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Hydrocentric Infants And Their Alchemic Sedimentation: Artfully Binding The Bodily Soul Among Xié River Dwellers Of Northwestern Amazonia, Elizabeth Rahman Nov 2015

Hydrocentric Infants And Their Alchemic Sedimentation: Artfully Binding The Bodily Soul Among Xié River Dwellers Of Northwestern Amazonia, Elizabeth Rahman

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

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Quality Of Life In Adolescents With Cancer, Alexis Guastella Nov 2015

Quality Of Life In Adolescents With Cancer, Alexis Guastella

Honors Theses

There is no current universally accepted definition for quality of life (QOL). One source defined the concept of QOL as how an individual measures the goodness of different aspects of their life. These assessments include one’s emotional reactions to life events, disposition, sense of fulfillment, and satisfaction with personal relationships and work (Theofilou, 2013). Another definition encompasses the person’s level of functioning and overall satisfaction and well-being of their life (Lavdaniti & Tsitsis, 2015). QOL can be influenced by many factors, including physical health and certain disease processes. One disease in particular that can significantly affect one’s QOL is cancer. …

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Quality Of Life In Adolescents With Cancer, Molly Ryan Nov 2015

Quality Of Life In Adolescents With Cancer, Molly Ryan

Honors Theses

There is no current universally accepted definition for quality of life (QOL). One source defined the concept of QOL as how an individual measures the goodness of different aspects of their life. These assessments include one’s emotional reactions to life events, disposition, sense of fulfillment, and satisfaction with personal relationships and work (Theofilou, 2013). Another definition encompasses the person’s level of functioning and overall satisfaction and well-being of their life (Lavdaniti & Tsitsis, 2015). QOL can be influenced by many factors, including physical health and certain disease processes. One disease in particular that can significantly affect one’s QOL is cancer. …

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Comparing And Contrasting The Benefits Of Aquatic Exercise With Other Forms Of Exercise For The Elderly Population, Katie Shew Nov 2015

Comparing And Contrasting The Benefits Of Aquatic Exercise With Other Forms Of Exercise For The Elderly Population, Katie Shew

University Honors College

No abstract provided.

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Consuming The Nation-State: Reflections On Makushi Understandings Of The Person In A Transnational Context, Lucas Carneiro De Carvalho Nov 2015

Consuming The Nation-State: Reflections On Makushi Understandings Of The Person In A Transnational Context, Lucas Carneiro De Carvalho

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.

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The Murray Ledger And Times, November 23, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Nov 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 23, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

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State V. Freeman Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43116 Nov 2015

State V. Freeman Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43116

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Technology-Enhanced Learning Activities On Nursing Student Engagement In The Classroom, Alicia A. Stone Nov 2015

The Impact Of Technology-Enhanced Learning Activities On Nursing Student Engagement In The Classroom, Alicia A. Stone

Theses & Dissertations

Educating student nurses in the present environment requires professors to stay current with new methodologies as well as innovations in technology. The question is how to address both the impact of technology and the skills of clinical reasoning, and keep the students involved in the material. If there can be integration of each aspect through the use of technology-enhanced learning activities on the internet and preparation to approach the issue, then perhaps this can increase success. This is a quasi-experimental intervention study that explored the impact of a case study blogging assignment on the engagement of students enrolled in a …

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The Impact Of Pedagogical Agents' Conversational Formality On Learning And Learner Impressions, Haiying Li Nov 2015

The Impact Of Pedagogical Agents' Conversational Formality On Learning And Learner Impressions, Haiying Li

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The dissertation examined the impact of agents' conversational formality on the learning of summarization skills and learner impressions in an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) with trialogues (a teacher agent, a student agent, and a human learner). Formal language is in the informational genre (as opposed to narrative) and increases with word abstractness, syntactic complexity, referential cohesion, and deep cohesion. At the other end of the continuum, informal discourse tends to have concrete words, simple syntax, low cohesion (because knowledge-based inferences can fill the gaps), and high narrativity. There have been no experimental investigations that have maniputed teacher language because it …

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Living Your Best Life: Identities Of Televangelist Joel Osteen And His Imagined Audience, Reginald Bell Jr. Nov 2015

