Digital Commons Network^™

Transforming Wuthering Heights And La Madre Naturaleza Into Abel Sánchez: Creating The Postmodern Out Of Its Past, Thomas R. Franz

Decimonónica

In chapter 17 of La Madre Naturaleza (1887), Gabriel Pardo de la Lage rummages through the library of Los Pazos [as the priest Julián Alvarez had done in Los Pazos de Ulloa (1886)] and discovers copies of Andrews’s Clarissa Harlow and Richardson’s Pamela (1856), exemplars of the English sentimental novel. Somewhat later on, the reader begins to note provocative similarities between La Madre and Emily Brontë’s proto-Gothic, Romantic masterpiece, Wuthering Heights (1847). There are headstrong sets of lovers, a strong hint of the demonic, the possibility of happiness through marriage to a more civilized man, a strong suggestion of the …

Making Emotion Visible: Felipe Trigo And La Sed De Amar (Educación Social), Louise Ciallella

Decimonónica

In his day, Felipe Trigo (1864–1916) was a polemical yet widely appreciated author. In both his essays and fiction, he proposed and actively promoted solutions for the hysteria, melancholy, and latent violence produced by the nineteenth-century gender construct of the ángel del hogar, the initially middle-class ideal that established marriage and the home as the place for all women. Yet, in 1983, Ángel Martínez San Martín could justifiably write: “El desprecio y el olvido han sido, hasta hace muy poco, los dos más fieles compañeros de (su) obra literaria” (239). Today, most critics dismiss his work or apologize for …

Subversion In Gertrudis Gómez De Avellaneda’S Sab, Reina Barreto

Decimonónica

The colonial and slave society that was Cuba of the early nineteenth century is the setting for Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda’s first novel, Sab.¹ Published in Madrid in 1841, this novel represents Avellaneda’s literary struggle against the injustices of slavery and the oppressive treatment of women within the patriarchal Romantic framework of the early 1800s. Avellaneda’s novel draws a parallel between women and slaves: “Como los esclavos, ellas arrastran pacientemente su cadena y bajan la cabeza bajo el yugo de las leyes humanas” (Gómez de Avellaneda 194). Catherine Davies states that Sab “is the only feminist-abolitionist novel published …

Spectators, Spectacles And The Desiring Eye/I In La Regenta, Collin Mckinney

Decimonónica

To what extent is the seeing/being seen dyad akin to a theatrical performance? Take the example of Saturnino Bermúdez’s cathedral tour in the opening chapter of Leopoldo Alas’s novel La Regenta. Don Saturno, the local historian and scholar, has been asked by Obdulia Fandiño to give a tour of Vetusta’s cathedral to two guests from out of town. He goes about providing lengthy exegeses of obscure and barely visible works of art and architecture with an air of affected solemnity. Saturno’s theatrical style is most evident when he takes the group to see the Panteón de los Reyes: “[H]ubo …

General Catalog 2006-2007, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration

Teaching Pretend Play Skills Toa Student With Autism Using Video Modeling With A Sibling As Model And Play Partner, K. A. Reagon, Thomas S. Higbee, K. Endicott

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

We taught a four-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and his older brother to engage in four pretend play scenarios using video modeling. The older brother acted in the video models with a typically developing peer. Both the participant and his sibling successfully engaged in the four scenarios during intervention as well as maintenance and generalization probes conducted in their home. This case study illustrated that siblings of children with autism can perform in video models as well as engage in pretend play with their sibling with autism. In addition, the child with autism may benefit from sibling-oriented interventions as indicated …

Classroom-Basedfunctional Analysis And Intervention For Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, G. L. Wright-Gallo, Thomas S. Higbee, K. A. Reagon, B. J. Davey

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

We conducted functional analyses of disruptive behavior in a classroom setting for two students of typical intelligence with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) using the classroom teacher to implement functional analysis conditions. The functional analyses suggested that both participants' disruptive behavior was maintained by escape from task demands and access to attention. Based on this information, we implemented a DRA procedure in which participants could request either escape or attention while disruption was placed on extinction. DRA decreased the disruptive behavior of both participants and the schedule of reinforcement was successfully thinned to a level that was practical for the classroom teacher …

