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Sandspur, Vol 117, No 13, December 03, 2010, Rollins College Dec 2010

Sandspur, Vol 117, No 13, December 03, 2010, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.


The Pragmatic Influences On Thou And Ye In Some Middle English Romances, Aislinn Meyer Dec 2010

The Pragmatic Influences On Thou And Ye In Some Middle English Romances, Aislinn Meyer

Honors Thesis and Capstone Projects

The standard explanation of the semantics of power and solidarity for second person Middle English pronoun choice, advanced by Roger Brown and Albert Gilman and accepted by many Middle English scholars since, has proven insufficient to explain many choices between thou and ye that fictional characters make. This paper applies the discourse theories of pragmatics and politeness, developed by Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson, to the relatively untouched data set of non-Chaucerian romances in order to account for some of those anomalies. By examining the pronouns of address in Floris and Blancheflour, Havelok the Dane, Ywain and Gawain, …


And Justice For All: Developing Rule Of Law In The Balkans, Ryan M. Lowry Dec 2010

And Justice For All: Developing Rule Of Law In The Balkans, Ryan M. Lowry

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The United Nations created the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to bring to justice those who had committed the worst crimes during the conflicts in the Balkans during the 1990s. From the outset, this institution was envisioned to temporarily process indicted war criminals. The domestic courts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia were seen as being corrupt and ill equipped to handle such cases; rule of law was absent or severely lacking in these countries. As the Tribunal winds down, however, both international and domestic actors have emphasized the need to strengthen their judicial systems that will create a …


Examining Early And Recent Criticism Of The Waste Land: A Reassessment, Tyler E. Anderson Dec 2010

Examining Early And Recent Criticism Of The Waste Land: A Reassessment, Tyler E. Anderson

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

My thesis will closely examine recent trends in criticism of "The Waste Land," namely the ideological rebuttal against the New Critics proposed by recent historicists such as Lawrence Rainey. I will show that Rainey has unfairly characterized the so-called New Critics as supporting a reading of the poem that only sees it for a work of order and unity while in fact they acknowledged many organizational inconsistencies within the text. A central tenet of my thesis will be that ideological characterizations of earlier critics should never substitute actual close readings of the texts themselves. My findings will lead to broader …


Ecological Impacts Of Stream Bank Stabilization In A Great Plains River, Christopher M. Pracheil Dec 2010

Ecological Impacts Of Stream Bank Stabilization In A Great Plains River, Christopher M. Pracheil

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Reduced ecological complexity, decreased water quality, and accelerated stream bank erosion are common disturbances in rivers with agriculturally dominated watersheds. Massive bank failures, increased sediment loads, and decreased riverine habitat are current problems in the agriculturally dominated Cedar River of central Nebraska. In an effort to slow erosion and prevent further ecological degradation, 20 reach scale stream bank stabilization projects were installed on the Cedar River from 2001 to 2004. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the Cedar River stream bank stabilization projects on the ecological conditions within the Cedar River. Stream bank erosion, suspended …


The Daily Gamecock, Friday, December 3, 2010, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Dec 2010

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, December 3, 2010, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.


Deans' Forum Summary, December 3, 2010, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs Dec 2010

Deans' Forum Summary, December 3, 2010, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs

2010-2011 Academic Year

Notes from the December 3, 2010 OASA Leadership Forum.


The Echo: December 3, 2010, Taylor University Dec 2010

The Echo: December 3, 2010, Taylor University

2010-2011 (Volume 98)

Policy changes give athletes head start – Taylor tops the list again – Help heads to Haiti – In Briefs – Project seeks growth in Bible use – The Bubble – Former Taylor student serves in Zambia – World Voices – Global connection to take a stand: World AIDS Day 2010 – On This Day in History – US urges China to intervene in Korean Peninsula conflict – Around the World in 30 Seconds – Breaching the Bubble – Mr. Swipes – Family fest fundraiser – Dashing blindly through the snow – Noche de Baile (Dance Night) – Winter survival …


Interview No. 1502, Arnaldo Chavarria Dds Dec 2010

Interview No. 1502, Arnaldo Chavarria Dds

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project

Dr. Chavarria is the sixth child in a line of nine siblings. After graduating from high school, Dr. Chavarria briefly worked at a factory before applying and getting accepted to the El Paso Community College Dental Hygiene program. Dr. Chavarria worked as a dental hygienist before applying and being accepted to dental school in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating dental school, Dr. Chavarria worked with Dr. Watson, the El Paso City/County Health Department as well as La Fe Clinic and Sun Plaza Clinic. Soon after, Dr. Chavarria opened his practice on the Eastside of El Paso. Dr. Chavarria has received …


The New Hampshire, Vol. 100 [101], No. 23 (Dec. 3, 2010), The New Hampshire Dec 2010

The New Hampshire, Vol. 100 [101], No. 23 (Dec. 3, 2010), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 100, but it is the 101st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Crusader, December 3, 2010, College Of The Holy Cross Dec 2010

Crusader, December 3, 2010, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.


