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Self-Esteem: The Impact Of A Course In Growth And Development On Fifth Grade Students, Mary Jang Dec 1999

Self-Esteem: The Impact Of A Course In Growth And Development On Fifth Grade Students, Mary Jang

Master's Projects

Teens in the United States have the highest pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted disease rates among the developed countries. The social and financial costs of teen births are staggering. Research shows that high self-esteem is significantly related to resistance to group pressures, willingness to express unpopular opinions, family adjustment, creativity, and effective communication between parents and youth. The research question is: Will a 5-hour course in growth and development increase the level of self-esteem in fifth grade students? A convenience sample of 20 students (13 girls and 7 boys) who attend a public elementary school in San Jose, California, comprised …

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The Effect Of Pain Management Education On Nurses' Knowledge And Attitudes Regarding Opioids And Adjuvants, Lynne Hopper Mccoy Dec 1999

The Effect Of Pain Management Education On Nurses' Knowledge And Attitudes Regarding Opioids And Adjuvants, Lynne Hopper Mccoy

Master's Projects

The purpose of this research was to determine if a pain management class improved nurses' knowledge and influenced nurses' attitudes regarding pain management. The design was quasi-experimental using pretest-posttest intervention. 83 participants completed the Nurses Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain twice. Those who attended a class showed improvement in their pain management knowledge and attitude scores on the survey. Implications for staff development and inservice educators are that continuing education increases nurses knowledge about pain management and must include opportunities for class members to apply concepts.

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Differentiation In Roles Of School Nurse And Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Lynn Shieh Dec 1999

Differentiation In Roles Of School Nurse And Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Lynn Shieh

Master's Projects

School nurses provide a vast number of health services for students, teachers, and staff. Despite school nurses' important contributions to the health status of students, through the years their positions have been gradually supplemented by Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP)/ Health Clerks. With the number of UAPs increasing in the school setting, roles and responsibilities of school nurses and UAPs need to be clearly differentiated in order to utilize the UAP's services legally and efficiently. This research used a descriptive survey to investigate the perceptions that differentiate the role of school nurses and UAPs among school administrators, nurses, UAPs, secretaries, and …

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Information System Incidents: The Development Of A Damage Assessment Model, Mark D. Horony Dec 1999

Information System Incidents: The Development Of A Damage Assessment Model, Mark D. Horony

Theses and Dissertations

Information system (IS) incidents are on the rise. With low manning and undertrained information security specialists it is difficult for organizations to stop IS incidents from occurring. Once an incident has occurred it is the IS manager's responsibility to ensure that a full and accurate damage assessment has been accomplished. However, most IS managers lack the necessary tools to assess the damage from an incident. This exploratory thesis developed an IS incident damage assessment model (DAM) that can be part of the IS manager's tool kit. During the development of the model, it became apparent that the model was supported …

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Evaluation Of Sampling Methodologies For Assessing Fish Species Richness In Ridge And Valley Streams In Chattanooga, Tennessee, Evan Robertson Crews Dec 1999

Evaluation Of Sampling Methodologies For Assessing Fish Species Richness In Ridge And Valley Streams In Chattanooga, Tennessee, Evan Robertson Crews

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

I evaluated the adequacy of different electrofishing approaches for estimating species richness in small Ridge and Valley streams. My study objectives were to determine the effects of the sampling season, reach length, habitat sequences surveyed, and sampling intensity on estimates of fish species richness. Fish assemblages were sampled at 18 sites across five streams in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, May-June (spring) and July-August (summer) 1998. Reach lengths ranged from 103 to 278 m (30 to 61 times the mean stream width [MSW]). At each site, fish were collected using one or two backpack electrofishers within habitat-specific enclosures (riflle-run or pool). …

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A Numerical Simulation Of A Carbon Black Suspension Cell Via A Time-Reversed, Double Layer Compute Algorithm, Gregg T. Anderson Dec 1999

A Numerical Simulation Of A Carbon Black Suspension Cell Via A Time-Reversed, Double Layer Compute Algorithm, Gregg T. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

A numerical simulation of a carbon black suspension cell is explored which models a laser-induced plasma within a liquid ethanol medium of approximately 1 mm thickness. The simulation model assumes a laser pulse with a pulse width of approximately 9 nsecs propagating in the left-to-right direction striking the front surface of the medium and focusing to a spot within the liquid volume. When the energy density within a given irradiated volume is sufficiently high, it ignites the carbon particles and generates a large number of free electrons, i.e., a plasma. The plasma couples with the in-coming laser energy on a …

