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The So-Called Problem Of Closure In Fortunata Y Jacinta And Tristana Revisited By Means Of Musical Structure, Vernon Chamberlin

Decimonónica

Critics continue to be puzzled by the closure of both Fortunata y Jacinta and Tristana. For example, in 1986 Hazel Gold published “Problems of Closure in Fortunata y Jacinta: Of Narrators, Readers, and Their Just Deserts/Desserts.” Then she returned to the subject seven years later, still of the opinion that “the question of closure must have seemed an especially thorny one for the author of Fortunata y Jacinta” (Reframing 51). In 1991, José Manuel del Pino brought forth “El Fracaso de los sistemas de cierre de Fortunata y Jacinta.” Similarly with Tristana, from “Clarín” …

No Annulment: Three Women Characters Of The Mid-1880s Confront The Problem Of An Impossible Marriage (Manuel Cubas, Sawa, Galdós), Vernon Chamberlin

Decimonónica

Distaff discontent with matrimony has been a subject of literary treatment throughout the ages. In Classical, Renaissance, and Golden Age times, the emphasis was often on the cleverness of the wife in securing and protecting a lover—one who could supplement or even fulfill completely the husband’s amatory role. Certainly, there was a diversity of reasons for the wife’s discontent and her need for remedial action. For example, in Apuleius’s The Golden Ass, the problem is that the wife has a more zesty nature than does her spouse (IX, 407). In Boccaccio’s Decameron, the husband’s neglect of his wife …

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 33, No. 1, 2007

Journal of Mormon History

CONTENTS

LETTERS

• --Is This Academic Discourse? Dan Vogel, v

• --“Tunnel Vision” D. Michael Quinn, xi

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

• -Toward a Mormon Sense of Time Philip L. Barlow, 1

TANNER LECTURE

• --Historical Reflections on Mormon Futures Stephen J. Stein, 39

ARTICLES

• --The 1876 Journal of Frank Hammond: “Travailing” to the Little Colorado John J Hammond, 65

• --“Lonely Bones”: Leadership and Utah War Violence William P. MacKinnon, 121

• --Tensions in David O. McKay’s First Presidencies Gary James Bergera, 179

REVIEWS

--Claudia L. Bushman, Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America Glen M. Leonard, 247

--H. Michael Marquardt, The Rise of Mormonism, 1816–1844 Jed …

From Muse To Poet: Paratextual Practices Of Women Poets In Cuba At The End Of The Nineteenth-Century, Catharina Vallejo

Decimonónica

One of the foundations of Western thought is the structure of binary oppositions based in abstract conceptualizations. This process includes the expression of generic qualities as universalized notions. With respect to women, these qualities are generally contracted into “Woman.” Luce Irigaray describes this “Woman” as “having been misinterpreted, forgotten, variously frozen in show-cases, rolled up in metaphors, buried beneath carefully stylized figures, raised up in different realities . . . ” (144). Women and writing have often been symbolic of each other as objects of the process of conceptualization. Aníbal González proposes that in many nineteenth-century texts the struggle for …

A Multisite Case Study Of Faculty And Teacher Perceptions Of Ncete Professional Development Workshops On Engineering Design Content, Paul A. Asunda

Reports of Center Studies

The purpose of this study was to describe a process of preparing technology education teachers to teach engineering design concepts in the context of technology education. This process was identified through a study of professional development activities that were organized and conducted by technology teacher education partner universities of the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) to prepare middle school and high school technology teachers to infuse engineering design, problem solving, content, and analytical skills into the K-12 curriculum. A collective multisite case study formed the methodology for this study. Data were collected through individual interview sessions that …

Differentiation For The Gifted In American Islamic Schools, F. A. K. Al-Lawati, Scott L. Hunsaker

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. This research focuses on teacher instructional and curricular practices in gifted students' experiences in Islamic schools in the United States. Surveys were administered at private, full-time Islamic elementary schools to determine the extent to which differentiation practices for meeting the needs of gifted students and the integration of Islamic values were employed. Findings suggest that Islamic schools in the United States have limited programs for gifted students. A majority of teachers in Islamic schools differentiate little between gifted and average students in instructional strategies. When differentiation occurs, it is …

Pedagogical Agents As Social Models To Influence Learner Attitudes, Yanghee Kim, A. Baylor

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Based on social-cognitive theory, we describe the role of pedagogical agents as “social models.” In several experimental studies we have found that pedagogical agents as social models can effectively persuade and motivate learners. We briefly describe two on-going projects where agents as social models are employed to enhance young women’s motivation and attitudes toward math and engineering.

