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Psalm 82 In Contemporary Latter-Day Saint Tradition, Daniel O. Mcclellan Jan 2015

Psalm 82 In Contemporary Latter-Day Saint Tradition, Daniel O. Mcclellan

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

The nature and function of Psalm 82 has long been a subject of debate within biblical scholarship.1 The text is rather brief and has no real significant textual instabilities,2 but it stands out within the Hebrew Bible as a text particularly steeped in mythological imagery. Precritical exegetes understood the gods of the narrative to be human judges, but subsequent textual discoveries and concomitant lexicographical advances, combined with more critical methodologies, have largely undermined that reading.3 A divine assembly setting has become widely accepted since the middle of the twentieth century,4 and more contemporary scholarship focuses on the psalm’s possible distinction …

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Mormon Feminism Among The Early Saints, Camilla Anderson Jan 2015

Mormon Feminism Among The Early Saints, Camilla Anderson

Arrington Student Writing Award Winners

No abstract provided.

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Jesuit Values, Ignatian Pedagogy, And Service Learning: Catalysts For Transcendence And Transformation Via Action Research, Heidi D. Streetman Jan 2015

Jesuit Values, Ignatian Pedagogy, And Service Learning: Catalysts For Transcendence And Transformation Via Action Research, Heidi D. Streetman

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

The focus of this paper is the transformative and transcendental nature of the service learning experience for Regis University graduate education students, in the Education Research Methods and Critical Reflection course (EDRS600). In an eight-week intensive framework, the course is a unique combination of Jesuit values, Ignatian pedagogy, service learning, and action research. Via the mechanism of reflection, inherent in the Ignatian pedagogy and the process of their work and action research at their service learning sites, students often experience transcendence and transformation that further aligns them with Jesuit values and prepares them to be ethical, connected, proactive members of …

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Practicing Ignatian Pedagogy: A Digital Collection Of Resources, Zheng (Jessica) Lu, Vicki Rosen Jan 2015

Practicing Ignatian Pedagogy: A Digital Collection Of Resources, Zheng (Jessica) Lu, Vicki Rosen

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

In the Spring 2015 issue of Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, Kimberly Connor described building an Ignatian Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community at the University of San Francisco. One outcome of the FLC was to gather and make easily available a collection of resources on Jesuit education and the IPP (Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm). In this issue, two USF Gleeson Library/Geschke Center librarians, Zheng (Jessica) Lu, Digital Collections Librarian, and Vicki Rosen, Distance Learning Services Librarian, describe creating Practicing Ignatian Pedagogy: A Digital Collection of Resources, an openly accessible database available through the USF Library website, using the FLC resources and digital …

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On The Integration Of Interest And Power Awareness In Social-Aware Opportunistic Forwarding Algorithms, Soumaia Al Ayyat Jan 2015

On The Integration Of Interest And Power Awareness In Social-Aware Opportunistic Forwarding Algorithms, Soumaia Al Ayyat

Papers, Posters, and Presentations

Social-aware Opportunistic forwarding algorithms are much needed in environments which lack network infrastructure or in those that are susceptible to frequent disruptions. However, most of these algorithms are oblivious to both the user’s interest in the forwarded content and the limited power resources of the available mobile nodes. This paper proposes PI-SOFA, a framework for integrating the awareness of both interest and power capability of a candidate node within the forwarding decision process. Furthermore, the framework adapts its forwarding decisions to the expected contact duration between message carriers and candidate nodes. The proposed framework is applied to three state-of-the-art social-aware …

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Situating Sarnia: 'Unimagined Communities' In The New National Energy Debate, Dayna Nadine Scott Jan 2015

Situating Sarnia: 'Unimagined Communities' In The New National Energy Debate, Dayna Nadine Scott

Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper Series

This paper argues that the active “unimagining” of downstream communities is crucial to maintaining a notion of unitary national ascent in the rhetoric surrounding the articulation of a new national energy strategy, specifically in relation to the pipeline debates that have gripped and divided Canadians. The exclusion of these unimagined communities downstream is demonstrated by situating Sarnia, Ontario — home to Canada’s biggest petro-chemical complex — both legally and spatially. Examining in detail the recent decision of the National Energy Board approving Enbridge’s application to reverse the flow of oil over a portion of its “Line 9” pipeline between Sarnia …

