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- "Foolish men that prayse gin eke t'envy": armes, armor, and eroticism in Spenser's The Faerie Queene.
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- Desimone, Noah Ryan
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In Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, scenes of armament and disarmament allegorize the way that idealized and degenerate forms of masculinity are forged. Armor, in Spenser, is less a physical than a psychological shield. Donned at the wrong time, the knights become cruel, untrustworthy, and apathetic. Removed at inappropriate junctures, they descend into lust, avarice, and gluttony. Spenser's epic models the self-fashioning by which gentleman could come to embody the harmony of Venus and...
Show moreIn Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, scenes of armament and disarmament allegorize the way that idealized and degenerate forms of masculinity are forged. Armor, in Spenser, is less a physical than a psychological shield. Donned at the wrong time, the knights become cruel, untrustworthy, and apathetic. Removed at inappropriate junctures, they descend into lust, avarice, and gluttony. Spenser's epic models the self-fashioning by which gentleman could come to embody the harmony of Venus and Mars. Empedocles' principle of love and war--the idea that eros and strife must come together for the generation of life to occur--is central to Spenser's idea of exemplary masculinity as well as to his political and artistic vision of harmony. The epic models a paradigm of courtly masculinity that places a premium on intense emotional relationships between men, even as it divorces eros from the realms of martial honor and patriarchalism. Since Spenser's vision of self-fashioned masculinity depends upon his understanding of court culture and the woman presiding over it, I conclude my thesis by looking at the epic's critique of Elizabeth I's use of romantic tropes and erotic pageantry
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- 1296388542, WFE0000781
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- Document (PDF)
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- 'WHAT GOOD IS A PRETTY FACE WITH NOTHING BEHIND IT?': THE SPECTER OF THE INAUTHENTIC IN TRUE STORY MAGAZINE AND LITERARY MODERNISM.
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- Smith, Georgia Clarkson
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This thesis situates the narratives of True Story magazine in the 1920s within and against the context of their surrounding advertisements in order to reveal a popular resistance to the logic of consumption that was aggressively marketed to working class readers at the turn of the century. I argue that while the confessional narratives of True Story magazine explore the possibilities of self reinvention and upward mobility in market society, they paradoxically reveal an anxiety about the...
Show moreThis thesis situates the narratives of True Story magazine in the 1920s within and against the context of their surrounding advertisements in order to reveal a popular resistance to the logic of consumption that was aggressively marketed to working class readers at the turn of the century. I argue that while the confessional narratives of True Story magazine explore the possibilities of self reinvention and upward mobility in market society, they paradoxically reveal an anxiety about the veracity of the mass market's promises for sociocultural advancement via consumption. Further, I explore the trope of the self-constructed consumer persona in modernist fiction in order to tease out a thematic "preoccupation with inauthencity" that repeatedly begs attention not only in popular confessional magazines like True Story, but also in middle-market and canonical modernist novels such as Anita Loo's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, James Joyce's Ulysses, Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier, and William Faulkner's If I Forget Thee Jerusalem.
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- 2013
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- WFE0000387, uwf:61065
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- Document (PDF)
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- A BIG FIVE PROFILE OF THE MILITARY PILOT: A META-ANALYSIS.
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- Castaneda, Michael Anthony
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Attempting to improve the selection process of military aviators, an empirical review of the literature was undertaken to provide a more accurate, empirically based estimate of the true population personality profile of the military aviator. Results are reported from a meta-analysis of standardized mean differences between military aviators and the general population on the Big Five personality domains. Eighteen studies were identified which met all inclusion criteria. The Hedges and Olkin ...
Show moreAttempting to improve the selection process of military aviators, an empirical review of the literature was undertaken to provide a more accurate, empirically based estimate of the true population personality profile of the military aviator. Results are reported from a meta-analysis of standardized mean differences between military aviators and the general population on the Big Five personality domains. Eighteen studies were identified which met all inclusion criteria. The Hedges and Olkin (1985) random-effects model was applied. Weighted mean effects, confidence intervals, heterogeneity of effects and fail-safe N were computed. Four of the Big Five domains were found to have significant effects, suggesting military aviators were less neurotic and agreeable and more extraverted and conscientious than the general population. All tests of homogeneity were nonsignificant; therefore, no moderators were investigated. Avenues for future research to further identify the predictive validity of personality on military aviator selection are considered.
