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Veteran Reintegration, Joan Lee Tolliver

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Veterans are a unique population and share a common experience: reintegration. The reintegration period can be a challenging experience, and affects things such as mental health and overall adjustment to civilian life. In order to examine reintegration more closely, interviews conducted by the Wright State’s Veterans Voices Project were used to complete this study. A checklist was used and consisted of nine themes identified in the relative literature related to reintegration: intimate relationships, familial relationships, children, education, employment, physical health, mental health, coping, and identity. Of the nine categories, employment was discussed most often (59.5%). Mental health was only discussed …

Navigating Urban Agroecological Research With The Social Sciences, Evan Bowness

College of Liberal Arts All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Between History And Geography, Karen M. Morin, Mike Heffernan

Faculty Contributions to Books

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Anthropology As White Academic Space?: Perceptions And Experiences Of Minority Anthropology Students At West Virginia University, Tanisha Adams

Undergraduate Scholarship

Used to establish scientific racism, reinforce eugenics, and create immigration laws, the foundation of American anthropology was built on colonialistic and eurocentric ideology. By focusing on discourse rather than action, decades of effort to diversify the discipline has led to graduate students and practicing anthropologists of color to continuously express marginalization within the field. In 2009, the American Anthropological Association Commission on Race and Racism in Anthropology (CRRA) conducted a survey to examine the experiences and status of minorities within the field of anthropology. The survey focused on the graduate students and those in academic positions. The results of this …

Understanding The Responder Experience: Trauma, Peer Support And Resilience, Diane L. Downie

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to understand the public health responder experience, especially related to managing deployment-related trauma in public health responders who were deployed to the Ebola Outbreak Response in West Africa (2014–2016). This study used a semi structured interview design grounded in the literature of peer support, trauma, and resilience with analysis and coding of the interview data led by emerging themes. In this study, public health responders perceived aspects of their shared organization and peer relationships as helpful when encountering difficult situations during deployment. The unique bond shared among responders may reduce responder stress and promote …

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Exegeting Scripture, Exegeting Culture: Combining Exegesis To Fulfill God's Calling, Shawn P. Behan

The Asbury Journal

Seminary has separated biblical exegesis from cultural exegesis, teaching them in different programs and seldom requiring them for those ...we need both – they are mutually building and supporting entities that only make sense when combined with the other. As teachers, preachers, and leaders of God’s Church, it is essential that we learn how to combine these two exegetical processes in order to faithfully live out our calling in God’s kingdom. Thus, we must study both biblical and cultural exegesis and learn how to combine the two; for one without the other is knowledge, but combined they form knowledge with …

Survey And Excavation Of Properties Associated With Squire Brockman, An Early Historic Resident, Blacksmith And Mechanic At The Historic Dearfield Townsite And National Register Of Historic Places District In 2020: Report To The Colorado State Historic Preservation Fund (Shf Grant Project #2020-M2-003), Robert H. Brunswig

Dearfield Archaeological Reports

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Appearances, Appearances: First Impressions Of Young David In 1 Samuel 16:12; 17:42, Mary Katherine Hom-Smith, Oliver Glanz

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things human beings look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart” (1 Sam 16:7 TNIV). . . . So he sent and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one” (1 Sam 16:12 TNIV). . . . He looked David over and saw that he was …

Blood, Water, And The Indus Waters Treaty, Christopher R. Rossi

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols. 28:2 onward (2019-present)

The contested and divided province of Jammu and Kashmir, situated on the western side of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains, is one of the most dangerous and heavily militarized places on earth. It is a Muslim-majority borderland harboring contested territorial claims of three nuclear powers-- India, Pakistan, and China. Through it flow the headwaters of the six major tributaries that form the massive Indus Basin, the essential fresh water source for Pakistan and for upwards of 300 million Indians and Pakistanis. Since 1960, the unusual Indus Waters Treaty has governed the use of these waters. The treaty forwards a water-division …

Scholarly Program Notes On The Graduate Voice Recital Of Breanna Williams, Breanna Williams