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Holding The Line: A Preliminary Report Of The Battle Of The Crater, 30 July 1864, Adrian Mandzy Jan 2015

Holding The Line: A Preliminary Report Of The Battle Of The Crater, 30 July 1864, Adrian Mandzy

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A preliminary report on an archaeological survey conducted in March of 2015 on the Battle of the Crater fought on July 30, 1864. The report was prepared for the Northeast Region Archeology Program National Park Service by Adrian Mandzy in the fall of 2015.

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2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 3rd Place, Shawn Murphy Jan 2015

2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 3rd Place, Shawn Murphy

Constitution Day Essay Contest

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of Culture In Agricultural Education: A Synthesis Of Research, Jonathan A. Tubbs Jan 2015

The Role Of Culture In Agricultural Education: A Synthesis Of Research, Jonathan A. Tubbs

Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development

Culture is studied across many different disciplines and is viewed as a topic of great and valuable interest within research. Agricultural education has come to recognize the value of embracing a multicultural attitude and the need for recruitment of culturally diverse individuals. While definitions of culture can vary from individual to individual, understanding the degree which a topic has been researched within a discipline is necessary in order to know what direction future research should take. Therefore, this study presents the findings of research on culture within the Journal of Agricultural Education from 1960-2015. This study’s findings indicate that culture, …

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Legislative Prayer, The Supreme Court Of The United States And Two Concepts Of Religious Liberty: Town Of Greece, New York V. Galloway, Richard F. Duncan Jan 2015

Legislative Prayer, The Supreme Court Of The United States And Two Concepts Of Religious Liberty: Town Of Greece, New York V. Galloway, Richard F. Duncan

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

This paper briefly contrasts two concepts of religious liberty—the French concept of strict secularism and freedom from religion, and the United States’ concept of mutual tolerance and freedom of religion as reflected in a recent decision of the United States Supreme Court upholding officially-sanctioned prayers at meetings of local legislative councils, such as town boards or city councils. On May 5, 2014, the Supreme Court decided Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that the Establishment Clause must be interpreted in light of an unbroken history of legislative prayer, dating back over …

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2015 Church Order, Crcna Jan 2015

2015 Church Order, Crcna

Church Order and Its Supplements

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2015 Acts Of Synod, Crcna Jan 2015

2015 Acts Of Synod, Crcna

Agendas and Acts of Synod

Sioux Center, IA: Bruce Persenaire, president; William Veenstra, vice-president; Bonny Mulder-Behnia, first clerk; Stanley Jim, second clerk

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2015 Agenda, Crcna Jan 2015

2015 Agenda, Crcna

Agendas and Acts of Synod

Sioux Center, IA: Bruce Persenaire, president; William Veenstra, vice-president; Bonny Mulder-Behnia, first clerk; Stanley Jim, second clerk

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Early Childhood Program Staffs' Self-Efficacy Concerning The Importance Of Quality Child Care, Susan Mitchell Jan 2015

Early Childhood Program Staffs' Self-Efficacy Concerning The Importance Of Quality Child Care, Susan Mitchell

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study focuses on the difference between teachers' and administrators' self-efficacy perceptions based on quality child care practices. After doing a mixed methods study, I found a contradiction between the current literature and my own findings. My findings showed there was not a significant difference in teachers' self-efficacy based on years of teaching, whereas the literature shows self-efficacy is a factor. My other findings showed that as teachers and administrators get older they tend to have more experience based on years of teaching. Another result demonstrated that those teachers and administrators that were younger showed that they had more education …

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Solvent Effects On Absorption And Fluorescence Spectra Of 4-Dimethylaminobenzonitrile And 4-Aminobenzonitrile: A Theoretical And Experimental Study, Anastasia Veronica Edsell Jan 2015

