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Fluctuation and correlation effects in a charged surface immersed in an asymmetric electrolyte solution
Title
Fluctuation and correlation effects in a charged surface immersed in an asymmetric electrolyte solution.
Creator
Acharya, Pramod, Lau, Andy W. C., Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361263
Subject Headings
Green's functions, Field theory (Physics), Electrostatics
Format
Document (PDF)
Charge Regulation of a Surface Immersed in an Electrolyte Solution
Title
Charge Regulation of a Surface Immersed in an Electrolyte Solution.
Creator
Acharya, Pramod, Lau, Andy W. C., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Physics
Abstract/Description
In this thesis, we investigate theoretically a new model of charge regulation of a single charged planar surface immersed in an aqueous electrolyte solution. Assuming that the adsorbed ions are mobile in the charged plane, we formulate a field theory of charge regulation where the numbers of adsorbed ions can be determined consistently by equating the chemical potentials of the adsorbed ions to that of the ions in the bulk. We analyze the mean-field treatment of the model for electrolyte of...
Show moreIn this thesis, we investigate theoretically a new model of charge regulation of a single charged planar surface immersed in an aqueous electrolyte solution. Assuming that the adsorbed ions are mobile in the charged plane, we formulate a field theory of charge regulation where the numbers of adsorbed ions can be determined consistently by equating the chemical potentials of the adsorbed ions to that of the ions in the bulk. We analyze the mean-field treatment of the model for electrolyte of arbitrary valences, and then beyond, where correlation effects are systematically taken into account in a loop expansion. In particular, we compute exactly various one-loop quantities, including electrostatic potentials, ion distributions, and chemical potentials, not only for symmetric (1, 1) electrolyte but also for asymmetric (2, 1) electrolyte, and make use of these quantities to address charge regulation at the one-loop level. We find that correlation effects give rise to various phase transitions in the adsorption of ions, and present phase diagrams for (1, 1) and (2, 1) electrolytes, whose distinct behaviors suggest that charge regulation, at the one-loop level, is no longer universal but depends crucially on the valency of the ions.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004560, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004560
Subject Headings
Surface chemistry., Intermolecular forces., Electrodynamics., Quantum field theory.
Format
Document (PDF)
Critical Sexual Theory and Postcolonial Studies: Assessing Disability Policies and Narratives of Women with Disabilities in Nepal
Title
Critical Sexual Theory and Postcolonial Studies: Assessing Disability Policies and Narratives of Women with Disabilities in Nepal.
Creator
Acharya, Tulasi, Sementelli, Arthur, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Public Administration
Abstract/Description
This dissertation explored the lives of women with disabilities who have to suffer more than men with disabilities despite prevailing disability policies in Nepal that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. The study explored the idea that there are policy gaps between disability policies and the narratives of women with disabilities. This dissertation used critical sexual theory and postcolonialism as critical frameworks and narrative analysis as a method to analyze...
Show moreThis dissertation explored the lives of women with disabilities who have to suffer more than men with disabilities despite prevailing disability policies in Nepal that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. The study explored the idea that there are policy gaps between disability policies and the narratives of women with disabilities. This dissertation used critical sexual theory and postcolonialism as critical frameworks and narrative analysis as a method to analyze the disability policies and narratives of women with disabilities to explore policy gaps and the need for supportive gender policies. The researcher analyzed the literary works of five female Nepali authors with disabilities: Radhika Dahal, Jhamak Ghimire, Sabitri Karki, Parijaat, and Mira Sahi, in Nepal. With the support of NVivo qualitative research software, and the use of the frameworks and methodology, the researcher discovered the policy gaps and underscored the need for supportive gender policies to address the emotional and psychological needs of women with disabilities.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013179
Subject Headings
Nepal, Women with disabilities, Disabilities--Government policy, Narratives
Format
Document (PDF)
Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South
Title
Gender, disability, and literature in the Global South: Nepali writers Jhamak Ghimire and Bishnu Kumari Waiwa (Parijat).
Creator
Acharya, Tulasi., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description
This thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even...
