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Aquatecture: Architectural Adaptation To Rising Sea Levels, Erica Williams

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Our world is drastically changing. Temperatures are rising, skies over cities are blanketed with smoke, and melting glaciers are raising sea levels at alarming rates. Although the destruction we face is already threatening the quality of life for billions around the world, it could just be the beginning. What is projected to come in the future could be catastrophic.

It is crucial to realize that climate change is already happening. One of the main concerns relating to climate change is that as the polar ice caps continue to melt, rising water will invade our coastal cities around the world. In …

The Effect Of Stress On Hedonic Capacity In Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Prospective Experimental Study Of One Potential Pathway To Depression, Bethany H. Morris

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A growing body of work links psychopathology to changes in hedonic capacity following stressors. This was the first experimental study of the effects of stress on hedonic capacity in an analog generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) sample (a high worry group). Specifically, we utilized an experimental manipulation of stress and a behavioral index of anhedonia to test the hypothesis that individuals with GAD, who are at higher risk for developing depression symptoms, exhibit greater stress-related deficits in hedonic capacity than do nonanxious controls. Further, this study assessed whether stress-induced hedonic deficits predicted future depression. Controls exhibited the expected reward learning pattern …

Community Service Through Architecture: Social Housing With Identity, Karina Cabernite Cigagna

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Despite reasonable advances in public policies for housing in the last two decades, Brazil's current housing deficit is 5.6 million housing units. In São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, an estimated one fifth of the population of 17.5 million is currently living in inadequate housing conditions, like the "favelas" (Shanty Towns) (IBGE). The favelas' houses are made from scrap materials such as wood and metal sheeting, they do not have services such as sanitation, water or electricity, and the settlements are usually very overcrowded. The gigantic rate of illegal occupation of urban land has lead to disastrous consequences not only to …

Dyna-Mod Constructing The Modern Adaptable Home, Sarah Deardorff

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The modern home has become a static fixture in society that is not reflected in the growing populous that is becoming an ever increasing mobile society. Many are not able to stay to the same place that they call home for long periods of time. Changing jobs, markets and neighborhoods force those to continue their movement around leaving what it is that they call their home to try and reproduce it within another location. The home finds itself lost in this transition and must now function on a greater adaptability than ever before and reflect the growing demand placed upon …

An Absence Of Presence: The Voices Of Marginalized Communities In The Development And Implementation Of Cultural Resource Management Initiatives In The British West Indies: A Case Study, Kelley Scudder-Temple

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation research is the study of cultural resource management initiatives and

the extent to which archaeological surveys and excavations include or exclude African

Caribbean contemporary and historic communities, throughout these processes. Varying

types of archaeological sites identified by archaeologists, along with community

inclusionary measures are examined to determine as to the degree to which

archaeological surveys and excavations are reflective of historic and contemporary

African Caribbean communities.

Data were collected through archival research, interviews and surveys and analyzed

qualitatively to examine the degree to which stakeholders, particularly those who have

been historically marginalized, have been incorporated into these processes. …

Interview With Lee Michael Barrett, Eco-Logistics, 2009 (Audio), Lee Michael Barrett

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Lee Michael Barrett by Angie Cirello in Portland, Oregon on November 20th, 2009.

The interview index is available for download.

Interview With Bruce Walker, Bps, 2009 (Audio), Bruce Walker

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Bruce Walker by Zachary Hathaway in NW Portland on November 20th, 2009.

The interview index is available for download.

Towards Robot Theatre, Marek Perkowski

Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series

The talk will present the idea of futuristic robot theatre and work done towards it at the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at PSU. After a short history of robot theatre from antiquity until 2008 we will present recent work on robot theatre in the world and at PSU, including two plays: ancient Korean folk tale "Hahoe Pylyshin" and "What's that? A Schroedinger Cat" or a debate between Einstein and Schroedinger Cat about quantum mechanics - an educational theatre. Several models of robot theatre will be discussed: animatronic theatre, interactive theatre and improvisational theatre. We will …

Quantifying And Resolving Multiple Vector Transformants In S. Cerevisiae Plasmid Libraries, Thomas C. Scanlon, Elizabeth C. Gray, Karl E. Griswold

Dartmouth Scholarship

In addition to providing the molecular machinery for transcription and translation, recombinant microbial expression hosts maintain the critical genotype-phenotype link that is essential for high throughput screening and recovery of proteins encoded by plasmid libraries. It is known that Escherichia coli cells can be simultaneously transformed with multiple unique plasmids and thusly complicate recombinant library screening experiments. As a result of their potential to yield misleading results, bacterial multiple vector transformants have been thoroughly characterized in previous model studies. In contrast to bacterial systems, there is little quantitative information available regarding multiple vector transformants in yeast. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the …

Michael Eble, Associate Professor Of Studio Art, Featured In Joint Exhibition Focused On The Environment, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Eble’s paintings complement Netherton’s sculpture, and together their work invokes questioning and appreciation for nature.

