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Learning To Mock - Challenging The Teaching Establishment, N Gabriel

Plymouth Institute of Education

There have been very few studies that apply the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Norbert Elias to understand the underlying learning processes of young children. This article will explore the methodological similarities between Bakhtin’s ideas about the carnivalesque and Norbert Elias’s theory of established-outsider relations to explain how young children can undermine the authoritative discourses of teachers in preschool classrooms. It will focus on the playful mockery that young children display within their peer-groups to challenge teaching authority. I will argue that many of the humorous events produced by young children should be viewed as an attempt to violate their …

Intra-Generational Education: Imagining A Post-Age Pedagogy, Joanna Haynes, Karin Murris

Plymouth Institute of Education

No abstract provided.

Simulations For Crisis Communication: The Use Of Social Media, Siyoung Chung

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Simulations have been widely used in crisis and emergency communication for practitioners but have not reached classrooms in higher education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects that simulations using social media have on learning of crisis communication among college students. To explore the effects, a real-time crisis simulation activity using social media are created for 132 undergraduate students enrolled at a business school. Both quantitative and qualitative data collected from pre- and post-simulation surveys are used to investigate the benefits of simulations on learning and identify the challenges the participants experienced.

Pro-Entrepreneurial Human Resource Management In Non-Profit Organizations, Rafał Kusa

European Management Studies

The aim of the paper is to examine the human resources management (HRM) in not-profit organisations in view of entrepreneurship theory and to identify some problems which could be crucial for future research and development of pro-entrepreneurial HRM practices in non-profit organizations. It was suggested that some solutions from business ventures can be implemented in non-profit organisations, but specific traits of them (as engagement of volunteers and their motivation and expectations) have to be taken into account. The pro-entrepreneurial HRM in non-profit organisations was analysed in relevance to different types of people’s involvement (employees, volunteers, members, social entrepreneurs) and selected …

Professionalization Of Vocational Roles Of Public Employment Services Employees In Europe Through Competency Profiling, Łukasz Sienkiewicz

European Management Studies

The aim of this article is the development of competence profile for employment counsellors within public employment services, reflecting the recent changes and redefinition of these professional roles. This article aims to analyse the state-of-play in relation to professionalization of vocational roles of PES employees in Europe, on the basis of research conducted by the author in the years 2012–2014 for the European Commission. These studies included literature review, analysis of available research and structured survey conducted among representatives of the Public Employment Services in 22 EU countries, complemented by in-depth interviews and analysis of solutions used in PES. On …

Application Of The Grounded Theory Methodology In Hrm Research Within Private And Public Sector – An Attempt At A Meta-Analysis Of Articles Published On The Isi Master Journal List Between 2010 And 2014, Katarzyna Susabowska

European Management Studies

The aim of the study is to assess the cognitive value of research results presented in the articles concerning HRM in which the grounded theory methodology was used. The article puts forward the meta-analysis as a tool for comparing the results of previous empirical research published during the period of the last five years (2010–2014) on the ISI Master Journal List. I hope that my research will add to debates on issues of HRM within the private and public sector.

Laying The Groundwork For A National Impact Investing Marketplace, Stephanie L. Gripne, Joanne Kelley, Kathy Merchant

The Foundation Review

The practice of impact investing is rapidly gaining momentum, but the level of activity among individual and institutional investors, including philanthropists and foundations, has barely penetrated projections of market potential.

The marketplace that should connect impact investors with investees or social ventures does not function effectively.

Developing cost-effective ways to engage new investors and break down barriers to investment is an essential part of growing the industry.

