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Youth in our time: a study of juvenile deliquency trends in the United States and in Gainesville and Alachua county, Florida, 1939-1945
Title
Youth in our time: a study of juvenile deliquency trends in the United States and in Gainesville and Alachua county, Florida, 1939-1945.
Creator
Bell, Betty
Date Issued
1946
Identifier
159052, FSDT159052, fsu:18245
Format
Document (PDF)
You've Earned It! Searching for a Defensible Basis for Desert in Wages
Title
You've Earned It! Searching for a Defensible Basis for Desert in Wages.
Creator
Jenkins, Ryan
Abstract/Description
In my thesis, I propose a new theory of wages as deserved income. I take a look at two prominent philosophers’ discussions on the subject, and find they are both lacking. George Sher believes that desert in wages can best be explained by appealing to the violation of moral standards that dictate how we believe the world should be. He says that, because subordinating our labor to another’s ends (i.e. ‘working’) violates some “independent standard,” wages are deserved to offset this loss of...
Show moreIn my thesis, I propose a new theory of wages as deserved income. I take a look at two prominent philosophers’ discussions on the subject, and find they are both lacking. George Sher believes that desert in wages can best be explained by appealing to the violation of moral standards that dictate how we believe the world should be. He says that, because subordinating our labor to another’s ends (i.e. ‘working’) violates some “independent standard,” wages are deserved to offset this loss of autonomy. A wage is “uniquely suited” to allow a worker to pursue his own goals in turn, says Sher. Joel Feinberg argues that, as far as wages are deserved at all, they are deserved only as compensation for especially difficult, dangerous or unpleasant work, and that they can only explain deserved differentials in pay. He rejects the idea that deserved wages can be explained as a reward. My own theory, briefly, is this: wages are deserved as a reward after a worker has (1) put forth an effort that (2) has been directed toward the end of another and (3) is socially valuable. Finally, I survey the literature in the living wage movement. Finding it lacking in the language of desert, I propose that the proponents of a living wage adopt an argument like mine. That is, I suggest they give to desert a more central role in their discussions about why workers should receive a living wage.
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Date Issued
2008-11-12
Identifier
210372, FSDT210372, fsu:19178
Format
Document (PDF)
Yiddishekite Concerto (for violin and chamber/reduced orchestra)
Title
The Yiddishekite Concerto (for violin and chamber/reduced orchestra).
Creator
Pittard, Mai Li
Date Issued
2005-08-03
Identifier
FSDT160357_parent
Format
Set of related objects
Yeast two-hybrid investigation of NBD1 and NBD2
Title
Yeast two-hybrid investigation of NBD1 and NBD2.
Creator
Flynn, Andrea N.
Date Issued
2002
Identifier
159874, FSDT159874, fsu:18640
Format
Document (PDF)
X-ray diffraction analysis of gel/micellar systems
Title
An X-ray diffraction analysis of gel/micellar systems.
Creator
Wood, Wendy
Date Issued
1998
Identifier
157975, FSDT157975, fsu:17700
Format
Document (PDF)
Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos : an electronic hypertext edition
Title
Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos : an electronic hypertext edition.
Creator
Bernstein, Melissa Joy
Date Issued
1996
Identifier
157781, FSDT157781, fsu:17588
Format
Document (PDF)
Wordsworth's resurrection of the pastoral tradition
Title
Wordsworth's resurrection of the pastoral tradition.
Creator
Mullin, Janet K.
Date Issued
1977
Identifier
159307, FSDT159307, fsu:18369
Format
Document (PDF)
Word retrieval and cognitive variability in aphasia
Title
Word retrieval and cognitive variability in aphasia.
Creator
White, Sarah E.
Date Issued
2003
Identifier
160008, FSDT160008, fsu:18707
Format
Document (PDF)
Women, poetry, and their place in nineteenth century Germany
Title
Women, poetry, and their place in nineteenth century Germany.
Creator
Ramos, Ulrike C.