Show moreThis thesis explores gender, disability and literature in the Global South through an examination of the writings of two physically disabled contemporary women writers from Nepal, BIshnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire. I show how these renowned contemporary writers challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructiong the "ideology of ability" through their poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives. Religious and cultural values disable women's autonomy in general, and create even greater disadvantages for women who are physically disabled. Challenging these cultural stigmas, Waiwa and Ghimire celebrate sexuality and disability as sources of creativity, agency, and identity in narratives that deconstruct cultural or social models of sexuality, motherhood, and beauty. In this thesis feminist disability and feminist theory guide an analysis of Waiwa and Ghimire's writing to advance our understanding of gender, culture, disability and literature in the Global South.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356903
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Prejudices in literature, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Stigma (Social psychology), Women in literature, Social conditions
Format
Document (PDF)
U.S. relations with China
Title
U.S. relations with China.
Creator
Acheson, Dean
Abstract/Description
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Date Issued
196-
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002781
Subject Headings
United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
Format
Document (PDF)
La harangve d'Achior l'Ammonite svr vn advis donne a monseignevr le prince :
Title
La harangve d'Achior l'Ammonite svr vn advis donne a monseignevr le prince :.
Creator
Achior l'Ammonite
Abstract/Description
Prononcée apres celle d'Alexandre le Forgeron. Achior le duc de tous les fils d'ammon, dit. monseigneur s'il te plaist de m'escouter ie diray la verité en ta presence & nesortira point une fausse parolle de ma bouche. Iudith. 5. In favor of the alliance policy with Spain. Signatures: A-B⁴. Published in response to "Advis a Monseignevr le prince". Cf. Bourgeois et André, "Les Sources de l'Histoire de France", 1924.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb15f15
Subject Headings
Condé, Henri II de Bourbon -- prince de -- 1588-1646, France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, France -- Politics and government -- 1610-1643 -- Early works to 1800, France -- Foreign relations -- Spain -- Early works to 1800, Spain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800
Format
E-book
Becoming Fools Crow
Title
Becoming Fools Crow.
Creator
Acker, Stacy A. B., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
James Welch's historical novel Fools Crow brings readers to the eve of the destruction of Plains Indians' culture. Through Fools Crow, a member of the Pikuni band in the Blackfeet tribe, readers witness the rites of passage of a young man evolving into a respected member of Blackfeet society. The story culminates with the Marias Massacre of 1870 in which the U.S. Cavalry knowingly slaughtered innocent Blackfeet. While many find this book tragic with depressing implications, Welch's...
Show moreJames Welch's historical novel Fools Crow brings readers to the eve of the destruction of Plains Indians' culture. Through Fools Crow, a member of the Pikuni band in the Blackfeet tribe, readers witness the rites of passage of a young man evolving into a respected member of Blackfeet society. The story culminates with the Marias Massacre of 1870 in which the U.S. Cavalry knowingly slaughtered innocent Blackfeet. While many find this book tragic with depressing implications, Welch's development of the hero offers contemporary readers a sense of hope. Welch offers a new hero, one who brings new knowledge to the people, in the character Fools Crow. While most American Indian culture heroes are mythic, Welch offers a man who learns to live with mortal limitations and weaknesses. Because of who he becomes while remaining a man, not a myth, Fools Crow stands as a symbol of hope, not loss, for today.
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Date Issued
1996
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15352
Subject Headings
Folklore, Literature, American
Format
Document (PDF)
call of public service
Title
The call of public service: motivation and professional commitment in education.
Creator
Ackerina, Jacqueline., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector participants, the majority were Caucasian, female, and under the age of 30. All respondents held at least a bachelor's degree and the majority held up to ten years tenure in education. Utilizing an abridged version of Perry's (1996) multi-dimensional scale that was modified for the education sector, the public service motivation (PSM) construct was measured using an Internet survey approach. Three of the public service motivation dimensions and two commitment items were used to operationalize the PSM and professional commitment of education professionals within their current roles. Correlation, regression, ANOVA, and t-test analyses were conducted to examine the data collected. Study findings concluded that education professionals possess public service motivation and are professionally committed to their careers. In addition, results indicated that school district administrators possessed higher levels of public service motivation than teachers. Furthermore, demographic characteristics indicated that educators who are older, more experienced, and highly educated possess higher levels of PSM. Perhaps the most critical discovery was that when comparing education professionals to their public administration counterparts, educators possessed higher levels of public service motivation. These findings have several important implications for education institutions, academic scholars, human resource managers, and leadership preparation programs that would all benefit from all
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342031
Subject Headings
Motivation (Psychology), Educational leadership, Public administration, Education, Aims and objectives, Education, Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
The perpetual motion machine
Title
The perpetual motion machine.
