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Orthotrichum Pamiricum (Bryophyta), A New Epiphytic Moss Species From Pamir Mountains In Central Asia, Vitezslav Plasek, Jakub Sawicki, Lukas Cihal Jan 2014

Orthotrichum Pamiricum (Bryophyta), A New Epiphytic Moss Species From Pamir Mountains In Central Asia, Vitezslav Plasek, Jakub Sawicki, Lukas Cihal

Turkish Journal of Botany

Orthotrichum pamiricum Plasek & Sawicki is described as a new species from the western foothills of the Pamir Mountains of the Tajik-Afghan border in Central Asia. It is placed in Orthotrichum Hedw. subg. Pulchella (Schimp.) Vitt. The species is characterized by obtuse leaf apices, cryptoporous stomata, an exostome composed of 8 pairs of the teeth that are recurved when dry, and an endostome with 16 thin and incurved segments. Molecular data indicating the phylogenetic placement of O. pamiricum are also presented.

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The Discourse Of First-Year Writers At Border Sites: Discerning The Transcultural, Bilinguistic Strategies Of English Language Learners In College, Beatrice Méndez-Newman Jan 2014

The Discourse Of First-Year Writers At Border Sites: Discerning The Transcultural, Bilinguistic Strategies Of English Language Learners In College, Beatrice Méndez-Newman

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

According to U.S. Department of Education statistics, 9.8% of students enrolled in American elementary and secondary public schools are officially classified as English Language Learners (ELL) (U.S. Department of Education, 2012). In border states and states with high numbers of immigrant populations, such as Texas, Florida, New York, California, New Mexico, and Arizona, the ELL percentage is much higher. In Texas, for example, 17% of public school students are classified as ELL (Texas Education Agency, 2012). According to U.S. Department of Education statistics, 0% of college students in public higher education institutions are English Language Learners. In truth, this is …

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Between The Local And The National: The Free Territory Of Trieste, "Italianita," And The Politics Of Identity From The Second World War To The Osimo Treaty, Fabio Capano Jan 2014

Between The Local And The National: The Free Territory Of Trieste, "Italianita," And The Politics Of Identity From The Second World War To The Osimo Treaty, Fabio Capano

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation examines the politicized use of the city of Trieste and its surrounding territory, a cosmopolitan municipality that became the theatre of one of the most heated disputes of the early Cold War years. Scholars have extensively studied the diplomatic dimension of the confrontation between Italy and former Yugoslavia, yet many have largely neglected the significance of the broader political process that led to the Osimo Treaty of 1975, the final settlement of Italy's eastern border. This dissertation reaffirms the importance of the Triestine territory as a contested socio-political space that experienced the logic of both Cold War containment …

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Dynamic Optimization And Conformity In Health Behavior And Life Enjoyment Over The Life Cycle, Hernán Bejarano, Hillard Kaplan, Stephen Rassenti Jan 2014

Dynamic Optimization And Conformity In Health Behavior And Life Enjoyment Over The Life Cycle, Hernán Bejarano, Hillard Kaplan, Stephen Rassenti

ESI Working Papers

This article examines individual and social influences on investments in health and enjoyment from immediate consumption. We report the results of a lab experiment that mimics the problem of health investment over a lifetime, building on Grossman’s (1972a, 1972b) theoretical framework. Subjects earn money through the experiment in proportion to the sum of the life enjoyment they have consumed. However, income in each period is a function of previous health investments, so there is a dynamic optimum for maximizing earnings through the appropriate expenditures on life enjoyment and health in each period. In order to model social effects in the …

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Does Measuring L2 Utterance Fluency Equal Measuring Overall L2 Proficiency? Evidence From Five Languages, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Dan P. Dewey, Jennifer Brown, Rob A. Martinsen Jan 2014

Does Measuring L2 Utterance Fluency Equal Measuring Overall L2 Proficiency? Evidence From Five Languages, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Dan P. Dewey, Jennifer Brown, Rob A. Martinsen

Faculty Publications

The current study examined the relationship between overall second language (L2) proficiency and utterance fluency measures for several L2s in order to determine whether utterance measures can be used to predict L2 proficiency. The study measured the speech rate, number of hesitations, number and length of pauses, number and length of runs, and number of false starts using excerpts from 126 ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) spoken by 86 participants. Forty of the participants provided pre‐ and post‐OPI speech samples, which also allowed examination of changes over time. All 86 participants were native English speakers who spoke L2 French, German, …

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On The Interaction Of Implicative Structure And Type Frequency In Inflectional Systems, Jeffery R. Parker, Andrea D. Sims Jan 2014

On The Interaction Of Implicative Structure And Type Frequency In Inflectional Systems, Jeffery R. Parker, Andrea D. Sims

Faculty Publications

How do sources of information minimize the uncertainty associated with predicting unknown inflected forms?