Developing cost-effective ways to “prime the pump” for social ventures to become investor-ready — through a capacity-building process that includes outreach, education, and technical assistance — is an essential part of growing the …

The Influence Of Feedback On Implicit Bias In A Sample Of Primarily Caucasian Women Counselors-In-Training, Branson L. Boykins

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine whether bogus cultural feedback influenced the presence of implicit racial bias in the clinical judgment of counselors-in-training. Participants were 193 master’s-level counselors-in-training, in which the majority were Caucasian women (57%). Three hypotheses guided the study. The first hypothesis focused on the influence of priming positive and negative feedback about cultural attitudes on a clinical case, regardless of the race or clarity of the case. The second and third hypotheses both focused on racial bias by examining the interaction between type of feedback, race, and ambiguity of diagnosis on participants’ clinical impressions of …

Rocket Stats, Kyle Cornelison

Computer Science and Software Engineering

An Android application to allow Rocket League players to view their stats and track progress.

Like A Duck On Water: Chinese Academic Migrants In The U.S. And Their Suburban Weekend Chinese School, Jianping Xu

Dissertations - ALL

Current literature is scarce on the diverse experiences of hundreds of thousands of mainland Chinese who, since 1979, have come to the U.S. primarily for graduate study and mostly settled here afterwards in dispersed university or corporate jobs and suburban residences. After the Immigration Act of 1990, many of them have become visible experts in science and engineering. Yet their struggles as Chinese academic migrants simultaneously privileged by their educational backgrounds and disadvantaged by their outsider status in the U.S. often remain invisible. Possibly due to the myth of “model minority,” mainstream America has seen them as doing-well and well-behaving, …

(Non-) Speech Acts: The Performative Power Of Silence, Jane Chin Davidson

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

Judgment of accented speech as “inferior English” or “immigrant speech” reinforces an aural type of racial discrimination, especially in the political context of education and the state. The institutional silencing of “defective” speech substantiates the practice of self-silencing in which the (non-) speech act functions as a phenomenological engagement and as a non-performativity of racial difference.

Building The Infrastructure For "Justice Through Science": The Texas Model, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Nicole Bremner Cásarez

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tightenting The Loophole: The Role Of Fee-Shifting Statutes In Resolving The Growing Problem Of Servicing America's Student Loan Debt, Katheryn E. Marcum

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Playing Off-Key: Trans-Atlantic Data Regulation In A Discordant World, Jennifer L. Bauer

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Book Review Forum: Glenn Wharton, The Painted King: Art, Activism, And Authenticity In Hawai‘I, Karen Stevenson

Pacific Studies

Glenn Wharton. The Painted King: Art, Activism, and Authenticity in Hawai‘i. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2012. Pp. 216. ISBN 978-0-8248-3612-2. US$19.00 paperback.

Review: Karen Stevenson, University of Canterbury

The Family History Of Jerab Abraham Pino, Jerab Abraham Pino

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

This paper recounts the history of several generations of the family of Jerab Abraham Pino. Included is a structured genealogy that covers five generations of his family tree.

Estimation Of Stable Distribution And Its Application To Credit Risk, Hua Mo

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

To capture the heavy tails and the volatility clustering of asset returns is always an important topic in nancial market. We studies two projects related to the Alpha Stable distribution and Classical Tempered Stable(CTS) distribution respectively which both have desired properties to accommodate heavy-tails and capture skewness in nancial series. (1) In the major part of the rst project, we introduce the algorithm of indirect inference method. By using the skewed-t distribution as an auxiliary model which is easier to handle, we can estimate the parameters of the Alpha Stable distribution since these two models have the same numbers of …

An Investigation Into The Effects Of Process Parameters On The Quality Of Laminates, Haomin Liu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In this work curing process for glass fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates is studied. Curing temperature, time and pressure were selected as the cure parameters for optimization. Central composite design (CCD) of design of experiment (DOE) approach was adopted for conducting the experiments. Flexural strength and flexural modulus of the composite laminate were the response measures to select the final cure parameters. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), surface plots and contour plots clearly demonstrate that temperature, time and pressure contribute greatly to the response functions. This establishes two models that can be used to predict the mechanical properties of composite laminated …