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- 2007
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- WFE0000097, uwf:60698
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COLLECTION OF POETRY: MY LIFE STAINED IN INK.
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- Aldikacti, Elyse Semiha
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This thesis examines the nuances of womanhood, particularly the author's life experiences. The first section will be composed of poems relating to childhood, followed by poems relating to the young adult years, and finally poems dealing with adulthood. The poems will focus on various people, places, events and cultures that have influenced the poet. "My Life Stained in Ink" will demonstrate the nuances of womanhood with poetic prose from the poet's recollection of memories.
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Identifier
- WFE0000254, uwf:60898
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER UTILIZING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND AEROBIC EXERCISE.
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- Smith, Erika Nicole
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This preliminary study examined the impact of an 8-week aerobic exercise treatment on symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among adult women who have experienced sexual violence. Fourteen participants were recruited naturalistically through a Certified Rape Crisis Center in Pensacola, Florida. Participants received cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT plus group aerobic exercise sessions (CBT+E). Measures included the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV- Current and...
Show moreThis preliminary study examined the impact of an 8-week aerobic exercise treatment on symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among adult women who have experienced sexual violence. Fourteen participants were recruited naturalistically through a Certified Rape Crisis Center in Pensacola, Florida. Participants received cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT plus group aerobic exercise sessions (CBT+E). Measures included the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV- Current and Lifetime Diagnostic Version (CAPS), the PTSD Checklist-Specific Version (PCL-S), and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). Results revealed that both groups improved on all measures: main effects for time and group were observed for the CAPS, PCL-S, and SCL-90-R. Clinical significance was also observed: more participants in CBT+E no longer met the criteria for PTSD at the conclusion of treatment when comparing CAPS Frequency > 1/Intensity > 2/Total Severity > 65 (F1/I2/TSEV65) scores. There was also a trend on most measures in favor of the CBT+E treatment group. Results suggest that aerobic exercise programs may be beneficial as an adjunct treatment for individuals diagnosed with PTSD and/or a history of having experienced trauma. This study is the first known to compare aerobic exercise to an empirically validated form of treatment (CBT) for PTSD.
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- 2011
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- WFE0000257, uwf:60900
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COMPARATIVE CLIMATOLOGY OF TORNADO OUTBREAKS AND OUTBREAK VARIABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
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- Foglietti, Rebecca Vizzi
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In the U.S.A., tornado outbreaks contribute to hundreds of fatalities and cause considerable physical and monetary damages annually. Historically, tornadoes, and particularly tornado outbreaks, have been poorly understood in terms of physical processes and spatiotemporal variability. One source of this uncertainty is the lack of an objective definition of "tornado outbreak." The aims of this study were to examine the spatiotemporal variability in historic U's. tornado outbreaks using...
Show moreIn the U.S.A., tornado outbreaks contribute to hundreds of fatalities and cause considerable physical and monetary damages annually. Historically, tornadoes, and particularly tornado outbreaks, have been poorly understood in terms of physical processes and spatiotemporal variability. One source of this uncertainty is the lack of an objective definition of "tornado outbreak." The aims of this study were to examine the spatiotemporal variability in historic U's. tornado outbreaks using different definitions of the term "tornado outbreak." The potential associations between outbreak variability and eastern tropical Pacific SST variability were also investigated. We find that over the period 1975-2014, "Tornado Outbreak Alley" is centered in northern Alabama. Additionally, outbreak activity exhibited increasing trends with time for Winter, Spring, and Fall according to four of five outbreak records. State-level linkages to winter ENSO influences, focused generally in the Southeast, may indicate the tropical Pacific as a forcing factor in U's. outbreak variability. We demonstrate both the contrasts in outbreak records that result from different definitions of outbreak, and that outbreak activity appears to be increasing, regardless of definition.
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- 2018
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- WFE0000608, uwf:61306
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THERMAL TOLERANCE, HYPOXIA TOLERANCE AND WATER LOSS RESISTANCE IN TWO FAMILIES OF INDO-PACIFIC AMPHIBIOUS FISHES.
