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Produce & Achieve: A Case Study Of Inner-City Education, Daryl A. Tate Jan 2015

Produce & Achieve: A Case Study Of Inner-City Education, Daryl A. Tate

Theses and Dissertations

Despite efforts at narrowing the achievement gap, ethnicity-based disparities in achievement are an enduring and pervasive issue in American education. Holy Angels, a high achieving, African American, urban, elementary school in Chicago, Illinois offers a model for successful education of ethnic minority children. Despite coming from predominantly welfare supported, single-mother homes, located in crime ridden inner-city Chicago, during the period bounded by this study, Holy Angels’ students produced test scores among the highest in the nation. Previous research indicates that characteristics of schools that support academic achievement particularly among ethnic minority students are high teacher expectations, academic emphasis, and culturally …

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Cumulative Index Of Clcweb: Comparative Literature And Culture (1999-), Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek Jan 2015

Cumulative Index Of Clcweb: Comparative Literature And Culture (1999-), Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

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Hunter S. Thompson And Gonzo Journalism As Literature, Michael P. Kiernan Jan 2015

Hunter S. Thompson And Gonzo Journalism As Literature, Michael P. Kiernan

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

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The Dietary Mineral Content Of Claytonia Lanceolata Corms From Multiple Populations Across The Columbia Plateau Region Of North America, Paul Reilly Jan 2015

The Dietary Mineral Content Of Claytonia Lanceolata Corms From Multiple Populations Across The Columbia Plateau Region Of North America, Paul Reilly

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

"Since divergence from our ancestral lineage ~ 2.8 mya, humans have relied on foraged foods to obtain dietary mineral nutrition. Around 12,000 years ago, people began shifting towards a lifestyle of food production. The rapid shift in lifestyle significantly altered the human diet, and research suggests our genomes have had insufficient time to adjust. Due to the discord between genome and environment, unprecedented levels of disease and malnutrition are epidemic in certain subsets of the population. Studies suggest the most cost effective way to mitigate the risk of these diseases is to find ways to increase micronutrient consumption. As a …

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Single Mothers Getting By: Cultural And Structural Violence In Public Policy, Amara E. Bates Jan 2015

Single Mothers Getting By: Cultural And Structural Violence In Public Policy, Amara E. Bates

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

From the birth of government funded welfare in 1935 through current discussions of welfare reforms, the media and politicians have used rhetoric to make poor single mothers the "other." This paper will apply Galtung's model of the rhetorical and enacted route from cultural violence to structural violence ending in direct violence to this case. To explore the in the creation and "reform" of the welfare system, I will use discourse from various sources such as addresses to congress, public policy, media sources and women's personal accounts as well as analyze directly the policies that were created in response to this …

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Catholic Teaching On Homosexuality: New Paths To Understanding [Review] / Cameli, Louis J., David K. Penno Jan 2015

Catholic Teaching On Homosexuality: New Paths To Understanding [Review] / Cameli, Louis J., David K. Penno

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

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Water: An Essential Element For Life, Roza Pati Jan 2015

Water: An Essential Element For Life, Roza Pati

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

This essay is a book review of Water: An Essential Element for Life by The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

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Money And Art : Financial Management Of Arts Organizations, Kristin Canham Jan 2015

Money And Art : Financial Management Of Arts Organizations, Kristin Canham

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The Piegan View Of The Natural World, 1880-1920, Rosalyn R. Lapier Jan 2015

The Piegan View Of The Natural World, 1880-1920, Rosalyn R. Lapier

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This dissertation is a new interpretation of the stories told by the Piegan people (now known as the Blackfeet) from 1880-1920, about their relationship with the natural world. It is a history of the transition to reservation life, the economy of the reservation, individual Piegan who told stories, the ethnographers who recorded the stories and what those stories tell us about Piegan views of the natural world. It is a blend of different methodologies within history: archival research, ethnohistory, oral history and first-person narrative. This new interpretation argues that although the transition to reservation life was difficult, the Piegan worked …

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The Volk Of New Jersey? State Identity, Distinctiveness, And Political Culture In The American Federal System, Ernest A. Young Jan 2015

The Volk Of New Jersey? State Identity, Distinctiveness, And Political Culture In The American Federal System, Ernest A. Young

Faculty Scholarship

The legal literature on federalism has long taken for granted that Americans no longer meaningfully identify with, or feel strong loyalties to, their states. This assumption has led some scholars to reject federalism altogether; others argue that federalism must be reoriented to serve national values. But the issue of identity and loyalty sweeps far more broadly, implicating debates about the political safeguards of federalism, the ability of states to check national power, and the likelihood that states will produce policy innovations or good opportunities for citizen participation in government. The ultimate question is whether American federalism lacks the cultural and …

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Shallow Water Depth Inversion Based On Data Mining Models, Shu Gao Jan 2015

