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The Influence Of Mass Media Use On Individual Opinions Of Courts, Steven John Briggs
The Influence Of Mass Media Use On Individual Opinions Of Courts, Steven John Briggs
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This study analyses the influence of media consumption, specifically an individual's viewing of television and their reading of newspapers, on their perceptions of how the court system deals with suspected criminals during sentencing. Data are analyzed from the 1993 General Social Survey (GSS), which is a nationwide survey administered by the National Opinion Research Council (NORC) on a semi-annual basis. The variables related to mass media use are based on self-reporting. Two explanations, frequently cited in the criminal justice literature, the cultivation hypothesis (Gerbner et al., 1978) and Fiske’s (1986) and subcultural identities, also known as interpretive communities, will be …
The Decline Of Trust And Civic Engagement Since Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy In America, Rebecca Jean Hannagan
The Decline Of Trust And Civic Engagement Since Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy In America, Rebecca Jean Hannagan
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Since 1776 when the United States broke away from British colonial rule, Americans have considered themselves to be a profoundly free and equal people. When Alexis de Tocqueville toured the young nation in the 1830's he argued that a profusion of voluntary associations, egalitarian values, and a substantial and vibrant religious presence combined to make this fledgling country and unusually civic and participatory democracy. Despite our beginnings as a nation of joiners, Americans' engagement in political activity has fallen steadily. Voter turnout has been declining since the 1960's and polling data reflects a trend of distrust in government. As a …
The Reel World: A Content Analysis Of The Social Construction Of Unreality In Mtv's The Real World., Ron Frascht
The Reel World: A Content Analysis Of The Social Construction Of Unreality In Mtv's The Real World., Ron Frascht
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This is a content analysis of MTV' s The Real World: Season 11 Chicago. Many articles have suggested that The Real World is a produced entity using storyboards and the all important reality footage. By focusing on one season's content this study proposed four basic queries: is the cast of The Real World chosen in a way that is meant to mirror reality, or is it chosen for a calculated dramatic effect? Is the setting of The Real World a mirror of reality, or is it a constructed stage for the show? If it is a constructed stage, what are …
The Determinants Of Policing Unfounding And Prosecutorial Case Rejections In San Diego, California Sexual Assault Cases, Elizabeth M. Keller
The Determinants Of Policing Unfounding And Prosecutorial Case Rejections In San Diego, California Sexual Assault Cases, Elizabeth M. Keller
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The vast amount of research that has been done on sexual assault in the past thirty years has yielded a great amount of knowledge bout the phenomenon of sexual assault and the way the criminal justice system responds to it. One hypothesis that emerges from this literature is that certain cases of sexual assault may be treated differently by police and.prosecutors because of characteristics of the victim, the suspect, or of the case itself This study tests that hypothesis, using data·collected by the San Diego Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit over a multi-year period in the 1990s. This study. specifically …
A Computational Approach To Reconstructing Gene Regulatory Networks., Xutao Deng
A Computational Approach To Reconstructing Gene Regulatory Networks., Xutao Deng
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Motivation: Many modeling frameworks have been applied to infer regulatory networks from gene expression data sets. Linear Additive Models (LAMs), as one large category of models, have been gaining more and more popularity. One problem associated with this kind of models is that the system is often under-determined because of excessive number of unknown parameters. In addition, the practical utility of these models has remained unclear. Methods: Based on LAMs, we developed an improved method to infer gene regulatory networks from time-series gene expression data sets. The method includes an incremental connectivity model with indexed regulatory elements and a linear …