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- Wright, Joni Elizabeth
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Two families of amphibious fishes, mudskippers (Family Gobiidae) and rockskippers (Family Blenniidae), occupy the mangal habitat of Hoga Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tidepools serve as an aquatic refuge during diurnal low tide events; however, harsh conditions including high temperatures and low dissolved oxygen exist. Capable of bimodal respiration, these fishes are able to escape to land when tidepool environments become severe, although exiting tidepools to escape austere conditions may...
Show moreTwo families of amphibious fishes, mudskippers (Family Gobiidae) and rockskippers (Family Blenniidae), occupy the mangal habitat of Hoga Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tidepools serve as an aquatic refuge during diurnal low tide events; however, harsh conditions including high temperatures and low dissolved oxygen exist. Capable of bimodal respiration, these fishes are able to escape to land when tidepool environments become severe, although exiting tidepools to escape austere conditions may create a risk of dessication. Both families have the ability to utilize terrestrial environments; however, temporal resource partitioning of media has been observed between mudskippers and rockskippers. Three species of rockskippers, lined, Istiblennius lineatus, streaky, I. dussumieri, and Ambon, Paralticus amboinensis, along with common and barred mudskippers were collected from the mangals of Hoga Island. To elucidate the role physiological adaptations play in resource partitioning, I compared thermal tolerance, hypoxia tolerance, and water loss resistance between mudskippers and rockskippers. Rockskippers demonstrated higher aquatic thermal and hypoxia tolerance when compared to mudskippers. Common mudskippers showed no significant differences in thermal tolerance between media, while barred mudskippers revealed higher thermal tolerance in air over water. It is likely that a combination of thermal and hypoxia tolerance contribute to resource partitioning between these groups.
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- 2010
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- WFE0000233, uwf:60932
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COMPARISON OF CERAMICS FROM THE PADRE ISLAND AND EMANUEL POINT SHIPWRECKS.
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- Sorset, Scott Ryan
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The focus of my thesis is to develop an archaeological baseline ceramic patterning for colonial period Spanish ships, using ceramics as an example, through which maritime archaeologists can better identify and interpret Spanish shipwrecks from the 16th century. By intensively reviewing the ceramic artifact assemblages from the San Esteban, Emanuel Point I, and Emanuel Point II shipwrecks, I propose that a thorough typological, spatial artifact analysis and scientific methodical approach to...
Show moreThe focus of my thesis is to develop an archaeological baseline ceramic patterning for colonial period Spanish ships, using ceramics as an example, through which maritime archaeologists can better identify and interpret Spanish shipwrecks from the 16th century. By intensively reviewing the ceramic artifact assemblages from the San Esteban, Emanuel Point I, and Emanuel Point II shipwrecks, I propose that a thorough typological, spatial artifact analysis and scientific methodical approach to excavation affords archaeologists the ability to differentiate between ships of similar cultural and temporal affinity but with different prescribed missions. These similarities are shown to be material reflections of the society that operated these vessels. Therefore, by anthropologically analyzing the ceramic artifacts from two fleets with vastly different missions, I started the process of identifying and mapping a baseline Spanish ship pattern. It is my hope that other researchers will incorporate similar datasets to further refine uniquely Spanish shipwreck artifact patterns.
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- 2013
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- WFE0000406, uwf:61169
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- Document (PDF)
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- A COMPARISON OF TWO VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN STUDENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.
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- Manning, Kelly Jennifer
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Increasing transportation costs have led software development organizations to seek ways to allow individuals in different locations to work together without traveling. Virtual technology has been one proposed way, though there has been some debate over the type of technology that will maximize team performance and social development. A conceptual model was developed which predicts how the combined influence of team diversity, technology use, social presence and sociability affect intervening...