Date Issued
2003
Identifier
160118, FSDT160118, fsu:18760
Format
Document (PDF)
Women and transformational leadership.
Title
Women and transformational leadership.
Creator
Vanderwerf, Alena C.
Date Issued
2007-07-13
Identifier
160743, FSDT160743, fsu:19054
Format
Document (PDF)
Women airforce service pilots: A study of national crises and gender ideology
Title
Women airforce service pilots: A study of national crises and gender ideology.
Creator
Moon, Melissa
Date Issued
1999
Identifier
159447, FSDT159447, fsu:18433
Format
Document (PDF)
Woman, the state, and war: an evaluation of Western feminist international relations theory
Title
Woman, the state, and war: an evaluation of Western feminist international relations theory.
Creator
Salib, Mona Lisa
Date Issued
2004
Identifier
160216, FSDT160216, fsu:18808
Format
Document (PDF)
Wolf Jones
Title
Wolf Jones.
Creator
Pelles, Malcolm
Date Issued
2000
Identifier
159675, FSDT159675, fsu:18545
Format
Document (PDF)
Witness of her time: a comparative analysis of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Title
Witness of her time: a comparative analysis of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Creator
Browning, Tonya J.
Date Issued
1991
Identifier
157583, FSDT157583, fsu:17492
Format
Document (PDF)
Within the checkpoints: Palestinian voices on the other side of peace and pain
Title
Within the checkpoints: Palestinian voices on the other side of peace and pain.
Creator
Glauch, Natasha Marie
Date Issued
1996
Identifier
158507, FSDT158507, fsu:17979
Format
Document (PDF)
Wisdom : a novella
Title
Wisdom : a novella.
Creator
Perry, Barbara L.
Date Issued
1997
Identifier
157175, FSDT157175, fsu:17298
Format
Document (PDF)
Willingness to participate in job-related training as one approaches retirement
Title
Willingness to participate in job-related training as one approaches retirement.
Creator
Rojas, Frank Alexander., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
Abstract: Workers are increasingly becoming older and due to economic and societal conditions retirement is being discouraged (Ford & Orel, 2005). These individuals will continue to work for their employer and to be viable they may be willing to take on job-related training. An important factor that can influence an individual to accept training is motivation. One aspect of motivation is the Socio-emotional Selectivity Theory framework that Carstensen, Isaacowitz, and Charles (1999) proposed....
Show moreAbstract: Workers are increasingly becoming older and due to economic and societal conditions retirement is being discouraged (Ford & Orel, 2005). These individuals will continue to work for their employer and to be viable they may be willing to take on job-related training. An important factor that can influence an individual to accept training is motivation. One aspect of motivation is the Socio-emotional Selectivity Theory framework that Carstensen, Isaacowitz, and Charles (1999) proposed. It sees time as fundamental to motivation, suggesting that people with shorter time frames will seek emotional gratifications and those with longer frames will prefer information seeking gratification to further their careers. I tested predictions from this framework. Individuals with shorter time frames until retirement should be less willing to participate in job-related training than those with longer time frames. After running regressions using data from Workforce Ageing in the New Economy (WANE) data set and taking into account additional factors such as the correlation of age with time until retirement and excluding those with extreme amounts of training, there was little support for this assumption. However, there is a trend in the right direction. Further studies need to be done to investigate types of training given, reasons for retirement at chosen time, personality, within different industries and firm sizes.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
456453548, 244598, FSDT244598, fsu:19305
Format
Document (PDF)
William Robinson: the architect of the international horn workshops
Title
William Robinson: the architect of the international horn workshops.
Creator
Bonaparte, Sabrina
Date Issued
2003
Identifier
160057, FSDT160057, fsu:18732
Format
Document (PDF)
Will releaseing solanum carolinense from herbiviores in its native range cause it to have invasive qualities?
Title
Will releaseing solanum carolinense from herbiviores in its native range cause it to have invasive qualities?.
Creator
Bielfelt, Brian J.