Living Your Best Life: Identities Of Televangelist Joel Osteen And His Imagined Audience, Reginald Bell Jr.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

How does one analyze the impact of televangelist Joel Osteen? Attempts have been made to answer this question primarily from a theological perspective and occassionally from cultural and media perspectives. Though these analytical lenses have provided some limited insight into Osteen, his rise to prominence, and the growth of his ministry, none has sufficiently addressed or critcally analyzed Osteen's discursive artistry. Utilizing important analytical principles and research tools from the field of Communication, this dissertation provides three new critical lenses: first persona, second persona, and third persona. These lenses will help televangelist studies uncover the artistry and compliexity of how …

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Genes And Cardiovascular Disease : Where Do We Go From Here?, Sunil K. Nadar, Kully Sandhu Nov 2015

Genes And Cardiovascular Disease : Where Do We Go From Here?, Sunil K. Nadar, Kully Sandhu

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

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Importance Of The Student Therapist/Athlete Relationship And Goal-Setting In Injury Rehabilitation, Colin Deal, Chris A. Shields Nov 2015

Importance Of The Student Therapist/Athlete Relationship And Goal-Setting In Injury Rehabilitation, Colin Deal, Chris A. Shields

The Qualitative Report

Previous research has highlighted the importance of relationships (e.g., athletic therapist/client) and psychological skill use to manage negative emotions (e.g., frustration, anger) in order to obtain optimal adherence and injury rehabilitation outcomes. However, the relationship between student athletic therapists and varsity athletes has not been examined. Thus, the objective was to examine the relationship between student therapists and varsity athletes and psychological skill use in injury rehabilitation in relation to adherence. Two senior student therapists and three varsity athletes who had completed injury rehabilitation were recruited to participate in semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Both groups of …

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Engaging Young Fathers In Research Through Photo-Interviewing, Nicolette Sopcak, Maria Mayan, Berna J. Skrypnek Nov 2015

Engaging Young Fathers In Research Through Photo-Interviewing, Nicolette Sopcak, Maria Mayan, Berna J. Skrypnek

The Qualitative Report

Although conducting interviews is the most popular research strategy in qualitative research, we question whether it is the best strategy to use with young fathers and other populations who may be less willing to share personal experiences and thoughts with an unknown researcher. The reluctance of young fathers to engage in research leads to the omission of important perspectives and inadvertently results in young fathers' being understudied and unwittingly excluded from support programming and services. In this paper, we describe our experiences of using two different research strategies with young fathers: conventional in-depth interviews (i.e., interviews that rely on words …

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Olfactory Associative Learning In Two African Stingless Bee Species (Meliponula Ferruginea And M. Bocandei, Meliponini), J. Henske, K. Krausa, F. A. Hager, K. Nkoba, W. H. Kirchner Nov 2015

Olfactory Associative Learning In Two African Stingless Bee Species (Meliponula Ferruginea And M. Bocandei, Meliponini), J. Henske, K. Krausa, F. A. Hager, K. Nkoba, W. H. Kirchner

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Worldwide only a few of the more than 500 stingless bee species has been studied in any detail. Most studies on stingless bees have been conducted in the Neotropics, whereas a very few have been undertaken in Africa. Foraging success is dependent to a greater or lesser extent on olfactory cues or signals. A prerequisite to effective foraging via odors is that the bees are able to associate odors with a nectar reward and memorize this information. In the context of olfactory learning, only five species of stingless bees have been studied using classical conditioning of the proboscis extension reflex …

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It’S A Matter Of Practice: Influences Of A Writing Methods Course On Inservice Teachers’ Dispositions And Self-Efficacy, Sherry Dismuke Nov 2015

It’S A Matter Of Practice: Influences Of A Writing Methods Course On Inservice Teachers’ Dispositions And Self-Efficacy, Sherry Dismuke

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

This mixed-methods study examined the influences of a graduate writing methods course on the dispositions and instructional practice of twelve elementary classroom teachers, six who participated in the course and six who did not, during their post-graduate education. Data from interviews, classroom observation notes, and protocols have been analyzed, compared, and integrated. Outcomes of this study link participation in this course with increased confidence and readiness to teach the complexities of writing, as well as enhanced instructional practice and student learning opportunities. Findings suggest implications for teacher professional development, literacy teacher educators, and teacher education researchers.

