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Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five: Making The Past Present, Rebecca Hoevenaar

Honors Projects

Art has the unique ability to create new meaning from past events. As a work of literature, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five has succeeded in doing this. Vonnegut took the bombing of Dresden and make it present and relevant in the minds of young Americans during the Vietnam War. Readers made connections between the two horrific events. In our contemporary world, Slaughterhouse-Five still remains an important work of literature. Violent conflicts and horrors continue to happen as with the recent Iraq War.

Q-Muse: A Quantum Computer Music System Designed For A Performance For Orchestra, Electronics And Live Internet-Connected Photonic Quantum Computer, A Kirke, P Shadbolt, A Neville, A Antoine, E Miranda

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Quantum computing is a form of unconventional computation utilizing quantum effects as a fundamental part of its calculations. It has already been used in practical signal encryption in the 2010 Soccer World Cup, and there is competition amongst many governments to build more powerful and practical quantum computers. Although quantum computing is the most widespread and invested in form of unconventional computation, there have been no implementations of artistic systems with live hardware quantum computers. Furthermore there is a vast gap between public understanding of classical digital computing and of quantum computing. Q-Muse is a quantum computer music system design …

The Evolution Of Judicial Power: How The Supreme Court Effectively Legalized Rape On Indian Reservations, Clara Martinez

Quercus: Linfield Journal of Undergraduate Research

According to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, nearly one in five women in the United States have experienced sexual violence. While the statistics are staggering, the rate of sexual assault on Indian reservations is more than twice the national average. According to the Department of Justice, one in three American Indian and Alaska Native women have been raped or have experienced an attempted rape during their lifetime. Moreover, the primary assailants are males who are not members of tribal communities. Why has rape, perpetrated by non-Indian males, become effectively legalized on reservations? What explains tribal courts’ …

Learning Styles And Learning Preferences Of Higher Diploma Students, Man Wai, Janet Cheung, Kar Wai, Joanna Cheng, Nga Lun Alan Wong

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Engaging Students With Clickers In Language Lessons, Man Wai, Janet Cheung, Nga Lun Alan Wong, Yin Ha, Emmy Chan

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Stress, Burnout And Resilience Of Teachers Of Students With Emotional Behavioural Challenges, Lai Kuen Brenda Lo

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Needs Analysis And Curriculum Development Of Vocational Chinese For Ncs Students, Xiao Yan Qiu, Danping Wang, Hau Yee, Doris Lo, Ming Tak, Jackie Tsang

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Vocational English Learning Through Peer Tutoring, Man Wai, Miranda Lam, Chung Woon, Avery Chan

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

An Empirical Study Of Mainland Chinese Students’ Learning Needs, Perceptions Of Self-Identity And Sense Of Belonging, Yuk Kwan, Ricky Ng, Lai Fong, Annie Lau

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Language Needs Of Industry: Incorporating Real-Life Workplace Communication Into Sgc-Based Vocational English Modules, Lai Kun, Annie Choi

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Schooling And Career Aspirations Of South Asian Students, Sin Tung, Stella Kwok, Catherine Chiu, Brenda Lo, Sui Lun, Richard Wu

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Frameworks For Nurturing And Assessing Students’ Statistical Thinking In Regression Modelling, Wing Kin, Ken Li

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Educating He Women Of The Nation: Priscilla Wakefield And The Construction Of National Identity, 1798, Camilla Leach, Joyce Goodman

Quaker Studies

This article examines the views of the Quaker educationist, Priscilla Wakefield, on the role of women in the construction of British national identity at the end of the eighteenth century. Priscilla Wakefield wrote children's texts in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century England, was interested in the question of women and science and published on the education of women. This article analyses the way in which in Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex, with Suggestions for its Improvement (1798) , she based her arguments for a 'useful' education for women on her views of what constituted the virtues and …

Quaker Plaining As Critical Aesthetic, Peter J. Collins

Quaker Studies

In the first part of this paper I explore the possibility of identifying a Quaker aesthetic through the concepts 'plain' and 'plaining'. I begin with an examination of the importance of 'the plain' as product and practice to seventeenth-century Friends and briefly outline its enduring importance to Quakers. Friends, however, were not the first group to adopt the plain style which is better understood when located in its broader historical context. For Quakers, the plain is ethic as well as aesthetic, partially grounding all Quaker testimonies. Given the well-documented aestheticization of contemporary life, I argue that the Quaker plain and …

The Study Of Eighteenth-Century English Quakerism: From Rufus Jones To Larry Ingle, David J. Hall

Quaker Studies

This brief study of writing on eighteenth-century English Quaker history begins with an assessment of Rufus Jones's contribution in his The Later Periods of Quakerism (1921). It goes on to supplement the views of the century expressed by Larry Ingle in 'The Future of Quaker History' (1997) by surveying concisely a major proportion of the relevant published work between 1921 and 1997. It refers also to Ingle's identification of gaps and weaknesses in the published literature on the subject.

Editorial, Pink "Ben" Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.

