West Virginia University

About: West Virginia University is a education organization based out in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 25632 authors who have published 48308 publications receiving 1343934 citations. The organization is also known as: WVU & West Virginia University, WVU.

Two new families of Glomales, Archaeosporaceae and Paraglomaceae, with two new genera Archaeospora and Paraglomus, based on concordant molecular and morphological characters

Abstract: Two ancestral clades of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species were discovered from deeply divergent ribosomal DNA sequences. They are classified here as two new families Archaeosporaceae and Paragl...

Estimating Aid-Allocation Criteria with Panel Data

Abstract: In 1990, the net amount of economic aid, or official development assistance, to all recipients from all multilateral and bilateral sources was about $62 billion, an amount that exceeded the GDPs of Greece and Portugal. Despite the size of this yearly transfer there has been no rigors modeling and estimation of the criteria by which it occurs. As a result, there is little agreement about the extent to which ODA is allocated according to the needs of the recipient countries. The purpose of this paper is to develop a rigorous theoretical model of ODA allocation that can be used to provide consistent estimates of the importance of recipient needs. Copyright 1994 by Royal Economic Society.

A Hierarchically Ordered Array of Silver Nanorod Bundles for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection of Phenolic Pollutants

Abstract: A hierarchically ordered array of Ag-nanorod bundles is achieved using an inexpensive binary-template-assisted electrodeposition technique. In every bundle, many small gaps are formed between adjacent Ag-nanorods, where "hot spots" are generated. As a result, this plasmonic nanostructure exhibits SERS enhancements of approximately eight orders of magnitude with uniform and reproducible SERS signal throughout the whole chip.

Monte Carlo Simulation

Abstract: Introduction Generating Individual Samples from a Pseudo-Population Using the Pseudo-Population in Monte Carlo Simulation Using Monte Carlo Simulation in the Social Sciences Conclusion

Teachers’ Beliefs and Technology Practices: A Mixed-methods Approach

Abstract: In a sequential mixed methods design, we sought to examine the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and their instructional technology practices among technology-using teachers who worked at technology-rich schools to ultimately describe if change in practice toward a student-centered paradigm occurred. The integrated mixed-methods results provide evidence for the following: (a) teachers use technology most frequently for preparation, management, and administrative purposes; (b) teachers’ use of technology to support student-centered practice is rare even among those who work at technology-rich schools and hold student-centered beliefs; (c) teachers in technology-rich schools continue to use technology in ways that support their already existing teacher-centered instructional practices. We conclude that future technology professional development efforts need to focus on integration of technology into curriculum via student-centered pedagogy while attending to multiple contextual conditions under...