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A Long And Winding Road, Allen Wyatt

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Publishing an article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Faith and Scholarship involves a process of which many people are not aware. I’m sure it is obvious to all that articles don’t just spring from the mind of an author and onto the printed page. In this essay I draw back the curtain just a bit to give readers a glimpse and, hopefully, an understanding of the process.

Asymmetry In Chiasms, With A Note About Deuteronomy 8 And Alma 36, Stephen Kent Ehat

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Some students of the Book of Mormon have claimed that chapter 36 of the book of Alma is structured as a chiasm. Some of the proposals depart from perfect symmetry, presenting elements of the suggested chiasm seemingly out of sequence. This has often been pointed to as a weakness in the proposed chiasm or as a problem arising from translation or editorial work, or even as evidence that no real chiasm exists over the text of the chapter. Perhaps, however, asymmetry may be a deliberate feature of ancient chiasmus. Understanding the presence and role of occasional asymmetry or skews, as …

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

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Material/Maternal Ireland, Catherine Harper Ph.D

Arts and Design

This presentation tells the stories of cloth and clothing, textiles and materials that have been actually or symbolically stained by blood or other body fluids in Ireland’s last 100 years – since partial independence from Britain.

#Onygo, Géraldine Blattner, Amanda Dalola, Stéphanie Roulon

PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources

#OnYGo is an innovative first-year French language e-textbook, designed as Open Educational Resource (OER), for learning beginning French (equivalent to one year at an American university). It is inspired by a remix of task-based, multiliteracies and communicative approaches, which provides students with opportunities to engage with French language and culture in a variety of contexts and situations, across a range of modalities. Through a wide range of activities, students develop and practice their language skills, and reflect on their cross-cultural knowledge and positionality in their understanding of the vast francophone landscape. #OnYGo is a first-year textbook that takes a DEI-forward …

Administration As Democratic Trustee Representation, Katharine Jackson

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

The “folk” theory of democracy that typically justifies the administrative state cannot help but lead to a discourse of constraint. If agency action is only legitimate when it mechanically applies the will of the voters as transposed by Congress through statutes, then the norms guiding that action will inevitably restrain agency discretion. As a result, attempts to establish the democratic credentials of the administrative state ironically obstruct the application of collective power. But this “folk” theory of democracy is bad theory. It is empirically incredible and, alarmingly, facilitates dangerous populist politics. Political theory instead suggests that a theory of democratic …

The Impact Of Studying Abroad On The Intercultural Spiritual Formation Of Harding University Latin America Students, Jeremy Daggett

Harding School of Theology Dissertations and Theses

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¿El Papel Lo Aguanta Todo? Linguistic Nationalism In Hispanic Constitutions, Mihir Kale

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

Linguistic nationalism is among the most well-documented sections of nationalist study, as it is one of the predominant mechanisms in which nationalist sentiments are codified or enforced within a state. Cultural or ethnic nationalist preferences are typically expressed through the imposition and preference of a certain nation’s language to demonstrate power, and examples of linguistic nationalism have been recorded across all continents and societies throughout history.

Manydogs Project: A Big Team Science Approach To Investigating Canine Behavior And Cognition, Daniela Alberghina, Emily E. Bray, Daphna Buchsbaum, Sarah- Elizabeth Byosiere, Julia Espinosa, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, C.-N. Alexandrina Guran, Elizabeth Hare, Daniel J. Horschler, Ludwig Huber, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Evan L. Maclean, Madeline H. Pelgrim, Bryan Perez, Dana Ravid-Schurr, Liza Rothkoff, Courtney L. Sexton, Zachary A. Silver, Jeffrey R. Stevens

Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior: Faculty Publications

Dogs have a special place in human history as the first domesticated species and play important roles in many cultures around the world. However, their role in scientific studies has been relatively recent. With a few notable exceptions (e.g., Darwin, Pavlov, Scott, and Fuller), domestic dogs were not commonly the subject of rigorous scientific investigation of behavior until the late 1990s. Although the number of canine science studies has increased dramatically over the last 20 years, most research groups are limited in the inferences they can draw because of the relatively small sample sizes used, along with the exceptional diversity …

What We Leave Behind: An Annotated Translation Of “Alma Guajira” And Selected Works By Marcelo Salinas, Isabel Trespando Escobio

Theses & ETDs

Despite being one of the most prominent anarchist figures in Cuban history, Marcelo Salinas is widely forgotten today. His career as an author is even more obscured, and his writings are very seldom included in the Latin American literary scholarship of the 21st century. The primary aim of this thesis is to provide an English translation of some of Salinas’ works: his short story “El maestrico,” his play Alma Guajira, and a representative two-chapter fragment of his novel Un aprendiz de Revolucionario. The translations are accompanied by an introductory chapter as well as individual introductions, a translator’s statement, a literary …

Nothingness & Emptiness, Two Solutions To Modern Nietzschean Nihilism: Analyzing Sartrian And Buddhist Philosophy As Anti-Nihilistic, Life Affirming Worldviews., Jacob Silverman

