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Title: An investigation of the effect of gender, cognitive level, and attitude of seventh-grade science students on an identification of key variables task using an expert system.
Creator: Schmidt, Diane., Florida Atlantic University, Voss, Stephen
Abstract/Description: Problem. The study was designed to investigate the relationship of gender, cognitive level, and attitude with mastery of weather vocabulary and concepts, development of weather prediction skills and concepts, frequency of variables manipulated per trial using an expert system, and difference in attitude (pre and post treatment). These variables represent factors which may have importance in science instruction. Procedures. The sample included 83 7th grade students enrolled in general science...
Show moreProblem. The study was designed to investigate the relationship of gender, cognitive level, and attitude with mastery of weather vocabulary and concepts, development of weather prediction skills and concepts, frequency of variables manipulated per trial using an expert system, and difference in attitude (pre and post treatment). These variables represent factors which may have importance in science instruction. Procedures. The sample included 83 7th grade students enrolled in general science courses in a private school in an urban area. Assessment instruments included Test of Logical Thinking, Student Appraisal Inventory, Textbook Test, Prediction Test, and frequency of variables manipulated per trial while using the expert system, Weather Prediction. A record of grouping preferences while using the expert system and an opinion survey were employed. Findings and conclusions. (1) None of the independent variables (gender, cognitive level, or attitude) had a statistically significant correlation with the variables under study. (2) The analysis of variance produced no statistically significant relationship for mastery of weather vocabulary and concepts or mastery of weather prediction skills and concepts with the independent variables. Nor was there a significant relationship between difference in attitude and gender or cognitive level. (3) For this small sample, the interaction of gender, cognitive level and attitude did seem to have an effect on frequency of variables manipulated. High cognitive level females with low attitudes were the most methodical and low cognitive level males with high attitudes were the most random in their approach. This was a weak conclusion based on some unequal and small cell sizes. (4) An expert system computer program was found to be a useful tool in studying student manipulation of variables. Recommendations. (1) Recommendations for further study include: investigation into: (a) the effect of student practice on multivariate problems, (b) the effect of personality factors on student manipulation of variables, (c) the order and direction of change of frequency of variables manipulated by students, (d) the frequency of variables manipulated per trial by a larger number of subjects or different aged subjects. (2) Recommendations for curriculum planning, classroom management using computer programs, and for computer program development are also included.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12275
Subject Headings: Science--Computer-assisted instruction, Science--Study and teaching--Data processing
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Title: ETHANOL PREFERENCE IN ADULT RATS CAN BE PREDICTED IN INFANCY BY MEANS OF PREFERENCE AND ANESTHESIA TESTS.
Creator: MOORMAN, DIANE KACHELE, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Infant rats display differences in duration of anesthesia in response to an hypnotic dose of ethanol. These differences are predictive of the adult rat's preference for ethanol. Infants as young as 4 days of age that display short duration of ethanol anesthsia display marked preference for ethanol when tested as adults. Infants that display long duration of anesthesia, conversely, exhibit a marked lack of preference. Additionally, infant ethanol ingestion correlates highly with adult ethanol...
Show moreInfant rats display differences in duration of anesthesia in response to an hypnotic dose of ethanol. These differences are predictive of the adult rat's preference for ethanol. Infants as young as 4 days of age that display short duration of ethanol anesthsia display marked preference for ethanol when tested as adults. Infants that display long duration of anesthesia, conversely, exhibit a marked lack of preference. Additionally, infant ethanol ingestion correlates highly with adult ethanol ingestion. These findings demonstrate that adult differences in susceptibility to experimental alcoholism can be determined in infancy.
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Date Issued: 1987
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14373
Subject Headings: Alcohol--Physiological effect, Animal experimentation
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Title: Highwire's characterization and signaling roles in Drosophila central synapse formation.
Creator: Rowland, Kimberly Diane., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: The assembly and maintenance of central synapses is a complex process, requiring myriad genes and their products. Highwire is a large gene containing a RING domain, characteristic of ubiquitin E3 ligases. Highwire has been shown to restrain axon growth and control synaptogenesis at a peripheral synapse. Here I examine the roles of Highwire at a central synapse in the adult Drosophila Giant Fiber System (GFS). Highwire is indeed necessary for proper axonal growth as well as synaptic...