Insect Communities Of Native And Restored Wet-Mesic Tallgrass Prairies In Central Nebraska: Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, Treehoppers, And Ants., Kristine Trinette Nemec
Insect Communities Of Native And Restored Wet-Mesic Tallgrass Prairies In Central Nebraska: Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, Treehoppers, And Ants., Kristine Trinette Nemec
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Insect diversity was compared between and among three native and three restored wet-mesic tallgrass prairies along the Platte River in central Nebraska in order to assess both the relative success of restorations and the relationship between insect and plant diversity. Insects were sampled using sweep nets from two transects within each prairie during early June, mid-July, and mid-August 2000. Plant species composition was assessed along each transect in early June and mid-August. A total of 71 leafhopper, 12 planthopper, 3 treehopper, and 11 ant taxa were identified, of which 20 were prairie endemic and 16 were highly remnant-dependent. Eighty-five plant …
An Evolutionary Approach To Routing In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Dominating Sets., Hiranmayi Sreenivas
An Evolutionary Approach To Routing In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Dominating Sets., Hiranmayi Sreenivas
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This thesis presents a new approach to routing in ad-hoc wireless networks using virtual backbones that may be approximated by the graph theoretic concept of dominating sets. · Ad hoc wireless networks provide a flexible and quick means of establishing wireless peer-to-peer communications. Routing remains the main challenging problem in an ad hoc network due to its multihop nature and dynamic network topology. Several protocols based on virtual backbones in ad hoc wireless networks have been proposed that may be used to simplify the routing process. However, little is known about the network routing performance of these protocols and no …
System User Perceptions And Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp) Implementation Success: An Exploratory Study, Shirley R. Shouse
System User Perceptions And Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp) Implementation Success: An Exploratory Study, Shirley R. Shouse
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The study reports the results o f a survey undertaken to verify and quantify the potential relationship between system users’ perceptions of the quality and utility o f five variables o f Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation that influence ERP implementation success. Based on previous research four of the variables (Organizational Alterations, Training, Key System Users’ Involvement, and Project Management) were proposed to positively influence successful ERP implementation. One variable (Technical Alterations) was proposed to negatively influence successful ERP implementation. Results gleaned from a survey of 56 system users who took part in an ERP implementation at a mid-sized manufacturing …
Effects Of Factors And People Of Influence On College Choice Comparing General Population And Top Academic Students, Winnie L. Callahan
Effects Of Factors And People Of Influence On College Choice Comparing General Population And Top Academic Students, Winnie L. Callahan
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there were statistically significant differences in the factors or people who influenced general population students as compared to top academic students in their choice of college/university. Influences were delineated according to factors or people because recruitment strategies must differ based on these categories. These analyses determined the impact the demographic characteristics of students' gender, community type, high school size, high school type, and anticipated college/major had on higher education choice.
Fourth-Grade Teachers' Perceptions Of Nebraska's State Standards Process In Elementary Schools, Richard J. Beran Jr.
Fourth-Grade Teachers' Perceptions Of Nebraska's State Standards Process In Elementary Schools, Richard J. Beran Jr.
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The purpose of this study was to explore fourth-grade teachers' perceptions of Nebraska's state standards process. Specifically, research questions sought to determine fourth-grade teachers' perceptions of the possible effects of state standards on schools, students, teachers, and administrators. The questions also explored any differences between subgroups based on teachers' gender, teachers' years of experience, schools' socio-economic status, school enrollment, and percentage of students that have met the state standards.
