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The Social Construction Of Deviance, Activism, And Identity In Women's Accounts Of Abortion, Mallary Allen

Dissertations

The mainstream abortion rights debate in the United States, its opposing factions popularly identified as pro-choice and pro-life, is reliant upon identifiable narratives of abortion's value to women and society and, alternately, its harms. This dissertation traces more than one hundred years of evolution of popular rhetoric surrounding the practice of elective termination of pregnancy in the U.S. and identifies the understandings of abortion and the women who have them which are most prominent in our culture today. This dissertation examines the ways in which women who have had abortions invoke the rhetoric of "sympathetic abortion" in making sense of …

"Oh, You Are An Exception!" Academic Success And Black Male Students Resistance To Systemic Racism, Lacharles Travell Ward

Theses

This study theorizes how Black male students narrate their experiences at a traditionally White institution (TWI). To date, research focusing on Black men in higher education highlights the continual struggles of Black men against racism (Feagin, Vera, & Imani, 1996; Harper, 2006, 2009, 2012; Smith, Yosso, & Solórzano, 2007); however, what remains to be extensively theorized is Black male academic excellence. Thus, I argue that it is vital to progressively broaden what we know about Black male students as intellectuals. In this study I forefront how Black male students articulate their intellectual identities and educational experiences on a traditionally White …

Evaluating The Impact Of Acceptance And Commitment Therapy On Children With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Keely Deanna Sabaini

Theses

The present study examined the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a core behavior modification method on students with severe behavior disorders. A pre/posttest design was implemented and both control and treatment groups were exposed to testing measures. Students in the treatment group were exposed to ACT as well as contingency based classroom management, and a token economy in an attempt to increase grade point average (GPA), days in attendance, and psychological flexibility. Results are discussed regarding the increase in GPA and attendance, and levels of psychological flexibility are also elaborated upon. Limitations, implications, and future research are …

Socioeconomic Status And Social Class As Predictors Of Career Adaptability And Educational Aspirations In High School Students, Alec Eshelman

Theses

This study examined socioeconomic status (SES) and perceived social class as predictors of career adaptability and educational aspirations in a sample of American high school students. SES was measured using caregivers' occupation and education, and the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status--Youth Version (Goodman et al., 2001) assessed subjective social class. Career adaptability was be measured using the Career Futures Inventory-Revised (CFI-R; Rottinghaus, Buelow, Matyja, & Schneider, 2012) and the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) Form C (Savickas & Porfeli, 2011). Data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regressions. SES and perceived social class independently predicted educational aspirations and expectations, while SES …

Discourse Of Defection: Political Representation Of North Koreans, Bethany Ann Stallings

Theses

This paper uses theoretical frameworks from Critical Discourse Analysis to analyze articles from a South Korean English-print newspaper (the Korea Times), one humanitarian group's website (Liberty in North Korea), and an article in The Economist as examples of the two major discursive styles of representation(s) of North Korea and its people. In mapping the two major representations of North Korea and its people: 1) as "defectors" and 2) as "refugees," I examine the discursive themes employed in each of the three texts. I conclude by describing some of the implications of a discourse of defection and suggest that for future …

Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling With 3pno Item Response Models, Yanyan Sheng, Todd C. Headrick

Publications

Fully Bayesian estimation has been developed for unidimensional IRT models. In this context, prior distributions can be specified in a hierarchical manner so that item hyperparameters are unknown and yet still have their own priors. This type of hierarchical modeling is useful in terms of the three-parameter IRT model as it reduces the difficulty of specifying model hyperparameters that lead to adequate prior distributions. Further, hierarchical modeling ameliorates the noncovergence problem associated with nonhierarchical models when appropriate prior information is not available. As such, a Fortran subroutine is provided to implement a hierarchical modeling procedure associated with the three-parameter normal …

The Daily Egyptian, July 25, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2013

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, July 24, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2013

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Illinois Law: Health Care Law, W. Eugene Basanta, Sherri Devito, Keith E. Emmons, Robert John Kane, Jonathan Loiterman

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Shame On Novel Motor Skill Learning, Elizabeth M. Harrison

Research Papers

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Abraxis Aesthetic Analysis, Tye A.T. Wilson

Research Papers

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Gender Ideology And Delinquency, Rebecca Staudt

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, June 26, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

June 2013

No abstract provided.