Theses & ETDs

This thesis introduces the issue of modern nihilism, which Nietzsche prophesied would plague modern society. The purpose of the work is to introduce Sartrian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy as two potential answers to the plague of nihilism in the modern age. I do this by first introducing Nietzsche and his conception of nihilism and describing how the issue arose. Following this, I introduce Sartre and his existential philosophy. I describe his central notion of nothingness and how it relates as well as encapsulates all areas of his philosophy. Following this, I describe how this philosophy may be seen as one …

In The Luster Of Flame, The Vulture Disguises Himself As The Phoenix: Climate Induced Catastrophe Response, Rescue, & Relief, Kyla Baal

Theses & ETDs

On August 13th, 2004, Hurricane Charley made a direct impact on the south-west coast of Florida. A category 4 storm, Charley devastated the unprepared coastal communities in Charlotte County, Fla. Nearly 20 years later, when Hurricane Ian took a similar path, we witnessed a region still rendered vulnerable by damage inflicted almost two decades earlier, get nailed again. Yet, somehow these communities fared much better than they did in 2004. Thus, studying the decisions made in the wake of the 2004 storm in the response stage may help us understand how and why particular areas were impacted differently by the …

Donald Trump, Social Media, And January 6th: An Analysis Of The "Save America" Speech And Usage Of Social Media In Connection With The January 6th Insurrection, Kp Powell

Theses & ETDs

This study lies at the intersection between politics and performance. I argue that social media is a political communicator and contributed to the January 6th insurrection through Donald Trump’s social media usage. He used his social media platforms to manipulate with misinformation and conspiracy theories. I examine the Save America speech Donald Trump gave on the morning of January 6, 2021, hours before the insurrection at the United States Capitol, as a performance piece and then analyze the words he said to connect his speech to misinformation and conspiracy theories. Along with this, Donald Trump urged his supporters to fight …

Scars On An Hourglass, Oceanna Krasny

Theses & ETDs

This collection of experimental lyric poetry titled Scars on an Hourglass and its accompanying Artist’s Statement follow an unnamed female narrator in the aftermath of a fictionalized sexual assault. The structure takes the shape of an hourglass and foregrounds the seasons winter and spring. This collection, inspired by the process of travel, the creation of notebooks featuring collage art and handwritten excerpts, and my experiences within rape culture, is divided into two sections. “Winter,” with short experimental poems uses language to highlight harsh, blue-tinged imagery that conveys themes of identity, assault, and loss. “Spring” places emphasis on images of rebirth …

Connection Is The Golden Thread: Writing Personal Narratives For Self-Transformation And Radical Change, Jovian Christos

Theses & ETDs

Connection is the Golden Thread: Personal Narratives as Self-Transformation and Radical Change examines the life-writing genre as grounds for interpersonal connection, self-revelation, and radical social change, and asks how these qualities are amplified through the anthology format. I analyze the non-fiction personal essays of Gloria Anzaldua and Audre Lorde, among other feminists, to identify rhetorical devices often found in women’s personal narrative writing and critically examine their affective qualities. I first argue that women’s personal narrative writing challenges the Western conception of selfhood as “discrete” and “individual” through a recontextualization of the self as relational. By privileging stereotypically “feminine” relational …

Jane Austen’S Emma A Comprehensive Guide To Teaching And Community Building, Ellis Golden

Theses & ETDs

Intended to be used mainly as a guide for educators, “Jane Austen’s Emma: A Comprehensive Guide to Teaching and Community Building” addresses the major aspects of Emma in order to provide readers with a stronger historical background and literary understanding of the text. The portfolio is arranged into three sections which are sandwiched between introductory and concluding sections. This formatting is intended to encourage readers to read only what they believe will be helpful for their own research. Inside, readers will find lesson plans, edited and unedited recorded club meetings, visual materials, interviews with educators, short academic essays, and notes …

Gothic Fiction And The Sister Arts: Uses Of Poetry And Drawing In The Monk, Romance Of The Forest, And Jane Eyre, Molly Rhineheart

Theses & ETDs

In this thesis, I wished to research the ways in which early British Gothic literature interacts with and utilizes alternate mediums in their texts. Throughout my piece, I discuss the following works: Matthew Lewis’s The Monk, Ann Radcliffe’s Romance of the Forest, and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. In my first chapter, I discuss the use of intersections of poetry in the works of Matthew Lewis and Ann Radcliffe, and argue that the two represent the dichotomy of attitudes towards the Gothic and its interaction with sister arts, in that one is utilizing the poetry for the sake of developing plot …

Adhd And The Neural Correlates Of Emotion Perception: An Fnirs Embodiment Study, Sara Damasco

Theses & ETDs

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition of executive dysfunction. Research has increasingly identified social impairment in some ADHD people, although the underlying cause is not clear. Socioemotional processing is mediated most directly by the perception of emotional cues from others, most notably recognizing and processing facial cues. Several studies suggest that patients with ADHD show deficits in interoceptive awareness or are less aware of their internal bodily states in addition to deficits in emotional self-awareness. Emotion perception and emotional self-awareness are empirically linked by empathy and social mirroring; these phenomena rely on embodied cognition, the use of one’s body states …

