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Modernizing Handmade Crochet Lace, An Antiquated Craft, Through The Development Of A Blog, Livier Olson
Modernizing Handmade Crochet Lace, An Antiquated Craft, Through The Development Of A Blog, Livier Olson
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This project investigates the degree of difficulty involved in initiating a web-based blog and growing its content with the intention to create craft-based entrepreneurship. With the advancement in technology and the help of the internet and social media, this project also aims to express how a vintage craft can be modernized and continue to thrive as a cottage industry. The final deliverable is a blog that intends to educate the public about the history of crochet and its ties to the lace and fashion industry, tutorials for crocheted lacemaking, and the continued use of crocheted lace in modern fashion.
Gerontoludic Character Design: Creating Engaging Player Characters For Older Adults, Robin Noelle Koman
Gerontoludic Character Design: Creating Engaging Player Characters For Older Adults, Robin Noelle Koman
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In this thesis, findings of research in gerontoludic character design, in other words the design of game player characters focused upon the needs, wants, and expectations of older adults, are delivered. To support these findings, there is a review of qualitative and quantitative literature on ageism, including the impact of aging stereotypes and assumptions upon technology driven industries such as the game industry. This exploration of the roots of ageism includes an examination of how ageism affects the frequency and nature of older adult characters, both playable and non-playable, found in video games. Part of the justification of this topic …
A Proposal For A Survey Of American Art History Course: An Intersectional Approach, Fernando Mejia
A Proposal For A Survey Of American Art History Course: An Intersectional Approach, Fernando Mejia
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The purpose of this project is to propose and create a course surveying American art history that currently is not offered at the Los Angeles Community College (LACCD). The creation of this course is important because it will fill a void within the curriculum in art history at LACCD. Most importantly, however, the course will offer students interested in American art an opportunity to take this course at the community college, which will prepare them for upper-division coursework before transferring, allowing them to focus on upper-division courses in the field. The Thesis Project addresses the state-of-field in the teaching of …
The Effects Of Therapeutic Arts On Black Mental Health, Alicia Newsome
The Effects Of Therapeutic Arts On Black Mental Health, Alicia Newsome
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This project focuses on black mental health that encompasses mental wellness education through social media and builds community connection by sharing stories. It reduces social exclusion and creates positive change in black communities. The final deliverable will be a short video poem compilation via YouTube that gives insight into what it is like living with depression and anxiety. It will include motion graphics, photo manipulation, and graphic art covers titled Misconceptions, Beautiful Temptations, Relentless, and Old Abuse. It is about implementing healthy coping mechanisms and bringing together a community that is often overlooked and/or stigmatized regarding mental health. It enhances …
Cross-Cultural Currents And Syncretism In Early Modern Opossum Iconography, Deniz Martinez
Cross-Cultural Currents And Syncretism In Early Modern Opossum Iconography, Deniz Martinez
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Opossums (Order Didelphimorphia) are marsupial mammals endemic to the Americas. They are also the first marsupials Europeans ever encountered, over a century before any Australasian species. Because of their unique marsupial characteristics, opossums have historically been viewed as an “anomalous” animal form across both Indigenous American and European cultures, and thus developed a rich and complex transatlantic cultural history. By tracing the development of opossum imagery through the millennia, one can uncover clear patterns of how their distinct features became embedded in iconographies relative to biogeocultural sphere, and how certain iconographic conventions were transmitted through various media both within and …
The Control Of Morality As Demonstrated Through Allegorical Symbolism In Late Medieval Tapestry And Morality Plays, Kelsey Cook
The Control Of Morality As Demonstrated Through Allegorical Symbolism In Late Medieval Tapestry And Morality Plays, Kelsey Cook
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This paper examines the use of allegory in the late medieval tapestry The Prince of Malice and His Court, produced between 1470 and 1480, alongside similar allegorical devices used in the contemporary French morality play L’Homme Juste et L’Homme Mondain. Recent scholarship on late medieval tapestry has included conversations of literary influence, mainly focusing on romance literature in particular. Although these comparisons have laid a foundation for the use of allegory within tapestry, a comparison to other literary examples is lacking. The following research, therefore, will analyze tapestry against morality plays to further extrapolate the visual exchange that occurred between …
