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Teachers' Of Students With Visual Impairments Perceptions And Experiences Of Teaching The Expanded Core Curriculum, Renae T. Bjorg Jan 2016

Teachers' Of Students With Visual Impairments Perceptions And Experiences Of Teaching The Expanded Core Curriculum, Renae T. Bjorg

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of teachers of students with visual impairments (TSVIs) in the state of North Dakota regarding the expanded core curriculum (ECC). This study included transcribed interviews from six TSVIs who taught in grades K-12.

The National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities was used to frame this study. Phenomenological methods were used to analyze the interviews into codes, categories, themes, and an assertion. Following were the seven themes supported by the data collected:

1. Teachers of students …


Cntf Potentiates Survival And Sprouting Of Axotomized Magnocellular Neurons, Kathryn E. Erickson Jan 2016

Cntf Potentiates Survival And Sprouting Of Axotomized Magnocellular Neurons, Kathryn E. Erickson

Theses and Dissertations

Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is believed to promote neuronal sprouting and survival within the magnocellular neurosecretory system (MNS) by means of astrocyte activation following injury. When CNTF binds to its receptor complex, CNTF receptor alpha, located on the extracellular surface of the astrocyte, it initiates the Jak/STAT3 pathway. The activation of this pathway and the translocation of phosphorylated STAT3 (pSTAT3) to the nucleus is believed to lead to the release of multiple factors that act in a paracrine manner to influence survival and sprouting of MNS neurons. To confirm the ability of CNTF to activate the astrocyte, the three receptor …


A Hydrometeorological And Geospatial Analysis Of Precipitation Within The Glacial Ridge Wildlife Refuge Using The R2ain-Gis Tool, William John Mokry Jan 2016

A Hydrometeorological And Geospatial Analysis Of Precipitation Within The Glacial Ridge Wildlife Refuge Using The R2ain-Gis Tool, William John Mokry

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Weather radar (radio detection and ranging) is a specialized meteorological tool used to sample and track meteorological objects. This tool is critical for meteorologists and public decision-makers to inform and provide for their constituents in a timely manner, often with the protection of lives and property on the line. With the application of using meteorological and geospatial data in the realm of geographic information systems (G.I.S.), the task of blending the two sciences to inhibit further research and dissemination of information occurs.

This study focuses on the creation and implementation of a new geospatial tool, the Radar and Rainfall Analyzed …


Characterization Of Two Surface Proteins From The Lyme Spirochete And Their Roles During Mammalian Infection, Robert Anthony Gaultney Jan 2016

Characterization Of Two Surface Proteins From The Lyme Spirochete And Their Roles During Mammalian Infection, Robert Anthony Gaultney

Theses and Dissertations

Borrelia burgdorferi is an enigmatic bacterial pathogen that afflicts a large proportion of the world population as the causative agent of Lyme disease. The bacterium has a number of factors that promote virulence including a complex and dynamic array of extracellular proteins that can interact with various molecules of an infected host. One such molecule, fibronectin, is a key glycoprotein in the ECM of mammalian hosts with multiple characterized functions. B. burgdorferi encodes multiple known Fn-binding proteins, and has an additional putative protein BB0347 that may also bind Fn. Another protein, MlpJ, is homologous to a known hemin-binding protein, which …


Britain's First War With Kandy: Landscape, Violence, And Conquest In Colonial Sri Lanka, Elizabeth Anne Mjelde Jan 2016

Britain's First War With Kandy: Landscape, Violence, And Conquest In Colonial Sri Lanka, Elizabeth Anne Mjelde

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Accounts of travel to Sri Lanka published during the period of British conquest (1796 through 1818) reveal a consistent yet problematic tendency: despite ongoing military conflict, visual artists constructed representations of the island as a peaceful and orderly place. The contradiction is heightened when travelers’ uniformly tranquil images of Sri Lanka are juxtaposed with documented acts of destruction to land and property, undertaken by troops during Britain’s first war with the inland kingdom of Kandy, a conflict which eventually led to the island’s complete colonization. The present study reconciles this contradiction through analysis of publications by each of five artists …


Not Your Business: Pedagogical Lessons Of Activist Resistance To Neoliberalism In Canadian Higher Education, Jorunn Thordarson Jan 2016

