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Evidence Of Agrarian Urbanism: Land Use Preferences Of Residents Living On Small Acreage Farms Or Large Lots With Animal Rights In Cache Valley, Utah, Laurie B. Hurst

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Until the last half century, land development patterns in the Intermountain West were designed after the Mormon settlement pattern. With its gridiron streets and in-town farmsteads, this pattern gave families the opportunity to grow crops and raise a few animals on their one acre or less in town, with the added advantage of having a social life. In many places over the last century, cities have grown, small farms have dwindled, and large farms have been pushed to the fringe. However, in the Intermountain West the agrarian tradition continues with a number of families who grow gardens and raise animals …

Risk And Climate At High Elevation: A Z-Score Model Case Study For Prehistoric Human Occupation Of Wyoming's Wind River Range, Ashley K. Losey

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Holocene climate likely influenced prehistoric hunter-gatherer subsistence and mobility as changing climate patterns affected food resources. Of interest here is whether climate-driven resource variability influenced peoples in the central Rocky Mountains. This study employed the z-score model to predict how foragers coped with resource variability. The exercise enabled exploration of the relationship between climate, resources, and foraging strategies at High Rise Village (48FR5891), an alpine residential site in Wyoming's Wind River Range occupied between 2800-250 cal B.P. The test was applied to occupations dating to the Medieval Warm Period (1150-550 cal B.P.) and the Little Ice Age (550-100 cal B.P.). …

Food Environments: What Is The Role Of Demographics In Fijians' Decision Making Related To Food Choice And Overall Nutrition Behavior?, Sandra Bradshaw

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The people of the Islands of Fiji suffer from a growing prevalence of noncommunicable (NCD) diseases that are often nutrition related. Much of the blame for the growing rate of these diseases is due to lifestyle choice, specifically food-related decisions. Fiji’s nutrition concerns and NCD prevalence are greater in urban centers, compared to a lower frequency in rural villages. Contrasting demographics are composed of dissimilar food environments that influence inhabitants’ food decisions, in turn increasing the prevalence of nutrition-related concerns.

The purpose of this study was to extend existing knowledge and document the perspectives of Fijian Islanders through identifying the …

Late Prehistoric Technology, Quartzite Procurement, And Land Use In The Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado: View From Site 5gn1.2, Jonathan Mitchell Peart

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis presents the results from archaeological test excavations at site 5GN1.2. The focus of this research is to evaluate Stiger’s Late Prehistoric settlement-subsistence hypothesis. According to Stiger, post-3000 B.P. occupations of the Upper Gunnison Basin were limited to big-game hunting forays originating from base camps located outside of the basin. Test excavations at 5GN1.2 documented archaeological deposits reflecting aboriginal occupation during the Late Prehistoric between about 3000 and 1300 years ago. Archaeological features include four hearths associated with abundant small-mammal remains, burnt plant seeds, stone tools and stone tool manufacturing debris.

Archaeological evidence rules out site 5GN1.2 as a …

Predictors Of Physical Activity Among Persons With Multiple Sclerosis, Emily Jean Bennett

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease with a wide range of symptoms that vary from fatigue to paralysis. People diagnosed with MS will have the disease for the rest of their lives because there is no cure. If there was a way to alleviate the severity of the symptoms or slow the progression of the disease then that would be something important of those with MS to know.

A health behavior that promises to slow the progression of the MS for people diagnosed with this disease is physical activity. Research has shown that an exercise program improves several measures …

Chinese People's Perceptions Of And Preparedness For Democracy, Xiangyun Lan

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Democratization in China has been receiving attention from all over the world. In the US, a large percentage of media reports about China contribute to report democratization related political issues. And as a mainland Chinese citizen living under an undemocratic regime, I have always felt compelled to do research on democratization in China society. This thesis describes a research study conducted to understand how Chinese people understand the notion of democracy, and with this notion how they perceive to democratize their society. The result of this research's analysis shows that Chinese people view democracy similar to a western notion; and …

Bear River Heritage Area: A Study Of Recreation Specialization And Importance-Performance, Tyler A. Baird

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Heritage tourism is a fast growing sector in the recreation arena. Research into multiple aspects of heritage tourism has increased during the last few decades as it has been recognized as a distinct form of tourism and promoted around the globe. This study was conducted in an effort to better understand multiple aspects of heritage tourism in the Bear River Heritage Area of northern Utah and southeastern Idaho. The following aims to provide Bear River Heritage Area leadership with baseline data on their visitors and build upon the base of literature in the areas of recreation specialization, and importance-performance analysis. …

Communities Of Memory: The Utah History Fair And The Utilization Of History And Memory, Nicholas Andrew Demas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utah's students, grades 4-12, create projects for the Utah History Fair, Utah's National History Day affiliate program. As far as the rigors of youth academic prowess are concerned, National History Day and the Utah History Fair are amongst the top in the nation. Within the myriad of projects created by Utah's participating students is important information about what aspects of the past captures students' attention and why they choose to research their selected topics. Through a careful examination of student topics from 1981-1984 and 2009-2012, this project taps into what students comprehend about the past. Further inspection into why students …

The Southeast In Context: An Assessment Of The Trauma Associated With Agriculture, Martin Welker