Creator
Ackerman, Brittany, McKay, Becka, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The Perpetual Motion Machine is a collection of creative nonfiction essays about the author and her brother as they have experienced growing up both together and then apart throughout the years of their lives. The essays deal with the pair’s childhood, adolescence and adulthood as well as the issues of depression, anxiety and drug addiction. Some pieces are flash-style and others are longer works of lyric essay or general narrative. The pieces can both stand alone and work to create a larger,...
Show moreThe Perpetual Motion Machine is a collection of creative nonfiction essays about the author and her brother as they have experienced growing up both together and then apart throughout the years of their lives. The essays deal with the pair’s childhood, adolescence and adulthood as well as the issues of depression, anxiety and drug addiction. Some pieces are flash-style and others are longer works of lyric essay or general narrative. The pieces can both stand alone and work to create a larger, substantial narrative on how drug addiction affects an entire family, one’s whole world, thus telling a story about how the author must find herself through investigating her brother’s trials and tribulations with addiction.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004340
Subject Headings
Addicts--Family relationships, Brothers and sisters--Family relationships, Brothers and sisters--Psychological aspects., Dysfunctional families--Psychological aspects, Substance abuse--Psychological aspects, Compulsive behavior--Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Thrust Response of a Vectored-Thruster Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Title
Thrust Response of a Vectored-Thruster Unmanned Underwater Vehicle.
Creator
Ackermann, Lloyd E. J., von Ellenrieder, Karl, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Towing tank/water flume experiments are conducted to characterize the dynamics of a Remotely-Piloted Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (RPUUV) propelled by a vectored-thruster system. Force and torque measurements are used to determine the coefficients of drag, lift, yaw-moment and thrust of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle yaw angle and the vectored-thruster rudder angle. Simultaneously, particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of the propeller inlet flow are also performed to examine...
Show moreTowing tank/water flume experiments are conducted to characterize the dynamics of a Remotely-Piloted Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (RPUUV) propelled by a vectored-thruster system. Force and torque measurements are used to determine the coefficients of drag, lift, yaw-moment and thrust of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle yaw angle and the vectored-thruster rudder angle. Simultaneously, particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of the propeller inlet flow are also performed to examine the variation of flow conditions at the propeller inlet with rudder angle. The tests are conducted at 0.150 rnls, 0.300 rnls, 0.515 rnls and 0.773 rnls. While the measured drag coefficient is slightly higher than predicted by theory at low Reynolds number (1.44 x10^5 and 2.88 x10^5), the hydrodynamic coefficients data are expected to be useful in predicting the response of vehicles in the field. Additionally, the magnitude of the thrust vector varies nonlinearly with rudder angle and for nonzero rudder angles the thrust vector does not point in the same direction as the thruster axis.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012500
Subject Headings
Naval architecture, Oceanographic submersibles--Hydrodynamics, Vibration (Marine engineering)
Format
Document (PDF)
Performance Analysis of Spectrum Sensing Schemes Based on Fractional Lower Order Moments for Cognitive Radios in Alpha- Stable Noise Environments
Title
Performance Analysis of Spectrum Sensing Schemes Based on Fractional Lower Order Moments for Cognitive Radios in Alpha- Stable Noise Environments.
Creator
Ackie, A-Bon Elfick, Aalo, Valentine A., Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description
Natural and manmade noise signals tend to exhibit impulsive behaviors. Therefore modeling those signals as α-stable processes is better suited towards the development of a practical spectrum sensing scheme. However, the performances of detectors operating in an α-stable noise environment are difficult to evaluate. This is because an α-stable random variable can usually only be modeled by the characteristic function since closed-form expressions are usually not available except for the special...
Show moreNatural and manmade noise signals tend to exhibit impulsive behaviors. Therefore modeling those signals as α-stable processes is better suited towards the development of a practical spectrum sensing scheme. However, the performances of detectors operating in an α-stable noise environment are difficult to evaluate. This is because an α-stable random variable can usually only be modeled by the characteristic function since closed-form expressions are usually not available except for the special values of the characteristic exponent that correspond to the Cauchy and Gaussian noise distributions. In this thesis, we derive a general closed-form expression for the probability density function (PDF) of symmetric alpha stable processes having rational characteristic exponent (0<α≤2). Consequently, we obtain analytical expressions for the PDF and corresponding complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) of the proposed fractional lower order moment (FLOM) detector. Utilizing false alarm and detection probabilities, the performance analysis of the proposed spectrum sensing scheme is conducted with the assumption that the cognitive radio (CR) users are operating in non-fading channels. We validate the analytical results with Monte Carlo simulations. The effect of the distribution parameters on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves is verified.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004561, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004561
Subject Headings
Cognitive radio networks., Radio frequency allocation., Radio resource management (Wireless communications), Wireless communication systems.