Show moreIncreasing transportation costs have led software development organizations to seek ways to allow individuals in different locations to work together without traveling. Virtual technology has been one proposed way, though there has been some debate over the type of technology that will maximize team performance and social development. A conceptual model was developed which predicts how the combined influence of team diversity, technology use, social presence and sociability affect intervening psychological states that, in turn, affect team processes and outcomes. In addition to conducting an initial test of the model, this study was conducted to assess the effects of two virtual technologies on 15 3-person teams completing an undergraduate software engineering project. Teams were randomly assigned to communicate either via videoconferencing or virtual worlds technology. Results suggest virtual world teams were able to perform equivalently to videoconferencing teams, but virtual world members were more likely to report negative experiences such as conflict and less likely to report positive experiences such as coordination. This study supports that student teams working in a virtual world environment perform as well as teams meeting in more traditional distributed media. This study also suggests that the model shows promise, though further research is needed.
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- 2014
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- WFE0000447, uwf:61082
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- Document (PDF)
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- A FINE WRECK IN SHALLOW WATER: INVESTIGATION INTO, AND CONSERVATION OF, A HEAVILY DISTURBED 18TH CENTURY BRITISH WEST INDIAMAN, THE SOLDIER KEY WRECK.
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- Wilson, Allen Donald
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In the summer of 2012, a team of archaeologists excavated a known shipwreck site in the submerged bottomlands in north Biscayne National Park. This site had been excavated previously by John Hall, a professor from the University of Miami, in the early 1980s. Hall never produced a report on the excavations and did not curate the artifacts recovered. The purpose of this 2012 research was to document any remaining material culture, determine the best way to preserve the site, and ultimately to...
Show moreIn the summer of 2012, a team of archaeologists excavated a known shipwreck site in the submerged bottomlands in north Biscayne National Park. This site had been excavated previously by John Hall, a professor from the University of Miami, in the early 1980s. Hall never produced a report on the excavations and did not curate the artifacts recovered. The purpose of this 2012 research was to document any remaining material culture, determine the best way to preserve the site, and ultimately to use whatever remaining hull structure and portable artifacts were available to determine the nationality, previous ports of call, and potentially the name of the vessel as well as how the ship came to wreck in that location. The excavation revealed the midships to stern portion of a British West Indiaman that dates to the early to mid 18th century. The sparse artifact assemblage suggests that the vessel was coming from Jamaica en route to England when the ship succumbed to a hurricane. However, a large number of ships wrecked in the region during the time period the Soldier Key Wreck would have sailed. Unfortunately, no name could definitively be ascribed to the ship.
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- 2015
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- WFE0000523, uwf:61221
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- Document (PDF)
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- A GENDER-SPECIFIC PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE FEEDBACK APPROACH TO DECREASING ALCOHOL USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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- Lojewski, Renee Ann
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Feedback based on social normative information may be useful to decrease the misperceptions college students generally make about peer alcohol use. Gender-specific personalized normative feedback was used in the current study to determine if personalizing the normative feedback by gender would be more effective at decreasing the overestimations of other college students' drinking and self-reported drinking than feedback for the typical student for whom the gender is not specified. It was...
Show moreFeedback based on social normative information may be useful to decrease the misperceptions college students generally make about peer alcohol use. Gender-specific personalized normative feedback was used in the current study to determine if personalizing the normative feedback by gender would be more effective at decreasing the overestimations of other college students' drinking and self-reported drinking than feedback for the typical student for whom the gender is not specified. It was hypothesized that the participants who reported to drink 2-4 times a month or more and received gender-specific feedback would have larger decreases in perceptions of others' drinking and self-reported drinking than the nonspecific feedback and control groups. Analysis revealed that gender-specific feedback created a larger decrease in misperceptions than the control group but did not differ significantly from the nonspecific gender feedback group. Secondary analysis discusses the impact on the participants' stage of change in the Transtheortical Stages of Change Model over time and the positive correlations between number of drinks per episode and issues such as depression, anxiety, unplanned/unprotected sexual activity and engaging in other illegal activities. Strengths and limitations of the current research and suggestions for future harm reduction interventions are also addressed.
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- 2007
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- WFE0000080, uwf:60715
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- Document (PDF)
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- A GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR NETWORK TRANSPORT PROTOCOL PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION.
