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The Rust Belt Gothic: Charting The Affective Politics Of Deindustrialization And The Emergence Of A Great Lakes Horror Genre In Film, Micheal B. Raines

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Within the past decade, a string of notable horror films set within the Steel Belt has emerged. These works collectively invoke the specter of the ‘Rust Belt’ in their narratives: the industrial Midwest’s derelict urban and suburban sprawls in the wake of the economic decline and white flight of the USA’s once-mighty manufacturing sector. Scholarship has commented upon the subtext of these works individually but fails to observe their collective nature as an emergent subgenre in horror fiction, centered upon directly confronting the Steel Belt’s twentieth-century history of stagnation. In this paper, I examine films which share clear aesthetic and …

Disability, Blackness, And Online Community: Black Twitter As Self-Narrative, Morgan S. Wilson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Black disabled people, especially those with invisible disabilities, are often not included or welcomed by all in the disabled community. In addition, Black disabled individuals also face discrimination and exclusion within the Black community due to ableism. This project will be an investigation of Black disabled community and health culture in online spaces, specifically using Twitter hashtags as a starting point. This research project is about helping to write the whole story, an opportunity that my Black ancestors did not have but still demand, for our generation and those who will come after us. For this project, I conducted an …

Adam Kucharski: Placing Poland At The Heart Of Irishness, John A. Merchant

Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Adam Kucharski: Placing Poland at the Heart of Irishness. Irish Political Elites in Relation to Poland and the Poles in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century. (Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Bd. 29.) Peter Lang. Berlin u. a. 2020. 274 S., Ill., Kt. ISBN 978-3-631-81817-6. (€ 59,95.)

In order for a field of studies to be accepted as legitimate or viable there first needs to exist a collective body of scholarly work that elevates it above that of a niche interest or passing trend. The work under review is the latest in what can be now called without …

Casar Public Lecture: "Women & Stem Education In Egypt & The Us: Stepping Into A Man's World Of Science & Technology", The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar, Yasmeen El Ghazaly, Mark W. Deets

Performances, Events, and Presentations

In celebration of International Women's Day this Month, we held a public lecture titled: "Women & STEM Education in Egypt & the US : Stepping into a Man's World of Science & Technology " on Thursday March 28th, 2024 from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm (assembly hour) – Conference and Visitor Center, Mary Cross Hall AUC New Cairo Despite a plethora of advances made by women in the world we live in today, they are still woefully underrepresented in the realm of STEM education and the associated career paths. At this event, we uncovered the history, reasons & challenges women …

The “Henry Rifle” On The German Stage: Karl May’S Depiction Of The American West As “Dark And Bloody Grounds”, Elisabeth Hostetter

College of Performing Arts Departmental Research

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Italian Instrumental Music As Fascist Propaganda In The United States During The Interwar Period, Davide Ceriani

College of Performing Arts Departmental Research

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Psalms Of Unknowing: Poems, Heather Lanier

College of Communication & Creative Arts Departmental Research

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Beyond The Pitch: Exploring The Process Of Entrepreneurial Sales Communication, Gracemarie Mike Fillenwarth, Emily Nolan

College of Communication & Creative Arts Departmental Research

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Virtual Production, Jonathan Mason

College of Communication & Creative Arts Departmental Research

Introductory slide of a slide presentation called “Virtual Production for ‘Indie’ Filmmaking.”

Indian Traveler Abi Talib Khan And His Journey To The Holy Shrines In Iraq In 1803, Assad Hameed Abu Shana

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research deals with Abu Talib Khan's trip to the holy cities in Iraq in 1803, which came as part of a wider trip that started from India to Europe. Abu Talib Khan is an important Indian Muslim political and military figure in northern India. He conveyed to us important details about the nature of the political, economic and social conditions. , In the holy cities in Iraq, under the shadow of the Ottoman administration, in an important historical era that Iraq passed through, and witnessed many political events that had a great impact on its modern history, such as …

Elements Of Security In The Caliphate Of Imam Ali (Peace Be Upon Him), Maytham Sherkesh, Hamed Kazem Alak Al-Zamili

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Islam has been concerned, since the beginning, with the security aspect of life. Because security is an instinctive requirement and a basic pillar of life, some Quranic verses and Islamic narrations emphasize the importance of this aspect. Coinciding with the establishment of the Islamic State in Madinah at the hands of the Prophet (PBUH), the security aspect played an important role in preserving the souls and the Islamic entity. The state expanded after the departure of the

Retention Strategies: A Mixed Methods Research Study On Factors That Motivated Black Educators To Stay And Teach At A K-12 School During A National Crisis, E Jean Pemberton