Show moreThe assembly and maintenance of central synapses is a complex process, requiring myriad genes and their products. Highwire is a large gene containing a RING domain, characteristic of ubiquitin E3 ligases. Highwire has been shown to restrain axon growth and control synaptogenesis at a peripheral synapse. Here I examine the roles of Highwire at a central synapse in the adult Drosophila Giant Fiber System (GFS). Highwire is indeed necessary for proper axonal growth as well as synaptic transmission in the GFS. Differences arise between the central synapse and the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), where highwire was initially characterized : expresion from the postsynaptic cell can rescue highwire synaptic defects, which is not seen at the NMJ. In addition, a MAP kinase signaling pathway regulated by highwire at the NMJ has differing roles at a central synapse. Wallenda MAPK can rescue not only the highwire anatomical phenotype but also the defects seen in transmission. Another distinction is seen here : loss of function basket and Dfos enhance the highwire anatomical phenotype while expression of dominant negative basket and Dfos suppress the highwire phenotype. As a result we have compared the signaling pathway in flies and worms and found that the NMJ in the two organisms use a parallel pathway while the central synapse uses a distinct pathway.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3352826
Subject Headings: Cellular control mechanisms, Cellular signal transduction, Cell differentiation, Gene expression, Genetic transcription, Transcription factors, Drosophila melanogaster, Cytogenetics
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Title: "The Battle of Maldon": Evidence of the move away from epic heroism.
Creator: Baird, Diane Stetson, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The Battle of Maldon is a poem of change, a pivot point in the English literary tradition. It lies between Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both in time and in intent. The Maldon poet created finely interrelated philosophic and social commentary in his poem, playing the epic hero against the newer Christian martyr. He used both characterizations to create a picture of Byrhtnoth as a political martyr. With some understanding of the historical and religious perspectives of tenth...
Show moreThe Battle of Maldon is a poem of change, a pivot point in the English literary tradition. It lies between Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both in time and in intent. The Maldon poet created finely interrelated philosophic and social commentary in his poem, playing the epic hero against the newer Christian martyr. He used both characterizations to create a picture of Byrhtnoth as a political martyr. With some understanding of the historical and religious perspectives of tenth century England, it is possible to begin to appreciate The Battle of Maldon and to understand its pivotal role in artistic evolution. The poet integrated disparate ideas to produce an Anglo-Saxon work of surprising complexity that has survived for one thousand years.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14779
Subject Headings: Literature, Medieval, Literature, English
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Title: Postnatal development of brainstem gustatory pathways: Development of protein P-38 immunoreactivity and myelination of chorda tympani axons.
Creator: Kachele, Diane L., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Previous studies conducted in this lab have shown that morphological changes occur in postsynaptic elements of brainstem gustatory relays during rat's postnatal life. Dendritic length and mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activity increase in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) and in the caudal parabrachial nucleus (PBN). These increases are well-related to certain aspects of neurophysiological development in the NST and PBN. Other factors are known to contribute to the...
Show morePrevious studies conducted in this lab have shown that morphological changes occur in postsynaptic elements of brainstem gustatory relays during rat's postnatal life. Dendritic length and mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activity increase in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) and in the caudal parabrachial nucleus (PBN). These increases are well-related to certain aspects of neurophysiological development in the NST and PBN. Other factors are known to contribute to the development of neurophysiological responses, such as synapse formation and myelination of axons. The present study examined developmental increases in protein P-38 immunoreactivity. Protein P-38 ("Synaptophysin") is a specific integral membrane protein found in small, clear synaptic vesicles. In addition, the time-course for myelination of central chorda tympani (CT) axons was investigated. Results demonstrate that P-38 immunoreactivity increases in the NST and PBN in a temporally-sequential manner during postnatal development. Reliable increases in P-38 immunoreactivity are observed between postnatal days 1 and 10 (P1-P10) in the rostral NST, whereas density of reaction products in the PBN increases from P11-P31. The time-course for myelination of chorda tympani (CT) axons within the medulla does not differ from the time-course for myelination of CT axons in the periphery. These studies confirm that both pre- and postsynaptic constituents of brainstem gustatory relays develop in a temporally-sequential manner. Relationships between these neurological changes and the ontogeny of adult-like taste-guided responses are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11932
Subject Headings: Psychology, Psychobiology
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Title: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF RICHARD WRIGHT.
