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Sorting Through The Junk Box: Dickens's Objects And The Great Exhibition Of 1851, Audrey Raymi Grounds Nov 2011

Sorting Through The Junk Box: Dickens's Objects And The Great Exhibition Of 1851, Audrey Raymi Grounds

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In Bleak House , Dickens satirizes contemporary conditions in London in order to diagnose what he sees as social and industrial ills to prescribe a solution to the "Condition-of-England" question. Beginning with a review of the topicality in the novel, I use Dickens's personal letters, the text of Bleak House , and articles from Household Words to explain his contempt with the Great Exhibition, misguided philanthropy, and sanitary conditions, among others. Ultimately, it is his anathema to the Great Exhibition which drives both Dickens's plot and the issues he explores. Dickens's mockery of England is refracted and emphasized through his …

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Promotion, Prevention Or Both: Regulatory Focus And Culture Revisited, Jenny Kurman, Chin Ming Hui Nov 2011

Promotion, Prevention Or Both: Regulatory Focus And Culture Revisited, Jenny Kurman, Chin Ming Hui

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

Regulatory focus theory (e.g., Higgins, 1997) presented a differentiation between promotion orientation, focused on growth and advancement, and prevention orientation, focused on safety and security. Cross-culture differences in these systems generally show that that collectivist, Eastern cultures (mostly East-Asian cultures) are considered as prevention oriented whereas Western cultures are considered as promotion oriented. Two main claims that contribute to the refinement of the relations between culture and regulatory foci will be presented. The first refinement pertains to the relations between individualism-collectivism and regulatory foci on base of the vertical-horizontal distinction, showing that vertical collectivism is especially relevant to regulatory foci. …

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Pparδ Regulates Satellite Cell Proliferation And Skeletal Muscle Regeneration, Alison R. Angione, Chunhui Jiang, Dongning Pan, Yong-Xu Wang, Shihuan Kuang Nov 2011

Pparδ Regulates Satellite Cell Proliferation And Skeletal Muscle Regeneration, Alison R. Angione, Chunhui Jiang, Dongning Pan, Yong-Xu Wang, Shihuan Kuang

Department of Animal Sciences Faculty Publications

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a class of nuclear receptors that play important roles in development and energy metabolism. Whereas PPARδ has been shown to regulate mitochondrial biosynthesis and slow-muscle fiber types, its function in skeletal muscle progenitors (satellite cells) is unknown. Since constitutive mutation of Pparδ leads to embryonic lethality, we sought to address this question by conditional knockout (cKO) of Pparδ using Myf5-Cre/Pparδflox/flox alleles to ablate PPARδ in myogenic progenitor cells. Although Pparδ-cKO mice were born normally and initially displayed no difference in body weight, muscle size or muscle composition, they later developed metabolic syndrome, which …

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November 2011 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Nov 2011

November 2011 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Direct Concern In Regional Policy: The European Court Of Justice And The Southern Question, Daniela Caruso Nov 2011

Direct Concern In Regional Policy: The European Court Of Justice And The Southern Question, Daniela Caruso

Faculty Scholarship

For a few years, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared inadmissible, for lack of direct concern, a number of annulment actions initiated by sub-state actors in the context of regional policy. This article compares the ECJ's holdings with the General Court's more generous application of the ‘direct concern’ standard in some of the same disputes, and argues in favour of the General Court's approach. The cases hereby analysed pertain to the implementation of structural funds in Southern Italy. Relating regional policy to the historical unfolding of the ‘Southern Question’, this article examines the unexpected opportunity for civic and …

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Methodological Gravitism, Muhammad Zaman Nov 2011

Methodological Gravitism, Muhammad Zaman

The Qualitative Report

In this paper the author presents the case of the exchange marriage system to delineate a model of methodological gravitism. Such a model is not a deviation from or alteration to the existing qualitative research approaches. I have adopted culturally specific methodology to investigate spouse selection in line with the Grounded Theory Method. This approach, indeed, suggests the unification of methodological individualism, collectivism, and the social positioning of the actor to study the complex and intricately intertwined networks of relatedness.