Graduate Liberal Studies Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research study was to improve retention of Black educators of K-12 schools during a national crisis. To do so, this research study investigated Black educators of K-12 schools to determine factors that motivated them to stay and teach during a national crisis. This research used Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation- Hygiene for its theoretical framework. A convergent mixed-methods design was used to collect the qualitative and quantitative data, analyze the data separately, and then merge the data to determine the findings from this research study (Creswell, 2018). The data collected was from Black educators of K-12 …

Daniel Adam Maltz, Fortepiano, March 27, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

2023-2024 Master Class - Neal Gripp (Viola), Neal Gripp, Gabrielle Malaniak, Rachel Miner, Jeremy Jefferson

Master Classes

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The Political Conflict Between Baghdad And Erbil A Field Sociological Study In The City Of Baghdad, Khalid Majeed Jabeer Alkifaei, Ali Jawad Kadhim Witwit

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The researcher concluded that the intensity of the conflict increased due to the overthrow of the dictatorial regime because Iraq is a country that includes several components, and that the reason for the conflict between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government is that the Kurdistan government complains of not giving it its share of the annual budget, while the federal government demands it first to stop exporting oil without permission. The federal government, and the failure to deal with a “complete independence” confederation, and it is possible that the political conflict in Iraq will turn into widespread social …

2023-2024 Celebration Of The Classics: Friends Of The Conservatory Concert And Friendship Tea, Miriam Smith, Lillian Platte, Megan Hagel, Elisabeth Thomashoff, Ana-Maria Uzunova, Paola Garcia, Reagan Nguyen, Aidan Quintana, Yilian Concepcion, Aneliya Novikova, Angela Fiedler, Adriana Fernandez, Lauren Swartz, Jon Cruz, Jenna Salliman, Shuqi Yang

Friends of the Conservatory Events

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The Imaginary Temporal System In The Poetry Of The Poets Of Makkah And Yathrib, Teba Salam Kazem, Hassan Saad Latif

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Cultural practice is a continuous process, always transforming, as it seeks to invest and adapt knowledge-discourse; As a system, culture is a practice that permeates human activity, whether it is an individual or a group, and is specific to a group, class, or race. However, it is not a separate isolated sectors, as the Saudi critic Abdullah Al-Ghadami says, but rather it intersects and interacts with each other.

Analyzing The Demographic Characteristics Of The State Of Libya And Their Impact On The Strength Of The State, Abdel-Zahra Musa Bahloul, Hamida Abdul-Hussein Al-Zalmi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Population power in political geography is the power of the state as the factory of power and its key, as well as its necessity that outweighs other sources of power. The researcher has a general idea of ​​the demographic characteristics of the State of Libya. The research aims to assess the population power and its role in the totalitarian power of the state and to reveal the requirements for sustaining the positive aspects of the population and evaluating its negative aspects. In support of the power of the state, as well

Procrastination In The Tasks Of Teaching Integrated Mathematics And Its Relationship To The Technological Competence Of Middle School Mathematics Teachers, Mustafa Raad Abd Ulrasool Al-Saadi, Mustafa Raheem Hajji

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to identify the level of procrastination in the tasks of teaching integrated mathematics among teachers of mathematics and its relationship to their technological competence, in order to achieve the goal of the research, three zero hypotheses were formulated and proven in the body of the research, and the analytical descriptive approach was used.

Geographical Evaluation Of Energy Savings - Comparative Study Of Virtual Solar Cells For Building Facades And Cells Located In The Green Area In Samawa City, Jasim Wihoah Shati, Hussein Ali Abdul Hussein

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research is concerned on the comparison between the energy acquired from the virtual solar cells located on the facades of the buildings, represented by the building of the Directorate of Agriculture, and the cells located within the open space, represented by the green areas when directing the solar cells according to the path of the apparent movement of the sun to indicate the location that achieves the highest energy savings in terms of the gain of electromagnetic radiation within The locations of the virtual solar cells within the areas

Mohammed Saeed Al-Tirih , His Cement , And Its Cognitive Configuration Until 2007, Qassim Abdel Reda Tali, Asaad Hamid Abu Shaneh

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Scientists and thinkers with a prominent role in spreading science and deciphering strange words for the reader, they must be introduced, so that the general public knows where they deserve their knowledge, and the writings of whom they read, and Muhammad Saeed AL-Tarihi is considered one of the thinkers who presented in the field of science a lot of products that benefited the people of the public among the students of knowledge, as he wrote on various topics his pen was not limited to one aspect without the other aspects, it was necessary for the researcher to know about him …

Generalized Conversational Implicature In The Interpretation, Clara Thichir Jasim, Ali Farhan Jawad

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The implicit implication is one of the directions of the deliberative lesson, based on philosophical principles that Grace stopped at in his lectures that were considered a starting point for those who came after him in analyzing the discourse. These rules in the interpretation of contemporary Quranic exegesis books, in foundational topics, and pragmatic reading