Challenges Facing The Elderly Care Industry In Hong Kong: The Shortage Of Frontline Workers, Sin Tung, Stella Kwok, Wai Ning Kris Wong, Shun Lai Yang

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Case Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Learning Communities Program For Students In Higher Diploma In Environmental Science, Ho Leung Au, Fung Sheung, Kuby Chung

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Mobile Learning For Higher Education Students In Guangzhou, Chun Hung, Hugo Wong

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Tvet As An Important Factor In Country’S Economic Development, Margarita Pavlova

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

In this keynote speech, Dr Pavlova will bring together a number of strategic development areas for Hong Kong as stated in the 2014 Chief Executive’s Policy Address. These areas include economic development, innovation and technology industries, vocational education and environmental protection.

Assisted Technology For Daily Living, Raymond K.Y. Tong

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

Prof Tong will introduce two major assisted technologies he recently developed to assist elderly people’s daily living and promote healthy ageing : i) the telecare system for monitoring the safety of single elderly at home; and ii) Kinect system for elderly to carry out home-based exercise.

On Translating Technology Research Into Industrial Applications, Stephen T.C. Wong

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

Using personal cases he previously experienced, Prof Wong will share with colleagues the influence of environments and market forces that drive the applied technology research into practice. The speech will be delivered in an informal, interactive format, rather than didactic.

An Investigation Of Starting Point Preferences In Human Performance On Traveling Salesman Problems, James N. Macgregor

The Journal of Problem Solving

Previous studies have shown that people start traveling sales problem tours significantly more often from boundary than from interior nodes. There are a number of possible reasons for such a tendency: first, it may arise as a direct result of the processes involved in tour construction; second, boundary points may be perceptually more salient than interior points, and selected for that reason; third, starting from the boundary may make the task easier or be more likely to result in a better tour than starting from the interior. The present research investigated each of these possibilities by analyzing start point frequencies …

The Kabod Wants Your Honors Papers

Honorable Mention

Please submit Honors papers to the Honors journal The Kabod.

Effects Of Selected Commercial Diets And Yeast Substitution On The Growth And Associated Microbiota Of Rotifer (Brachionus Plicatilis), Ryan D. Lind

Open Access Theses

The rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) is an essential feed organism for successful marine larviculture. Cost effective feeding regimes and the control of harmful bacteria are critical components of rotifer production. Supplementation of commercial diets with yeast can reduce costs, but its effects on bacteria such as Vibrio spp. are not well documented. Two experiments were conducted to identify a practical culture diet. The first experiment evaluates different commercial diets on rotifer growth and total Vibrio. The second experiment determines a practical level of yeast substitution, with regard to rotifer growth, culture Vibrio loads, and cost. The diets evaluated in the first …

Physical Therapy For A Patient With Poor Balance Secondary To Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease And Chronic Low Back Pain: A Case Report, Nicole Christine

Case Report Posters

Background: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is one of the most common inherited neuromuscular disorders with a prevalence rate of 1 in 2,500 in the United States. CMT is a form of muscular dystrophy, and is an umbrella term for certain inherited genetic disorders that affect the peripheral nervous system. The genetic disorder is characterized by muscular wasting, weakness, and sensory loss, and is most severe in the distal lower extremities. Common symptoms include foot drop, high-stepped gait with frequent tripping or falls, foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes, and loss of muscle bulk in the distal lower extremities. …

Addressing Medicaid/Marketplace Churn Through Multimarket Plans: Assessing The Current State Of Play, Sara Rosenbaum

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Role Of Medio-Dorsal Frontal And Posterior Parietal Neurons During Auditory Detection Performance In Rats, Kaitlin S. Bohon, Michael C. Wiest

Faculty Research and Scholarship

To further characterize the role of frontal and parietal cortices in rat cognition, we recorded action potentials simultaneously from multiple sites in the medio-dorsal frontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex of rats while they performed a two-choice auditory detection task. We quantified neural correlates of task performance, including response movements, perception of a target tone, and the differentiation between stimuli with distinct features (different pitches or durations). A minority of units—15% in frontal cortex, 23% in parietal cortex—significantly distinguished hit trials (successful detections, response movement to the right) from correct rejection trials (correct leftward response to the absence of the …

Public Act 098-0295 Or The "Open Access To Research Articles Act" Findings And Recommendations, Open Access Task Force

Open Access Task Force

Final report containing the findings and recommendations of Governors State University's Open Access Task Force in compliance with Public Act 098-0295.

Primary Care In Geriatrics: Context, Opportunities, And Resources For Occupational Therapy, Catherine V. Piersol, Phd, Otr/L

Department of Occupational Therapy Posters and Presentations

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss health care delivery trends and system changes that offer opportunities for occupational therapy in primary care for older adults in the community.

2. Describe the contributions of occupational therapy on the interprofessional primary care team.

3. Utilize current resources and evidence that support the role of occupational therapy in geriatric primary care.

Agenda:

1. Overview of primary care.

2. Health trends and reform initiatives that open doors for occupational therapy.

3. Opportunities (and barriers) for occupational therapy in primary care

4. Current NIH funded study testing a primary care occupational therapy intervention.

5. Resources and Discussion. …