Ecuadoran Government Attempts To Reform Autonomous And Corrupt Police, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Dec 2010

Ecuadoran Government Attempts To Reform Autonomous And Corrupt Police, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Simple Sequence Repeat Variation In The Daphnia Pulex Genome, Way Sung, Abraham Tucker, R. Daniel Bergeron, Michael Lynch, W. Kelley Thomas Dec 2010

Simple Sequence Repeat Variation In The Daphnia Pulex Genome, Way Sung, Abraham Tucker, R. Daniel Bergeron, Michael Lynch, W. Kelley Thomas

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Background: Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are highly variable features of all genomes. Their rapid evolution makes them useful for tracing the evolutionary history of populations and investigating patterns of selection and mutation across gnomes. The recently sequenced Daphnia pulex genome provides us with a valuable data set to study the mode and tempo of SSR evolution, without the inherent biases that accompany marker selection. Results: Here we catalogue SSR loci in the Daphnia pulex genome with repeated motif sizes of 1-100 nucleotides with a minimum of 3 perfect repeats. We then used whole genome shotgun reads to determine the average …


Interview No. 1502, Arnaldo Chavarria Dds Dec 2010

Interview No. 1502, Arnaldo Chavarria Dds

Combined Interviews

Dr. Chavarria is the sixth child in a line of nine siblings. After graduating from high school, Dr. Chavarria briefly worked at a factory before applying and getting accepted to the El Paso Community College Dental Hygiene program. Dr. Chavarria worked as a dental hygienist before applying and being accepted to dental school in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating dental school, Dr. Chavarria worked with Dr. Watson, the El Paso City/County Health Department as well as La Fe Clinic and Sun Plaza Clinic. Soon after, Dr. Chavarria opened his practice on the Eastside of El Paso. Dr. Chavarria has received …


December 3, 2010 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate Dec 2010

December 3, 2010 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate December 3, 2010 Approved Minutes


The Use Of High Distillers' Grains And Nutrient Management In Beef Feedlots, Amy R. Rich Dec 2010

The Use Of High Distillers' Grains And Nutrient Management In Beef Feedlots, Amy R. Rich

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of feeding wet distillers grains (WDGS) at 70% and wheat straw at 25% (DM basis) on finishing steer performance and N mass balance in open feedlot pens. Four treatments were tested as a 2x2 factorial with factors being diet and pen cleaning frequency (monthly or at the end of the feeding period). In both experiments the CON treatment (corn based diet) had greater DMI, ADG, HCW, marbling and fat depth. There was greater N intake and N excretion for both the WINTER and SUMMER experiments on the WDGS. Not all the additional …


Innovating Continuous Review Policies With Rfid, Angela Garza Dec 2010

Innovating Continuous Review Policies With Rfid, Angela Garza

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Inventory accuracy is critical for NASA astronauts in space. In 2004, astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) nearly had to de-man their outpost due to the fact the replenishment of consumables were uncertain. Automated Identification Technologies (AITs) such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be utilized to minimize the occurrence of situations like this one. RFID has been used to aid inventory management systems by providing real time availability of the item information including location and status. The benefit of RFID over barcodes is immense as it allows users to employ continuous review models. Barcodes are only capable of …


Facial Expression Discriminates Between Pain And Absence Of Pain In The Non-Communicative, Critically Ill Adult Patient, Mamoona Arif-Rahu Dec 2010

Facial Expression Discriminates Between Pain And Absence Of Pain In The Non-Communicative, Critically Ill Adult Patient, Mamoona Arif-Rahu

Theses and Dissertations

BACKGROUND: Pain assessment is a significant challenge in critically ill adults, especially those unable to communicate their pain level. At present there is no universally accepted pain scale for use in the non-communicative (cognitively impaired, sedated, paralyzed or mechanically ventilated) patient. Facial expressions are considered among the most reflexive and automatic nonverbal indices of pain. The facial expression component of pain assessment tools include a variety of facial descriptors (wincing, frowning, grimacing, smile/relaxed) with inconsistent pain intensity ratings or checklists of behaviors. The lack of consistent facial expression description and quantification of pain intensity makes standardization of pain evaluation difficult. …


The Bg News December 3, 2010, Bowling Green State University Dec 2010

The Bg News December 3, 2010, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 3, 2010. Volume 101-Issue 68.


President's Campus Update, Richard F. Wilson Dec 2010

President's Campus Update, Richard F. Wilson

Remarks and Messages

No abstract provided.


Armstrong To Award Honorary Doctor Of Letters To Alva B. Lines, Armstrong Atlantic State University Dec 2010

Armstrong To Award Honorary Doctor Of Letters To Alva B. Lines, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: Armstrong News Records (Archived)

No abstract provided.


New Mexico Labor Market Review 12-03-2010, New Mexico Department Of Workforce Solutions Dec 2010

New Mexico Labor Market Review 12-03-2010, New Mexico Department Of Workforce Solutions

Historic Publications

This issue of the New Mexico Labor Market Review presents October 2010 employment, unemployment, wage, and economic activity data for New Mexico, its counties, and metropolitan areas.


