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An Interview With Mac Mcgrew: American Typeface Historian And Typographer, Karin Yvonne Hurlburt

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Mac McGrew gained a reputation within typographic circles as a leading type expert through his work as Type Director with Ketchum, MacLeod and Grove in Pittsburgh, his many articles published in various typographic magazines and newsletters, as well as his membership in several printing guilds. With the publishing of his book, American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century in 1993, his position as the foremost American type historian was established. Mac is one of a select group of people who have detailed knowledge of the transition from metal type to current digital methods. This knowledge must be preserved to educate …

Pink, Melissa Grillo

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Lyme Disease, Carolyn Nichols

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Physical Attractiveness In Learning Disabled And Non Learning Disabled Fourth And Fifth Graders, Kenneth Gerald Solomon

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The differences in subjective perceptions of physical attractiveness of learning disabled (LD) and non learning disabled (NLD) children were investigated. Three hundred and seventy-seven fourth and fifth grade students self-rated their appearance using the Body-Esteem Scales (Mendelson, B. K. & White, D.R., 1982). Thirty-six NLD males and females were randomly selected to match the number of LD children in both grades. (An ANOV A was used to calculate the differences in the means of the two groups.) Although the results did not reveal a statistically significant difference between the groups, a difference did occur indicating more negative perception of attractiveness …

Burnout Among Mental Health Workers, Kim Marie Harness

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Burnout is the state of being emotionally and physically fatigued by some aspect of one's work leading to the loss of efficiency and productivity. Those employed in the helping profession are uniquely susceptible to burnout as the trials and tribulations of their clients confront them each day. Presented here is research into the possible causes of burnout. The purpose of this study was to determine if levels of burnout correlated with the number of months an individual had worked at the same agency. Burnout was measured on the three subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal …

See Through The Dark -- Reincarnation, Su-Chin Wang

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Job Satisfaction In Supported And Sheltered Employment, Dana S. Rowland

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The Dilemma For American Business Regarding Health Care Reform, Joseph A. Cernik

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Businesses of all sizes will have to work together to adequately address controlling their health care costs. At the present time, large corporations have options available to them to control their health care costs, but these options will not be sufficient in the long-term. Since smaller businesses are increasingly declining to provide health insurance to their employees, the result is the growth of the working uninsured who will become a problem that cannot easily be contained and will affect the ability of large corporations to address their health care costs. The dilemma that American business faces is the need to …

Visual Determination Of Hue Suprathreshold Tolerances, Yue Qiao

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A visual experiment was performed to generate suprathreshold tolerances sampling the direction of CIELAB hue, thereby extending the RIT-Dupont dataset. Thirty nine color centers including three complete hue circles at different lightness or chroma levels and three CIE recommended colors (red, green, blue) were evaluated for hue discrimination. Forty five observers participated in the pass/fail experiments. A total of 32,226 visual observations were made. The statistical method, logit analysis with 3-dimensional normit function, was used to determine the hue discrimination suprathreshold for each color center. The results indicated that the hue discrimination suprathresholds of observers varied with hue angle. The …

The Name That Can Be Named, Anthony Bissell Rizzolo

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The Study Of Contrast, Ku-Ho Han

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The purpose of this MFA thesis is to investigate contrast within the material glass. Issues to be investigated include: transparence in contrast to the opaque, architectonic structure in contrast to organic surface and cold working methods in contrast to hot glass technique.

Implementation Of Computer Technology For More Efficient Industrial Design Processes, Kwang-Chul Ha

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Communication Devices For The Hearing Impaired, Yu-Chun Hsu

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A Designer's Guide To The Evaluation Of Digital Proofs, Eric Lopatin

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Digital color proofs and pre-proofs are used by graphic artists and commercial printers throughout the prepress process. However the prepress process has undergone radical changes over the past decade due to the introduction of desk top publishing and desktop prepress. Alongside of the desktop publishing revo lution has come a multitude of new digital proofing technologies for use in this ever changing environment. Technologies including, but not limited to, liquid inkjet, dye sublimation, continuous inkjet, color laser, and thermal wax transfer printers have provided an entire range of color accuracy and price suitability to many of their users. However one …

A Directorial Experience: Noises Off, Jennifer Lynn Forrest

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Over the years I have been exposed to hundreds of shows, some excellent and other's not quite as good. Few shows that I have read, seen, or been involved with seem to have the appeal to both audiences and theatre groups as that of Michael Frayn's modem farce Noises Off. There are several strong reasons for its appeal.

One of the primary reasons for the play's popularity is that it is a reaction against modem theatre's tendency toward preaching at the audience. Contemporary plays tend to teach morality; and while modern playwrights do occasionally use comedy as a vehicle …

Passages: Forms For Contemplation, Douglas Hallberg

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Group Home Living Versus Individualized Supported Living, Mary A. Scheiner

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This thesis examines the quality of life differences between individuals with developmental disabilities living in group homes versus those in individualized supported living settings. The study was conducted in Sedalia, Missouri, using the Quality of Life Questionnaire developed by Robert Schalock and Kenneth Keith. The questionnaire assessed four key areas: satisfaction, competence and productivity, empowerment and independence, and social belonging and community integration.