Research Papers

This document contains information to aid in the understanding of repertoire performed at the graduate voice recital of Breanna Williams. Pieces include: “Ah! Il suo nome…Flammen perdonami” from Mascagni’s Lodoletta; “Rose of Sharon” and “Cedar of Lebanon” from Andrew Beall’s Song of ‘Almah; “O wär’ ich schon mit dir vereint” from Beethoven’s Fidelio; “Zueignung” and “Nichts” from Strauss’s Op. 10; Duparc’s “Chanson Triste”, “Le manoir de Rosemonde”, and “L’invitation au voyage”; Florence Price’s “Feet o’ Jesus” and Moses Hogan’s “Give Me Jesus”. The author provides brief composer biographies, musical and textual analyses as well as performance tips …

Use Of The Theory Of Planned Behavior Framework To Understand Breastfeeding Decision-Making Among Mothers Of Preterm Infants, Margaret G. Parker, Sunah S. Hwang, Emma S. Forbes, Bryanne N. Colvin, Kyria R. Brown, Eve R. Colson

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Campylobacter Colonization, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Stunting, And Associated Risk Factors Among Young Children In Rural Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study From The Campylobacter Genomics And Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (Caged) Project, Dehao Chen, Mark J Manary, Et Al

Open Access Publications

Livestock farming provides a possible mechanism by which smallholder farmers can meet their household need for animal source foods (ASF), which may reduce the risk of stunting. However, direct/indirect contacts with domestic animals may increase colonization by

Response To Birth Rights And Wrongs, Janet L. Dolgin

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

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Catholicism And Politics In A Fallen World: Understanding Human Imperfection As Relates To Political Institutions, George J. Doyle

CSB and SJU Distinguished Thesis

This thesis is composed of two primary parts, each involving discussion of Catholicism and political life. Part I critiques Thomas Aquinas’ theory of government in light of his theory of nature, with an emphasis on original sin as a defining attribute of the human person. The section concludes with an argument in favor of democracy rooted in Aquinas’s theory of human nature, as well as an understanding of the role of the Catholic Church in light of the claims made in this part of the thesis. Part II contains a political science study assessing factors that contribute to party identification …

Modulation Of Parasympathetic Reactivation Post-Exercise Via Slow Breathing, Brent Burg

CSB and SJU Distinguished Thesis

During exercise sympathetic nervous activity increases and parasympathetic nervous activity decreases to fuel energy demands. Heart rate variability (HRV) indicates activity of the autonomic nervous system and the balance of its two branches. Slow breathing (SB) (6 breaths/minute) increases parasympathetic activity both spontaneously during practice and at rest after long-term practice. Thus, SB may increase parasympathetic activity after exercise. PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine whether post-exercise SB increases parasympathetic activity as measured by HRV. METHODS: Ten recreationally active college aged males (21 +/-1 years old) completed the study. A VO2max test was used to determine 70% of VO2max for …

Development Of Natural Language Processing Algorithm For Dental Charting, Yi-Fan Zhang

All ETDs from UAB

Purpose: The purpose was to develop a natural language processing algorithm, which will input data from oral examination transcripts to a structured database. Methods: Four case vignettes were produced for primary, mixed, and permanent dentition patients with varying degree of soft tissue pathology, caries, existing restorations and occlusion relationships. After calibration, dental students were instructed to perform simulated oral examinations based on the case vignettes, using natural language as they would to an assistant who was charting the case. The investigator transcribed the audio recordings of the simulated oral exams. Twenty simulated oral examinations were collected to develop a natural …

The Elephant In The Room: The Often Neglected Relevance Of Speciesism In Bias Towards Ethnic Minorities And Immigrants, Melisa Choubak, Saba Safdar

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

The area of intergroup bias and, specifically attitudes towards ethnic minorities and/or immigrants, has received a great amount of investigation by (cross-cultural) psychologists, spanning many theories and perspectives (Hewstone et al., 2002). However, one perspective rarely taken in mainstream psychology is one that acknowledges the inter-linkage of bias towards ethnic minorities and/or immigrants and that towards non-human animals (NHAs), despite relatively substantial literature outside of psychology emphasizing it (Singer, 2002). In the present paper, we draw from relevant literature outside and inside of psychology that speaks to the connectivity between attitudes towards marginalized human outgroups and NHAs, focusing on the …