Not Your Business: Pedagogical Lessons Of Activist Resistance To Neoliberalism In Canadian Higher Education, Jorunn Thordarson

Theses and Dissertations

The growing power and permeation of neoliberal ideology across all facets of social life has been instrumental in promoting and orchestrating a shift among Canadian post-secondary institutions towards a reductive view of schooling at the expense of a more liberatory vision of education. The aim of this study was to examine the connections between power, education, and democracy in relation to the neoliberal restructuring of higher education in Canada, while simultaneously exploring discourses of resistance to neoliberal hegemony. Using critical discourse analysis, this study begins by establishing the promotion and naturalization of neoliberal ideology within the policy landscape of Canadian …


Volume 53, Number 19: December 23, 2015, University Of North Dakota Dec 2015

Volume 53, Number 19: December 23, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Volume 53, Number 16: December 02, 2015, University Of North Dakota Dec 2015

Volume 53, Number 16: December 02, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


November 20, 2015, The Dakota Student Nov 2015

November 20, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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November 17, 2015, The Dakota Student Nov 2015

November 17, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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Volume 53, Number 13: November 11, 2015, University Of North Dakota Nov 2015

Volume 53, Number 13: November 11, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


November 10, 2015, The Dakota Student Nov 2015

November 10, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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November 5, 2015, University Of North Dakota Nov 2015

November 5, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 5, 2015, meeting of the University Senate. 31 pages


Volume 53, Number 12: November 04, 2015, University Of North Dakota Nov 2015

Volume 53, Number 12: November 04, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Volume 53, Number 11: October 28, 2015, University Of North Dakota Oct 2015

Volume 53, Number 11: October 28, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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October 16, 2015, The Dakota Student Oct 2015

October 16, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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October 13, 2015, The Dakota Student Oct 2015

October 13, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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October 9, 2015, The Dakota Student Oct 2015

October 9, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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October 2, 2015, The Dakota Student Oct 2015

October 2, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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Volume 53, Number 7: September 30, 2015, University Of North Dakota Sep 2015

Volume 53, Number 7: September 30, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


September 29, 2015, The Dakota Student Sep 2015

September 29, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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September 25, 2015, The Dakota Student Sep 2015

September 25, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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September 18, 2015, The Dakota Student Sep 2015

September 18, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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Volume 53, Number 5: September 16, 2015, University Of North Dakota Sep 2015

Volume 53, Number 5: September 16, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


September 4, 2015, The Dakota Student Sep 2015

September 4, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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September 1, 2015, The Dakota Student Sep 2015

September 1, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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August 28, 2015, The Dakota Student Aug 2015

August 28, 2015, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

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Volume 53, Number 2: August 26, 2015, University Of North Dakota Aug 2015

Volume 53, Number 2: August 26, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Computer-Assisted Vocabulary Learning For Deaf Learners Of Foreign Sign Languages, Benjamin J. Cavaletto Aug 2015

Computer-Assisted Vocabulary Learning For Deaf Learners Of Foreign Sign Languages, Benjamin J. Cavaletto

Theses and Dissertations

Deaf people have as great or greater need and desire to learn foreign languages as their hearing peers. Currently it is difficult for these learners to find courses and materials that are appropriate for their learning needs. Especially difficult is finding courses or learning materials for learning sign languages, which are more motivating and more accessible for Deaf learners than spoken languages. Additionally, evidence is presented that learning a foreign sign language can act as a bridge to learning a spoken language from the same region. The study presented in this thesis tested the efficacy of a computer-assisted vocabulary learning …


Reactive Motions In A Fully Autonomous Crs Catalyst 5 Robotic Arm Based On Rgbd Data, Arad Haselirad Aug 2015

Reactive Motions In A Fully Autonomous Crs Catalyst 5 Robotic Arm Based On Rgbd Data, Arad Haselirad

Theses and Dissertations

This study proposes a method to perform velocity estimation using motion blur in a single image frame along x and y axes in the camera coordinate system and intercept a moving object with a robotic arm. It will be shown that velocity estimation in a single image frame improves the system's performance. The majority of previous studies in this area require at least two image frames to measure the target's velocity. In addition, they mostly employ specialized equipments which are able to generate high torques and accelerations.

The setup consists of a 5 degree of freedom robotic arm and a …