“Poetry As Exorcism, As Purifier, / It Felt Possible”: An Examination Of Ritual Poetics Through Robert Duncan And Caconrad, Sophia Brown

Theses & ETDs

This thesis will be exploring the definition, potential forms and outcomes of ritual poetics, as observed in three poets during the 1950s modernist poetic movement, also known as the San Francisco Renaissance, into the present day. By examining the poetry of Robert Duncan and CAConrad primarily, as well as some of the work of Jack Spicer as a transitional poet between the two, elements of Gnostic poetics and non-traditional community formation can be observed as key components of ritual poetics. This thesis considers how various American social and political factors throughout these poets’ careers—including their queer identities—further influences the kind …

Deep Learning Methods To Automate Students’ Writing Evaluation For Improved Writing Outcomes, Temesgen Mikael

Theses

Writing is an essential skill for students to master. Nevertheless, it remains the most challenging of the four language skills for many due to various factors, including infrequent writing assignments and inadequate feedback tools. Consequently, there is a pressing need to develop more effective methods for supporting students' writing skill development. In this thesis, the aim is to apply deep learning techniques to automated essay scoring and improve the feedback provided by existing tools. To achieve this aim, this study’s main objective is to compare the predictions made by different deep learning models to identify the most effective approach for …

Rebuilding Old Empire: Bbc And Indigenous Language Broadcasting In Nigeria, Ololade Afolabi

Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications

Using the framework of postcolonial and critical cultural studies of communication, this essay examines the rise of BBC indigenous language broadcasting in Nigeria. Taking an interdisciplinary approach from the fields of language studies, media studies, and cultural studies, the essay argues that media and communication contact that occurs between colonists and their previous colonies cannot be taken as coincidental or casual; therefore, the need to combine the local and global in theorizing new frameworks for understanding this complex relationship and the power dynamics that occurs alongside it.

Comprehensive List Satirical News Websites, Salvatore Attardo

Faculty Publications

Index of Satirical News Websites created by Dr. Salvatore Attardo.

U B'Ooq'ol Tenam Tuk' Vime'al / El Rey Y Su Hija / The King And His Daughter, Juan Romeo Guzaro Luis, María Luz García

Books - Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

This book is an artistic creation with multiple influences. Many different people throughout the Ixil area tell the story of the king’s daughter and her beloved who turns into a hummingbird, and this story appears in many books and essays about the region. Each version is a bit different from the next. The tasks that the king asks the boyfriend to perform, the level of detail, and where the story begins or ends are different in different versions. However, the basic structure of a king’s daughter and a young man who fall in love, the disapproval of the king, and …

The Effects Of Multilingual Learning On Social-Emotional And Cognitive Development In Children, Jasmine Won

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

What Drives West African Diaspora Students To Success?, Toby Madubuko

CGU Theses & Dissertations

This qualitative research investigated the first and second-generation diaspora of West Africa and also examined if there were differences between the two generations. The goal was that if such differences exist, it will help plan the learning experience for students with similar backgrounds. The research used in-depth, open-ended interview questions to collect data for analysis. Forty-one participants were interviewed, and they provided personal insight into the first and second-generation West African immigrants' attitudes to education and the differences between them. The participants included university professors, nurses, K-12 teachers, attorneys, and housewives who reside in Los Angeles County in Southern California. …

Ser Y Estar, Laura E. Mendoza

Humanities

Beginner/Low Intermediate Presentation. Objective: To learn some rules about the differences between ser and estar in Spanish.

Hermes Unbound: The Art Of Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Enrico Mario Santi

Birmingham Poetry Review

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Studios: New Tools At Mainehealth To Improve Research And Engage Stakeholders, Carrie Sullivan, Paige Aherns, Emma Daybranch, Lisbeth Balligan, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Susan L. Santangelo

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2023

An introduction, description of benefits, and additional information about the new tools of the studios at MaineHealth.

Artificial Intelligence In Computed Tomography, Cheyenne Dippre

Medical Imaging Senior Posters

Abstract

This research project explains the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) and the ways that AI can be useful in computed tomography (CT). The current state of AI application in CT is still new yet has been advancing with its significant impact on diagnosis, image analyses and patient care. These impacts deal with the challenges that have traditionally been associated with CT scans through a series of techniques and algorithms. In CT, computed tomography angiography (CTA) is a common procedure which is used to diagnose cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death worldwide. AI can assist with such a …

Private Enforcement In The States, Austin Peters, Diego Zambrano, Neel Guha, Jeffrey Xia

Articles

Scholarship on U.S. litigation and civil procedure has scarcely studied the role of private enforcement in the states. Over the past two decades, scholars have established that, almost uniquely in the world, the U.S. often relies on private parties rather than administrative agencies to enforce important statutory provisions. Take your pick of any area in American governance, and you will find private rights of action: environmental law, civil rights, employment discrimination, antitrust, consumer protection, business competition, securities fraud, and so on. In each of these areas, Congress has deliberately empowered private plaintiffs instead of, or in addition to, government agencies. …