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Courting Love: Comedy And Genre In Robene And Makyne, Caitlin Flynn

Studies in Scottish Literature

Observing that little critical scrutiny has been given to Henryson's shorter poems, argues that Henryson's Robene and Makyne challenges genre critics by its "seamlessness ... weaving together of courtly and country, formal and frolicking," and that the two lovers, who "embody the generic confusion marking the formal qualities of the poem," reflect "the comic instability of the generic resonances within the text," pointing to wider trends in Scottish imaginative literature of the period.

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A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Language Of Persuasion Used In The Election Campaigns By American Parliaments, Iman Jebur Janam

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Persuasion can be defined as a scientific art which is closely connected with our life .Linguistically speaking, persuasion is achieved through many techniques termed "persuasive devices". These persuasive devices are covered in different domains of life. Accordingly, persuasion has been defined in various methods according to communication as ''a communication process in which a communicator searches to draw out a desired response from his receiver''. This paper investigates different strategies of persuasion used by different people in different domains of life and how those strategies differ when used in election parliament. The aim of this paper is to find out …

Reality Of Management Performance In Accordance With The Halinger Standard And Its Relation To Performance Excellence At High School Principals, جنان حاتم كامل

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Based on the leadership role of the school principal, which requires a set of features and characteristics and features that qualify him to do his part, And to evaluate the Actuallyof the administrative performance of the head of the school is one of the methods of administrative evaluation to improve the Actuallyof administrative work, This assessment will not be aimed at ascertaining the efficiency of the manager in performing his work effectively. This process should be comprehensive and continuous to reveal the strengths, Are strengthened, and vulnerabilities are addressed, This helps to provide comprehensive information that restricts in taking action …

Verbal Violence Against Women Working In The Family Field, بانياس عدنان جلوب

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This study aims to identify the responsible for violence against women and to determine the reaction of women to the violence against them. also study aims to identify the impact of variables such as the social situation, the source of violence and the education lend of the working women ,the sample consists of 100, female working at Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. The results show that the husband is the first source of violence experienced verbally by women, and show that the most verbal violence is insulting and insulting. The study also shows that the media has no role in explainig …

Gender Differences In Early Communication, Language Acquisition And Development: A Descriptive Study, رشا عبد الرضا سعيد, رشا عبد المنعم عزيز

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Parents pay a significant attention to the first words children utter. However, first words are not the actual beginning of communication. Much earlier, babies begin to communicate their feeling via making eye contact, pointing, crying, squealing, and other gestures. Furthermore, they perceive language earlier than making others understand them. The aim of this paper is to tackle the variations between the two sexes starting from the stages of language acquisition in normal children, the differences between the two genders in language vocalization within each stage. Next, the distinctions in acquiring a particular communicative competence and the causes behind this difference …

Dramatizing Modern American And Arabic Poetry A Study In Selected Poems By Kenneth Koch And Yousif Al-Sayegh, Haitham K. Eidan Al-Zubbaidi

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The interrelatedness of drama and poetry introduces one of the most exceptionally robust examples of trans-genre literature. It is further characterized by a deep-rooted tradition that dates back to ancient Greek and Roman drama, as well as a sense of circumstantial and ad hoc necessity-driven, age-oriented adaptability. The present paper assumes that this well-established sensitive relation of poetry and drama rests upon some circumstantial time-specific cultural forces or motivators that impact the ebb and flow, the expansion-contraction movements which are directly related to the temporal necessities and requirements of the textual and contextual poetic discourse. To this end, and to …

Gratitude And Its Relationship To The Multiple Intelligences Of The University Students, ذر منير مسيهر العاني

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Gratitude is a positive aspect of the human psyche and the behavior is sometimes important to the human, and the personality of the individual is clearly visible and clear. It also affects behaviors such as happiness and love, coupled with improved mental health in the individual. The researcher believes that psychological variables may affect gratitude, including multiple intelligence. The objectives of the current research aimed at the following:

1- Gratitude to university students.