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Network Security Versus Network Connectivity: A Framework For Addressing The Issues Facing The Air Force Medical Community, Franklin E. Cunningham Jr. Dec 1999

Network Security Versus Network Connectivity: A Framework For Addressing The Issues Facing The Air Force Medical Community, Franklin E. Cunningham Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The Air Force has instituted Barrier Reef to protect its networks. The Air Force medical community operates network connections that are incompatible with Barrier Reef. To overcome this problem, OASD(HA) directed the Tri-Service Management Program Office (TIMPO) to develop an architecture that protects all military health systems and allows them to link with all three services and outside partners. This research studied the underlying networking issues and formed a framework based on data from network experts from the Air Force's medical centers and their base network organizations. The findings were compared TIMPO and a composite framework was developed that more …

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Effects Of Foreign Object Damage From Small Hard Particles On The High-Cycle Fatigue Life Of Ti-6a1-4v, Joseph L. Hamrick Ii Dec 1999

Effects Of Foreign Object Damage From Small Hard Particles On The High-Cycle Fatigue Life Of Ti-6a1-4v, Joseph L. Hamrick Ii

Theses and Dissertations

Thin rectangular samples of Ti-6Al-4V were damaged by four methods to represent foreign object damage found in turbine engine blades: 1) impact with 2 mm and 5 mm diameter glass spheres at 305 m/s, 2) impact with 2 mm and 4 mm diameter steel spheres at 305 m/s, 3) quasi-static displacement controlled indentation using steel chisels with 1 mm, 2 mm and 5 mm diameter tips and 4) shearing notches with a 2 mm diameter chisel point under a quasi-static loading condition. Finite element analysis was used to study the relationship between the stress state created by the plastic damage …

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Defining Virtual Interactions: A Taxonomy For Researchers And Practitioners, Glade G. Oxborrow Dec 1999

Defining Virtual Interactions: A Taxonomy For Researchers And Practitioners, Glade G. Oxborrow

Theses and Dissertations

Many uses for virtual technology are being identified by diverse organizational entities around the world. Before these technologies can be fully utilized, it is important to have a common definition and understanding of what is meant by the term virtual. It is also important to understand the structural configurations possible using virtual technology and the types of virtual interactions that may occur using these technologies. This thesis will define the basic premises, structures, and definitions applicable to vial interactions. It also defines various types of virtual interactions that may occur using virtual technology. These designations will help both practitioners and …

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And The Winners Are... An Examination Of Shared Design Charcteristics Among Society For News Design Contest Winners, Sharon Rasmussen Dec 1999

And The Winners Are... An Examination Of Shared Design Charcteristics Among Society For News Design Contest Winners, Sharon Rasmussen

Masters Theses

The newspaper industry is a veteran in the media battle for consumers' limited attention and dollars. Circulation is a measure of a newspaper's success as a business,and product quality has been shown to influence circulation. One aspect of quality is visual, or design, excellence. Industry contests are one measure of visual excellence.This thesis examined wiimers in three recent annual Society for News Design Contests, focusing on American broadsheet daily front pages, to determine whether the award basis for "best of the best" pages could be described.The researcher found common characteristics in a range of areas, including a marked preference in …

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A Study Of Issues Related To Privatization Of Workers’ Compensation In Nevada, Kathryn A. Mack Dec 1999

A Study Of Issues Related To Privatization Of Workers’ Compensation In Nevada, Kathryn A. Mack

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The key purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate current legislative initiatives for reform of workers’ compensation in Nevada. The examination will focus on issues relating to open competitive markets, market pricing, privatization of a state fund, and cost controls that have affected workers’ compensation in the state. The methods used in this paper include an in-depth examination of legislative statutes that have been enacted to control spending. Also, included is a review of literature that relates to privatization of state funds, and issues that are inherent in the transition from a state agency to private enterprise. Key …

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Reverse Engineering Of Foreign Missiles Via Genetic Algorithm, Jon D. Wollam Dec 1999

Reverse Engineering Of Foreign Missiles Via Genetic Algorithm, Jon D. Wollam

Theses and Dissertations

One mission of the National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) is the reverse engineering of foreign missile weapon systems from incomplete observational data. In the past, intuition and repeated runs of a missile performance model were required to converge to a solution compatible with observed flight characteristics. This approach can be cumbersome and time consuming, as well as being subject to undesirable influences from the analyst's preconceptions and biases. An alternative approach has been created to apply genetic algorithm (GA) techniques to allow automation of the process, wider exploration of the design space, and more optimal solutions matching the observational data. …

