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The Outsourcing Of Football Stadium Foodservice Operations By National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Athletic Programs, Craig M. Crow
The Outsourcing Of Football Stadium Foodservice Operations By National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Athletic Programs, Craig M. Crow
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to explore the current state of the outsourcing of foodservice operations by National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletic programs, particularly at their home football stadiums, in order to assist decision makers. Potential participants for this study were athletic administrators responsible for the oversight of football stadium foodservice operations at each NCAA member institution sponsoring the sport of football at the Division I level during the 2010-11 academic year as either an active or provisional member, as well as those institutions that had just added the sport of football but played a Division …
The Use Of Contestation And Social Norms In Developing Radicalized Discourses Online, Rachel Lara Davis
The Use Of Contestation And Social Norms In Developing Radicalized Discourses Online, Rachel Lara Davis
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This thesis investigated how discourses developed in blog's comment threads work to promote the development of a radicalized public sphere. Using Dahlberg's (2007) concept of radicalized public sphere as an alternative to the mainstream, largely media-controlled, Habermasian public sphere, this study investigated how comments from treehugger.com and techcrunch.com worked to promote or inhibit radicalized public sphere development through the use of discursive radicalism and inter-discursive contestation. Ideological criticism, in combination with the constant comparative method, was employed to code each comment and develop a system of identification for each type of comment based on the ideology it presented, and the …
Model Based Evaluation Of The Differences Between Full And Partial Flow Particulate Matter Sampling Systems, Nathan Kimble
Model Based Evaluation Of The Differences Between Full And Partial Flow Particulate Matter Sampling Systems, Nathan Kimble
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
PM has been shown to be harmful to people, animals, and the environment. For this reason PM is a regulated emission. As federal regulation of particulate matter (PM) becomes tighter, the need to accurately measure it becomes paramount. As the limit decreases, it becomes more difficult to measure PM due to the inaccuracies in the measurement equipment, and the nature of the particles to be lost in the sampling system.;This study investigated the error propagation and particle loss in two common PM mass measurement systems, the full flow sampling system, also called the constant volume sampling (CVS), and the partial …
Weightism: Can Personality Characteristics Predict Prejudice In College Students?, John E. Damm
Weightism: Can Personality Characteristics Predict Prejudice In College Students?, John E. Damm
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Bias toward individuals who are obese is one of the last bastions of permissible prejudice. The people who are obese report discrimination in a variety of settings; they experience it with families, employers, teachers, and health-care professionals. Research regarding obesity bias indicates that attribution of personal responsibility is correlated with negative attitudes toward individuals who are obese. Attribution of causality and resulting bias has been linked to specific personality characteristics, specifically the Big Five traits Agreeableness and Openness to Experience. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality characteristics and obesity bias. Students at a large …
Molecular Mechanisms Of Chromium (Vi) - Induced Toxicity And Carcinogenesis, Djordje Medan
Molecular Mechanisms Of Chromium (Vi) - Induced Toxicity And Carcinogenesis, Djordje Medan
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Cr(VI) compounds are redox cycling carcinogens that induce apoptosis as a primary mode of cell death. Since defects in apoptosis regulatory mechanisms are considered to be indispensable foundation of carcinogenesis it is critical to understand the molecular effectors involved. Cellular energy powerhouses, the mitochondria, house the effectors involved in signaling cascades comprising commitment to apoptosis and are reported to be dysregulated in variety of tumors. The objective of this study was to characterize the key signaling effectors in Cr(VI)-induced apoptosis and determine the relationship between those effectors and mode of cellular energy production in cancerous vs. non-cancerous cells. Our data …
Keeping It Real: A Historical Look At Reality Tv, Jessica Roberts
Keeping It Real: A Historical Look At Reality Tv, Jessica Roberts