Shallow Water Depth Inversion Based On Data Mining Models, Shu Gao

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis focuses on applying machine-learning algorithms on water depth inversion from remote sensing images, with a case study in Michigan lake area. The goal is to assess the use of the public available Landsat images on shallow water depth inversion. Firstly, ICESAT elevation data were used to determine the absolute water surface elevation. Airborne bathymetry Lidar data provide systematic measure of water bottom elevation. Subtracting water bottom elevation from water surface elevation will result in water depth. Water depth is associated with reflectance recorded as DN value in Landsat images. Water depth inversion was tested on ANN models, SVM …

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Community Resilience And Social Memory, Ga Wilson Jan 2015

Community Resilience And Social Memory, Ga Wilson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The notion of ‘resilience’ is rapidly emerging as a research topic in its own right, with the notion of ‘social resilience’ rapidly gaining importance. Yet, due to the relative novelty of the research field, discussions about processes of social resilience are not yet fully developed, especially with regard to how the inbuilt ‘memory’ of a local community helps shape resilience pathways (social memory). Interlinkages between social memory and community resilience are the focus of this study, with emphasis on analysis of the importance of rites, traditions and social learning processes for shaping community resilience/ vulnerability.

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Enhancing Social Science Research In The Uae: An Open Source Software Solution University Of Sharjah (Uos) Case Study, Manar Abu Talib, Muhammed Abuodeh, Adhraa Almansoori, Arwa Alnauimi Jan 2015

Enhancing Social Science Research In The Uae: An Open Source Software Solution University Of Sharjah (Uos) Case Study, Manar Abu Talib, Muhammed Abuodeh, Adhraa Almansoori, Arwa Alnauimi

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© 2015 The Manar Abu Talib, Muhammed AbuOdeh, Adhraa Almansoori and Arwa AlNauimi. Researchers, practitioners and social scientists all agree on the enormous importance of social science research in advancing human knowledge and informing public policy makers. The National Research Foundation, along with other organizations in the UAE, is leading the initiative to integrate the efforts of social research institutions in order to support the decision making process in the UAE. As indicated by a number of social researchers during the last forum held on May 29-30, 2012, at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE, …

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Late Emergence Of The First Possession Heuristic: Evidence From A Small-Scale Culture, Patricia Kanngiesser, Federico Rossano, Michael Tomasello Jan 2015

Late Emergence Of The First Possession Heuristic: Evidence From A Small-Scale Culture, Patricia Kanngiesser, Federico Rossano, Michael Tomasello

School of Psychology

Western preschool children often assign ownership based on first possession and some theorists have proposed that this judgment might be an early emerging, innate bias. Five- to 9-year-olds (n = 112) from a small-scale group in Kenya (Kikuyu) watched videotaped interactions of two women passing an object. The object’s starting position and the women’s gestures were varied. Use of the first possession heuristic increased with age, and 8- to 9-year-olds performed similarly to German 5-year-olds (n = 24). Starting position and gestures had no effect. A control study confirmed that 5-year-old Kikuyus (n = 20) understood the video material. The …

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Dendritic Cell-Targeted Vaccinations: A Promising Immunotherapeutic Approach To Cancer Treatment, Elin Holliday Odegard Jan 2015

Dendritic Cell-Targeted Vaccinations: A Promising Immunotherapeutic Approach To Cancer Treatment, Elin Holliday Odegard

University Honors Theses

Immunotherapy is an emergent form of cancer therapy that offers new and innovative techniques that work to enhance the body’s natural ability to defend itself against harm. This thesis seeks to explore the efficacy of vaccines that target dendritic cells as one particular form of immunotherapy. Vaccination has the potential to provide antigen (Ag) that is accessible to be processed by dendritic cells, deliver the antigen to the dendritic cells, encourage dendritic cell maturation and further promote the ability of dendritic cells to present antigen to effector cells to encourage a tumor antigen-specific immune response. There are several different elements …

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Determining Initial Firing Temperatures Of Thule Era (1000-250 Ya) Pottery From Two Northwest Alaskan Archaeological Sites, Jonathan Duelks Jan 2015

Determining Initial Firing Temperatures Of Thule Era (1000-250 Ya) Pottery From Two Northwest Alaskan Archaeological Sites, Jonathan Duelks

University Honors Theses

This research was conducted to investigate the initial firing temperatures (IFT) of pottery from two archaeological sites in Northwest Alaska. Arctic ceramics are consistently described as low-fired technology in archaeological and ethnographic literature. However, regional and temporal variation in the quality and hardness of arctic ceramics suggests variation in firing temperatures. To describe all Arctic pottery as low-fired ignores variation in firing temperatures and ultimately in the production process. Sherds from two archaeological locales, the Cape Krusenstern site complex and the Ahteut village site, were selected to represent sites with differential access to fuel resources. IFT’s were estimated by measuring …