Social Change And Games Of Chance At The Site Of Gallon Jug, Nicholas C. Kopp

Honors Undergraduate Theses

During the 2019 field season of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project (CCAP)/Belize Estates Archaeological Survey Team's (BEAST) work in northwestern Belize, excavations commenced at an elite household at the site of Gallon Jug, named Courtyard B-1. Excavations revealed intriguing details about the lives of the inhabitants through the presence of burials, ceramics, architecture, and – as is central to this research – Patolli boards. Patolli, a prehistoric game of chance played throughout Mesoamerican, is a relatively under researched topic within the field of archaeology. In this thesis I argue that the patolli boards at Gallon Jug portray evidence of elite …

Contracting Our Way To Inequality: Race, Reproductive Freedom, And The Quest For The Perfect Child, Camille Gear Rich

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Organizational Justice And Antidiscrimination, Bradley A. Areheart

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

2020 Symposium Brochure

Programs

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Central Place Theory, Leslie J. King

Web Book of Regional Science

Abstract. Central Place Theory seeks to provide an explanation of the numbers, sizes, and locations of urban settlements in essentially rural, farming regions. Why is it, for example, that there are few large cities, many more towns, and an even larger number of small villages or hamlets in such regions? Why is it that the smaller places are located closer together and the larger ones further apart? What are the relations between the roles of the different-sized urban settlements? How do these patterns and arrangements change over time and from one region to another? These are the sorts of questions …

Dispelling The Myths About Open Access: Making Informed Choices About Open Access Publishing Opportunities, Susan Arnold

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

This workshop will discuss open access vs. traditional publishing venues and will include a section about predatory publishers' practices. Resources that are available to help find appropriate journals in which to publish will be demonstrated, and WVU Libraries' sources of assistance for open access publishing will be outlined.

Reappraising The Rococo : The Enduring Relevance Of Eighteenth-Century French Painting, Emma M. Woodberry

MA Theses

Often regarded as purely decorative, obsolete, and inconsequential, the rococo paintings of eighteenth-century France acquire historical significance and contemporary resonance once interpreted with fresh eyes. After the French Revolution, rococo paintings were associated with the politics and aristocracy of the ancien régime, a conflation that has colored aesthetic reputation of frivolity and artifice over the course of its history. This research centers on the claim that the rococo survived the Revolution, and continues to be called upon by contemporary artists as a productive artistic idiom. First, the cultural and aesthetic significance of eighteenth-century French rococo paintings will be considered with …

“Whose Utopia?” Kimsooja & Bottari Utopia, Younghee Kim Wait

MA Theses

This thesis will explore the progressive evolution of utopia and utopianism in order to answer the question: “Whose utopia?" in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its disproportionate impact on people who were already marginalized, disadvantaged, and discriminated against.

I will first review the writings of Sir Thomas More, Ernst Bloch, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Owkui Enwezor, and Jose Estaban Muñoz tracing the progressive evolution of utopian ideals. I will then introduce and survey the artist, Kimsooja’s oeuvre in relation to salient features from my review of utopia's progression, and gradually revealing her aesthetics of making as revealing utopian …

Construing Culture As Composition—Part 3: Traina’S Methodology Culturally Applied, Lindy D. Backues

The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies

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‘Framed And Clothed With Variety’: Print Culture, Multimodality, And Visual Design In John Derricke’S Image Of Irelande, Andie Silva

Publications and Research

This chapter argues that the twelve illustrative plates in John Derricke's Image of Ireland (1581) were the author's primary focus, aimed at readers who practiced the kinds of ‘laudable exercises’ demanded of committed Protestants: a kind of reading that was recursive, studious, and dynamic. This essay contextualises Derricke’s Image in relation to printer John Day’s output in the late sixteenth century as well as to contemporary illustrated texts from which Derricke may have drawn inspiration as a reader and woodcarver. I focus on the seven plates containing small alphabetical keys and their impact on how and in what order we …

Full Issue, Socio-Legal Review

Socio-Legal Review

No abstract provided.

Real Food Challenge And Climate Impact Assessment: A Food System Analysis At Santa Clara University, 2018-19, Emma Mccurry, Paige Whittaker

Sustainable Food Systems Fellowship

Two undergraduate students at Santa Clara University were hired to work as Food Systems Fellows from April to October, 2019. This position was co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Auxiliary Services division. The goal of this work was to explore the Santa Clara University food system’s impact on the environment from both an ecological and a social perspective and identify opportunities for improvement.

The Fellows utilized standards and core values from The Real Food Challenge, a national non-profit dedicated to leveraging the power of colleges and universities to increase equity and sustainability in food systems. The Real Food …