Creator: FETTROW, DIANE S. DIRINGER., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
Abstract/Description: A common experience for the Black American was to migrate from the rural South to the urban South to the industrialized North in search of greater freedom and opportunity. Richard Wright in both his life and his writing, exemplified this social transformation. He utilized many forms of writing including novels, short stories, poetry and journalism to depict the influence of each milieu on the Black man’s life. He saw his writing as a way to attack the American conscience, hoping that Blacks...
Show moreA common experience for the Black American was to migrate from the rural South to the urban South to the industrialized North in search of greater freedom and opportunity. Richard Wright in both his life and his writing, exemplified this social transformation. He utilized many forms of writing including novels, short stories, poetry and journalism to depict the influence of each milieu on the Black man’s life. He saw his writing as a way to attack the American conscience, hoping that Blacks as well as Whites would realize the stifling effect of a racist environment. A wide range of experiences and an extensive background in historical, sociological and philosophical readings enabled him to be a spokesman for his race concerning the Black men’s quest for a meaningful life in America.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13825
Subject Headings: Wright, Richard,--1908-1960.
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Title: Characterization of normal mitochondrial inheritance in C. elegans and a reverse genetic approach to identify possible genes involved.
Creator: Wilson, Amber Diane, Florida Atlantic University, LaMunyon, Craig W.
Abstract/Description: Mitochondria are inherited uniparentally in almost all eukaryotic models studied to date. The fathers mitochondria are eliminated and there have been several hypothesis as to how this occurs. One hypothesis is that the sperm mitochondria are actively targeted and destroyed. Ubiquitin has been proposed a possible candidate involved in this process. My research investigated the normal mitochondrial inheritance pattern in C. elegans. I also examined the possible role of the C34F11.1 gene in...
Show moreMitochondria are inherited uniparentally in almost all eukaryotic models studied to date. The fathers mitochondria are eliminated and there have been several hypothesis as to how this occurs. One hypothesis is that the sperm mitochondria are actively targeted and destroyed. Ubiquitin has been proposed a possible candidate involved in this process. My research investigated the normal mitochondrial inheritance pattern in C. elegans. I also examined the possible role of the C34F11.1 gene in mitochondrial inheritance. This gene is sperm-specific and has ubiquitin-ligase properties. It was determined that the normal mitochondrial inheritance pattern in C. elegans is maternal and that the sperm mitochondria are eliminated. It was also concluded that the C34F11.1 gene does not have a role in normal mitochondrial inheritance.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13049
Subject Headings: Caenorhabditis elegans, Mitochondrial DNA
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Title: BEYOND SANITY AND INSANITY IN TWO NOVELS BY WILLIAM FAULKNER.
Creator: RICHARD, DIANE LYNN., Florida Atlantic University, Rice, Julian
Abstract/Description: In the reading of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, the reader's preconceived ideas about sanity and insanity change through identification with each character. Both novels are told from multiple points of view. The reader's transition from one section of the novel into the next reflects crossing a threshold beyond which definitions of sanity must be reformulated. This creative process, mimetic of the writer-text relationship, leads to acceptance of all states of...
Show moreIn the reading of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, the reader's preconceived ideas about sanity and insanity change through identification with each character. Both novels are told from multiple points of view. The reader's transition from one section of the novel into the next reflects crossing a threshold beyond which definitions of sanity must be reformulated. This creative process, mimetic of the writer-text relationship, leads to acceptance of all states of consciousness, which are represented by sections of the novel, as part of the whole. Insanity becomes the fragmen t ation between each section, or state of consciousness, and the whole. This fragmentation appears in characters as hate, despair, and rage. Sanity emerges as wholeness and integration, represented in the novel and actualized in the reader as acceptance and love.
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Date Issued: 1983
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14158
Subject Headings: Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Sound and the fury, Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--As I lay dying, Mental illness in literature
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Title: Monsters of their own making: Shelley's Frankenstein and Spark's Jean Brodie.