An Investigation Into The Effects Of Process Parameters On The Quality Of Laminates, Haomin Liu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In this work curing process for glass fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates is studied. Curing temperature, time and pressure were selected as the cure parameters for optimization. Central composite design (CCD) of design of experiment (DOE) approach was adopted for conducting the experiments. Flexural strength and flexural modulus of the composite laminate were the response measures to select the final cure parameters. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), surface plots and contour plots clearly demonstrate that temperature, time and pressure contribute greatly to the response functions. This establishes two models that can be used to predict the mechanical properties of composite laminated …

Engineering Interface And Analysis In Orthopedic Surgery: Resection Of Bone Tumors And Reconstruction Using Biomimetic Implants, Carlos Gabriel Helguero Alcivar

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

As healthcare grows more advanced, the next step is an individualized approach to patient care. Skeletal tumor resection provides complex challenges for surgeons. The goal of providing an accurate wide resection in sarcomas from preoperative plans while trying to preserve as much functionality remains a difficult task. We propose to leverage new devel- opments in 3-D printing, computer aided design (CAD), and finite element analysis (FEA) to design and manufacture personalized cutting guides in order to increase the accuracy of childhood bone cancer resections, minimize post-resection fracture risk, and maximize al- lograft osteointegration. On the other side, after proper resection, …

A Medical Decision Model For Tinnitus Treatment Assessment, Hong Don Ihn

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Tinnitus means objective somatosounds, and subjective auditory or sensorineural perception of noise without external physical sounds. There are several tinnitus treatments, but it is difficult to ascertain how otorhinolaryngologists rank the alternatives of treatments due to the insufficiency of available evidence and standards. A hierarchical decision model (HDM), a popular multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method, can help to implement a comprehensive assessment of tinnitus treatments and rational decision-making to select the appropriate tinnitus treatments. The HDM considers a holistic approach using multiple dimensions, criteria and expert judgments to acquire the relative ranking of candidate tinnitus treatments. The four dimensions selected …

The Stream Of Consciousness In Richard Foreman's Lava, Jungyoon Han

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Richard Foreman’s Lava (1989) is chosen to be studied in terms of stream of consciousness as one of the representative plays of Ontological-Hysteric Theatre. Given the nature of stream of consciousness, continuation of experiences, this play is analyzed through its manifestation process itself. The stream of consciousness is found to consist of three main features; Fragmentation, Mismatch, and Rituality. These features are not only belong to Richard Foreman’s Lava but also have been descended and regarded as the main characteristics of avant-garde theaters. This study relates the manifestation of stream of consciousness in Lava with the avant-gardism. It pursues to …

Audience Participation In Traditional Chinese Theatre, Zifei Wu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Traditional Chinese theatre is unique. Unlike its distinct stage elements with apparent Eastern features, the special role of audience participation in traditional Chinese theatre is less conspicu-ous and, to some, may seem disordered; however, underneath, the logic of audience participation suggests a theatrical communication and a performer-audience relationship that is completely different from the theatrical traditions of the Western world. There is an explosion of interest in the role of the audience among twentieth and twenty-first century theatre practitioners in the Western world. To these experimental theatre artists, forming a non-traditional performer-audience relationship is often an approach to show their …

Transcriptional Regulation Of Mmp-9 And Mmp-14 By P53 And Its Mutant R280k, Yingjiao Xue

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and metastasis is the primary cause for mortality. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play important roles in cancer cell migration and invasion. Tumor suppressor gene TP53 is the most frequently mutated gene in cancer, and p53 mutation occurs in invasive breast cancer with higher frequency than in non-invasive breast cancer. However, the nature of relationship between p53 and MMPs remains inconclusive. Here we show that wild type p53 could repress transcriptional activity of MMP-9 and MMP-14, while the DNA-contact mutant p53 R280K could upregulate the transcription of MMP-9 and MMP-14. This regulation might …