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Conceptualization Of The Memorial Tattoo In Scholarly Literature, Nicole Brown Jan 2015

Conceptualization Of The Memorial Tattoo In Scholarly Literature, Nicole Brown

University Honors Theses

The intent of this study is to examine the "self-help tattoo," specifically the sub-genre of the self-help tattoo, known as the memorial tattoo in scholarly literature. Over the past few decades, tattoos became increasingly popular within the United States' middle- and upper-class communities. The widespread use and increasing acceptance of such body art in Western society have invited researchers in many scholarly fields to interpret the memorial tattoo's meaning. This study finds that the memorial tattoo is conceptualized differently across scholarly fields and there isn't an overarching theoretical framework that all scholars follow.

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Analytic Thinking Predicts Vaccine Endorsement: Linking Cognitive Style And Affective Orientation Toward Childhood Vaccination, Daniel A. Anderson Jan 2015

Analytic Thinking Predicts Vaccine Endorsement: Linking Cognitive Style And Affective Orientation Toward Childhood Vaccination, Daniel A. Anderson

University Honors Theses

Though popular opinion in the US is favorable toward vaccination, a growing hesitancy to vaccinate children threatens rates of uptake and coverage. In response, researchers now study psychological factors thought to influence vaccine-decisions, as having this information might be useful in addressing vaccine hesitancy in the clinic and beyond. The present thesis reviews evidence from this body of work, and shares results of a new study on the influence of analytic and intuitive thinking styles upon endorsement of childhood vaccines. In a national sample (N = 543), analytic thinking predicted endorsement alone and in the presence of covariates in …

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Vasectomy Disparities Among Foreign-Born Latinos Living In The United States : A Preliminary Study, Midori Mawi Altamirano Jan 2015

Vasectomy Disparities Among Foreign-Born Latinos Living In The United States : A Preliminary Study, Midori Mawi Altamirano

University Honors Theses

The number of vasectomized foreign-born Latinos in the U.S. has increased by 2.2% from 1995-2010 (CDC, 2012). This increase is analyzed using a financial and cultural framework. The study has two objectives: a) examine the accessibility of a vasectomy among foreign-born Latinos, b) explore masculinity traits among foreign-born Latinos that influence their decision to undergo a vasectomy. Based on the literature review, this research study proposes an expansion in vasectomy coverage not only to eliminate health care disparities, but also to decrease expenses in health care costs by providing coverage for a more affordable permanent sterilization method; and the implementation …

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The Physical And The Divine: Images Of Inebriation In Medieval Islamic Art Of The Umayyads From The 7th To The 11th Century, Leslie Anne Schepp Jan 2015

The Physical And The Divine: Images Of Inebriation In Medieval Islamic Art Of The Umayyads From The 7th To The 11th Century, Leslie Anne Schepp

LSU Master's Theses

The holy text of Islam, the Qur’an, frequently refers to wine both praising and condemning the substance. Within the confines of earth, wine is prohibited because of its intoxicating nature. Believers who imbibe wine reaching an inebriated state separate themselves from God by failing to heed his law. However, for those believers righteous enough to enter the ideal, pastoral, paradisiacal afterlife, wine is not only permitted, but a great reward from Allah. In Paradise, the righteous will lounge on soft, supple couches, and will be served copious amounts of wine from goblets of silver and glass by beautiful, immortal youths. …

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The Ethics Of Mourning: The Role Of Material Culture And Public Politics In The 'Book Of The Duchess' And The 'Pearl' Poem, Tarren Andrews Jan 2015

The Ethics Of Mourning: The Role Of Material Culture And Public Politics In The 'Book Of The Duchess' And The 'Pearl' Poem, Tarren Andrews

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This project is a socio-historic analysis of two late 14th century dream visions: Chaucer’s Book of the Duchess and the Pearl poem. Utilizing Robert Pogue Harrison’s concept of objectifying grief through ritualized communal mourning, this thesis examines the ways in which mourning literature functioned as consolatory device, and a form of public performance for the powerful patrons who commissioned the pieces. By engaging with pre-existing communities of grief, material culture, and courtly discourse these poems perform the work of mourning while simultaneously enacting modes of public performativity that stress the ethics of grieving, and suggest that, for royal patrons, …

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Moved By The Spirit: Evangelical Presbyterian Woman In The Early Modern Atlantic World, Chasity Dominique Hunt Jan 2015

Moved By The Spirit: Evangelical Presbyterian Woman In The Early Modern Atlantic World, Chasity Dominique Hunt

