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Feminism And Feminist Scholarship Today, Elizabeth Grosz Jan 2011

Feminism And Feminist Scholarship Today, Elizabeth Grosz

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

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New Age Fairy Tales: The Abject Female Hero In El Laberinto Del Fauno And La Rebelión De Los Conejos Mágicos, Patricia Lapolla Swier Jan 2011

New Age Fairy Tales: The Abject Female Hero In El Laberinto Del Fauno And La Rebelión De Los Conejos Mágicos, Patricia Lapolla Swier

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

In totalitarian regimes, the Other is marginalized, prosecuted, and often eliminated from the national spectrum. While Spain is just beginning to confront the violations of the post-Civil War era, the nations of the Latin American Southern Cone have continued to struggle with the trauma and memory related to the violence perpetrated by the dictatorship. Through a psychoanalytic reading based on Julia Kristeva's theories of the abject and Joseph Campbell's investigations of myth within the hero's journey, I show how the young female heroes of El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) and La rebelión de los conejos mágicos (The Rabbits' Rebellion) …

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The Rise And Fall Of Western Homohysteria, Eric Anderson Jan 2011

The Rise And Fall Of Western Homohysteria, Eric Anderson

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

In this essay, I draw upon my pro-feminist background to describe the formulation of the concept of homohysteria and explain its heuristic utility in conceptualizing historical shifts in heterosexual men's gendered regimes. I suggest that in times of high homohysteria, heterosexual men are compelled to align their identities and behaviors with orthodox (hypermasculine) notions of men's masculinity. This is in order to avoid homosexualization. Conversely, heterosexual men retain considerably more gendered freedom in times of low or no homohysteria. I describe this as a cultural process related to homophobia and define the term homohysteria as men's fear of being homosexualized, …

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Feminist Debate In Taiwan's Buddhism: The Issue Of The Eight Garudhammas, Chiung Hwang Chen Jan 2011

Feminist Debate In Taiwan's Buddhism: The Issue Of The Eight Garudhammas, Chiung Hwang Chen

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

In 2001, during an academic conference on Humanistic Buddhism in Taipei, Venerable Shi Zhaohui, accompanied by a few Buddhist clergy and laypeople, tore apart a copy of the Eight Garudhammas (Eight Heavy Rules), regulations that govern the behavior of Buddhist nuns. Zhaohui's symbolic act created instant controversy as Taiwan's Buddhist community argued about the rules' authenticity and other issues within Buddhist monastic affairs. This paper examines the debate over the Eight Garudhammas and situates the debate within Taiwan's cultural terrain as well as the worldwide Buddhist feminist movement. I argue that while Zhaohui's call resulted in the abolishment of the …

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Range-Wide Assessment Of Livestock Grazing Across The Sagebrush Biome, Kari E. Veblen, David A. Pyke, Cameron L. Aldridge, Michael L. Casazza, Timothy J. Assal, Melissa A. Farinha Jan 2011

Range-Wide Assessment Of Livestock Grazing Across The Sagebrush Biome, Kari E. Veblen, David A. Pyke, Cameron L. Aldridge, Michael L. Casazza, Timothy J. Assal, Melissa A. Farinha

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Domestic livestock grazing occurs in virtually all sagebrush habitats and is a prominent disturbance factor. By affecting habitat condition and trend, grazing influences the resources required by, and thus, the distribution and abundance of sagebrush-obligate wildlife species (for example, sage-grouse Centrocercus spp.). Yet, the risks that livestock grazing may pose to these species and their habitats are not always clear. Although livestock grazing intensity and associated habitat condition may be known in many places at the local level, we have not yet been able to answer questions about use, condition, and trend at the landscape scale or at the range-wide …

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Radicalism Within The Context Of Social Movements: Processes And Types, Remy Cross, David A. Snow Jan 2011

Radicalism Within The Context Of Social Movements: Processes And Types, Remy Cross, David A. Snow

Journal of Strategic Security

Drawing on work within the study of social movements and on conversion processes that is relevant to understanding radicalization, as well as on our own relevant research experiences and findings, especially on radicalism in right-wing and left-wing movements, we focus attention on the elements and dynamics of social movements, both intra-movement and extra-movement, that facilitate the grassroots development and maintenance of radical identities and enhance or diminish the prospect of engagement in radical action. In particular, we note the importance of free spaces to associate apart from the reach of control agents and adversaries,the development of affinity groups and a …

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Headline Kidnappings And The Origins Of The Lindbergh Law, Barry Cushman Jan 2011

