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Effects Of Telepresence Light Height And Ambient Light On Glare And Appearance, James P. Beno Jan 2009

Effects Of Telepresence Light Height And Ambient Light On Glare And Appearance, James P. Beno

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No abstract provided.


Golfers' Experience With Multiple Imagery Interventions And Putting Performance, Seongkwan Cho Jan 2009

Golfers' Experience With Multiple Imagery Interventions And Putting Performance, Seongkwan Cho

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No abstract provided.


The Sheaf Catalogs Of George John Spencer, Larissa C. Brookes Jan 2009

The Sheaf Catalogs Of George John Spencer, Larissa C. Brookes

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Stigmatization Of Iraq Veterans With Ptsd, Depression, Or Chronic Back Pain, Melissa Daoud Jan 2009

Stigmatization Of Iraq Veterans With Ptsd, Depression, Or Chronic Back Pain, Melissa Daoud

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The Effects Of Psychosocial Stress And Social Support On Memory, Dong T. H Nguyen Jan 2009

The Effects Of Psychosocial Stress And Social Support On Memory, Dong T. H Nguyen

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Depression: The Role Of Cultural Factors And Perception Of Treatment., Cynthia Chacon Jan 2009

Depression: The Role Of Cultural Factors And Perception Of Treatment., Cynthia Chacon

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Depression is a prevalent mental disorder. Various factors influence people's attitudes toward help seeking, perceptions, and beliefs about psychotherapy, including ethnicity (language), distress level, social support, treatment modality, and subpopulation. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy (PT) have been used to treat depression. This study explored the relationship between the aforementioned variables. Participants (N = 264) were White and Mexican-American from a college and the community. Results indicated that ethnicity and subpopulation were not significantly related to seeking help; people who reported higher distress levels and higher social support expressed greater likelihood to seek help. All groups rated CBT …


Job Related Stress And The Ability To Transition Among Life Roles For Police Officers, Stacy Dawn Seay Jan 2009

Job Related Stress And The Ability To Transition Among Life Roles For Police Officers, Stacy Dawn Seay

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Joshua And The Education Of A Nation: Jamaica Educational Reform In The Manley-Era, 1972-1980, Dionne Dean Jan 2009

Joshua And The Education Of A Nation: Jamaica Educational Reform In The Manley-Era, 1972-1980, Dionne Dean

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Former Jamaican Prime Minister, Michael Manley and the Peoples National Party were concerned with the future manpower needs of the developing nation. They were also concerned with what education meant for the political process in Jamaica. World financial organizations such as the IMF and World Bank loaned the country millions of dollars to aid in the development of educational programs. However, they also expected a return on investment in the form of an educated labor force to be utilized by foreign investors. Foreign aid organizations such as CIDA and UNESCO also contributed greatly to educational advancement on the island. They …


Children's Use Of The Shape Bias In The Presence Of Different Instructions, Object Types, And Emotion Cues, Vanessa Raschke Jan 2009

Children's Use Of The Shape Bias In The Presence Of Different Instructions, Object Types, And Emotion Cues, Vanessa Raschke

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This study explored the prevalence of the shape bias in children when faced with multiple perceptual cues. Three-to six-year-olds were shown three-dimensional objects and two-dimensional representations of these objects, half of which had emotional faces depicted on them. Of interest was whether attention to emotion would alter children's bias towards the shape of the object and how dimensionality and instruction type would affect the children's choices. The older children were equally likely to use emotion matches as shape matches, but this was not the case for the younger children, who were almost exclusively focused on shape. The non-lexical instructions induced …


A Rylean Revision To Biological Naturalism, Timothy E. Kunke Jan 2009

A Rylean Revision To Biological Naturalism, Timothy E. Kunke

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This essay is a contrasting of John Searle's biological naturalist view of the mind with Gilbert Ryle's deconstruction of the problem of mind-body interaction. These two positions are most uniquely suited for this purpose since, together they constitute the best positive theory and criticism of the same problem. It will be argued that consciousness - a feature of human experience which proves to be one of the most difficult to account for, from the perspective of the naturalist can be regarded as a dispositional attribute of a complex biological organism. Considered as such, it is what Searle would term a …


Female Stereotypes In 21st Century News And Business Magazines, Gosia Gizycki Jan 2009

Female Stereotypes In 21st Century News And Business Magazines, Gosia Gizycki

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Uses And Gratifications Of The Food Network, Cori Lynn Hemmah Jan 2009

Uses And Gratifications Of The Food Network, Cori Lynn Hemmah

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No abstract provided.