Physic Students Launch Scientific Balloon, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The attached equipment measured the function of altitude on temperature, pressure, carbon dioxide, radioactivity, skylight polarization, skylight colors, ultra violet light, and the speed of sound.

Art Club Holiday Sale Features Work Of Student And Area Artists, University Relations

Campus News Archive

A campus tradition, the sale features paintings, prints, photographs, ceramic pieces, handmade jewelry, and knit items.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding logo licensing, efficiency, Student Government Association, provost search, general education courses, health insurance fund and faculty ranking system.

Fall 09 Prescriptions For Excellence Download Full Pdf

Prescriptions for Excellence in Health Care Newsletter Supplement

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Professor Attends White House Meeting To Support Youth Sports, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

The Good, The Bad, And The Boring: Barack Obama’S China Trip In Review, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Barack Obama spent fewer than three days in China, but his first trip there has been a week-long story in the news world, as countless journalists, academics, and pundits have shared their thoughts about what this visit could do for U.S.-China relations. Now that the president has left the PRC, how did it all go? Obama Administration officials are speaking highly of it, claiming that Obama was forceful in private meetings with Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership. And perhaps the devil is in the details, as political scientist David Shambaugh says, speaking favorably of the joint …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 19-December 2, 2009. Vol. 83, No. 8.

Gsu View, 2009-11-19, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

The Tragedy Of Nigel Rain, Jason W. Dockery

Theses

This work is a two-part collection of poems examining creative loss and gain and human dysfunction. The first part details the struggles of Nigel Rain, a persona born through an artist’s pen who finds himself abandoned by his creator. Nigel believes himself saved through the perpetuation of desire, and these poems show Nigel’s attempts at redefining his purpose in life by projecting his fortunes upon a woman he believes to be an embodiment of the Tarot card of helpful fortunes, the Star. Nigel’s tragedy is his failure to realize and ultimately survive the fragility of human connections. Language proves as …

Chanticleer | Vol 58, Issue 12, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Several Studies On Dactylogyrus And Their Hosts: Lythrurus Fasciolaris And Notropis Telescopus With Respect To Parasite Seasonality, Host Reproductive Impact, Influence Of 11-Ketotestosterone On Parasite Load, And The Description Of Two New Species: Dactylogyrus Lythruri And Octomacrum Lamiaruthis, Andrew Blake Adrian

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

11-19-2009 Dr. Moore To Speak At Aauw Meeting, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2009

Dr. Tamala Moore will be the guest speaker at this Thursday's (November 19) American Association of University Women chapter meeting on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus in Weatherford.

Trans-Remembrance Day Vigil 2009, Joseph A. Santiago, Morgan Cottrell

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center

The TRANS-REMEMBRANCE DAY VIGIL was sponsored by the URI Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Center, URI Gay Straight Alliance, SK High School Gay Straight Alliance. There was 71 people in attendance for this event.

The Vision Of The Rivers Institute..., University Of Dayton

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

Reuniting Dayton and its Rivers

Mandatory Vaccination Of Health Care Workers, Alexandra M. Stewart

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

New York State’s regulations require health care workers who have direct contact with patients or who may expose patients to disease to be vaccinated against seasonal and H1N1 influenza. Courts must take into account Constitutional guarantees of personal autonomy, freedom of contract, and freedom of religion when reviewing the current lawsuits. These rights, however, have been constrained when they conflict with government measures that are intended to protect the community’s health and safety. Health care workers have a profound effect on patients’ health. Although they have the same rights as all private citizens, it is likely that courts will continue …

Campus Assembly Minutes 11/19/2009, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Nov 19, 2009, Eastern Kentucky University

Council on Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, November 19, 2009, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2009

No abstract provided.

Ay 09-10 Meeting 2009-11-19, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Committee Summary Memo 11/19/2009, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.