Teen Tested: The State of YA Services in America\u27s Public Libraries

The field of young adult services has been the recipient of much attention in library literature. However, current research on the status of young adult services is lacking, as noted by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA, 2011, Priority Area 1, para. 1). This research focuses on staffing, programming and collection development practices for young adults in selected U.S. public libraries. It will also seek to reveal whether a correlation exists between the presence of a young adult librarian and the state of a library\u27s young adult services, as well as whether a correlation exists between the size of the library and the state of its young adult services

Architecting Superatomic Metal Chalcogenide Clusters for Materials Design

This dissertation describes and summarizes the research I performed as a member of the Roy group. The Roy group uses molecular clusters as nanoscale building blocks for new materials, in addition to several other topics of related interest including the design and synthesis of molecular wires to study the movement of electrons (conductance) at the molecular level. Chapter 1 introduces molecular clusters as superatomic nanoscale building blocks and describes how superatomic crystals, analogous to ionic crystals, can be controllably assembled from these building blocks. Next, Chapter 2 examines how the atomic properties of ionization energy and electron affinity can be extended to superatoms by investigating the Co₆Se₈(PEt₃)₆(CO)₆₋ₓ family of clusters. As the degree of cabonylation increases, the superatom moves from alkali-like to halogen-like behavior; i.e., it becomes harder to ionize and easier to add an electron to the superatom as PEt₃ ligands are replaced with CO ligands while still maintaining the overall electron count of the cluster. Chapter 3 then moves to discuss how the related building blocks, Co₆Te₈(PEt₃)₆ and its derivatives, can be assembled into superatomic crystals using the electron-accepting Fe₈O4pz₁₂C₁₄ cluster. Chapter 4 then uses this same Fe₈O4pz₁₂C₁₄ cluster as a probe for singlet fission triplet dynamics by functionalizing this cluster with a singlet fission chromophore. Chapter 5 continues the idea of ligand design by exploring a series of oligophenylenediamine molecules capable of binding to gold (and presumably other metals), and it is observed that the conductance dramatically increases by applying a high positive bias to the molecules when they are bound to the tips of two gold electrodes. This dissertation concludes with Chapter 6, which discusses how new cobalt chalcogenide materials prepared from superatomic precursors can be deployed as new battery electrode materials for lithium and sodium ion batteries. Each of these chapters help illustrate how synthetic chemistry can be used to both elucidate interesting chemical phenomena and to design new materials with tailored properties

The use of multibeam sonar mapping techniques to refine population estimates of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)

Multibeam sonar mapping techniques provide detailed benthic habitat information that can be combined with the data on species-specific habitat preferences to provide highly accurate calculations of populations in a particular area. The amount of suitable habitat available for the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) was quantified to aid in obtaining an accurate estimate of the number of remaining individuals at two offshore banks and one island site off the coast of southern California. Habitat was mapped by using multibeam sonar survey techniques and categorized by using rugosity and topographic position analysis. Abalone densities were evaluated by using a remotely operated vehicle and video transect methods. The total amount of suitable habitat at these three sites was far greater than that previously estimated. Therefore, although present estimates of white abalone densities are several orders of magnitude lower than historic estimates, the total population is likely larger than previously reported because of the additional amount of habitat surveyed in this study

A Suggested Promotion Policy For The Primary Department Of The Dunbar Elementary School, Fort Worth, Texas

INTRODUCTION The first three years of school should be centered around the total development of the child emotionally, socially, and intellectually. In order for such developments to be successful, the promotion policy of the school should be based on the premise that all children will profit from it. The promotion policy should possess flexibility because of the vast range in individual differences in intellectual capacity and in rate of maturation. Beauchamp maintains that the nature of the school\u27s promotion policy will have some bearing upon both the method of pupil progress reporting and other kinds of evaluation made. He believes there is a vast difference between considering the educational growth of a child in terms of his individual abilities and the degree to which he meets certain arbitrarily determined grade standards. Beauchamp emphasizes that the field of research fails to indicate that any significant gains have been made by following the practice of failing children in the elementary school. In some cases, because of immaturity, children are retained in the early grades of the elementary school in the belief that the pupils will profit from grade retention. He is strongly against any policy which results in the failure of children in the elementary school. It is believed that a child\u27s unsatisfactory progress in the elementary school may be explained by one of three reasons. One reason may be the child\u27s slow maturation. The time factor is important in the solution of this problem. The second reason for poor progress maybe lack of ability. The possession or the lack of this intellectual power is determined at birth. The third reason may be that the child is the victim of a poor instructional program. This is where the school occupies an important position in the development of the child in preparation for adulthood. It is believed that these factors are beyond the control of the child. To retain a child in one grade while his classmates are promoted to the next grade leads to incalculable injury in terms of loss of status, feeling inferiority, and frustration

He\u27s Had No Lovin\u27 For A Long, Long Time

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Dixie Is Dixie Once More

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You Look Like An Angel : But There\u27s Devil In You

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Sweet Georgia Brown

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An Analysis of the Mt. View Elementary School Discipline Plan

Discipline is a major concern among school educators today. Numerous studies have presented evidence that indicate a strong relationship between student achievement and the amount of time classroom teachers spend on behavior management