Solvent Effects On Absorption And Fluorescence Spectra Of 4-Dimethylaminobenzonitrile And 4-Aminobenzonitrile: A Theoretical And Experimental Study, Anastasia Veronica Edsell

Theses & ETDs

The dual florescence of dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) has been investigated since the 1960s. Despite more than 50 years of previous research, the spatial configuration of the excited state causing the dual fluorescence is still controversial. We have performed excited state calculations of DMABN in a variety of solvents of varying hydrogen-bonding affnity and polarity using implicit solvation (COSMO-PCM) at the M06-HF level of theory and we have also collected steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectra of DMABN in these solvents. Experimental spectra are broadly consistent with previous work. Computational methods for ABN gave reasonable results for both absorption and emission energies. Absorption …

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Käthe Kollwitz’S Imagery Of Maternal Loss, Emma Claire Wolin Jan 2015

Käthe Kollwitz’S Imagery Of Maternal Loss, Emma Claire Wolin

Theses & ETDs

Käthe Kollwitz (1867 – 1945) created imagery of maternal loss that was a radical departure from the sentimental and tender depictions of motherhood that were common in the late nineteenth century. Kollwitz’s imagery of maternal loss is compelling for her portrayal of the suffering a mother experiences at the loss of a child. Though her imagery has its roots in the Christian tradition of the Pietà, or Mary mourning the dead Christ, Kollwitz removes it from the religious realm and suspends the mother and dead child in time and place. I examine what factors enabled Kollwitz’s radically different imagery of …

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Out Of Control: The Psychological Benefits Of Creative Exercises For Different Levels Of Situational Control, Fusha Del Mar Mitchell Jan 2015

Out Of Control: The Psychological Benefits Of Creative Exercises For Different Levels Of Situational Control, Fusha Del Mar Mitchell

Theses & ETDs

The goal of this research was to examine how different creative exercises benefit people in situations involving low versus high control. To do this, participants were assigned to either a low control situation (in which they did not have many choices for their behavior) or a high control situation (in which they did have many choices for their behavior). Participants then completed either an art-focused creative exercise or a writing-focused creative exercise. Participants completed measures of psychological well-being before and after the creative exercise. Anxiety and depression measures both reduced slightly overall from pre-test to post-test. This is in the …

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Possessing The Past: History And Heritage At The Mosque-Cathedral Of Córdoba, Dorigen W. Martin Jan 2015

Possessing The Past: History And Heritage At The Mosque-Cathedral Of Córdoba, Dorigen W. Martin

Theses & ETDs

The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba is an active cathedral in Spain whose structure is largely that of an eighth-century Andalusi mosque. The site’s history has allowed it to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and has made it a tourist destination. Given these things, this study examines how heritage is constructed in relation and contrast to history. Furthermore, it looks at how the past is understood and used at the Mosque-Cathedral by different groups. These conflicting interests draw upon the same history in distinct ways to stake their own claims (both sacred and secular) on the building, in a confrontation …

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God, Good And Geometry In Spinoza’S Ethics, Nathan Benjamin Jan 2015

God, Good And Geometry In Spinoza’S Ethics, Nathan Benjamin

Theses & ETDs

The first half of my thesis consists of my attempt first to disentangle Spinoza’s philosophy from the cumbersome geometrical organization, and then to represent it in the more traditional essay format. In this part I have tried to give a concise yet unified picture of Spinoza’s moral philosophy. For the second part of my thesis I wrote a series of speeches and dialogues, starring Zanibopsen, which put Spinoza’s views on God, Mind, Good, peace, etc. in conversation with alternative philosophical viewpoints.

