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Failure of adult recruitment in Quercus buckleyi populations on the Eastern Edwards Plateau, Texas
(The University of Notre Dame, 2002-10)In many semiaridr egions woodlands, savannas and grasslands form an unstable landscape mosaic; the physiognomy of a particular patch in the mosaic changes over time. To explain such temporal and spatial variation in tree ... -
The failure of biogenetic analysis in psychology: Why psychology is not a biological science
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Many define psychology as a biological science and emphasize brains and genes as major determinants of behavior. Instead, it is argued here that psychology is a unique biopsychosocial science able to stand on its own. ... -
Failure prognosis based on adaptive state space models
(ASME, 2016)This paper presents a generic data-driven failure prognosis method based on adaptive state space models for engineering systems, which integrates adaptive model recognition with a dynamic system model for remaining useful ... -
Fair trade, sustainable agriculture, and cultural impacts in the coffee industry
(Wichita State University, 2009-12)Coffee production focuses on two species of the plant, Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora, also known as Coffea robusta. This plant is a tropical cash crop that has a wide range of quality and production standards, and ... -
Fairest edge usage and minimum expected overlap for random spanning trees
(Elsevier, 2021-05)Random spanning trees of a graph $G$ are governed by a corresponding probability mass distribution (or "law"), $\mu$ defined on the set of all spanning trees of $G$ This paper addresses the problem of choosing $\mu$ in ... -
Fairmount Center for Science and Mathematics Education Web Pages
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Fairmount Neighborhood improvement plan
(1976-06)The objective of this improvement plan was the preparation of neighborhood analysis and recommendations for the preservation and renovation of the Fairmount Neighborhood, a residential area in the northeast quadrant of ... -
Fairy tale woman transformed, mythical artist re-born: Recontextualizing the female artist’s narrative in The song of the lark
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)This essay considers Willa Cather’s use of fairy tale, musical, and mythological references within The Song of the Lark to rewrite cultural paradigms of patriarchal oppression and create a female-empowered narrative of an ... -
Fall 2019 CLA+ Results: Institutional Report Wichita State University
(Wichita State University, 2021-06-14)CLA+ is a valuable tool that measures critical thinking and written-communication skills of students in higher education. Institutions use CLA+ to estimate institutional and individual student growth of these essential skills, ... -
Fall prevention assessment and exercise recommendations
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-26)INTRODUCTION: As the aging population of the United States rises, falls will become more prevalent. Exercise is an effective way of reducing falls in older adults and should be routinely prescribed to the appropriate ... -
Fall Prevention Programs in Rural Areas: A Systematic Review
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)Falls are a leading cause of injury and disability among older adults. A systematic literature review of Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Internet was conducted to evaluate efficacy of rural, community-dwelling fall ... -
Fall risk associated with inpatient medications
(AMER SOC HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS, 2012-11-01)Purpose. The association between fall risk and inpatient medications was evaluated. Methods. A retrospective, case-control study was performed to compare the medication use of patients sustaining at least one fall ... -
Falling less in Kansas: development of a Fall Risk Reduction Toolkit
(Hindawi, 2011-07)Falls are a serious health risk for older adults. But for those living in rural and frontier areas of the USA, the risks are higher because of limited access to health care providers and resources. This study employed a ... -
Falsification, annual targets, and errant leadership: media portrayal of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal
(SAGE Publications, 2015-11)This analysis of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal differs markedly from the version reported in the press. Using discourse analysis, I examined over 50 articles published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the ... -
Familiarization trial needed when measuring postural sway with a mobile device
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013-05)The latest Smartphone’s have built-in motion sensors called a tri-axis accelerometer. One of the clinical measures that can take advantage of this technology is balance assessment. Previous studies assessing balance show ... -
Family business learning and performance
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2019-09-24)This research study examines the relationship of entrepreneurial orientation and learning orientation on the performance of small family businesses. It is proposed that the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation ... -
Family caregiving in aging populations
(Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015)Family care giving policies and practices. -
Family dysfunction and suicide: Risk in a community corrections sample
(Hogrefe Publishing, 2016-11)Background: When comparted with the general population, the suicide rate in correctional populations is elevated. While predictors of suicide are well researched in jail and prison populations, much less work has been done ...