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Elementary New Testament Greek, Joseph R. Dongell Jan 2014

Elementary New Testament Greek, Joseph R. Dongell

Academic Books

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Teachers' Expectations And Reading Achievement Of African American Middle School Students, Gloria Denise King Lewis Jan 2014

Teachers' Expectations And Reading Achievement Of African American Middle School Students, Gloria Denise King Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A local and national concern in education is the persistent achievement gap between African American and Caucasian middle school students. Despite numerous reforms, the gap continues to show African American middle school students performing lower in reading. The purpose of this mixed methods study, framed in the theoretical perspective of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, was to examine teachers' expectations and the relationship between those expectations and the educational outcomes of African American middle school children. Data were collected to identify pedagogical practices, examine teacher expectations, and determine the relationship between those expectations and student Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) scores. Nineteen …

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Mission Statement Clarity And Organizational Behavior At An Art-Focused High School, Michael Allen Mitchell Jan 2014

Mission Statement Clarity And Organizational Behavior At An Art-Focused High School, Michael Allen Mitchell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many new institutions struggle with issues of identity and purpose, which can create instability and lack of growth. Mission statements are often used to clearly identify the characteristics that make an organization unique. This study was informed by theories of organizational management, art integration constructivism, and Bronfenbrenner's cultural ecology. The literature indicates that there is a strong connection between a clear and concise mission statement and the organization's behaviors. This study examined a small Southeast Michigan charter school devoted to integrating arts and academic curricula to determine how the stated mission was understood and implemented by its stakeholders. An applied, …

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Instructional Models For English Language Learners As Contributors To Elementary Teachers' Effectiveness, Arleen Elizabeth Folorunsho Jan 2014

Instructional Models For English Language Learners As Contributors To Elementary Teachers' Effectiveness, Arleen Elizabeth Folorunsho

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Faculty at a public school in Georgia have been unable to explain how and why English language learner (ELL) students improved their performance on English and writing standardized tests. Leadership at this school desired an evidence-based ELL teaching model, which required exploration of this improved performance. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological, and heuristic project study was to understand the roots of this ELL achievement. Guided by teacher effectiveness theory, which suggests that examining the role of teachers is a valid way of understanding student achievement, this theory provided a specific construct of effectiveness consisting of distinct behaviors and characteristics. …

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Mountain Roots: Artistic Inquiry Into The Science And Spirit Of Mountains, Celeste Bickford Jan 2014

Mountain Roots: Artistic Inquiry Into The Science And Spirit Of Mountains, Celeste Bickford

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The future of mountain landscapes will be shaped by the landscape-related decisions we make today. These decisions are influenced by two major factors: what we know and how we feel. The interplay between emotional and analytical information is what motivates the decisions we make related to mountain environments and landscapes. Taking this into consideration, a partnership between art and science and a conversation between emotion and analysis can be instrumental in forming a holistic view of how humans relate to particular landforms such as mountains. This interplay between emotional and analytical information manifests in the decisions people make in relation …

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Multi-Criteria Group Decision Making Approach For Teacher Recruitment In Higher Education Under Simplified Neutrosophic Environment, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik Jan 2014

Multi-Criteria Group Decision Making Approach For Teacher Recruitment In Higher Education Under Simplified Neutrosophic Environment, Kalyan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Reimagining The Synthesis Of Latino Youth In The Science Lab : Using Latino Cultural Identity To Teach Cellular Permeability, Nathalie Iturburua Jan 2014

Reimagining The Synthesis Of Latino Youth In The Science Lab : Using Latino Cultural Identity To Teach Cellular Permeability, Nathalie Iturburua

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Academic excellence is often thought of as achieved through “motivation”. I use this term lightly because of its many definitions and lack of true value to its meaning in correlation with my project. Institutions often analyze student academics through the scope of the student. That is, completing homework assignments, preparing for tests and quizzes, spending adequate time outside of the classroom practicing academic integrity, staying out of the principal’s office, and so forth. Seldom institutions have shifted their focus to critique their own faculty and curriculum to analyze student academic interest. It is through the work of the faculty member …

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Integrating Rock Music In Elementary School Education, Andre Firme Jan 2014

Integrating Rock Music In Elementary School Education, Andre Firme

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Though music education is declining in schools across the nation, the classrooms that still utilize it to enhance other subject matter have witnessed its benefits. However, when the opportunity arises to integrate music into everyday lessons teaching core subjects, which genres should be focused on? Since educators would not wish to waste time on music that does not appeal to children’s listening preferences and knowing that weaving music in the educational fabric of the day teaches more effectively and efficiently, their preferred genre must be employed when the chance to integrate music, rare as it is, presents itself. Rock music …

