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Vol. 41 No. 3/4 - Whole No. 264/265, Eleanor M. Farrell Jan 2023

Vol. 41 No. 3/4 - Whole No. 264/265, Eleanor M. Farrell

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

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Vol. 41 No. 2 - Whole No. 263, Eleanor M. Farrell Jan 2023

Vol. 41 No. 2 - Whole No. 263, Eleanor M. Farrell

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

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Vol. 41 No. 1 - Whole No. 262, Eleanor M. Farrell Jan 2023

Vol. 41 No. 1 - Whole No. 262, Eleanor M. Farrell

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

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The View From Ventress - 2021-22 Academic Year, University Of Mississippi, College Of Liberal Arts Jan 2023

The View From Ventress - 2021-22 Academic Year, University Of Mississippi, College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

News from the College of Liberal Arts

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Clinical Faculty Strategies To Decrease Nursing Students' Anxiety During Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Study, Elijah Z. Yarpah Jan 2023

Clinical Faculty Strategies To Decrease Nursing Students' Anxiety During Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Study, Elijah Z. Yarpah

Dissertations

Stress in the clinical learning environment is a psychological and physiological element that affects nursing students' learning outcomes and health. In clinical settings, nursing students encounter stressors that are critical to their academic success as well as their future professional performance. Nursing educators struggle to assist students in developing strategies to manage clinical stress. A review of relevant literature did not identify coping strategies clinical educators and nursing staff can promote to help learners deal with stressors. Therefore, to provide robust ideas to help nursing students manage stress in the clinical learning environment, this study was designed to answer one …

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The Unvoiced Barriers Of African American Females Who Did Not Persist To Graduation From A Predominantly White Technical College: A Phenomenological Study, Alisa F. Kinnebrew Jan 2023

The Unvoiced Barriers Of African American Females Who Did Not Persist To Graduation From A Predominantly White Technical College: A Phenomenological Study, Alisa F. Kinnebrew

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the lived experiences of African American female past students, regarding unvoiced barriers, at Seven Hills Technical College. The theory guiding this study was Tinto’s theory on student integration. Tinto believed that a student’s academic and social interactions are indicators of whether a student will be successful. The interpretive framework utilized in this study was critical race theory. The central research question guiding this study was: What are the lived experiences of African American female past students who did not persist to graduation from a predominantly White technical college? The …

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Personal Touches: Translation Poetics In Chinese Translations Of Shakespeare Plays, Gabriella Smith Jan 2023

Personal Touches: Translation Poetics In Chinese Translations Of Shakespeare Plays, Gabriella Smith

Masters Theses

Translation, rather than a process of equivalency, requires linguistic and cultural mediation on behalf of the translator. Thought of in this way, the translation process becomes a process of rewriting to fit the sociolinguistic context, and the translator becomes the most important factor in determining how well a translation can fill in gaps present in the knowledge of the target audience. To provide a better understanding of how those with no training in translation seek to fit a translation to the linguistic audience they are provided, I conducted a study of two native bilingual Chinese students on the Wadsworth version …

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Musical Expressions Curriculum Applied Study, Nicole Turner Jan 2023

Musical Expressions Curriculum Applied Study, Nicole Turner

Masters Theses

There is an increasing need for a music curriculum that not only guides students in creating, analyzing, performing, and arranging musical ideas, but also integrates a biblical perspective connecting students to themselves and their environments. This applied study measured the effectiveness of the first two units of the curriculum “Musical Expressions” as a guide for students in upper elementary education as they developed, organized, analyzed, and composed their own musical ideas while understanding the biblical implications of music. Guided by Eisner’s model of arts-based research, this applied artistic creative research study yielded quantitative data to identify student achievement in their …

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Explanatory Ultimacy, Epistemic Access, And Evil: A Community Theodicy, Jonathan Michael Huls Jan 2023

Explanatory Ultimacy, Epistemic Access, And Evil: A Community Theodicy, Jonathan Michael Huls

