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Viral Metagenomics and Anthropology in the Americas
(2015-05-08)
Viruses are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on earth. As humans, we could not exist without them. For billions of years they have been the unseen mediators of microbial and multicellular life. They are ...
A MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF WETTABILITY IN SHALE KEROGEN WITH VARYING MATURITY LEVELS AND ITS ROLE IN GOVERNING FLUID DISTRIBUTION
(2014-12)
Kerogen is defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter in sedimentary rocks and is a complex mixture of organic chemical compounds. The process of kerogen maturation is accompanied by the loss of functionalized ...
The Concept of Capability Consciousness: Learning From Helen Keller
(2016-05-13)
This dissertation is a philosophical analysis of the meaning of a concept I name “capability consciousness” and propose as useful for special education. Understanding this concept can help us answer an educationally and ...
Global civil society and a structural analysis of international NGOs's virtual networks
(2012)
This dissertation sought to examine the virtual structure of global civil society via three theoretical frameworks: World System Theory, World Polity Theory and the current discussion of Network Society. Virtual interactions ...
COMMUNITY STIGMATIZATION OF COMBAT-RELATED PTSD: THE INFLUENCE OF JUST WORLD BELIEFS, VICTIM BLAMING, AND SELF-COMPASSION
(2017-08-01)
The fear of stigmatization by community members outside of the military has been identified as a significant barrier to care for military members seeking mental health services (Mittal et al., 2013). Research exploring ...
THE ROLE OF PRINCIPALS AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS IN CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN REGULAR EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN A SUBURBAN SETTING
(2017-05)
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The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a relationship between the principal’s knowledge in special education and special education students making adequate yearly progress on the ...
The Distortion of Upward Communication in Military Organizations
(2011)
This study explores the relationship between subordinates' inclination to distort negative upward organizational communication and four personality variables. The study used a postulated Upward Organizational Communication ...
COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA APARTHEID AND THE U.S. MEXICO SECURITY FENCE
(2015)
Powerful semiotic signs like the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall served significant communicative functions. The modern culture of nation state wall building continues despite the fact that the security fences are ...
Social Studies Teachers' Attitudes Concerning Convtroversial Public Issues Instruction and State Mandated Tests
(2012)
This transcendental phenomenological qualitative study examines attitudes toward Controversial Public Issue instruction by teachers who used mandated standards and state tests. After the interviews of 11 social studies ...
MAKING MEANING OF ALGEBRA 2 TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY OF ONE SCHOOL
(2017-12-16)
As the variety of curriculum materials available to teachers multiplies, understandings of the process by which mathematics teachers make meaning of curriculum materials must be revisited and revised. Rather than beginning ...