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The Swell And Crash Of Ska's First Wave : A Historical Analysis Of Reggae's Predecessors In The Evolution Of Jamaican Music, Erik R. Lobo-Gilbert Jan 2014

The Swell And Crash Of Ska's First Wave : A Historical Analysis Of Reggae's Predecessors In The Evolution Of Jamaican Music, Erik R. Lobo-Gilbert

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This capstone explores the history of musical forms preceeding reggae in the evolution of Jamaican musical forms. The aim is to establish the historical and cultural factors that led to ska's creation, rise and fall in popularity, and cultural significance through its first wave in Jamaica.

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The Empathetic Human: The Story Of How Story Increases Cognitive And Social Ability, Olivia C. Flores 14 Jan 2014

The Empathetic Human: The Story Of How Story Increases Cognitive And Social Ability, Olivia C. Flores 14

Honor Scholar Theses

This thesis all started from my reflections on being an English Literature major. I mention this not because it is rare or unique, but rather because realizing my interest in literature and considering the cognitive effect it has on humans initiated my current academic endeavor: writing a very, very long paper. Even though the skills English majors exercise seem like the mundane activities of introverted bookworms, these experiences with language are spectacular phenomenons that prove to be, in fact, universal. Many argue that literature has an adaptive function that not only demonstrates why we gravitate toward story and how we …

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Dystopian Language And Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Applied To Created Forms Of English, Kristen Fairchild 14 Jan 2014

Dystopian Language And Thought: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Applied To Created Forms Of English, Kristen Fairchild 14

Honor Scholar Theses

None

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Letters To Make-Believe: An Afterschool Survival Kit, Jessica Maginity 14 Jan 2014

Letters To Make-Believe: An Afterschool Survival Kit, Jessica Maginity 14

Honor Scholar Theses

None

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Focusing The It’S Time Urban Mission Initiative, Clyde Morgan Jan 2014

Focusing The It’S Time Urban Mission Initiative, Clyde Morgan

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

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Antonio T. Denicolás: Poet Of Eternal Return, Christopher Key Chapple Jan 2014

Antonio T. Denicolás: Poet Of Eternal Return, Christopher Key Chapple

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

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Design Requirements For Generating Deceptive Content To Protect Document Repositories, Ben Whitham Jan 2014

Design Requirements For Generating Deceptive Content To Protect Document Repositories, Ben Whitham

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

For nearly 30 years, fake digital documents have been used to identify external intruders and malicious insider threats. Unfortunately, while fake files hold potential to assist in data theft detection, there is little evidence of their application outside of niche organisations and academic institutions. The barrier to wider adoption appears to be the difficulty in constructing deceptive content. The current generation of solutions principally: (1) use unrealistic random data; (2) output heavily formatted or specialised content, that is difficult to apply to other environments; (3) require users to manually build the content, which is not scalable, or (4) employ an …

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A Pedagogical Heartbeat: The Integration Of Critical And Contemplative Pedagogies For Transformative Education, Juan Mah Y Busch Jan 2014

A Pedagogical Heartbeat: The Integration Of Critical And Contemplative Pedagogies For Transformative Education, Juan Mah Y Busch

English Faculty Works

With so many figurative references to the heart, the heart has become an overextended metaphor and threatens to become less meaningful. Widely circulated books on Critical Pedagogies and Contemplative Pedagogies refer to the heart. Though they may share a sense of learning as transformation, each has a very different method, which I identify as dialectical or dialogical.  And, each one defines its liberatory transformation in a very different way, one with “third space” and the other in relational and holistic space, which is considered transcendent. This essay describes two forms of heartfelt awareness, first-order heart-based knowledge and the heart’s second-order …

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Untranslatable Desire: Inter-Ethnic Relationships In Franco-Arab Literature, Mehammed Mack Jan 2014

Untranslatable Desire: Inter-Ethnic Relationships In Franco-Arab Literature, Mehammed Mack

French Studies: Faculty Publications

This essay examines the sexualization of post-colonial relations at the level of literature, paying special attention to how post-colonial resentment is portrayed via the figure of the “Arab boy,” transplanted from an exploited status in colonial settings to an un-assimilated status in contemporary France. The difficulties of communication that occur, when certain French writers aim to depict this Arab figure, are then sourced to problems of cultural translation in a variety of instances. Gay-identified Moroccan authors like Rachid O. and Abdellah Taïa, who write in French from France, have responded to calls for sexual disclosure as "native informants," while simultaneously …

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Folkloric Musicians Among The Bugakhwe, Robert Veith Jan 2014

