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Comparative Literature And The Ideology Of Metaphor, East And West, Karl S.Y. Kao Dec 2000

Comparative Literature And The Ideology Of Metaphor, East And West, Karl S.Y. Kao

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "Comparative Literature and the Ideology of Metaphor, East and West," Karl S.Y. Kao offers a comparative reading of the ideological function of metaphor within Eastern and Western thinking. Nietzsche is recognized as the earliest serious challenger to the concepts of meaning and truth within the West, whilst Derrida and de Man are discussed with respect to their conception that figurality is inherent within -- and integral to -- Western philosophical and literary discourse. Parallel to this conception of conceptuality is the Eastern view of language and literature. Kao notes that the Western opposition between logic and rhetoric …

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The Goethean Concept Of World Literature And Comparative Literature, Hendrik Birus Dec 2000

The Goethean Concept Of World Literature And Comparative Literature, Hendrik Birus

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "The Goethean Concept of World Literature and Comparative Literature," Hendrik Birus presents a new reading and understanding of Goethe's famous dictum: "National literature does not mean much at present, it is time for the era of world literature and everybody must endeavour to accelerate this epoch" (Eckermann 198, 31 January 1827). According to Birus, this dictum is not to be taken at face value today and argues that Goethe's concept of world literature ought to be understood in the sense that today it is not the replacement of national literatures by world literature we encounter; rather, it …

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Interliterariness As A Concept In Comparative Literature, Marián Gálik Dec 2000

Interliterariness As A Concept In Comparative Literature, Marián Gálik

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "Interliterariness as a Concept in Comparative Literature," Marián Gálik observes that the concept of interliterariness has a relative short history and limited application owing to geo-political reasons. He traces the history of the concept and cites instances of its use within the Central European scholarship of comparative literature. Dionýz Durišin is identified as the most prominent exponent of the concept and Gálik then locates the question of interliterariness within the context of its potential applications. The concept of interliterariness is defended as both a guiding and unifying principle in so far as it is irreducible, relative, and …

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Will Succession Planning At The Department Of Energy/Nevada Succeed?, James H. Winget Dec 2000

Will Succession Planning At The Department Of Energy/Nevada Succeed?, James H. Winget

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The topic of this professional paper is the succession planning program at the Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV). I have prepared this paper for the Department of Public Administration in partial fulfillment of a Masters of Public Administration degree. The paper centers on the interpretation of data that was received through an office-wide survey of the staff and leaders of the DOE/NV. The data presented supports the theory that there may be significant weaknesses found in the current structure of the succession planning that may directly affect whether or not the program will succeed. The analyses performed focuses …

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Students' Perception Of Performance Through Self-Assessment, Javier Dejesus Coronado-Aliegro Dec 2000

Students' Perception Of Performance Through Self-Assessment, Javier Dejesus Coronado-Aliegro

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study was designed as a qualitative investigation and it focuses on the non-graded self-assessment adult ESL students make of their performance. It is based upon findings from previous studies of self-assessment in several settings (Glazer, 1999; Glazer et al., 1995; Optiz, 1995; Manning, 1997; Levy, 1999; Fazey, 1993; Boud, 1992; Orsmond et al., 1997; Sullivan and Hall, 1997; and Lan, 1996). The present research reports and analyzes data collected from eleven students who expressed their views concerning their performance through a checklist, two questionnaires and an interview in an ESL setting. The data collected and analyzed suggest that students …

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West Virginians' Perceptions And Use Of Complementary Medicine, Joshua David Blevins Dec 2000

West Virginians' Perceptions And Use Of Complementary Medicine, Joshua David Blevins

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to determine how West Virginian's perceive and use complementary medicine. The first objective was to determine the frequency of respondents who had used at least one complementary therapy in the last year. The second objective was to determine the most commonly used complementary therapies among respondents. The third objective was to examine the demographic characteristics of respondents who used complementary therapies. The fourth objective was to determine if certain types of medical problems led to complementary medicine use among respondents. The fifth objective was to show the percentage of users who informed their physician …

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Conscripting State Law To Protect Volunteers: The Odd Formulation Of Federalism In "Opt-Out" Preemption, Alfred R. Light Dec 2000

Conscripting State Law To Protect Volunteers: The Odd Formulation Of Federalism In "Opt-Out" Preemption, Alfred R. Light

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

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Initial Public Offerings And Professional Sports Teams: The Regulations Work, But Are Owners And Investors Listening?, Robert Bacon Dec 2000

Initial Public Offerings And Professional Sports Teams: The Regulations Work, But Are Owners And Investors Listening?, Robert Bacon

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

No abstract provided.

