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  • Science Through the Lens of Art

    Creator:
    Garton, Elizabeth
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    There is a connection between science and art. This study is specifically looking at the connection between soil science, art, and biochemistry. The traditional display of research in the sciences is in a written form such as a manuscript or journal article. To challenge this traditional presentation of scientific knowledge...
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    department, specifically my advisers, Jay Noller, Michael Boonstra, Phil McFadden, and my graduate

  • Search engine for a book library section, Word/phrase search engine for a section of the Philosophy department library

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    Ramachandran, Shalini
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    'Search engine for a book library section' was developed for the Philosophy department. This Search Engine is a user interface application used for the purpose of searching for words or phrases as the need may be from a directory of books in a section of the Philosophy department library. The...
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    word, the message, 'O matches found in file' is displayed. Steps that are to be followed for using

  • Team Bella : reimagining character portrayals and engaging with social constructions of power in Twilight fanfiction

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    Rost, Coral
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    Online fanfiction communities have received attention for providing spaces of creativity and individual empowerment. Yet as critics have sought to establish fanfiction as a worthy object of study, many have not grappled with the ways that fanfictions not only trouble, but also reinforce various discourses and ideas of gender and...
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  • Aspiration

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    Abbott, Michelle N.
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    This thesis consists of a collection of personal essays with interconnecting themes. The title, Aspiration, suggests a desire for high achievement and also reflects the metaphor of breathing, which serves to tie the collection together. Breathing is a physiological function that is subject to both voluntary and involuntary control, and...
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    , representing Human Performance Chair of Department of English Dean o' )L'h' Graduate School I understand

  • Intersections of Buddhist Philosophy and Psychological Science: An Exploration of Common and Differential Effects of Meditation

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    Braun, Victoria A.
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    Interweaving perspectives from both social cognitive psychology and Tibetan Buddhism, the present study examined common and differential effects of two styles of meditation: Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) and mindfulness meditation (MM). Psychological theories of construct accessibility postulate that cognitive constructs activated frequently are more readily available for processing stimuli. Researchers in...
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    ……………………………………………………………………….31 Measures………………………………………………………………………....39 Lexical Decision Task……………………………………………..……..39

  • Sweatlodge participation among Nez Perce women

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    Carman, Carol J.
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    This research was undertaken to examine the symbolism surrounding the sweatlodge and how it pertained to women in Native American cultures. After an extensive literature search I determined that there was little or no information concerning the use of the sweatlodge by women. The goal of the research was an...
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    . Poem in honor of Sweatlodge by poet Phil George, Nez Perce. 112 Figure 28. Brief statement of

  • A Pentadic Analysis of Tropico : Dramatism and Digital Games

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    Shields, Matthew J.
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    How do digital games convey meaning? Academic studies of video games seem concerned with creating discipline-specific new methodologies for examining the medium. From the standpoint of the rhetorical critic, however, new forms of communication can still be examined with traditional techniques. This paper analyzes the 2001 video game Tropico using...
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  • An Assessment and Comparison of Resources and Services Available in Men's and Women's State Prison Libraries

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    Glenn, Judith A.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in the resources and library services in men's and women's state prison facility libraries, and to determine to what extent the librarians who administer services to inmates in prisons believe the resources available are adequate in giving...
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    36 Legal Materials and Services 39 Case Law Material 3 9 Assistance with Legal Materials 3 9 Legal

  • Loving-Kindness Meditation and Prosocial Construct Activation

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    Falkenstein, Angelica R.
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    Both Buddhist and psychological theory postulate that present actions will influence future perceptions, judgments, and behaviors in a concordant manner. While Buddhists explain these effects in the context of karmic theory, psychologists consider these effects of construct activation and chronic construct accessibility. The present study sought to apply social psychological...
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    described in the Anguttara Nikaya, “No other thing do I know, O monks…For one who attends properly to

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

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    Shaw, Kathleen Elizabeth
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    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,...
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    for their advice and open doors. The author also acknowledges Drs. Phil Allen and Eric Ruthruff for