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Reconsidering Swinburne's Relation To Whitman, David B. Donlon
Reconsidering Swinburne's Relation To Whitman, David B. Donlon
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Fashionable Set: The Feasibility Of Social Tea Drinking In 1774, Samantha M. Ligon
The Fashionable Set: The Feasibility Of Social Tea Drinking In 1774, Samantha M. Ligon
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No abstract provided.
Putting Flesh On The Bones: Theoretical And Methodological Approaches To Butchery Analysis In Historical Archaeology, R. Grant Gilmore
Putting Flesh On The Bones: Theoretical And Methodological Approaches To Butchery Analysis In Historical Archaeology, R. Grant Gilmore
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No abstract provided.
Latent Self-Revelation In Majorie Rawlings' "Cross Creek", Alexandra Duckworth
Latent Self-Revelation In Majorie Rawlings' "Cross Creek", Alexandra Duckworth
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No abstract provided.
Mechanisms Mediating Social Enhancement Of Alcohol Intake In The Rat, Jennifer L. Holloway
Mechanisms Mediating Social Enhancement Of Alcohol Intake In The Rat, Jennifer L. Holloway
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No abstract provided.
Contextual Variables Of The Counselor Internship Experiences From The Perceptions Of The Interns: Contributions To Their Psychological Development, Teresa B. Ancellotti
Contextual Variables Of The Counselor Internship Experiences From The Perceptions Of The Interns: Contributions To Their Psychological Development, Teresa B. Ancellotti
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this phenomenological investigation was to explore the counseling internship experience and gain knowledge of the variables that counselor interns perceived impacted their psychological growth. The interns who volunteered for the study were participating in a counseling internship to complete their requirements for a master's degree from a CACREP accredited institution. This qualitative study was chronicled for phenomenological analysis by conducting four interviews with each intern during their counseling internship. Further items for data analysis included a record of observations made by the researcher's attendance of their weekly internship class, analysis of videotaped counseling sessions presented in the …
Examination Of A Stress Process Model In People Living With Aids/Hiv, Bret Morgan Sawyer
Examination Of A Stress Process Model In People Living With Aids/Hiv, Bret Morgan Sawyer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This survey research examined a stress process model (A-B-C) in People Living With AIDS and/or HIV (PLWAs) with point "A" representing stressful life events, point "B" the PLWAs' psychological make-up, and point "C" the emotional consequences. Point "A" was assessed by the HIV-stressor scale which yielded two results: (1) number of stressors experienced, and (2) the PLWAs' perception of how stressful each event was for them. Point "B" was assessed by measuring two constructs: (1) Sense of Coherence (SOC) which measured the PLWAs' ability to find meaning in their illness, and (2) Perceived Health Competence (PHC) which measured the PLWAs' …
The Impact Of A Health Promotion Program On Student Health Concerns, Grace Elizabeth Stay
The Impact Of A Health Promotion Program On Student Health Concerns, Grace Elizabeth Stay
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to explore the psychological impact of a health promotion program on fourth and fifth grade students. Other research has demonstrated that this same program was associated with physiological improvements in elementary children, and this investigation explored whether students experienced positive changes in attitude and awareness which may suggest that improved behaviors will be sustained over time.;Two schools in rural Virginia were sites for this study. In each school one fourth grade and one fifth grade class was randomly assigned to the treatment program, and one fourth and one fifth grade class were control groups. …
The Relationship Among Registered Nurse's Years Of Experience, Credentials, Work Location, Completed Non-Required Continuing Education Hours, Moral Development And Conceptual Level, Agatha Custodio Dado Parks
The Relationship Among Registered Nurse's Years Of Experience, Credentials, Work Location, Completed Non-Required Continuing Education Hours, Moral Development And Conceptual Level, Agatha Custodio Dado Parks
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Limited research has been done regarding the relationship among registered nurses years of experience, credentials, work location, completed non-required continuing education hours, moral development, and conceptual level. This study's theoretical framework is based on the cognitive-developmental theory domains of moral and conceptual development. A descriptive and correlational research design was used to discover the relationship between variables. One hundred registered nurses were selected from a hospital in southeastern Virginia. Participants completed a general questionnaire, Defining Issues Test-2 and the Paragraph Completion Method. Findings resulted in failing to reject the null hypotheses. There was no statistically significant correlation among the variables. …
Reproductive Success Of Black Skimmers On An Artificial Island: Effects Of Hatching Date And Feeding Rate, Christopher Alan Gordon
Reproductive Success Of Black Skimmers On An Artificial Island: Effects Of Hatching Date And Feeding Rate, Christopher Alan Gordon
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No abstract provided.
