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If Chivalry Is Dead, Women Have Killed It, Nicole Heimbach Jan 2005

If Chivalry Is Dead, Women Have Killed It, Nicole Heimbach

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I am interested in the dual meaning of pattern. Pattern is a design format used for decoration. By introducing certain images into patterns, they have the ability to give meaning or messages. The repetition of a certain image emphasizes importance to a particular idea or issue. I embroider pattern designs onto pre-manufactured clothing pattern pieces as a response to things in society that I find absurd. This body of work focuses on female iconography. The delicate nature of these materials lends themselves to feminine associations. Embroidery, which is stereotypically associated with women's work, is used to play on these clichés.Patterns …

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Predictors Of Induced Abortion Among Female Youth Center Users In Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Rachel Barker Jan 2005

Predictors Of Induced Abortion Among Female Youth Center Users In Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Rachel Barker

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Objective: Induced abortions occur in every country in the world. However sixty percent of the world's women live in countries where abortion is illegal. 19 million pregnancies end in unsafe and/or illegal abortions. Annually, 68,000 women die from unsafe abortions. Legal or not, unsafe abortion is one of the great neglected problems of health care in developing countries like Haiti and is a serious concern to women during their reproductive lives. Methods: The data for this study was collected from youth centers (ages 15-24) and used to estimate percentage distributions of abortion ratios by selected characteristics of women, particularly age …

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Building Hypertext In The Elementary School Art Classroom: An Integrated Approach To Learning And Curriculum, Talitha Church Jan 2005

Building Hypertext In The Elementary School Art Classroom: An Integrated Approach To Learning And Curriculum, Talitha Church

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In response to the many demands and pressures faced by both students and teachers in public schools, the art teacher in this action research study searched for ways to change her teaching practices to facilitate active inquiry. She utilized Thinking Maps®, a specialized form of graphic organizers, and Inspiration®, a hypertext linking program to promote interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The goals of the study were to increase student engagement, improve learning, and promote higher order thinking in elementary school art classes. The target group was comprised of the third grade students at Saunders Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. Each …

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The Influence Of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising: Who Will Talk To Their Doctor As A Result Of Prescription Drug Advertisement?, Hai Dubo Chen Jan 2005

The Influence Of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising: Who Will Talk To Their Doctor As A Result Of Prescription Drug Advertisement?, Hai Dubo Chen

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OBJECTIVES: To identify the types of patients who talk with their physicians as a result of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising. METHODS: Data were taken from a national survey, "Public Health Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs, July 2001- January 2002", conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School. Participants (n = 3000) were interviewed by telephone. We constructed a conceptual framework consisting of outcomes (3 types of physician visits), intervention (DTC experience) and five groups of explanatory factors (health beliefs, demographics, health status, socioeconomic status and market factors). Data were analyzed with three multivariate stepwise logistic regressions. The three dependent variables …

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Art From Nature, Linda Jean Huffman Walker Jan 2005

Art From Nature, Linda Jean Huffman Walker

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Seeing beauty in the simplest aspects of nature inspires me to create art as a testament to our world. Being raised on a farm in rural Virginia gave me an appreciation of a reverence for all life. The inherent forms along with color and value establish nature as the master of aesthetics. An early introduction to Japanese art showed me that all nature was worthy and significant as subjects for art. Using materials derived from nature, cotton, linen, wool, silk, adds a tactile quality that I believe elevates the enjoyment of art.

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Thalhimers Department Store: Story, History, And Theory, Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt Jan 2005

Thalhimers Department Store: Story, History, And Theory, Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt

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This thesis looks at Thalhimers department store through the lenses of story, history, and theory. It first introduces the intertwining narratives of the author's paternal family and the store's history, then shares the author's personal story of Thalhimers. The second half outlines the master narrative of the American department store then applies "fantasy-theme analysis" and the symbolic convergence theory to stories and artifacts related to Thalhimers. A conclusion discusses the end of the department store era including a deeply personal goodbye from the author.

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Escape Artist, Charles F. Gustina Jan 2005

Escape Artist, Charles F. Gustina

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This thesis reviews the background, influences, and evolution of the body of work entitled Folia, which forms the basis for the candidate's thesis exhibition. It traces the development of the candidate's artistic inclinations from drawing to photography. Directorial and Pictorialist photography are discussed as forebears in the Influences chapter. Evolution of the Body of Work details how the current work grew from both the candidate's background and influences. A Brief Anthology of Quotations references Susan Sontag's influential work, On Photography, with quotations that have either influenced the candidate's work or reflect his perceptions of art and life. The balance of …

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Playing To Learn, John Stanko Jan 2005

Playing To Learn, John Stanko

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This creative project explores some major issues about visual communication in digital games. The project will continue to address new questions and invite questions from my visual and communication design colleagues. My hope is that, through this document, designers will see digital games like photography was seen around the turn of the century, and movies in the 1950's and 60's. In other words, as a rich new medium that offers creative people a virtually unexplored environment in which to work and create.�

