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A Proposed Methodology For Predicting The Carbon And Nitrogen Stable Isotope Measures Of K'Inich Yax K'Uk Mo', Copan Dynastic Founder, Keith Edwards
A Proposed Methodology For Predicting The Carbon And Nitrogen Stable Isotope Measures Of K'Inich Yax K'Uk Mo', Copan Dynastic Founder, Keith Edwards
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis is to show that stable isotope analysis can be used to predict K’inich Yax K’uk Mo’s stable isotope measures based on Stuart’s (2007) hypothesis that K’inich Yax K’uk Mo’, the dynastic founder of the Copan royal lineage, was a Caracol lord. There is significant and convincing evidence that K’inich Yak K’uk Mo’ had a non-Copanec origin. Stable isotope analysis is a tested and reliable method for detailing diets and migratory paths of ancient humans and this theory is applied as a predictor of the stable isotope measures of K’inich Yax K’uk Mo’, if he did …
The Tyler Perry Effect Examining The Influence Of Black Media Images On The Black Identity, Nicole E. Jackson
The Tyler Perry Effect Examining The Influence Of Black Media Images On The Black Identity, Nicole E. Jackson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study investigated the influence of Tyler Perry‟s House of Payne and Meet the Browns on black viewers‟ racial identity, based on a survey of 145 members of four predominantly African American churches in the Central Florida area. Mirroring Allen, Dawson, and Brown‟s (1989) model of an African American racial belief system, this study proposed that both shows would positively influence three dimensions of the black identity including closeness to blacks, black separatism, and the belief in positive stereotypes about blacks, while negatively influencing the dimension that emphasizes negative stereotypes about blacks. Socioeconomic status and religiosity were also hypothesized to …
Yogic Diffusion The Effects Of Yogic Practice And Philosophy On Beliefs About Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Jacqueline Marie Siven
Yogic Diffusion The Effects Of Yogic Practice And Philosophy On Beliefs About Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Jacqueline Marie Siven
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This research is a qualitative study that aimed to anthropologically explore the effects of consistent long-term yogic practice on the acceptance and practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among yoga practitioners at a South Florida yoga center. I wished to determine, through in-depth interviews, whether or not yogic practice affects acceptance of CAM. The main objective was to interview individuals from a single yoga center that have practiced yoga at least once per week for at least one year concerning their beliefs about CAM, yoga, and health. This project will begin to fill the gap in social science, in …
Using Geographic Information Systems (Gis) In Spatial Analysis Of Mortuary Practices In The Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Elsalam, Heba Abd
Using Geographic Information Systems (Gis) In Spatial Analysis Of Mortuary Practices In The Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Elsalam, Heba Abd
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis focuses on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to examine mortuary practices in the Romano-Byzantine period Kellis 2 cemetery located in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. The first research objective examines the relationship between age, sex and grave substructures of 701 burials in Kellis 2 cemetery. The aim of this research objective was to determine if the presence and style of grave substructures were influenced by sex or age. Although not statistically significant, GIS analysis revealed that most of the graves in the Kellis 2 cemetery have no associated substructures, but of those that did have associated substructures, …
Modeling Human Group Behavior In Virtual Worlds, Fahad Shah
Modeling Human Group Behavior In Virtual Worlds, Fahad Shah
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Virtual worlds and massively-multiplayer online games are rich sources of information about large-scale teams and groups, offering the tantalizing possibility of harvesting data about group formation, social networks, and network evolution. They provide new outlets for human social interaction that differ from both face-to-face interactions and non-physically-embodied social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter. We aim to study group dynamics in these virtual worlds by collecting and analyzing public conversational patterns of users grouped in close physical proximity. To do this, we created a set of tools for monitoring, partitioning, and analyzing unstructured conversations between changing groups of participants …
Differential Diagnoses Of Temporal Bone Defects And Zygomatic Bone Lesions Found In Fetal And Infant Individuals From The Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Brittany A. Jardine
Differential Diagnoses Of Temporal Bone Defects And Zygomatic Bone Lesions Found In Fetal And Infant Individuals From The Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Brittany A. Jardine
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Kellis 2 cemetery site within the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt provides a unique study opportunity due to the large number of infant, perinatal, and fetal individuals that have been recovered. Several of the infant and fetal remains have undiagnosed circular defects on the temporal bone, and others have undiagnosed lesions on the zygomatic bone. Of the 268 individuals under one year of age that have been analyzed from the Kellis 2 cemetery, twentysix individuals have the temporal bone defect and six have the zygomatic bone lesions. A survey of clinical and paleopathological research provided possible pathological conditions that could cause …
The Visual Divide Islam Vs. The West, Image Peception In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Hatem Nazir Akil
The Visual Divide Islam Vs. The West, Image Peception In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Hatem Nazir Akil