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In the summer of 2000 CBS launched a wilderness and competition reality show called "Survivor." The show became a monster hit with more than fifty million viewers watching the finale, ratings only second to Super Bowl. That summer and that show forever changed many aspects of the television industry. Reality TV had been around for years, but with "Survivor" it began a period of lightening fast development, growth, and influence. During the past decade, many different reality shows have emerged and this research categorizes those shows into four sub-genres that it is argued all reality shows during this time could …
The Sacred In The Profane: Understanding Andy Warhol's Relationship With The Visual Image, Linda Rosefsky
The Sacred In The Profane: Understanding Andy Warhol's Relationship With The Visual Image, Linda Rosefsky
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For Andy Warhol (1928-1987), images meant for commercial advertisement, tabloid publication, and entertainment were not merely meaningless reflections of a commodity and media-obsessed world -- they were sacred. In 1986, the Pop artist based the last major series of his career on a reproduction of a Renaissance masterpiece, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper (1495-97/98, figure 1). Given the slick packaging of Warhol's oeuvre and his cool public persona, it would be easy to dismiss these late paintings as a cynical comment on the proliferation of images in American society. Viewing The Last Supper series from the perspectives of biography, psychology, …
Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Creating Opportunity For Personal Empowerment (Cope) Healthy Lifestyles Thinking, Emotions, Exercise, And Nutrition (Teen) Program In A Rural High School Health Class, Teresa Ritchie
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Background. More than 12.5 million children in the United States are overweight. More specifically, in 2007, 31% of 9th grade students in West Virginia were overweight. Healthy People 2010 identified obesity as among the top ten health issues and set a goal to reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who were overweight to 5%. This goal was not attained because most current interventions to prevent and treat obesity have not been effective in changing the weight status of children and adolescents. However, cognitive behavioral interventions, combined with parent education have been found to be an effective strategy in weight …
Ozone Induces Nerve Growth Factor Release From Rat Tracheal Epithelial Cells During An Early Postnatal Critical Period, Lynnsey A. Carrell-Jacks
Ozone Induces Nerve Growth Factor Release From Rat Tracheal Epithelial Cells During An Early Postnatal Critical Period, Lynnsey A. Carrell-Jacks
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Ozone, one of the major air pollutants in urban areas, produces epithelial cell injury and inflammation in the airways upon exposure. Previous studies have shown that ozone exposure leads to increased substance P (SP) expression in nerves innervating the smooth muscle in the extrapulmonary airway. Nerve growth factor (NGF), a neurotrophin, is known to increase SP expression. To determine the effect of ozone exposure on the release of NGF, a cell culture technique was developed for studying a homogenous rat tracheal epithelial cell population for analysis of NGF mRNA and protein expression. Furthermore, to determine if this effect is age-dependent, …
Psychological Impact Of Cyberbully Victimization Among College Students, Allison M. Schenk
Psychological Impact Of Cyberbully Victimization Among College Students, Allison M. Schenk
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With the growth of technology, bullying has expanded into the technological realm. Labeled cyberbullying, individuals are utilizing technology, such as cell phones and the Internet, to bully and harass others with the intention of causing harm. Most cyberbullying research has been conducted with elementary, middle, and high school-aged students in countries such as Finland, Canada, Taiwan, and Australia. The purpose of this study was to expand prevalence, psychological impact, and coping strategy research with college-student victims of cyberbullying in the United States. 799 college students from a mid-Atlantic university were surveyed via the Internet. It was found that 8.6% of …
Controlled Substance, Ron Hollingshead
Controlled Substance, Ron Hollingshead
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
My MFA thesis and supporting exhibition will highlight sculptural work I have created that deals directly or indirectly with circumstances surrounding personal health problems. A recent L4-5 micro-discectomy and the following complications have given much inspiration for my art making. I use this personal narrative as a jumping-off point to create object-based artwork that brings up larger, more universal themes, such as body, disability, pain, and pharmaceutical use. I will explain how the creation of artwork about the process of healing brought with it its own catharsis.
