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The Meaning Of Security: An Epistemological Critique Of The Responsibility To Protect, Joseph Kenneth Lehnert

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The evolution of security studies had involved much critical examination of precisely what counts as "security." Much of this examination is a critique of traditional security studies, or strategic studies, which posits a politico-military conception of security. Working to elucidate "counter-narratives" of security requires an "opening" of security. This paper uses discourse analysis to examine key texts associated with the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) doctrine in order to elucidate these counter-narratives of security. In so doing, I ask the following questions: (1) Does RtoP perpetuate a traditional "telling" despite its stated intention to protect seeminly vulnerable populations from human rights …

Critical Factors Of Adjudication: Language And The Adjudication Process In Executive And Judicial Branch Decisions, Christopher B. Mcneil

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding athletics, WKU mission statement, tuition, Kentucky Adult Higher Education Alliance (KAHEA), Student Government Association, curriculum committee, student production policy, academic program coordinator policy, Colonnade Plan, faculty handbook and elections.

The Administrative Law Judge As A Bridge Between Law And Culture, Phyllis E. Bernard

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

On Evaluating Human Problem Solving Of Computationally Hard Problems, Sarah Carruthers, Ulrike Stege

The Journal of Problem Solving

This article is concerned with how computer science, and more exactly computational complexity theory, can inform cognitive science. In particular, we suggest factors to be taken into account when investigating how people deal with computational hardness. This discussion will address the two upper levels of Marr’s Level Theory: the computational level and the algorithmic level. Our reasons for believing that humans indeed deal with hard cognitive functions are threefold: (1) Several computationally hard functions are suggested in the literature, e.g., in the areas of visual search, visual perception and analogical reasoning, linguistic processing, and decision making. (2) People appear to …

College Senate Minutes April 18, 2013, Bronx Community College Senate

BCC Governance Archives

Minutes for the meeting of the College Senate on April 18, 2013.

American Romanticism And The Politics Of Literary Originality: The Dark Passages Of Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, And Melville, Peter Brock Olson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Critics and commentators have recently reinitiated interest in Romanticism within the sphere of nineteenth-century American literature, and have sought to recuperate Romantic aesthetics to explore the implications of the American renaissance. The scholarship in Romantic theory has given impetus to a New Romanticism that synthesizes philosophy of literature--phenomenology and poststructuralism--with cultural and genre studies. This dissertation studies four canonic mid-nineteenth-century American authors--Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville--through the nexus of Romantic negativity and originality, and takes a metacritical approach to a transatlantic critical field juxtaposing American Transcendentalism, British Romanticism, and German Idealism within the sphere of an antebellum cultural matrix composed …

Language Encodes Social Network Information, Sterling Chelsea Hutchinson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Knowledge regarding social information is commonly thought to be derived from sources such as interviews and formal relationships. Consequently, social networks can be generated from this information. Recent work has demonstrated that language statistics can explain findings often thought to primarily be explained by external factors. Three studies explored whether language implicitly comprises information that allows for extracting social networks, by testing the hypothesis that individuals who are socially related together are linguistically discussed together, as well as the hypothesis that individuals who are socially related more are linguistically discussed more. Three computational studies were conducted testing the extent to …

Human Geography Without A Map, William E. Demars, Laurel Rosenberger, Jimmy Rogers, Trent Hardee

Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects

Course materials developed for a 9th grade course on human geography, focusing on human rights, terrorism, and globalization.

Exploring Different Factors Of Language Development, Elizabeth Scribner

2013 Awards for Excellence in Student Research & Creative Activity - Documents

The purpose of this paper is to explore the different factors that affect language development and examine successful intervention strategies. It includes descriptions of home exposure and involvement, bilingualism and culture awareness, as well as the importance of early intervention. Teaching opportunities and coaching features are also explored. Language is a feature every individual should have the opportunity to explore, and can be done in a variety of different ways. The term 'language' does not necessarily refer to English; it can be applied to most languages and language users. Language is needed for both, receptive and expressive functioning. Receptive includes …

2013 Libqual+ Survey Results, Kennesaw State University Library System

Library Reports and Surveys

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 126.21: April 17, 2013, Hope College

The Anchor: 2013

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

The Disproportional Representation Dilemma: A Meta-Synthesis, April D. Lefevere

Special Education Masters Program Theses

A disproportionate number of students, with specific identifiable characteristics like ethnic background, race and socioeconomic conditions are being erroneously referred and placed in special education and left out of programs for the gifted and talented due to problems within the systems of both regular and special education. With a shifting in the representations of the majority ethnic group and overall increases in the number of minorities attending public school, a system built with one norm (White, middle class) and matching leadership is unable to meet the needs of a diverse population of children. Teacher training programs and district in-services for …

Long-Term Benefits Of Early Intervention Services: A Meta-Synthesis, Elizabeth Barnes

Special Education Masters Program Theses

The role of universal preschool programs is being debated in public and political arenas. There is concern that the cost of providing such programs is not in the public's best interest. While they are few, the longitudinal studies into the cost/benefit of such programs show that investments into early childhood interventions and education yield a return to students, taxpayers, and society. These benefits include: a savings in the cost of education through lower retention rates and special education placement, an increase in tax revenue through higher wages, and a savings through lower costs for the welfare and criminal justice systems. …