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- Granados Murillo, Adrian
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The fields of wireless communications and mobile networking are rapidly growing and changing. In a mobile ad hoc network, the variation of link characteristics, and frequent and unexpected changes in topology, decreases the performance of commonly used transport protocols, which assume that packet drops occur only in the event of network congestion. Link failure and higher bit error rates may also induce a sudden increase of packet losses, triggering the activation of congestion avoidance...
Show moreThe fields of wireless communications and mobile networking are rapidly growing and changing. In a mobile ad hoc network, the variation of link characteristics, and frequent and unexpected changes in topology, decreases the performance of commonly used transport protocols, which assume that packet drops occur only in the event of network congestion. Link failure and higher bit error rates may also induce a sudden increase of packet losses, triggering the activation of congestion avoidance mechanisms that reduce the overall transmission rate. In general, a transport protocol has numerous configuration parameters (e.g. window size, retransmission timeout, etc.) that can be adjusted to compensate for these environment effects. Thus, the challenge is to identify what is the best configuration (i.e. combination of parameter values) for a given scenario. In this work, an optimization approach based on genetic algorithms is used to automatically tune, in real time, the parameter values of a transport protocol so that it can adapt itself to different operating conditions. When compared to an exhaustive search over a reduced problem space, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can identify the optimal configuration settings to maximize throughput for end-to-end wireless communication over multiple hops.
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- 2009
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- WFE0000176, uwf:60798
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- Document (PDF)
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- A LIGHT IN THE DARK: ILLUMINATING THE MARITIME PAST OF THE BLACKWATER RIVER.
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- Wells, Benjamin Charles
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With its headwaters in Alabama and terminus in Blackwater Bay, the Blackwater River is the major river of Santa Rosa County, Florida. For centuries this river has played an integral role in the development of northwest Florida as the primary avenue for transporting resources, goods, and people in and out of the interior of this area. In 2013 the Bagdad Waterfronts Florida Partnership, Inc., contacted Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) Northwest Region office seeking assistance in...
Show moreWith its headwaters in Alabama and terminus in Blackwater Bay, the Blackwater River is the major river of Santa Rosa County, Florida. For centuries this river has played an integral role in the development of northwest Florida as the primary avenue for transporting resources, goods, and people in and out of the interior of this area. In 2013 the Bagdad Waterfronts Florida Partnership, Inc., contacted Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) Northwest Region office seeking assistance in developing a heritage outreach program distinct to and representative of the local waterfront communities. Utilizing maritime landscape theory, a maritime heritage trail was envisioned to present the river's cultural resources, both on land and underwater. The focus of this master's thesis research, the Blackwater Maritime Heritage Trail encompasses a 4.1 mile (6.60 km, 3.56 nm) stretch of the river, promotes local heritage, and lays a framework for future trail development and expansion.
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- 2016
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- WFE0000537, uwf:61237
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- Document (PDF)
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- A MACRO- AND MICROSCOPIC ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF LIVING CONDITIONS ABOARD THE EMANUEL POINT WRECKS.
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- Shidner, Jacob Daniel
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In 1559 an effort was made to establish a colony in what is now Pensacola, Florida. Led by Don Tristan de Luna, the expedition met with an untimely fate and many of the vessels were lost in Pensacola Bay. The first of what are known as the Emanuel Point Shipwrecks was discovered and excavated in the mid 1990s. The second was located in 2006 and excavations are ongoing. In an effort to examine the shortcomings of current underwater archaeological methodology, sediment samples were collected...
Show moreIn 1559 an effort was made to establish a colony in what is now Pensacola, Florida. Led by Don Tristan de Luna, the expedition met with an untimely fate and many of the vessels were lost in Pensacola Bay. The first of what are known as the Emanuel Point Shipwrecks was discovered and excavated in the mid 1990s. The second was located in 2006 and excavations are ongoing. In an effort to examine the shortcomings of current underwater archaeological methodology, sediment samples were collected from various locations during the excavation of the second Emanuel Point ship. Examined exclusively through the use of a microscope, these samples led to a largely un-analyzed data set within maritime archaeology: insects. Combined with other macro-and microscopic zooarchaeological material from both Emanuel Point ships, this data led to an examination of the living conditions aboard the two vessels, and the impact that various animals had on the daily life of the sailors and passengers in the sixteenth-century.