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Hunter-gatherer tradition prevailed as the dominant subsistence pattern for most of human history. Between 9,000 and 13,000 years ago peoples in the Levant, New World, and Asia began the domestication and cultivation of wild flora and fauna, creating a subsistence pattern that subsequently spread to neighboring regions (Abbo et al. 2010; Bellwood 2009; Purugganan & Fuller 2009; Richerson et al. 2001). The influence of this agricultural transition on human populations is manifested in various forms in the human skeleton, many of which have received intensive study: dental caries, degenerative joint disease, decreased stature, and increased birth rates (Bridges 1991; Larson …

The First Struggles Of The Capitalistic Peace And Its Detractors: An Analysis Of Greek Trade And Its Effects On Foreign Policy In The Athenian State, Joshua Blume

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Although, a ubiquitous number of articles has arisen recently debating the validity of the so-called "Capitalist Peace," there has been little exploration of the theory from an ancient historical perspective, primarily due to the lack of trade data between countries or city-states. As the primordial birthplace of trade and democracy, there is perhaps no better example than ancient Greece to shed insight into the possible validity of the capitalist peace theory. Utilizing new research involving trade in ancient Greece, this paper seeks to explore the relative validity of the "Capitalist Peace" in ancient Greece by conducting a qualitative analysis of …

Intensification, Storage, And The Use Of Alpine Habitats In The Central Great Basin: Prehistoric Subsistence Strategies In The Toquima And Toiyabe Ranges, Tod W. Hildebrandt

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Alpine villages are extremely rare in the Great Basin. To date, villages located at elevations above 10,000 ft. are only known to occur in the White Mountains and the Toquima Range. Demographic forcing has been used to explain the existence of these villages, but this proposition does not identify the selective pressures that led to the establishment of high-elevation villages in some ranges but not others. Comparison of artifact distributions and environmental structure in the Toquima Range, where a village exists, and the Toiyabe Range, where one does not, is consistent with the hypothesis that alpine villages were subsidized by …

The Utah Statesman, April 9, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, April 4, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Caine College of the Arts

• Course Prefix Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Administrative Responsibility Change, Repeatable for Credit Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course

School of Accountancy

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change
• Title Change, Dual List Change
• Delete Course

Department of Economics and Finance

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development

• New Course
• Course Number Change, Title Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, April 4, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

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

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, April 4, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Caine College of the Arts

• Course Prefix Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Administrative Responsibility Change, Repeatable for Credit Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course

School of Accountancy

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Prefix Change
• Title Change, Dual List Change
• Delete Course

Department of Economics and Finance

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development

• New Course
• Course Number Change, Title Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title …

Faculty Senate Agenda, April 1, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Faculty & Staff Work Environment and Quality Survey
• PRPC Annual Report - Terry Peak
• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee Report - Sydney Peterson
• EPC Items for March - Larry Smith
• PRPC 402 dealing w/elimination of the Graduate Student Senate (Second Reading)
• Discussion of Post Tenure Review Task Force Outcomes
• Nominations/Election of Faculty Senate President-Elect

Farmers' Market Customer Priorities, J. Dominique Gumarikiza, Kynda Curtis

All Current Publications

Farmers’ markets also provide consumers the opportunity to meet and communicate directly with produce growers. Growers may then educate consumers about their farm, products, and production methods.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, Emma Eccles Jones College Of Education And Human Services, March 29, 2013 – Master Of Fitness Promotion, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

The Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Utah State University proposes a new professional Master of Fitness Promotion degree, with student admissions to start for Fall Semester 2013.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, Emma Eccles Jones College Of Education And Human Services, March 29, 2013 – Master Of Health Promotion, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

The Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Utah State University proposes a new Master of Health Promotion degree with student admissions to start for Fall Semester 2013.

Extending A Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1: Climate Change Characterization And Impacts, Morey Burnham, Claudia Radel, Zhao Ma, Ann Laudati

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

There has been a recent increase of interest within the academic literature on the justice issues posed by climate change and the human responses to its present and forecasted effects. This literature is partially shaped by debates from environmental justice scholarship, but also has roots in various subfields of geography. In two parts (here and in a subsequent article), we review and synthesize the recent literature by asking what climate justice concerns have been identified within three related realms: 1) the characterization of climate change itself and the assignment of responsibility for that change; 2) the differential or uneven impacts …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

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

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

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

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences and Technology Education

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

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Music

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

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Dual List Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

School of Accountancy

• Delete Course

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences and Technology Education

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

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Music

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

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Dual List Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

School of Accountancy

• Delete Course

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course …

Book Reviews, Cara L. Burnidge, Adam Brasich, Zac Johnson, Christopher Blythe, Brad Stoddard

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

The Quest For Legitimacy: American Pentecostal Scholars And The Quandaries Of Academic Pursuit, Jonathan Olson

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Intermountain West Journal Of Religious Studies, Volume 4, Number 1

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, February 14, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, February 7, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, February 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Art and Design

• Add University Studies Designation

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Dual List Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

School of Accountancy

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

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

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Prerequisite Change, Grade Mode Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• New Course
• Title Change
• Course Number Change
• Delete Course

Department of …