Date Issued
2005-06-21
Identifier
160537, FSDT160537, fsu:18958
Format
Document (PDF)
Wilde women: gender and performance in the social comedies of Oscar Wilde
Title
Wilde women: gender and performance in the social comedies of Oscar Wilde.
Creator
Velasco, Schuyler., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
This project discusses performance and gender issues in the social comedies of Oscar Wilde. Despite his strong identification as an aesthete, privileging art for its own sake separate from the natural realm, Wilde's social comedies deal with very real challenges of women during a transitional period in the history of European feminism, just before suffrage in England became an issue and the role of women began to shift to the public sphere. Wilde's comedies often been analyzed solely on the...
Show moreThis project discusses performance and gender issues in the social comedies of Oscar Wilde. Despite his strong identification as an aesthete, privileging art for its own sake separate from the natural realm, Wilde's social comedies deal with very real challenges of women during a transitional period in the history of European feminism, just before suffrage in England became an issue and the role of women began to shift to the public sphere. Wilde's comedies often been analyzed solely on the basis of text, rather than as pieces of art meant to be both viewed and read. My argument is that a full understanding of Wilde's plays requires both textual and performative analyses, and that Wilde's female characters, rather than the oft-studied male figures, are the characters that best exemplify the necessity of this dualistic study. In addition to looking at Wilde through the lens of performance theorists such as Judith Butler and Eve Sedgwick, this project analyzes adaptations of The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan from the silent film era to the present.
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Date Issued
2008
Identifier
471832288, 341819, FSDT341819, fsu:19388
Format
Document (PDF)
wide paper on narrow content
Title
A wide paper on narrow content.
Creator
James, Matt
Date Issued
2002
Identifier
159840, FSDT159840, fsu:18624
Format
Document (PDF)
Why some preschool children become "readers".
Title
Why some preschool children become "readers".
Creator
Williams, Lakwanza M.
Date Issued
1999
Identifier
158651, FSDT158651, fsu:18048
Format
Document (PDF)
Why has Latin America been shifting politically to the left?
Title
Why has Latin America been shifting politically to the left?.
Creator
Griffin, Bambi L., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The purpose of the research is to look at why countries in Central and South America have been turning away from free market polices and shifting to more centralized forms of government that draw from Marxist ideologies. This research examines the growing trend and looks to develop a clear understanding as to why these countries are turning to leftist polices. It investigates the claim that there has been a shift by exploring different elected officials and determining if they are left...
Show moreThe purpose of the research is to look at why countries in Central and South America have been turning away from free market polices and shifting to more centralized forms of government that draw from Marxist ideologies. This research examines the growing trend and looks to develop a clear understanding as to why these countries are turning to leftist polices. It investigates the claim that there has been a shift by exploring different elected officials and determining if they are left leaning. It focuses on a variety of internal and external forces that may have contributed to the deviation and it explains why these factors may have affected the shift. The political shift was occurring at the time that this research was conducted. Therefore this work relied heavily on daily papers and magazine articles as events occurred throughout Latin America. Finally this thesis explains why these events are happening in this region of the world and not in other areas. It concludes with a summary of what was discovered and what it tells the reader as to why Latin America is shifting to the political left.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
462397783, 244570, FSDT244570, fsu:19277
Format
Document (PDF)
Who has the honor in the honor system?
Title
Who has the honor in the honor system?.
Creator
Placek, Paul J.
Date Issued
1967
Identifier
159366, FSDT159366, fsu:18394
Format
Document (PDF)
Whig influence as a factor in the downfall of the Southern confederacy
Title
Whig influence as a factor in the downfall of the Southern confederacy.
Creator
Marshall, Carol
Date Issued
1942
Identifier
159022, FSDT159022, fsu:18230
Format
Document (PDF)
Where did the day go?: mothers' problems combining paid work and family responsibilities
Title
Where did the day go?: mothers' problems combining paid work and family responsibilities.