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Competing Cultural Worldviews In The United States: A Phenomenological Examination Of The Essential Core Elements Of Transnationalism And Transculturalism, Mark P. Orbe, Darlene K. Drummond Nov 2011

Competing Cultural Worldviews In The United States: A Phenomenological Examination Of The Essential Core Elements Of Transnationalism And Transculturalism, Mark P. Orbe, Darlene K. Drummond

The Qualitative Report

The objective of this study was to explore inductively the complex ways in which everyday discourse reflects larger - and often competing - cultural worldviews. A phenomenological framework was used to analyze transcripts generated through 13 focus group discussions involving 100 individuals. This particular analysis highlights how individuals who adopted a transnational worldview worked to transform cultural divisions through criticism of existing labels that failed to capture the multicultural nature of their identifies. Alternatively, individuals who adopted a transcultural worldview worked to transcend traditional cultural divisions through a rejection of traditional labels that worked against one unified social identity. The …

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Cultural Differences In The Subjective Experience Of Emotion: When And Why They Occur, Christie N. Scollon, Sharon Koh, Evelyn Wing Mun Au Nov 2011

Cultural Differences In The Subjective Experience Of Emotion: When And Why They Occur, Christie N. Scollon, Sharon Koh, Evelyn Wing Mun Au

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Cross-cultural comparisons of subjective emotional experience are common, and virtually any comparison of nations or different ethnic groups is bound to yield some differences and some similarities. While nobody doubts the considerable intercultural variability in subjective or self-reports of emotion, more attention needs to be given to when and why and these differences occur. In this article, we explore factors that accentuate or attenuate cultural differences in the subjective experience of emotion. We propose that cultural norms shape emotional experiences to different degrees depending on the time frame of the emotional experience, the valence of the emotion, and even the …

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Brock Lesnar Is Going Down: A Performative Critique Of A So-Called Ultimate Fighter, Joe Hassert Oct 2011

Brock Lesnar Is Going Down: A Performative Critique Of A So-Called Ultimate Fighter, Joe Hassert

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

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Facing Gender Performativity: How Transgender Performances And Performativity Trouble Facework Research, Julie Wight Oct 2011

Facing Gender Performativity: How Transgender Performances And Performativity Trouble Facework Research, Julie Wight

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

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"Don't Let The Sun Set On You!": Performing Racial Histories In Retelling Sundown Town Stories, Elena Esquibel Oct 2011

"Don't Let The Sun Set On You!": Performing Racial Histories In Retelling Sundown Town Stories, Elena Esquibel

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

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Ethnicity And The Performance Of Identity, Manneke Budiman Oct 2011

Ethnicity And The Performance Of Identity, Manneke Budiman

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This essay looks into the novels of two Indonesian women writers, Perempuan Kembang Jepun (Lan Fang 2009) and Dimsum terakhir (Clara Ng 2006), which depict the struggles of the major female characters in negotiating their "hybrid" identities amidst the pulls from various opposing forces that try to impose and define their identities. Both works were published in the post-New Order Indonesia, where identity politics seems to dominate the political and cultural realms. Both Lan Fang and Clara Ng try to problematize the rigid and monolithic sense of cultural identity that had been inculcated by the previous regime through its aggressive …

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Denys Lombard, Gardens In Java. Translated By John M. Miksic. Jakarta: Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, 2010, 86 Pp. [Originally Pusblished As Jardins Java, Paris: Maisonneuve, 1969.] Isbn 978-285-5394-81-7 (Soft Cover)., Martijn Eyckhoff Oct 2011

Denys Lombard, Gardens In Java. Translated By John M. Miksic. Jakarta: Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, 2010, 86 Pp. [Originally Pusblished As Jardins Java, Paris: Maisonneuve, 1969.] Isbn 978-285-5394-81-7 (Soft Cover)., Martijn Eyckhoff

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Benny H. Hoed, Semiotik Dan Dinamika Sosial Budaya. Second Edition. Depok: Komunitas Bambu, 2011, Xxvi + 317 Pp. [First Edition 2007, Depok: Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya Universitas Indonesia.] Isbn 979-3731-87-7. Price: Idr 70,000 (Soft Cover)., Gunawan Tjahjono Oct 2011