Geographical Analysis Of Visual Variables In Al-Idrisi’S Maps (A Study In Contemporary Geographical Thought), Mohammed Fezaa Obaid

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research seeks to analyze the information of some of Al-Idrisi’s old geographical maps and to link and evaluate the visual variables of those maps with what modern geography has achieved, and then work to increase the accuracy of the maps and their different sizes (x2, x4, x6, x8) through modern digital technology and specifically, the Vidmore Free Image Upscaler program, and revealing one of the aspects of cartographic creativity among Arab Muslim geographers by documenting and verifying Al-Idrisi’s effort In drawing maps using visual variables in cartography, In his maps, Al-Idrisi showed the lakes in shapes resembling an egg …

Internal Political Developments In Shiraz (1750-1779 Ad), Haider Muhammad Khaled Kazem, Hussein Kamel Jaber

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Shiraz was going through very difficult political conditions, especially the period preceding the study period and in the first years of the study period, in which very important developments occurred, represented by conflict and competition over the rule of the country. This conflict ended with Karim Khan Al Zand alone ruling the country and his choice of Shiraz as the capital of Persia to witness important developments on The internal political and urban level

Phonetic Guidance For Derivatives In The Diwan Of Al-Arif Test And The Algarve River The Active Participle, The Active Participle, And Exaggerated Forms Are An Example, Manal Abd Madhoud, Manar Khaled Badi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Arabic language has been chosen by God and a container for his message and miracles for his statement chunky minutes of connotations and meanings were not limited by the large number of studies only expansion and richness since its descent until the establishment of the hour, you see Ttr studies where to reveal the miracles or some of it, and certainly the place of success for those who approached it and lit up its spirit of its quotes, what is the standard of eloquent language and pole millstone for the sciences of rhetoric and arts.

Signatures Or Patches Issued By Imam Mahdi, Peace Be Upon Him, A Study In Authenticity And Significance, Falah Razaak Gasem

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The signatures in their entirety mean those short words dictated by the pens of the great men at the bottom of the letters and questions in order to answer them or to solve a problem or express a specific point of view. Knowledge, and those signatures were in many ways, some of which came to some of his four deputies or to some of his followers, and some of them were in the manner of answers to inquiries, and some of them were issued by the Imam (peace be upon him) on his own initiative. The denial of some people, …

Scientific Connections Between The City Of Cordoba And The Cities Of The Islamic World In The Works Of Yaqut Al-Hamawi (626 Ah/1228 Ad), Anwar Hamid Zati, Slam Jabbar Manshed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Cordoba was considered one of the most important scientific cities in Andalusia during the era of the Umayyad Caliphate (316-422 AH / 929-1031 AD), thanks to the interest of the ruling class in this aspect. It included various types of sciences, human and scientific knowledge, and the scientific links between this city and other cities of the Islamic world were formed in Yaqut’s works. Al-Hamawi makes an important point in clarifying this importance

Natural Factors Affecting Wind Erosion Activity In Western Karbala Governorate, Iyad Hatef Attia, Sarhan Naim Al-Khafaji

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study aims to find out the effect of natural factors on Increasing the activity of the phenomenon of wind erosion in the western Karbala governorate . Because the region suffers from drought, especially in recent years, Therefore, it falls under the influence of severe wind erosion Easy and increased its activity is the work of topographical features Including the flatness of the surface of the area and the lack of its teeth, which increased the work Climatic characteristics, including wind, and its role in increasing activity Wind erosion and its negative impact on the region, as well as Soil …

Climatic Susceptibility To Wind Erosion In The Muthanna Badia And Ways To Reduce It Using The Vegetation Variation Index (Ndvi) )Study In Prickly Pear Cultivation, Osama Faleh Abdul Hassan Al Maktoob, Sarhan Naim Al-Khafaji

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Al-Muthanna desert is located astronomically between latitudes 29° 4' 9.75" -31° 23' 51.99" north, and longitudes 43° 48' 51.22" -46° 40' 20.47" east, within the administrative borders of the Muthanna Governorate, and it is bordered by the province of Basra and Daulat Kuwait to the east, and Najaf governorate to the west, while the sedimentary plain represents its northern borders, as the Abu Gir fault represents a tectonic separator with the sedimentary plain. Sections, the first of which dealt with the topic of erosion, and the second topic dealt with one of the digital indicators (NDVI), while the last

Determining The Current Service Territory And Fairness Of Distribution For Health Centers In The City Of Samawah Using Geographic Information Systems (Gis), Rasha Salem Musa Al- Obaidi, Raad Abdel Hussein Mohammed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The services of primary care health centers are one of the important services that are taken into account when developing development plans for the city, due to its direct connection with the health of the population and their safety from epidemics and diseases spread in the city. The city, and this is done by determining the current location of the centers, which is less than the number specified according to the local planning standard