Creator: Lombardo, Diane Marie., Florida Atlantic University, McGuirk, Carol
Abstract/Description: Two British women writers, Mary Shelley and Muriel Spark, express a curiously similar vision in their novels, creating characters whose solipsistic view of the world finally makes them monsters. Solipsism is the assertion that the self is the only reality that can be known and verified; a doppelganger is a mirror-self or double of the protagonist. The narrative structure and viewpoints in both Frankenstein and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie rely on these two concepts. Victor Frankenstein...
Show moreTwo British women writers, Mary Shelley and Muriel Spark, express a curiously similar vision in their novels, creating characters whose solipsistic view of the world finally makes them monsters. Solipsism is the assertion that the self is the only reality that can be known and verified; a doppelganger is a mirror-self or double of the protagonist. The narrative structure and viewpoints in both Frankenstein and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie rely on these two concepts. Victor Frankenstein journeys through solipsism by first creating his monster from necrotic material--dead "selves." Jean Brodie's solipsistic response to her world is to re-"create" and manipulate her student Sandy Stranger as an extension of herself. Both Frankenstein and Jean Brodie experience a paradox of identity, forming but then conflicting with other characters who become their doppelgangers. In both novels, doppelgangers become "harbingers of death" rather than instruments of insight. Both Shelley and Spark demonstrate that a self-centered perspective leads to destructive isolation and alienation from others.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15188
Subject Headings: Spark, Muriel--Criticism and interpretation, Spark, Muriel--Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851--Criticism and interpretation, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851--Frankenstein
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Title: Hugh Price Hughes: Late Victorian nonconformity and the Kingdom of God.
Creator: Grosso, Diane Lee., Florida Atlantic University, Frazer, Heather
Abstract/Description: Hugh Price Hughes was a Welsh Methodist minister who revolutionized Victorian Methodism through his "Forward Movement" and the West London Mission. He was important because he helped to modernize and socialize Nonconformity and brought the forces of holiness to bear on the political process by encouraging an activist faith. The use of The Methodist Times and his sermons demonstrate his message that Christianity and power politics were compatible. However, there were inconsistencies in his...
Show moreHugh Price Hughes was a Welsh Methodist minister who revolutionized Victorian Methodism through his "Forward Movement" and the West London Mission. He was important because he helped to modernize and socialize Nonconformity and brought the forces of holiness to bear on the political process by encouraging an activist faith. The use of The Methodist Times and his sermons demonstrate his message that Christianity and power politics were compatible. However, there were inconsistencies in his vision, as he tried to combine socialism and "liberal imperialism," duty and political activism. Evaluations of his sermons reveal his extreme idealism which was fast becoming problematic by the late Victorian, early Edwardian period. Hughes epitomized the transitional nature of his time and place. Despite his noble effort to modernize Christian belief, his vision of a Christian world order was politically paternalistic and out of touch with burgeoning democracy.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13172
Subject Headings: Church history--19th century., Dissenters, Religious--England., Hughes, Hugh Price,--1847-1902., Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century., Religion in literature., Socialism, Christian--Great Britain--History.
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Title: Sally Potter: A filmmaker's use of deconstruction in film.
Creator: Honour, Diane Susan., Florida Atlantic University, Freedman, Eric M.
Abstract/Description: Hollywood films have a great impact on many countries in the world. Fictional cinema tends to predominantly follow a particular form of narrative which is used beyond the United States. British film tends to use this format but there are filmmakers who prefer to take an alternative route to creating film. Theoretical systems of postmodernism and poststructuralism, and textual analysis, reveal that the body of films by Sally Potter: Thriller, The Gold Diggers, The-London Story, Orlando and The...
Show moreHollywood films have a great impact on many countries in the world. Fictional cinema tends to predominantly follow a particular form of narrative which is used beyond the United States. British film tends to use this format but there are filmmakers who prefer to take an alternative route to creating film. Theoretical systems of postmodernism and poststructuralism, and textual analysis, reveal that the body of films by Sally Potter: Thriller, The Gold Diggers, The-London Story, Orlando and The Tango Lesson demonstrate deconstruction to varying degrees. Analysis indicates that Potter's deconstructive films speak from different perspectives, draw attention to stereotypical representations in cinema, expose binary oppositions, comment on the nature of film, and address issues that might be ignored in dominant film. The analysis explores the roots of her deconstructive tendency, examining national and artistic angles.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12683
Subject Headings: Potter, Sally--Criticism and interpretation, Deconstruction
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Title: The mythic quest for selfhood in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved".