Online Theses and Dissertations

Revivalism existed as a cultural feature within Scottish Presbyterian society decades before the famous transatlantic revivals of the eighteenth-century. Although many aspects of those revivals have been examined, such as the Holy Fairs, historians and scholars have largely overlooked the extensive body of memoirs and accounts featuring Scottish Presbyterian women in Scotland and the greater Atlantic world, and their experiences within these revivals. This study seeks to uncover the relationship of those women to evangelicalism and revivalism as it exists as a cultural event embedded with symbols. In order to accomplish that goal, this paper looks at the history of …

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The Lexington, Kentucky Civil Rights Movement, Brandon J. Render Jan 2015

The Lexington, Kentucky Civil Rights Movement, Brandon J. Render

Online Theses and Dissertations

This thesis seeks to describe the regional differences between the northern and southern civil rights movements through the examination of the black freedom struggle in Lexington, Kentucky. The geographical location of Lexington offers a unique perspective in civil rights movement activity, as the local movement was not distinctly northern or southern in character. This thesis functions as an analysis of northern and southern civil rights movement activity and uses a narrative of the Lexington movement to place the city's struggle in the context of each region. Oral interviews from white and black Lexingtonians that lived in the city before, during, …

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Ucc Minutes, January 27, 2015, University Curriculum Council Jan 2015

Ucc Minutes, January 27, 2015, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Moral Development And Public Health Nursing, Margaret Avila Jan 2015

Moral Development And Public Health Nursing, Margaret Avila

Dissertations

Public health nurses (PHNs) have the opportunity and professional obligation to be at the forefront of the fight to eliminate health disparities based on the practice principle of social justice. The overall purpose of this descriptive study was to explore the stage of the moral development in a convenience sample of practicing public health nurses (PHNs) and the differences in moral development stage across selected demographic variables (age, gender, race/ethnicity, level of entry into professional nursing, highest level of education, years practicing as an RN, years practicing in a public health department, self-identified political views, primary language, and region of …

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Civic Goods And The Machine In Westchester: An Unauthorized Minority Report: The Case Of New Rochelle And Mount Vernon New York, Roxanne Neilson , '15 Jan 2015

Civic Goods And The Machine In Westchester: An Unauthorized Minority Report: The Case Of New Rochelle And Mount Vernon New York, Roxanne Neilson , '15

Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards

The purpose of this study is to look at what impact shifting demographics in a suburb of New York City has on publicly funded institutions as waves of immigrant groups arrive and then establish themselves. The study answers the question: Does political participation and representation matter; does access to the polity transform subsequent newcomers to the suburbs equally? Is there a case for reparations? I examine the historical record and closely review both the literal and figurative paths that led to the success of some groups as well as the demise of others in two cities in Westchester County New …

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Social Impact, Edward F. Lawler, Neil Schoenherr, Patricia Anagos, Mary Ellen Benson, Donna Brodsky, Timothy Poor, Katie Rice-Guter, Rick Skwiot, Rachel Smidt, Toky Branding + Design, Michael Austin Jan 2015

Social Impact, Edward F. Lawler, Neil Schoenherr, Patricia Anagos, Mary Ellen Benson, Donna Brodsky, Timothy Poor, Katie Rice-Guter, Rick Skwiot, Rachel Smidt, Toky Branding + Design, Michael Austin

Social Impact Publication

No abstract provided.

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Hard Civil Code Now!: Notas Críticas Sobre Las Propuestas De Codificación Civil De Rango Europeo, Ugo Mattei Jan 2015

Hard Civil Code Now!: Notas Críticas Sobre Las Propuestas De Codificación Civil De Rango Europeo, Ugo Mattei

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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From Comparison To Collaboration: Experiments With A New Scholarly And Political Form, Annelise Riles Jan 2015

From Comparison To Collaboration: Experiments With A New Scholarly And Political Form, Annelise Riles

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

In both the anthropology of law and comparative legal studies, a new direction for research and practice is emerging: collaboration. This article analyzes collaboration as a modality of comparative law and legal anthropology and indeed a wider template for social and political life at this moment. I consider the theoretical and practical reasons for its importance at this moment, and its implications for the relationship of comparative law and legal anthropology. I argue that the very ubiquity and mundanity of collaboration discourse and practice in law and policy suggests that a response cannot simply be critique from outside — it …

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May You Walk In Beauty: The Decline Of Navajo Land And Culture, Jocelyn Catterson Jan 2015

May You Walk In Beauty: The Decline Of Navajo Land And Culture, Jocelyn Catterson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The Navajo homeland, Dinetah, is bordered by four mountains that are sacred to the Navajo people: two in Colorado, one in New Mexico, and one in Arizona. Historically, Navajo medicine men have traveled to these mountains to renew prayers and collect medicinal herbs. Today, the mountains, which exist outside of the reservation boundaries, are used for resource extraction and various recreational pursuits. While many Navajo are fighting for the protection of these sacred lands and their traditional culture, others are disinterested. Traditional practices and beliefs are slowly disappearing within the Navajo Nation. The land-use issues associated with these sacred mountains …

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