A Design-Based Research Strategy To Promote Scalability For Educational Innovations, Jody Clarke-Midura, C. Dede, D. J. Ketelhut, B. Nelson, C. Bowman

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This article offers insights into how the design of innovations can enhance their “scalability”: the ability to adapt an innovation to effective usage in a wide variety of contexts, including settings where major conditions for success are absent or attenuated. We are implementing the River City MUVE curriculum, a technology-based innovation designed to enhance engagement and learning in middle school science, in a range of educational contexts. Based on our studies of these scaling up activities, we offer examples of design strategies for scalability and describe our plan to develop a “scalability index.”

Methodological Challenges For Identifying And Coding Diverse Knowledge Elements In Interview Data, Victor R. Lee, Moshe Krakowski, Bruce Sherin, Megan Bang, Gregory Dam

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This paper, as part of a symposium on the analysis of clinical interview data and the development of a framework for analyzing students' intuitive science knowledge, identifies and discusses methodological challenges encountered when specifying the knowledge elements and resources are invoked dynamically during a clinical interview. Drawing from interviews with middle school students about the seasons and an analysis of knowledge in terms of 'nodes', two classes of problems are identified: those associated with identification of nodes and those associated with their application as codes to a transcript-based data corpus. We posit that these challenges are common ones associated with …

Methodological Challenges For Identifying And Coding Diverse Knowledge Elements In Interview Data, Victor R. Lee, Moshe Krakowski, Bruce Sherin, Megan Bang, Gregory Dam

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This paper, as part of a symposium on the analysis of clinical interview data and the development of a framework for analyzing students' intuitive science knowledge, identifies and discusses methodological challenges encountered when specifying the knowledge elements and resources are invoked dynamically during a clinical interview. Drawing from interviews with middle school students about the seasons and an analysis of knowledge in terms of 'nodes', two classes of problems are identified: those associated with identification of nodes and those associated with their application as codes to a transcript-based data corpus. We posit that these challenges are common ones associated with …

Perceptions Of The Value Of Problem-Based Learning Among Students With Special Needs And Their Teachers, Brian Robert Belland, P. A. Ertmer, K. D. Simons

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

While problem-based learning (PBL) has been found to be effective with gifted and average students (Hmelo-Silver, 2004), little is known about its impact on students with special needs. This study examines the perceptions of middle-school students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities and of their teachers regarding the value of participating in a PBL unit. The unit focused on the physical accessibility of a low-SES, rural community where the students’ school was located.We used the constant comparative method (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) to analyze interview data, and used observation data and artifacts to triangulate interview comments. Among the noteworthy findings …

A Preliminary Investigation Of Acceptance And Commitment Therapy As A Treatment For Chronic Skin Picking, Michael P. Twohig, Steven C. Hayes, Akihiko Masuda

Psychology Faculty Publications

The effectiveness of a deliberately limited version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for chronic skin picking was evaluated in a pair of multiple baseline across participants designs. Self-monitoring of skin picking showed that four of the five participants reached near zero levels of picking by post-treatment, but these gains were not fully maintained for three of the four participants at follow-up. The findings of the self-reported skin picking were generally corroborated by ratings of photographs of the damaged areas and by ratings on a validated measure of skin picking severity. All participants rated the intervention as socially acceptable, and …

Insights, Fall, 2005, Utah State University

Discovery Magazine

Bi-annual alumni newsletter for the College of Science of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, November 3, 2005, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

General Education

• Change to PF grade

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Change Multiple List

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Change Multiple List

School of Accountancy

• Delete Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Credit Hour Change

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• New Course
• Delete Course

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Delete Course

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Psychology

• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• University Studies …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 6, 2005, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Add Multiple List

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• Prerequisite Change

College of Education and Human Services

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of Elementary Education

• Course Number Change

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• New Course
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Title Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Course Number Change

Department of Psychology

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Delete Course

Department of Art

• Prerequisite Change

Department of English

• Add Repeatable …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, September 1, 2005, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

