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Generating Partially Coherent Schell-Model Sources Using A Modified Phase Screen Approach, Milo W. Hyde Iv, Santasri Basu, David G. Voelz, Xifeng Xiao

Faculty Publications

A significant improvement to the recently introduced complex screen (CS) method for generating partially coherent Schell-model sources is presented. The method, called the modified phase screen (MPS) technique, applies a deterministic amplitude and the phase portion of a CS to an initially coherent light source using a single phase-only spatial light modulator. The MPS technique, unlike the CS approach from which it is derived, does not produce a fully developed speckle pattern in the source plane, and therefore converges faster and more uniformly to the desired partially coherent source. The analytical development of the MPS method is presented. Experimental results …

Athletic Foundation Auctioning Off Premiere Bowl Game Experience, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Athletic Foundation Auctioning Off Premiere Bowl Game Experience

Oral History And Performance As Research (Par): “Undocumented” Narratives Documenting Lived Experience, Daniel B. Chavez

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

The following article contends with what began as a Master’s Thesis project and performance that used an experimental and bi-methodological approach of “critical oral history performance” and “performance as research” in order to produce and analyze the oral histories of two Latina women who migrated via México during pregnancy as “undocumented” subjects. This method was then again used for another oral history performance project that centered on the narrative of an undocumented queer (lesbian) woman from Guatemala. Here, however, I explicate, in-depth, the experience of performing oral history work, focusing on my initial performance in 2011. By taking the time …

Naturally Striated Muscle: Investigating The Process And Consequence Of Ideographic Striation, Dustin L. Briggs

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

In U.S. America and much of the Western world, natural is a venerated symbolic placeholder for any number of assumed virtues and ideals. Present conflicts have brought forward questions about what natural (which I argue functions as an ideograph) should mean in contexts that seem to call for a formal, enforceable definition. In this study, I use the vocabulary of Deleuze and Guattari (1987) and the context of bodybuilding to work towards a theory of how ambiguous ideographs become "striated." In this discussion I present instances where natural has been employed as a vehicle to cause harm, and I offer …

Precognition: Bodies In Network, Kate Hoyt

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Precognition” is an installation that seeks to explore the liminal space between actor and environment, human and technology, and self and Other through the performativity of flow. Deleuze and Guattari use the term “flow” to describe a deliberately imprecise way of knowing or understanding meaning beyond, across, and within the existing category of the form (trans. 1987). Within the materialist ontology of poststructuralism, it is not the form that matters so much as the substance - energies and affects entangle us with our surroundings, affording a radical questioning of the rational, contained self that remains so central to the Western, …

Banksy At Disneyland: Generic Participation In Culture Jamming, Joshua Carlisle Harzman

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Culture jamming is a profound genre of communication and its proliferation demands further academic scholarship. However, there exists a substantial gap in the literature, specifically regarding a framework for determining participation within the genre of culture jamming. This essay seeks to offer such a foundation and subsequently considers participation of an artifact. First, the three elements of culture jamming genre are established and identified: artifact, distortion, and awareness. Second, the street art installment, Banksy at Disneyland, is analyzed for participation within the genre of culture jamming. This study finds that Banksy at Disneyland successfully participates within the genre, which …

Disrupting Privileged And Oppressed Spaces: Reflecting Ethically On My Arabness Through Feminist Autoethnography, Haneen Ghabra

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

This essay urges for the need to explore one’s privileges and oppressions through Feminist Arabness. Through intersectionality, the author brings forth various experiences as a woman of color. By exploring privileges and oppressions, the goal is to bring contestations of domination into conversation with neoliberalism, reflexivity and ethical communication. Thus, this study is a call to highlight the need for an integrated approach that combines theory, and Autoethnography in order to reflect a richer intersectional analysis that combines both privileges and oppressions as identities. It is also a call towards an intersectional feminist ethic that can in turn identify the …

Front Matter, Benny Lemaster

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

No abstract provided.

How God Is Using The Murder Of Nine People To Bring Racial Reconciliation To All People, Austen Haney

The Kabod

Race related violence is not a thing of the past. It rears its ugly head in Ferguson, in Chicago, and recently at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston South Carolina. Learn how the Church has used the murder of nine members to progress the process of racial reconciliation in the U.S., and how you can help.

Weekly News Digest 12/09/2015, Jenna Ray

Weekly Bulletin Archive

In This Issue:

• Breen Attends International Session on Agriculture Politics
• Bina Speaks at Economists for Peace and Security Bernard L. Schwartz Symposium
• Ningen ’97 a Business Insurance Woman to Watch

Tan Cheng Bock [Singapore, Member Of Parliament], Cheng Bock Tan

Digital Narratives of Asia

Former veteran People's Action Party Member of Parliament, presidential candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock speaks his mind with DNA on his struggles during his school days, National Service, and what had motivated him to enter politics. He reveals his take on Foreign Talent, the Feedback Unit, and shares on the kind of society he hopes Singapore will become.