Creating Better Musicians Through Musicality: A Guide To Building An Instructional Unit, Shelby Leo
Creating Better Musicians Through Musicality: A Guide To Building An Instructional Unit, Shelby Leo
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This project provides an in depth focus on how to strengthen an ensemble's approach to musicality through lesson plans, assessments, and activities. The primary focus group of this project is high school aged performance based classes including band and choir. The aim of the project is to provide a music educator with a detailed curriculum to teach musicality that is adjustable to any size ensemble and any score. Furthermore, this project is not a study but instead an explanation to the approach of developing the curriculum unit. The project consists of a four unit curriculum with two to three lessons …
Women’S Influence In Cerén’S Architecture: Weaving Patterns In Classic Maya Art, Nicole Rosalia Lazo
Women’S Influence In Cerén’S Architecture: Weaving Patterns In Classic Maya Art, Nicole Rosalia Lazo
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This study aims to disclose how Classic Maya commoners utilized weaving patterns in small village architecture to highlight female power and status in the highlands of Mesoamerica. There are two primary goals for this project: first, to demonstrate how the weaving patterns in Maya highlands architecture stood as a symbol for female authority; second, to add equity and diversity to the field of art history by studying the Maya with a feminist lens, which is typically an underrepresented culture and gender in comparison to other civilizations, such as those from Europe and the United States. Furthermore, the Classic Maya farming …
Cult Of Propaganda: Monastic Dominance As Displayed In Canterbury Cathedral's Saintly Iconography, Jon Talvin Breazeale
Cult Of Propaganda: Monastic Dominance As Displayed In Canterbury Cathedral's Saintly Iconography, Jon Talvin Breazeale
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This thesis examines the iconography in the windows of the Early English saints Dunstan and Alphege as depicted in England’s Canterbury Cathedral. In the windows of St. Dunstan, one can see how the saint saves the monarchs from the flames of hell. It also shows what can happen to those that would question or challenge the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The windows of St. Alphege show a dedicated man of the church ready to give his life to help save the town’s people from an unruly group of invaders. These windows were added to the eastern arm of …
The Artists Of The Walter Crane Fan: Gender And Performance In 1895, Caroline Haller
The Artists Of The Walter Crane Fan: Gender And Performance In 1895, Caroline Haller
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The curiosity of the Walter Crane Fan, an autograph fan created in 1895, is that despite featuring forty signatures of famed artists, writers, musicians and public figures, it has received little critical examination. The re-discovery of the Walter Crane Fan when it came to auction, prompted its inclusion in The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 exhibition originally held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2011. Then, the Crane Fan was the focus of Robyne Calvert’s essay “An Artistic Fan in Victorian Society” in Connecting Whistler: Essays in Honour of Margaret F. Macdonald. However, to date, …
The Taxonomy Of Extinction: Brian Jungen’S Tombstone, Jasen Evoy
The Taxonomy Of Extinction: Brian Jungen’S Tombstone, Jasen Evoy
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This thesis focuses on the recent work (Tombstone, 2019) by Brian Jungen, a Canadian artist of mixed European and Dane-zaa heritage. The work is explored in detail, leveraging concepts present in Jungen’s existing body of work to extract intent and meaning through Jungen’s complex use of space, materiality, and iconography. Tombstone is a large scale, multimedia sculpture consisting of white plastic Rubbermaid stepstools cut and assembled into the form of a turtle or tortoise shell resting on a bank of thirty-seven black filing cabinets. While Tombstone initially presents itself as aesthetically sparse, it is a deeply-layered commentary on inequity, power …
Creating A Social Media Marketing Strategy For A Small Business, Kaila Trowbridge
Creating A Social Media Marketing Strategy For A Small Business, Kaila Trowbridge
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As the world continues to digitalize, it has never been more crucial to use and understand social media when running a business of any size. Social media is where people share their ideas, experiences, and information with the world. People can reach a larger audience once they grow their profiles and understand who the audience truly is. From a business standpoint, social media should be used to display products, services, and develop an open relationship with the audience and customers.
