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The Credibility Of News Photography In The Digital Age, Mara Evonne Vernon Jan 1997

The Credibility Of News Photography In The Digital Age, Mara Evonne Vernon

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Photographers have been manipulating photographs since photography's invention, but digital imaging technology presents photographers with unlimited possibilities. Digital imaging technology allows both simple and complex manipulations to be completed easily and quickly, unlike traditional techniques that are both difficult and time consuming. Additionally, detecting digital manipulation is virtually impossible, jeopardizing photography's referent to the original scene captured through the lens of a photographer's camera; A review of the literature demonstrated a need for research in relation to the media consumer because prior research focused on media practitioners and their tolerance or intolerance for digital manipulation practices. This thesis explores the …

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Visual Surveillance: Contemporary Sociological Issues, Christopher Taylor Jan 1997

Visual Surveillance: Contemporary Sociological Issues, Christopher Taylor

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The topic of this dissertation is visual surveillance. The research addresses two aspects of surveillance in the social world. First, how surveillance cameras oversee people and activities in social space, and second, how the individuals and technology of surveillance are organized. The introduction describes the recent proliferation of surveillance. The literature review describes what I call the six sociological tenets of visual surveillance. The methodology describes the qualitative techniques used in this research, including the issues and problems encountered in studying secret organizations. The results of interviews and interactions are presented as an ethnographic narrative that describes: a history of …

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Technology Use By A College Of Education Faculty And Factors Influencing Integration Of Technology In An Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program, Christy J Falba Jan 1997

Technology Use By A College Of Education Faculty And Factors Influencing Integration Of Technology In An Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program, Christy J Falba

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study describes current levels of technology use by a College of Education (COE) faculty and use of technology in teaching classes. In addition, the formation of a systematic plan for integrating technology throughout the teacher preparation programs was explored. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this two-phase study; Phase I survey results suggested that although 93% of faculty believed technology in teacher education was very important or somewhat important, use of technology in teaching was limited. Consistent with previous findings on university faculty use of technology, COE faculty rated themselves as having high levels of knowledge and …

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Faculty Attitudes Toward Distance Education In Utah Public Colleges And Universities, Arthur Thomas Challis Jan 1997

Faculty Attitudes Toward Distance Education In Utah Public Colleges And Universities, Arthur Thomas Challis

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to obtain faculty attitude information toward distance education at the Utah public colleges and universities. Faculty attitudes were deemed important with more and more money being allocated in Utah to the development of distance education; A survey of Utah public higher education faculty was conducted in the fall of 1997. The survey achieved a 66% return rate, a total of 421 faculty members; The survey found that 95% of the Utah faculty was familiar with distance education and that a high number would be willing to teach distance courses, even if they hadn't already …

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A History Of Changes In The Policies And Practices Of Second Language Programs In The Public Schools Of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mark Jose Dominguez Jan 1997

A History Of Changes In The Policies And Practices Of Second Language Programs In The Public Schools Of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mark Jose Dominguez

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A History of Changes in the Policies and Practices of Second Language Programs in the Public Schools of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada is an historical study that traced the development of Second Language Programs in the Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada. The research study examined national and federal actions which served as the bases for the initial implementation of Second Language Programs (1880-1998), historical sequential activities in Nevada that contributed to the implementation of Second Language Programs in the state, and the sequential activities that specifically dealt with the development of Second Language Programs in the Clark …

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Exercising Authority: A Critical History Of Exercise Messages In Popular Magazines, 1925-1968, Dahn Edward Shaulis Jan 1997

Exercising Authority: A Critical History Of Exercise Messages In Popular Magazines, 1925-1968, Dahn Edward Shaulis

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to analyze exercise messages in American popular magazines. A critical perspective and historical sociological methods were used to examine more than 500 magazine articles published from 1925 to 1968. A common factor in many articles was the use of ideology mixes. Magazines used biomedicalization, materialism, nationalism, and patriarchy in several combinations to authorize restrictive exercise norms. Exercise norms were stratified by age, class, gender, and race, but changing ideology mixes and exercise norms often reflected changes in society. Biomedicalization authorized doctors as gatekeepers. It prescribed moderate activity for affluent men, but discouraged vigorous exercise …

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Enhancing Commitment In The Workplace : A Qualitative Study Of A Small Financial Business In The Upper Midwest, Ginger K. Johnson Bloms Jan 1997

Enhancing Commitment In The Workplace : A Qualitative Study Of A Small Financial Business In The Upper Midwest, Ginger K. Johnson Bloms

Theses and Dissertations

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The Relationship Of The Chief Complaint And The Diagnosis In Discharged Adult Emergency Department Patients, Paula King Jan 1997