2- Differences of gratitude among university students according to gender (male, female)

3- Multiple intelligence among university students

4- Differences in multiple intelligence among university students according …

Forgiveness Of University Students Exposed To Traumatic Stress, سعد سابط العطراني, مها صائب رشيد

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research problem stems from the fact that the researchers are aware that our contemporary life is full of painful events that have affected various groups of society, including "university students", and involving them in social and cognitive challenges; hence it was more influential for them since it is fitted to their age stage, and clarifies the future prospects for them. Moreover, they respond to the surrounding variables more than the other categories do, and that may affect negatively their academic performance. Therefore, the current research aims to identify the level of forgiveness of university students exposed to traumatic …

Aggression In August Wilson’S King Hedley Ii, Asma’A Mohannad Saad, Muthanna Mohammad Sultan

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The need for investigating the stereotypical image of the African American males as aggressive, criminal individuals brings this research to address this sensitive issue. But the stereotypes of the African American have drawn the attention of many black writers and psychiatrists who tried to dismantle these images by revealing the social, psychological, and socioeconomic factors which contribute in this phenomenon. This paper highlights the reasons that drive the black males to adopt aggression through analyzing August Wilson’s King Hedley II (1999). In this play, Wilson portrays the widely spread aggression and its negative consequences. He also goes a step further …

The Split Identity In Brain Friel’S Play Philadelphia, Here I Come! ), Razaq Jumaah Khalaf, Sabah Atallah Diyaiy

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Colonized people suffer due to cultural struggle and identity loss. Brian Friel (1929–2015) dealt with the consequences of British colonisation of Ireland. This paper explores the fragmented identity in Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!. It depicts the contradicting feelings of a young man who decides to leave his country. Still, he is unable to overcome his emotional loyalty to his past. Friel divides the protagonist into two characters played by two actors on the stage. The memories in the play form an integral part of identity being live images that satisfy inner needs. The characters’ inner conflicts and personal …

Comedy Of Menace In Harold Pinter’S The Birthday Party Instructor: Basaad Maher Mhayyal, بسعاد ماهر محيل

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party (1957) clearly portrays the condition of modern man where there is a real communication failure among the characters. Through this play, Pinter tries his best to reflect this fact. He uses a lot of pauses and silences, i.e., the usage of language is no more significant to modern man. Pinter considers silence to be more powerful than the words themselves. That’s why long and short pauses can be seen throughout all Pinter’s plays. Modern man has been living in a state of alienation. All the characters are isolated by their own desire not to communicate …

Violence And Terrorism (Socio-Anthropological Study In Baghdad/Al Doura A Case Study), سناء صالح عبد علي

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Violence and Terrorism are regarded the biggest problems facing societies in our modern world. The size of this problem varies from one society to another according to the culture and characteristics of each society. The manifestations of violence and terrorism today are among the most serious phenomena that threaten the human security of all societies at the international and international levels. Violence and terrorism by the armed groups in our new Iraq after 2003 are one of the most serious problems faced by society in our contemporary history, which resulted in tens of thousands of victims of different sects and …

Protection Of The Child's Psychological Security Under Criminal Legislation (Comparative Study), وسام كاظم زغير

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The subject of research: (protection of the child's psychological security under criminal legislation) has a practical significance to guarantee the right of the child to enjoy psychological security away from violence or ill-treatment, since The child is weak at this stage; he cannot defend himself in the face of the dangers to which he is exposed. Moreover, he needs care and concern for his physical and psychological rights, and although there are some provisions in the Iraqi Penal Code No. 111 of 1969, which provides criminal protection, but the protection of his right to psychological security was not within the …

Emotional Deprivation And Its Relation With The Cognitive Failure Of The Intermediate Stage Students, رؤى مهدي جابر البعاج

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The research has objectives that are conducted as the following:

The current research has determined sample of the intermediate stage students for both males and females in the General Directorates in Baghdad for the academic year 2018-2019.

The theoretical frame this research viewed several theories related to the research variables.

The research procedures:

(Al-Saadi2016) and Adopting Cognitive Failure scale(AL – Kaby2013) investigatiy their validity and reliability and the way of answeng their items.

Using Social Media As An Interactive Tool For Learning And Teaching Purposes, فائزة عدنان صالح

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This study explores the fulfilment of teachers and students in utilizing social media as educational platforms at university of Baghdad, Iraq. It aims to investigate whether the actual process of knowledge attainment and communicative interactions is completed at the virtual atmosphere. The current study includes three facets of social media_ engagement, interpersonal teaching and learning, and school performance. Random selection of (180) digital users at some of academic institutions has participated in the study. The results reveal that recruiters require social media platforms to connect teachers and students virtually. They tend to utilize social media for enhancing teaching and learning …

Job Involvement And Its Relationship To The Daily Disturbances Among Educational Counselors, سالم حميد عبيد