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Women In Transition: Governing Regimes And The Legal Status Of Women In Tunisia And Morocco, Elizabeth Sockol Jan 2015

Women In Transition: Governing Regimes And The Legal Status Of Women In Tunisia And Morocco, Elizabeth Sockol

Theses & ETDs

This project examines the governing regimes in Tunisia and Morocco and how their recent periods of reform have affected women’s legal rights. Tunisia and Morocco share many similarities, starting from gaining their independence from France in 1956. As a result of their French history, both countries have developed mixed legal systems with French civil law and Sharia law. The laws in both countries have been reflective of Islamic influence, and in many ways have restricted women’s legal equality. While Tunisia was under the rule of dictators until 2010, the government made steady progress in giving women equal status under the …

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The Theory Of Decay As A Musical Technique, Dylan Burchett Jan 2015

The Theory Of Decay As A Musical Technique, Dylan Burchett

Theses & ETDs

My thesis investigates how decay over time affects the life cycle of a musical work and, subsequently, how to incorporate this decay into the musical work. This investigation of decay in music includes investigating decay as a compositional element, how decay influences the identity of an interactive musical work, and how decay in music affects the identities of its environment, audience, and performers and vice versa. I sought to investigate these various questions through a 12-­oscillator photosensitive drone synthesizer that I constructed, which played suspended notes whose pitch and speed are altered based on light values it receives. Audience members …

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Through The Kaleidoscope Andy Warhol’S Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Postmodern Art And The Rise Of New Media, Jacqueline G. Fockler Jan 2015

Through The Kaleidoscope Andy Warhol’S Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Postmodern Art And The Rise Of New Media, Jacqueline G. Fockler

Theses & ETDs

Andy Warhol’s remarkable work, the Exploding Plastic Inevitable Show (EPI), serves as an insight into the complex nature of postmodern art. It is a recursive guide, a mise en abyme, of present-day multi-media aesthetics. The show was a progenitor of postmodernist art-production and theory, and explored emerging technology’s role in mediating the sensory and intellectual relationship between art and audience. The EPI show is a conceptual schematic; through its aesthetic juxtapositions it expresses quite elegantly manifold ideas of the meaning of art, life, and culture. I prefer to see the piece as every bit the double entendre – it is …

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Party, Ideology, And Methodological Issues: A Fresh Take On Campaign Finance Reform, Billy Shinn Jan 2015

Party, Ideology, And Methodological Issues: A Fresh Take On Campaign Finance Reform, Billy Shinn

Theses & ETDs

In recent years, the state of the American campaign finance system has been a salient concern both in academic and popular discourse. Despite an overwhelming perception held by American citizens that “the system” is broken by money that leaves candidates for political office beholden to external interests, no noteworthy attempts to address the issue exist in the U.S. Congress as of this writing. Normative implications aside, several prominent examples of successful campaign finance reform exist in American history, leading to an obvious question: why then and not now? Focusing on the decision-making of members of the 107th Congress, this study …

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Developing The New College Soundmap: Toward A Local Listening Community, Sarah Elizabeth Janeway Amos Jan 2015

Developing The New College Soundmap: Toward A Local Listening Community, Sarah Elizabeth Janeway Amos

Theses & ETDs

This text is an exegesis written in accompaniment to the development of the New College Soundmap. The origin and development of soundmap practice and the emergence and development of related environmental sound practices are detailed. The exegesis concludes with an exposition of the development of the New College Soundmap itself. Soundmap practice emerged from the sonic explorations of the World Soundscape Project, who coming out of Simon Fraser University of Burnaby, British Columbia, pioneered the first soundmaps in the early 1970s. From its origins soundmap practice has spread and developed into its current form as a new media practice. This …

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“Russia For Russians!” An Analysis Of Migration Policy In Russia, Hilary Ramirez Jan 2015

“Russia For Russians!” An Analysis Of Migration Policy In Russia, Hilary Ramirez

Theses & ETDs

This study examines the policies concerning migrant workers in Russia and the difficulties they face navigating the Russian labor system. The Russian Federation has endured a declining population over the past two decades, and immigration is considered a solution to the risks associated with negative population growth. Russia has the second highest rate of immigration; however, policy does not encourage immigration into Russia. Immigration policy is increasingly more restrictive, which pushes migrants into an informal, undocumented labor sector. Migrant workers are habitually exploited as they are vulnerable to abuse from their irregular labor status. A hostile Russian environment contributes to …