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Do two people, coming from different cultural backgrounds, see the same image the same way? Do we employ technologies of seeing that embed visuality within relentless cultural and ideological frames? And, if so, when does visual difference become a tool for inclusion and exclusion? When does it become an instrument of war? I argue that we‘re always implicated in visuality as a form of confirmation bias, and that what we see is shaped by preexisting socioideological frames that can only be liberated through an active and critical relationship with the image. The image itself, albeit ubiquitous, is never unimplicated - …
Selling "Dream Insurance" : The Standardized Test-Preparation Industry's Search For Legitimacy, 1946-1989, Keegan Shepherd
Selling "Dream Insurance" : The Standardized Test-Preparation Industry's Search For Legitimacy, 1946-1989, Keegan Shepherd
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis analyzes the origins, growth, and legitimization of the standardized test preparation ("test-prep") industry from the late 1940s to the end of the 1980s. In particular, this thesis focuses on the development of Stanley H. Kaplan Education Centers, Ltd. ("Kaplan") and The Princeton Review ("TPR"), and how these companies were most conducive in making the test-prep industry and standardized test-preparation itself socially acceptable. The standardized test most frequently discussed in this thesis is the Scholastic Aptitude Test ("SAT"), especially after its development came under the control of Educational Testing Service ("ETS"), but due attention is also given to the …
Understanding The Subjectivities Of Pastors And Beliefs About The Current American Church Culture, Michael Ellis Anderson
Understanding The Subjectivities Of Pastors And Beliefs About The Current American Church Culture, Michael Ellis Anderson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study investigates the spiritual subjectivities of pastors in the Mainstream White Middle Class Evangelical Church in the context of American capitalism. The Evangelical church carries extreme amounts of power and influence in shaping the beliefs of individuals in American society. However, very little pointed research of pastors' spiritual subjectivities that guide their teachings and views in this sub-sect of church culture is present in academia. Anthropology, along with other disciplines, often focuses on dominant churches from an etic perspective of politics and power relations without fully considering the spiritual beliefs of pastors. This etic perspective can miss the deeply …
Worldview, Ideology, And Ceramic Iconography A Study Of Late Terminal Formative Graywares From The Lower Rio Verde Valley Of Oaxaca, Mexico, Jeffrey S. Brzezinski
Worldview, Ideology, And Ceramic Iconography A Study Of Late Terminal Formative Graywares From The Lower Rio Verde Valley Of Oaxaca, Mexico, Jeffrey S. Brzezinski
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study investigates worldview and ideology during the late Terminal Formative period (A.D. 100 – 250) in the lower Río Verde Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, through an analysis of iconography found on grayware ceramic serving vessels. The sample includes 457 vessels and sherds from 17 lower Verde sites obtained through excavations and surface collections between 1988 and 2009. Drawing upon theories of semiotics and style, this thesis identifies a suite of icons suggesting that ceramics were a medium for expressing regionally shared beliefs. Chatino potters carved common Formative period Mesoamerican themes into the walls of graywares, such as depictions of …
Monitoring Shallow Controlled Graves Containing Small Cadavers Using Ground Penetrating Radar, Joanna Mae Fletcher
Monitoring Shallow Controlled Graves Containing Small Cadavers Using Ground Penetrating Radar, Joanna Mae Fletcher
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) can be a useful geophysical instrument in the search and detection of clandestine graves in a forensic context. Controlled research in the field of forensic archaeology has demonstrated the applicability of this technology and is vital for improving GPR search methods. The objectives of this research was to evaluate the applicability of GPR, using 250 MHz and 500 MHz antennae, to locate shallow graves containing small pig cadavers in various burial scenarios over a 12 month period. Data was collected on a controlled grid containing six graves at 0.5 m in depth: five graves containing pig carcasses …
The Origins Of Lactase Persistence And Ongoing Convergent Evolution, Beth A. Keller
The Origins Of Lactase Persistence And Ongoing Convergent Evolution, Beth A. Keller
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
As a primary factor in human evolution, natural selection is an important component of genetic research. Studies of lactase persistence suggest that positive selection has played a powerful role in the adaptation to a lifelong consumption of fresh milk. Using multiple research studies of lactase persistence and suspected corresponding single nucleotide genetic polymorphisms, this study combines data sources to determine whether evidence exists for natural selection of a specific cytosine-to-thymine genetic mutation located 13,910 base pairs (T-13910) upstream from the lactase gene. This polymorphism has potential to be a causal element for lactase persistence, and data suggest that natural selection …
In The Process Of Becoming The Organizational Culture Of The Metropolitan Academic Library, Michael Jason Martin
In The Process Of Becoming The Organizational Culture Of The Metropolitan Academic Library, Michael Jason Martin
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organizational culture may be defined as the shared norms, values, and beliefs of an organization. The culture expresses itself through symbols and sagas. Organizational culture shapes the behavior of those within the organization and provides a lens through which its members can interpret reality. This study sought to define the organizational culture of the Metropolitan Academic Library. The study was guided by Schein‘s five levels of cultural assumptions: assumptions about external adaptation issues; assumptions about internal integration; assumptions about the nature of truth and reality; assumptions about the nature of time and space; and assumptions about human nature, activity, and …