Creator
Turbedsky, Heather
Date Issued
2000
Identifier
159670, FSDT159670, fsu:18542
Format
Document (PDF)
What life has taught me
Title
What life has taught me.
Creator
Oldenburg, Aaron
Date Issued
2001
Identifier
159774, FSDT159774, fsu:18591
Format
Document (PDF)
What influences college radio programmers to add music to their playlists?
Title
What influences college radio programmers to add music to their playlists?.
Creator
Desztich, Rachael
Date Issued
2006-05-19
Identifier
160618, FSDT160618, fsu:18997
Format
Document (PDF)
What if Jim Crow sold drugs: an analysis of race and drug policy in the American tradition
Title
What if Jim Crow sold drugs: an analysis of race and drug policy in the American tradition.
Creator
Mulligan, Christopher S.
Date Issued
2002
Identifier
160298, FSDT160298, fsu:18845
Format
Document (PDF)
What ever happened to Margaret Fuller: an historical analysis of Margaret Fuller
Title
What ever happened to Margaret Fuller: an historical analysis of Margaret Fuller.
Creator
Middleton, Jacqueline
Date Issued
1991
Identifier
158057, FSDT158057, fsu:17751
Format
Document (PDF)
What collects in trouser rolls
Title
What collects in trouser rolls.
Creator
Masturzo, Holly Lynn
Date Issued
1993
Identifier
158495, FSDT158495, fsu:17973
Format
Document (PDF)
Welfare and society: a historical overview and econometric analysis.
Title
Welfare and society: a historical overview and econometric analysis.
Creator
Bakker, Geoffrey
Abstract/Description
This paper seeks to examine welfare’s effect on recipients and society using analysis of historical and academic literature as well as econometric investigation. Historically the program seems to reveal limited outcomes for both recipients and society. This primarily seems to be due to the political nature of the program. The academic literature regarding welfare tends to show often-ambiguous results on welfare’s effects especially in the area of crime and nonmarital births. Econometric...
Show moreThis paper seeks to examine welfare’s effect on recipients and society using analysis of historical and academic literature as well as econometric investigation. Historically the program seems to reveal limited outcomes for both recipients and society. This primarily seems to be due to the political nature of the program. The academic literature regarding welfare tends to show often-ambiguous results on welfare’s effects especially in the area of crime and nonmarital births. Econometric analysis using fixed effects modeling provides statistically significant data that is inconsistent with the literature except in the case of poverty. It seems clear from both the study and literature that welfare work subsidies have a strong influence on poverty. As for the rest of welfare’s effects, more objective study and data is needed to further understanding.
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Identifier
160930, FSDT160930, fsu:19144
Format
Document (PDF)
Wealth; trust; love
Title
Wealth; trust; love.
Creator
Yount, Ramsey D.
Date Issued
2000
Identifier
159802, FSDT159802, fsu:18605
Format
Document (PDF)
Water, water, everywhere, but how to keep it clean: the past, present, and future of the Clean Water Act.
Title
Water, water, everywhere, but how to keep it clean: the past, present, and future of the Clean Water Act.
Creator
Lopez, Michelle
Date Issued
2008-01-30
Identifier
160962, FSDT160962, fsu:19160
Format
Document (PDF)
War history as art: Robert E. Lee through the eyes of the Shaaras
Title
War history as art: Robert E. Lee through the eyes of the Shaaras.
Creator
Graham, Erin P.
Date Issued
2003
Identifier
159972, FSDT159972, fsu:18689
Format
Document (PDF)
Wallace Stevens and the Cubist painters
Title
Wallace Stevens and the Cubist painters.
Creator
Kidd, Sheridan Louise
Date Issued
1969
Identifier
157532, FSDT157532, fsu:17468
Format
Document (PDF)
Walking through snow: an exploration of the aesthetic experience of snow through code driven artwork
Title
Walking through snow: an exploration of the aesthetic experience of snow through code driven artwork.