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Major League Soccer: Antitrust, The Single Entity, And The Heightened Demand For A Labor Movement In The New Professional Soccer League, Phillip Lawrence Wright Jr. Dec 2000

Major League Soccer: Antitrust, The Single Entity, And The Heightened Demand For A Labor Movement In The New Professional Soccer League, Phillip Lawrence Wright Jr.

Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

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The Vascular Flora Of Prentice Cooper State Forest And Wildlife Management Area, Tennessee, John Trevor Beck Dec 2000

The Vascular Flora Of Prentice Cooper State Forest And Wildlife Management Area, Tennessee, John Trevor Beck

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The vascular plants of Tennessee's Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area were gathered from 112 collection trips made during the growing seasons of 1998 and 1999. Prentice Cooper has an interesting and a rich flora. I collected 2,313 specimens and examined 110 herbarium specimens. The flora is comprised of 139 families, 512 genera, and 1,038 species and lesser taxa. The four largest families are Asteraceae (128 species-12% of the flora), Poaceae (106 species-10%), Cyperaceae (64 species-6%), and Fabaceae (57 species-5%). These four families represent approximately 34% of the total flora. Numerous county extensions, as well as rare, threatened, …

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Assessment Of Small Mammal Populations In Two Southeastern Forests Of Big Ridge In Chattanooga, Tn, Melissa R. Dickinson Dec 2000

Assessment Of Small Mammal Populations In Two Southeastern Forests Of Big Ridge In Chattanooga, Tn, Melissa R. Dickinson

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Field research was conducted to test for effects of urbanization on small mammal abundance and diversity. Preliminary studies were preformed to test sampling techniques and acquire a sample size estimate for the primary study. Sampling sites were chosen in old growth and mixed hardwood forest areas. Six day sampling periods consisted of differing densities and setups of Sherman and pitfall traps within 0.16-ha plots. Data was not statistically analyzed due to minimal sample sizes. Comparable 1.28-ha mixed hardwood forest study sites were chosen in the Big Ridge area of Chattanooga, Tennessee for the primary study. One site had protected status, …

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Arkansas Animal Science Department Report 2000, Zelpha B. Johnson, D. Wayne Kellogg Dec 2000

Arkansas Animal Science Department Report 2000, Zelpha B. Johnson, D. Wayne Kellogg

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

Animal Science is very much devoted to youth education and development. During the past year, over 20,000 youth were involved in 4-H livestock projects. Two very successful activities that took place last year were the Mid-American Grassland Evaluation Contest and Livestock Judging Camps. The Grassland Contest is designed to teach students about grassland resource management for livestock and wildlife uses. The contest was held in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Firstplace honors in the 4-H division went to White County, and second place honors went to Van Buren County. Two Livestock Judging Camps (Fayetteville and Hope) were conducted this past year. A …

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A Technique To Measure Opinions, Skills, Intentions, And Behaviors That's Different-Even Fun, Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Gwen Brock Dec 2000

A Technique To Measure Opinions, Skills, Intentions, And Behaviors That's Different-Even Fun, Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Gwen Brock

Journal of Extension

This article introduces a fun and graphic approach to measuring opinions, skill levels, intentions for practice change, and knowledge--a step scale. You can use the approach with youth, adapt it for low literacy and non-English speaking audiences, and use it to collect data at more than one point in time. The article describes construction of the scale and analysis of data and provides examples from an actual program.

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A Report On Internship At The New Orleans Museum Of Art, Kari Yamakazi Dec 2000

A Report On Internship At The New Orleans Museum Of Art, Kari Yamakazi

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

From May through August of 2000, I served for the New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, as an intern. The institution provides a variety of museum experiences for both locals and tourists, and counted as one of the South's premier art museums. The Museum, however, has numerous issues and challenges. Although the institution is continuously expanding, the next decade will be a test for the Museum's staff members regarding management, programming, and competition. The following report provides overview of the Museum's mission, history, collections, as well as its organizational structure. I explain my internship in terms of …

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A Report On An Arts Administration Internship With The New Orleans Museum Of Art, Signe Cutrone Dec 2000

A Report On An Arts Administration Internship With The New Orleans Museum Of Art, Signe Cutrone

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

The internship program at the New Orleans Museum of Art provides graduate and undergraduate students from universities and colleges with on-site training in various museum responsibilities under the guidance and training of a senior level staff member. Internships are available in the administration, curatorial, development or educational departments of the Museum. I chose the public relations department for my internship because public relations is an art organization's essential contact with its public through communications that are not entirely based on publicity, and as such I wanted to learn more about the operation of the department. Because public relations work requires …

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St. Martin's Episcopal School Performing Arts Department, Katherine E. Arthurs Dec 2000

St. Martin's Episcopal School Performing Arts Department, Katherine E. Arthurs

Arts Administration Master's Reports (1984-2016)

St. Martin's Episcopal School is located in Metairie on an 18-acre campus, bordered by Airline Drive, West Metairie, Green Acres and Haring Roads. This organization is a PreK-12, nonprofit, independent school.

