The purpose of this research was to develop a theory grounded in the life experiences of Aboriginal community members in Canada that describes the ways in which they have been affected by HIV/AIDS. This theory has ...

An active nonlinear mechanical vibration control strategy is developed in the research of the author’s PhD program for the nonlinear vibration control of engineering structures of multiple dimensions. The proposed control ...

Nowadays, there is a growing need to manage trust in open systems. Service providers can autonomously join and leave the open system at any time. Thus, an open system may contain untrustworthy service providers. In order ...

Extreme Programming (XP) is one of the most successful methods in software development. It offers a set of practices designed to work together in order to provide value to the customer. The XP process emphasizes simplicity, ...

An exploration of the political and cultural impact of community radio in Thailand, and of the global implications of challenges to the prevailing model of state-controlled broadcast frequency monopolies.

The need for function approximations arises in many branches of engineering, and in particular, petroleum engineering. A function approximation estimates an unknown function, which then finds an underlying relationship ...

The purpose of this thesis was the exploration, definition, conceptualization, and measurement of competition within elite sport teams (i.e., intrateam competition) by using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design ...

While practicum experience is considered foundational to most teacher education programs, its methods of analyses often perpetuate humanist behaviorism. This is problematic in a world increasingly understood as dynamic ...

The basis for this study was founded on the results gathered from inquiry conducted at the master’s level titled, “The Aboriginal Family Members’ Experience of Problem Gambling” (Burnett, 2005), which explored the social, ...

When states make the decision to increase government revenue from gambling, they have to mediate between a range of options for operating, regulating and controlling an industry viewed by many people to produce more public ...