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Deciphering Foreign Actions: A Focus On Russia's Foreign Policy Objectives, Stephanie A. W. King

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Business & Technology Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts by Stephanie A.W. King on April 26, 2016

History Grad Students Selected For Rand Corporation Summer Associate Program, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Is The Martian Just The Latest Example Of A Way To Avoid Liability Copyright Infringement In International Waters?, Brittany Binderoff

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ) Blog

The 2015 Golden Globe winning Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, The Martian, is a movie about an astronaut, played by Matt Damon, who was left stranded on Mars after being presumed dead as the result of a storm. He ended up surviving and was left to find a way to signal Earth that he was alive. Many people may not connect this movie with copyright law, but about three-fourths of the way through the movie, Damon’s character makes the following statement: “I’ve been thinking about law on Mars. There’s an international treaty saying that no country can lay claim …

April 26, 2016 General Faculty Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Hurricanes And Long-Term Gdp Growth: The Role Of Institutional Quality, Kyoko Sakai

Economics Honors Projects

This paper compares the long-term effects on real per-capita GDP of two hurricanes in 1992, hurricane Andrew in Florida and hurricane Iniki in Hawaii. The literature suggests that the long-term effect on GDP of a natural disaster for a region with good pre-disaster institutional quality may be positive (i.e., GDP levels exceed those which would have materialized without the disaster) because the destruction of capital induces firms to investment in more technologically advanced structures and machines. In contrast, a region with bad pre-disaster institutional quality should experience a negative impact because it face severe limits in the amount it can …

Active Learning, Primary Documents, And Complex Events: Reinvigorating History Education, Samantha Clonch

Honors Projects

History is frequently taught through lectures, tests, and individual work with primary documents, which can be exceedingly tedious for students. This is problematic because it leads to student disengagement and limited learning. Also problematic in history education is the lack of time spent teaching events which are viewed as less impactful than others on the course of history. The Louisiana Purchase is one such event. It is often taught in one day or less as an action that simply doubled the size of the United States. This project is an attempt to combat these problems. The project contains a seven …

Cello Technique: A Result Of Cello Construction And Its Effect On Virtuosic Playing In The Works Of Dvořák And Pärt, Mineo P. Yasutake Mr.

Music: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

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Popular Discontents: The Historical Roots Of Italian Right Wing Populism, Anthony Marshall Simone

Political Science Honors Projects

Emerging from the ashes of the old electoral system of the First Republic, an ideological populism built on regional identity, most significantly espoused by the Lega Nord political party, became a dominant force in Italian politics. This populism initially attacked a corrupt state, but evolved to confront perceived threats to its homeland region, such as globalization and immigration. Despite these developments, this populism continues to create a discourse which pits a virtuous, homogenous people against a set of self-serving poteri forti (powers that be). What self-serving powers gave rise to this populism? This anti-state, xenophobic populism exists as a response …

Exploring The Role Of Horticulture In Alleviating Food Insecurity Among Women In Botswana, Rachel Fehr

Geography Honors Projects

By most measures, Botswana is an African development success story. However, there are still segments of the population that suffer from the interlinked phenomena of persistent poverty and food insecurity. The Government of Botswana and its partners have increasingly sought to address household food insecurity through gardening initiatives of various sizes and commercial orientation, but the success of these efforts has not yet been evaluated. I use an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating both econometric analysis and qualitative data viewed through the theoretical lens of political ecology, to determine how effective these women’s gardening initiatives are in addressing household food insecurity. I …

Users’ Perception Of The Facilities, Resources And Services Of The Mtn Digital Library At The University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Justina N. Ekere Dr., Charles Obiora Omekwu, Chidinma M. Nwoha.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study examined users’ perception of the facilities, resources and services of the MTN digital library at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with regards to the effectiveness and efficiency of the library system.

Design/Method/Approach: The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. It was appropriate for this study as a useful method for assessing attitudes or opinions towards programmes, individuals, organizations and events. Four objectives and four research questions were formulated to guide this study.A convenience sampling technique was used and a sample size of 196 registered users of the MTN Digital Library, UNN was evaluated for …

Which Levels Of Education In Medical Sciences Utilize Most The Problem Based Learning?- A Citation Analysis Study, Hakimeh Hazrati, Vahideh Zare Gavgani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: The main aim of this study was to illustrate the implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) at the levels of curriculum, course, or lesson of medical education through the Scientometrics analysis of articles indexed in both world and national databases in order to create evidence for changing the curriculum of medical education into PBL.