Folkloric Musicians Among The Bugakhwe, Robert Veith

Masters Theses

Increased access to global media by traditional culture in remote parts of Africa has, in many cases, seen indigenous music marginalized in favor of imported forms. In some places, a folkloric tradition thrives, though this music may face extinction if those who practice it do not document their art in a way which can be passed down to future generations. For this project, I recorded seven musician/composers of the Bugakhwe, a Khoisan people group living in the Okavango Delta region of Botswana. Two were given enough studio time to create a complete CD-length set, so as to show off the …

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Fracking Bans, Taxation, And Environmental Policy, Robert D. Cheren Jan 2014

Fracking Bans, Taxation, And Environmental Policy, Robert D. Cheren

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

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A Phenomenological Consideration Of Conflict And Crisis Impact Of Autism On Single Parenthood: A Hermeneutical Transformative Approach, Andrew Ahimiejiese Ovienloba Jan 2014

A Phenomenological Consideration Of Conflict And Crisis Impact Of Autism On Single Parenthood: A Hermeneutical Transformative Approach, Andrew Ahimiejiese Ovienloba

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

The field of autism in epidemiology has received much attention in recent times especially as scientific information evolves on the causes and impact of autism spectrum disorder. Just as medical research is conducting to arrest the growing pace of autism with current research indicating one out of every 68 children in the United States diagnosed autistic, the field of the social science has equally produced some literature on the subject. Much of the social science and epidemiological information in the field has bothered on framing the concept (Murray, 2008), historical dimension and causation of the disease, and its associative influence …

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Role Theory As An Informative Lens For Understanding The Familial And Political Power Struggles Of Henry Viii And Mary I Of England, Niki Incorvia Jan 2014

Role Theory As An Informative Lens For Understanding The Familial And Political Power Struggles Of Henry Viii And Mary I Of England, Niki Incorvia

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

This study aims to analyze the application of twentieth century sociologist George Mead's role theory to Henry VIII and Mary I, of Britain's Tudor Dynasty, regarding their treatment of their families during the early to mid-sixteenth century. Contemporary role theory can offer a useful lens to study sixteenth century royal family functionality through an analysis of Henry VIII and Mary I's lives as monarchs of England. Role theory can illuminate the role conflict that led to a separation between Henry and Mary as people and as sovereigns. Their roles, derived from traditional authority, set them apart as people and led …

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The Relationship Between Emotional & Social Intelligence And Conflict Management Behavior In Leadership, Suzzette A. Harriott Jan 2014

The Relationship Between Emotional & Social Intelligence And Conflict Management Behavior In Leadership, Suzzette A. Harriott

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this work was to evaluate the relationship between emotional and social intelligence (ESI) and the conflict management behavior (CMB) of lower level members of management or managers in training in a public sector organization in a country in the British Caribbean. The instruments that were utilized were SPSS, the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal-Me Version, and the Conflict Dynamic Profile-Individual (CDP-I). In all cases, due to non-normality, Spearman's rho was used in order to test the five hypotheses incorporated within this study. The Spearman rho, which is also known as the Pearson correlation coefficient between ranked variables, is a …

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Argument, Rhetoric, And Transcendence: “The Adherence Of Minds” Within The Discourse Of Spirituality, Gavin Forrest Hurley Jan 2014

Argument, Rhetoric, And Transcendence: “The Adherence Of Minds” Within The Discourse Of Spirituality, Gavin Forrest Hurley

Open Access Dissertations

My study, “Argument, Rhetoric, and Transcendence: The ‘Adherence of Minds’ within a Discourse of Spirituality,” addresses the questions: What persuades Americans to adhere to contemporary discourses of spirituality? What persuades audiences to adhere to the experiential truths found with this discourse? Furthermore, how exactly do contemporary writers of spirituality adhere audiences to reasonable understanding and pursuit of a union with a higher power? Using Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca’s The New Rhetoric as a framework, I analyze how the persuasive machinery of current Catholic and Anglican spirituality texts guides readers to experience and understand a subjective union with an ineffable …

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American Insanity: The Demise Of The Elite And A Critical/Historical Analysis Of The Dsm, Tiffany B. Hunter Jan 2014

American Insanity: The Demise Of The Elite And A Critical/Historical Analysis Of The Dsm, Tiffany B. Hunter

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

The International Classification of Diseases, Sixth Edition (ICD-6; World Health Organization, 1949) is a universal health care management tool for examining the pathology of diseases and how to properly diagnose and treat said diseases. The birth of the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-I; American Psychiatric Association, 1952) is the product of the ICD and the American Medico-psychological Association and first delivered shortly after the end of the Second World War. As per request of the American Armed Forces, which were ill-equipped to manage the surge of mental disorders after the war, the need …

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