Creator: Golden, Diane M., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
Abstract/Description: Toni Morrison's purpose in her novels is to encourage her readers to imitate her heroes' journey in their own lives. Through her protagonists' successes and failures on their monomythic quests (to use the term of Joseph Campbell), Morrison educates her readers. Campbell states that a successful hero must complete three phases: separation, initiation, and return. In The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove's poor choices cause failure; she stays in the separation phase. Milkman Dead from Song of...
Show moreToni Morrison's purpose in her novels is to encourage her readers to imitate her heroes' journey in their own lives. Through her protagonists' successes and failures on their monomythic quests (to use the term of Joseph Campbell), Morrison educates her readers. Campbell states that a successful hero must complete three phases: separation, initiation, and return. In The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove's poor choices cause failure; she stays in the separation phase. Milkman Dead from Song of Solomon reaches the initiation stage but fails to return with his boon. Denver of Beloved is the only successful heroine; she returns to the world with a treasure, providing Morrison's readers with a fully heroic model.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15053
Subject Headings: Morrison, Toni--Criticism and interpretation., African Americans in literature., Morrison, Toni.--Bluest eye., Morrison, Toni.--Song of Solomon., Morrison, Toni.--Beloved.
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Title: FROST'S FLOWERS. (ROBERT FROST).
Creator: CONFORTI, DIANE LYNNE., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
Abstract/Description: This thesis, a study of approximately eighty Robert Frost poems in which the word flower or a specific flower appears, attempts to correlate botanical information with poetic technique. The thesis progresses along the lines of complexity and accumulation, dividing the poems into three interlocking groups based upon the flower's use. In the first stage, the flower is simply an emotional projection of the speaker. In the second more developed stage, the flower is a persona in the poem,...
Show moreThis thesis, a study of approximately eighty Robert Frost poems in which the word flower or a specific flower appears, attempts to correlate botanical information with poetic technique. The thesis progresses along the lines of complexity and accumulation, dividing the poems into three interlocking groups based upon the flower's use. In the first stage, the flower is simply an emotional projection of the speaker. In the second more developed stage, the flower is a persona in the poem, exhibiting a force of its own which impels the speaker toward union with men. The flower, in the third and most complex stage blending the two previous characteristics, is both an emotional projection of the speaker's fears about survival and a persona of nature which teaches man about the futility of trying to subjugate or impede nature in her cyclical movement. In Frost, the flower is a positive symbol, usually serving as an intermediary or agent, which tends to be a means of union between man and nature, man and man, or man and himself.
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Date Issued: 1974
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13675
Subject Headings: Frost, Robert,--1874-1963--Criticism and interpretation, Flowers in literature
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Title: FRENCH AND GERMAN SOCIALIST ATTITUDES TOWARD WAR AND PEACE, 1870-1914.
Creator: CUERVO, DIANE., Florida Atlantic University, Derfler, Leslie
Abstract/Description: An examination of the attitudes of the French and German Socialists toward war and peace between 1870 and 1914 provides an understanding of the dilemma faced by Socialists in August, 1914. Discussed is Marx's position on the Franco- Prussian War, doctrinal and theoretical contradictions, and different anti-war strategies put forward by the French and German Socialist Parties. Rather than a simplistic response to innate patriotic sentiment, wide-spread Socialist support of the war-effort in...
Show moreAn examination of the attitudes of the French and German Socialists toward war and peace between 1870 and 1914 provides an understanding of the dilemma faced by Socialists in August, 1914. Discussed is Marx's position on the Franco- Prussian War, doctrinal and theoretical contradictions, and different anti-war strategies put forward by the French and German Socialist Parties. Rather than a simplistic response to innate patriotic sentiment, wide-spread Socialist support of the war-effort in 1914 emerged from revised (and more pacifist) Socialist interpretations of capitalism, shifting moods in the workers' anti-war movement, and changing economic conditions upon these moods and working class behavior.