Oneloudr And Communities A Concept For Sharing And Collaborating Online, Christophe Dupont

Research Papers

This paper explores the evolution of sounds recording as a developed technology through the ages, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the twenty-first century. It highlights the contributions of musicians and researchers alike from the invention of the Théâtrophone by Ader to the improvement of sounds recording by Stokowski and the first recording with a computer by Hiller and Isaacson. This paper also underlines the problem of copyright, which came with the new technologies, and the possibilities to record a radio station on a tape for example. The arrival of Internet as a medium of communication and the …

The Effects Of Melodic Intonation Therapy (Mit) On People With Communication Impairments: A Primary Focus On People With Broca's Aphasia, Mora Haddad

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Parents' Knowledge And Perceptions Regarding Their Rights During The Iep Process, Li-Jung Huang

Research Papers

This paper aimed to examine what parents of children aged three to six understand about their rights during the IEP process. Literature from the past ten years (2002-2012) revealed that parents had some understanding of the IEP process including planning and contributing to development of IEP documents and participating in IEP meetings. Findings regarding parents being valued during the IEP process varied. In terms of the results of communication strategies utilized during the IEP process, literature showed that parents understood terminology used during IEP meetings better during the subsequent ones than the initial one. However, written documents such as the …

Essential Skills For Leadership Effectiveness In Diverse Workplace Development, Szu-Fang Chuang

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Globalization, technology advances, and diversity have greatly influenced international business and multinational management operations. Global managers cannot consistently apply traditional leadership when dealing with multiple cultural conflicts and managing international employees in the rapidly changed diverse workplace. This study is an initial effort to examine the new looks of leadership in the diverse workplace development and identify essential leadership skills demanded in a global context. Global leaders need to develop cultural awareness, global mindset, interpersonal skill and effective manager-employee relationship in facing the changes and challenges of the global market. Eleven essential leadership skills for the global leaders to promote …

The Effect Of An External Focus Of Attention On Static Balance, Heather Lindenberg

Research Papers

The present study tested the effects of focus of attention on static balance. The purpose of this study was to determine if altering a person’s focus of attention influenced the performance of the Single Leg Stance Test.

Based on findings reported in previous research, it was hypothesized that instructing participants to direct their attention externally would result in better static balance performance compared to instructions that directed attention internally or neutrally. Additionally, it was predicted that instructing participants to direct their attention internally would result in better static balance performance compared to instructions that directed attention neutrally. Participants (19 males …

Black Feminist Thought And Autoethnography: Narrating My Father’S Presence From The Perspective Of Being Raised By A Single Black Father, Dontevia A. Hall

Research Papers

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Family-Centered Practice In The Field Of Early Intervention, Catherine A. Collie

Research Papers

In Early Intervention (EI), family-centered practices are recommended and family-centered services are espoused as the main delivery method. Yet, EI service providers may not implement this approach. This literature review will examine provider and family perspectives of the delivery of family-centered services in the context of the Division for Early Childhood’s recommended practices indicators of family-centered services. Findings indicated a gap between what families and providers believed were ideal family-centered practices and what was actually being implemented in EI. Barriers such as training for providers and families and lack of appropriate resources were identified. Implications for the future are evaluation …

The Daily Egyptian, May 06, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

May 2013

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Feeding Intervention In Children, Richard Liou

Research Papers

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A Quality Assessment Of Children’S Television Programs From The Prix Juenesse International 2012, Kathryn J. Tullis

Research Papers

In the summer of 2012 the writer of this study had an opportunity to go to Munich, Germany to attend the Prix Jeunesse International Festival. This festival prides itself on recognizing children’s quality television from all around the world. After attendance at this festival the author conducted this study to ask what makes quality children’s programming. The author also discusses what the Prix Jeunesse is and how it has contributed to children’s television. The merits which make quality children’s television are then used to rate eight television programs that were shown at the Prix Jeunesse.