The Emotional Logic Of Participation In Intergroup Violence, Christopher Bruce Phillips Claassen

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Existing theories of intergroup violence focus on the motives of group or leaders. But why do thousands of people choose to take part given the dangers and risks? This dissertation develops a model, the entitlement-blame-anger model, to explain participation in intergroup violence. According to this model, participation is motivated by emotional reactions of intergroup anger. Anger is useful in this respect because it shapes both the preference for confrontation and beliefs about the risks of taking part. Intergroup anger, in turn, is triggered by appraisals that the outgroup are to blame for some harm suffered by the ingroup. Blame and …

Glottopoeia: A Case Study In Language Change, Ian Hollenbaugh

Honors Theses

"Glottopoeia: A Case Study in Language Change" is a thesis in the form of a I32-page grammar booklet, entitled An Elementary Ghau Aethauic Grammar, with a preface detailing what I did, why I did it, and how I accomplished it. In effect, I invented a language called Ghau Aethau. It was created almost entirely ex nihilo, borrowing nothing in the way of phonetics, morphology, or vocabulary from any real language. It does employ grammatical concepts present in many real-world languages, but also several of my own design. I chose this project for two reasons: first, to explore the art form …

Minutes From April 17 2013, University Senate

University Senate Minutes

Minutes from April 17 2013 University Senate Meeting

Students Tell Local Immigrant Stories Through Films And Photos, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Reactions To English Language Learning In Chile As A Means For Personal And National Development, Kortnee Byrd

Master's Theses

In our globalized world today, English has developed into the worldwide

language. Chilean leaders, in connection to their development goals to reach a developed

country status by 2020, have highlighted the need for Chilean citizens to become

bilingual in order to attract foreign investment and further integrate into the world

market. Leaders also highlight how English education will serve as an equalizing

measure to combat the socioeconomic inequality that has plagued this country since

Spanish colonization. While the economic benefits are clear, questions remain as to what

the social and cultural costs will be. This research project presents how a …

The Art Of Perl: How A Scripting Language (Inter)Activated The World Wide Web, Norberto Gomez Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

In 1987, computer programmer and linguist Larry Wall authored the general-purpose, high-level, interpreted, dynamic Unix scripting language, Perl. Borrowing features from C and awk, Perl was originally intended as a scripting language for text-processing. However, with the rising popularity of the Internet and the advent of Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web (Web), in the 1990s, Perl soon became the glue-language for the Internet, due in large part to its relationship to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). Perl was the go-to language for on the fly program writing and coding, gaining accolades from the likes …

A Broke(N) System: Comment On The Supreme Court's Decision To Rule On The Equal Access Provision In Douglas V. Independent Living Center, And Its Potential Impact On The Affordable Care Act, Megan Waugh

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

This comment first provides a historical and legal backdrop of the Medicaid system, the Equal Access Provision and private individuals' enforcement of the Equal Access Provision through litigation in order to analyze the outcome of Douglas in light of the Supreme Court's decision in the Affordable Care Act Case. Then taking that analysis, this article recommends an approach to handle either a cause of action or no cause of action under the Supremacy Clause upon the implementation of PPACA.

Diaspora, Memory, And Ethnic Media: Media Use By Somalis Living In Canada, Charmarkeh Houssein

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Somali Bantus In A State Of Refuge, Catherine Besteman

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Tacsi For Maryan (Aryette) Omar Ali, Lidwien Kapteijns

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

No abstract provided.

Secular Catalysts For The Dissemination Of Russian Orthodoxy: The Case Of Russian Enterprise And The Tlingit Natives Of Southeast Alaska, Christian J. Robison

Modern Languages & Literatures Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Celebrating Faculty Creative Works 2012, University Of Texas At Arlington Library, Ut Arlington Office Of The Provost

Faculty Creative Works-Archive

The University of Texas at Arlington Library and the Office of the Provost are pleased to host the fourth Celebration of Faculty Creative Works, an exhibition that showcases the articles, books, art, music, media, patents, and conference activities made by UT Arlington faculty in 2012, as well as outside awards and honors received.

2013-04-16 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes for April 16, 2013.

Celebrating Faculty Creative Works 2012, University Of Texas At Arlington Library, Ut Arlington Office Of The Provost

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

The University of Texas at Arlington Library and the Office of the Provost are pleased to host the fourth Celebration of Faculty Creative Works, an exhibition that showcases the articles, books, art, music, media, patents, and conference activities made by UT Arlington faculty in 2012, as well as outside awards and honors received.

Hogwarts Now Enrolling!, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Dimensions Of Informal Support Network Development In An Asian American Community In The New South: A Grounded Theory, Suzie Weng

Theses and Dissertations

The continuum of care framework posits that individuals move from one level to the next in seeking resources for help ranging from first using informal support to finally using formal services. Yet, the literature is mostly focused on formal services. It is well-known in the literature that existing formal services are underutilized by the Asian American population. If that is also the case in nontraditional settlement cities like Richmond, Virginia, the continuum of care framework and existing literature suggest that Asian Americans are turning to their informal support networks to meet their needs. Thus far, the literature on informal support …