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Date Issued: 1980
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14017
Subject Headings: Socialism--Germany--1870-1914, Socialism--France--1870-1914
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Title: Jane Austen's portrayal of marriage.
Creator: Manzelmann, Julie Diane., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
Abstract/Description: Marriage is the desired goal and ultimate destiny of Austen's heroines. Austen presents a pivotal couple in each novel, consisting of deeply moral, intelligent individuals who are capable of genuine selfless affection. The man and woman experience growth and maturation before the relationship culminates in matrimony. The featured couple of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and Darcy, embody all the essential characteristics of an extraordinary pair. Initial dislikes mask attraction, while self...
Show moreMarriage is the desired goal and ultimate destiny of Austen's heroines. Austen presents a pivotal couple in each novel, consisting of deeply moral, intelligent individuals who are capable of genuine selfless affection. The man and woman experience growth and maturation before the relationship culminates in matrimony. The featured couple of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and Darcy, embody all the essential characteristics of an extraordinary pair. Initial dislikes mask attraction, while self-awareness heightens as one learns more of the other. This evolvement is unparalleled in Pride and Prejudice. Representations of couples in this novel range from the very low (Lydia and Wickham) to the mundane (Charlotte and Mr. Collins) to the quite acceptable (Jane and Bingley). Each pair falls short of Elizabeth and Darcy in profoundness of feeling. Within the confines of society and the ranks of humanity in Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and Darcy are a "perfect match."
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Date Issued: 1988
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14481
Subject Headings: Austen, Jane,--1775-1817--Pride and prejudice
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Title: Emotion and the designed object.
Creator: Schade, Brittany Diane., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Abstract/Description: This thesis explores the expression of emotion through designed objects. Objects act as vehicles of memory in the same way language is the visible form of thought. In graphic design, the sensory qualities of an object provide a material surface on which information is communicated. The goal is to expose the autonomy of materials and form available to designers in the physical world while expressing emotional meaning beyond original form. By recasting the temporary fragments and observations...
Show moreThis thesis explores the expression of emotion through designed objects. Objects act as vehicles of memory in the same way language is the visible form of thought. In graphic design, the sensory qualities of an object provide a material surface on which information is communicated. The goal is to expose the autonomy of materials and form available to designers in the physical world while expressing emotional meaning beyond original form. By recasting the temporary fragments and observations of life into designed objects imbued with personal and cultural importance, the audience gains insight into others' personal and emotional experiences. Through our connections with the physical world, I investigate how form and the material qualities of designed objects can elicit an emotional response from the audience.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361060
Subject Headings: Emotions and cognition, Design, Psychological aspects, Industrial design, Psychological aspects, Human engineering
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Title: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN THE RED DESERT, SOUTH-CENTRAL WYOMING, UTILIZING DATA OBTAINED FROM THE WAMSUTTER BLOCK AREA SURVEY.
Creator: SILVIA, DIANE ELIZABETH., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research project is to determine if any correlation exists between ecological factors and the settlement patterns exhibited within Townships 18 and 19 North, Range 93 West, of the Wamsutter Block Area Survey, Carbon County, Wyoming. The Wamsutter project area, located in a region known as the Red Desert, lies mostly in the Great Divide Basin and extends slightly into the Washakie Basin of south-central Wyoming. The environmental effect on cultural adaptations may be...
Show moreThe purpose of this research project is to determine if any correlation exists between ecological factors and the settlement patterns exhibited within Townships 18 and 19 North, Range 93 West, of the Wamsutter Block Area Survey, Carbon County, Wyoming. The Wamsutter project area, located in a region known as the Red Desert, lies mostly in the Great Divide Basin and extends slightly into the Washakie Basin of south-central Wyoming. The environmental effect on cultural adaptations may be reflected in the archaeological remains. Prior to the Wamsutter survey project, this area was the subject of several surveys by various institutions. The previous surveys were limited compared with the massive and intensive undertaking of this project. It is hoped that through this investigation the utility of the large data base generated by contract archaeology will be demonstrated.
