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Ada News - 12/07/2015, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Commonwealth Times 2015-12-07

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb University Fall Commencement Set For Dec. 14, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University will award nearly 300 degrees during the 2015 fall commencement exercises on Monday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Paul Porter Arena of the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center, located on the campus of Gardner-Webb University. Approximately 275 students have earned degrees and a majority of those graduates will don their cap-and-gown to celebrate their hard work. The ceremony will honor students who have successfully completed undergraduate, degree completion, and graduate programs.

Ellipsometric Characterization Of Silicon And Carbon Junctions For Advanced Electronics, Alexander G. Boosalis

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Ellipsometry has long been a valuable technique for the optical characterization of layered systems and thin films. While simple systems like epitaxial silicon dioxide are easily characterized, complex systems of silicon and carbon junctions have proven difficult to analyze. Traditional model dielectric functions for layered silicon homojunctions, a system with a similar structure to modern transistors, often have correlated parameters during ellipsometric data analysis. Similarly, epitaxial graphene as grown from thermal sublimation of silicon from silicon carbide or through chemical vapor deposition, tend to have model dielectric function parameters that correlate with the optical thickness of the graphene due to …

Senior Recital: David Anders, Horn, David Anders, Steve Coleman

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. Anders studies horn with Jason Eklund.

12.07.15., Rashid

ASWC Agendas

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, December 7, 2015, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The December 7, 2015, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Ksu Percussion Ensemble, John Lawless, Josh Bouland, Joe Donahue, Selena Sanchez, Michael Ollman, Mary Madison Jones, Caty Mae Loomis, Eric Ramos

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents KSU Percussion Ensemble.

Tiller White, Llc V. Canyon Outdoor Media, Llc Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43482

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The Folks Of The Post-Apocalypse: The Road, Religion, And Folklore Studies, Megan M. Toone

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

Whalesong 2015-12-07, N/A N/A

Whalesong

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol. 47, Issue No. 11, 12-07-2015, Krysteana Scribner

Free Press, The

Holiday celebrations in other cultures and religions -- Psychology department chair stepping down at end of semester -- Acclaimed author speaks at USM on the ethics of food workers -- Students and Recovery seeks to establish center on campus -- USM’s leaves don’t enter landfills, staying true to their environmental mission -- USM students stand in solidarity with Mizzou

Systematic Literature Review Of The Use Of Rich Media In Stem And Related Education, Tony A. Lowe

School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series

The use of video in pedagogy is well established in the modern classroom with researched understanding of its benefits. Prior literature reviews provide a foundation for the impacts within a wide scope of environments and subjects. These reviews primarily have looked at students and faculty attitudes, learning outcomes, and the impact on attendance. The impact has been spread over general subject matter with little focus on the often challenging topics of STEM education. Many topics in STEM education are highly procedural, such as mathematical proofs or writing code or conducting experiments. Understanding the costs and benefits of using video to …

Applying A Socio-Ecological Framework To Thematic Analysis Using A Statewide Assessment Of Disproportionate Minority Contact In The United States, Dawn X. Henderson, Tiffany Baffour

The Qualitative Report

Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) in the United States represents a critical social challenge to promoting the ideals and values of social justice. The ecological nature of DMC, a phenomenon emerging from the intersection of micro- and macro-level factors, necessitates the application of systems theories in understanding the issue and designing solutions to address it. This article illustrates the application of socio-ecological systems theory in thematic analysis, drawing associations across multiple systems between contributing factors to DMC in the juvenile justice system in North Carolina, USA. Analysis examined data from 6 focus groups comprised of 55 statewide stakeholders involved in the …

Holding Death At Bay Vs. Prolonging Life: Indexing Fatalism And Optimism In The Ideology Of Health, Genetics, And Family History In The U. S. And South Korean Media, Soo Jung Hong, Susan Strauss

The Qualitative Report

Media discourse creates and shapes views of personhood, of possibilities, of wellness, and at the same time, these views and beliefs, in their turn, shape media discourse. Broadcasts of health-related edutainment programs and advertisements are rich sources for the discovery of stances concerning health and illness. We examine media discourse in the United States and South Korea, and uncover consistent indexical patterns pointing to overall ideologies of fatalism in the U.S. and optimism in South Korea. Specifically, from an indexicality-based perspective, we identify the patterned ways in which the ideologies of fatalism and optimism are indexed with regard to agency …

The Eastern Echo, December 7, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

The Rider (2015-12-07), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.1 No.14

It’S All Fun And Games Until . . . Exploring Immersion Into Sexually Objectifying And Violent Video Games, Jessica M. Lacroix

Doctoral Dissertations

Given the evidence linking violent video games with aggression, the proliferation of sexualized female video game characters, and the availability of commercial video games containing violence against women, there is a need to examine the effects of playing violent video games against sexualized female opponents. A total of 710 male undergraduates participated in five studies using lab-developed first-person-shooter games (Studies 1 and 2) and commercially available third-person-fighting games (Studies 3, 4, and 5). Psychological immersion was explored as a moderator in all studies, and sexual arousal was explored in Studies 4 and 5. Shooting sexualized female opponents, but not male …