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- 2011
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- WFE0000288, uwf:60972
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- Document (PDF)
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- A NEW QUICKENING SHALL SUCCEED: MULTIPLICITY AND REVOLUTION IN THE PRELUDE.
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- Carroll, Anna Jane
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This project explores the ways in which William Wordsworth's The Prelude (1805) constructs a discourse in verse that challenges the conventional discourse of society. By countering this institutionalization of mankind, the poem creates a space for thought that resists the limitations of established configurations of the subject and the social body. My reading begins with an investigation of history as a discourse that produces socio-political subjection by envisioning revolution through...
Show moreThis project explores the ways in which William Wordsworth's The Prelude (1805) constructs a discourse in verse that challenges the conventional discourse of society. By countering this institutionalization of mankind, the poem creates a space for thought that resists the limitations of established configurations of the subject and the social body. My reading begins with an investigation of history as a discourse that produces socio-political subjection by envisioning revolution through existing, tyrannical terms. This reading then focuses on The Prelude's verse and its theorization of the social body as a multiplicity that resists systematic terms. I read the poem's treatments of London in Books VII and VIII as evidence of shift in the poet figure's relationship to the social body. The seminal point of this shift is the Arab Dream passage of Book V, which marks an apocalyptic overwhelming of the poet's consciousness and a critique of the poet's investment in social convention as the discourse through which he knows himself and his role within society. The poet figure of The Prelude only lays claim to a revolutionary discourse once he recognizes the creative potential of multiplicity and recognizes social convention as an impediment to thought and social relationships.
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- 2010
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- WFE0000199, uwf:60863
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- Document (PDF)
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- A NOVEL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC METHOD TO DETECT A BIOMARKER FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT DUE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
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- Beach, Jameson Douglas
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A novel electroencephalographic (EEG) method was developed in order to detect a biomarker in a group of individuals with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (MCI-AD). Six MCI-AD patients and eight healthy controls participated in the study. A power law model was used to predict the amplitude of the flash visual evoked potential-P2 (FVEP-P2) electrophysiological responses at five different intensities of light which were delivered via a stroboscopic lamp. Though the MCI-AD...
Show moreA novel electroencephalographic (EEG) method was developed in order to detect a biomarker in a group of individuals with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (MCI-AD). Six MCI-AD patients and eight healthy controls participated in the study. A power law model was used to predict the amplitude of the flash visual evoked potential-P2 (FVEP-P2) electrophysiological responses at five different intensities of light which were delivered via a stroboscopic lamp. Though the MCI-AD group exhibited FVEP-P2 latencies that were longer than those of age-matched controls, results of the study indicate that the power law model did not adequately distinguish MCI-AD participants from controls.
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- 2012
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- WFE0000350, uwf:61031
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- Document (PDF)
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- A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF GRANDMOTHERS WHEN A GRANDCHILD IS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
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- Lohr, Donna Maria Richards
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The lived experiences of grandmothers who have grandchildren diagnosed with cancer are explored in this qualitative research study. Four women participated in this comparative case study by sharing their stories to provide a holistic view and insight into the real life setting of childhood cancer. The theoretical perspective of phenomenology guided this study as a basis for understanding the lebenswelt (life-world) of grandmothers and the social reality of the lived experiences when a...
Show moreThe lived experiences of grandmothers who have grandchildren diagnosed with cancer are explored in this qualitative research study. Four women participated in this comparative case study by sharing their stories to provide a holistic view and insight into the real life setting of childhood cancer. The theoretical perspective of phenomenology guided this study as a basis for understanding the lebenswelt (life-world) of grandmothers and the social reality of the lived experiences when a grandchild is diagnosed with cancer (Schutz & Luckmann, 1973). The once taken-for-granted world, the world of the familiar, no longer exists when a child is diagnosed with cancer. Using the hermeneutic circle as a driving force and metaphor, I pieced together the meaning of the lived experiences of childhood cancer for these grandmothers. I built a collective conscious framework in order to understand the shared meanings of grandmothers as caregivers through naturalistic inquiry into the life-world when their grandchild is diagnosed with cancer. I also built a lived experiences model which illustrates the common themes among grandmothers who have grandchildren diagnosed with cancer. The collective conscious framework and lived experiences model allow me to illuminate and make sense of the lived experiences of these grandmothers.
