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Assessment Of Nearshore Distribution And Abundance Of Echinoderms In The Vicinity Of Anvers Island On The Central Western Antarctic Peninsula, Brittny Alysha White Jan 2011

Assessment Of Nearshore Distribution And Abundance Of Echinoderms In The Vicinity Of Anvers Island On The Central Western Antarctic Peninsula, Brittny Alysha White

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Antarctic nearshore benthic communities are known for their unique richness and diversity of marine invertebrates. Bryozoans, soft corals, tunicates, cnidarians, tunicates, sponges and echinoderms are among the dominant groups of marine invertebrates. All five classes of Echinodermata are represented in nearshore waters of Antarctica, however, brittle stars and sea stars are the most classes. Antarctic echinoderms are important in contributing to carbon cycles and benthic production, as well as playing significant roles as determinants of community structure. To date, no systematic quantitative study has been conducted on the echinoderm fauna in nearshore shallow waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. The present …


The Impact Of Stressful Neighborhoods On The Mental Health Of Emerging Adolescents, Vicki P. Winstead Jan 2011

The Impact Of Stressful Neighborhoods On The Mental Health Of Emerging Adolescents, Vicki P. Winstead

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Life within the ecological context of a disadvantaged and disordered neighborhood is characterized by daily exposure to chronic stressors which are often outside the realm of control of the individual and have negative consequences for the mental health of its residents and in particular, adolescents Using data from Healthy Passages, a multilevel, multi-method longitudinal study which examines health trajectories of adolescents over a ten year period, this paper examines whether daily exposure to a threatening environment in disadvantaged and disordered neighborhoods lead to depression in young people who are on the verge of adolescence. The current study tested the relationships …


Daoist Elements In Cai Guo-Qiang's Inopportune And Head On, Kelley Wockenfuss Jan 2011

Daoist Elements In Cai Guo-Qiang's Inopportune And Head On, Kelley Wockenfuss

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This thesis explores the Daoist elements in two of contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's (1957 - ) largest installations to date, Inopportune (2004) and Head On (2006). Comprising multi-media works including gunpowder paintings, simulated animal forms, and firework displays, the two installations explore themes related to the global threat of terrorism in Inopportune and the history of the Berlin Wall in Head On. In exploring these themes, Cai attempts to create a globally accessible dialogue by emphasizing universal elements related to the forces of creation and destruction. For this reason he implements the Daoist characteristics of yin and yang in …


Health Status And Health Behavior As Factors Predicting Online Health Seeking, Timothy Hale Jan 2011

Health Status And Health Behavior As Factors Predicting Online Health Seeking, Timothy Hale

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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine why people use the Internet for health-related purposes and whether this usage is part of larger pattern of health-promoting behaviors, or health lifestyle. Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus provides the key theoretical concept that links health lifestyle theory and the digital inequality framework to explain how socioeconomic status and level of Internet access may contribute to status-specific attitudes and behaviors, or lifestyles. Two dependent variables are used to measure online health behavior: (1) online health information seeking, and (2) an index constructed from six types of online health-related activities. Path analysis is …


Dreams Of A Far Away Land: Japanese Immigration To Peru, 1899-1950, Cheyenne Nicole Haney Jan 2011

Dreams Of A Far Away Land: Japanese Immigration To Peru, 1899-1950, Cheyenne Nicole Haney

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The purpose of this research is to address the Japanese immigration to Peru and Japanese cultural traditions within Peru. It is necessary to note the reasons for emigration and effects of the conditions in Peru. Through the use of various sources, I will study the transition of culture and history of the Japanese community in Peru. Diplomatic relations between Japan and Peru began in 1872 after tensions surrounding the Maria Luz incident. It was not until 1899 that the two countries established a formal relationship. The Peruvians viewed the Japanese as a source of cheap labor. Ergo, an immigration policy, …


Reconstructing The Southern Populists: Alabama Farmers Before Political Revolt, 1874-1889, Joshua Hodge Jan 2011

Reconstructing The Southern Populists: Alabama Farmers Before Political Revolt, 1874-1889, Joshua Hodge

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The traditional story of the Populist movement begins in 1887 where by the leadership of the Farmers' Alliance, agricultural organizations combined to initiate formal political action on behalf of farmers and laborers alike. But proper understanding of the Populists, this study suggests, must begin earlier, in the fluid era of Reconstruction when farmers first began to articulate their concerns and grapple with possible solutions. This study explores earlier manifestations of farmer solidarity, describing the community of like-minded farmers that organized into agricultural groups in the immediate post-Civil War period. Well before the political revolt of the 1890s, southern farmers participated …


Rituals Of Resistance In Contemporary Latino Fiction: Queering Masculinity, Matrimony, And Motherhood In The Works Of Junot Dã­Az And Nicholasa Mohr, Ana Maria Santiago Jan 2011