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Impact Of Actual Facilitator Alignment, Co-Location, And Video Intervention On The Efficacy Of Distributed Group Support Systems, Brian J. Heberlie, Mary O. Tolbert Dec 1999

Impact Of Actual Facilitator Alignment, Co-Location, And Video Intervention On The Efficacy Of Distributed Group Support Systems, Brian J. Heberlie, Mary O. Tolbert

Theses and Dissertations

The growth of distributed group support systems (GSS) suggests that organizations will continue to bring dispersed groups of people together to make decisions over computer networks. In many instances those groups are temporarily assembled to address a task and then summarily disbanded never to work together again. In order for users to effectively use the GSS issues of trust and control need to be addressed within the GSS design. Users have perceptions about the fairness of structural and social determinants of the GSS design. These perceptions influence both the decision making process and process outcomes. This article shows the negative …

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Application Of The Interaction Picture To Reactive Scattering In One Dimension, Michael J. Maclachlan Dec 1999

Application Of The Interaction Picture To Reactive Scattering In One Dimension, Michael J. Maclachlan

Theses and Dissertations

The interaction picture is used together with the channel-packet method in a new time-dependent approach to compute reactive scattering matrix elements. The channelpacket method enables the use of the interaction picture for computing reactive S-matrix elements by splitting the computational effort into two parts. First, asymptotic reactant and product wavepackets are individually propagated into the interaction region of the potential to form Moller states. The interaction picture, in contrast to the usual Schrödinger picture of quantum mechanics, is so constructed that a wavefunction that experiences no change in potential (that is, a free-particle wavefunction) remains always fixed, with no translation …

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An Uncertain Shepard : Ideology And Doctrine Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The Confederate States, 1861-1865, Walter Forrest Bailey Dec 1999

An Uncertain Shepard : Ideology And Doctrine Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The Confederate States, 1861-1865, Walter Forrest Bailey

Masters Theses

This thesis is an intellectual history that examines how the ideology of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States evolved during the years of the Civil War 1861-1865. Previous to this study, most historians who have studied this church have either provided little examination of the responses of its doctrine and ideology to the pressures imposed by the war or characterized its clergy as monolithically evangelical. In the latter portrayal, an evangelical church supposedly attempted to merge church and state behind a millennialist effort to convert the Confederacy into the earthly realization of God's kingdom on earth. Although this …

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The Relationship Between Physical And Psychological Wellbeing And Sport Competition, Pearl Ocampo Conroy Dec 1999

The Relationship Between Physical And Psychological Wellbeing And Sport Competition, Pearl Ocampo Conroy

Masters Theses

The National Veterans Wheelchair Sports have provided disabled athletes with the opportunity to experience sports on a competitive level as well as recreational level. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of sport competition on the perceived physical and psychological wellbeing of participants that competed in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG). The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Recreation Therapy Service has a strong interest on the quality of their programs and effects on its veterans. Their purpose is striving to strengthen and enhance rehabilitation among their veterans by assisting in the therapeutic interventions and physical …

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Cell Localization Of Southern Bean Mosaic Virus Proteins In Cowpea, Benjamin Calhoun Fowler Dec 1999

Cell Localization Of Southern Bean Mosaic Virus Proteins In Cowpea, Benjamin Calhoun Fowler

Masters Theses

The southern bean mosaic virus (SBMV), the type member of the sobemovirus genus, is a positive sense icosohedral plant virus that systemically infects cowpea. Recently, it was determined that the p21 (ORF1) protein, p24 (ORF3) protein, and the CP were required for cell-to-cell movement of SBMV-C in cowpea. It is possible that these proteins are viral movement proteins, that is, they provide some function in viral movement. The goal of this study was to determine the subcellular localization of these three viral proteins and begin to elucidate their roles in cell-to-cell and/or long distance movement. Previously, the movement characteristics of …

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The Design And Analysis Of A Corporate Data Network Supporting A Real-Time Clinical Data Application, Craig M. Longo Dec 1999

The Design And Analysis Of A Corporate Data Network Supporting A Real-Time Clinical Data Application, Craig M. Longo

Masters Theses

In this study a design is proposed for a corporate, data network supporting real-time data applications. The proposed network incorporates both Local Area Network and Wide Area Network technologies to form a system capable of supporting a variety of applications. Multimedia software, like desktop video conferencing, IP telephony, and video streaming are becoming more pervasive. Since multimedia applications depend on active human involvement and perception, they are commonly referred to as real-time. The content of real-time applications relies on the timely and consistent delivery of information. If real-time applications experience any variation in information delivery, usually referred to as jitter, …