Hardwood Regeneration And Growth Following Multiple Silvicultural Treatments In A Central Hardwood Forest, Emily Inglis
Hardwood Regeneration And Growth Following Multiple Silvicultural Treatments In A Central Hardwood Forest, Emily Inglis
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The Central Hardwood Region (CHR) is experiencing a lack of desirable hardwood regeneration on productive sites across the landscape. To better understand what facilitates desirable hardwood regeneration, additional studies that test the interaction of multiple disturbances are needed. For this reason, a demonstration area on the north end of Trail of Tears State Forest (Union County, Illinois) was established to compare hardwood regeneration response following four treatments: (1) burn only, (2) thin/burn, (3) harvest/thin/burn, and (4) control. Treatments were implemented beginning in 2014 to determine what combination of silvicultural practices best promotes desirable hardwood regeneration among large saplings (>3.3’ …
Effects Of Prompting Via Automated Phone Calls On Documentation Completion, Erin Malinowski
Effects Of Prompting Via Automated Phone Calls On Documentation Completion, Erin Malinowski
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This study attempted to determine if a low-cost, minimally time consuming intervention could increase document completion – specifically end of shift reports. Using a concurrent multiple baseline design, automated phone calls reminded staff to complete their end of shift reports. Participants were the staff members at 16 group homes. All participants were trained Direct Support Professionals. The dependent variable was completion of end of shift reports as a percent of opportunities. There was a measurable response to the intervention. Overall, the percent of completion increased from 4% in baseline to 22% during intervention. The agency desired a much higher response …
Mythology In Art History: Course Curriculum, Marianna Martino
Mythology In Art History: Course Curriculum, Marianna Martino
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The course entitled Mythology in Art History contains a scaffolded curriculum that introduces students to mythology throughout art history by learning how to analyze fine artwork. With each unit, students will demonstrate an increased control of art criticism, analysis, and knowledge as they develop stronger understanding of content. Students will be able to distinguish the elements of art and principles of design through various 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art pieces from various time periods and cultures. Upon completion of this year-long program, students will demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of art analysis, allegory, and storytelling throughout art history, showing knowledge of the …
Effects Of Fire On Vegetation Of The Black Oak Sand Savannas Of Kankakee Sands From 2002-2020, Megan Alkazoff
Effects Of Fire On Vegetation Of The Black Oak Sand Savannas Of Kankakee Sands From 2002-2020, Megan Alkazoff
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Many plant and animal species rely on tallgrass prairie and sand savanna ecosystems that once covered much of northern to central Illinois but are now fragmented landscapes across the Midwest. In northeastern Illinois, The Nature Conservancy manages five sites containing fragments of remaining tallgrass prairie and sand savanna within the Kankakee Sands section of Illinois using techniques such as prescribed burning and invasive species removal. The objective of this study was to conduct an eighteen-year resampling of the ground flora to assess management impacts on species composition and conservation status. Permanent transect lines were resampled using a 1m² quadrat to …
Why Did You Clone These Identifiers? Using Grounded Theory To Understand Identifier Clones, Luis Angel Gutierrez Galaviz
Why Did You Clone These Identifiers? Using Grounded Theory To Understand Identifier Clones, Luis Angel Gutierrez Galaviz
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Developers spend most of their time comprehending source code, with some studies estimating this activity takes between 58% to 70% of a developer’s time. To improve the readability of source code, and therefore the productivity of developers, it is important to understand what aspects of static code analysis and syntactic code structure hinder the understandability of code. Identifiers are a main source of code comprehension due to their large volume and their role as implicit documentation of a developer’s intent when writing code. Despite the critical role that identifiers play during program comprehension, there are no regulated naming standards for …
Capturing The San Francisco Sound: Psychedelic Posters Of The 1960s Counterculture, Hannah Riley
Capturing The San Francisco Sound: Psychedelic Posters Of The 1960s Counterculture, Hannah Riley
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The heart of 1960s American counterculture was in San Francisco. Here a hub of different people blended to reject mainstream American values and prioritize experimentation, creativity, and a freer way of life. Through art, performance, drugs, light shows, fashion, and rock music, a psychedelic scene was created. Rock music became the center of the psychedelic scene, and the San Francisco sound was developed with a new subculture of rock called acid rock, or psychedelic rock, that empowered the counterculture. The bands that highlighted the San Francisco sound include Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. …
