Building on the castaway narratives in both Gary Snyder‘s and Derek Walcott‘s poetry, I use Yann Martel‘s novel Life of Pi as a contemporary analogue for reading Snyder‘s Pacific journeys, in Regarding Wave and Turtle Island,...
Palabra clave:
Bioregion, Castaway, Derek Walcott, Ecocriticism, Gary Snyder y Yann Martel
Tema:
Snyder, Gary, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation, Walcott, Derek -- Criticism and interpretation y Setting (Literature)
The body of work—works on paper, photographic paper, plastic, wood, canvas (plus curated audio)—created for this thesis explores technology, using both analog and digital tools and a conceptual process of deconstruction to...
Palabra clave:
analog, deconstruction, digital, Plato's Cave, time y tools
Tema:
Deconstruction, Time in art y Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Mrs. Dalloway
In a special edition of the Knoxville Gazette, commemorating the memory of Tennessee’s first governor, a state historian stated that although John Sevier had faults, we should find them insignificant to his heroism. Since his...
Palabra clave:
Honor, John Sevier, King's Mountain, Masculinity, State of Franklin y Tennessee
Tema:
Sevier, John, -- 1745-1815, Governors -- Tennessee -- Biography, Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Historiography y Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography
The purpose of this study was to investigate male and female perceptions of variables related to popularity in females. In this study, 120 college female and male freshmen were given a questionnaire asking them to rate highly...
Tema:
Popularity, Interpersonal relations in adolescence, Success in adolescence, Adolescent psychology y Teenage girls -- Psychology
Metal additive manufacturing has transformed the conventional design process. With the assistance of additive manufacturing, complex and novel geometries that were previously unfeasible to construct using convention methods,...
Palabra clave:
ANSYS, Crank Arm, Design for Metal Additive Manufacturing, Metal Additive Manufacturing, Optimization y Topology Optimization
Tema:
Three-dimensional printing, Bicycles -- Parts y Manufacturing processes
Implicit racial bias has a measurable impact on the judgments and evaluations of Black individuals by Whites, as well as communication between these two groups. The purpose of this study was to develop an efficient,...
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Aversive Racism, Cultural Responsiveness, Education, Impact Awareness, Implicit Bias y Race
Tema:
Student teachers -- Attitudes y Racism in education -- United States -- Prevention
Theory-of-mind (ToM) describes the ability to understand other's perspectives, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs that may differ from one’s own (Pavarini et al., 2013). A child’s ToM development may be influenced by parenting...
Tema:
Parenting, Emotions in children, Preschool children, Philosophy of mind y Parent and child
Pediatric summer camping is a comparatively recent development within the camping industry. These camps are designed to give chronically ill children, who are unlikely to be able to participate in a more traditional camping...
Palabra clave:
Camp y Pediatric
Tema:
Camp counselors -- Psychology, Camp counselors -- Recruiting, Camps for children with disabilities y Big Five model
The relationship between anxiety and working memory capacity (WMC) andperformance is a widely researched topic in the field of psychology. Typically, anxiety has anegative effect on working memory performance (Coy, O’Brien,...
Palabra clave:
anxiety, personality y working memory
Tema:
Short-term memory -- Psychological aspects y Anxiety -- Psychological aspects
The purpose of this study was to examine induction programs in North Carolina during the 2010-2011 school year to determine beginning teachers received the support as recommended by State Board of Education policy. Participants...
Palabra clave:
Beginning Teachers, Engagement, Induction, Mentoring y Student Achievement
Tema:
Teacher orientation -- North Carolina, First year teachers -- In-service training -- North Carolina y High school teachers -- In-service training -- North Carolina