Wild Yankees: Settlement, Conflict, And Localism Along Pennsylvania's Northeast Frontier, 1760-1820, Paul Benjamin Moyer
Wild Yankees: Settlement, Conflict, And Localism Along Pennsylvania's Northeast Frontier, 1760-1820, Paul Benjamin Moyer
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Pennsylvania's northeast frontier---a region embraced by the upper reaches of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers---was the scene of a bitter and, at times, bloody backwoods dispute. Here Yankees (settlers and speculators holding deeds from Connecticut land companies) fought Pennamites (settlers and landlords who claimed land under Pennsylvania) for land and authority. This contest began in the 1760s and lasted till the first decade of the nineteenth century and, for a time, pitted Connecticut against Pennsylvania in a bitter jurisdictional conflict. This study focuses on the dispute after the revolutionary war when the federal government awarded the contested territory to Pennsylvania …
Multi-Image Classification And Compression Using Vector Quantization, Beverly J. Thompson
Multi-Image Classification And Compression Using Vector Quantization, Beverly J. Thompson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Vector Quantization (VQ) is an image processing technique based on statistical clustering, and designed originally for image compression. In this dissertation, several methods for multi-image classification and compression based on a VQ design are presented. It is demonstrated that VQ can perform joint multi-image classification and compression by associating a class identifier with each multi-spectral signature codevector. We extend the Weighted Bayes Risk VQ (WBRVQ) method, previously used for single-component images, that explicitly incorporates a Bayes risk component into the distortion measure used in the VQ quantizer design and thereby permits a flexible trade-off between classification and compression priorities. In …
Ties That Bind: A Multiple Case Study Of Issues Of Power And Control In School Cultures Undergoing A Change To Inclusion, Phoebe Ann Gillespie
Ties That Bind: A Multiple Case Study Of Issues Of Power And Control In School Cultures Undergoing A Change To Inclusion, Phoebe Ann Gillespie
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"The Poet, The Poem, And The People": Etheridge Knight's American Counterpoetics, Sam Chaltain
"The Poet, The Poem, And The People": Etheridge Knight's American Counterpoetics, Sam Chaltain
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No abstract provided.
Postcolonial Parodies Of The Creation Story In Olive Schreiner And Wilson Harris, Jamie Jacqueline Quatro
Postcolonial Parodies Of The Creation Story In Olive Schreiner And Wilson Harris, Jamie Jacqueline Quatro
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No abstract provided.
Romance In Henry James' "The Portrait Of A Lady": A Study Of Duality, Maria Elizabeth Litzendorf
Romance In Henry James' "The Portrait Of A Lady": A Study Of Duality, Maria Elizabeth Litzendorf
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No abstract provided.
Experimental And Computational Techniques In Carbon-13 Nmr, Samuel John Varner
Experimental And Computational Techniques In Carbon-13 Nmr, Samuel John Varner
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
An efficient method for calculating NMR lineshapes from anisotropic second rank tensor interactions is presented. The algorithm produces lineshapes from asymmetric tensors by summing those from symmetric tensors. This approach significantly reduces the calculation time, greatly facilitating iterative nonlinear least squares fitting of experimental spectra. This algorithm has been modified to produce partially relaxed lineshapes and spectra of partially ordered samples.;Calculations for rapidly spinning samples show that spin-lattice relaxation time ( T1Z ) anisotropy varies with the angle between the spinning axis and the external field. When the rate of molecular motion is in the extreme narrowing limit, measurement of …
The Photochemistry Of Thiobenzoyl Derivatives Of Methyl Benzylidene-Alpha-D-Glucopyranoside, Adam Louis Schreiber
The Photochemistry Of Thiobenzoyl Derivatives Of Methyl Benzylidene-Alpha-D-Glucopyranoside, Adam Louis Schreiber
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Content Analysis Of State Legislative Responses To Educator Assault, Jamie Heider Arkin
A Content Analysis Of State Legislative Responses To Educator Assault, Jamie Heider Arkin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Educators increasingly find themselves having to rely on laws for protection from threats or attacks, and educator assault laws reflect the diverse and unique needs of the individual states. This study sought to determine if the state legislatures in each of the 50 states have created legislation punishing educator assault and to compare, contrast, and analyze any existing statutes by using content analysis methodology. Currently, 37 states possess educator assault legislation. Specific features within each law were examined: its protected recipient, the prohibited action, identification of the aggressor, any limiting or qualifying statements, and the stated penalties. Several trends emerged; …
Empirical Foundations: The Core Competencies Of Registered Nurse Graduates, Bennie Lee Davis Marshall
Empirical Foundations: The Core Competencies Of Registered Nurse Graduates, Bennie Lee Davis Marshall