The Relationship Of The Chief Complaint And The Diagnosis In Discharged Adult Emergency Department Patients, Paula King

Theses and Dissertations

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The Effects Of Time Of Day On Auditory Perception In Morning And Evening Type Individuals, Margaret M. Rozzi Jan 1997

The Effects Of Time Of Day On Auditory Perception In Morning And Evening Type Individuals, Margaret M. Rozzi

Theses and Dissertations

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Prevalence Of Osteoporosis Risk Factors And Health Issues Among Rural Minnesota Young Women, Colleen Lorenson Jan 1997

Prevalence Of Osteoporosis Risk Factors And Health Issues Among Rural Minnesota Young Women, Colleen Lorenson

Theses and Dissertations

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Multicultural Competence Of Students In Communication Sciences And Disorders, Janine L. Ennis Jan 1997

Multicultural Competence Of Students In Communication Sciences And Disorders, Janine L. Ennis

Theses and Dissertations

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The Use Of Interactive Television For Instruction In Rural Elementary Schools, Drina Pauline Hansel Jan 1997

The Use Of Interactive Television For Instruction In Rural Elementary Schools, Drina Pauline Hansel

Theses and Dissertations

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An Assessment Of Digital Imaging Input And Output Devices In Biomedical Communications Units, Karla J. Glick Jan 1997

An Assessment Of Digital Imaging Input And Output Devices In Biomedical Communications Units, Karla J. Glick

Theses and Dissertations

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Detection Of Acyclovir Resistance In Herpes Simplex Virus, Byron A. Velander Jan 1997

Detection Of Acyclovir Resistance In Herpes Simplex Virus, Byron A. Velander

Theses and Dissertations

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Report On The Affordable Housing Colloquium Conference On Developing A Research Agenda To Move The Nation Towards A Right To Decent, Affordable Housing Held At Seton Hall Law School On October 24, 1997., Chester Hartman Jan 1997

Report On The Affordable Housing Colloquium Conference On Developing A Research Agenda To Move The Nation Towards A Right To Decent, Affordable Housing Held At Seton Hall Law School On October 24, 1997., Chester Hartman

Seton Hall Law Review

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Family Planning In Developing Countries: A Study In Communication Strategies, Carolyn Babcock Jan 1997

Family Planning In Developing Countries: A Study In Communication Strategies, Carolyn Babcock

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines communication strategies used in the promulgation of family planning in developing countries. The types of information, education and communication are studied. The case study of the telenovela focuses on an application of communication theory to promote social change.

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Attorney Advertising: The Effect On Juror Perceptions And Verdicts, Stephanie Moore Myers Jan 1997

Attorney Advertising: The Effect On Juror Perceptions And Verdicts, Stephanie Moore Myers

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the effect of attorney television advertising on jurors. Southern Nevada jurors who had served on personal injury and malpractice trials were sent survey questionnaires designed to elicit juror attitudes about attorneys and attorney advertising. The response rate was 53.3%; The major finding was that although respondents generally do not like lawyer television advertising, it does not affect their trial verdicts unless jurors are actually confronted with a plaintiff's lawyer who advertises on television; then, jurors tend to vote for the defense. There is strong sentiment that the law should be changed to limit jury awards. Advertising lawyers …

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College Students' Image Of Nursing As A Career Choice, Diana Teresa Mendez Jan 1997

College Students' Image Of Nursing As A Career Choice, Diana Teresa Mendez

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis is a study of the image of nursing among college students. It has been inferred that the poor image of nursing negatively impacts on recruitment into the profession. A convenience survey of two groups of college students was instituted to determine the image of nursing in relation to an ideal career, and to discover if there are factors which make the choice of nursing as a career more likely. The responses of a group of 163 nonnursing students were compared to the responses of a group of 93 nursing students; This survey indicated that the image of nursing …

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Mexican Identity In Clark County, Nevada: A Visual Ethnohistory, 1829-1960, Corinne Escobar Jan 1997

Mexican Identity In Clark County, Nevada: A Visual Ethnohistory, 1829-1960, Corinne Escobar

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Mexicans were present in southern Nevada since 1829 but their history is not well documented. Often their cultural identity was misrepresented in several Nevada histories. This thesis establishes a written and photographic documentation of the Mexican identity population in southern Nevada between 1829 and 1960; A four-fold typology that expands the definition of ethnicity to include the nature of interethnic relations between two or more ethnic groups is applied to identify the relationships experienced between those of Mexican identity and Euro-Americans. This model, known as the four types of ethnicity, describes interactive behavior as being complementary, competitive, confrontational, or colonial …

