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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"gloeckner"”.
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Showing the Unsayable: Trauma and Juxtaposition in Persepolis and A Child's Life and Other Stories
… and A Childs Life and Other Stories by Phoebe Gloeckner, which explores parent-child incest and coming of age in the wake of the American sexual revolution. It argues that Satrapi and Gloeckner, two women comic artists, push the limits of the comics medium and of memoir by using juxtaposition — …
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Transthyretin-, Aß 1-40- und Aß 1-42- und Tau-Protein-Konzentrationen im Liquor cerebrospinalis bei demenziellen Erkrankungen
Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation wurden die Liquor cerebrospinalis Spiegel von Transthyretin, Tau-Protein sowie der beta-Amyloidpeptide 1-42 und1-40 bei 106 Patienten mit unterschiedlichen Demenzerkrankungen wie Alzheimer-Demenz, Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit, Lewy-Körperchen-Demenz, frontotemporale …
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Intermediates of coenzyme A biosynthesis in colon tissue: Normal vs inflammatory bowel disease
A specific deficiency syndrome for pantothenic acid in man has not been identified. Gastrointestinal ulcers have been repeatedly produced by pantothenic acid deficiencies in many species of animals, particularly mice, rats and swine. Of particular interest is the fact that pantothenic acid …
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Consumer product preferences of cultural textile products: co-design with textile artisans from Guatemala and Peru
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The processes for determining the risk factors involved with the morbidity and mortality of the Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana, at an aquarium
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Understanding the experience of type 2 diabetes using multiple methods and perspectives
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Native American students: blood quantum, identity, and educational success
Native American ancestors were fighting a war to maintain their relevance; today Natives are fighting another war, a war of self-existence. Studies of Native American identity and education are plentiful but studies of blood quantum and educational success are very scarce. This study explored …
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Accessibility and inclusion in higher education: an inquiry of faculty perceptions and experiences
Although there are an increasing number of students with disabilities attending institutions of higher education, the graduation rate for students with disabilities lags behind that of non-disabled college students attending similar institutions. College faculty members produce academic content, …
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Relationship between the characteristics of elder caregivers and care recipients in community service utilization
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the characteristics of the elder caregiver and care recipient in community service utilization. The dramatic effect on the prevalence of elder caregiving is a great concern in the United States as the elder population 65 and …
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Mentors, role models, and differences in self-efficacy and motivation among construction management students
Perceived self-efficacy, motivation, and the presence of mentors and role models have value as predictors of career choice and student success. To understand these constructs within the domain of construction education, a quantitative survey was administered to students enrolled in construction …
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The lived experiences of directors providing leadership to part-time faculty at study abroad centers in Italy: a phenomenological analysis
In the 2017-2018 academic year, 332,727 U.S. university students participated in a study abroad program in a foreign country (Institute of International Education, 2018). Many of these students attend courses taught by part-time faculty, hired locally by study abroad centers with affiliations to …
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Servant leadership: a quantitative study of the perceptions of employees of a Christian-based, for-profit organization
The purpose of this study was to collect and analyze data from individuals employed at a Christian-based, for-profit organization to determine their perceptions of the presence of servant leadership characteristics at the organization. The Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA), developed by …
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Faculty mentoring in residence halls: an experiential learning process
As more demands are being placed on faculty inside of the classroom, the debate surrounding the feasibility of faculty having the time and resources to be involved outside the classroom continues. At the same time there is a growing concern that in light of current advancements in technology; oral …
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Sense of place and student engagement among undergraduate students at a major public research university
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between sense of place and student engagement among undergraduate students, in order to influence how higher education institutions view the role of the physical environment in fostering student engagement, learning, and personal …
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Equine-assisted activities and therapies for children with autism spectrum disorders
Objective: The purpose of this dissertation is to systematically map, and then advance, the state of scientific and theoretical development of equine-assisted activities and therapies (EAATs) for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Method: This dissertation is composed of two studies. …
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Success in Calculus I: implications of students' precalculus content knowledge and their awareness of that knowledge
High failure rates in Calculus I contribute to the course acting a filter, rather than a pump, for STEM disciplines. One often cited source of difficulty for students in Calculus I is their weak precalculus content knowledge. In this three-paper dissertation, I investigate Calculus I students' …
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Understanding the Thailand unemployment problem: comparison of Thai unemployment to Indonesia, Taiwan, and the United States
This study attempts to understand the official population and unemployment data for Thailand. The research aims are to: (a) clarify and understand the Thailand labor force survey and compute adjustments to the Thai official population data so that they would be compatible with the data from other …
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Perceived positive and negative effects of participation in student construction management competitions: a qualitative priority mixed methods study
In the discipline of construction management (CM) student competitions are well thought of and have good construction industry support. Very little published research was found however addressing these competitions. This qualitative priority, mixed methods study collected qualitative data via …
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Shared leadership and member engagement in Western Protestant house churches: a naturalistic inquiry
Western Protestant churches measure success through member engagement. Waning church member engagement has led some to argue that ineffective leadership structures are to blame. While the possibility of shared leadership has been advanced to this end, its use in Western Protestant Church settings …
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