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Vol 45 #3, Heidi Nickisch Duggan Dec 2000

Vol 45 #3, Heidi Nickisch Duggan

MPLA Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Effect Of Gate Leakage Current On Noise Properties Of Algan/Gan Field Effect Transistors, S. L. Rumyantsev, N. Pala, M. S. Shur, R. Gaska, M. E. Levinshtein, M. Asif Khan, Grigory Simin, X. Hu, J. Yang Dec 2000

Effect Of Gate Leakage Current On Noise Properties Of Algan/Gan Field Effect Transistors, S. L. Rumyantsev, N. Pala, M. S. Shur, R. Gaska, M. E. Levinshtein, M. Asif Khan, Grigory Simin, X. Hu, J. Yang

Faculty Publications

The effect of the gate leakage current fluctuations on noiseproperties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructurefield effect transistors(HFETs) has been studied in conventional HFET structures and in AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductorheterostructurefield effect transistors (MOS-HFETs). The comparison of the noiseproperties of conventional AlGaN/GaN HFETs and AlGaN/GaN MOS-HFETs fabricated on the same wafer, allowed us to estimate the contribution of the gate currentnoise to the HFET’s output noise. The effect of the gate current fluctuations on output noiseproperties of HFETs depends on the level of noise in the AlGaN/GaN HFETs. For the transistors with a relatively high magnitude of the Hooge parameter α∼10−3, even a …

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Proteolytic Enzymes In The Marine Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas Atlantica: Post-Secretional Activation And Effects Of Environmental Conditions, Monica Hoffman, Alan W. Decho Dec 2000

Proteolytic Enzymes In The Marine Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas Atlantica: Post-Secretional Activation And Effects Of Environmental Conditions, Monica Hoffman, Alan W. Decho

Faculty Publications

Production and activities of cellular and extracellular proteolytic enzymes associated with the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas atlantica were examined in response to physiological state and changing environmental variables under laboratory conditions. Enzymes evidenced by zymography were metalloproteases, as defined by substrate preference and susceptibility to inhibitors (EDTA and 1, 10-phenanthroline). Distinct bands (i.e. molecular-weight [MW] size classes) of enzymes were isolated from within cellular and extracellular compartments. Susceptibility of extracellular enzymes to environmental stressors was related, in part, to the MW size classes of the enzymes. While all bands of enzymes showed some degree of inhibition when pH was decreased, the …

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Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery In Cerebrovascular Diseases, Jens Haase Dec 2000

Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery In Cerebrovascular Diseases, Jens Haase

Saudi Medical Journal

Since the report from the International Study on extracranial-intracranial bypass was presented in 1985, an abrupt stop to almost all bypass surgery was introduced. The clear goals of the bypass study to reduce repeated strokes based on extracranial-intracranial bypass could not be documented. This review emphasizes the drawbacks of this previous study and why its conclusions were too sweeping, including statements that the study could not validate. The present status on cerebral hemodynamics and possible augmentations of reduced cerebral vascular reserve using extracranial-intracranial bypass are given. It is concluded that in hemodynamic proven cases extracranial-intracranial bypass may definitely benefit the …

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Obstetric Handling Of A Deaf Patient, Mohamed S. Mustafa, Mohamed H. Addar Dec 2000

Obstetric Handling Of A Deaf Patient, Mohamed S. Mustafa, Mohamed H. Addar

Saudi Medical Journal

We report our experience of obstetric handling of a deaf pregnant patient antenatally, in labor and postpartum. The patient was deaf from childhood. The attending obstetrician had no training in the necessary skills for communication with the deaf. Fortunately, the patient could read and write English very well and communication was carried out through pen and paper. This proved to be difficult, time-consuming and required a lot of patience. The clinical, psychological and human aspects of the management were gratifying. The patient brought up interesting aspects that need to be considered when dealing with similar patients. Experience of deaf mothers …

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Ornithological Literature, Robert C. Beason Dec 2000

Ornithological Literature, Robert C. Beason

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

BABY BIRD PORTRAITS BY GEORGE MIKSCH SUTTON.

COLLINS ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST: BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.