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Rising health care costs, introduction of new technologies, changing societal demographics and changes in reimbursement policies and practices are some of the forces creating an urgent need for a more efficient and effective health care delivery system. With the growth of managed care and the delivery of health care increasingly in community-based settings, the roles and responsibilities of health care personnel, especially nurses are also changing.;The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities graduates of basic nursing education programs need, upon entry to practice, to function across work settings. Nursing staff, nurse executives and …
Artificial Societies: A Computational Model Of Disease Transmission, Nathan T. Moore
Artificial Societies: A Computational Model Of Disease Transmission, Nathan T. Moore
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Carbon Cycling In The York River Estuary: An Isotopic And Mass Balance Approach Using Natural Carbon-14 And Carbon-18 Isotopes, Donald W. Linebaugh
Carbon Cycling In The York River Estuary: An Isotopic And Mass Balance Approach Using Natural Carbon-14 And Carbon-18 Isotopes, Donald W. Linebaugh
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Sensory Development In Settlement-Stage Larvae Of Caribbean Labrids And Scarids: A Comparative Study With Implications For Ecomorphology And Life History Strategies, Monica R. Lara
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The sensory capabilities of settlement-stage fishes are unknown but this information is necessary to studies of larval settlement and recruitment. The morphology of the cephalic lateral line, eye and external olfactory organ of thirteen species of settlement-stage Caribbean labroids was described. Scanning electron images of the cephalic lateral line neuromasts, lateral line canals and olfactory epithelia and histological studies of the retinae and morphological measurements of visual acuity were used to assess the level of sensory development attained at settlement. The sensory capabilities of settlement-stage fishes are discussed in relation to the possible cues settlement-stage fishes may be using to …
Sediment Dispersal And Sequence Development Along A Tectonically Active Margin: Late Quaternary Evolution Of The Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr.
Sediment Dispersal And Sequence Development Along A Tectonically Active Margin: Late Quaternary Evolution Of The Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr.
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Situated in the Bengal Basin, the Ganges-Brahmaputra river delta comprises one of the largest fluviodeltaic systems in the world, comprising ∼ 100,000 km2 of floodplain and delta plain and a 40,000 km2 subaqueous delta on the shelf. Sediment load of the Ganges-Brahmaputra river is 109 t/yr, and seasonal flooding may inundate >70% of the delta during large events. Active tectonic processes have resulted in both uplift and subsidence in this structurally complex region. These general characteristics suggest that the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta represents a heretofore undescribed delta end-member, forming along a high-yield, high-energy, tectonically active margin. to investigate this view, stratigraphic, …
Fashionable Dis-Ease: Promoting Health And Leisure At Saratoga Springs, New York And The Virginia Springs, 1790-1860, Thomas A. Chambers
Fashionable Dis-Ease: Promoting Health And Leisure At Saratoga Springs, New York And The Virginia Springs, 1790-1860, Thomas A. Chambers
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Throughout the early years of the American republic and the first half of the nineteenth century, people journeyed from across the nation and Europe to the bubbling mineral springs of upstate New York and western Virginia in search of a medical cure and pleasant company. Promoters lauded the springs for their restorative powers, fashionable clientele, and picturesque scenery. These dubious attributes combined with the profit motive to create one of the earliest and most successful components of the American tourism and leisure industry. Marketing and producing the mineral waters, as well as the spa experience itself, involved innovation, business acumen, …
One Loop Corrections To A Hadronic Model With Vector Mesons, Gary Marcel Prezeau
One Loop Corrections To A Hadronic Model With Vector Mesons, Gary Marcel Prezeau
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The linear sigma model and its extension, Quantum Hadro-dynamics 3 (QHD-III) are discussed. QHD-III is a gauge-invariant model of the strong interaction based on the linear sigma model, which is made locally invariant under SU(2)L x SU(2)R. Parity conservation is imposed. The gauge bosons rho and a1 are made massive via a Higgs mechanism as in the standard model. The low-energy symmetries of QCD, the ability to evaluate corrections coming from meson loops and the derivation of unambiguous conserved currents is used to motivate QHD-III. A renormalized pipi scattering amplitude to 1-loop using Feynman diagrams in the linear sigma-model is …
The Influence Of St Augustine On Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited", Andrew Damian Moran
The Influence Of St Augustine On Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited", Andrew Damian Moran
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Anglo-Scottish Relations From Gentle To Rough Wooing, 1543-1547, Lance Adrian Hedrick
Anglo-Scottish Relations From Gentle To Rough Wooing, 1543-1547, Lance Adrian Hedrick
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Perceptions Of Stress Between Business Owners And Business Managers, Andrea L. Kimmel
Perceptions Of Stress Between Business Owners And Business Managers, Andrea L. Kimmel
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
African American History At Colonial Williamsburg, Nicole Carroll
African American History At Colonial Williamsburg, Nicole Carroll
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.