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- 2010
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- WFE0000229, uwf:60915
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- Document (PDF)
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- A POETICS OF FUTURITY: J.M. COETZEE'S WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS AND THE IMPERIAL UNCONSCIOUS.
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- Lehman, Michael David
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This thesis explores an alternative to the historical narrative of Empire and seeks to find an alternative form of production that is able to exist outside the confines of Empire. While it would seem that this alternative form of production would emerge from outside the Empire, this thesis purports that a subaltern subjectivity arises from the very colonial conditions it wishes to escape. In J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians, the postcolonial subject emerges from the imperial...
Show moreThis thesis explores an alternative to the historical narrative of Empire and seeks to find an alternative form of production that is able to exist outside the confines of Empire. While it would seem that this alternative form of production would emerge from outside the Empire, this thesis purports that a subaltern subjectivity arises from the very colonial conditions it wishes to escape. In J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians, the postcolonial subject emerges from the imperial unconscious. Rather than looking at the manifest narrative of the text, this project investigates the unconscious content that is able to escape historical foreclosure. By presenting disfigured and unformed images in the protagonist's dreams, Coetzee's text displays a postcolonial subject that continually re-forms from a postcolonial poetics which is a symptom of the very material conditions that threaten to prevent its emergence.
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- 2014
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- WFE0000446, uwf:61140
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- Document (PDF)
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- A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND SPORT-RELATED MORALITY.
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- Ngamake, Sakkaphat Thaveesri
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Numerous studies have demonstrated that mental toughness, as one of the critical factors for elite performance in sport, is positively associated with psychological characteristics such as optimism and coping skills; however, its relationship with sport-related morality is unknown. The present study aimed to examine this relationship, as well as the roles of mental toughness in elucidating how various psychological constructs predict aggressive behaviors. Results from 130 participants who had...
Show moreNumerous studies have demonstrated that mental toughness, as one of the critical factors for elite performance in sport, is positively associated with psychological characteristics such as optimism and coping skills; however, its relationship with sport-related morality is unknown. The present study aimed to examine this relationship, as well as the roles of mental toughness in elucidating how various psychological constructs predict aggressive behaviors. Results from 130 participants who had experiences in competitive sports during high school and college indicated that, overall, mental toughness was negatively correlated with acceptance of cheating behaviors, anger, and aggressiveness in sporting competition. Furthermore, confidence, as one dimension of mental toughness, was found to strengthen the relationship between acceptance of gamesmanship behaviors and aggressiveness, suggesting a moderating effect. Implications for training young athletes and recommendations for future studies were provided.
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- 2011
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- WFE0000292, uwf:60968
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- Document (PDF)
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- A RIVER IN NAME ONLY: ASSESSING SUBMERGED HISTORIC RESOURCES IN KENTUCKY LAKE.
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- Goldhamer, Tiffany Leda
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The Tennessee River Valley has a long and storied history, but by the 1930's, the region was poverty stricken and its nutrients depleted. The federal government created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to renew the region. The TVA constructed several dams along the Tennessee River. During these projects, archaeologists surveyed the land noting sites they deemed significant. This survey is sadly lacking by today's standards, as little to no historic sites were recorded. This project...
Show moreThe Tennessee River Valley has a long and storied history, but by the 1930's, the region was poverty stricken and its nutrients depleted. The federal government created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to renew the region. The TVA constructed several dams along the Tennessee River. During these projects, archaeologists surveyed the land noting sites they deemed significant. This survey is sadly lacking by today's standards, as little to no historic sites were recorded. This project utilized the remote sensing technology of side scan sonar and magnetometer equipment to survey portions of Kentucky Lake in an effort to locate, assess, and identify submerged historic resources. The results include the foundations of historic structures and the potential for more discoveries. This information combined with oral history helped to recreate elements of the historic landscape of the western portion of the Tennessee River Valley.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2012
- Identifier
- WFE0000302, uwf:60985
- Format
- Document (PDF)