Modern technology has provided many new opportunities in medicine, one of which is improved learning through simulation. One of the newest incarnations of robotic simulation dolls is the Victoria S2200 produced by Gaumard scientific company. With the recent surge of technological advancement in simulation dolls there has been little research...
The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a
self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational
environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both
hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and
system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational...
Scholars promote the ability of visual imagery to have a number of political campaigning benefits such as influencing opinions and attitudes and encouraging vibrant, striving democracy while improving the quality of public knowledge and opinion. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify how presidential candidates display their...
This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
The effects of rise-time and frequency on the auditory brainstem
response were studied in six normal hearing adults. Stimuli were
high-frequency gated tone-bursts with center frequencies of 8, 10,
12, and 14 kilohertz (kHz). Examined rise-times were .1, .25, .5,
and 1.0 milliseconds (msec). Duration was maintained at 2 msec....
Approximately $1 billion a year is spent on salmon in the Pacific
Northwest. Spending has escalated, yet the number of wild runs
placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act has
increased, creating social and political controversy. For more than 100
years, salmon management in the Pacific Northwest has...
The frame of reference for understanding the
rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the
identification and explication of the diversity of theories
which encompass sociological and anthropological
definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this
thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and
environmental determinism, materialism, historical
ethnology and reductionism...
Senator Al Gore Jr. was elected Vice-President of the United States
on November 3, 1992. During many of his public speeches, Gore utilized
a speaking style that differed radically from the style he used in other
political campaigns of his life. This style, which will be called the "rhetoric
of...
This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
The Oregon Employment Division (ES) and Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) funded agencies frequently provide
employment and training services to the same populations,
resulting in increased demands to coordinate the two systems
efforts and avoid duplications of service.
This study examined coordination between local ES
offices and JTPA agencies in...