Vehicle Detection And Tracking By Computer Vision For Intelligent Transportation Applications., Peijun Shi
Vehicle Detection And Tracking By Computer Vision For Intelligent Transportation Applications., Peijun Shi
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The vehicle routing problem (VRP) deals with the allocation of vehicles to the customers that have requested products from a main depot. When the postal service, the bus system, or trucking industry plan for their everyday tasks of delivery goods or providing basic transportation needs to people, they are attempting to solve the VRP. However, this can be a daunting task because the VRP is computationally intensive. In this paper, we will address two areas of the VRP that have been relatively unexplored by previous research, yet play an important part in real-world_ applications of the VRP as well as …
A Water Quality Evaluation Of The Heron Haven Wetland In Omaha, Nebraska., Gabrielle Christine Collins
A Water Quality Evaluation Of The Heron Haven Wetland In Omaha, Nebraska., Gabrielle Christine Collins
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Introduction: Wetlands are ubiquitous but extremely variable and important elements of the landscape that are characterized by water saturation for at least part of the year. They may receive water from groundwater sources but many are recharged only from rainfall and surface runoff. Wetlands are found in most climates and in widely varying sizes and topographic settings. The soil/substrate, water chemistry, vegetation, groundwater, and other factors also vary (Environmental Protection Agency, 1999). Cowardin et al. (1979) describe wetlands as transitional lands between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is at or near the surface. They contain hydrophytes, or …
For Richer For Poorer, In Debt Do Us Part? Debt Brought Into Marriage And Its Effect On Marital Quality, Michelle Mason
For Richer For Poorer, In Debt Do Us Part? Debt Brought Into Marriage And Its Effect On Marital Quality, Michelle Mason
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This study examines the impact of personal debt accumulated before marriage upon marital quality for individuals. Attention from popular media points to the need for further systematic investigation. This study strives to fill this void in academic research. I use the National Survey of Families and Households to conduct a longitudinal analysis of the effect of debt on marital quality for 433 respondents who were single in 1987-1988 (Wave I), and who were married in 1992-1994 (Wave II). Ordinary Least Squares regression was used to test several hypotheses. Social exchange theory provides theoretical guidance for the analysis. Exchange theory focuses …
Botswana And Political Communication Analysis Of The 1999 Political Manifestos, Thabo Bright Moipolai
Botswana And Political Communication Analysis Of The 1999 Political Manifestos, Thabo Bright Moipolai
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This study analyzed the 1999 Botswana political manifestos that were used by the Botswana Democratic Party, the Botswana National Front and the Botswana Congress Party. The purpose o f the study was to analyze how political parties differentiated themselves through the use of symbols, the narration of their policies, and their general narrative. The results from qualitative content analysis study indicate that political parties used different symbols in their manifestos. The concentrations of symbols for the three parties were in the cover page, and for the BDP and BCP inside of the manifestos. While the BDP and BCP had some …
Retrieving Movement Memory With And Without The Use Of Musical Cues, Lora S. Maher
Retrieving Movement Memory With And Without The Use Of Musical Cues, Lora S. Maher
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between learning and retrieving movement with and without musical cues. Twenty-three students all of whom had not had any formal dance training participated in this study. The subjects were required to make two visits for data collection purposes. Testing included performance of the “Mayim” folk dance on day one and then again on day two. Subjects in groups one and two learned the dance with music and subjects in groups two and three learned the dance to the beat of the metronome. On their second visit, groups one and three …
Baby Boomers And Generation X: How Organizations Understand The Generational Differences Of Employees, Sharon Rues Pettid
Baby Boomers And Generation X: How Organizations Understand The Generational Differences Of Employees, Sharon Rues Pettid
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The generational differences of Baby Boomers and Generation X have been a topic of increased attention over the last decade; although previous research has not examined to what extent organizational strategy influences an organization’s ability to understand generational differences. This study investigated the influence of the traditional, relational, and cultural strategies for understanding the generational differences of Baby Boomers and Generation Xers and presents the results of interviews with a management representative from 10 companies to determine how their organization understands and deals with generational differences. The research focusedprimarily on the factors of influence for understanding generational differences for each …
Baby Boomers And Backstreet Boys: What's The Fascination?, Catherine A. Woells
Baby Boomers And Backstreet Boys: What's The Fascination?, Catherine A. Woells
