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Gift From Mistress To Slave With An Empire's Tag: Language Of The Law In The Post-Colonial Matrices Of Derek Walcott's "Omeros", Jennifer J. Kramer Jan 2004

Gift From Mistress To Slave With An Empire's Tag: Language Of The Law In The Post-Colonial Matrices Of Derek Walcott's "Omeros", Jennifer J. Kramer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The text focuses on the language of the law in Omeros , which is defined as "the representation and expression of social order, principles, morality, conscience, and conduct of a community or nation." The language of the law is inherent in the dynamics of the Caribbean's hybrid, cultural community and is revealed through Walcott's characters. Walcott attempts to resolve how the colonial cultural system has maintained cultural and socio-economic authority in a politically independent West Indies. Walcott's characters view the language of the law and each other according to their cultural matrices. Helen is Walcott's key. Helen is the West …

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Great Mind Is Androgynous: A Look At The Late Poetry Of Sylvia Plath Through Virginia Woolf's Theory Of The Androgynous Consciousness, Shilo R. Blackburn Jan 2004

Great Mind Is Androgynous: A Look At The Late Poetry Of Sylvia Plath Through Virginia Woolf's Theory Of The Androgynous Consciousness, Shilo R. Blackburn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The female subject in the late poetry of Sylvia Plath experiences a physical and intellectual transformation, as Plath attempts to challenge and redefine the social construction of woman through Virginia Woolf's influence. Plath aspires to achieve a poetic voice that embodies characteristics of both genders simultaneously, an androgynous consciousness by Woolf's account, and one that can speak despite Western culture's imposed inferiority of women writers. Since traditionally masculine language has defined women's social roles through their physical bodies, Plath's aim is to immerse her female subject in the experiences of her corporeal body as a means to transcend her physical …

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Ideological Complexity Of Kipling, Jonathan D. Noble Jan 2004

Ideological Complexity Of Kipling, Jonathan D. Noble

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The works of Kipling are generally read under the discursive ideology of Orientalism. According to Edward Said, Orientalism is an institution for dominating the Orient with Foucauldian power/knowledge. While much of Kipling's work falls easily within the lines of Orientalism, important exceptions disrupt this singular reading. The hybrid character Kim, for example, demonstrates an uncertainty concerning the identity of the Anglo-Indian as colonizer constructed along racial lines, where white Anglo-Indian represents colonizer and brown Indian represents colonized. This simplified racial division is further problematized by Kipling's attention to social class in other works of prose and verse, which place the …

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Implementation Of Digital Filters With Labview, Thomas. Landrin Jan 2004

Implementation Of Digital Filters With Labview, Thomas. Landrin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

In this thesis, realization and implementation of one-dimensional (1-D) and two-dimensional (2-D) recursive digital filters using LabVIEW are presented. A number of direct and state-space realizations for 1-D filters are implemented either as in general form or second-order modules. Implementation programs are provided and simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. In addition, several realizations for 2-D separable-in-denominator filters are proposed. These realizations have the properties of highly parallel structure and improved throughput delay. The performance as well as the implementation of 2-D filters using LabVIEW is also presented.

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Impact Of Community College Presidents' Mentoring Practices On Protege Success, Magdala T. Ray Jan 2004

Impact Of Community College Presidents' Mentoring Practices On Protege Success, Magdala T. Ray

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Filling the pipeline to the community college presidency with diverse and qualified candidates who mirror the demographics of the student population and who are prepared to lead amidst the complexity of the 21st century institution can be accomplished through a variety of strategies. This study focuses on the impact of current community college presidents' mentoring activities on the career advancement of their proteges---in whom they see the potential to fulfill the requirements for community college leadership as a president. The profile of contextual factors (age, gender, ethnicity, geographic location and duration of the mentoring relationship) and mentoring activities developed through …

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Low Power And High Performance Centralized Full Adder, Sidharth. Srivastav Jan 2004

Low Power And High Performance Centralized Full Adder, Sidharth. Srivastav

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

In this thesis, we proposed a low power and high performance architecture for 1-bit full adder design. The proposed architecture was proven to offer a wide range of performance ability in terms of power consumption and speed. We implemented the architecture using a 2-input 2 multiplexers, an XOR and an XNOR gate. The proposed architecture and the Standard full adder were designed and simulated using Lasi, Winspice and Silos. Silos, a logic simulation environment was used in the design and verification of the proposed architecture and the standard full adder that were modeled with Verilog hardware description language. Lasi was …

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Teaching Practical Wisdom, Deborah J. Cantrell Jan 2004

Teaching Practical Wisdom, Deborah J. Cantrell

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"And Yet God Has Not Said A Word!": Robert Browning And The Romantic Killer In Literature, Erin. Burns-Davies Jan 2004