Rituals Of Resistance In Contemporary Latino Fiction: Queering Masculinity, Matrimony, And Motherhood In The Works Of Junot Dã­Az And Nicholasa Mohr, Ana Maria Santiago

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This thesis examines the processes of gendering and sexing as seen in the short fiction of contemporary Latino authors Junot Díaz and Nicholasa Mohr, and focuses especially on how the ideological constructions of gender and sexuality, particularly those of machismo, maternity, and marriage, interact with notions of nationality, ethnicity, race, and class. The stories in Díaz's Drown and Mohr's Rituals of Survival and In Nueva York illuminate the mechanics of these ongoing, complex ideological processes, revealing the crucial role gendering and sexing play in forming and regulating a working-class, U.S. Latino body. The characters of these stories negotiate stark dichotomies …


Development And Characterization Of Thermal Diffusion Doped Fe2+:Znse/Zns Polycrystalline Gain Media For Room Temperature Mid-Ir Lasing, Nosoung Myoung Jan 2011

Development And Characterization Of Thermal Diffusion Doped Fe2+:Znse/Zns Polycrystalline Gain Media For Room Temperature Mid-Ir Lasing, Nosoung Myoung

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The dissertation is focused on thermo-diffusion doping of Fe2+:ZnSe, Fe2+:ZnS, Fe2+:Co2+:ZnSe, and Fe2+:Co2+:ZnS polycrystals and their laser-spectroscopic characterization. Most materials absorb infrared (IR) light at specific patterns of frequencies directly related to their structure. IR spectra can therefore be used to identify and quantify the constituents of an unknown material, making detection of chemicals by their absorption of IR light an important analytical tool. For instance, Mid-infrared lasers (ë = 3 to 5µm) are widely used for an environmental monitoring, remote sensing of atmosphere and defense-related applications. Tunable middle infrared lasers are essential for highly sensitive detection of organic molecules …


Vulcan Historical Review 14 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2010

Vulcan Historical Review 14 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Vulcan Historical Review 14 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2010

Vulcan Historical Review 14 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Lnglourious Basterds - A Critical Analysis, Rebecca Dobrinski, Jared Peoples Jan 2010

Lnglourious Basterds - A Critical Analysis, Rebecca Dobrinski, Jared Peoples

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 279-288


Carlo Flunks The Seventh Grade, Greg Alan Brownderville Jan 2010

Carlo Flunks The Seventh Grade, Greg Alan Brownderville

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 11


Boy In The Forest, Joanna Pearson Jan 2010

Boy In The Forest, Joanna Pearson

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 78-79


A Painting Of Us, Okla Elliott Jan 2010

A Painting Of Us, Okla Elliott

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 21


The Porch, Claudia Emerson Jan 2010

The Porch, Claudia Emerson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 23


The Body's Refrain, Anna Evans Jan 2010

The Body's Refrain, Anna Evans

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 26


In Situ, E Laura Golberg Jan 2010

In Situ, E Laura Golberg

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 29-32


Exoricsm, Jason Gray Jan 2010

Exoricsm, Jason Gray

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 34


Hackberry, Linda Parsons Marion Jan 2010

Hackberry, Linda Parsons Marion

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 61


A Wish For My Children, Jill Mccorkle Jan 2010

A Wish For My Children, Jill Mccorkle

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 64


Raccoon, Casey Ward Jan 2010

Raccoon, Casey Ward

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 83


Joyful Night, Luke Johnson Jan 2010

Joyful Night, Luke Johnson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 47


Descending Into Philadelphia, William Logan Jan 2010

Descending Into Philadelphia, William Logan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 58


My Grandmother's Dogs, Linda Parsons Marion Jan 2010

My Grandmother's Dogs, Linda Parsons Marion

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 62


Ghost, Jill Mccorkle Jan 2010

Ghost, Jill Mccorkle

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 68


Daisy, Jill Mccorkle Jan 2010

Daisy, Jill Mccorkle

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 63


Transcontinental: A Comparison Of Labor Sources Used In Constructing The First Transcontinental Railroads In The United States And Russia, Jeremy Richter Jan 2010

Transcontinental: A Comparison Of Labor Sources Used In Constructing The First Transcontinental Railroads In The United States And Russia, Jeremy Richter

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 115-128


Popular Culture In The Age Of White Flight: Fear And Fantasy In Suburban Los Angeles, Rachel Mcelroy Jan 2010

Popular Culture In The Age Of White Flight: Fear And Fantasy In Suburban Los Angeles, Rachel Mcelroy

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 300-303


Heaven As Las Vegas, Gary Leising Jan 2010

Heaven As Las Vegas, Gary Leising

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 53


Dies Irae, William Logan Jan 2010

Dies Irae, William Logan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 54