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This study focused on why a small segment of babyboomer women were fans of the Backstreet Boys. Current literature uses both male and female adolescents as their sample when studying music fandom. There are a few studies using both male and female college students when studying music fandom. This study focused solely on a certain group of baby boomer women as music fans. The reasons for this group of baby boomer women being fans of the Backstreet Boys corresponded with the three main reasons as most fans. Those reasons fall under three broad headings: emotional, cognitive and social. The age …
Classroom Discourse At The University Level: Negotiation Across Disciplines, Maria Isabel R. D. Barros
Classroom Discourse At The University Level: Negotiation Across Disciplines, Maria Isabel R. D. Barros
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This thesis analyzes classroom discourse at the university departments of English, mathematics and education in order to investigate the effect of power relationships and frames on the practice of negotiation. I examine the power relations and frames in discourse through the analysis of classes that consist solely of lecture or both lecture and whole class discussion, and identify three levels of frames in classroom discourse. Academic speech reflects the asymmetric power relations between instructor and students. In the analysis, I examine passages of transcripts that reveal alteration to the IRE (initiation, response, evaluation) pattern of classroom discourse and claim that …
Phonemic Awareness And Preschool: Does One-On-One Instruction Improve Reading Readiness?, Jolene J. Johnson
Phonemic Awareness And Preschool: Does One-On-One Instruction Improve Reading Readiness?, Jolene J. Johnson
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Phonemic awareness and its connection to the early reading abilities of children was the focus of the following study. Of particular interest was the relationship between early reading interventions and the subsequent reading performance between early reading interventions and the subsequent reading performance of preschool children. The study examined the effectiveness of a one-on-one phonemic awareness program with preschool children. The program consisted of individual phonemic awareness instruction sessions for fifteen minutes, three times per week, for six weeks. The children were individually monitored over the course of the six-week intervention using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) …
Small Group Phonemic Awareness Instruction Within A Preschool Program, Kelly R. Branecki
Small Group Phonemic Awareness Instruction Within A Preschool Program, Kelly R. Branecki
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether directly teaching phonemic awareness (PA) to at risk children enrolled in a preschool program increases their phonemic awareness skills. This research also looked at differences in the children's skill level on PA tasks when they had instructions for 15 minutes three times a week or 30 minutes three times a week. The participants were 14 children enrolled in preschool who were eligible to enter kindergarten in the 2003-2004 school year. PA skills were measured weekly with the Onset Recognition Fluency subtest of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). …
The Impact Of The Cold War On Textbook Treatments Of American Constitutionalism, Matthew Heys
The Impact Of The Cold War On Textbook Treatments Of American Constitutionalism, Matthew Heys
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This study attempts to explore the impact, if any, of the surrounding social and political context on the high school civics curriculum, specifically its coverage of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The research focuses specifically on the relationship between changes in Magruder's American Government and the onset of Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Kids On The Block And Attitudes, Knowledge, And Acceptance Of Children With Disabilities., Amanda G. Johnson
Kids On The Block And Attitudes, Knowledge, And Acceptance Of Children With Disabilities., Amanda G. Johnson
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Kids on the Block (KOB) program in its ability to promote positive attitudes, knowledge, and acceptance of persons with disabilities. The KOB program was shown to elementary-aged students in grades I through 6. Children were asked to complete three separate measures one week before watching the KOB performance, one week after the performance, and four months later. Separate paired-sample t-tests were conducted comparing group means at pre-test to post test to determine immediate change. To determine long-term change, scores from pre-test were compared to scores at follow-up. Paired t-tests were conducted …
Assessing Language Using Play-Based Assessment In A Familiar Versus An Unfamiliar Context., Colleen Ryan Dupuis
Assessing Language Using Play-Based Assessment In A Familiar Versus An Unfamiliar Context., Colleen Ryan Dupuis
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In the last 30 years early childhood assessment has changed because of educational laws. Today, tests must do more than find children with delays; these tools must provide information about problems and lead to interventions. Because of public law younger children are being tested and assessing young children requires that new ways of measuring development be created. Developmental theory suggests that children can be assessed through play. Presently, the ability to assess language skills using play assessment was investigated. Both play in the home setting and play in an unfamiliar playroom was compared to a standardized test (MacArthur Communicative Development …
Retrieving Movement Memory With And Without The Use Of Musical Cues, Lora S. Maher