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Date Issued: 1982
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14103
Subject Headings: Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Wyoming
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Title: EXPLOITATION OF VERTEBRATE FAUNA BY HOPEWELL POPULATIONS IN OHIO AND ILLINOIS.
Creator: NAGEL, DIANE DENISE SIMMONS., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Through a study of representative sites in Ohio and Illinos a reconstruction of Hopewellian exploitation of available vertebrate fauna is presented. Written accounts of faunal remains and symbolic representations (e.g., effigy pipes) from mound and village sites are examined to determine the manner of exploitation in the sacred and secular spheres. While faunal utilization is somewhat uniform in Ohio and Illinois, there is a more noticeable overlap of finds from mound and village loci in the...
Show moreThrough a study of representative sites in Ohio and Illinos a reconstruction of Hopewellian exploitation of available vertebrate fauna is presented. Written accounts of faunal remains and symbolic representations (e.g., effigy pipes) from mound and village sites are examined to determine the manner of exploitation in the sacred and secular spheres. While faunal utilization is somewhat uniform in Ohio and Illinois, there is a more noticeable overlap of finds from mound and village loci in the latter region, indicating that the sacred-secular distincion was less explicit there. For both areas a totomeic clan system is considered as a plausible explanation for the use of chosen vertebrates in a symbolic fashion. By presenting such hypotheses, this study illustrates that a close scrutiny of faunal debris can provide information not only on subsistence, but also on the political, religious, and ideological aspects of a society.
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Date Issued: 1980
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14019
Subject Headings: Hopewell culture
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Title: Does children's attachment style influence children's perception of the parent?.
Creator: Kabbas, Diane R., Florida Atlantic University, Perry, David G., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: This thesis examined the possibility of meaningful associations between children's attachment styles in middle childhood and children's perceptions of the parent. Participants were 199 students (94 males, 105 females) in grades three through eight (mean age = 11.03 years) from a Florida university school. The children were administered self-report measures and peer-report nomination measures. Five attachment coping strategies (preoccupied, indecisive, avoidant, coercive, and caregiving) and...
Show moreThis thesis examined the possibility of meaningful associations between children's attachment styles in middle childhood and children's perceptions of the parent. Participants were 199 students (94 males, 105 females) in grades three through eight (mean age = 11.03 years) from a Florida university school. The children were administered self-report measures and peer-report nomination measures. Five attachment coping strategies (preoccupied, indecisive, avoidant, coercive, and caregiving) and four aspects of perceived maternal behavior (reliable support, overprotection, harassment, and fear induction) were assessed and numerous and meaningful associations were found. For example, perceived maternal overprotection was positively associated with preoccupied coping. Significant associations were also found between our avoidant, coercive, indecisive, and caregiving coping measures and perceived maternal reliable support, harassment, and fear induction. Our numerous and significant findings lend further support for the usefulness and value of our concurrent correlational self-report measures and to justify future longitudinal research to compare alternative models.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13271
Subject Headings: Attachment behavior in children, Parent and child--Research, Adjustment (Psychology), Attachment behavior in adolescence, Mother and child, Child development
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Title: A rhetorical analysis of a feminine style and feminist research in scholarly communication journals.
Creator: Bifano, Diane Theresa, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: Nine journal articles were analyzed in order to understand gendered composition and what makes writing an article feminine and what makes it masculine. The journals reviewed were Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Human Communication Research, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Women Studies in Communication. Categories were compiled to include the characteristics of a feminine style in feminist research, and a masculine style in traditional...
Show moreNine journal articles were analyzed in order to understand gendered composition and what makes writing an article feminine and what makes it masculine. The journals reviewed were Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Human Communication Research, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Women Studies in Communication. Categories were compiled to include the characteristics of a feminine style in feminist research, and a masculine style in traditional research. This analysis takes a rhetorical approach in order to address a more gender diverse perspective in research. As a result of many published articles reflecting a theme of a "dominant masculinist paradigm" in the publication process, this study examines some of the reasons why feminist scholarship in communication struggles for acceptance.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12673
Subject Headings: Women's Studies, Speech Communication, Language, Rhetoric and Composition, Mass Communications
Format: Document (PDF)

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