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Filtering by: Date issued sim 2011-08-24 Degree Level Doctoral Resource Type Dissertation

Pre-service and new teacher attitudes and understanding about their preparation to work with special needs and diverse learners

Creator:

Egby, Phyllis

Abstract:

The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are two federal mandates which impact general education teachers working with special needs students and diverse learners (second language learners, students from severe poverty, students from different cultures, students who experience occasional emotional needs, and students...

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Dissertation
Recombination, resistance, and drug discovery in Chlamydia

Creator:

Sandoz, Kelsi

Abstract:

The intracellular life cycle of Chlamydia has been difficult to study due to the inability to genetically manipulate the bacteria. As a result, indirect methods have been employed to study the pathogen and the aspects that contribute to its unique intracellular life cycle. A wide variety of laboratory adapted strains,...

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Dissertation
Algebraic Pappus Curves

Creator:

Hatase, Tatsuhiko

Abstract:

We show that Pappus Curves, introduced by R. Schwartz to study his dynamical system in the real projective plane generated by iterated applications of the classical Pappus Theorem, are algebraic exactly in the linear case. Our approach is to use properties of projective curves such as singular points, genus, number...

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Dissertation