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Melodious Marketing: The Intentions Of Music In T.V. Commercials, Katelyn Reithel Nov 2015

Melodious Marketing: The Intentions Of Music In T.V. Commercials, Katelyn Reithel

University Honors Program

Whether intentional or not, music seems to be an important element in television commercials. This thesis will determine exactly how effective music is and if a company’s marketing team considers using music to reach a specific advertising goal. To do this, several areas are discussed including psychomusicology (the effects of music on a human’s responses) in relation to emotional response and memorability, music’s effect of brand attitude and purchasing intentions made by consumers, the use of jingles, effects of T.V. commercials on the music industry, and the challenges that may arise by using music in a T.V. commercial. Regardless of …

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Melodious Marketing: The Intentions Of Music In T.V. Commercials, Katelyn Reithel Nov 2015

Melodious Marketing: The Intentions Of Music In T.V. Commercials, Katelyn Reithel

University Honors College

Whether intentional or not, music seems to be an important element in television commercials. This thesis will determine exactly how effective music is and if a company’s marketing team considers using music to reach a specific advertising goal. To do this, several areas are discussed including psychomusicology (the effects of music on a human’s responses) in relation to emotional response and memorability, music’s effect of brand attitude and purchasing intentions made by consumers, the use of jingles, effects of T.V. commercials on the music industry, and the challenges that may arise by using music in a T.V. commercial. Regardless of …

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2015 Program: Raymond A. Roesch, S.M., Social Sciences Symposium, University Of Dayton Nov 2015

2015 Program: Raymond A. Roesch, S.M., Social Sciences Symposium, University Of Dayton

Roesch Social Sciences Symposium Programs and Other Materials

No abstract provided.

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A Correlational Case Study On Distance From Home And Attrition Of First-Time, Full-Time Students, James L. Baldwin Nov 2015

A Correlational Case Study On Distance From Home And Attrition Of First-Time, Full-Time Students, James L. Baldwin

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

As institutions face increasing demands to maintain or increase enrollments, colleges and universities have begun to recruit students from greater distances. The purpose of this ex-post facto case study was to determine the existence of a relationship between the institutional distance from home and the attrition of traditional-aged, first-time, full-time students prior to the second year at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, one of the four-year campuses of the University. Following the correlational analysis, further analysis was conducted to determine if a non-linear relationship existed between the institutional distance from home and attrition of first-year students prior to their …

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Intercultural Communication Between Forensic And Clinical Psychologists, Brittany Schmeck Nov 2015

Intercultural Communication Between Forensic And Clinical Psychologists, Brittany Schmeck

Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects

While working in clinical and forensic psychology settings, a communication difficulty between the two professions became apparent. Forensic psychologists often appeared cold and callous from the clinical psychologist’s perspective, while clinical psychologists often appeared naïve or too client centered from the forensic psychologist’s perspective. I wondered if viewing each subfield of psychology as a culture could facilitate better communication through intercultural communication. Guided by Intercultural Communication in Contexts (Martin & Nakayama, 2010) in approaching intercultural communication between the two professions, I explored factors contributing to each profession’s cultural identities. Once this was established, I attempted to explore the different ways …

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Game Day Kaimin, November 21, 2015, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula Nov 2015

Game Day Kaimin, November 21, 2015, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

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Suicide Killing Of Human Life As A Human Right, William Wagner, John Kane, Stephen Kallman Nov 2015

Suicide Killing Of Human Life As A Human Right, William Wagner, John Kane, Stephen Kallman

Liberty University Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Curio 2015, James Madison University. College Of Arts And Letters Nov 2015

Curio 2015, James Madison University. College Of Arts And Letters

Curio Magazine

Curio, a magazine highlighting Harrisonburg, Virginia, and its surrounding communities, is published by students in the Media Arts & Design program at James Madison University. Curio is a nonprofit organization supported by the College of Arts and Letters and the School of Media Arts & Design. Subscriptions are not available.