Mrs. Connie Katrinia Curtis Cooper Dec 2010

Mrs. Connie Katrinia Curtis Cooper

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Parental Emotion Invalidation, Emotion Inhibition, And Rumination In Relation To Adolescent Depression, Janelle Victoria Williams Dec 2010

Parental Emotion Invalidation, Emotion Inhibition, And Rumination In Relation To Adolescent Depression, Janelle Victoria Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study tested a conceptual model which incorporated parental emotion invalidation of sadness, emotion inhibition, and rumination as contributing factors to depressive symptoms in adolescence. Adolescents completed questionnaires measuring their own emotion inhibition, rumination, and depression as well as their perceptions of their parents' invalidating reponses towards their sadness. Parents completed questionnaires measuring their perceptions of their invalidating responses towards their adoelscents' sadness, their perception of their adoelscents' sadness inhibition, and their perception of their adolescents' depressive symptoms. Path analyses were conducted to examine the direct and indirect relations among the four variables. Results showed that emotion inhibition and rumination …


A Phenomenological Study Of High School Students' Perceptions Of English, Richard C. Casey Jr. Dec 2010

A Phenomenological Study Of High School Students' Perceptions Of English, Richard C. Casey Jr.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of the study was to explore high school English students' perspectives regarding the value associated with English and literature classes. The primary questions addressed in this study were focused on perceptions and atttitudes toward literature and real world value. The participants in this study were 15 high school seniors from a rural, public school and 15 high school seniors from an urban, private school. A phenonmenological study was designed to gather information on the following related questions:a)How does teaching style affect the perceptions that students have towards their English class?b)Do students see any real world value or application …


The Voices Of Four Principals: An Exploration Of The Four Dimensions Of Leadership As Used By Middle School Leaders In Transforming Low Performing Schools Into Schools That Meet And/Or Exceed Local, State, And National Standards, Tanisha Lashan Hunter-Heaston Dec 2010

The Voices Of Four Principals: An Exploration Of The Four Dimensions Of Leadership As Used By Middle School Leaders In Transforming Low Performing Schools Into Schools That Meet And/Or Exceed Local, State, And National Standards, Tanisha Lashan Hunter-Heaston

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

For more than 50 years, education professionals have pondered over the phenomenon of failing schools. Despite years of educational reform efforts, America remains a Nation at Risk (1983). Towards the turn of the 21st century, America was well into it's third attempt to remedy one of its' major maladies, scholastic insufficiency. In the midst of schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), decreasing graduation rates, and increasing teacher turn-over rates, stands the school leader. No Child Left Behind (NCLB)mandates, Race to the Top dollars, and other numerous policies attempt to provide incentives for regions and leaders who change failing …


A Cognitive Model Of College Choice And The Influence Of Visual-Verbal Redundancy In Student Recruitment Messages, Tracy Rutledge Dec 2010

A Cognitive Model Of College Choice And The Influence Of Visual-Verbal Redundancy In Student Recruitment Messages, Tracy Rutledge

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Two studies investigated a cognitive model of college choice and the effect of visual-verbal redundancy in student recruitment messages on the decision factors. The proposed model integrated the college choice model (Hossler & Gallagher, 1987) with the effortful decision-making and enactment model (Bagozzi, Dholakia, & Basuroy, 2003) and contained 14 latent variables: goal feasibility, positive anticipated emotions, negative anticipated emotions, decision process importance, decision process effort investment, decision process confidence, subjective norm, attitude, perceived behavioral control, goal desire, goal intention, behavioral desire, behavioral intention, and plan enactment. The model was tested on self-report data from students in three high schools …


Effect Of Professional Development On Inclusive Practices In A West Tennessee School District, Millicent Achieng' Mackonya Dec 2010

Effect Of Professional Development On Inclusive Practices In A West Tennessee School District, Millicent Achieng' Mackonya

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Introduction of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has placed demands on school districts and teachers. Teachers have always been required to improve students’ academic achievement at all costs. To meet the demands of NCLB of improving education achievement for children with disabilities, school districts have introduced inclusive settings in their educational systems, thus, the need for professional development. The participants in this study were special education and a few general education teachers from a West Tennessee School District.All the participants were female. The purpose of this study was to find out if the teachers had gained knowledge on effective inclusive …


An Exploratory Study Into The Impact Of Work Design On The Self-Efficacy Of Workers With Low Literacy Skills, Michael Kenneth Holt Dec 2010

An Exploratory Study Into The Impact Of Work Design On The Self-Efficacy Of Workers With Low Literacy Skills, Michael Kenneth Holt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

As trends in the labor market indicate growing worker shortages, the problem of incorporating workers with low literacy skills into the workplace becomes more important. There are significant numbers of low literate workers in the labor market who pose hard dollar costs on business and society due to literacy related mistakes.Organizations have been moving toward more participative work designs in efforts to attract and maintain satisfied and motivated workforces. There are significant skill sets required to become successful team members. Many of these skills are outlined in management literature, but one glaring oversight is dealing with the issue of low …


Deaconess Hattie Ruth Morgan Dec 2010

Deaconess Hattie Ruth Morgan

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.