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Chancay Style Textiles In The Canadian Museum Of History, Beheshteh M. Asil Dec 2015

Chancay Style Textiles In The Canadian Museum Of History, Beheshteh M. Asil

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

This thesis is a study of a collection of 202 ancient Andean objects in the Canadian Museum of History (CMH). These artifacts are from the Central Coast of Peru and are associated with the Chancay culture of the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1476). The aim of this research project is to help document the general technical and stylistic characteristics of Chancay weaving and potentially help narrow down the origin of some of the fabrics under study. The main objectives of this thesis are 1) to document the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the CMH fabrics and 2) to compare this …


The Identity Complex: The Portrayal Of Archivists In Film, Anne Daniel, Amanda Oliver Dec 2015

The Identity Complex: The Portrayal Of Archivists In Film, Anne Daniel, Amanda Oliver

Anne Daniel

When Obi-Wan Kenobi speaks to the Jedi Archives’ archivist in Stars Wars: Attack of the Clones he is informed that if a record is not in their archives it does not exist.[i] The archivist is stern, terse and absolute in her belief in the completeness of her records. This interaction presents an unwelcoming image of archives and archivists, and is one of many films to present a complex image of archivists.
Previous research focusing on the representation of archivists suggests that the archival profession has an image problem. Randall C. Jimerson states that, “The problem which archivists share with …


St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, December 6, 2015 Dec 2015

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, December 6, 2015

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN


St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, December 6, 2015 Dec 2015

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, December 6, 2015

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid


The Relationship Of Grade Span In 9th Grade To Math Achievement In High School, John West, Mary Lou Miller, Jim Myers, Timothy Norton Dec 2015

The Relationship Of Grade Span In 9th Grade To Math Achievement In High School, John West, Mary Lou Miller, Jim Myers, Timothy Norton

Administrative Issues Journal

Purpose, Scope, and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to determine if a correlation exists between grade span for ninth grade and gains in math achievement test scores in 10th grade and 12th grade. A quantitative, longitudinal, correlational research design was employed to investigate the research questions. The population was high school students in the United States from public and private schools who were in the ninth grade for the first time during the 1989-1990 school year. The data collection instrument was the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). Further sampling and data analysis was conducted …


Exploring The Transformative Potential Of The E3+3 Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action With Iran For Improving The Iranian Economy And Its Reintegration Into The Global System, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan Dec 2015

Exploring The Transformative Potential Of The E3+3 Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action With Iran For Improving The Iranian Economy And Its Reintegration Into The Global System, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

This is background note for my presentation at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.


Comparing Rapid Scene Categorization Of Aerial And Terrestrial Views: A New Perspective On Scene Gist, Lester C. Loschky, Ryan V. Ringer, Katrina Ellis, Bruce C. Hansen Dec 2015

Comparing Rapid Scene Categorization Of Aerial And Terrestrial Views: A New Perspective On Scene Gist, Lester C. Loschky, Ryan V. Ringer, Katrina Ellis, Bruce C. Hansen

Psychology Faculty Publications

Scene gist, a viewer's holistic representation of a scene from a single eye fixation, has been extensively studied for terrestrial views, but not for aerial views. We compared rapid scene categorization of both views in three experiments to determine the degree to which diagnostic information is view dependent versus view independent. We found large differences in observers' ability to rapidly categorize aerial and terrestrial scene views, consistent with the idea that scene gist recognition is viewpoint dependent. In addition, computational modeling showed that training models on one view (aerial or terrestrial) led to poor performance on the other view, thereby …


Cedarville Vs. Cincinnati Christian, Cedarville University Dec 2015

Cedarville Vs. Cincinnati Christian, Cedarville University

Men's Basketball Programs

No abstract provided.


