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Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

Creator:: Loikkanen, Teppo T. J.
Abstract:: Under what circumstances and in what ways can public participation be utilized in managing Finland's national forests? In the first chapter, a framework for answering this question is set by analyzing Finnish legal, cultural, historical and political background. The frame defines the Finnish Forest and Park Service's (FPS) decision making...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

Creator:: Hansen, Tobin M.
Abstract:: What historical and political reality is reflected in the novels Gringo viejo and La frontera de cristal? What is revealed when the characters, plot, and setting of the novels are analyzed against research of the context of U.S.-Mexico relations? We begin to explore these questions by studying three periods crucial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: instrumental in bringing this project to fruition. A thank you to Scott Hansen and Karina Farías-Mendoza for

Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

Creator:: Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
Abstract:: This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

Creator:: Papaleo, November R.
Abstract:: MySpace is a social network phenomenon with over 100 million profiles and a strong presence in over 24 countries. As digital media become more commonplace, social networks are becoming sites where women create and manage relationships and identities. This thesis is a study of how women ages 18-22 are constructing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

Creator:: Martin, Nicole R.
Abstract:: The present study examined involuntary attentional bias toward facial emotion expression. Particularly, the study examined two different attentional components for emotional processing, namely, orienting vs. disengagement. A cueing paradigm using two cue presentation times (250ms and 350ms) was used to determine if attention would be involuntarily captured by an irrelevant...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Russo, & Dutton, 2002; Holmes, Bradley, Nielsen, & Mogg, 2009). However, within the emotional facial

An electrophysiological study of emotional perception in a dual-task paradigm

Creator:: Shaw, Kathleen Elizabeth
Abstract:: The present study examined whether emotion perception requires central attentional resources. A dual-task paradigm was used to examine whether people can direct their attention to a face expressing a target emotion, even while they are still selecting a response to another task. Task-1 required an auditory discrimination while for Task-2,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

Creator:: Dwyer, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An Investigation of Age-Related Differences in Value-Driven Attentional Capture

Creator:: Naylor, Jamie
Abstract:: Previous research on age-related differences in attentional capture has indicated that older adults are more susceptible to distraction than younger adults and this has been interpreted as a reduced capacity to inhibit distraction in late life. Recently, however, there have been discrepancies in the literature about in what circumstances older...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: adults. Samanez-Larkin, Gibbs, Khanna, Nielsen, Carstensen, and Knutson (2007) observed neural activity

Inspiring End-user Programming Through Exposure to Multi-platform Computing and Improved Integrated Development Environments

Creator:: Beardsley, Dedrie
Abstract:: The art of software engineering inherently requires high-level problem solving and perseverance, as programmers and designers wrestle with complex design and implementation challenges in the process of turning loose concepts and ideas into working code. In the current developer ecosystem, engineers are commonly incentivized extrinsically by monetary rewards, approval or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Catching up with a WAVE : a multiscalar anthropological study of the Navy's women in blue of World War II

Creator:: Federico, Julie
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to educate adults and later generations on the experience of women of the Navy who worked behind the scenes in World War II and helped win the war. The efforts and experiences of these pioneering women will be lost at a rate of 1,700...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: established theories (Nielsen 1990); and to examine and challenge 15 linguistic deceptions that might

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Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

An electrophysiological study of emotional perception in a dual-task paradigm

A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

An Investigation of Age-Related Differences in Value-Driven Attentional Capture

Inspiring End-user Programming Through Exposure to Multi-platform Computing and Improved Integrated Development Environments

Catching up with a WAVE : a multiscalar anthropological study of the Navy's women in blue of World War II

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