"And Yet God Has Not Said A Word!": Robert Browning And The Romantic Killer In Literature, Erin. Burns-Davies

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Robert Browning's dramatic monologues often characterize the darker aspect of romantic love through speakers who demonstrate their devotion to violence. Exploring the innovations in discourse, Browning gives his narrators voices that allow them to speak from an ancient literary tradition. For Browning's speakers, words make the silencing of the lover either the act of ultimate devotion or the result of disappointed expectations. The narrator speaks of the absence of God, as when Porphyria's lover holds her body to him: "and yet God has not said a word!" With the poet's strong speech---in all his attractiveness, his destructive display of love …

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Academic Performance And Demographic Variables In Predicting Success In College Algebra And Graduation Rates In An Urban Multi-Campus Community College, Ginger Lee Pedersen Jan 2004

Academic Performance And Demographic Variables In Predicting Success In College Algebra And Graduation Rates In An Urban Multi-Campus Community College, Ginger Lee Pedersen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The purpose of this study was to develop a model to predict success in college algebra and in Associate in Arts graduation, and to examine the relationship between placing in one or more developmental education courses and Associate in Arts graduation. The study was conducted at a large urban community college in Palm Beach County, Florida with 1,142 first-time-in-college students who took the College Placement Test (CPT) as their entrance examination. The study was designed to determine whether students' gender, age, ethnicity, grade point average (GPA), English language proficiency, nontraditional status, placement scores and number of developmental courses could predict …

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Socratic Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Moral Reasoning And Inmate Education: An Exploratory Study, Peter Boghossian Jan 2004

Socratic Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Moral Reasoning And Inmate Education: An Exploratory Study, Peter Boghossian

Dissertations and Theses

This exploratory study examines the hypothesis that Socratic pedagogy is a useful tool for imparting critical thinking and moral reasoning skills to inmates. The study explores the effectiveness of a new curriculum, Introducing Socrates, which relies on Socratic pedagogy to achieve its objectives. The curriculum draws from the effective criminal justice research on cognitive education to determine its objectives, and then looks to the Platonic dialogues to find broad philosophical questions that tie into those objectives. The program also evaluates salient criticisms of Socratic pedagogy that are found in the educational and philosophical literature, and then isolates and evaluates constructs …

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Lawsuit Abandonment Options In Possibly Frivolous Litigation Games, Peter H. Huang Jan 2004

Lawsuit Abandonment Options In Possibly Frivolous Litigation Games, Peter H. Huang

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This paper develops a new theory of possibly frivolous litigation by focusing on a plaintiff's options to unilaterally abandon a lawsuit. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(i) and its various state law counterparts permit, under certain circumstances, a plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss her lawsuit without prejudice. This paper's options approach to litigation, including quite possibly, frivolous litigation is placed in the context of the literature of economic models about litigation in general and frivolous litigation in particular. This paper demonstrates that possibly frivolous lawsuits will be filed and settled when the values of a plaintiff's options to unilaterally abandon litigation …

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Diversity And The Practice Of Interest Assessment, Robert F. Nagel Jan 2004

Diversity And The Practice Of Interest Assessment, Robert F. Nagel

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Not For Attribution: Government's Interest In Protecting The Integrity Of Its Own Expression, Helen Norton Jan 2004

Not For Attribution: Government's Interest In Protecting The Integrity Of Its Own Expression, Helen Norton

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Public entities increasingly maintain that the First Amendment permits them to ensure that private speakers' views are not mistakenly attributed to the government. Consider, for example, Virginia's efforts to ban the Sons of Confederate Veterans' display of the Confederate flag logo on state-sponsored specialty license plates. Seeking to remain neutral in the ongoing debate over whether the Confederate flag is a symbol of "hate" or "heritage," Virginia argued that the state would be wrongly perceived as endorsing the flag if the logo appeared on a state-issued plate adorned by the identifier "VIRGINIA." The Fourth Circuit was unpersuaded, holding that the …

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Contract Formation In Imperfect Markets: Should We Use Mediators In Deals?, Scott R. Peppet Jan 2004

Contract Formation In Imperfect Markets: Should We Use Mediators In Deals?, Scott R. Peppet

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This Article asks a simple question: Could third-party mediators be helpful in deals, just as they are in disputes? This Article makes a theoretical argument for such interventions, but also presents preliminary empirical evidence suggesting that transactional mediation may already be taking place.

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Introduction: A Regulatory Regime For The Internet Age, Philip J. Weiser Jan 2004

Introduction: A Regulatory Regime For The Internet Age, Philip J. Weiser

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Protecting The Lady From Toledo: Post-Usa Patriot Act Electronic Surveillance At The Library, Susan Nevelow Mart Jan 2004

Protecting The Lady From Toledo: Post-Usa Patriot Act Electronic Surveillance At The Library, Susan Nevelow Mart

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Library patrons are worried about the government looking over their shoulder while they read and surf the Internet. Because of the broad provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the lack of judicial and legislative oversight, the potential for content overcollection, and the ease with which applications for pen register, section 215 orders, or national security letters can be obtained, these fears cannot be dismissed.