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Complete Volume (34) Nov 2015

Complete Volume (34)

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Complete digitized volume (volume 34) of Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal.

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Generation Me, Angie M. Seifert Anderson Nov 2015

Generation Me, Angie M. Seifert Anderson

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Book review of Generation me: Why today's young Americans are more confident, assertive, entitled-and more miserable than ever before by Jean Twenge.

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Rhetorical Strategies Of Visual Pleasure In Situation Comedies: 'Friends' And Female Body Image, Deanna Sellnow, Jonna Reule Ziniel Nov 2015

Rhetorical Strategies Of Visual Pleasure In Situation Comedies: 'Friends' And Female Body Image, Deanna Sellnow, Jonna Reule Ziniel

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

The visual messages conveyed by and about the female characters on Friends reinforce hegemonic ideals of femininity and an ideal female body image that is excessively thin. Messages of narcissism, voyeurism, and fetishism draw adolescent female viewers to identify with the images, characteristics, and behaviors of Rachel and Monica as models and to distance themselves from the images, characteristics, and behaviors of Phoebe and “Fat Monica” as anti-models. The messages sometimes overtly and often covertly perpetuate hegemonic stereotypes about women. Messages advocate that the ideal female body image is a sex object, and the most desirable sex objects are excessively …

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Scripting Relationships Through Adolescent And Adult Dramas: Perceptions Of Completion In Romantic Relationships, Jenna Mcnallie Nov 2015

Scripting Relationships Through Adolescent And Adult Dramas: Perceptions Of Completion In Romantic Relationships, Jenna Mcnallie

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

This content analysis sought to observe the number of relational messages present in adult and adolescent serial television dramas in order to understand the presence of Galician’s (2004) Mass Media Myth #10, or “Finding the right mate ‘completes you’” (p. 201). The presence of this completion ideal illustrates the Cultivation Analysis Theory (Gerbner et al., 1986) and is significant in the development of adolescents’ identities and attitudes due to the persuasive power of repetition. Analysis of 101 conversations in 13 episodes found that relational messages are more frequent in adolescent dramas than adult dramas, but Myth #10 is emphasized more …

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Communication Is 93% Nonverbal: An Urban Legend Proliferates, David Lapakko Nov 2015

Communication Is 93% Nonverbal: An Urban Legend Proliferates, David Lapakko

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Perhaps the best-known numbers within the communication field are those that claim the total meaning of a message is “7 percent verbal, 38 percent vocal, and 55 percent facial.” Despite the fact that this finding is derived from two 1967 studies with serious methodological limitations, these percentages have appeared in a wide variety of communication textbooks. This study takes the investigation a step further, beyond the academic environment, to determine if the 7-38-55 “formula” has now become the equivalent of an “urban legend” about communication in our society-at-large. Overall, this article finds that the formula in question has been widely …

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Latin On The Walls, Kent Walker Nov 2015

Latin On The Walls, Kent Walker

Theses

A dysfunctional family in rural southeastern Missouri learn to cope with death. During the fortification period after the invasion of Iraq, a soldier plays into the banality of war, pranks, drugs, and inspections create tension in an already tense environment.

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A Case Study: The Development Of Safety Tip Sheets For Atv Use In Ranching, Elise Lagerstrom, David P. Gilkey, John Rosecrance, Stacy Hibiske Nov 2015

A Case Study: The Development Of Safety Tip Sheets For Atv Use In Ranching, Elise Lagerstrom, David P. Gilkey, John Rosecrance, Stacy Hibiske

Safety Health & Industrial Hygiene

Use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) has become standard practice on the modern ranch. The unique operating conditions present on a ranch, subject the occupational ATV user to hazards requiring awareness and specialized training. The purpose of this study was to apply social marketing methods to address a specific environmental health and safety issue present in the agricultural industry. A series of four ATV tip sheets were created in topic areas specific to the challenges that ATV operators encounter on a ranch. In order to evaluate the intended audiences’ perception of the tip sheets, a questionnaire was administered to all agriculture …

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