A Survey Of Bariatric Surgical Patients' Experiences With Behavioral And Psychological Services, Jessica C. Peacock
A Survey Of Bariatric Surgical Patients' Experiences With Behavioral And Psychological Services, Jessica C. Peacock
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The following study assessed behavioral and psychological services currently being used by bariatric patients before and after surgery. A convenience sample of N = 380 was generated through solicitation on an online support website; inclusion criteria included having had surgery in the United States after implementation of accreditation standards in 2005. Participants completed an Internet-based survey that assessed services completed, satisfaction with services, perceived impact of surgery on mental and physical health as well as diet and physical activity behaviors, and current reported diet and physical activity behaviors. Overall, participants reported completing more services before surgery, and afterwards the most …
Reform Of Secondary Education In Post-Communist Estonia: Advancing Or Dismantling Social Cohesion, Cassandra Jo Garcia
Reform Of Secondary Education In Post-Communist Estonia: Advancing Or Dismantling Social Cohesion, Cassandra Jo Garcia
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The concept of integration in the most basic of senses refers to intermixing of groups of people that were previously segregated. Estonia, as the focal point of this study as opposed to another post-Soviet nation, is unique in that it is such a small country, and this state possesses a variety of traits that distinguishes it from other states in the process of reform and from other multicultural states. Over 25% of the population of Estonia speaks Russian as their mother tongue, and currently the youth of these Russian-speaking communities are feeling the weight of the integration process. Education reform …
Con[Text], Virginia D. Millard
Con[Text], Virginia D. Millard
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My work explores the relationship of text and image to the creation and perception of our roles in the world, principally from a feminist point of view. I examine the influence of symbols and labels, both imposed and carefully chosen, on the identity women present to the world and ourselves. Through photography and design, I reflect on the roles I fill in my own life as an artist, wife, mother, and daughter and the symbols and words associated with such roles in the hope of revealing a larger truth about communication and relationships through words and images.
Contests Over Pastoralism In The Southern Sahara And Northern Sahel, Franklin Charles Graham Iv
Contests Over Pastoralism In The Southern Sahara And Northern Sahel, Franklin Charles Graham Iv
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West African pastoral groups (Arab, Tuareg, Toubou, and Fulani) experience contests both within their society, and, with outside agents regarding state integration, land use and development. Pastoral leadership, neighboring sedentary groups, national governments, multinational corporations, aid organizations, and academia all influence the paths pastoralists take in their relationship with the environment, the markets they return to, the animals the shepherd, and the non-pastoral opportunities they pursue, to name a few. The social relations that exist between pastoralists and outsiders can essentially coalesce or break apart pastoral society, depending on the actions taken by the various actors mentioned. The outcomes of …
Reboot, Nick Lejeune
Reboot, Nick Lejeune
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
I am an artist that works with technologically obsolete materials in order to elevate them to have purely aesthetic, sublime qualities. Creating my art this way has led me to profile and understand hoarders; those who collect materials that are otherwise socially useless. They collect these objects to the point where the collection act becomes an obsessive psychological disorder. This thesis will prove that while I identify with those who struggle with this disorder, my own collection tendencies lend themselves to being more related to the processes of contemporary artists and their need to reconfigure the original use of objects …
A Chemical Neural Network And Collective Behavior In Globally Coupled Oscillators, Fang Wang
A Chemical Neural Network And Collective Behavior In Globally Coupled Oscillators, Fang Wang
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The nervous system controls almost all actions in the body, and understanding its detailed structure and mechanism is one of the great challenges of science. Artificial neural networks have been modeled computationally to solve specific problems such as robot motion; however, few experimental studies have been designed to simulate biological neural networks because of the lack of experimental media with neural-like properties. An experimental network based on the photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction has been developed, in which the local excitability is controlled by light intensity. The spatiotemporal dynamics of these networks has been characterized, including sustained oscillations and collapse to the …
From Peasant To Pariah: Changing English Perceptions Of The Irish From The 1820s Through The 1860s, Traci J. Scully
From Peasant To Pariah: Changing English Perceptions Of The Irish From The 1820s Through The 1860s, Traci J. Scully
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While the historiography of English perceptions of the Irish in the later period of the Victorian era is extensive, there is a dearth of research in tracing the origins of these perceptions. The connection between England and Ireland dates back centuries, and the relationship was neutral at best and extremely violent at worst. Historians such as L. Perry Curtis have analyzed the mass media of these later decades to argue that the English saw their neighbors as subhuman creatures in the racial hierarchy.;However, this image did not emerge from a single event, but rather evolved over the tumultuous earlier decades …
