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Masculine Ideology And High-Risk Behavior Among Disabled Veterans, Abby L. Braitman

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

There may be predictors for high-risk behaviors, such as alcohol abuse, aggression, and risky sexual behavior, that can help identify susceptible men. Previous research has shown that masculine ideology is linked to engaging in such high-risk behaviors (Jakupcak, Tull, & Roemer, 2005; Moore & Stuart, 2005). In addition, having a physical disability may threaten male masculinity and increase the probability of this behavior (Good, Thomson, & Brathwaite, 2005). This issue is especially important to investigate in the military population. Military personnel and veterans engage in more high-risk behaviors (Bray et al., 2006; Bray, Marsden, & Peterson, 1991). Furthermore, the number …

Ms 124 Guide To The John Baum Md Papers (1974-1984), John Baum (1927-2009)

Manuscript Finding Aids

The collection consists of two boxes. The bulk of the material in the collection is related to the U.S.-U.S.S.R. collaborative study on the effectiveness of d-Penicillamine in treating juvenile arthritis. Box I contains correspondence among Dr. Baum and other doctors, dating from 1974 through 1984 and organized chronologically by year. See more at MS 124.

Better Deals For State And Local Economic Development, Ann R. Markusen

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Select Media On The Contemporary Venezuelan Political Process, Camila Herrera

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

No abstract provided.

High Resolution Dune Complex Mapping For The Monitoring Of Coastal Landform Change, First Landing State Park, Virginia, George M. Mcleod, Joe Daigneau, James Collins, Norma Swan, Thomas R. Allen

Virginia Journal of Science

First Landing State Park is located on the southern shore of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The park contains a prograding shoreline and dune complex that has been steadily growing northward. Accurate three dimensional mapping of the resident coastal dune features is challenging due to the dynamic nature of the dunescape. Precise mapping within First Landing was accomplished through careful planning, employ of advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, and intensive data analysis. Mapping ensued during a period of optimal satellite signal availability and strength. Data points were collected at manual intervals with a Leica GS50+ GPS receiver, utilizing …

The Paleoindian Survey And Geographic Database Of Uruguay, J. Christopher Gillam, Rafael Suárez

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Legacy - April 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Paleoindian Survey and Geographic Database of Uruguay.....p. 1
Director’s Note.....p. 2
Caldwell Conference.....p. 3
Santa Elena Pottery Kiln.....p. 8
Coastal Shell Midden Research.....p. 7
New Reports by Stanley South.....p. 10
Lisa Hudgins Returns.....p. 11
The Topper Pavilion.....p. 12
Topper Pavilion Donors.....p. 13
1726 St. Helena’s Parris Bell Conserved.....p. 14
ArchSites in Final Testing.....p. 16
Welcome to New Business Manager, Susan Lowe.....p. 17
South Carolina Geophysical Initiative Launched.....p. 18
SCIAA/ART Donors 2006-2007.....p. 19
New Report on Fort Motte.....p. 20
Donor Invitation.....p. 21

1726 St. Helena’S Parrish Bell Conserved, Jonathan Leader

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Santa Elena Pottery Kiln Revisited, Chester B. Depratter

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Coastal Shell Midden Research, Chester B. Depratter

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Reflections - Spring 2007, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

A Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.1
Expanded Library Services..... p.1
Class of 1956 Approaches Goal for Library Gifts..... p.2
South Caroliniana Library to Participate in World War I Project..... p.3
Exhibits and Research Resources Support African-American Studies at USC..... p.4
James Dickey Exhibit and Panel Discussion Offered at Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
Kaye Gibbons Archive Comes To USC..... p.6
In Memoriam: The Reverend George E. Meetze, Julian Hennig Jr., Edward S. Hallman, William F. Bagwell Jr., and Dr. James B. Meriwether..... p.6
Thomas Cooper Library Presents “George V. Higgins: A Retrospective Exhibition”..... p.7
Music Library Adds New …