Desirable Characteristics Of Learning Companions, Yanghee Kim

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This study investigated the desirable characteristics of anthropomorphized learning-companion agents for college students. First, interviews with six undergraduates explored their concepts of desirable learning companions. The interviews yielded agent competency, agent personality, and interaction control. Next, a controlled experiment examined whether learner competency (strong vs. weak) would relate directly to agent competency (high vs. low) and to interaction control (agent-control vs. learner-control). The dependent measures included learners' perceptions of agent functionality, their self-efficacy beliefs in the task, and their learning. The results indicated that academically strong students perceived the high-competent agent higher than the lowcompetent agent and showed higher self-efficacy …

Designing Educational Games For Activity-Goal Alignment, Brett E. Shelton

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

What indeed, can we expect from our newest trend in education, implementing moving pictures and conversations with instruction through simulation games? Lewis Carroll's familiar narratives Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass provide helpful imagery for many of the queries, explorations and assumptions we currently make about this latest Wonderland of academia. So what are the goals for the designers and researchers of educational games, or perhaps more importantly, what should be the goals?

Hazing Of Canada Geese Is Unlikely To Reduce Nuisance Populations In Urban And Suburban Communities, Robin A. Holevinski, Paul D. Curtis, Richard A. Malecki

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Growing populations of resident Canada geese (Branta canadensis) have caused increased nuisance problems in urban and suburban communities. Hazing, or persistent harassment, is often recommended as a nonlethal management strategy to alleviate these problems. Does hazing simply cause a local redistribution of birds, or can it solve nuisance problems by pushing geese to rural areas where hunting mortality could reduce the population? To answer this question, we marked 368 adult and 400 juvenile geese with leg bands in 1 urban and 1 suburban community in western New York State during June 2002 and 2003. This sample included 30 …

The Director's Desk The Role Of Knowledge In Developing People Skills, Ben C. West

Human–Wildlife Interactions

No abstract provided.

Self-Determined Employment Preference For Youth In Transition From School To Work In Rural Areas, Robert L. Morgan, R. B. Morgan

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

Self-determination, or the ability to identify and achieve goals based on a foundation of knowing and valuing oneself, is both a legal right and a responsibility of an individual. Self-determined employment is consistent with contemporary practice, outcome-based research, and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004. In this article, we describe three challenges facing youth with disabilities in rural areas related to determining their own employment, including (a) extensive or chronic poverty in some rural areas as a factor limiting selection of preferred employment, (b) intensive competition for limited jobs available, and (c) the potential for …

Libqual+ 2007 Survey: Utah State University, Association Of Research Libraries, Utah State University Libraries

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

This notebook contains information from the 2007 administration of the LibQUAL+® protocol. The material on the following pages is drawn from the analysis of responses from the participating institutions collected in 2007.

Invited Professor Column: Seek An Education While Pursuing A Degree, Scott Bates

Psychology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, December 11, 2006, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education Report
• Campus Retention Report
• Research Council Report
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report
• EPC Business

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 7, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Nutrition and Food Science

• Title Change, Course Number Change
• Delete Course

College of Business

• New Course

School of Accountancy

• Remove University Studies Designation
• Course Description Change

Department of Business Information Systems

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Course Description Change
• Reactivate Course

Department of Economics

• Delete Course

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, December 7, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Syllabus Approval

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, December 7, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Hearing Nothing, Brittany Nelson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Utah State prides itself in its services for students, but recently those services have made negative headlines. Deaf students have filed a lawsuit against the university complaining about the lack of sign language interpreters. But some complain that they are still hearing or seeing no response.

For my Thesis Project, I produced a documentary highlighting the problem both here on our campus, and on a statewide and even nationwide level. I researched the issues, conducted interviews, wrote the script, taped all video and edited the video. The 20 minute documentary was shown publicly on campus in an effort to make …

After-Schools Programs And Their Influence On Parent Involvement With Children At Home, Marci Malone

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Eight-year-old Victoria, with hands on hips and chin stuck up, defiantly said, "No mom, I want to stay for After-School Club. I don't care about the dentist." Her mother patiently responded by telling Victoria, "I know you want to stay but we have to leave now or we will be late for our appointment." The little girl, seeming to know from experience that her mother would not budge, stomped her foot as she began leaving the school saying, "I hate when I have to miss After-School Club!"