Masters Theses

This is a work about meaning and value. How do human persons find meaning? Why do human persons have value—or do we? A stubborn problem of meaning is evidenced by the perennially treated theistic problem of evil. How is an all-powerful, all-knowing, and morally perfect God compatible with a world filled with violence and hate? If God is powerfully perfect, why is His world not perfect too? This project endeavors to notice that an answer to this problem depends on properly grounding human access to meaning—especially the meaning of the words God, and evil. It is argued herein that there …

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Impact Of School Closures And Virtual Instruction On Sixth Grade Reading And Math Achievement Of Student Subgroups, Crystal Michelle Pope Jan 2023

Impact Of School Closures And Virtual Instruction On Sixth Grade Reading And Math Achievement Of Student Subgroups, Crystal Michelle Pope

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative design study was to determine whether differences existed between the reading and math achievement of sixth grade general education students and students with disabilities who have been identified with a specific learning disability or other health impairment. This study was important because achievement gaps exist between subgroups of students (Farkas et al., 2020). The sample included scores from 144 students in a school division in Southeastern Virginia. The instrument used was the Grade 6 Reading and Math Standards of Learning assessments administered in the spring of 2021. Two one-way ANOVAs were used to compare …

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Renewing Historical Criminology: Scope, Significance, And Future Directions, Iain Channing, David Churchill, Henry Yeomans Jan 2023

Renewing Historical Criminology: Scope, Significance, And Future Directions, Iain Channing, David Churchill, Henry Yeomans

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Recent years have seen increasing interest in, and scholarly discussion of, historical criminology. Yet there remains at present no clear, settled view as to what historical criminology entails, how it is best pursued, and what its future might hold. This article explores the several conceptions of historical criminology found in the present literature, which associate it variously with archival research, practical inquiry, a concern with temporality, and a certain approach to interdisciplinary scholarship. Adopting the view that historical criminology entails a special regard for historical time, the review goes on to assess its significance to the wider field, examining its …

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A Case Study Of Mexican Immigrant Parents' Involvement In Their Children's Education, Evelia Vega Jan 2023

A Case Study Of Mexican Immigrant Parents' Involvement In Their Children's Education, Evelia Vega

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this phenomenological case study is to explore the misconception that is occurring in schools today about Mexican Immigrant parents' involvement. Using the Sociocultural and Funds of Knowledge theories to ground this study, I conducted in-depth phenomenological semi-structured interviews with six participants. The participants were Mexican Immigrant parents who resided in a specific Oregon county where their children attended school. They shared their perceptions and experiences about being involved in their children's education. The analysis led to three themes in the findings, which were: Perceptions, Culture, and Communication. The first theme provided a glimpse into the participants' lived …

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Second Age, Middle Age, Norbert Schürer Jan 2023

Second Age, Middle Age, Norbert Schürer

Journal of Tolkien Research

The recent releases of the volume The Fall of Númenor and the series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power raise the question: What is the significance of the Second Age of Tolkien’s legendarium? This article suggests that Tolkien conceived of the Second Age as parallel to the Middle Ages in our world, which were the focus of his academic career in his studies of Old and Middle English language and literature. As various frameworks and overviews for the legendarium demonstrate, Tolkien thought of the Second Age, like the Middle Ages, as uniquely looking backwards and forwards …

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The Exceptional Fauziah Gambus: Negotiating Novelty, Piety, And Self-Promotion In An Androcentric Malaysian Musical Scene, Joe Kinzer Jan 2023

The Exceptional Fauziah Gambus: Negotiating Novelty, Piety, And Self-Promotion In An Androcentric Malaysian Musical Scene, Joe Kinzer

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

This article highlights several performance personas—including novelty and Islamic piety—at work in the career of Fauziah Gambus, a female gambus player in a highly androcentric musical scene. I argue that gendered assumptions and stereotypes have not restricted her but have instead enabled her to gain more popular success and notoriety than many of her Malaysian male counterparts. In unpacking her career, I examine how Fauziah synthesizes a variety of self- promotion strategies to achieve success beyond traditional gambus music channels.