Format
Document (PDF)
CHOOSING ANALOGOUS SOLUTIONS
Title
CHOOSING ANALOGOUS SOLUTIONS.
Creator
ACKINCLOSE, CAROLYN C., Florida Atlantic University, Reed, Stephen K.
Abstract/Description
The present study investigated how students in a college algebra class select potentially useful solutions for solving algebra word problems. Several variables, including similarity, complexity, and inclusiveness were assessed to determine how they influence subjects' selections. Results indicated that neither complexity nor inclusiveness had a significant impact on students' selections and that students select solutions primarily on the basis of similarity. Students' inability to select...
Show moreThe present study investigated how students in a college algebra class select potentially useful solutions for solving algebra word problems. Several variables, including similarity, complexity, and inclusiveness were assessed to determine how they influence subjects' selections. Results indicated that neither complexity nor inclusiveness had a significant impact on students' selections and that students select solutions primarily on the basis of similarity. Students' inability to select potentially useful solutions was revealed by their failure to select the more inclusive solution, even though their performance greatly improved through the use of these solutions. The influence of similarity on the selection of solutions and inclusiveness on the effective use of solutions occurred when the effective solutions had the same story context (Experiment 1) and when the effective solutions had a different story context (Experiment 2).
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Date Issued
1986
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14313
Subject Headings
Problem solving, Thought and thinking
Format
Document (PDF)
THE BONES WE CARVE: THE AUDACITY OF LATINX POLITICAL NARRATIVES
Title
THE BONES WE CARVE: THE AUDACITY OF LATINX POLITICAL NARRATIVES.
Creator
Acosta, Ana-Christina Gaspar de Alba, Munson, Marcella L., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
This interdisciplinary dissertation examines Latinx political self-representation across a variety of narrative forms including fiction, nonfiction, film, and social media. Beginning with identifying points of political intersection and divergence within the imagined Latinx voting bloc incorrectly homogenized in mainstream discourse, the dissertation looks at how narrative empathy and political concerns for a singular issue– the child migrant crisis–play out differently across fiction and...
Show moreThis interdisciplinary dissertation examines Latinx political self-representation across a variety of narrative forms including fiction, nonfiction, film, and social media. Beginning with identifying points of political intersection and divergence within the imagined Latinx voting bloc incorrectly homogenized in mainstream discourse, the dissertation looks at how narrative empathy and political concerns for a singular issue– the child migrant crisis–play out differently across fiction and nonfiction written narratives. The dissertation then takes a turn towards exploring the lack of prominent Latinx political figures in the cultural imaginary, especially Latinas, by looking back to Latin America for exemplary models, and presenting community organizing as seen in recent filmic representation as an alternative form of political engagement. Finally, it focuses on two Latinx political figures–Oscar Zeta Acosta and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez–who rose to notoriety half a century apart, yet took similar community insider/political outsider approaches to their historic runs for office. Overall, the dissertation stresses the importance of self-representation as a means of creating and controlling narrative empathy, as well as countering a mainstream narrative of a monolithic Latinx bloc that is both politically unengaged and threatening.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014020
Subject Headings
Latinx, Latin Americans, Narratives, Latin Americans--Political and social views
Format
Document (PDF)
Inducing relaxation in the queen conch Strombus gigas (L.) for cultured pearl production
Title
Inducing relaxation in the queen conch Strombus gigas (L.) for cultured pearl production.
Creator
Acosta-Salmón, Héctor, Davis, Megan
Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2761975
Subject Headings
Queen conch, Pearls, Marine biology --Research
Format
Document (PDF)
Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods, 2014
Title
Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods, 2014.
Creator
Acosta-Salmon, Hector, Davis, Megan, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The subject invention provides methods for producing cultured pearls in gastropods, such as the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and other gastropod species (e.g., families Strombidae, Haliotididae and Volutidae), with high success rates. The subject invention also provides cultured pearls produced by the methods as described herein.
Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000242
Format
Document (PDF)
Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods, 2014
Title
Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods, 2014.
Creator
Acosta-Salmon, Hector, Davis, Megan, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The subject invention provides methods for producing cultured pearls in gastropods, such as the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and other gastropod species (e.g., families Strombidae, Haliotididae and Volutidae), with high success rates. The subject invention also provides cultured pearls produced by the methods as described herein.
Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000241
Format
Document (PDF)
Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods, 2010
Title
Methods for Producing Cultured Pearls in Conch and Other Gastropods, 2010.
Creator
Acosta-Salmon, Hector, Davis, Megan, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The subject invention provides methods for producing cultured pearls in gastropods, such as the queen conch, Strombus gigas, and other gastropod species (e.g., families Strombidae, Haliotididae and Volutidae), with high success rates. The subject invention also provides cultured pearls produced by the methods as described herein.
Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000243
Format
Document (PDF)
Combining examples and procedures
Title
Combining examples and procedures.
Creator
Actor, Cheryl A., Florida Atlantic University, Reed, Stephen K.
Abstract/Description
The present study evaluated three instructional methods for solving algebra word problems. The instructions consisted of either an example, a set of procedures, or both the example and procedures. The procedures were rules designed to aid in solving word problems. The example was a worked-out solution to a word problem that was representative of the test problems. The subject's task was to study the instructional material and then generate the equations needed to solve the subsequent test...
Show moreThe present study evaluated three instructional methods for solving algebra word problems. The instructions consisted of either an example, a set of procedures, or both the example and procedures. The procedures were rules designed to aid in solving word problems. The example was a worked-out solution to a word problem that was representative of the test problems. The subject's task was to study the instructional material and then generate the equations needed to solve the subsequent test problems. The test problems differed from the example by either 0, 1, 2, or 3 transformations. The results showed that subjects in the example and example-plus-procedure groups performed the best but the difference between these two groups was not significant. The procedures alone were relatively ineffective. A mathematical model is proposed to explain how the performance was influenced by the three types of instructional material and four levels of transformation.
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Date Issued
1988
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14437
Subject Headings
Problem solving, Educational psychology
Format
Document (PDF)
Feasting with Banquo: The ghost stories of Fritz Leiber
Title
Feasting with Banquo: The ghost stories of Fritz Leiber.
Creator
Adair, Gerald M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
In "Smoke Ghost" (1941), Fritz Leiber created the contemporary paradigm for the "urban horror story" that has been so successfully exploited by Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell and many others. At the heart of Leiber's ghost stories, however, rest a firm "tradition" of supernatural fiction, stemming from primitive religion, on the one hand, and literary example on the other. While his urban settings (Chicago, San Francisco) may be seen as contemporary...
Show moreIn "Smoke Ghost" (1941), Fritz Leiber created the contemporary paradigm for the "urban horror story" that has been so successfully exploited by Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell and many others. At the heart of Leiber's ghost stories, however, rest a firm "tradition" of supernatural fiction, stemming from primitive religion, on the one hand, and literary example on the other. While his urban settings (Chicago, San Francisco) may be seen as contemporary reinterpretations of Horace Walpole's Gothic castle, his specters are the lineal descendants of Shakespeare's, LeFanu's, and Henry James's. Leiber's later use of Jungian archetypes (Shadow and Anima) is superimposed on the traditional ghostly archetype. An analysis of his novel-length ghost story, Our Lady of Darkness , reveals the lurking malevolence of a LeFanu specter, while the ghosts of Shakespeare hover in the wings of stories in which he explores themes of sex, guilt, and death. In each of Leiber's ghost stories, the elements of the tradition combine with "haunts" from the author's personal psychic history to produce a powerful fantasy experience that persists despite threats to the genre by "science, common sense, and psychiatry."
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Date Issued
2000
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12666
Subject Headings
Literature, Modern, Literature, American
Format
Document (PDF)
Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary program on pregnancy outcomes for an adolescent population: A comparative study
Title
Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary program on pregnancy outcomes for an adolescent population: A comparative study.
Creator
Adam, Barbara J., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
Abstract/Description
The high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida....
Show moreThe high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida. Project Teen is a multidisciplinary program offering a continuum of support services to pregnant adolescents and newly parenting adolescents and their infants until the infants are 2 years old. Through frequent contacts, home visitation, resource referral, counseling, and education the health care professionals collaborate with the clients to facilitate clients' choices which will maximize families' health potential. Home visitation by care coordinators and senior community health nurses was positively related to pregnancy, family health, and family socioeconomic outcomes.
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Date Issued
1996
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15248
Subject Headings
Teenage pregnancy, Maternal health services, Teenage mothers--Family relationships, Nursing models
Format
Document (PDF)

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