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, November 2, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• Delete Course

School of Accountancy

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Credit Hour Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Course Number Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course

College of Engineering

• Prefix Change, Prerequisite Change

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Credit Hour Change

Department of English

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of History

• University Studies Request

Department of Languages, Philosophy and Speech Communication

• Add Multiple List

Department of Music

• New Course

Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology

• Title Change, Course …

The Paperless Accounting Classroom: The Perceptions And Experiences Of Students In A Newly Designed Course, Steve Teeter, Susan R. Madsen, Jason Hughes, Brent Eagar

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Although financial accounting practices in business have capitalized on the use of technology, this technology has not been fully integrated in higher education for accounting students. While traditional accounting courses laboriously involve rote transcription of debits and credits, educational technology in accounting courses may prove inherently beneficial. Faculty members designed and offered a paperless accounting course that utilized a variety of technologies. This study explored student perceptions regarding the satisfaction and effectiveness of three of these technologies: 1) the Classroom Performance System (CPS) response pad (clicker) from eInstruction.com, 2) PC Tablet (teacher use); and 3) WebCT. This study analyzes the …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 5, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Management and Human Resources

• New Course

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change, Course Number Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering

• New Course

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Title Change

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

• Delete Course

Aerospace Studies

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Pass/Fail Only

Department of History

• Title Change

Department …

Polymorphism And Growth Behavior Of Low-Trans Fatty Acids Blends Formulated With And Without Emulsifiers, Marina Cerdeira, Silvana Martini, Roberto J. Candal, Maria L. Herrera

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Polymorphism and growth behavior of blends of a high-melting fraction of milk fat (HMF) and sunflower oil (SFO) formulated with and without the addition of sucrose esters (SE) P-170, P-1670, and S-170 were studied by pulsed 1H NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and polarized light microscopy. The effect of SE on the solid content maximum (S max) or crystallization rate was observed only at low supercooling (values of ΔT below 15°C). The Avrami k n decreased as n values increased, indicating that SE inhibited growth and impeded nucleation. Addition of SFO modified the polymorphic behavior of milk fat, most likely owing …

Physiologic Response To Microgravity, Benjamin Randall, Dwayne Westenskow

Utah Space Grant Consortium

Physiology in microgravity is a challenging field of research because of limited resources. Though humans have been in space for 50 years most meaningful data has been collected only within the last 15 years. While expensive studies with small sample sizes make obtaining and interpreting data difficult, some general conclusions about the human physiological response to microgravity can be drawn. A redistribution of bodily fluids is believed to initiate change in cardiovascular and respiratory function. The mechanisms for these changes have been studied very little are not well understood. Long term effects of microgravity on the body have been impossible …

Utah State University Commencement, 2006 - Eastern Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

2006 Commencement Ceremony for the Eastern Campus of Utah State University.

Utah State University Commencement, 2006 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

115th Annual Commencement of Utah State University

Food Insecurity And Hunger In America, Elizabeth Zufelt

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Studies have shown that about twelve percent (13.5 million) of American households experience at least some form of food insecurity in one year. Causes for food insecurity include disability, low income if employed, unemployment within the past six months, and retirement. Hunger and obesity are often seen in the same person at the same time, including children. The effects of hunger and food insecurity seen among children include: anemia, higher levels of anxiety, poorer performance on mathematical tests, depression, aggression, tardiness, a poorer sense of well-being, lower physical abilities, and lower psychosocial abilities. Food insecurity also affects the elderly population. …

The Effects Of Gender Communication Patterns On Opposite Gender Attraction, Robert R. Wright

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Female patterns of speech communication including expression of empathy, sharing similar experiences, and asking further questions were compared to typical male patterns of communication in gender attraction. Self-report methods were employed in the administration of the Attractive Communication Styles Survey and the Conversation Survey Questionnaire. With a convenience sample of 164, both survey instruments assessed for differences of attraction between the two conversation styles. Analyses revealed both males and females valuing the typical female pattern of communication, but differed in the intensity of support with females strongly favoring and males slightly favoring the female pattern (6.350(72) = x, p < .01; 13.811(90) = x, p < .01). However, both males and females exhibited statistical differences in all their responses for the female pattern, except when asked which they were attracted to the most romantically (p = .064). Implications for further research on the actual dyadic interaction effects on attraction are supported.

Monuments And Massacre: The Art Of Remembering, Lafe Gerald Conner

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Rain transformed the dusty trail outside our trailer into a highway of sediments speeding and settling. Inside the trailer I pulled on my boots and raincoat while my dad slipped into a larger version of his own. Then, with my two brothers, we embarked in puddle play. Aimed at impeding the torrent, we employed any object; rocks, branches, wood chips, even our own wet boots and hands. Eight years old, maybe nine and I knew nothing about erosion or sedimentation, only that rain brought the stream and the stream brought puddle play.

I hold this memory, feeling its grainy texture …