Mutable Bodies And Wills : The Implications Of Humoral Discourse In Literature, Heather Stanger Jan 2009

Mutable Bodies And Wills : The Implications Of Humoral Discourse In Literature, Heather Stanger

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La Malinche : ¿ VindicacióN Del MéXico Del Siglo Xxi? = La Malinche : Xxi Century Mexico's Vindication?, MaríA Elena Bueno Jan 2009

La Malinche : ¿ VindicacióN Del MéXico Del Siglo Xxi? = La Malinche : Xxi Century Mexico's Vindication?, MaríA Elena Bueno

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Forms And Functions Of Englishisms In Japanese Women's Fashion Magazines, Yumie Sase Jan 2009

Forms And Functions Of Englishisms In Japanese Women's Fashion Magazines, Yumie Sase

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No abstract provided.


Purposive Dance And Motivating Students In California's Public Schools, Kathleen Wehr Jan 2009

Purposive Dance And Motivating Students In California's Public Schools, Kathleen Wehr

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A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of U.S. And Taiwanese Print Advertising Strategy, Chun-Lin Wu Jan 2009

A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of U.S. And Taiwanese Print Advertising Strategy, Chun-Lin Wu

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Revealing The Textual Mask, John Jason Buckley Jan 2009

Revealing The Textual Mask, John Jason Buckley

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U.S. Missile Shield In Europe : Framing In The New York Times And Izvestiya, Abdufarrokh Turaev Jan 2009

U.S. Missile Shield In Europe : Framing In The New York Times And Izvestiya, Abdufarrokh Turaev

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Nebuchadnezzar, Jesse Kay Martin Jan 2009

Nebuchadnezzar, Jesse Kay Martin

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The Evidential Weight Of Considered Moral Judgments, Christopher Michael Cloos Jan 2009

The Evidential Weight Of Considered Moral Judgments, Christopher Michael Cloos

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The input objection to reflective equilibrium (RE) claims that the method fails as a method of moral justification. According to the objection, considered moral judgments (CMJs) are not truth-conducive. Because the method uses inputs that are not credible, the method does not generate justified moral beliefs. The objection is solved by reinterpreting RE using contemporary developments in ethical intuitionism. The first half of the thesis sets up the input objection, explores potential responses to the objection, and uncovers the best way to solve the objection. The second half of the thesis solves the input objection by defining key terms, detailing …


Portrayals Of Motherhood In Four Women's Magazines: 1985 And 2009., Kristen A. Sato Jan 2009

Portrayals Of Motherhood In Four Women's Magazines: 1985 And 2009., Kristen A. Sato

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This thesis concerns representations of women as mothers in women's magazines during 1985 and 2009. It analyzes the images, symbols, and textual messages within the advertisements of these magazines. Gender roles and gender scripts for women during the respective years are then considered with the collected data, in order to contrast portrayals of mothers in the advertisements against aspects of actual motherhood.


"I'M Korean, Living In The United States", Youngmin Seo Jan 2009

"I'M Korean, Living In The United States", Youngmin Seo

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This study explores the acculturation process of generation 1.5 Korean immigrants in the United States with special attention to their construction of ethnic identity as it influences their adjustment to the new culture. The researcher defines generation 1.5 Korean as those who were born in Korea and immigrated to the United States between age 5 and 16. For the purpose of this study, the researcher conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews on the participants' immigration experiences, focusing on how they have developed their ethnic identities over time. Twenty Korean immigrants were recruited and interviewed in the area of San Jose, California.


Highly Identified Females Athletes' Retirement From Collegiate Sport, Christy Taylor Richardson Jan 2009

Highly Identified Females Athletes' Retirement From Collegiate Sport, Christy Taylor Richardson

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Effects Of Sensory Integration On Motor Development In K-3 Students With Autism, Vrinda Murphy Jan 2009

Effects Of Sensory Integration On Motor Development In K-3 Students With Autism, Vrinda Murphy

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No abstract provided.


Praxis : Dialogue, Reflection, And Action Toward A More Empowering Pedagogy, Genvieve Nicole Dorsey Jan 2009

Praxis : Dialogue, Reflection, And Action Toward A More Empowering Pedagogy, Genvieve Nicole Dorsey

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No abstract provided.


The Role Of Tenure As A Moderator To Work Engagement And Job Satisfaction, Julie Katherine Rice Jan 2009

The Role Of Tenure As A Moderator To Work Engagement And Job Satisfaction, Julie Katherine Rice

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Motivational Push Factors For Visiting Reenactment Sites, Sutithee Guha Jan 2009

Motivational Push Factors For Visiting Reenactment Sites, Sutithee Guha

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No abstract provided.


Effects Of Social Comparison On Stereotyping, Robert G. Taniguchi Jan 2009

Effects Of Social Comparison On Stereotyping, Robert G. Taniguchi

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No abstract provided.


The Rise Of Mormon Cultural History And The Changing Status Of The Archive, Joseph M. Spencer Jan 2009

The Rise Of Mormon Cultural History And The Changing Status Of The Archive, Joseph M. Spencer

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No abstract provided.