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Past As Prologue: Sobering Thoughts On Genetic Enthusiasm, Lori B. Andrews Jan 1997

Past As Prologue: Sobering Thoughts On Genetic Enthusiasm, Lori B. Andrews

Seton Hall Law Review

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Hong Kong's Economy Under Chinese Rule: Prosperity And Stability?, Anna M. Han Jan 1997

Hong Kong's Economy Under Chinese Rule: Prosperity And Stability?, Anna M. Han

Faculty Publications

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Dr. Seuss, The Juice And Fair Use: How The Grinch Silenced A Parody, Tyler T. Ochoa Jan 1997

Dr. Seuss, The Juice And Fair Use: How The Grinch Silenced A Parody, Tyler T. Ochoa

Faculty Publications

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Children's Television: The Fcc's Attempt To Educate America's Children May Force The Supreme Court To Reconsider The Red Lion Rationale, Roxana Wizorek Jan 1997

Children's Television: The Fcc's Attempt To Educate America's Children May Force The Supreme Court To Reconsider The Red Lion Rationale, Roxana Wizorek

Catholic University Law Review

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Reno V. Aclu: The Communications Decency Act Hits A Red Light On The Information Superhighway, John M. Beahn Jan 1997

Reno V. Aclu: The Communications Decency Act Hits A Red Light On The Information Superhighway, John M. Beahn

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Multiple Glass Electrode And Signal Averaging Approach To Making Long-Term Calibration-Free Potentiometric Seawater Ph Measurements, Jay C. Seiter Jan 1997

Multiple Glass Electrode And Signal Averaging Approach To Making Long-Term Calibration-Free Potentiometric Seawater Ph Measurements, Jay C. Seiter

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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It Depends On Us : Building U.S.-Russian Citizen Partnerships For Environmental Protection, Olga Maiboroda Jan 1997

It Depends On Us : Building U.S.-Russian Citizen Partnerships For Environmental Protection, Olga Maiboroda

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Will Books Survive In Tommorow's Library?, Pat Newcombe Jan 1997

Will Books Survive In Tommorow's Library?, Pat Newcombe

Faculty Scholarship

The Author discusses how Library leaders foresee the library of the future providing a complementary combination of both digital and book collections. The complexity of technology change will call for library professionals who are just as comfortable navigating a cyberspace of electronic information resources as working with traditional resources. Libraries in the future must maintain a balance between the extremes of the digital library and the low-tech library of the past.

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Today And Yesterday In Early Childhood Education In Korea, Guang- Lea Lee Jan 1997

Today And Yesterday In Early Childhood Education In Korea, Guang- Lea Lee

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Early childhood education has always been considered important in Korea, with the education of the child valued highly, regardless of the parent's educational background or socioeconomic status. The main social facility for early childhood education outside home in Korea is called "Yoo Chee Won," which means kindergarten. This paper describes the country's approach to early childhood education. The bulk of the paper describes "Yoo Chee Won," including demographic trends fueling its growth, figures on its availability and use, its cost, and the requirements for parent support. The paper details the national kindergarten curriculum and teacher education requirements. A concluding section …

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Sugar Cane Fiber Geotextiles., Julia L. Thames Jan 1997

Sugar Cane Fiber Geotextiles., Julia L. Thames

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The study of sugar cane fiber geotextiles represents a holistic approach to interdisciplinary research that includes product development, product testing, industry and target market identification, and strategic and financial planning for manufacturing and distribution. Based upon satisfactory results of prior research, a field test of soil erosion control in a natural environment was designed to determine performance of the sugar cane product and commercially available natural fiber geotextiles of wood, straw, and coconut fiber. Field test results indicated that the sugar cane mats allowed grass from planted seed to germinate and the mats maintained integrity during heavy rains. Due to …

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Cloning, Sequencing And Regulation Of The Rhodobacter Capsulatus Hemh Gene., Ekaterina Vladislavova Kanazireva Jan 1997

Cloning, Sequencing And Regulation Of The Rhodobacter Capsulatus Hemh Gene., Ekaterina Vladislavova Kanazireva

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Rhodobacter capsulatus, a purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium, synthesizes four tetrapyrrole end products: heme, bacteriochlorophyll, siroheme and vitamin B$\sb{12}$ via the common tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway. The biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles in R. capsulatus is a complex and precisely controlled process which has been under extensive investigation. In order to study the regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, the R. capsulatus hemH gene was cloned by complementation of an E. coli $\Delta hemH$ mutant and sequenced. The enzyme ferrochelatase, encoded by the hemH gene, catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into protoporphyrin IX, thus producing heme. The consensus ferrochelatase signature sequence was found in the …

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