Benny H. Hoed, Semiotik Dan Dinamika Sosial Budaya. Second Edition. Depok: Komunitas Bambu, 2011, Xxvi + 317 Pp. [First Edition 2007, Depok: Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya Universitas Indonesia.] Isbn 979-3731-87-7. Price: Idr 70,000 (Soft Cover)., Gunawan Tjahjono

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Aaldp Volume 2 Cover Page And Introduction To The Special Issue, Eileen Chia Ching Fung Oct 2011

Aaldp Volume 2 Cover Page And Introduction To The Special Issue, Eileen Chia Ching Fung

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

Teaching Food and Foodways in Asian American Literature and Popular Culture

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Interview With Jean Vengua, Jean Vengua, California State University, Monterey Bay Oct 2011

Interview With Jean Vengua, Jean Vengua, California State University, Monterey Bay

Chinatown Renewal Project

No abstract provided.

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The Bg News October 26, 2011, Bowling Green State University Oct 2011

The Bg News October 26, 2011, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 26, 2011. Volume 102-Issue 29.

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Cultural Perspectives On Social Responsibility In Higher Education, Iris M Yob Oct 2011

Cultural Perspectives On Social Responsibility In Higher Education, Iris M Yob

Higher Learning Research Communications

The writers of the UNESCO document, Rethinking education: Towards a global common good? challenge educators to address their efforts to meet the current threats to sustainable life for all who share this planet. One way that higher education has been attempting to do this is through campus-community partnerships working to solve social problems locally or further afield. In this exploratory study, answers were sought to the question of why faculty members and administrators participate in these service partnerships, both in terms of what motivates them to do so and what they hope to accomplish, and how cultural context may influence …

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V. 79, Issue 5, October 21, 2011 Oct 2011

V. 79, Issue 5, October 21, 2011

Archway (1946-2020)

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Collegiate Administrator Perceptions Of Organizational Culture: An Analysis Of Metaphors, Felice D. Billups Oct 2011

Collegiate Administrator Perceptions Of Organizational Culture: An Analysis Of Metaphors, Felice D. Billups

NERA Conference Proceedings 2011

This study sought to characterize college and university administrator perceptions of organizational culture, their perceptions of themselves versus other subcultures, and their perceptions of themselves within the campus community. Using a qualitative phenomenological design, this research employed semi-structured individual interviews to explore cultural perspectives, using metaphor analysis to generate rich, detailed participant descriptions and perceptions. Participants representing the areas of admissions, student affairs, development, and planning comprised the cross-section of purposefully selected participants from ten private northeast institutions. Results may clarify the roles and effectiveness of administrators within campus communities, establishing them as a legitimate collegiate subculture.

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Western News, Oct. 20, 2011 , Western Michigan University Oct 2011

Western News, Oct. 20, 2011 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: State geological survey moves to WMU; Construction firm selected for medical school; On Campus with Greg Anderson.

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Towards A New Critical Literacy: Literature, Community Engagement And The Global Public Good, Bidhan Roy Oct 2011

Towards A New Critical Literacy: Literature, Community Engagement And The Global Public Good, Bidhan Roy

Higher Learning Research Communications

What does it mean for a student to be critically literate in the Twenty First Century? How do we teach critical literacy within university humanities programs in the United States? And what are the implications of critical literacy for the conception and praxis of the global good? Using Richard Hoggart and Raymond Williams’ conceptions of critical literacy, I outline a pedagogical approach to literature and cultural studies that offers a conceptual space for students to imagine and engage with ideas of the global good. From the perspective of student learning, this approach to community engagement offers students opportunities to “read” …

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Nossa And Nuestra América: Inter-American Dialogues, Robert Patrick Newcomb Oct 2011