BIRDS OF AFRICA: FROM SEABIRDS TO SEED-EATERS. By Chris and Tilde Stuart.

HARMONY AND CONFLICT IN THE LIVING WORLD. By Alexander F. Skutch.

HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS. By Christopher Cokinos.

STURKIE’S AVIAN PHYSIOLOGY. Edited by G. Causey Whittow.

STARLINGS AND MYNAS. By Chris Feare and Adrian Craig.

BIRDING IN THE AMERICAN WEST. By Kevin J. Zimmer.

TAKING WING: ARCHAEOPTERYX AND THE EVOLUTION OF BIRD FLIGHT. By Pat Shipman.

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Ostensible Abductions, Real Anthropology, Timothy F. Mccauley Dec 2000

Ostensible Abductions, Real Anthropology, Timothy F. Mccauley

Masters Theses

A gap has developed in the research agenda of contemporary anthropology with regard to a phenomenon which has received notable attention from research professionals in other fields, such as history and psychiatry. What has been called the "alien abduction phenomenon" has had considerable impact, not only on those who sincerely believe these events are an everyday part of human experience (called "abductees") but also on the changing tapestry of American culture. Alien abduction accounts are closely related to the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) phenomenon, a theme which has shaped American culture since the tum of the century. This thesis represents …

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Menu, Oystercatchers Restaurant, Tampa, December 2000, Oystercatchers Restaurant Dec 2000

Menu, Oystercatchers Restaurant, Tampa, December 2000, Oystercatchers Restaurant

Florida Restaurant Menu Collection

A December 2000 menu for Oystercatchers Restaurant located at 2900 Bayport Drive in Tampa, Florida.

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Fresh Fish And Specialties Menu, Oystercatchers Restaurant, Tampa, December 2000, Oystercatchers Restaurant Dec 2000

Fresh Fish And Specialties Menu, Oystercatchers Restaurant, Tampa, December 2000, Oystercatchers Restaurant

Florida Restaurant Menu Collection

A December 2000 fresh fish and specialties menu for Oystercatchers Restaurant located at 2900 Bayport Drive in Tampa, Florida.

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Organizing The Unorganizable: Private Paid Household Workers And Approaches To Employee Representation, Peggie R. Smith Dec 2000

Organizing The Unorganizable: Private Paid Household Workers And Approaches To Employee Representation, Peggie R. Smith

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Evangelical Episcopalians And The Church Of Jesus In Mexico, 1857–1906, John Steven Rice Dec 2000

Evangelical Episcopalians And The Church Of Jesus In Mexico, 1857–1906, John Steven Rice

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Shortly after the adoption of the 1857 Constitution in Mexico, a small group of Mexican priests left the Roman Catholic Church and attempted to establish a national catholic apostolic church in Mexico. This movement became known as the Church of Jesus. With the help of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States it continued until 1906 when it ceased to be independent and officially became a mission project of the American Episcopal Church. Historians have placed the burden of failure of the Church of Jesus on factors in Mexico and have not taken into account the party strife within …

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Teisho Of A Tree In Light: A Collection Of Poems, Samuel Arizpe Dec 2000

Teisho Of A Tree In Light: A Collection Of Poems, Samuel Arizpe

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

No abstract provided.

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Advance Directives And Communication Styles In A Lower Rio Grande Valley Health Facility, Armando G. Dominguez Dec 2000

Advance Directives And Communication Styles In A Lower Rio Grande Valley Health Facility, Armando G. Dominguez

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This study explores physicians' decision-making communication styles at end-of-life and advance directives in a hospital. Participant observation, case studies and a survey questionnaire are used. Egalitarian communication style is found to have moderate reliability. A .6969 coefficient, is measured by Cronbach's Alpha model. Authoritative communication style, yields a less than moderate alpha coefficient of .4278. Regression analysis using these two variables as the independent variables obtains insignificant results. However, sixty-three percent of the respondents speak Spanish moderately or very little. Eighty percent of the surveyed sample do not have training to administer advance directives. Twenty-two percent of the respondents have …

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Knowledge Discovery As An Aid To Organizational Creativity, Keng Siau Dec 2000

Knowledge Discovery As An Aid To Organizational Creativity, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Computers can play an important role in the creative process. With the abundance of data and increasing speed of computers, creativity can now be stimulated and enhanced with knowledge mined from available data. The process is known as knowledge discovery or data mining. Knowledge discovery is the process of discovering interesting associations among data in the database. Users in the creativity process can feed on the discovered associations to generate creative solutions. The objective of this paper is to present knowledge discovery as an aid to creativity. The paper first presents the concept of knowledge discovery and then discusses the …

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