understanding of Family Language Policy in Heritage Language Maintenance
The increased attention given to immigrants’ English proficiency and their academic achievement in schools has blinded society to the issues associated with heritage language (HL) loss that children of immigrants face. ... -
Early Careers and Life Course Transitions for Three Cohorts of Young Adults
A common claim among social scientists and commenters is that today’s young adults do not follow the “traditional,” direct road to adulthood and instead follow meandering, individualized paths. Increased and prolonged ... -
Early characteristics of young siblings of children with autism
(2007)Background. Studies are needed to better understand the broad autism phenotype in young siblings of children with autism, and to identify areas of impairment, so that interventions can begin at as young an age as possible. ... -
Early childcare provider recognition of behaviors related to Autistic Spectrum Disorders and parent communication
(2013-07-25)Research suggests that early identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders leads to best outcomes; however, children are regularly not being identified as early as they could be, especially children from certain populations ... -
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in Two Communities in Tijuana, Mexico: maternal and household characteristics and pediatric development
(2013-07-25)"<bold>Objective</bold>": To describe the proportion of children overall and in each study arm who attain developmental milestones in two rural peri-urban communities in Tijuana, Mexico. To compare the specific proportions ... -
Early childhood diarrhea and growth among HIV-exposed, uninfected infants in Kenya
Background: Diarrhea and poor linear growth are leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in low- and middle- income countries. While global childhood mortality has been significantly reduced in the past decades, ... -
Early Childhood Learning in Preschool Planetarium Programs
(2013-07-25)Family groups comprise a significant percentage of the museum visitor population, and many programs are created specifically for young learners (Borun, 2008). One such learning environment is that of planetaria, where both ... -
Early Childhood Teachers Improving Together: The Impact on Teacher Noticing of Participation in Video-Mediated Professional Learning Communities within a Teacher Preparation Course
As early childhood teachers are increasingly required to enact higher quality teacher-child interactions and pursue higher levels of education, teacher educators need to be able to facilitate effective pedagogies that ... -
Early Communicaiton Development in Infants at High and Low Genetic Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Examination of Communication Spontaneity
(2014-02-24)Social communication impairment is one of the key diagnostic features of ASD, with communication deficits being the earliest symptom reported by most parents of children with ASD (Filipek et al., 1999; Landa & Garrett-Meyer, ... -
Early COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Department Utilization for Pediatric Dental Emergencies
Abstract Early COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Department Utilization for Pediatric Dental Emergencies Daniel M. Walsh Co-chairs of the Supervisory Committee:Barbara Sheller, DDS, MSD Anne Reeves, DDS, MSD, MPH Bryan Williams, ... -
Early Cumulative Fluid Balance and Outcomes in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Acute Respiratory Failure
Objectives: To evaluate the associations between early cumulative fluid balance (CFB) and outcomes among critically ill pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients with acute respiratory failure, ... -
Early diagnosis in infants born to HIV-positive adolescent compared to adult mothers in Kisumu, Kenya
Although many countries have made great efforts to establish prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services, globally 160,000 children are newly infected with HIV each year. Early infant diagnosis (EID) ... -
Early evolution of environments and metabolism: insights from nitrogen, selenium and sulfur isotopes
The evolution of planet Earth and its biosphere are tightly linked through global biogeochemical cycles, and this dissertation seeks to explore this linkage during the Precambrian with new strategies and geochemical ... -
Early immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: new insights into macrophage heterogeneity and vaccine-mediated responses
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), kills more individuals than any other single infectious agent. The only approved vaccine, BCG, poorly prevents the spread of disease, highlighting ... -
Early Learning with Digital Media: A Naturalistic, Ethnographic Investigation of Children's Engagement with and Learning from Television and Digital Technology in Early Childhood
(2012-08-10)Digital media is a broad concept that includes everything from movies to video games to websites. These media are cultural norms for young people, becoming part of their identity as they use and create content. In this ...