Retrieving Movement Memory With And Without The Use Of Musical Cues, Lora S. Maher
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between learning and retrieving movement with and without musical cues. Twenty-three students all of whom had not had any formal dance training participated in this study. The subjects were required to make two visits for data collection purposes. Testing included performance of the "Mayim" folk dance on day one and then again on day two. Subjects in groups one and two learned the dance with music and subjects in groups two and three learned the dance to the beat of the metronome. On their second visit, groups one and three …
Implementation E-Commerce Application Using Lotus Domino, Jianrong Dai
Implementation E-Commerce Application Using Lotus Domino, Jianrong Dai
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E-commerce technologies enable enterprises to exchange information instantaneously, eliminate paperwork, and advertise their products and services to a global market. The Domino Server family, an integrated messaging and Web application software platform, is easy to build and manage integrated, collaborative solutions. In this project, I build a basic functional Domino-powered e-commerce application named E-Bookstore. The EBookstore web site contains three main components of an e-commerce web site (catalog of items, shopping cart, and checkout function), and provides a powerful search function to the customer. The unique session ID for each E-Bookstore web user is generated and stored, and is attached …
The Use Of The Fish Philosophy Metaphor In A Changing Organization, Hilda K. Byabato
The Use Of The Fish Philosophy Metaphor In A Changing Organization, Hilda K. Byabato
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This thesis examines existing research and theory on metaphors, organizational culture and organizational change. It focuses on the application of the “Fish Philosophy” metaphor in a changing culture of an organization to determine how, when and why this metaphor is used. The analysis of discourse observed in meeting, office cubes, cafeteria as well as the content analysis of documents (newsletters, email messages, photographs, videotapes) were among the methods used to conduct this study. Metaphors and metaphoric discourse play an important pole in developing and maintaining shared meanings among organizational members while shaping and reshaping an organization’s culture and communication process. …
The Effect Of Fire Season And Frequency On The Plant Community Of A Restored Tallgrass Prairie., Nathaniel David Birks
The Effect Of Fire Season And Frequency On The Plant Community Of A Restored Tallgrass Prairie., Nathaniel David Birks
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The effect fire season and frequency was evaluated in 2001 at a 65 ha restored tallgrass prairie in eastern Nebraska using permanent plots established in 1978 and first evaluated in 1979. Treatments included annual and quadrennial burning in spring, summer, and fall as well as unburned plots. Overall, the number of species increased from 28 in 1979 to 30 in 2001, with a shift from ruderal to native species. Shannon diversity (H’) increased significantly across all treatments during this time. Canopy cover of grasses (+19%) and forbs (+18%) increased significantly. However, only forbs showed a significant difference among treatments in …
Factors That Influence Omaha Public Schools African -American And Caucasian Males' Decisions To Become Educators, Jerry M. Bartee
Factors That Influence Omaha Public Schools African -American And Caucasian Males' Decisions To Become Educators, Jerry M. Bartee
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The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of African-American male educators to Caucasian male educators who are currently in the Omaha Public School District, and to determine if there were differences in demographic characteristics and perceptions that influenced their decision to become educators.
An Evolutionary Approach To Vehicle Routing Problem With Dynamic Time And Precedence Relationships., Darin C. Plum
An Evolutionary Approach To Vehicle Routing Problem With Dynamic Time And Precedence Relationships., Darin C. Plum
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The vehicle routing problem (VRP) deals with the allocation of vehicles to the customers that have requested products from a main depot. When the postal service, the bus system, or trucking industry plan for their everyday tasks of delivery goods or providing basic transportation needs to people, they are attempting to solve the VRP. However, this can be a daunting task because the VRP is computationally intensive. In this paper, we will address two areas of the VRP that have been relatively unexplored by previous research, yet play an important part in real-world_ applications of the VRP as well as …
Intensional Logic And Topology, Andrew Scott Buchanan
Intensional Logic And Topology, Andrew Scott Buchanan
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This thesis is concerned with mathematical logic, in particular it is an investigation of a branch of mathematical logic called modal logic. This branch of mathematical logic extends the propositional calculus by adding two unary operators □ and 0 to the standard set of logical operators. This extension of classical logic has many interpretations; traditionally it is said to be the logic of necessity, denoted by the box operator, and possibility, denoted by the diamond operator. The notion of necessity within modal logic is ubiquitous and lends itself to a vast sea of metaphysics. For example, if X is necessarily …