Methods: The Electronic databases of Web of Science (WoS) and PubMed, and Iranian Databases of Iran Medex, SID and MagIran were searched during the period of 2003-2013 for related articles using rigorous search strategies. All related articles were extracted and critically appraised based on the …

India’S Science And Technology Output, 1989-2014: A Scientometric Analysis, Rudramuni Hiremath Mr, Gouri N. Gourikeremath Miss, Gururaj S. Hadagali Dr, B D. Kumbar Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study determines the extent of India’s Publication growth in Science and Technology. The data was extracted from the Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science for the period 1989-2014. The study covers a year wise growth of Science and Technology publications; Relative Growth Rate (RGR), Doubling Time (DT), Activity Index (AI) of different countries; international collaboration, productive Indian Institutes, prolific authors in Science and Technology field. The results reveal that (i) India’s publication effort in Science and Technology research corresponds to the world’s average (ii) The USA topped the list among the highly productive countries with 4, 32,093 publications (iii) …

Engagedscholarship & Selectedworks: Strategic Administrative Approaches, Sharon Bliss

Digital Commons + Northern Ohio User Group

Sharon Bliss, Manager of Community Information Services, Urban Research and Public Services Center

Northern Ohio Data & Information Service - NODIS Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland State University

Periodical Literature Bibliometric Analysis: A Case Study Of Four International Journals, Bipin Bihari Sethi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Bibliometrics is most popular among the scholars, researchers and academics in the faculty of Library and Information Science research. The current study is a bibliometrics analysis of four international journals such as: 1^st “Language Sciences” (LS) and 2^nd “Linguistics and Education” (L&E), 3^rd ‘Political Geography’ (PG), and 4^th ‘Religion’ (Rgn).The present paper attempts to evaluate the publications indexed under the database of Science Direct Top 25 hottest Papers journal literature to understand the global approach of research output in four core journals. This is a comprehensive survey work rendering bibliographic records from Science Direct …

Racial Discrimination And Private Schools, Arthur S. Miller

The Catholic Lawyer

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The Unintended Legacy Of Hellenism: The Development And Dissemination Of The Buddha Image, Chukyi Kyaping

History Honors Papers

This paper traces the development and evolution of the Buddha image from the first century CE in Gandhara to the fifth century CE in Luoyang, China and discusses the circumstances that allowed the image to adapt to different cultural environments. The emergence of the Buddha image marked a significant shift in the perception of the Buddha himself, through which Buddhism had effectively transformed from a philosophy into a religion.

Due to the syncretic nature of the Gandhari region, the Buddha image incorporated elements from multiple cultures, most notably from the Hellenistic artistic tradition. The dissemination of the Buddha image, traced …

The Utah Statesman, April 25, 2016, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Bosnia: Doomed To Failure Or A Rising Hope?, Caitlin V. Moore

Politics Honors Papers

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country that suffers from a lack of a national identity as it has three main ethnic groups, Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs, who are all fighting for power. After the Bosnian war, which lasted from 1992-1995 and involved genocide that was committed against the Bosniaks, the ethnic divisions were further entrenched. These divisions were not helped by the provisions of the Dayton Peace Accords, which was the peace settlement that brought an end to the war. Dayton created an ethnocracy within Bosnia that places more importance on ethnic groups than national identity. In order to see …

Curricular Affairs Committee Minutes April 25, 2016, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

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Banner News, April Schumann, Arlo Starbuck, Mary Rowan, Brad Grout, Gabrielle Woods, Bob Schmidt, Kate Bergin, Bailey Jones, Emily Rinehart

Banner News

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Geopolitics Of The 2016 Australian Defense White Paper And Its Predecessors, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Australia released the newest edition of its Defense White Paper, describing Canberra’s current and emerging national security priorities, on February 25, 2016. This continues a tradition of issuing defense white papers since 1976. This work will examine and analyze the contents of this document as well as previous Australian defense white papers, scholarly literature, and political statements assessing their geopolitical significance. It will also examine public input into Australian defense white papers and the emerging role of social media in this public involvement. It concludes by evaluating whether Australia has the political will and economic resources necessary to fulfill its …

Un-Lockeing The Beauty Which Prejudice Has Overlaid: On Alain Locke's Philosophical Anthropology, Value Theory, And The Movement Towards Cosmopolitanism, Corey Lorenzo Barnes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This work is an elucidation of Alain Locke’s philosophical anthropology and value theory as devices to combat racial superiority, which Locke took to be the greatest challenge to the possibility of establishing a cosmopolitan community. For Locke, the possibility of establishing a cosmopolitan community implies healthy social and political relations, which themselves imply respect. However, respect is denied to members of certain races because they are perceived to be the bearers of inherently inferior cultures, which are grounded in values. Locke needs a philosophical anthropology that combats the idea of distinct differences in races that are caused by either nature …