An Intelligent Passive Islanding Detection And Classification Scheme For A Radial Distribution System, Mohannad Khaleel Subhi Suleiman
An Intelligent Passive Islanding Detection And Classification Scheme For A Radial Distribution System, Mohannad Khaleel Subhi Suleiman
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Distributed generation (DG) provides users with a dependable and cost-effective source of electricity. These are directly connected to the distribution system at customer load locations. Integration of DG units into an existing system has significantly high importance due to its innumerable advantages. The high penetration level of distributed generation (DG) provides vast techno-economic and environmental benefits, such as high reliability, reduced total system losses, efficiency, low capital cost, abundant in nature, and low carbon emissions. However, one of the most challenges in microgrids (MG) is the island mode operations of DGs. the effective detection of islanding and rapid DG disconnection …
Investigating Vector Space Embeddings For Database Schema Management, Goldy Malhotra
Investigating Vector Space Embeddings For Database Schema Management, Goldy Malhotra
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Text generation in the area of natural language processing as part of the artificial intelligence field has been greatly improving over the last several years. Here we examine the application of vector space word embeddings to provide additional information and context during the text generation process as a way to improve the resultant output through the lens of database normalization. It is known that words encoded into vector space that are closer together in distance generally share meaning or have some semantic or symbolic relationship. This knowledge, paired with the known ability of recurrent neural networks in learning sequences, will …
Within The Hour, Jacob Dowis
Within The Hour, Jacob Dowis
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In our hyper-connected, present-day reality, many people think of solitude as a strange or lonely aspect of life. Over the last two years, I have been exploring themes of solitude by isolating individuals in composition. I first began the project primarily by photographing myself and the landscape around me, including both residential and public areas that I would find myself in. The concept grew from the isolation I felt when first moving here for school during the Covid pandemic. It was the first time I was living on my own, and in addition, I was moving to a new city …
Multi-Modal Human Fatigue Classification Using Wearable Sensors For Human-Robot Teams, Likhitha Nagahanumaiah
Multi-Modal Human Fatigue Classification Using Wearable Sensors For Human-Robot Teams, Likhitha Nagahanumaiah
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Our main objective of this study is to create a fatigue detection model using real-time data by using wearable sensors. The purpose of this research is to learn more about the way humans experience fatigue in a supervisory human-machine environment. The goal of this study is to evaluate machine learning algorithms that assess fatigue detection and to use robots for adapting its interactions. The environment itself consists of two different tasks to analyze Physical fatigue and Mental fatigue in two different task environments that are (i) Jigsaw puzzle-solving task, and (ii) Pick and Place task. Physical fatigue and mental fatigue …
Addressing Energy Efficiency In Rental Units: A Preliminary Cost Assessment Of Minimum Energy Standards And Policy Alternatives For Rochester, Ny, Bryn Stricker
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With the rising concern for climate change and energy consumption, global, national, and local policies attempt to reduce carbon emission and energy usage. Starting in 2010, the city of Rochester established a climate action plan which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% in the year 2030 (City of Rochester, NY, 2017). The city recognizes rental homes are a promising source to mitigate energy consumption and carbon emissions, a type of greenhouse gas. Minimum energy standards for rentals (MESR) are a relatively new type of policy which can help achieve energy and carbon reduction goals. By using an existing …
Variable Gain Amplifier With Digital Control, Diksha Singh
Variable Gain Amplifier With Digital Control, Diksha Singh
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The design of CMOS variable gain amplifier (VGA) with digital control is presented in this project. The first stage of VGA is a two-stage op-amp connected in a voltage follower configuration with a series of resistors and transmission gates at the output followed by the second stage which consists of a two stage Op-amp in parallel with a series of transmission gates and resistors which is used to control the gain of the circuit. The two-stage op amp is designed using gm/Id methodology. The gain of this two-stage op amp is 80.34 dB, phase margin is 94.58º, input common mode …
Sku Time Series Forecasting Methods For Fmcgs, Mohammad Al Orbani