Headline Kidnappings And The Origins Of The Lindbergh Law, Barry Cushman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Voices Of Latino/A Immigrants In Southeast Michigan: Beyond The Criminal/Victim Dichotomy, Maya Barak Jan 2011

Voices Of Latino/A Immigrants In Southeast Michigan: Beyond The Criminal/Victim Dichotomy, Maya Barak

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Following humanitarian, social justice, and labor organizing traditions that readily incorporate Latino immigrants’ voices into their work, and drawing upon postmodern, feminist, and activist schools of thought, this study illuminates the history of immigration policy and discourse in America and the Latino community’s knowledge and expertise about life as an undocumented Latino immigrant in Southeast Michigan. The development of increasingly restrictive immigration policies is traced, paying special attention to the adaptation of a criminal justice/enforcement models to the realm of immigration control and the concurrent criminalization of undocumented immigrants. The effects of current immigration and immigrant-specific policies on criminal offenses …

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Diet Of Three Mormoopid Bats (Mormoops Blainvillei, Pteronotus Quadridens, And Pteronotus Portoricensis ) On Puerto Rico, Ashley K. Rolfe Jan 2011

Diet Of Three Mormoopid Bats (Mormoops Blainvillei, Pteronotus Quadridens, And Pteronotus Portoricensis ) On Puerto Rico, Ashley K. Rolfe

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This study used visual analysis to determine the percent volume and percent frequency of orders of insects in the guano of the Antillean ghost-faced bat (Mormoops blainvillei), sooty mustached bat (Pteronotus quadridens), and Puerto Rican mustached bat (Pteronotus portoricensis). The most common orders for all three species were Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera, although the relative proportions of these orders differed among species. Variation in diet was primarily due to species, but season, habitat, and sex also affected the composition of insects in the feces. In addition, species-level identification of prey was achieved through molecular techniques …

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Teaching Agency And Narrative Analysis - The Chopin Preludes In E Minor And E Major, Matt Bailey-Shea Jan 2011

Teaching Agency And Narrative Analysis - The Chopin Preludes In E Minor And E Major, Matt Bailey-Shea

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

In a recent issue of this journal, Gordon Sly argues that typical undergraduate training in harmony and counterpoint fails to fully prepare students for upper-level analytical work: "...when we ask students to make an argument about a work's striking qualities, its particularly beautiful or eccentric events, about what gives it its special character...the typical Freshman-Sophomore sequence proves largely inadequate as a preparation for analysis." To address this problem, he proposes that we encourage students to develop "an analytical point of view" by telling the story of a particular "musical agent."

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The Summer Graduate Analysis Course And Stravinsky's Symphony Of Psalms, Gordon Sly Jan 2011

The Summer Graduate Analysis Course And Stravinsky's Symphony Of Psalms, Gordon Sly

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

For the past dozen summers, I have taught a graduate course in analysis. Each year, I begin by trying to make a case for analysis itself. I argue that if an analysis presents a good way to hear or play a piece, it should follow that musicians be enthusiastically involved with analytical work, since the overwhelming majority of us play and/or conduct and/or teach. We should, in fact, see analysis as common ground - perhaps the only common ground - shared by the various sub-disciplines that make up music study. I then acknowledge what they all know, that, despite this, …

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Volume 25, Various Authors Jan 2011

Volume 25, Various Authors

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

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Claims And Coverage In Montana For Damage To A Victim's Family Members, Greg Munro Jan 2011

Claims And Coverage In Montana For Damage To A Victim's Family Members, Greg Munro

Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings

This article explores those situations in which Montana tort law now recognizes secondary injuries to family members resulting from primary severe injuries or death of another family member, which recognition may invoke additional auto insurance coverage. The article first makes a short survey of the development of Montana tort law insofar as it has come to take cognizance of family injuries. The article then looks at the application of insurance law to those claims with special emphasis on recent cases.

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Permissive Interlocutory Appeals At The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Fifteen Years In Review (1995-2010), Alexandra B. Hess, Stephanie L. Parker, Tala K. Touanian Jan 2011

Permissive Interlocutory Appeals At The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Fifteen Years In Review (1995-2010), Alexandra B. Hess, Stephanie L. Parker, Tala K. Touanian

American University Law Review

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An Objective View Of Fault In Patent Infringement, Jason A. Rantanen Jan 2011

An Objective View Of Fault In Patent Infringement, Jason A. Rantanen

American University Law Review

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A Possible Rejuvenation Of Neurons Using Human Umbilical Cord Blood Through The Akt Pathway, Vijay Mehta Jan 2011