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"The Change Was As Big As Night And Day": Experiences Of Professors Teaching Students With Intellectual Disabilities, Gavin W. Watts, Eric J. López, Mariya T. Davis Jan 2023

"The Change Was As Big As Night And Day": Experiences Of Professors Teaching Students With Intellectual Disabilities, Gavin W. Watts, Eric J. López, Mariya T. Davis

Special Education Faculty Publications (Archived)

Since the inception of the Higher Education Opportunity Act in 2008, there has been an increase in the number of post-secondary education institutions in the United States that have established inclusive postsecondary programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities to attend college and achieve higher levels of employment. Previous studies have investigated the development and outcomes of these programs, however, less has been explored related to professors' experiences and perceptions regarding this unique student population, particularly within Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI). The current study focused on professors teaching inclusive courses within a new Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Program at a HSI …

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Full Issue Jan 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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New Book Offers Views Of Jerusalem As Lehi Knew It Jan 2023

New Book Offers Views Of Jerusalem As Lehi Knew It

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Nephi and his brothers referred to Jerusalem as “that great city” (1 Nephi 2:13). Their opposing views about it became a point of contention that tore Lehi’s family in two, and their memories of it influenced the cultural perspective of their descendants in the New World for dozens of generations. The people known as Lamanites longed after it as a lost paradise and named one of their lands of settlement in its honor (Alma 21:1). Among the Nephites it exemplified the dire consequences of unbelief (Helaman 8:20). But what was the Jerusalem of Lehi’s day really like?

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Smats: Single And Multi Automatic Text Summarization, Siba Prasad Patil, Rasmita Rautray Jan 2023

Smats: Single And Multi Automatic Text Summarization, Siba Prasad Patil, Rasmita Rautray

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

In today’s world, the rapid growth of textual data on internet sites & online resources makes it challenging for human being to assimilate essential information. To handle such issues, text summarization (TS) plays an important role. Through the TS process, a shorter version of the original content is generated to preserve the relevant information. This study suggests a quantitative assessment of models for single and multi-document summarization based on the sentence scoring method. Experimentation of the models has been carried out on DUC datasets. A detailed comparative analysis of the models is reported with respect to the performance of algorithms …

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The Indispensability Of Back Translation: Mediating Faithfulness And Naturalness In The Translation Of The Bible Into An Unfamiliar Tongue, Rhoneil M. Arevalo Jan 2023

The Indispensability Of Back Translation: Mediating Faithfulness And Naturalness In The Translation Of The Bible Into An Unfamiliar Tongue, Rhoneil M. Arevalo

Landas

This paper examines the tension between faithfulness and naturalness in translating the Bible into the mother tongues of diverse peoples. While both are essential, they often conflict in practice. Faithfulness requires accurately conveying the original author’s intent, whereas naturalness demands that the message be expressed clearly and idiomatically in the receptor language. This tension is reflected in the differing roles of translation officers and local translators: officers prioritize fidelity to the source text, while translators ensure linguistic and cultural appropriateness. A key challenge arises when translation officers do not know the receptor language, limiting their ability to assess naturalness. The …

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Full Issue, Volume 35, Issue 2 Jan 2023

Full Issue, Volume 35, Issue 2

Landas

No abstract provided.

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Answering Questions And Solving Problems, James Lipuma Jan 2023

Answering Questions And Solving Problems, James Lipuma

STEM for Success Resources

In this essay, Dr. Lipuma examines the foundational processes for clear communication. It uses a component analysis of critical concepts like communication, scenario, and overall effectiveness.