Characterizing The Mortuary Practices In Highland Ancash, Perú: Analysis Of Funerary Contexts At Hualcayán, Elizabeth Katherine Cruzado Carranza

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This thesis is the study of the characteristics of mortuary practices at the archeological site of Hualcayán, in highland Ancash, Perú, during A.D.. 1 to 1000. Hualcayán is a complex site with nearly 4000 years of occupation in an area of 4 square kilometers. In order to define the characteristics of mortuary practices at this site, I developed three research questions to examine the multiple lines of evidence for variation and significance of the burials. These are the questions: which burial pattern variations occurred in Hualcayán during A.D.. 1 to 1000, what are the burial pattern variations between funerary structure …

Integrative 3d Recording Methods Of Historic Architecture: Burg Hohenecken From Southwest Germany, Aaron C. Pattee

Department of Anthropology: Theses and Student Research

This research explores the methodology and application of photogrammetric and laser-scanning recording methods to a castle ruin, with the primary purpose of digitally preserving the castle. Both methods generated interactive 3D models via the combination of still images (photogrammetry) and precise laser measurements (laser-scanning), which were then combined into a single model. The case study is the medieval castle ruin Burg Hohenecken located in the city of Kaiserslautern in southwest Germany. The castle was active from 1212-1689, as one of over fifty castles within the region of the Pfalz. The inhabitants included the noble von Hoheneck family and various …

How Cosmopolitan Are International Law Professors?, Ryan Scoville, Milan Markovic

Faculty Scholarship

This Article offers an empirical answer to a question of interest among scholars of comparative international law: why do American views about international law appear at times to differ from those of other countries? The authors contend that part of the answer lies in legal education. Conducting a survey of the educational and professional backgrounds of nearly 150 legal academics, the authors reveal evidence that professors of international law in the United States often lack significant foreign legal experience, particularly outside of the West. Sociological research suggests that this tendency leads professors to teach international law from predominantly nationalistic and …

Consultancy, Disruption, And The Pulse Of Pedagogy, Sayres Rudy

Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education

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Multi-Scale Modeling And Assessment Of Malaria Risk In Northern South America, Temitope O. Alimi

Open Access Dissertations

With malaria control in Latin America firmly established in most countries and a growing number of these countries in the pre-elimination phase, malaria elimination appears feasible. A review of the literature indicates that malaria elimination in this region will be difficult without locally tailored strategies for vector control, which depend on more research on vector ecology, genetics and behavioral responses to environmental changes, such as those caused by land cover alterations, and human population movements. An essential way to bridge the knowledge gap and improve vector control is through risk mapping. Malaria risk maps based on statistical and knowledge-based modelling …

Cultivating Resistance: Haitian-Dominican Communities And The Dominican Sugar Industry, 1915-1990, Amelia Hintzen

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation integrates archival, ethnographic, and oral-historical research to investigate the intertwined histories of the Dominican sugar industry and Haitian immigrant communities in the Dominican Republic. Over the first half of the twentieth century the Dominican economy became increasingly dependent on Haitian labor to cut sugarcane, and at the same time government policies became more anti-Haitian. During the thirty-year dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican state worked to recruit what they assumed would be a male and temporary Haitian workforce. Trujillo developed an extensive legal apparatus to surveil the country’s population, enabling state officials to segregate Haitians on sugar plantations …

A Climatology Of The Interaction Between Short-Wave Troughs And Shore-Parallel Lake-Effect Snowstorms Off Of Lake Ontario, Zachary S. Bruick, Emily W. Ott, Nicholas D. Metz

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Lake-effect snowstorms can produce prolific snowfall amounts near the shores of Lake Ontario while presenting a severe hazard to public safety. Shore-parallel lake-effect snow bands are 20–50 kilometers wide and can extend inland for over 200 kilometers. While lake-effect snow is primarily a lower tropospheric event, middle and upper tropospheric features can have an impact on the evolution of lake-effect snow. In order to understand the influence of the upper troposphere on lake-effect snow, an eight-year (2007–2015) climatology of the interactions between 500-hPa short-wave troughs and Lake Ontario shore-parallel lake-effect snowstorms was developed. A short-wave trough database and single site …

Conceptions Of Authority And The Anglo-American Common Law Divide, Dan Priel

Articles & Book Chapters

This essay seeks to explain the puzzle of the divergence of American law from the rest of the common law world through the lens of legal theory. I argue that there are four competing ideal-type theories of the authority of the common law: reason, practice, custom, and will. The reason view explains the authority of the common law in terms of correspondence to the demands of pure practical reason; the practice view sees the authority of the common law as derived from the expertise of practitioners (especially judges and practice-oriented academics) who try to develop the common law as a …