A Possible Rejuvenation Of Neurons Using Human Umbilical Cord Blood Through The Akt Pathway, Vijay Mehta

Theses & ETDs

In the last 20 years the use of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells (CB), specifically the mononuclear cellular fraction of HUCB (MNC), has become an important therapy in multiple diseases, such as leukemia, and tissue degeneration. In the last 10 years the use of CB has been expanded to include neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries. Its use in in vivo studies of stroke and traumatic brain injury has resulted in more than 80% recovery of brain cells in damaged areas. Studies have elucidated that the peripheral response, the cells outside the brain, is responsible for much of the neuronal …

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Mircorna Regulating Networks Analyzing Structural Changes In Time Series Data, Raymond Roberts Jan 2011

Mircorna Regulating Networks Analyzing Structural Changes In Time Series Data, Raymond Roberts

Theses & ETDs

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ~22 nucleotide, non-coding, single-stranded RNA molecules. MicroRNAs are post-transcriptional regulators of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that control translation through either translational repression or directing mRNA degradation. The expression patterns of microRNAs are of interest to biologists as these regulatory molecules have been found to be significant in a wide range of biological processes, including development, cell differentiation, and disease processes. One computational approach to examining this regulatory network is through the use of a directed graph model of microRNA to mRNA targeting. In this approach, a graph is constructed such that it is both directed and bipartite, limiting …

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Tacn And Jibing Toward Synthetic Models Of Oxalate Degrading Metalloenzymes, Erinn Brigham Jan 2011

Tacn And Jibing Toward Synthetic Models Of Oxalate Degrading Metalloenzymes, Erinn Brigham

Theses & ETDs

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The Republic & Islam Tensions Of Secularism And Contemporary Islamic Expression, Christopher Hanks Jan 2011

The Republic & Islam Tensions Of Secularism And Contemporary Islamic Expression, Christopher Hanks

Theses & ETDs

Since the Algerian Revolution in the 1960s, the French Republic has cultivated a rather abrasive relationship with its Muslim immigrant population. Scholars like Jonathan Laurence (2006) and Bronwyn Winter (2008) espouse this problematic relationship to three Franco-Muslim controversies: a lack of Muslim interest group representation in the public sphere, a disproportionate representation of Islamic prayer spaces, and a twenty-year legal battle on religious head garments. Divided into three sections, this project attempts to analyze each controversy and its effect on the French-Muslim population. The first section, entitled �French Muslim Associations and Federations,� focuses primarily on the issues surrounding religious associations …

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Appointment With Trouble, Kent Barnett Jan 2011

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Appointment With Trouble, Kent Barnett

American University Law Review

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Reward Probability And The Variability Of Foraging Behavior In Rats, W. David Stahlman, Aaron P. Blaisdell Jan 2011

Reward Probability And The Variability Of Foraging Behavior In Rats, W. David Stahlman, Aaron P. Blaisdell

Psychological Science Articles

The connection between reduced reinforcement probability and increased behavioral variability hasbeen well established in recent years (Gharib, Gade, & Roberts, 2004; Stahlman, Roberts, & Blaisdell, 2010). Researchers have hypothesized that this relationship is an adaptive one - it is beneficial for animals to increase behavioral variability in response to low likelihood of success,because this increase in variability potentially allows them to discover new behavioral options that are more highly rewarded. We conducted a study to investigate the relationship between behavioral variability and reward probability in an ecologically valid experimental task. We trained rats to search for hidden food in the …

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Concealing Danger: How The Regulation Of Cosmetics In The United States Puts Consumers At Risk, Rajiv Shah, Kelly E. Taylor Jan 2011

Concealing Danger: How The Regulation Of Cosmetics In The United States Puts Consumers At Risk, Rajiv Shah, Kelly E. Taylor

Fordham Environmental Law Review

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Miscellaneous Writings, Donas Jackson Haymes Jan 2011

Miscellaneous Writings, Donas Jackson Haymes

Donas Jackson Haymes Papers

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Evaluating Algal Growth At Different Temperatures, Keelin Owen Cassidy Jan 2011

Evaluating Algal Growth At Different Temperatures, Keelin Owen Cassidy

Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

In recent years, there has been a concern for the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and how it will be captured. One way to capture carbon dioxide is with algae. In this study, algae's growth was measured at different temperatures. The first part of the study was to grow Scenedesmus and Chlorella with M8 or urea growth media at a temperature of 25, 30 or 35ºC. It was found that 30ºC had the best growth rates for both algae. The second part studied Scenedesmus growth with urea, more in-depth, and found the optimum growth temperature to be …