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Editor's Preface, Markus E. Locker Jan 2023

Editor's Preface, Markus E. Locker

Landas

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Raymond Williams' Significance To Current Literary And Cultural Studies, Ning Wang Jan 2023

Raymond Williams' Significance To Current Literary And Cultural Studies, Ning Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Raymond Williams' Significance to Current Literary and Cultural Studies
Abstract： Raymond Williams was introduced to China in the latter 1980s， and he is still considered prominent in his influence on China's research on world literature and culture studies. Williams' works cover some fundamental issues of Marxist literary theory， such as “hegemony，” “ideology，” “culture，” “materialism，” and “common culture，” and develop the contemporary form of Marxist literary theory with his dynamic construction of cultural materialism， thus bridging Marxist socio'historical and aesthetic criticism and cultural and linguistic issues. When literary and cultural theory is on the decline in the West， Williams' legacy is …

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“Alexa, Am I A Murderer?”: An Analysis Of Whether The First Amendment Protects Smart Speaker Communications, Josie A. Bates Jan 2023

“Alexa, Am I A Murderer?”: An Analysis Of Whether The First Amendment Protects Smart Speaker Communications, Josie A. Bates

Arkansas Law Review

State v. Bates poses interesting First Amendment questions that go far beyond the case itself, such as whether communications to and from smart speakers are protected under the First Amendment and, if so, whether the government must therefore meet a heightened standard before obtaining information from these devices. But currently, there are no definite answers. Thus, this analysis will attempt to answer these questions as well as offer general guidance for the future of First and Fourth Amendment law in the age of ever-changing technological advancements and never-ending criminal accusations.

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Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 2023, Portland State University Faculty Senate Jan 2023

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 2023, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 9, 2023 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held on December 5, 2022.

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Dance/Movement Therapy As A Holistic Approach To Diminish Health Discrepancies And Promote Wellness For People With Schizophrenia: A Review Of The Literature, Jacelyn Biondo Jan 2023

Dance/Movement Therapy As A Holistic Approach To Diminish Health Discrepancies And Promote Wellness For People With Schizophrenia: A Review Of The Literature, Jacelyn Biondo

Department of Family & Community Medicine Faculty Papers

Individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia face a myriad of obstacles to wellness, beginning with diagnostic discrepancies including over- and misdiagnoses on the schizophrenia spectrum. People with schizophrenia experience profound amounts of stigmatization from the general population, their healthcare providers, and even themselves. Such stigmatization creates a barrier for wellness, poorer prognoses, and often limits adherence to physical and mental healthcare. Moreover, it can exacerbate the already stifling symptomatology of their diagnoses, including specific bodily-related symptomatology. Oftentimes, a diagnosis of schizophrenia disrupts one's relationship with their body including a diminished mind-body connection, decreased interoceptive awareness, and thus unsuccessful intra- and …

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The Untold Story Of The Vietnamese-American Third Generation In The United States Of America, Trang Bui Jan 2023

The Untold Story Of The Vietnamese-American Third Generation In The United States Of America, Trang Bui

Student Scholarship

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Extensive Review Of State-Of-The-Art Classification Techniques For Cuneiform Symbolimaging: Open Issues And Challenges, Belal Al Khateeb, Farah Maath, Maha Mahmood Jan 2023

Extensive Review Of State-Of-The-Art Classification Techniques For Cuneiform Symbolimaging: Open Issues And Challenges, Belal Al Khateeb, Farah Maath, Maha Mahmood

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

The cuneiform script reveals some previously unknown aspects of our past. However, reading ancientclay tablets demands a substantial investment of time and persistent practice over a long period of time. As the fourth millennium came to a close,earlier recording methods gave way to the development of writing–the visualrepresentation of spoken language. The first language to be transcribed in written form in Mesopotamiawas Sumerian. Predominantly,the earliest tablets originate from the Uruksitein southern Mesopotamia, possibly marking its birthplace. Digitizationcuneiform documents is imperativeto boost research focused on the ancient Middle East.A few initiatives embarked upon this endeavoraround the year 2000. Nonetheless, the digitizationprocess …

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Faculty List Jan 2023

Faculty List

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Ihl's Reasonable Military Commander Standard And Culture: Applying The Lessons Of Icl And Ihrl, Jonathan Hasson, Ariel H. Slama Jan 2023

Ihl's Reasonable Military Commander Standard And Culture: Applying The Lessons Of Icl And Ihrl, Jonathan Hasson, Ariel H. Slama

Tulsa Law Review

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