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Women, Aging, And Media: How Women Are Impacted By Messages About Getting Older In Popular Culture, Teresa Shelley Bowman

Masters Theses

There is a growing body of literature about the social and economic impact of baby boomers and how aging is affecting their perceptions. The immense wealth of this group (and their willingness to spend it) is a focal point for marketers and, therefore, for the media.

However, media portrayal of older women is paradoxical. Women of the boomer generation (born 1946-1964) are highly educated, financially strong, and more independent than previous generations. Studies indicate that these women will actually control much of the country's wealth in coming years and will be the ones responsible for deciding how it is spent. …

Sufferings Which Have No Tongue: The Enculturation Of War, Trauma, And The Disappearing Body, Jason Lewis Simms

Masters Theses

Warfare has always been vital to the state for a number of reasons. Those in power have a vested interest in maintaining control over not only war itself, but also information related to the conflict. One way they accomplish this is by making decisions that restrict, alter, tone-down, or otherwise change content related to human bodies in times of conflict that is meant for widespread dissemination through mainstream media and official government or military reporting. An extreme implementation of this power can make bodies disappear. Drawing on the work of Gusterson (2004), Ehrenreich (1997), Sontag (2003), Chomsky (2002), Scott (1990), …

A Histological Examination Of Odocoileus Virginianus For Forensic Application, Lindsay Hines Trammell

Masters Theses

Few researchers have endeavored to approach the issue of bone histology in non-human specimen. In the forensic setting, it is oftentimes the norm to establish the origin of fragmentary remains as human or non-human; if the fragments are non-human then the analysis is usually said to be finished.

If the specimen does prove to be non-human, it is useful and important to learn the identity of the faunal species. The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is common to the Eastern United States and is very often found in forensic settings, commingled with or alongside of human remains. This study …

Influenza Prevalence In The Us Associated With Climatic Factors, Analyzed At Multiple Spatial And Temporal Scales., Arie Ponce Manangan

Anthropology Theses

Linkages between influenza prevalence and climate (e.g. precipitation, temperatures, El Nino Southern Oscillation ENSO) have been suspected, but definitive evidence remains elusive. This analysis investigated a climatic relationship between influenza mortality (measured by multiple caused pneumonia and influenza deaths) and influenza morbidity (measured by isolates tested for influenza). Influenza-climate linkages were analyzed at multiple spatial scales (e.g. local analysis, and regional analysis) and multiple temporal scales (e.g. annualized mortality counts, and mortality counts based on cumulative percentiles). Influenza mortality and morbidity were found to have significant correlations to seasonal temperatures, precipitation, and ENSO. Influenza-climate associations varied spatially and temporally, and …

Transplanted Traditions: An Assessment Of Welsh Lore And Language In Argentina, Maria Teresa Agozzino

e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies

For more than a hundred years, Welsh language and culture have survived in the Chubut province of Patagonia, Argentina. While the various stages of Welsh settlement have been well recorded in English, Welsh and Spanish, little or no research has been published concerning the folklore of the pioneers' descendants who have clung to their Welsh heritage while unreservedly accepting an Argentine identity. During May and June of 1999, I spent five weeks immersed in the Welsh communities in order to test my hypothesis of survivals and/or marginal survivals of Welsh folklore. However, traditional Welsh elements are waning as active-bearers age …

Pvc-Cat-187-A-002-001-Mano, David Rogoff

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Pvc-Cat-187-A-002-001-Mano, David Rogoff

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Pvn-Lot-202-It-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iu-002, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iu-003, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iv-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iw-003, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iv-002, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iw-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Ix-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iy-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iy-002, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iy-003, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Ip-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Ip-002, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Io-002, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Iq-001, Mary Hostenske

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Pvn-Lot-202-Ir-001, Mary Hostenske

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