College of Agriculture

• New Course, New Prefix

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Credit Hour Change
• Delete Course

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Delete Course

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Course Number Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Course Number Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Number Change
• Delete Course

Department of Plants, Soils and Biometeorology

• University Studies Request
• Delete Course

Department of Business Information Systems

• New Course

Department of Elementary Education

• New Course

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change …

Healthcare Resources For Older Adults In A Medium Sized Community, Ashley Nielson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Healthcare has become a large concern for a number of older Americans. With increases in healthcare costs and complex programs such as, Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap insurance policies and community programs, many older Americans are left worrying where they will find the money and resources to provide for themselves and their healthcare needs. Medicare, Medicaid and community care resources help to offset individual healthcare costs, but they are often not enough. The programs are complex and confusing and are limited in the care they provide.

Effects Of Tattoos On Perceptions Of Credibility And Attractiveness, John S. Seiter, Sarah Hatch

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined the effects of tattooing on perception of a male's and a female's credibility and attractiveness. 74 undergraduates viewed a photograph of a tattooed or nontattooed male or female model and then rated dimensions of the models' credibility and attractiveness. Analysis indicated that, although the models' attractiveness ratings were not affected by having a tattoo, their credibility ratings were generally lower when wearing a tattoo than when not wearing one.

The Effect Of Patriotic Messages On Restaurant Tipping, John S. Seiter, R. H. Gass

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This study compared the effectiveness of 2 types of patriotic messages with a warmth/ ingratiation message and a control condition on restaurant tipping. Two female food servers waited on 100 parties eating dinner. When diners were finished with their meals, servers left them 1 of 4 messages on their checks: “Have a Nice Day,”“God Bless America,”“United We Stand,” or no message. Results indicated that parties who received the “United We Stand” message left significantly higher tips than did those receiving no message or the “Have a Nice Day” message. No other significant differences were found. These results and their implications …

Predator Control For The Protection Of The Federally Endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) At Dimmick's Point, North Manitou Island, Kimberly S. Struthers, Patrick J. Ryan

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

The recovery plan for the federally endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) identifies the need for predator control/removal to increase Piping Plover chick fledging success. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services entered into an interagency agreement with the National Park Service to conduct predator management on North Manitou Island (NMI), Dimmick's Point, located in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, during the 2003-2005 field seasons. Six control methods were used to remove American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Common Raven (Corvus corax), Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), and …

Situational And Driver Characteristics Associated With Deer-Vehicle Collisions In Southeastern Michigan, Alix Marcoux, Graham J. Hickling, Shawn J. Riley, Scott R. Winterstein

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) create societal impacts throughout the range of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginanus). In Michigan reported DVCs increased by nearly 60% between 1992-2003, with current estimates at more than 65,000 DVCs per year and a mean of $2,300 vehicle damage. To better understand where to direct education and information programs, we used Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) data, 2001-2003, to profile driver characteristics and accident situations of DVCs in Washtenaw, Oakland, and Monroe Counties in Michigan. Each county varies in intensity of land use, human and deer densities, and available deer habitat. Deer density in Washtenaw, …

Conditioning Beaver To Avoid Desirable Plants, Julie L. Harper, Dale L. Nolte, Thomas J. Deliberto, David L. Bergman

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Conditioned food aversion can be used to train animals to avoid select foods. Generally, aversive conditioning is best applied when animals first encounter a food item. However, almost by definition damage is inflicted to desirable plants very familiar to the culprit. We assessed the potential for training beaver to avoid a known preferred food. During a 5 day day treatment period beavers were offered only corn at 1600 hours. Six hours later, animals that had ingested corn were injected with 150 mg/kg lithium chloride (LiCl), with a control group receiving sodium chloride (NaCl). Alternate foods were then offered with corn …

The Human Factors Of Algorithms And Sensor Design, Paul Picciano, Frank Drews

Utah Space Grant Consortium

Human-operated systems often suffer from designers’ limited consideration of user capacities and how they impact system performance. In many instances, technological capabilities and constraints drive design decisions. There is often a sense that if it can be done technologically, it will be done. However, this approach can prove to be an unwise appropriation of funds, time, and other resources. Justification should not simply rest on satiating a technology craving.