Walking Backwards Into The Future, Camille Norman
Walking Backwards Into The Future, Camille Norman
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Recent artists like Norwegian Recycling and E-603 have created a new genre of art within music: digital recycling. These artists take many different well-known and less-known lyrics, music, and spoken word and combine them together. This meshing of multiple pieces of art has new historical roots. The different images, auditory and visual, that these creations produce and often enhance meaning and connections through popular media. These connections interest me most. Through the lenses of post-colonial, gender, and queer theories, I examine Witi Ihimaera's creative work. I splice in different theorists' words, my own thoughts, and images to enhance and accent …
Inheriting The Motley Mantle An Actor Approaches Playing The Role Of Feste, Shakespeare's Update Of The Lord Of Misrule, Andrew Clateman
Inheriting The Motley Mantle An Actor Approaches Playing The Role Of Feste, Shakespeare's Update Of The Lord Of Misrule, Andrew Clateman
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Playing role of Feste in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night presents a complex challenge to the actor. Feste is at once a character in the world of the play and a clown figure with specific dramatic functions having roots in the Lord of Misrule of the English holiday and the Vice of the morality play. How can the actor playing Feste create a believable psychological portrayal that is aligned with the functions Shakespeare assigns the role? And be entertaining as well? I suggest that actor will benefit greatly from an exploration the traditional function of the clown its development in society …
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 72, November 15, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 72, November 15, 2010
Central Florida Future
Confusion surrounds scandal; Lighting up the Knight; UCF groups walk for autism; Theatre major setting stage for success.
Sandspur, Vol 117, No 10, November 05, 2010, Rollins College
Sandspur, Vol 117, No 10, November 05, 2010, Rollins College
The Rollins Sandspur
Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 56, September 16, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 56, September 16, 2010
Central Florida Future
Teaching from Africa; China smiles; Going East; SGA looks for more student 'followers'; UCF homecoming; Now & Then in 2010.
Sandspur, Vol 117, No 03, September 10, 2010, Rollins College
Sandspur, Vol 117, No 03, September 10, 2010, Rollins College
The Rollins Sandspur
Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 51, August 26, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 51, August 26, 2010
Central Florida Future
Improved library now open; Uncover Thursdays; Home Grown; Plus: The Safety Ride; A treasure of a tavern; UCF offers a speech therapy; Doctorate student featured on reality show; "Dr. G": Chief medical examiner.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 36, June 10, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 36, June 10, 2010
Central Florida Future
Students seek credible jobs; Uncover Thursdays; On the red carpet; Plus: Breaking the mold; Typecast; UCF near second in PECO funding; Student starts sustainability program.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 34, June 3, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 34, June 3, 2010
Central Florida Future
Kilbride defends $20,000 salary; Uncover Thursdays; Goooooal!; Plus: Ramen redux; UCF grad receives mentor honor; FIEA students reveal game on iTunes.
University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2010 - 2011, University Of Central Florida
University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2010 - 2011, University Of Central Florida
UCF Catalogs
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University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2010 - 2011, University Of Central Florida
University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2010 - 2011, University Of Central Florida
UCF Catalogs
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Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 29, April 29, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 29, April 29, 2010
Central Florida Future
Puppy love on the lawn; Uncover Thursdays; Arts up against the wall; Plus: former students host Mediocre show; Column: Fowler's farewell to all; Students work to lase fat, win title; Renovations close Chick-fil-a for summer.
Sandspur, Vol 116, No 21, April 02, 2010, Rollins College
Sandspur, Vol 116, No 21, April 02, 2010, Rollins College
The Rollins Sandspur
Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.
Sandspur, Vol 116, No 20, March 26, 2010, Rollins College
Sandspur, Vol 116, No 20, March 26, 2010, Rollins College
The Rollins Sandspur
Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 17, March 18, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 17, March 18, 2010
Central Florida Future
Demand for travel funds up; Uncover Thursdays; Orlando's finest places to eat; SGA races come with big price tag; Guests gain new admission options at RWC; Campus crime statistics open for analysis.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 15, March 4, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 15, March 4, 2010
Central Florida Future
Hickey in final three at FAU; Uncover Thursdays; Harvesting the sounds; Plus: Chilly vacation? Stick around Fla.; Column: Academy Awards predictions; NIDs could be replaced for elections; Socialist philosophy rings at UCF with YCL; Robberies near Full Sail prompt caution at UCF.
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 11, February 18, 2010
Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 11, February 18, 2010
Central Florida Future
UCF details conservation plan; Uncover Thursdays; Last call; 2010 Orlando's Finest: Vote for Orlando's best food & entertainment; Faculty given options for Haiti relief; Painted brad uplift cancer awareness; Student fighting deadly disease; Adolescent idiopathic condylar resorption.