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Types And Tales : A Study Of Four Subjects' Temperaments And The Stories They Tell, Dana Adams Tate Dec 1999

Types And Tales : A Study Of Four Subjects' Temperaments And The Stories They Tell, Dana Adams Tate

Masters Theses

The study of a possible correlation between oral narrative style and Myers BriggsType Indicator (MBTI) personality type is a matter that, based on my rather extensive literature survey, has not been investigated. In my paper, I review a collection of literature to present a foundation for my research (e.g., Labov, 1972b; Polanyi, 1985;Seegmiller and Epperson, 1987; Weade and Gritzmacher, 1987). I also collect and report data from my own study, which presents work done with four subjects representing each of the four MBTI temperaments wherein the subjects' temperament types are compared with their oral narratives. The results of my study …

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Random Walk Population Sizing As A Model Of Decision Making In A Deceptive Schema Partition, Bill Clyde White Dec 1999

Random Walk Population Sizing As A Model Of Decision Making In A Deceptive Schema Partition, Bill Clyde White

Masters Theses

Population-sizing models have been shown to be accurate predictors of genetic algorithm convergence. The random walk model incorporates and improves upon previous work in population sizing. This research investigates the ability of the random walk model to predict the underlying genetic mechanisms of schema processing. These mechanisms are evaluated by examining the decisions a genetic algorithm makes in deceptive schema partitions. Results of this research indicate that the random walk model is an accurate predictor of schema partition processing in deceptive partitions. Visualization of the ongoing competition among the schemata in a partition as vertices of a hypercube confirm the …

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An Analysis Of Teacher And Student Leadership And Gender Differentiation Within Academic Divisions At Three Virginia And Tennessee Liberal Arts Colleges, Mary L. Cole Dec 1999

An Analysis Of Teacher And Student Leadership And Gender Differentiation Within Academic Divisions At Three Virginia And Tennessee Liberal Arts Colleges, Mary L. Cole

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This quantitative study investigated a range of leadership behaviors by teachers (teacher characteristics) and students (student characteristics) inside their higher education classrooms and various aspects of those environments (classroom characteristics). The behaviors and environmental aspects examined are those determined by research findings to foster and enhance participant growth and development. Cluster sampling was used for this study of 25 classes representing 5 divisions of the curriculum at 3 institutions. The instruments were administered to 277 students and 25 teachers during the spring of 1999. The null hypotheses for main effects of teacher, student, and classroom characteristics were tested on the …

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Comparison Of State Appropriations By Function And By Program To Actual Expenditures For The Two-Year Institutions In The Tennessee Board Of Regents System, Rosemary Y. Jackson Dec 1999

Comparison Of State Appropriations By Function And By Program To Actual Expenditures For The Two-Year Institutions In The Tennessee Board Of Regents System, Rosemary Y. Jackson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to determine the extent to which the 14 two-year institutions of the Tennessee Board of Regents system expended funds in functional categories equal to the amount of funds provided by the appropriations funding formula for the same functional categories. The second purpose was to determine the extent to which the 14 two-year institutions expended funds for direct instructional purposes for each academic program equal to the amount of funds provided by the appropriations funding formula for direct teaching purposes for each academic program. Using an archival research design, appropriations …

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Museum Education: A Closer Look: Reinforcing Visual Literacy Skills Through Museum-School Collaboration, Margaret A. Wastie Dec 1999

Museum Education: A Closer Look: Reinforcing Visual Literacy Skills Through Museum-School Collaboration, Margaret A. Wastie

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Molecular And Cellular Responses Of Normal Human Trophoblast To Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor And Placenta Growth Factor, Jayashree Desai Dec 1999

Molecular And Cellular Responses Of Normal Human Trophoblast To Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor And Placenta Growth Factor, Jayashree Desai

Masters Theses

Implantation and growth of the placenta requires extensive angiogenesis in fetal villi and maternal decidua to form vascular structures involved in placental exchange. Vascular development, cell proliferation, differentiation and invasiveness are required for proper development of the placenta. Many growth factors and receptors are involved in these processes. The human placenta is a rich source of angiogenic growth factors and their receptors, which are known to control vascular changes and control trophoblast function [1, 2]. Within the placenta, trophoblast are a source of angiogenic growth factors like transforming growth factor -α and β (TGF-α and β), epidermal growth factor (EGF), …

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Interactive Task Planning For Telerobotics, Xiaoquan Fu Dec 1999

Interactive Task Planning For Telerobotics, Xiaoquan Fu

Masters Theses

Radiation and other hazards in nuclear environmental restoration and waste management work necessitate the use of remote operations to protect human workers. In order to increase the productivity and reduce the workload of operators, the execution of telerobot tasks needs to be automated as much as possible. This thesis develops a framework to allow the operator to interactively generate a sequence of computerized action commands that will be automatically accomplished by a telerobot. Microsoft® Visual C++® is used as the main development software to build the system including the design of graphical user interface.