Widr Fm's Constitution: Restatement, Revision, And Analysis Of Genre, Joseph Silver Dec 2015

Widr Fm's Constitution: Restatement, Revision, And Analysis Of Genre, Joseph Silver

Honors Theses

I have been involved with WIDR FM for 18 months as its employed Music Director and a volunteer DJ. I am one of six part-time paid student directors who oversee the general management of the station. My tenure at WIDR has been especially exciting in that this is the first year of WIDR's affiliation with Student Media Group–a new organization funded by the University that collaborates WIDR FM with the Western Herald and the Young Broadcasters of Tomorrow. It is designed to guide these organizations toward greater interactivity, scholarship, and fiscal solvency. The Student Media Group brings many changes to …


Women In Business: Influences On The Undergraduate Major Choices, Victoria Geyfman, Christina M. Force, Laura M. Davis Dec 2015

Women In Business: Influences On The Undergraduate Major Choices, Victoria Geyfman, Christina M. Force, Laura M. Davis

Administrative Issues Journal

This study employs a survey of undergraduate business school freshmen to examine factors that influence their decision to study business and whether these factors differ by gender. Specifically, the study examines internal factors, such as students’ perceived aptitudes and interests in the subject; external factors, such as compensation and job availability; and social/interpersonal influences, such as input of teachers, school counselors, parents, and friends. This paper follows up on the authors’ earlier work, which found that despite an increase in the number of male students enrolled in business programs across the nation during the period between 2003 and 2011, female …


Research On Knowledge Management In Pakistan: A Literature Review, Syed Rahmatullah Shah 4355910, Khalid Mahmood Dr. Dec 2015

Research On Knowledge Management In Pakistan: A Literature Review, Syed Rahmatullah Shah 4355910, Khalid Mahmood Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research is about knowledge management in academics and organizational business practices of Pakistan. Research proceedings revealed that knowledge management is emerging as new concept and is getting grounds in Pakistani environment. Article reviews the knowledge management literature in and about Pakistan. An overview of knowledge management initiatives and attempts in any form were focus of this research. Knowledge management related information was collected by literature search through websites, research journal archives, and library catalogues. This research is of practical use for researchers and organizational management who are involved in knowledge management research and practices.


Effects Of Acceptance Of Disability On Death Or Dialysis In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A 3-Year Prospective Cohort Study, Hsin-Hung Chiang, Hanoch Livneh, How-Ran Guo, Mei-Ling Yen, Tzung-Yi Tsai Dec 2015

Effects Of Acceptance Of Disability On Death Or Dialysis In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A 3-Year Prospective Cohort Study, Hsin-Hung Chiang, Hanoch Livneh, How-Ran Guo, Mei-Ling Yen, Tzung-Yi Tsai

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Acceptance of disability (AOD) is a useful construct that assesses the ability of a patient to psychologically cope with chronic diseases, but its effect on long-term outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the relation between AOD level and clinical outcomes in a cohort of CKD patients in Taiwan.

Methods: 262 CKD patients without dialysis at a hospital in Taiwan were consecutively recruited, from 2010 to 2011, and followed up for 3 years. At enrollment, demographic and clinical data were obtained, including baseline level measurement of AOD, using the …


Cedarville Vs. Wilberforce, Cedarville University Dec 2015

Cedarville Vs. Wilberforce, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Programs

No abstract provided.


Complete Issue 52(2) Dec 2015

Complete Issue 52(2)

Speaker & Gavel

Complete digitized issue (volume 52, issue 2) of Speaker & Gavel.


Bully Or Dupe?: Governor Chris Christie’S Image Repair On The Bridge Lane Closure Scandal, William L. Benoit Dec 2015

Bully Or Dupe?: Governor Chris Christie’S Image Repair On The Bridge Lane Closure Scandal, William L. Benoit

Speaker & Gavel

In 2013, two lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge – the busiest in the nation – in Fort Lee, NJ, were closed. In January of 2014, it emerged that Christie’s Deputy Chief of Staff Kelley instigated this problem. Governor Christie was accused of retaliating against Fort Lee’s Mayor Mark Sokolich, who had not endorsed Christie’s re-election bid. Christie fired Kelley, held a press conference, and apologized to Sokolich and the people of Fort Lee. Christie’s primary strategies were mortification and corrective action, but he also used denial, differentiation, minimization, and defeasibility to deal with this situation. Minimization was interesting …


Foreign Policy Rhetoric In The 1992 Presidential Campaign: Bill Clinton’S Exceptionalist Jeremiad, Jason A. Edwards Dec 2015

Foreign Policy Rhetoric In The 1992 Presidential Campaign: Bill Clinton’S Exceptionalist Jeremiad, Jason A. Edwards

