Relationships among Reading Assessments: How do DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency and DRA Scores relate to TerraNova2 Performance in Second-Grade Students?

The present study investigated the relationships between the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Oral Reading Fluency and the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) as related to TerraNova2 Vocabulary and Comprehension scores for second grade students. Archival data gained from 60 participants during the 2004-2005 school year were utilized. The participants were from a school receiving Reading First funding in a northeastern city. Correlation and regression analyses were run on the DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency scores, DRA codes, and TN2 scores to determine the relationships among the three tests. Results found significant correlations and predictors for TN2 performance

Sharing Their Piece of the Real Estate Pie: An Analysis of the Necessity of Lawyers at Residential Real Estate Closings in the Context of the Adoption of Recent Opinions of the North Carolina State Bar

This comment will address the necessity of lawyers at real estate closings in light of the recent changes in the Formal Ethics Opinions and Authorized Practice Advisory Opinion issued by the North Carolina State Bar

Sharing Their Piece of the Real Estate Pie: An Analysis of the Necessity of Lawyers at Residential Real Estate Closings in the Context of the Adoption of Recent Opinions of the North Carolina State Bar

This comment will address the necessity of lawyers at real estate closings in light of the recent changes in the Formal Ethics Opinions and Authorized Practice Advisory Opinion issued by the North Carolina State Bar

An Investigative Approach to the Collagraph

This thesis investigates the development of my imagery through the media of the collagraph

Increasing Pre-Service Teachers\u27 Awareness of Children Experiencing Homelessness

As homelessness becomes a growing issue in the United States, children experiencing homelessness can be educationally at risk. However, teachers can make a significant difference for these children. In this study, we sought to increase empathy and understanding for children experiencing homelessness for the pre-service teachers whom we teach. Using the windows, mirrors and sliding glass doors framework (Bishop, 1990), we implemented an activity in which pre-service teachers read and discussed children\u27s books portraying different types of homelessness. This paper will articulate how students made connections with the texts and deepened their understanding and empathy about children experiencing homelessness

ARE ECUADORIAN MILLENNIALS PREPARED AGAINST A CYBERATTACK?

A cyberattack is an attempt to get unauthorized access, expose, alter, disable, steal or make unauthorized use of information. Over the years, cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, considering that Ecuadorian authorities claimed they had received over 40 million cyberattacks such as denial-of-service (DOS) during a week, in April 2019. The objective of this research work is to assess to what extent Ecuadorians are prepared for a cyberattack focused on Millennials, who attend private universities and maintain a high socioeconomic status, due to they are more likely to be targeted by hackers. This study shows the level of importance that Millennial university students give to their private information. A quantitative study was applied to measure the objective mentioned before and was aimed at 103 university students in Samborondón, Ecuador. The obtained results showed that although the sample population takes some security measures to protect their information, there exist vulnerable aspects that can be used by hackers to obtain unauthorized access. Un ataque cibernético es un intento de obtener acceso no autorizado, exponer, alterar, deshabilitar, robar o hacer un uso no autorizado de información. En los últimos años, los ataques cibernéticos han sido más frecuentes, considerando que las autoridades ecuatorianas afirmaron que habían recibido más de 40 millones de ciberataques, como DOS, en el lapso de una semana, en abril de 2019. El objetivo de este trabajo de investigación es tener un estudio objetivo sobre hasta qué punto los ecuatorianos están preparados para un ciberataque con un enfoque en los millennials que asisten a universidades privadas y tienen un alto nivel socioeconómico debido a que son más propensos a ser atacados por hackers. Este estudio muestra el nivel de importancia que los estudiantes universitarios Millennials otorgan a la seguridad de su información privada. Se aplicó un estudio cuantitativo para medir el objetivo mencionado, aplicada a 103 estudiantes universitarios en Samborondón, Ecuador. El resultado obtenido evidenció que, si bien la población estudiada, toma algunas medidas de seguridad para proteger sus datos, todavía hay grietas, que pueden ser utilizadas por los piratas informáticos para obtener acceso no autorizado

History of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) and Its Use for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

Following an initial mechanical insult, traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) induces a secondary wave of injury, resulting in a toxic lesion environment inhibitory to axonal regeneration. This review focuses on the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its application, in combination with other factors and cell transplantations, for repairing the injured spinal cord. As studies of recent decades strongly suggest that combinational treatment approaches hold the greatest therapeutic potential for the central nervous system (CNS) trauma, future directions of combinational therapies will also be discussed