Thirty adults participated—15 from group homes and 15 from individualized supported living homes. The findings revealed that individuals in individualized supported living settings reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction, independence, and social integration compared to those in …

Color-Appearance Modeling For Cross-Media Image Reproduction, Karen Braun

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Five color-appearance transforms were tested under a variety of conditions to determine which is best for producing CRT reproductions of original printed images. The transforms included: von Kries chromatic adaptation, CIELAB color space, RLAB color appearance model, Hunt's color appearance model, and Nayatani's color appearance model. It was found that RLAB produced the best matches for changes in white point, luminance level, and background changes, but did not accurately predict the effect of surround. The ability of CIELAB color space was equal to that of RLAB in many cases, and performed better for changes in surround. Expert observers generated CRT …

Significance That A Learning Tool To Enhance The Understanding Of The Principles Of Printing Has An Effect On The Productivity Of Color Laser Copier/Printer Operators, Annmarie Scamacca

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As the complexity of laser color copiers/printers evolve in this fast-paced, technological, quick-print industry, the amount of printing knowledge that is required to operate these devices is considerably declining. Advancements in the color laser printing arena are expanding every day. With the introduction of more precocious color printing units coupled with an infinite number of features, a broader market of users becomes available. Increasingly, non-traditional printing users are becoming involved with color copier/printer devices. There are several reasons why this infusion is taking place. Foremost, the technology now exists to convert "ordinary" black pages into full color documents. Secondly, there …

Beyond Traditions, Monica Guilian

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For my thesis, I have developed a sales promotional package utilizing print and interactive media. Because technology is rapidly changing, I utilized multimedia and print media, by merging them into one project. For this interactive/print project, I created a marketing sales package that markets handcrafted jewelry to wholesale buyers. The two media interact as a buying source that is easily and inexpensively sent to the buyers. This service is very unique, and also provides buyers with alternatives to buying and viewing at the annual shows. The user can purchase wholesale handcrafted jewelry from their office or home without having to …

In Memoriam, Christian Edward Dailey

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Quietude, Katelyn Thorne

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To best introduce my thesis, I present my initial proposal: The purpose of this body of work will be to further develop a visual dialogue in clay which reflects my personality and my own evolution. I intend to focus on formal issues such as form and how it exists in space, as well as surface and presentation. As references I will be using forms from nature such as shells, pods, and weathered stones. I will be exploring a variety of glazed, painted, and textured surfaces which will allude to the passage of time. I will give my audience just enough …

Gene Therapy, Kerry Danaher

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Many advances have been made in the study of genetics over the past decade. The ultimate goal of this research is to develop medical applications which would provide a cure for the many fatal genetically linked diseases to which conventional medicine has been only able to alleviate symptoms at best. The concept of gene therapy is based on a belief that the expression of a specific amount of functional copies of the mutated gene in the appropriate tissue could cure the disease. The Genome project is an international quest to map the entire human genome by the year 2005. This …

The Dance Is In The Dancer As The Dancer Is In The Dance, Iris Margot Castillo

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The Pituitary Gland: Exploring The Use Of Multimedia For Medical Science Education, Adam Quinn

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An Investigation Into The Accuracy Of Mid-Range Digital Proofing To Swop, Elizabeth Herman

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Direct Digital Color Proofing (DDCP) significantly improves quality control when compared to traditional analog systems. This thesis project investigated the accuracy of a DDCP. In addition, the advantages of the digital proofing process versus traditional analog systems are discussed. The major advantages of DDCP are that it is less expensive and less time consuming than traditional analog proofing methods. Direct digital color proofs are not widely accepted by the graphic arts industry. The reason for part of this problem is that in the past midrange digital proofers have not been accurately calibrated to SWOP specifications. In this project, the author …

The Investigation Of An Implementation Of Sgml Based Publishing Of An Graduate Thesis, Jin Park

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The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) has been the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) published standard for text interchange for nearly a decade. Since 1986, SGML based publishing has been successfully implemented in many fields, notably those industries with massive and mission-critical publishing operations such as the military, legal, medical, and heavy industries. SGML based publishing differs from the WYSIWYG paradigm of desktop publishing in that an SGML document contains descriptive, structural markup rather than specific formatting markup. Specific markup describes the appearance of a document and is usually a proprietary code which makes the document difficult to re-use or …

Optimizing Text-Intesive Documents For On-Screen Viewing Using The Model Of The Portable Document Format, Erin Hickey

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Document portability programs transform electronic documents into a state that allows information to be viewed, annotated, and printed by any computer system, regardless of the original computer platform or software application used to create the primary document. In addition, portable documents maintain formatting, fonts and graphics as they appear in the original. Despite the unique opportunity these programs offer for distributing information, most portable document developers do not use the technology effectively. Poor font rendering and page sizes too large for easy navigation or comfortable monitor viewing make most portable documents impractical for pure electronic use. When a document is …

An Evaluation Of Photo Cd's Resolving Power In Scanning Various-Speed Films For Archival Purposes, Jennifer Sanders

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While the advantages of digital archiving are numerous, the process has been slow to be implemented because of several limitations, particularly high costs. Photo CD shows great promise as a technology for archiving not only because of its cost- effectiveness, but also its speed, multi- resolution format, and efficient compression. Organizations that are beginning to construct digital archives of their resources are doing so to the tune of several million images. When archiving such large quantities of images, one wants to anticipate as many future uses as possible to avoid further scanning costs. Of all potential uses for an archived …

Environmental Air Pollution Analysis In Selected Areas Of Abu Dhabi Emirate, Mahfoodh Abdulla Mohammed Darbool

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There are little data available for environmental pollution, as well as air pollution and statistical information published in the United Arab Emirates. Especially, Abu Dhabi Emirate, has been the location of the UAE's most persistent and extreme levels of industrial oil waste and chemical smog and air pollutants which produces sulphur dioxide emission. In addition, has a high vehicle population, which produces carbon monoxide emission from the motor vehicle exhaust. The acute toxicity of carbon monoxide (CO) has long been recognized and well documented. The motor vehicle is by far the largest contributor to Co accounting for 55% of total …