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British Cultural Narrative In Winston Churchill's Political Communication, Andres L. Faza

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study uses Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech, delivered to the House of Commons following the evacuation of Dunkirk, France in June 1940, as a source text by which to examine Churchill's use of British cultural narratives in political communication. Narrative and heuristic theories are proposed as means by which listeners process such messages. A number of rhetorical devices are defined, in order to inform a discussion of the narratives identified, particularly the means by which those narratives were rhetorically embedded in the text. After a careful examination of the source text, the narratives of knighthood …

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International Journal of Speleology

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Commencement Convocation Program, Sarasota - Manatee Campus, December 15, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Golden Bull Service & Outstanding Leadership Award - Miriam Fleck; Outstanding Graduate Award - Justin Daniel (J.D.) Lotz; Outstanding Professor - Elaine Augustine and Tricia Hunsader

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, December 15, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Regional Chancellor's Award for Civic Leadership - Honorable Rick Baker; Outstanding Graduate - Charles Matthew Hamm;

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, December 14, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

President's Global Leadership Award - Marlene M. Johnson; Outstanding Graduate - Lianet Vazquez; King O'Neal Scholars - Jillianne Deal, Alyssa Dupere, Jessica Haggod, Ahad Khan, Rachel Powell, Emilio Ruiz-Linares, Mariam Saifee, Christopher Thomas Story, and Brandon Sweeting

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 14, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctorate of Science - Richard N. Zare

Bosom Friends And The Sapphic Breasts Of Belinda, Ula E. Klein

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

This article examines Maria Edgeworth’s 1801 novel Belinda in order to argue that the breast at the center of Lady Delacour’s narrative signifies not maternal failure but Sapphic feelings and connections. While previous studies of the novel have discussed the wounded breast of Lady Delacour as a punishment for her transgressions or as an emblem of her patriarchal oppression, this article claims that the wounded breast is both a sign of and a means to female same-sex desire and relationships. This article contrasts the wounded, festering breast with the tableau that ends the novel. The tableau, a constructed vision of …

The Performance Of The Linear Logistic Test Model When The Q-Matrix Is Misspecified: A Simulation Study, George T. Macdonald

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A simulation study was conducted to explore the performance of the linear logistic test model (LLTM) when the relationships between items and cognitive components were misspecified. Factors manipulated included percent of misspecification (0%, 1%, 5%, 10%, and 15%), form of misspecification (under-specification, balanced misspecification, and over-specification), sample size (20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280), Q-matrix density (60% and 46%), number of items (20, 40, and 60 items), and skewness of person ability distribution (-0.5, 0, and 0.5). Statistical bias, root mean squared error, confidence interval coverage, confidence interval width, and pairwise cognitive components correlations were computed. The impact …

The Impact Of War And Service On Veterans Attending College, Ashley Abene

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

In 2012 alone, almost 400,000 veterans enrolled in college and used GI Bill benefits for the first time (McGovern 21). Several thousand more are anticipated to enroll in college within the next few years as nearly two million veterans return from overseas (Sander 2). The goal of this thesis is to show composition professors the extreme re-adjustment that is required for veterans returning not only to civilian life but especially to academia. Although veterans have been enrolling in college for decades, this thesis focuses solely on the influx of recent war veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. …

Annual Report, College Of Education, 2012-2013,, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Education

Office of the Dean

An annual report for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Education for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Strengthening Intelligence Education With Information-Processing And Knowledge-Organization Competencies, Yejun Wu

Journal of Strategic Security

This paper studies the weaknesses of intelligence-education curriculum in the United States from a Library and Information Science perspective. Intelligence information processing is a separate step in the traditional intelligence cycle; however, information-processing competencies are often included in the intelligence collection and analysis competencies in the Intelligence Community. A study of the websites of the intelligence-education programs in the major 27 intelligence-education institutions in the United States reveals that information processing is often implicitly included in an intelligence analysis or collection course; and only three universities offer such courses that include information-processing components. Only one university has been found to …

College Of Education, Student Learning Outcomes, September 13, 2013, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

Candidate Learning Outcomes for students in the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Education, as well as those for students in Educational Leadership.

Graduate Student And Business Professor Collaborate On Insider Threat Research, September 12, 2013, Tom Scherberger

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

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Les Droits Et Les Marches Linguistiques Au Rwanda, Straton Rurangirwa

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

No abstract provided.

French Research Applied To Intelligence: The Key Role Of Information And Communication Sciences, Franck Bulinge

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.

Intelligence Analysis And The Bureau: The Evolution Of Analysis And The Analyst Position In The Fbi, 1908-2013, John Fox

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.

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International Journal of Speleology

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The Emergence Of The Digital Humanities, Steven E. Jones

English Faculty Publications

The past decade has seen a profound shift in our collective understanding of the digital network. What was once understood to be a transcendent virtual reality is now experienced as a ubiquitous grid of data that we move through and interact with every day, raising new questions about the social, locative, embodied, and object-oriented nature of our experience in the networked world.