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One Is Concerned Because One Is A Human Being, Sayaka Suzuki Jan 2005

One Is Concerned Because One Is A Human Being, Sayaka Suzuki

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I am a nomad. I have not had a place to call home in almost two decades. I wander around the world searching for a place to belong, only to discover the forgotten lives and silenced voices. I have come to realize that to find a "home," I need to first create a world in which to belong to. My recent works are investigations of possibilities for another world, a world of compassion, through a critique of our current society. I create as I rediscover the forgotten histories and lives. My work captures my process of remembering and celebrating while …

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Stability Study Of Phoslactomycin B And Analysis Of Degradation Products, Choudhuri Suparna Das Jan 2005

Stability Study Of Phoslactomycin B And Analysis Of Degradation Products, Choudhuri Suparna Das

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Phoslactomycin B (PLM-B), a potent and selective inhibitor of serine threonine phosphatase is of interest for its antitumor, antifungal and antiviral activity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the stability of phoslactomycin B at various pH and temperature conditions. Phoslactomycin B was produced from the mutant strain NP1 of Streptomyces sp.HK-803 and was purified by semi-preparative HPLC . A study of PLM-B degradation was carried out in the pH range of 2-10 at 30ºC and 50°C using HPLC. The PLM-B decomposition was observed to exhibit a U-shaped pH profile and demonstrated both acid and base-catalyzed decomposition. The decomposition …

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Electromechanical Characterization Of Poly(Dimethyl Siloxane) Based Electroactive Polymers, Wrutu Deepak Parulkar Jan 2005

Electromechanical Characterization Of Poly(Dimethyl Siloxane) Based Electroactive Polymers, Wrutu Deepak Parulkar

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The main objectives of this thesis are 1) to evaluate the effect of cross-linking polar cyano phenyl (CN) groups on poly (dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) and 2) to characterize the electromechanical properties of the resulting CN-PDMS blend as an electroactive actuator. Materials responding to an external stimulus are referred to as electroactive materials. There are several phenomena, which govern the mechanism in these materials, such as piezoelectricity, Maxwell's effect, ferroelectricity, electrostriction to name a few. These electroactive materials can be employed in several applications such as biomedical devices, robots, MEMs, aerospace vehicles, where the application is governed by the specific mechanism. …

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Commonwealth Times 2004-12-09 Dec 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-12-09

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-12-02 Dec 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-12-02

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-11-29 Nov 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-11-29

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-11-22 Nov 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-11-22

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

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Commonwealth Times 2004-11-18 Nov 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-11-18

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

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[2004-11-11] Minutes Of A Regular Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University November 11, 2004., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors Nov 2004

[2004-11-11] Minutes Of A Regular Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University November 11, 2004., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

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Commonwealth Times 2004-11-01 Nov 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-11-01

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

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Commonwealth Times 2004-10-18 Oct 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-10-18

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-10-07 Oct 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-10-07

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-10-04 Oct 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-10-04

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-09-23 Sep 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-09-23

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Bioinformatic Analysis Of A Mammalian Bip Gene For Insertion Into Green Algae And Comparison Of Its Possible Effects On The Synthesis Of A Mammalian Antibody, Katrina Ghazanfar Sep 2004

Bioinformatic Analysis Of A Mammalian Bip Gene For Insertion Into Green Algae And Comparison Of Its Possible Effects On The Synthesis Of A Mammalian Antibody, Katrina Ghazanfar

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This dissertation describes a study utilizing bioinformatics to analyze homologues of a molecular chaperone, glucose-regulated protein 78 (grp 78), also known as BiP. The selected homologous proteins originate from organisms of infinitely diverse genera. Comparisons of protein sequence yielded the first clues of a common ancestry among these proteins. Furthermore, protein molecular weights, isoelectric points, N-terminal amino acids and half-lives of a known homolog and a non-homologous protein were examined. Additionally, electroporation, a state-of-the-art plasmid insertion technique, was explored using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a green alga, as the recipient of a parent plasmid, pSP124S. Distinctive hypertonic solutions and three separate field …

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Commonwealth Times 2004-09-20 Sep 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-09-20

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Commonwealth Times 2004-09-13 Sep 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-09-13

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

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Commonwealth Times 2004-09-02 Sep 2004

Commonwealth Times 2004-09-02

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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[2004-08-12] Minutes Of A Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University August 12, 2004., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors Aug 2004

[2004-08-12] Minutes Of A Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University August 12, 2004., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

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[2004-06-15] Minutes Of A Meeting Of The Executive Committee Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University June 15, 2004., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors. Executive Committee Jun 2004

[2004-06-15] Minutes Of A Meeting Of The Executive Committee Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University June 15, 2004., Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors. Executive Committee

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

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The Scarab (2004-06) Jun 2004

The Scarab (2004-06)

The Scarab, 1952-2010

From the cover: "Official Organ of the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia."

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Shafer Court Connections (2004-06) Jun 2004

Shafer Court Connections (2004-06)

Shafer Court Connections, 1994-2010

For alumni of the Academic Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

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