Deep Ecology And Postmodernity: Making Space For Conversation, Chris Drinkwater

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[Fourth paragraph]

I begin with the fact of ecology's virtual exclusion from cultural studies. Cultural studies are centrally concerned with issues of meaning, subjectivity, objectivity and knowledge. They attempt to describe their production, conditions and complex structural effects. They are particularly interested in effects of inclusion and exclusion: for instance, "What is a legitimate object of attention within a particular discourse?" Why do cultural studies not attend to ecology? Why is negligible attention paid to a discourse and cultural movement, which are so challenging to dominant values and ways of life? I suggest that the omission is not accidental. Cultural …

Albert Bierstadt's Images Of The American West: An Eco-Critical Reflection On Nature Painting, Sabine Wilke

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

In the Pacific Northwest we encounter images of the American West as place of utmost grandeur, i.e., picturesque images of spectacular Western landscapes that have circulated throughout history in specific ways that I wish to explore. These images of the American West - adopted, among others, by environmental organizations and the tourist industry - were, to some extent at least, shaped artistically by German-American painter Albert Bierstadt who lived and worked in the latter half of the nineteenth century and who was one of the first artists after the first generation of expedition painters who traveled West repeatedly and transformed …

Early Days In The Green Movement: A Personal Account, Rosemarie Rowley

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

From someone who from an early age had wanted to be a poet, and whose favourite poet was Wordsworth, it is not difficult to imagine that in some way I would relate to nature as a mature woman. For me it was not the difficulty of being a woman poet which offered the greatest challenge, since my father, a traditional musician, and my aunt who was a songwriter in America had encouraged me to write poetry, but the difficulty was of combining political activism with poetry.

Review Of Restoring The Connection To The Natural World: Essays On The African American Environmental Imagination, Uwe Küchler

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

In her introduction to The Ecocriticism Reader from 1995, a landmark in the short and dynamic development of this new field of knowledge, Cheryl Glotfelty anticipated that "Ecocriticism has been predominantly a white movement. It will become a multi-ethnic movement when stronger connections are made between the environment and issues of social justice, and when a diversity of voices are encouraged to contribute to the discussion" (Glotfelty 1996, xxv). The collection of essays reviewed here, published in 2003, fills this gap in ecocritical research. The nine contributors to Sylvia Mayer's edition have critically evaluated various aspects of African …

Camping Out With Ray Bourbon: Female Impersonators And Queer Dread Of Wide-Open Spaces, Don Romesburg

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Mid-twentieth century pansy comedian and female impersonator Ray Bourbon's biography and stage materials suggest a disdain for "wide-open spaces" and queer ambivalences about the rural and the open road as sites of threat and danger. The performer's struggle reflected larger concerns for many queer men, especially traveling professional female impersonators. Often relying on long trips to small towns in order to find work, impersonators were vulnerable to a host of legal and socio-cultural repressions with little recourse. Examining how impersonators negotiated the natural and built environments of small towns and roadsides raises new questions about historical and contemporary understandings of …

Norris - A Growing Plant, Gayle Goldstick

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

'Industriehafen' is the ugliest place it's possible to find in the beautiful German city of Bremen. The first time I saw it, it reminded me of some of the more offensive eyesores around the Los Angeles Harbor or Wilmington where so many chemicals are stored in large tanks along the hills.

Review Of Decade Of Disaster, By Ann Larabee, Vibha Arora

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

High-risk technologies cannot prevent, predict, or contain disasters while discourses about such disasters exhibit uncontrolled interpretive possibilities. There is no safe haven, no place that can be free of technological disasters, and such 'unnecessary' violence. What we can plan are escape routes and lifeboats that may rescue us occasionally and fail at other times. Paradoxically lifeboats, radars, containment measures, meters, backup systems cannot shelter all of us from technological risk. Is this the meaning of civilization and human progress? We need to question not merely high-risk technology and its engendered profit but the cultural future premised on such …