In The Emergence of the Digital Humanities, Steven E. Jones examines this shift in our relationship to digital technology and the ways that it has affected humanities scholarship and the academy more broadly. Based on the premise …

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 10, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Kathryn Bishop, James Greer, Jr., Michael Thomas, and James Vogler; President's Global Leadership Award - Karen A. Holbrook; Outstanding Graduate - Falon Blessing

2013: Proceedings Of The 16th International Congress Of Speleology, Czech Republic, Brno, July 21-28, 2013 Volume 2 International Congress Of Speleology Ics Proceedings, International Congress Of Speleology

KIP Talks and Conferences

Produced by the Organizing Committee of the 16th International Congress of Speleology. Published by the Czech Speleological Society and the SPELEO2013 and in the co-operation with the International Union of SpeleologyEdited by Michal Filippi, Pavel Bosák Contents: Preface Session: Exploration And Cave TechniquesRecent Investigations In The Gálapagos Islands, Ecuador / Aaron Addison, Theofilos Toulkeridis, Steven Taylor, Glenn Osburn, Geoffery Hoese, Vicente Delgado -- Quartz Sandstone Caves On Table Mountains Of Venezuela / Marek Audy, Richard Bouda -- Northern Velebit Deep Caves / Darko Bakšić, Dalibor Paar, Andrej Stroj, Damir Lacković -- Best-Practice Training Approaches For Mitigating Caving Hazards And Enhancing …

2013: Proceedings Of The 16th International Congress Of Speleology, Czech Republic, Brno, July 21-28, 2013 Volume 3 International Congress Of Speleology Ics Proceedings, International Congress Of Speleology

KIP Talks and Conferences

Produced by the Organizing Committee of the 16th International Congress of Speleology. Published by the Czech Speleological Society and the SPELEO2013 and in the co-operation with the International Union of SpeleologyEdited by Michal Filippi, Pavel Bosák Contents Preface Session: Karst And Caves In Carbonate Rocks, Salt And GypsumKarst Hydrogeology Of The Haney Limestone, South-Central Kentucky / Sarah M. Arpin, Christopher G. Groves -- An Introduction To Kalahroud Cave, North Of Esfahan, Iran / Shirin Bahadorinia, Sayed Hassen Hejazi, Alireza Nadimi, Derek C. Ford -- Cave System Of Kita Gaćešina - Draženova Puhaljka. The Longest Cave In The Dinaric Karst / …

An Ochered Fossil Marine Shell From The Mousterian Of Fumane Cave, Italy, Marco Peresani, Marian Vanhaeren, Ermanno Quaggiotto

KIP Articles

A scanty but varied ensemble of finds challenges the idea that Neandertal material culture was essentially static and did not include symbolic items. In this study we report on a fragmentary Miocene-Pliocene fossil marine shell, Aspa marginata, discovered in a Discoid Mousterian layer of the Fumane Cave, northern Italy, dated to at least 47.6-45.0 Cal ky BP. The shell was collected by Neandertals at a fossil exposure probably located more than 100 kms from the site. Microscopic analysis of the shell surface identifies clusters of striations on the inner lip. A dark red substance, trapped inside micropits produced by bioeroders, …

Does Completion Of Quantitative Courses Predict Better Quantitative Reasoning-In-Writing Proficiency?, Nathan D. Grawe

Numeracy

Using data from Carleton College, this study explores the connection between students’ completion of a range of quantitative courses and the quality of their quantitative reasoning in writing (QRW) as exhibited in courses throughout the undergraduate curriculum during the first two years of college. Because the assessment takes place in the context of a campus-wide initiative which has improved QRW on the whole, the study identifies course-taking patterns which predict stronger than average improvement. Results suggest QRW is not exceptionally improved by taking courses in statistics, principles of economics, or in the social sciences more broadly. QRW performance is, on …

The Weekly Challenger, June 13, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 13, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

A Novel Transit Rider Satisfaction Metric: Rider Sentiments Measured From Online Social Media Data, Craig Collins, Samiul Hasan, Satish V. Ukkusuri

Journal of Public Transportation

The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the use of an innovative social media-based data source, Twitter, to evaluate transit rider satisfaction. Transit authorities have access to vast amounts of performance metrics that measure ridership, timeliness, efficiency, safety, cleanliness, and service, to name a few. These performance metrics, however, are generally one-sided; they represent the interests of the business and are not customer-based. This paper recognizes the limitations of standard performance metrics and attempts to gauge transit rider sentiments by measuring Twitter feeds. Sentiment analysis is used to classify a population of rider sentiments over a period of time. …

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Journal of Public Transportation

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Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, May 5, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar - Sean D. Ericson; Outstanding Graduate - Aaron G. Kawaja

Commencement Convocation Program, Sarasota - Manatee Campus, May 5, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Professor Award - Richard Reich; Golden Bull Service & Outstanding Leadership Award - Ryan Page; Outstanding Graduate - Dat Vu; King O'Neal Scholar - Michaela Cerce

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, May 4, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, May 3, 2013, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Science - Jerry L. Atwood