Nossa And Nuestra América: Inter-American Dialogues, Robert Patrick Newcomb

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Is Brazil part of Latin America, or an island unto itself? As Nossa and Nuestra América: Inter-American Dialogues demonstrates, this question has been debated by Brazilian and Spanish American intellectuals alike since the early nineteenth century, though it has received limited scholarly attention and its answer is less obvious than you might think. This book charts Brazil's evolving and often conflicted relationship with the idea of Latin America through a detailed comparative investigation of four crucial Latin American essayists: Uruguayan critic José Enrique Rodó, Brazilian writer-diplomat Joaquim Nabuco, Mexican humanist Alfonso Reyes, and Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, one of Brazil's …

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Student Perceptions Of Public Relations And Journalism: A Pilot Study Of Attitude Shifts Through Curriculum Innovation, Bernard R. Mccoy, Jerry Renaud, Adam Wagler, Amy Struthers, John Baker Oct 2011

Student Perceptions Of Public Relations And Journalism: A Pilot Study Of Attitude Shifts Through Curriculum Innovation, Bernard R. Mccoy, Jerry Renaud, Adam Wagler, Amy Struthers, John Baker

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Journalism and public relations have had a long and often contentious relationship. It is rare when journalists and advertising/PR specialists work well together in the real world. It is equally rare when advertising, public relations and journalism students work together as part of their classroom education. This mixed methods pilot study explored the perceptions journalism and public relations majors had about each other’s professions. The experimental group was comprised of 40 journalism and public relations majors who worked together covering a national event in an experimental college class. The control group included 68 students who participated in a more traditional …

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Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2011-10-14, Bowling Green State University Oct 2011

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2011-10-14, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

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Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Academic Programs Committee Meeting, October 14, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts And Sciences Oct 2011

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Academic Programs Committee Meeting, October 14, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts And Sciences

Academic Programs Committee Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 14, 2011, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts & Sciences's Academic Programs Committee.

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Japan’S Model Of Mobile Ecosystem Success: The Case Of Ntt Docomo, Donald L. Amoroso, Mikako Ogawa Oct 2011

Japan’S Model Of Mobile Ecosystem Success: The Case Of Ntt Docomo, Donald L. Amoroso, Mikako Ogawa

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

This research looks at the adoption of Internet and mobile applications in the United States and Japan. It is the intent ofthis meta-exploratory study to examine factors of success with Japan’s mobile industry over the past decade. Takeshi Natsuno defined the ecosystem as a collection of roles in a collaborative balance. It is here that we began to search for the factors that have had an impact on the success of the mobile industry in Japan over the past two decades. It is the intent of this study to identify and discuss those factors to validate the ecosystem research model …

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Juvenile Penalties For “Lawyering Up”: The Role Of Counsel And Extralegal Case Characteristics, Gaylene Armstrong, Bitna Kim Oct 2011

Juvenile Penalties For “Lawyering Up”: The Role Of Counsel And Extralegal Case Characteristics, Gaylene Armstrong, Bitna Kim

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The presence of counsel for juveniles in the courtroom seems advantageous from a due process perspective, yet some studies suggest that juveniles receive harsher dispositions when represented by an attorney. This study tested whether a “counsel penalty” existed regardless of attorney type and, guided by prior sentencing literature, used a more comprehensive model to determine the influence of extralegal and contextual factors that may amplify the counsel penalty. Utilizing official data from a Northeastern state in a multilevel modeling strategy, this study found that regardless of the type of counsel retained, harsher sentences were received as compared with cases in …

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Looking At Zoos, Irus Braverman Oct 2011

Looking At Zoos, Irus Braverman

Journal Articles

Looking at zoos from the perspective of zoo personnel, this article explores the importance of vision in the zoo’s presentation of its animals as well as the major technologies that the zoo uses to intensify such animal visions. On the one end of the spectrum, zoogeography and immersion design are used at the zoo exhibit to enable zoogoers to see animals in their naturalistic settings. On the opposite end of the spectrum, animals are caged and cared for in the highly artificial settings of the zoo’s holding area, with little or no exposure to the public gaze. In between these …

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Decontamination Of Endodontic Gutta-Percha: An In-Vitro Study, Mariya Shnaydman Oct 2011

Decontamination Of Endodontic Gutta-Percha: An In-Vitro Study, Mariya Shnaydman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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