Speaker & Gavel

This essay examines presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s rhetoric regarding America’s role in the world during the 1992 presidential campaign. Despite the fact that foreign policy was George H.W. Bush’s strength during the campaign, candidate Clinton was able to develop a coherent vision for America’s role in the world that he carried into his presidency. I argue he did so by fusing together the American exceptionalist missions of exemplar and intervention. In doing so, Clinton altered a tension embedded in debates over U.S. foreign policy rhetoric. To further differentiate his candidacy from President Bush, Clinton encased this discourse within a secular …


The Person We Knew: Perceptions Of The Identity Of Loved Ones With Dementia By Family Caregivers, Amber Jannusch, Dena Huisman Dec 2015

The Person We Knew: Perceptions Of The Identity Of Loved Ones With Dementia By Family Caregivers, Amber Jannusch, Dena Huisman

Speaker & Gavel

While several studies have looked at the identity of dementia patients, most focus on the point of the view of the patient. However, caretakers’ and family members’ view of the identity of the dementia patient is unstudied. This study attempts to see how family caregivers’ view of their family member’s dementia manifests in communication about the loved one. This study is a preliminary examination of family caregivers’ constructions of the identity of their loved one, revealing that caretakers have one of three views: the patient without an identity, the patient as a different person, or the patient as “not lost” …


Copycat Forensics: How Social Learning Problematizes Intercollegiate Forensic Performances, Alyssa Reid Dec 2015

Copycat Forensics: How Social Learning Problematizes Intercollegiate Forensic Performances, Alyssa Reid

Speaker & Gavel

This paper highlights noticeable problems stemming from students adopting forensic norms without critiquing practice. Although many pedagogically sound reasons account for some structural similarities in events, many performance choices enacted in forensic competition are not grounded in educational principles but are learned and fostered through social learning. Currently, students can achieve forensic success without developing sound reasons for performance choices. Uncovering the ways in which students, judges, and coaches, produce and reproduce copycat performances can improve overall academic and competitive rigor.


The 2015 State Of Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Ben Walker Dec 2015

The 2015 State Of Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Ben Walker

Speaker & Gavel

Brief history and update of the Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha organization.


Editor's Note, Todd T. Holm Dec 2015

Editor's Note, Todd T. Holm

Speaker & Gavel

Editor's note by Todd Holm from volume 52, issue 2 of Speaker & Gavel.


Front Matter Dec 2015

Front Matter

Speaker & Gavel

Front matter and table of contents for Volume 52, Issue 2 of Speaker & Gavel.


U.S. Grand Strategy: Should America Come Home?, Joseph Riccardelli Dec 2015

U.S. Grand Strategy: Should America Come Home?, Joseph Riccardelli

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Realism In Action: Obama's Foreign Policy In Afghanistan, Timothy Hoffman Dec 2015

Realism In Action: Obama's Foreign Policy In Afghanistan, Timothy Hoffman

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Czech Republic V. Poland And The Economic Recession: Most Similar Systems Design, Dana Kutzleb Dec 2015

Czech Republic V. Poland And The Economic Recession: Most Similar Systems Design, Dana Kutzleb

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Going Rogue? You Bethca!, Dolores Bujnowski Dec 2015

Going Rogue? You Bethca!, Dolores Bujnowski

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Pacing A Punch: The Rise In Power Of Super Pacs And The 2016 Election, Kevin Coroneos Dec 2015

Pacing A Punch: The Rise In Power Of Super Pacs And The 2016 Election, Kevin Coroneos

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Recovering From Political Scandal: Why Weiner Failed And Barry Stays Strong, Pj Argento Dec 2015

Recovering From Political Scandal: Why Weiner Failed And Barry Stays Strong, Pj Argento

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Dec 2015

Table Of Contents

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Non-Profit Organizations In The Political Process, Hannah J. Greendyk Dec 2015

The Role Of Non-Profit Organizations In The Political Process, Hannah J. Greendyk

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.


Voter Identification Laws In The 2012 Election, Christian Warneke Dec 2015

Voter Identification Laws In The 2012 Election, Christian Warneke

Political Analysis

No abstract provided.