In-Situ Monitoring Of Solid Fat Content By Means Of P-Nmr And Ultrasonics, Silvana Martini, Constantin Bertoli, Maria Lidia Herrera, Ian Neeson, Alejandro Marangoni

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

An ultrasonic technique was developed to study the crystallization process of edible fats on-line. A chirp wave was used instead of the conventional pulser signal, thus achieving a higher signal-to-noise ratio. This enabled measurements to be made in concentrated systems [≈20% solid fat content (SFC)] through a 8.11-cm thick sample without significant signal loss. Fat samples were crystallized at 20, 25, and 30°C at a constant agitation rate of 400 rpm for 90 min. The crystallization process was followed by ultrasonic spectroscopy and a low-resolution pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. Specific relationships were found between ultrasonic parameters [integrated response, time …

Benefits Of Greenroofs, Mark Adam Goble

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

For many years, greenroofs have been utilized by European architects and developers, who have realized their many benefits. The United States has, to date, been slow to embrace the concept. The intent of this report is to reveal the benefits of greenroofs in hopes of stimulating their use in this country.

"Bariatic Surgery For Obese Adolescents", Hilary Brooke Spooner

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

With the rise of adolescent obesity, the need for treatment of this life-threatening disease is under consideration. There are several methods for the treatment of this disease, but a newer method is on the rise. Bariatric surgery for adolescents is a new technique that has been performed on adults for years, but the effects on the younger population are still unknown. There are certain criteria and guidelines for the patients undergoing this surgery, but the results seem to be promising. Nutritional and surgical complications are of great concern, but are the chronic disease health benefits brought on by weight loss …

Foundation Stones Of Prydain: A Web-Based Bridge Between Welsh Mythology And Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, Benjamin Tyler Minson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

My career at Utah State University and particularly in the Professional and Technical Writing emphasis in the English Department has shown me a vast spectrum of areas within the field of technical communication. Several of the various types of work within technical communication came together for my final Honors Thesis and Project, including Web design, information architecture, and usability testing. The planning, creation, testing, and analysis of the website Foundation Stones of Prydain (http://cc.usu.edu/~bminson/foundation) constitute the culmination of my work at Utah State University.

The Benefits Of Optimism In A Student-Instructor Relationship, Johnathan Kyle Nelson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The positive psychology movement of the past decade has produced an impressive amount of psychological literature devoted to studying the best of human attributes such as resilience, commitment, and optimism. This dramatic increase in available literature on optimism highlights a heightened awareness and interest in human proficiency, when so much of psychology has been traditionally devoted to the study of human deficiency. This research has lead to an increased understanding of what characteristics of an individual lead to facilitate various activities such as problem solving, leadership ability, income, achievement, sales, and job satisfaction. This study explored the relationship between positive …

Creating Identity Within A Residential Community Using Open Space, Jason W. Harr

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Popularity of suburban developments is not new to most communities of today. Many have come to the understanding that suburbia is the only way to go, and the only place to live and raise a family. What suburbanites don't understand and choose to avoid are the demanding requirements suburbia requires of our natural resources and open space.

In recent years, many have come to the understanding that our natural resources and open space are very valuable and must be preserved now and in the future. People have also noticed that implementation of basic design principles of residential communities are advantageous …

Identification Of Factors Affecting Susceptibility To Depression And Influencing Quality Of Life In Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients Based On Age-At-Diagnosis, Marlene Israelsen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Approximately 10% of cystic fibrosis (CF) cases remain undiagnosed until age 18 or later and medical professionals are still unclear about the needs of these individuals. Adults with CF must either adapt to life with a chronic disease or transition into adulthood with CF. The purpose of this study was to address the impact of age-at-diagnosis on quality of life in a CF adult population.

The psychological functioning of 21 adult CF patients (seven adult-diagnosed (AD) and 14 pediatric-diagnosed (PD)) was assessed using the Beck Depression Index (BDI)-II. A descriptive review of demographic and clinical data, which included an assessment …