Administrative Obstacles To Technology Use In West Virginia Public Schools: A Survey Of West Virginia Principals, David W. Agnew
Administrative Obstacles To Technology Use In West Virginia Public Schools: A Survey Of West Virginia Principals, David W. Agnew
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Public school principals must meet many challenges and make decisions concerning financial obligations while providing the best learning environment for students. A major challenge to principals is implementing technological components successfully while providing teachers the 21st century instructional skills needed to enhance students' utilization of technology. For this study, technology consisted of areas related to infrastructure (facilities, hardware, software, funding), social issues (staffing, staff development, principals' motivation, teacher and student perceptions), and policy affecting how principals implement technology in elementary, middle, and high school environments. These areas of technology are greatly impacted through the administrative decision making process. School systems …
Bias Blindness: How Police See And Don't See Hate Crimes, R. Jake Stump
Bias Blindness: How Police See And Don't See Hate Crimes, R. Jake Stump
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This study examines how police see and don't see hate crimes. Prior research has drawn mainly on the ambiguity of hate crime laws and definitions, as well as the struggles endured by law enforcement when investigating these cases. This thesis delves deeper into the issue by analyzing the forces that shape officers' perception of hate crimes and how they influence the way they identify, investigate and report bias-motivated incidents. This research focuses on a police force of a small municipality, of less than 75,000 people, located in a Mid-Atlantic state. An analysis of the department's police records and a focus …
Political Textbooks In A Political World: A Case-Study Of An Estonian History Textbook, J. Berkeley Bentley
Political Textbooks In A Political World: A Case-Study Of An Estonian History Textbook, J. Berkeley Bentley
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In the 1990s, the Estonian state was characterized by a relatively rapidly developing political scene. The developments occurred in such a short time period as to render the national history textbook ineffective and thus ill-suited to its perceived use as a tool of socialization into the state, providing an excellent case-study of the limitations of the relationship between textbook and state. This study analyzes the narrative of an Estonian national history textbook produced in the mid 1990s and uses the product of that narrative analysis to map the shifting political winds as represented in the professional rhetoric of the Estonian …
Meissen Porcelain: Precision, Presentation, And Preservation. How Artistic And Technological Significance Influence Conservation Protocol, Nicole Peters
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invention of Meissen porcelain and how these factors impact certain restoration and conservation protocol. The diversity and range of objects produced at the Meissen studio paired with the artistic genius of their design repositioned European ceramics as a superior craft form among its pottery-producing competitors. The ware's enthusiastic reception amongst upper-class European society established the pieces as being highly-valued and prompted their widespread recognition. What resulted was an efflorescence of creativity, artistic and technical accomplishments, and an original aesthetic quality that initiated a new conceptual reframing of how ceramic media could be presented. Throughout the past three centuries, Meissen porcelain …
An Historical Survey Of The Development Of The Baroque Solo Keyboard Suite In France, England, And Germany, Robert Eric Armstrong
An Historical Survey Of The Development Of The Baroque Solo Keyboard Suite In France, England, And Germany, Robert Eric Armstrong
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For over one hundred years during the Baroque Era, the suite was one of the most prominent genres in keyboard composition, and virtually every Baroque keyboard composer of significance from France, England, and Germany contributed to its propagation. While each of these countries developed its own stylistic approach to suite composition, it is also important to consider the ways in which these countries influenced each other and appropriated various aspects of one another's handling of the genre.;The Baroque keyboard suite represents the first large-scale keyboard genre to reflect a high degree of stylistic cross-fertilization between major European regions and beyond. …
An Examination Of The Characteristic, Resilience, And Leadership Practices In Public School Elementary Principals, M. Suzanne Offutt
An Examination Of The Characteristic, Resilience, And Leadership Practices In Public School Elementary Principals, M. Suzanne Offutt
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to identify relationships among the dimensions of resilience, leadership practices, and individual demographics of elementary school principals in West Virginia. The author was looking for skills that could be identified and enhanced to improve the recruitment and retention of public school leaders. Many school systems report problems recruiting effective school leaders, and many school leaders report feeling discouraged and overwhelmed by the increasing demands to implement changes and improvements in schools. This study examined the characteristic resilience, the capacity to change and return to a state of equilibrium comparing those characteristics with various leadership …