The Lumberjack, December 9, 2015, The Lumberjack Staff

2015

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Prospectus, December 9, 2015, Jacob Kenter, Peter Floess, Matthew D. Moss, Scott Barnes, Zach Trueblood, Sierra Benson, Adam Vilmin

Prospectus 2015

NUMBER ONE: COACH CLIFF HASTINGS DISCUSSES HISTORIC SEASON; Study abroad: Costa Rica; Parkland student body examined; 6 arraigned in kidnap of 2 college students; Vandalized menorah rededicated at U of I; The value of an education; Social media, the new megaphone for violent perpetrators; The importance of choosing your news sources wisely; Trump shrugs off GOP rejections of proposal to ban Muslims; Open mic hosted by Student Government; 2015 State of the Art: Ceramics Invitational at Gierz Art Gallery; Men's basketball!! gains momentum, confidence on the court

Volume 53, Number 17: December 09, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 129.12: December 9, 2015, Hope College

The Anchor: 2015

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 Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 9, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Substituent Effects On The Binding Of Halides By Neutral And Dicationic Bis-Triazolium Receptors, Binod Nepal, Steve Scheiner

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The effects of substituent and overall charge upon the binding of a halide anion by a bis-triazolium receptor are studied by M06-2X DFT calculations, with the aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. Comparison is also made between a receptor that engages in H-bonds, with a halogen-bonding species. Fluoride is clearly most strongly bound, followed by Cl-, Br-, and I- in that order. The dicationic receptor engages in stronger complexes, but not by a very wide margin compared to its neutral counterpart. The binding is enhanced as the substituent on the two triazolium rings becomes progressively more electron-withdrawing. Halogen-substituted receptors, whether neutral or cationic, …

Senior Recital: Mudussir Quraishi, Clarinet, Mudussir Quraishi, Judy Cole, Emily Crisp, Soyoun Sheehan, Joe Donohue, Huigeong Lee, Nathaniel Roberts, Perry Morris, Kathryn Encisco

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Mr. Quraishi studies clarinet with John Warren.

Investigating The Impact Of Digital And Social Media On The Country Music Industry, Casey Thomas

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Recently, the country music industry has been impacted by the increased popularity of social media and digital music media sites among fans, and artists have begun trying to find ways to utilize these types of media for their benefit. This research project investigates several research questions: 1.) How are country music artists utilizing digital and social media sites to connect with fans? 2.) How do fans feel about artists using social and digital media to connect with fans? 3.) How has the inclusion of digital and social media impacted the ways in which country music artists connect to fans with …

School Shootings And Moral Panics: Differences In Media Framing Based On Race, Class, And Socioeconomic Status, Kelly Ann Lavoie

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Media coverage of school shooting incidents are constructed using various frames that differ depending on the race, class, and socioeconomic status of the victims, perpetrators, and their communities. Moral panics have arisen as a result of these frames, having been constructed to instigate fear and affect policy in ways that can have negative effects on both students in general and, in particular, minority students in urban schools. In this study, I analyzed the framing language used in news content, the demographic information of the schools in which shootings occurred, and the amount of coverage afforded to the incidents. This content …

Motivating Factors And Barriers To The Online Faculty Professional Development, Kathryn L. Miller

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the College of Education at Morehead State University by Kathryn L. Miller on April 16, 2015.

The Diamond, December 9, 2015, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: String of Arsons Spark Confusion in Sioux Center Community; Careful Consideration Surrounding Proposed Pro-Tech Degree; Minimum Class Size Study Leads to Miscommunication
• News: Dordt Professor Visscher Publishes New Space Theory; Dordt Forensics Wins the Debate Time and Time Again; Students Reevaluate Syrian Refugee Problem; Student Led Club Represents Dordt by Hosting Dance; Adoption Month Sees Students Reflecting Upon Adoptive Connections; A Reason to Dress Fancy; International Agriculture Conference: Networking to Improve Lives Through Agriculture
• Opinion: Journalists: Stop Poisoning the Public with "Junk Food"; The Huffington Post: Money from Athletics Sucking up College Budgets
• Sports: New Cross Country Coach …

Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Unh's Prevention Innovations Research Center Gives First Award For Leadership In Ending Gender-Based Violence, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, December 9, 2015, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Statement On Um Student-Led Holiday Event, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Site Development At The Corner Of Drake And Stadium, Ahmad Sear Rahimi

Honors Theses

This report presents the site layout alternatives for the development located at the corner of Drake and Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In the report four different layouts are suggested and followed by best management practices for grading and earthwork plans, porous asphalt pavement design, storm water retention design for the proposed site, and storm sewer pipe design. The redesign of the Costco Development Site aims to maximize efficiency of the development area through the warehouse and gas station location, parking lot layout, and trucking routes. Grading design is developed based on the existing site conditions before construction took place. The …

For The Fund$ Of It: Product Development, Josie Marshall

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Looking For His Appearing, Hyveth Williams

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.