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aims to identify Job Involvement and its relationship to the Daily disturbances among Educational Counselors. The researcher uses descriptive approach and the study sample consists of (200) Educational Counselors. The research instruments used are: Job Involvement scale and Daily disturbances scale. The (face, and construction) validity and consistency of the instruments have been investigated using internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha). The study came to the following findings: - The degree of Job Involvement among Educational Counselors was (31.8350) and this refers to a higher level compared with the theoretical average (30) and that their Daily disturbances level is (157.0800) …

Analysis Of The Work Of The Educational Advisor In Secondary Schools, نور بدري نوري

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the current research is to analyze the work of the educational advisor in the secondary schools in the city of Baghdad and to achieve this research, the researcher adopted a note form consisting of seven areas:

((Field of school card, field of guidance records, meeting area, Field of collective guidance, field of cases, problem area, area of extra-curricular activities)). An individual interview was conducted with the educational advisors during their visit to their schools, their number is (30) male and female advisors distributed in the Educational Directorates of Karkh (1st-2nd-3rd) for the academic year 2018-2019.

The researcher …

Psychometric Features Of Inductive Reasoning Among University Students According To Item –Response- Theory, ياسين حميد عيال, خالد جمال جاسم

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current study aims to develop skills of Inductive reasoning test among University students. To achieve the objectives of this study, the researchers have followed the scientific steps in developing Charles Doyle’s test as a suitable test to measure the ability of inductive reasoning, designed for university students, and after considering all its remarks, the test has been reviewed by expert referees in educational and psychological sciences to verify and check the availability of the suitable psychometric features of the given test in terms of form and content. The items of the test have been valid logically to measure what …

The Psychological Abuse According To Self – Silencing Of Educational Counselors, نادرة جميل حمد حمود

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims to identify:

5.the Psychological abuse according to self-silencing of educational counselors.

To achieve the objectives of the current research, the researcher developed a measure to measure the psychological abuse of female educators, and preparing of a measure of self-silence after the translation from foreign language into Arabic and extracting the characteristics of the psychometric characteristics of both measurements, then she applied the two measures on a sample of educators in the province of Baghdad whose number is amounted to (320) educational counselors After analyzing the data, the results showed that:1. There is psychological abuse of female …

Wheelchair Propulsion For Everyday Manual Wheelchair Users: Repetition Training And Machine Learning-Based Monitoring, Pin-Wei Chen

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Upper limb pain and injuries are prevalent among manual wheelchair users and can restrict their participation and daily activities. Due to the high repetition and force in wheelchair propulsion, chronic wheelchair propulsion has been linked to the risk of upper limb pain and injury. Prevention of upper limb pain and injury is a high priority in wheelchair-related research. Decades of research in wheelchair propulsion biomechanics have led to clinical practice guidelines (CPG). Unfortunately, a decade after the publication of the CPG, CPG-recommended propulsion is still uncommon. Hence, for the first aim, a randomized controlled trial pilot study with two groups …

Empirical Justification For Supportive Other Involvement In Collegiate Athletes’ Mental Health Intervention, Elena Gavrilova

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Student-athletes have been identified to evidence similar or higher rates of mental health difficulties and lower levels of mental health engagement as compared with non-athlete peers. Along these lines, sport-specific mental health intervention has been justified by researchers, yet only one randomized clinical trial has been conducted in collegiate student-athletes who have been formally assessed for mental health disorders (i.e., a family behavior therapy as compared with traditional campus counseling as usual; Donohue et al., 2018a). Results of this outcome study demonstrated greater improvements for participants who received the family-based intervention up to 8-months post-randomization. In this clinical trial, the …

Discovering Motor Phenotypes In Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Syndrome Approach, Daniel Edwin Lidstone

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a behavioral phenotype characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction accompanied by restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests, or activities. Currently in the US, approximately 2.5% of children have a diagnosis of ASD. The etiology of ASD is complex, however the disorder does have a strong genetic basis. Specific genetic mutations can lead to neuroanatomical and neurophysiological changes during development resulting in a behavioral phenotype that falls along the ASD spectrum and may result in a diagnosis of ASD. The severity of ASD-specific behaviors falls on a continuum …

The Image Of Politicians In Tony Kushner’S Play Homebody/Kabul; A Corpus Critical Stylistic Analysis, Hadeel Falah Hasan, Sarab Khalil Hameed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of Tony Kushner’s play Homebody/Kabul. The study adopts Jeffries model with the aid of corpus linguistic methods to show how text might be said to perform ideologies. It investigates how the image of war and politicians are presented. By using Naming and Describing tool, the analysis shows that the overall image of politicians is that they were aggressive when it comes to conduct war depending on what have they declared to be done.