Prediction Of The Effects Of Compositional Mixing In A Reservoir On Conversion To Natural Gas Storage, Alan Wallace Brannon
Prediction Of The Effects Of Compositional Mixing In A Reservoir On Conversion To Natural Gas Storage, Alan Wallace Brannon
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Most existing gas storage fields have been developed from depleted natural gas and oil production reservoirs. It is not uncommon for gas storage fields to be developed in water bearing aquifer zones where the presence of conventional type reservoirs is limited. Natural Gas Condensate reservoirs are typically not found in the eastern United States where most gas storage facilities are developed close to the colder market and increased population centers. Therefore, data is limited on how the lean dry storage gas will interact with the remaining residual gas condensate liquid and wet gas at reservoir pressure and temperature conditions.;Data concerning …
Evaluation Of A Protocol Change To Improve Screening Of Mineral Bone Disorders In Patients With Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease, Jarena Kelly
Evaluation Of A Protocol Change To Improve Screening Of Mineral Bone Disorders In Patients With Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease, Jarena Kelly
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing worldwide problem. Patients with CKD are at great risk for multiple health problems and ultimately face end stage renal disease (ESRD). One of the problems of concern is the loss of bone mass, termed mineral bone disorders (MBD). The literature reveals that bone mass loss can begin as early as stage 3 CKD. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Clinical Practice Guideline (2003), and The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO, 2009) recommend that persons identified in stage 3 CKD be screened for hypovitamintosis D, elevated intact parathyroid (iPTH) levels, and abnormal calcium and …
Ap Relationship Of The Maxillary Central Incisors To The Forehead In Adult White Males, Maggie S. Adams
Ap Relationship Of The Maxillary Central Incisors To The Forehead In Adult White Males, Maggie S. Adams
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Objectives. To evaluate and compare the anteroposterior relationship of the maxillary central incisors to the forehead in adult white males with harmonious profiles and in adult white male orthodontic patients. Methods. One hundred and one photographic images of adult white males with good facial harmony (control sample) were compared with 97 photographs of adult white males seeking orthodontic treatment (study sample). All images were of the face in profile with the maxillary central incisors and the forehead in full view. The images were imported into Adobe Photoshop(TM) and resized and rotated to the upright head position. Reference lines were constructed …
Joseph Canteloube's "Chants D'Auvergne": A Performance Guide For The Soprano Voice., Christina Lani Romich
Joseph Canteloube's "Chants D'Auvergne": A Performance Guide For The Soprano Voice., Christina Lani Romich
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This research document provides a brief biography on Joseph Canteloube and the major events in his life which carved the path of his musical career. A performance analysis is given for all thirty songs that constitute the five volumes of the Chants d’Auvergne. Each of the songs will be introduced by its text: first the original Auvergnat dialect, then in a transliteration using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and finally in an English translation. There is also an analysis of the text and the implications of its meaning for the melody and the accompaniment as well as for the singer’s …
The Role Of A Sense Of Coherence In The Prevention Of Compassion Fatigue, Mary Eleanor Schaffer
The Role Of A Sense Of Coherence In The Prevention Of Compassion Fatigue, Mary Eleanor Schaffer
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Compassion fatigue is defined as the syndrome experienced by a helper who meets the full diagnostic criteria for PTSD with a qualifying criterion A1 event that is not personal experience, but vicarious learning about a traumatic event that was experienced by a person with whom the therapist has a helper/client relationship. The prevention of compassion fatigue is considered important due to the pain associated with distress experienced by the helper and because it may result in a helper who is less able to provide effective treatment for clients. The sense of coherence (salutogenic) model proposed by Aaron Antonovsky (1987) identifies …
The Effect Of Social Presence On Students' Perceived Learning And Satisfaction In Online Courses, Joseph Nyandusi Nyachae
The Effect Of Social Presence On Students' Perceived Learning And Satisfaction In Online Courses, Joseph Nyandusi Nyachae
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This study investigated the effects of social presence on students' perceived learning and satisfaction in online courses. The participants for this study were 81 graduate students enrolled in four special education online courses offered at a major higher education institution located in a Mid-Atlantic state. Two research questions were used to conduct the research: 1. Can we predict in a statistically significant fashion using linear regression students' perceived learning in a course based on their perceived level of social presence and number of interactive elements in the course? 2. Can we predict in a statistically significant fashion using linear regression …