Pragmatic Interventions For Adults And Adolescents With High-Functioning Autism: An Appraisal Of The Literature, Ashley L. Medina

Research Papers

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Super Terror: The Complex Relationship Between Sequential Art And Real World Political Violence, Tyler R. Chance

Honors Theses

While scholars have recognized that the media plays a very important role in the understanding of terrorism and other forms of political violence, alternative and popular forms of media (such as the Comic Strip, Graphic Novel, Cartoon, etc.) have not been examined as closely by social scientists.

This research is concerned with the reaction by graphic narratives to events of terror and the graphic work as a way of influencing the public in its opinion of terror.

The main piece examined is Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta which was made as a discussion of the justification of terror witch specific …

Feeding In Children With Autism, Katie M. Molinet

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Micro-Blog’S Role In Chinese Media Industry: A Booster Of Media Freedom And A Hotbed Of Gossip, Yizhe Wang

Research Papers

China’s media freedom has improved compared with several decades ago, but the Chinese media is still under the supervision of the Chinese central government. In 2009, Micro-Blog service was brought into the Chinese media market by Sina, one of China’s biggest media companies. Since its start, Micro-Blog service has, to some extent, changed the environment of the Chinese media industry. Netizens use Micro-Blog to negotiate with the government about policy-making, to call for help during emergencies, to send their opinions about social or economic issues, and most importantly, to broadcast their everyday lives. But problems have also been generated by …

Dedications: Scholarly Program Notes For Selected Saxophone Works, Gavin M. Murphy

Research Papers

The purpose of this research paper is to present historical information and theoretical analysis of four selected compositions that feature the saxophone as soloist with either piano or electronic accompaniment. These four compositions were performed at a recital on March 30, 2013. The pieces performed were Tableaux de Provence by Paule Maurice, Movements I and II from Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano by William Albright, Billie by Jacob Ter Veldhuis, and Fantaisie by Jules Demersseman.

Each chapter presents biographical information on the composer and theoretical and harmonic analysis of the pieces performed.

Assessing Foreclosure And Crime At Street Segments In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Blake Richard Christenson

Theses

Foreclosures are potentially problematic for neighborhood crime rates by providing crime attractors to residential communities. In the past, like many criminogenic features, foreclosures were typically seen as an inner city problem; however, in the wake of the housing market collapse of 2008 precipitated by suspect banking practices, foreclosures were particularly impacting young and new middle class homeowners (i.e., people with little credit history or assets). This study improves upon past research in two areas. First, instead of using large heterogeneous units of analysis (e.g., block groups, tracts, counties), this study uses street blocks. Street blocks, here, are preferred because of …

The Sound Of Music: The Influence Of Evoked Emotion On Recognition Memory For Musical Excerpts Across The Lifespan, Sherrie L. Parks

Theses

TITLE: THE SOUND OF MUSIC: THE INFLUENCE OF EVOKED EMOTION ON RECOGNITION MEMORY FOR MUSICAL EXCERPTS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (Carstensen, 1999) posits that as people age, they selectively focus on positive aspects of emotional stimuli as opposed to negative as a way of regulating emotions. Thus, older adults remember positive information better than negative. This hypothesis has been tested extensively with visual stimuli, but rarely with auditory stimuli. Findings from this study provide support in the auditory domain. In this study, 135 younger, middle-aged, and older adults heard consonant (pleasant) and dissonant (unpleasant) musical excerpts. Participants were …