Introduction, Alexandra Ganser, Vibha Arora

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

At the time of finalizing EcoCultures for publication, nearly all discussions in mass media remind us that climate change has been caused by anthropogenic excesses in the last three centuries. Environmental concern, intertwined with a critical and scholarly perspective, is also at the heart of EcoCultures: Culture Studies and the Environment. The twelve academic articles comprising this issue were written by scholars based in the North and South, speaking different languages yet living in a multicultural global world, and positioned in disciplines ranging from landscape and environmental history, literature and gender studies to visual studies and art. …

Emory’S Woodruff Library Acquires Love Letters Of Ted Hughes And Assia Wevill

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports on a collection of letters from British poet Ted Hughes and his lover Assia Wevill acquired by Woodruff Library at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It says that this correspondence starts from March 1963 until 1969. These letters include more than 60 letters from the poet to his lover and 6 from her to him, as well as some fragmentary diary entries and photographs of Wevill.

East Central Georgia News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from East Central Georgia libraries.

Review: Warm Springs, Mary-Frances Panettiere

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Warm Springs," by David M. Burke, Jr. and Odie A. Burke.

Peripheral Blood Perfusion Induced By Electrical Stimulation Of The Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Ji Wei He

Psychology Theses - Archive

In the last decade, much research has implicated the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in the modulation of both emotion and visceral functions in primates and rats. Rat studies have shown that electrical stimulation of the ACC suppresses animal’s behaviors associated with noxious stimuli, and inhibits spinal cord dorsal horn neuron activity induced by nociception in the periphery. Electrical stimulation of the periaqueductal grey (PAG) is reported to inhibit spinal cord dorsal horn neuron activity induced by nociception, while it generates dorsal root reflex (DRR). This is an important contributor to peripheral vasodilatation, i.e. leading to increased blood flow. The purpose …

Nemo News, Volume 3, Issue 6, Uno Library Science Education

NEMO Newsletter

This issue of NEMO News features Advice from the Frontlines from Professor Thompson, Alumni Spotlight on Karen McCoy, Student Spotlight on Michael Straatman, Announcements and Summer Sendoff.

Connections Newsletter Spring 2007

Connections Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Adult Esol Reading Comprehension And Text-To-Speech Software, John Drezek

Linguistics & TESOL Theses - Archive

This study involved ten ESOL adults and examines the extent to which text-to-speech (TTS) software facilitates their reading comprehension. The five treatment participants read fifty, 300-word, non-fiction stories and answered six comprehension questions per passage using TTS software, while five control participants read the same fifty passages and answered the same questions printed on paper. Using a pre- and post-test design, data showed two findings. First, control and treatment groups achieved gains on overall reading comprehension at 26 and 25 respectively, but the gains among question types were not equal. Second, participants in both groups enjoyed the stories and questions …

Learner Perceptions Of Small Group And Pair Work In The Esl Classroom: Implications For Conditions In Second Language Acquisition, Elissa K. Polley

Linguistics & TESOL Theses - Archive

Second language acquisition (SLA) research finds that small group (SG) and pair work (PW) are essential tools in language learning, specifically creating optimal conditions for negotiation of meaning (e.g., Long, 1985; Pica, et al., 1996). Limited research has focused on learner perceptions playing a part in establishing these conditions. This study examines learner perceptions of participation in SG/PW and the actual character of their participation in creating necessary conditions for SLA. This study involved 29 adult ESL learners enrolled in a private institute. Using focus group discussions, video-recorded SG/PW activities, and "stimulated recall" (Gass & Mackey, 2000), learner perceptions of …

Getting On Your Community's Leadership Team, Ellen G. Miller, Patricia H. Fisher

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article focuses on several factors to be considered in getting the director-board team of librarians to be part of the local community's leadership team. It states that economic development is the most important aspect involved in community building that must be taken into account by the librarians. It mentions that partnerships can also serve as a vital factor in positioning a library with decision-makers.

Screven-Jenkins Regional News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System.

Review: Equiano, The African: Biography Of A Self-Made Man, Shaundra Walker

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man," by Vincent Carretta.