Simplest Relationship Between Local Field Potential And Intracellular Signals In Layered Neural Tissue, Av Chizhov, A Sanchez-Aguilera, S Rodrigues, Lm De La Prida

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The relationship between the extracellularly measured electric field potential resulting from synaptic activity in an ensemble of neurons and intracellular signals in these neurons is an important but still open question. Based on a model neuron with a cylindrical dendrite and lumped soma, we derive a formula that substantiates a proportionality between the local field potential and the total somatic transmembrane current that emerges from the difference between the somatic and dendritic membrane potentials. The formula is tested by intra- and extracellular recordings of evoked synaptic responses in hippocampal slices. Additionally, the contribution of different membrane currents to the field …

Archeota, Fall 2015, Catherine Folnovic, Tiana Trutna, Rebecca Leung, Beaudry Rae Allen, Ilda Cardenas

Archeota

No abstract provided.

Interactive Ad Segmentation: Using Implementation Intentions And Social Referral Advertising To Increase Psa Response Efficacy, Walter Hodges Henley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Marketing has long been involved with both public policy and advertising. PSAs (public service advertisements) are a unique combination of both streams of research. This study examines and explores the interplay of theory (Regulatory Focus fit and implementation intentions) and emerging technology (interactive advertising and social media ad referral) in order to more effectively segment viewers and thus increase the response efficacy of PSAs. Advertising in general and PSAs in particular are both entering a new era as traditional delivery platforms (print, TV, radio) are increasingly giving way to new media (internet, mobile smart phones) that is more dynamic as …

Situating The Self: Identity And Power Relationships In A Pakistani Esl Classroom, Rooh Ul Amin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In Pakistani universities, English plays the key role in students’ upward academic and social mobility; however students do not always enter universities with equal English language skills. This study, therefore, extensively explores the relationship between English language learners’ (ELLs) access to English via prior schooling (public vs. private), participation in classroom discourses and negotiation of identities and power relationships as situated social processes. Informed by Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital and cultural reproduction complemented with the communities of practice (CoP) approach, this study explores how ELLs’ identity and power relationships in an ESL classroom are shaped by (un)limited cultural capital—the …

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Consistency And Inconsistency In Celebrity Endorsements, Vanessa Veras Victoria

Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate consumer attitudes towards brands when exposed to celebrity endorsements in cases where the personality of the celebrity does not match the personality of the brand (inconsistent). Theories used in this research included: Cognitive Dissonance Theory, how consumers are expected to react when receiving information that presents inconsistency; and Schema Theory, how information is stored in the form of schemas. A measure consisting of attractiveness, credibility, purchase intention and likeability was created based on studies by Spear and Singh (2004) and Halonen-Knight and Hurmerinta (2010) in order to evaluate consumer attitudes. A survey …

Assessing The Accuracy Of Some Popular Dft Methods For Computing Harmonic Vibrational Frequencies Of Water Clusters, J. Coleman Howard, Jordan D. Enyard, Gregory S. Tschumper

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

A wide range of density functional theory (DFT) methods (37 altogether), including pure, hybrid, range-separated hybrid, double-hybrid, and dispersion-corrected functionals, have been employed to compute the harmonic vibrational frequencies of eight small water clusters ranging in size from the dimer to four different isomers of the hexamer. These computed harmonic frequencies have been carefully compared to recently published benchmark values that are expected to be very close to the CCSD(T) complete basis set limit. Of the DFT methods examined here, ωB97 and ωB97X are the most consistently accurate, deviating from the reference values by less than 20 cm^-1 on …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 7, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Sga 47 Senate 2015-12-06 Agenda, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Technology In Elementary Schools How Has Technology Taken Over?, Alyssa Kersey

University Honors Program

Starting in kindergarten, at the age of five, children are beginning to learn with technological gadgets such as iPads and computers. Society today continuously brings technology into as many aspects of life as possible, even in the elementary schools. Educators need to be aware of this rapidly changing culture to keep up with the times as well as their students. Teachers can integrate this technology into their curriculum to help enhance and differentiate learning for their students. Methodologies used in conducting research on this topic consisted of online journals, books, and a survey written up and handed out to actual …

The Role Of Technology In Elementary Schools How Has Technology Taken Over?, Alyssa Kersey

University Honors College

Starting in kindergarten, at the age of five, children are beginning to learn with technological gadgets such as iPads and computers. Society today continuously brings technology into as many aspects of life as possible, even in the elementary schools. Educators need to be aware of this rapidly changing culture to keep up with the times as well as their students. Teachers can integrate this technology into their curriculum to help enhance and differentiate learning for their students. Methodologies used in conducting research on this topic consisted of online journals, books, and a survey written up and handed out to actual …

Senior Recital: Kate Chastain, Mezzo-Soprano, Kate Chastain, Brenda Brent

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Ms. Chastain studies voice with Eileen Moremen.