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Crummer/Suntrust Portfolio Recommendations [2011], Ina Toderita, Daniel Parry, Jared Schneider, John Flatley, Kevin Ford, Neil Asma, Nicole Hession, Kevin Schnacke, Ronald Wensing, Jennifer Anderson, Homer Marshman, Michael Ackerman, Dean Walker, Ardit Bitincka, Thomas Biddinger Jan 2011

Crummer/Suntrust Portfolio Recommendations [2011], Ina Toderita, Daniel Parry, Jared Schneider, John Flatley, Kevin Ford, Neil Asma, Nicole Hession, Kevin Schnacke, Ronald Wensing, Jennifer Anderson, Homer Marshman, Michael Ackerman, Dean Walker, Ardit Bitincka, Thomas Biddinger

Crummer Truist Portfolios

The analysis of the current economic situation forecasts a favorable environment for growth for U.S. corporations. The desired asset class allocation distributes only the minimum to cover the fixed income and cash constraint; the rest of the portfolio is allocated to equities. Predicted economic growth means increased production and low interest rates will provide a favorable environment for U.S. corporations to grow earnings. In addition, low inflation will help keep costs low, allowing businesses to hold prices for their goods and services. Even though we believe U.S. consumers are not ready to pay higher prices due to continued high unemployment, …

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The Obscure Lessons Of Geoffrey Chaucer And John Gower : An In-Depth Literary And Linguistic Study, Elizabeth Wilson Jan 2011

The Obscure Lessons Of Geoffrey Chaucer And John Gower : An In-Depth Literary And Linguistic Study, Elizabeth Wilson

Honors Capstones

In order to establish the arguments found within this paper, I rigorously researched primary and secondary texts of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and John Gower’s Confessio Amantis. My argument mostly consists of my own observations, as I analyzed the primary sources from both literary and linguistic perspectives, such as the authors’ use of biblical illusions, poetic diction, pronouns, sentence structure, argumentative style, and word choice. I also researched several scholarly articles on The Canterbury Tales and Confessio Amantis to grasp a broader understanding of the texts and look at them from new perspectives. Additionally, I researched the political, social, …

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The Search For The Cure : Exploring The Mystery Behind The Importance Of Animal Therapy, Music Therapy, And Weighted Vests On Children Who Have Autism, Hailey Paver Jan 2011

The Search For The Cure : Exploring The Mystery Behind The Importance Of Animal Therapy, Music Therapy, And Weighted Vests On Children Who Have Autism, Hailey Paver

Honors Capstones

The number of people diagnosed with autism has been dramatically increasing over the last ten years. It is estimated that in the next decade there will be more than four million people on the autism spectrum. There is a mystery surrounding autism in the world today, and that is because the cause and cure remain unknown and the symptoms seen are variable. New treatment approaches have been created to alleviate the debilitating symptoms of autism, but many treatments lack scientific evidence. My goal for this project was to investigate autism and the recently popular therapy approaches attached with the condition. …

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Paranormal Investigators, Sarah Crooke Jan 2011

Paranormal Investigators, Sarah Crooke

Honors Capstones

Paranormal Investigators follows the lives of a team of four people, Dylan, Marx, Evelene, and Shelly. They go wherever they are needed, fighting the things that go bump in the night. When Dylan gets a call from his college sweetheart begging for his help, the team decides to travel to her town. The town's history of mysterious disappearances, drunken rednecks, and suspicious law enforcement make for an interesting visit. The team finds out the disappearances are the work of a spirit, but complications arise when one of the team members disappears too. It becomes a race to uncover the truth …

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A Comparative Study Of Burials In The Eastern Mediterranean: The Late Bronze Through Early Iron Age, Kristen Mattison Jan 2011

A Comparative Study Of Burials In The Eastern Mediterranean: The Late Bronze Through Early Iron Age, Kristen Mattison

Honors Capstones

During the Bronze Age, a complex regional system of trade catalyzed by the Mediterranean Sea arose and connected distant lands. The Eastern Mediterranean and Near East made up the core of this system. The system collapsed at its apex in ca. 1200 BCE. Through a diachronic study of burials during this transitional period, a better understanding of the effects of this collapse had on the people can be found. Mortuary practices are a representation of social identities and through the study of these practices in the generalized areas of Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Cyprus, Crete, and Mainland Greece reaffirms the …

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Computer-Generated Imagery, Bob Rehak Jan 2011

Computer-Generated Imagery, Bob Rehak

Film & Media Studies Faculty Works

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