The Effectiveness Of Using Learning Centers Strategy Upon Conceptual Comprehension And Retention In History Subject For The Fifth Class Preporatory Students, هدى فاضل حسين

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The research aims to identify the effectiveness of using learning centers strategy upon conceptual comprehension and retention in history subject for fifth prporatoru class students. The researcher used the experimental design of partial contrel choosing the experimental group that studied according to the learning centers strategy, and the control group studied according to the traditional method. The number of students sample was ( 60) Students ; (30 ) students in each group . The two groups are equivalent concerning the variables : Age and , Intelligence test. The researcher used conceptual comprehension test as a tool for research, and verify …

The Effect Of Using Cooperative Learning Strategy In The Achievement Of Students In The Third Stage Of The Department Of English Language In The Field Of Educational Guidance And Mental Health, ناصر خضير سكران

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims at identifying the effect of using cooperative learning strategy in the achievement of students in the third stage of the English language section in the field of educational guidance and mental health, as the current research sought to answer the following hypothesis.

There is a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) in the achievement of students of the third stage of the English language section in the educational guidance and mental health, who study according to the cooperative learning strategy and students who study the same material in the traditional way. The original research …

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Its Relation To Cognitive Distortions Among University Students, محمد حميد محمد الهيتي

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims to identify the Post-traumatic stress disorder and its relation to Cognitive Distortions among university students. The researcher adopted the steps of his research depending on the descriptive approach. The sample was randomized by (100) individuals: (47) for males and (53) for females - for each of the General Sciences and Arabic Language specialization at the Faculty of Basic Education. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher adopted the scale (Khawaja and Bahraini, 2008) for the post-traumatic stress disorder, and (Alasar 2015) scale for cognitive Distortions after achieving validity and Reliability of both measurements. The results showed …

The Symbolism Of Play Behavior In Child-Centered Play Therapy, Kaitlin Andrewjeski

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) is an evidence-based approach for mental health treatment with children. CCPT is based on the belief that play is a child’s natural language and so the therapist is required to make inferences of themes through observations of free play; however, there is no standard process by which themes are identified. The purpose of the current study is to gain detailed descriptions of play behavior in order to describe how themes emerge and how they are displayed in child-centered treatment. The themes were then used to describe the progression through the typical stages of child-centered play therapy. …

Restructuring Of The Axon Initial Segment In Mouse Models Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Rachel Ali Rodriguez

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect more than 36% of children in countries with low- and middle- incomes (Boivin, 2015; McCoy, 2016). Interestingly, these heterogeneous disorders share a high incidence of epileptic seizures, suggesting a shared pathology. Seizures result when neuronal firing activity becomes disturbed and neurons fire excessively or in unregulated patterns. A key site in the control of neuronal firing patterns is the axon initial segment (AIS), where the local density of proteins and the morphology of the AIS in part determine the firing of neurons. We hypothesized that a disruption in the morphology and/or composition of the AIS can …

Reconciling Incongruencies: Examining The Meaning And Influencing Factors Of Oncology Nurses' Professional Quality Of Life, Rebecca Lynne Boni

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Nurses often witness suffering and loss. These experiences are intrinsic to the practice of nursing and can exert a strong, cumulative effect on nurses’ professional quality of life (QOL). Stamm (2010b) conceptualizes professional QOL as a composite of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction. Inferior professional QOL has been linked to numerous negative healthcare outcomes. Oncology nurses are particularly vulnerable to compassion fatigue. The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL), created by Stamm (2009), is the current survey used to measure professional QOL, but it may not be specific enough for oncology nurses.

The purpose of this grounded theory study was …

Consequences Of Math Anxiety And Stereotype Threat: An Intersectional Perspective, Jennifer E. John Buck

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Individuals with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills are highly valued for their contribution to the U.S. workforce and society. However, women and some people of color enter STEM fields at lesser rates than do White men. Math anxiety and stereotype threat have been found to cause math performance decrements for women and some people of color. Presently, it is not clear how math anxiety and stereotype threat might work together to dually influence math performance and subsequent STEM participation. The current study focuses on a diverse sample of 295 undergraduate students who were randomly assigned to one of …