In Situ Ambient Pressure Studies Of Dynamic Surface Transformations On Cu-Based Model Catalysts, Fang Xu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Copper-based heterogeneous catalysts are widely used in many industrial applications across the fields of fuels and energy. In order to probe the catalyst structure under reaction conditions, state-of-the-art ambient pressure techniques have been implemented. This dissertation is focused on room temperature in situ ambient pressure (AP) (10 mTorr to 2 Torr) studies on Cu-based model catalysts including Cu(111), Cu2O/Cu(111), potassium modified Cu2O/Cu(111) and CeO2/Cu2O/Cu(111). It investigates their surface dynamic transformations using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), infrared reflection adsorption spectroscopy (IRRAS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Under ambient pressures, Cu(111) surface is roughened by CO, or O2. Atomic H can heal …

Don’T Look Now: The Child In Horror Cinema And Media | Don’T Look Now: The Child In Horror Cinema And Media, Hans Staats

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation examines the definition of the monstrous child in horror cinema and media. Spanning from 1955 to 2009 and beyond, the question of what counts as a monstrous child illuminates a perennial cinematic preoccupation with monstrosity and the relation between the normal and the pathological. Films like The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955), The Bad Seed (Mervyn LeRoy, 1956), Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla, 1960), The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961), Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973), Profondo rosso/Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1975), Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976), Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978), Child’s Play (Tom Holland, 1988), …

Mesh Refinement And High-Order Reconstruction For Finite Element Methods On Unstructured Meshes, Xinglin Zhao

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In large scale simulations of complex partial differential equations (PDE’s) using finite element methods (FEM), mesh generation, remeshing and linear solver are the most vital steps to obtain accurate solutions. All these areas have been explored quite extensively. We seek to develop an integrated framework for these steps. During simulation it is often desirable to start with a relatively coarse mesh and then refine the mesh accordingly (since in most cases the criteria for mesh resolution is not known a priori). The mesh hierarchy generated from mesh refinement could be utilized by efficient linear solvers like geometric multigrid methods (GMG), …

Enhancing Power And Signal Integrity In Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits, Hailang Wang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Three-dimensional (3D) integration has emerged as an enabling technology for integrated circuits (ICs) in the interconnect-centric design era, where the interconnects have become a bottleneck for the overall system performance. With 3D integration technology, multiple planar dies are stacked vertically while the communication among different dies is achieved by low impedance vertical connections such as through silicon vias (TSVs) or monolithic inter-tier vias (MIVs). Due to the unique characteristics of 3D ICs, various challenges exist in the fabrication, design and testing of 3D integrated systems. The research work proposed in this dissertation is focused on 3D design methodologies with emphasis …

Shrouded In The Womb Of A Savage, Cradled In The Arms Of An Ape: Gothic Scenes Of Racial Recapitulation In The Making Of The American Ãœbermensch | Shrouded In The Womb Of A Savage, Cradled In The Arms Of An Ape: Gothic Scenes Of Racial Recapitulation In The Making Of The American Übermensch, Ian Anthony Bacchus

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Slavery is often put forward as the crucial horror that haunts the nation, and is touted, as Leslie Fiedler noted, as “the proper subject for American Gothic†. This thesis does not dispute a historical location for the American Gothic, but it argues for a different starting place for the self-consciously Gothic impulse in the literature of the nation. It is not the original sin of slavery that underpins the American Gothic, but the original anxiety experienced by an infant nation as it first distances itself from its ancestral country, and then asserts its independence and superiority. It is an …

Elaine's "Priceless" Pearls And Enid's Faded Dress: The Self And The Thing In "Lancelot And Elaine" And "The Marriage Of Geraint", Jordan Elizabeth Plavnicky

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This thesis takes an object-oriented approach to Tennyson’s Idylls of the King through an analysis of Elaine’s pearled sleeve in “Lancelot and Elaine†and Enid’s faded dress in “The Marriage of Geraint.†It considers the pearl as a thing; a thing that can be exchanged, a thing against which one can orient and identify the self, and finally a thing that exists already within English cultural history. It considers Enid’s dress as a material garment upon which numerous meanings can be inscribed. The thesis argues that Elaine and Enid each demonstrate the unique role women have in relation to their …