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Depictions Of Male-Male Sexual Activities In Ancient Greece As Expressed Through Visual Imagery: Aspects Of Roles, Abigail Bristow

Honors Program Theses

The Greek Classical period (ca. 400-600 BCE) yields various types of evidence concerning male-male sex. These include figural depictions and literary references with some of the later addressing rules of civilized behavior. This study will explore the existing material with an attempt to find the extent to which the visual imagery reflects the social rules as described in the surviving literary texts.

Series Activity: Watching Wildlife [Iowa Academy Of Science National Wildlife Audio Series], Iowa Academy Of Science

Open Educational Resources

Observing wildlife can be fun whether you are at one of Iowa’s National Wildlife Refuges, a local park or your own back yard. Make watching wildlife a hobby and you will begin to recognize habits and patterns in the actions of the wildlife around you. You might be able to predict when certain wildlife will come to an area to feed, the sounds a bird makes when attempting to protect its young or what will trigger a rabbit to freeze in place. You’ll also be practicing the skills scientists use to make their observations: comparing and contrasting, measuring, counting and …

Ice Search Warrant And Affidavit For Raid

Postville Project Documents

The affidavit for the search warrant for the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa signed on May 9, 2008.

Ice Application For Search Warrant

Postville Project Documents

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement application for a search warrant for the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, signed on may 9, 2008.

Flores-Figueroa V. United States Response To Petition

Postville Project Documents

A brief filed for the United States in the appeal of a case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.

Flores-Figueroa V. United States Petition

Postville Project Documents

A brief filed for Ignacio Flores-Figueroa in the appeal of a case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.

Detained Workers Location List

Postville Project Documents

A list giving the names, Bureau of Prisons number, race, gender, a date, and the location of those arrested in the Postville immigration raid.

Many Doses Of Kindness, Liz Rog

Postville Project Documents

An account of seeking medical care for an immigrant woman with a bad headache after the Postville raid.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V04n4, Winter 2008, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--IAS NWR Website

--Science: Our Past and Future

--Iowa Academy of Science Fellows

--IAS Board Retreat

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

--Spotlight on Des Moines University

--Iowa Academy of Science Membership Overview

--ISTJ—Practical Science Education Applications from Iowans to the World

Response Letters To Camayd-Freixas Article On Postville Raid

Postville Project Documents

A collection of letters submitted to the Congressional Record written in support of an article on the Postville raid written by Erik Camayd-Freixas.

Virginia Woolf's Female History In "The Journal Of Mistress Joan Martyn", Laura Lojo-Rodríguez

Short Story

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Back Cover

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Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Short Story

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Visitation, Robin Underdahl

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2008 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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Validation Of Physical Activity As A Measure Of Shoulder Dysfunction, Lindsey Kae Alderson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The use of physical activity measures has been used in a variety of populations with various diseases and disabilities. The use of physical activity measures has shown known-group differences in populations with neurological disease, stroke patients, and lower extremity dysfunction. Physical activity measures have been used to show health differences, recovery, and disease progression and regression. The purpose of this project was to examine if physical activity are affected by isolated upper extremity shoulder injuries which then may be used as a functional outcome measure. This study was a non-experimental, observational, matched-pair design. A total of fourteen participants composed two …

Specification And Automatic Code Generation Of The Data Layer For Data-Intensive Web-Based Applications, Sergei Golitsinski

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In this thesis I propose a new code generation approach to developing data-intensive web-based applications. I hypothesize that it is possible to build a code generator which will significantly improve development of data-intensive web-based applications by generating at least 50% of the data access code based on a specification of the application's data model. My main argument is that the application's data model is sufficient for deriving most of the data access functionality. To test this hypothesis I designed a data definition language, came up with a set of rules for deriving data access operations from the application's data model, …

Janesville Csd K-12 School Library: A Facility Design And Development Study, Christine Jacobs

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to research the planning procedures undertaken during the design and development of the Janesville Consolidated School District's K-12 School library facility. This research focused on the importance of building a new K-12 school library, in a small rural school setting, while emphasis on the planning procedures and the analysis of its layout/design, and overall effectiveness.

The methodology the researcher used for this study was a narrative design, in order to collect data that occurred over twelve months. The researcher interviewed fourteen key stakeholders that had adequate experience and/or a leadership role regarding the facility …

Visual Perceptions: A Study Of How Children Can Learn Through Pictures, Melody L. Gustas

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to team teach a third grade unit on Bettendorf city history using the minimal resources that are available to teachers. The focus was to increase assessment scores of students who were exposed to current up-to-date photographs of their city. The hypothesis for this research was: If third grade students are taught using current up-to-date photographs of their city then they will be more likely to remember places and landmarks that they study.