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Two Wrongs Make A Right: Hybrid Claims Of Discrimination, Ming Hsu Chen Jan 2004

Two Wrongs Make A Right: Hybrid Claims Of Discrimination, Ming Hsu Chen

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This Note reinterprets and recontextualizes the pronouncement in Employment Division v. Smith (Smith II) that exemptions from generally applicable laws will not be granted unless claims of free exercise are accompanied by the assertion of another constitutional right. It argues that when Arab American Muslims, and others who are of minority race and religion, bring claims for exemption from generally applicable laws on the basis of free exercise and equal protection principles, they ought to be able to invoke Smith II's hybridity exception, thus meriting heightened judicial scrutiny and increased solicitude from courts.

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Righting Victim Wrongs: Responding To Philosophical Criticisms Of The Nonspecific Victim Liability Defense, Aya Gruber Jan 2004

Righting Victim Wrongs: Responding To Philosophical Criticisms Of The Nonspecific Victim Liability Defense, Aya Gruber

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Modern criminal law is intensely one-sided in its treatment of victims and defendants. Crime victims and criminal defendants do not enter the trial process on an equal moral footing. Rather, from the beginning victims are assumed blameless, truthful, and even beyond doubt, while defendants are guilty, not worthy of credence, and immoral. This one-sided view of victims, however, is a fiction. As any other people, victims differ in their characterizations. Some are indeed trustworthy, truthful, blameless and ultimately innocent. Others, however, are bad actors themselves, have memory failures, falsely identify, provoke, and even lie. Some victims are in fact, and …

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International Environmental Law: 2004 Annual Report, Vail T. Thorne, Lakshman Guruswamy, Kevin L. Doran Jan 2004

International Environmental Law: 2004 Annual Report, Vail T. Thorne, Lakshman Guruswamy, Kevin L. Doran

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Design And Evaluation Of A Modified In Situ Mesocosm To Study Denitrification In The Karlsruhe Aquifer, Jason M. Warne Jan 2004

Design And Evaluation Of A Modified In Situ Mesocosm To Study Denitrification In The Karlsruhe Aquifer, Jason M. Warne

Theses and Dissertations

To simplify the in situ mesocosm (ISM) design given in Schlag (1999), a modified ISM was designed and built in which a 6-inch long sand point replaces three 16-inch diameter screens. The modified design also includes an optional submersible pump mounted on top of the ISM chamber, making it capable of applications at depths greater than those attainable using a peristaltic pump from the ground surface. Two ISMs, one the original design (0-ISM) and the other the modified design (M-ISM) with an optional submersible pump, were installed in the Karlsruhe aquifer, near Minot, ND, in late June, 2003. Tracer tests …

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A Study Of Instuctional [Sic] Frameworks For An Exemplary Reading And Writing Program, Tiffany J. Harbott Jan 2004

A Study Of Instuctional [Sic] Frameworks For An Exemplary Reading And Writing Program, Tiffany J. Harbott

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Creative Minds : The Reformation Of A Writing Workshop, Livia Kay Zitzow Jan 2004

Creative Minds : The Reformation Of A Writing Workshop, Livia Kay Zitzow

Theses and Dissertations

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Agricultural Sub-Regions Of The Avon River Basin, Paul D. Galloway Jan 2004

Agricultural Sub-Regions Of The Avon River Basin, Paul D. Galloway

Resource management technical reports

This report identifies, describes and locates nine sub-regions within the land cleared for agricultural uses in the Avon River Basin in Western Australia. The sub-regions are: Darling Range; Dale/Upper Avon; Avon Valley; Yealering Lakes; Mortlock; Northern Sandplain; south-east Lakes; Carrabin; Southern Cross. The sub-regions are described in terms of their distinguishing biophysical characteristics of: soils and related original vegetative cover; general topography; surface and sub-surface hyrdological stus; underlying geology; and rainfall and evapotranspiration range. Current dominant land use, economic drivers and land use pressures are identified for each sub-region.