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Use Of Second Formant Transition And Relative Amplitude Cues In Labeling Nasal Place Of Articulation, Susan Lynn Frisbee Dec 1999

Use Of Second Formant Transition And Relative Amplitude Cues In Labeling Nasal Place Of Articulation, Susan Lynn Frisbee

Masters Theses

Previous studies have shown that manipulation of the amplitude of a particular frequency region of the consonantal portion of a syllable relative to the amplitude of the same frequency region in an adjacent vowel influences the perception of place of articulation. This manipulation has been called the relative amplitude cue. The earlier studies examined the effect of the relative amplitude manipulation upon labeling place of articulation for fricatives and stop consonants. This current study looked at the influences of this manipulation upon labeling place of articulation for the /m/ - /n/ nasal distinction. Twenty-five listeners with normal hearing labeled nasal …

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Geology Of The Northwestern South Mountains Near Morganton, North Carolina, Scott D. Giorgis Dec 1999

Geology Of The Northwestern South Mountains Near Morganton, North Carolina, Scott D. Giorgis

Masters Theses

Detailed mapping in the South Mountains has revealed a structurally complex sequence of high-grade gneisses with a mappable stratigraphy. The Walker Top gneiss has an igneous origin and was originally mapped in 1988 by Goldsmith et. al. as a less deformed version of the Henderson Gneiss. Geochemical and petrologic data support the conclusion that the Henderson Gneiss and Walker Top gneiss are genetically related. Contact relationships and field observations are consistent with the interpretation of the Walker Top gneiss as a pluton or as a depositional platform for the overlying metasedimentary units (i.e., a basement unit). Metamorphic data and geochronologic …

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Finite-State Control Of The Hybrid Telerobotic System, Veronika L. Gospodareva Dec 1999

Finite-State Control Of The Hybrid Telerobotic System, Veronika L. Gospodareva

Masters Theses

Summarizing the past history of robotics, we find on one hand, the unsuccessful search to give autonomy to robots, and on the other hand, the people who need this autonomy for their applications but are obligated to let man into the control loop while they wait for the successful outcome. The goal of the telerobotics is not only to construct the human - robot systems, but also to find the right balance of their cooperation. The hybrid system theory is one of the methods in modeling and optimization of the telerobotic systems. This thesis describes and analyzes a hybrid telerobotic …

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Synthesis Of Novel Bifunctional Polymers For Selective Metal Ion Complexation, Minjeong Hong Dec 1999

Synthesis Of Novel Bifunctional Polymers For Selective Metal Ion Complexation, Minjeong Hong

Masters Theses

Polymer supported reagents were synthesized by functionalization of polymer supports for the purpose of selective metal ion separation. Three categories of polymer supports with different microenvironments were prepared. Vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC) crosslinked with 2% divinylbenzene was copolymerized with either methyl methacrylate (MMA) to give a polar environment or styrene (STY) to give a hydrophobic environment. Different oligo ethyleneimines and phosphonic acid were used as ligands in the synthesis of monofunctional resins. Bifunctional aminophosphonic acid resins were prepared by phosphorylation of ethyleneimine ligands. The characterization of the resins shows that as the length of the ethyleneimine ligand increases, more crosslinking takes …

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Unification Of Place And Technology : A Regional Airport In West Virginia, Matthew J. Lerfald Dec 1999

Unification Of Place And Technology : A Regional Airport In West Virginia, Matthew J. Lerfald

Masters Theses

Today, the world is in a rapid continuum of advancement and change, where universalization, deterioration of the environment, and a breakup of cultural and individual differences have become the norm. Within this environment local cultures have all but disappeared, and the context of one place looks much like everywhere else. This has brought about a loss of meaning, a separation from our past, and a lack of quality and importance in the way we view our regions. The built environment has suffered greatly within this continuum and has yielded to this loss of meaning and quality into a state of …

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