Sku Time Series Forecasting Methods For Fmcgs, Mohammad Al Orbani
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This research aims at using forecasting algorithm that predicts the demand that is to be needed on a monthly basis while factoring in occasional inconsistent patterns, seasonality, and non-stationary and cyclical patterns of the data. The prediction is to predict around 3000 SKUs in 19 end markets and since the data is necessary for marketing enhancement and strategies, the Forecasting accuracy must be high. Since market strategies will be based on those predictions and revenue will be lost in the case of an error. Hence, we need to keep in mind that the model is not overfitted and that it …
Using Regression Analysis For Predicting Energy Consumption In Dubai Police, Amal Rashid Alqasim
Using Regression Analysis For Predicting Energy Consumption In Dubai Police, Amal Rashid Alqasim
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The aim of this project is to build a machine learning algorithm to forecast electricity and water consumption for the 27 sites in Dubai Police facilities. This aim is to establish a central database with all the data to monitor the energy consumption in a systematic manner and feed the data in a visualized dashboard. The data was collected from the energy conservation department at Dubai Police for five years from 2017 to 2021 comprising of electricity and water consumption details data. Due to the numerous buildings and facilities any irregular behavior in consumption takes time to be identified using …
Detection Of Hateful Comments On Social Media, Essa Alzarouni
Detection Of Hateful Comments On Social Media, Essa Alzarouni
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Social media usage has grown tremendously in the contemporary communication landscape. Along with its numerous benefits, some users abuse the channels by spreading hatred, far from the intended purpose of building connections on a personal level. To date, an empirical method for detecting, quantifying, and categorizing hateful comments on social networks comprehensively and proactively is still lacking. Besides, majority of the cases remain unreported due to social confounders such as fear of victimization and the psychological implications of hateful comments, leading to a situation whereby, the detrimental effect of the situation is underestimated. The ill-defined situation in the growing online …
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy And Governments Challenges, Laila Abdin
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy And Governments Challenges, Laila Abdin
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Governments face the challenge of increasing the number of people who have been infected. Millions of daily examinations are being conducted around the world to detect the disease. The pandemic is growing increasingly challenging as the number of confirmed cases increases. Governments encounter a variety of obstacles in approving the benefits of Covid-19 vaccinations. Indeed, the idea of getting vaccinated is still fuzzy, and does vaccination protect against infectious disease? There are a lot of questions floating around. The lack of clear information about the Covid-19 vaccine will stymie the growing number of people who have been immunized. Therefore, governments …
Reducing A Dog’S Problem Behavior Using Functional Communication Training: A Case Study, Audrey Blunt, Robbie Hanson
Reducing A Dog’S Problem Behavior Using Functional Communication Training: A Case Study, Audrey Blunt, Robbie Hanson
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Many dogs are relinquished to animal shelters and subsequently euthanized each year due to problem behaviors, such as excessive barking (ASPCA, n.d.). Unfortunately, punishment-based procedures (e.g., bark collars) have been commonly used to reduce these behaviors, despite negative side-effects such as escape and aggression. Functional communication training (FCT) involves teaching a replacement behavior that is functionally equivalent to the problem behavior and is a documented strategy to reduce problem behaviors in humans (e.g., Carr & Durand, 1985). In the current study, one 11-month old dog who had a history of whining, mouthing, and pawing was taught to mand (request) for …
Microgrid Energy Management Using Ann And Monitoring Platform For Micro-Grid Systems Using The Internet Of Things, Fatima Hassan Jalal
Microgrid Energy Management Using Ann And Monitoring Platform For Micro-Grid Systems Using The Internet Of Things, Fatima Hassan Jalal
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Energy management and monitoring are significant obstacles to microgrid implementation in smart homes. As a result, further research is required to address the modeling and operational aspects of the system's future findings for various applications. This work describes a novel technique for managing microgrid energy based on a robust control approach and the construction of a real-time monitoring platform. The proposed controller is based on an Artificial Neural Network (ANN), which is already in use in the energy internet paradigm, where Distributed Generators are connected to microgrids (DGs). When paired with the Thingspeak platform for real-time data analysis, the suggested …