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The Impact Of An Urban Outreach Teaching Project: Developing Cultural Competence, Carol H. Ott, Lynn H. Doyle Jan 2004

The Impact Of An Urban Outreach Teaching Project: Developing Cultural Competence, Carol H. Ott, Lynn H. Doyle

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to explore the development of cultural competence in a group of university nursing students in the context of an interactive substance abuse prevention project attached to a health promotion course with 414 racially diverse high school students. The project provided opportunities for contact, interaction, and reflection. A descriptive approach was utilized to elicit the meaning attached to the experience. Data included written content from an exit survey, field notes from onsite debriefings, transcriptions of a focus group interview, and an analysis of theoretical papers. Findings indicate that when university students participate in an urban …

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Maximum Likelihood Estimates Of Azimuth And Elevation For A Frequency-Hopped Active Source Using A Tetrahedral Ultra-Short Baseline, Raphael. Warin Jan 2004

Maximum Likelihood Estimates Of Azimuth And Elevation For A Frequency-Hopped Active Source Using A Tetrahedral Ultra-Short Baseline, Raphael. Warin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Ultra-Short-BaseLine (USBL) is the most practical underwater acoustic positioning system for autonomous underwater vehicles because of its small space requirement. The objective of this research is to develop a USBL system capable of estimating a source location transmitting frequency-hopped tones sequences. Such sequences are characteristic of spread spectrum signaling used in underwater acoustic communication network. It must be able to provide azimuth and elevation of a modem-type source with an accuracy of 0.3 degrees; for both angles using the synchronization stage of the transmission. The acoustic antenna is composed of four transducers arranged as a tetrahedron. Using the model of …

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Mobility Management In Voice Over Ip Networks, Shiby. Sugunan Jan 2004

Mobility Management In Voice Over Ip Networks, Shiby. Sugunan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Wireless Internet access has recently gained significant attention as wireless/mobile communications and networking become widespread. Voice over IP service is likely to play a key role in the convergence of IP based Internet and mobile cellular networks. The mobility management performance for Mobile IP and Session Initiation Protocol is the focus of this thesis. After illustrating the operation of the protocols, the discrete event simulator, Network Simulator 2 (ns2), is used to compare the performance of the two protocols. The comparison of the protocols is done by comparing average end-to-end delay and the ratio of the number of packets received …

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Methods Of Filicide: Stepparents And Genetic Parents Kill Differently, Viviana A. Weekes Jan 2004

Methods Of Filicide: Stepparents And Genetic Parents Kill Differently, Viviana A. Weekes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Stepparents commit filicide at higher rates than do genetic parents. According to M. Daly and M. I. Wilson (1994), motivational differences generate differences in the methods by which stepparents and genetic parents kill a child. Using Canadian and British databases, Daly and Wilson (1994) found that stepfathers were more likely than genetic fathers to commit filicide by methods revealing feelings of bitterness and resentment not present to the same degree in genetic fathers. Genetic fathers, in contrast, were more likely than stepfathers to commit filicide by methods that often produce a quick and less painful death. Results replicate and extend …

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Language And Leadership: Exploring The Relationship Between Critical Theories And The Hegemonic Construction Of Student Achievement, Marva. Mcclean Jan 2004

Language And Leadership: Exploring The Relationship Between Critical Theories And The Hegemonic Construction Of Student Achievement, Marva. Mcclean

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

This study explored the relationship between critical theories and student achievement. The study applied the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Pedagogy in studying the impact of artistic and hegemonic communication on student achievement. The purpose of the study was to critically analyze the language discourse of educational leaders and to determine the extent to which the language discourse contributes to the persistence of the achievement gap and the continuing marginalization of diverse groups of children. This research study offers a practical set of recommendations on how to use the process of critical discourse analysis to arrive at more …

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Negotiation Of Meaning In Interlanguage Talk, Friederike A. Tegge Jan 2004

Negotiation Of Meaning In Interlanguage Talk, Friederike A. Tegge

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

This small-scale study investigated the extent to which negotiations of meaning during methodologically focused communicative partner-activities were concerned with a grammatical target structure, the dative case following spatial prepositions in German. In addition, the impact of the negotiation of the target structure on subsequent learner performance was investigated. The subjects, beginning-level students of German, participated in two two-way information-gap activities, preceded and followed by the same grammaticality judgment test. The interaction was audiotaped and transcribed. The improvement in accuracy between the pretest and the posttest was calculated and correlated with the number of negotiation moves. The results indicate that the …

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Nest Placement By Three Species Of Sea Turtles In Southeast Florida, Usa, Lawrence D. Wood Jan 2004

Nest Placement By Three Species Of Sea Turtles In Southeast Florida, Usa, Lawrence D. Wood

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Studies of loggerhead, leatherback and green turtle nest distribution across beaches (between water and dune) have revealed conflicting random versus non-random patterns of nest placement. I examined nest placement on a southeast Florida beach (Juno and Jupiter) with average beach widths of 30 (natural) and 90 m (nourished beach) and tested slope as a proximal cue for nesting using long-term data sets and GPS technology. All three species had similar species-specific crawl lengths and nest sites relative to distance from water, regardless of beach width. Loggerheads and leatherbacks crawled and nested significantly shorter median distances (8--14 m) relative to the …

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