The students were divided into two groups. Both groups received the same lessons on Bettendorf history in their classroom. One group then …

A Comparison Of The Portrayal Of Evil In Fairy Tales And Contemporary Fantasy Fiction, Donna Gwinnup

Graduate Research Papers

Writing and publishing literature for children and young adults has become a rhizomorphic entity. There are thousands of books published each year. When you compare that to the little over two hundred stories Perrault and the Grimm brothers recorded you can see how the market has substantially grown. With the use of literature as a teaching tool it is imperative we keep a close watch on trends. This study was designed to look at the changes from fairy tales to contemporary fiction in order to ascertain what changes have taken place in three particular areas: has the gender of the …

Self-Determination Theory And Applications To Physical Education And Coaching, Eric Wayne Crandall

Graduate Research Papers

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Feasibility Assessment For A Bed And Breakfast Associated With The University Of Northern Iowa, Seth A. Johnson

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to examine the potential for a bed and breakfast operation associated with or adjacent to the University of Northern Iowa, and to provide insight into the characteristics necessary to make a bed and breakfast operation at UNI successful. This study will examine this potential through surveys and secondary research, and provide tools to enable the University to open a bed and breakfast if it is found to be feasible.

Determining If The Use Of Certification Goals In Accelerated Reader Impacts Student Selection Of Books, Randy J. Crawford

Graduate Research Papers

Current research on Accelerated Reader seems to indicate that the way AR is implemented strongly impacts the success of the program. This study set out to determine how one component of Accelerated Reader -- certification goals - affected student's reading scores. Accelerated Reader data from 425 elementary students in Independence, Iowa were examined to determine if certification goals impacted the amount of reading students did as well as the difficulty of the text they selected. Approximately half the students had certification goals assigned while the other half did not. The findings for this study were mixed. Of the four grade …

Restructuring A Secondary Business Curriculum For The 21st Century, Eric Springer

Graduate Research Papers

This paper reviews what secondary business educators can do to restructure a business curriculum for the 21 st century and how they can do it effectively. It was written to describe today's workplace, the skills that employers are expecting workers to have, the current trends and reform evolving in high school business education, and the projects, strategies, and tools that can be used by business teachers to prepare students for success in the workplace. The literature review discusses the state of Iowa's 21 st century skills curriculum that was established in recent years. The skills curriculum includes employability skills, financial …

Going Beyond Cookbook Labs : Computer-Based Laboratory Tools In The High School Physics Classroom, Jennifer A. Strohbehn

Graduate Research Papers

Physics education is currently undergoing a face lift. The lecture should no longer be the primary mode of instruction because students are not actively participating. For effective learning to occur, the students need to be engaged, not passive listeners (Knight, 2005). Student-centered classrooms are becoming more common, but there is still work to be done. For a student-centered classroom to be effective, the students must construct their own understanding with the teacher acting as a 'guide. Physics instructors are responsible .for .making the classroom a user friendly environment for students to explore the basic concepts of physics and to develop …

A Vision For Leading And Learning : A Reflective Essay, Todd M. Werner

Graduate Research Papers

It was my junior year of high school when I first started thinking about becoming a teacher. That year Williamsburg High School had hired a new Government teacher who was also the assistant boy's basketball coach. He was a first year teacher but he came out and really tried to make a difference from the start. I vividly remember how he tried to consistently challenge us in the classroom and in the gym. He worked hard at what he did and he expected the same in return. Even when he was pushing and challenging, he treated everyone with respect and …

Teenage Life In The Fat Lane, Kristi Shreffler

Graduate Research Papers

Young adult fiction may not portray obese characters accurately. Research questions used to explore this issue focused on how obese characters were portrayed in young adult fiction. One set of questions asked whether characters in the books in this study will suffer from ridicule and peer rejection. A second set of questions asked whether any the books in this study will suggest that losing weight will ensure personal happiness. A third set of questions asked whether any of young adult fiction books in this study will portray obesity in a negative manner. After compiling the information, the researcher found that …

Pain Stages Of Change: Variations In Pain Acceptance, Catastrophizing, And Emotional Distress Across A Model Of Readiness For Behavior Change, Melinda J. Collingwood

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Pain often signals a problem that needs our attention, but after healing has occurred and pain persists, protective behaviors may become maladaptive to day-to-day functioning. Through education, therapy, and self-management, individuals can learn to function well on a daily basis even with some pain present, but not all pain patients are ready for this type of self-management. The transtheoretical model has been adapted to assess individuals with chronic pain. If individuals are not ready for behavior change, relapse chances increase; therefore it becomes beneficial to understand an individual's level of readiness to change when judging potential treatment success. The ability …

Perspectives Of Change: Municipal Park And Recreation Directors Perceptions Of The Importance Of Specified Organizational Goals 1983–2008, Daniel Archie Wheeler

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study examines specified goals park and recreation directors have previously determined are important for their organizations, and how those goals rank in importance in their present estimations, and how those goals rank in future importance. It compares a similar study of goals from 1983, and reports on changes in levels of importance from 1983 to 2008.

Directors' perceptions of goal importance of 2008 present levels and 2008 future levels were determined to be significantly different in 23 of 26 cases. Goals were grouped in four categories, (a) management/adaptation,/positional, having to do with management tasks, (b) groups served, those targeted …

The Impact Of A C.A.R.E. Based Martial Arts Class On Students' Academic Achievement, Peer Relationships, And Social Interactions, David Hite Jr.

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

What is the goal of education in America today? Why is education so important to our society? Why do we spend millions of dollars each year towards the success of America's educational system? What processes and procedures should be employed to insure an efficient and effective education for all individuals? These questions and more arise as we consider the current academic, social, and economic climate of America, as well as the rest of the world; and the role education has played in shaping our past, impacting our present, and directing our future as individuals of a free society. Abraham Lincoln …