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Pushing into advanced mathematics classes: a grounded theory study of ability grouping in middle level mathematical classes

Creator:: Johnston, Tina Louise
Abstract:: The focus of this grounded theory research was to investigate the problems that those groups closest to students placed in mathematics classes by mathematics ability have and how those parties work to resolve the problems. The main problem found was a conflict between educators and parents over which students deserve...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Turning Back the Calendar: An Analysis of Main Street USA’s use of Nostalgia

Creator:: Cox, Travis L.
Abstract:: Main Street USA in Southern California’s Disneyland theme park is often described as nostalgic. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify what elements actually make Main Street USA nostalgic as well as determine why Disney uses this nostalgia to influence park guests. In order to respond to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members, Dr. Judy Bowker and Dr. Tina Bull, thank you for aiming me in the right direction. To Dr

Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

Creator:: Everson, Courtney Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSRACT OF THE THESIS OF Courtney Louise Everson for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied

Phylogenomics and Evolution of Ground Beetles, with an Emphasis on the Speciose Tribes Chlaeniini and Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Creator:: Pflug, James M.
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I investigate the evolution and genomes of carabid beetles, a worldwide family of over 38,000 species. I focus on two species-rich groups, the tribes Chlaeniini and Bembidiini, both of which are primarily found on the shores of bodies of water. The former are distinctive for their defensive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Spencer Johnston and his students, Valerie Renee Holmes and Crystal Burrus, performed all flow cytometry

Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

Creator:: Jurgens, Jeremy
Abstract:: Traditionally, Renaissance studies have neglected or overlooked the contributions of early modern female poets, many of whom produced lively, engaging, and highly creative work despite the limitations imposed on them by a rigidly patriarchal society. In my thesis, I examine the life and work of Aemilia Lanyer, a 17th century...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). For a woman to write challenged assumptions about her very nature. Tina Krontiris explains: “Woman

Conformational Consequences: Calcium Regulates the Association Between Dysferlin C2A & PI(4,5)P2

Creator:: Otto, Shauna C.
Abstract:: Dysferlin is a ∼230 kDa terminally anchored membrane protein that is ubiquitously expressed, but is particularly enriched in skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue. Mutations covering the length of the protein have been linked to muscle wasting diseases including limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and Myoshi myopathy. Dysferlin has been shown to play...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The peer interview methodology : participatory qualitative interviewing and discussion in a youth garden project

Creator:: Lile, Joy R.
Abstract:: The Producing for the Future project engaged thirty low-income youth in gardening and nutrition education, microenterprise activities, and participatory research during the 2011 and 2012 growing seasons. The intervention aimed to support community protective factors, build positive youth development, and enhance health outcomes through promoting skill-building and mentorship. The mixedmethods...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: prevention program conducted clinical interviews (Graham, Tatterson, Roberts, & Johnston, 2004

Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

Creator:: Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)
Abstract:: L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research in developmental genetics as a member of the Zoology Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He had an accomplished scientific career researching mutations in mice, which earned him respect from other geneticists and scientists....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sciences, 1978): 79-104. About the pact: APS, Dobzhansky Papers, Louise Dunn, Dobzhansky to Louise, n.d

Long-term fertilizer input influences total and bioavailable metal in agricultural soils and crops

Creator:: Pérez, Angela L.
Abstract:: Protection of the quality and integrity of food supplies is of global concern. Crops can accumulate non-nutritive and sometimes toxic metals and metalloids. Accumulated metals/metalloids can come in part, from fertilizers, which may contain variable levels of non-nutritive metals or metalloids such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), nickel...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Emergent Properties of Animal Social Networks: Five Stories in Five Systems

Creator:: Devan-Song, E. Anne
Abstract:: Animals aggregate and interact in nonuniform and nonrandom patterns, which lead to group level characteristics that have important evolutionary and ecological consequences. Network analysis provides a useful conceptual framework for linking animal interactions at all scales from dyads to communities, to populations and ecosystems. Despite exciting theoretical and applied advances...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Pushing into advanced mathematics classes: a grounded theory study of ability grouping in middle level mathematical classes

Turning Back the Calendar: An Analysis of Main Street USA’s use of Nostalgia

Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

Phylogenomics and Evolution of Ground Beetles, with an Emphasis on the Speciose Tribes Chlaeniini and Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

Conformational Consequences: Calcium Regulates the Association Between Dysferlin C2A & PI(4,5)P2

The peer interview methodology : participatory qualitative interviewing and discussion in a youth garden project

Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

Long-term fertilizer input influences total and bioavailable metal in agricultural soils and crops

Emergent Properties of Animal Social Networks: Five Stories in Five Systems

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