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The Authoritarian Personality, 9/11 And Responses To Threat: A Quantitative Analysis, Danielle Gaden Jan 2015

The Authoritarian Personality, 9/11 And Responses To Threat: A Quantitative Analysis, Danielle Gaden

Theses & ETDs

The Authoritarian Personality (TAP) by Adorno et al., published in 1950, remains a pivotal piece of research in political science. TAP marked the beginning of a new direction in studying discrimination, ethnocentrism, authoritarianism and the effects of personality on political decisions. This thesis examines the effect that threat has on the manifestation of authoritarian traits. I further the existing literature on threat and authoritarianism by focusing on the effects of terrorism threat. In order to study the effect of terrorism threat on authoritarian behavior I review authoritarian behavior over time while concentrating on the periods before and after the September …

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Self-Compassion In Lgbtqia+ Individuals, Constantine Dhonau Jan 2015

Self-Compassion In Lgbtqia+ Individuals, Constantine Dhonau

Theses & ETDs

Self-compassion is a growing area of study which has yet to be applied to LGBTQIA+ individuals. The current study seeks to fill this gap in knowledge by examining the relationships between LGBTQIA+ individuals’ levels of self-compassion, how they write about negative experiences based on their sexual and/or gender identity, and their level of involvement in supportive communities. Participants wrote narrative responses about their first and most recent negative experiences disclosing their LGBTQIA+ identities to others, followed by the Self-Compassion Scale, which is centered on being kind to oneself in instances of failure, perceiving one’s experiences as part of the larger …

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Further Research Towards The Reactivity Of Oxalate In A Synthetic Model Of Oxalate Degrading Metalloenzymes, Albert Lee Jan 2015

Further Research Towards The Reactivity Of Oxalate In A Synthetic Model Of Oxalate Degrading Metalloenzymes, Albert Lee

Theses & ETDs

Oxalate is a toxic compound found primarily in plants. Humans lack oxalate-degrading enzymes, and the accumulation of large quantities of this compound may lead to oxalate poisoning, which in turn may cause cardiological diseases and kidney stones. Oxalate oxidase and oxalate decarboxylase are two manganese-containing enzymes found in many plants that are able to metabolize oxalate. The synthesis and characterization of small molecule functional models that very closely mimic the active sites of these oxalate-degrading enzymes may help overcome problems associated with the study of more complex enzymatic systems, particularly the elucidation of their mechanisms. Furthermore, there are potential medical …

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“Making It Work”: Public Representation And (Re)Interpretation Of Homelessness And Homeless Management In Sarasota, Fl, Haris Adele Peteranecz Jan 2015

“Making It Work”: Public Representation And (Re)Interpretation Of Homelessness And Homeless Management In Sarasota, Fl, Haris Adele Peteranecz

Theses & ETDs

Following Ferguson’s (1990) methodology of studying the ‘development apparatus’ through analyzing professional development reports, this thesis examines the professional ‘homeless management apparatus’ in Sarasota, Florida by analyzing ‘The Marbut Report,’ a professional homeless management report created to represent homelessness in Sarasota as an issue created by the local “culture of enablement” and recommends twelve steps to shift to a “culture of engagement.” These recommendations sparked public debate, and since the city and county commission’s decision to end their pursuit of the report’s recommendations, Sarasota community members have created their own forms of “engagement” with homelessness. Through analyzing academic literature about …

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Can Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Increase The Ability To Self-Regulate?, Arianna G. Ruolo Jan 2015

Can Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Increase The Ability To Self-Regulate?, Arianna G. Ruolo

Theses & ETDs

Self-regulation, a critical function of the executive self, enables many capabilities that define us as “human.” Specifically, it allows us to modify our behavior, emotions, and thoughts to be in line with our long term goals by self-monitoring to make effective decisions, resist desires for short-term pleasures, and so on. This ability plays a key role in the success of a broad range of endeavors. Thus, exploring ways to increase self-regulatory success is of paramount importance to all populations. The current study explores whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which trains the mind to focus and willfully direct attention, may make …

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