Creator
Taylor, Elizabeth., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The individual experience of snow in North American culture is often stereotyped as beautiful, serene, and peaceful. How are these stereotypes interpreted by North American residents who have very little interaction with snow? One who deals with snow often during the course of a winter might view snow differently from one who rarely experiences snow. To the latter, cultural portrayals serve as a substitute for the real experience of snow. Through my research and my art practice, these...
Show moreThe individual experience of snow in North American culture is often stereotyped as beautiful, serene, and peaceful. How are these stereotypes interpreted by North American residents who have very little interaction with snow? One who deals with snow often during the course of a winter might view snow differently from one who rarely experiences snow. To the latter, cultural portrayals serve as a substitute for the real experience of snow. Through my research and my art practice, these relationships can be better understood. In my artwork I used computer programming to create artwork that is based on data visualization to address common feelings and aesthetic associations with snow. The data I used was a combination of recorded snow data as well as personal memories collected from individuals. While North America has differing climates, snow is still a large part of the North American culture. Those with many experiences with snow talked about how snow was just another part of their childhood, and it was hard for them to pinpoint one memory among the blur of other memories. Those that had few experiences recalled them vividly and re-experienced the feelings and situations surrounding the memory. To one unaccustomed with snow, their few actual experiences are held dear, but these stereotypes give them the rest of the snow memories they want but have never truly experienced.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
643097012, 2181908, FSDT2181908, fsu:19197
Format
Document (PDF)
Walk through the bottomland: the social and political world of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.
Title
Walk through the bottomland: the social and political world of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.
Creator
Gustafson, James
Date Issued
1991
Identifier
157573, FSDT157573, fsu:17487
Format
Document (PDF)
walk in beauty: Navajo Indian art (content and curriculum).
Title
A walk in beauty: Navajo Indian art (content and curriculum).
Creator
Jawor, Julie A.
Date Issued
1997
Identifier
157309, FSDT157309, fsu:17361
Format
Document (PDF)
Walk around sad
Title
Walk around sad.
Creator
Taylor, Garrison
Date Issued
2003
Identifier
160028, FSDT160028, fsu:18717
Format
Document (PDF)
Waking sleeping beauty.
Title
Waking sleeping beauty.
Creator
Simpson, Amanda
Date Issued
2005-12-19
Identifier
160423, FSDT160423, fsu:18904
Format
Document (PDF)
Waiting for the dow: Jay McInerney on prolonged adolescence and American excess
Title
Waiting for the dow: Jay McInerney on prolonged adolescence and American excess.
Creator
Oldson, Scott Ryan.
Date Issued
1994
Identifier
159235, FSDT159235, fsu:18333
Format
Document (PDF)
Wait, what's my line?: spoken memories of a girl discovering her role in India
Title
Wait, what's my line?: spoken memories of a girl discovering her role in India.
Creator
Brown, Laura C., Florida State University
Date Issued
2010
Identifier
645240994, 2181929, FSDT2181929, fsu:19218
Format
Document (PDF)
Vowel formant transitions in fluent speech of adults and children who do and do not stutter
Title
Vowel formant transitions in fluent speech of adults and children who do and do not stutter.
Creator
Schneider, Carmen O., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
This study was performed to compare vowel formant transitions during fluent utterances of stutterers and nonstutterers. Eight adult and eight child stutterers and a similar group of nonstutterers served as participants. The subjects read CVt syllables with /p/, /b/, /t/, and /d/ as the initial consonants and the vowels /i/, /u/, and /a/. The extent, duration, and rate of the second formant transitions were calculated. The children who stutter exhibited wider frequency ranges, longer durations...
Show moreThis study was performed to compare vowel formant transitions during fluent utterances of stutterers and nonstutterers. Eight adult and eight child stutterers and a similar group of nonstutterers served as participants. The subjects read CVt syllables with /p/, /b/, /t/, and /d/ as the initial consonants and the vowels /i/, /u/, and /a/. The extent, duration, and rate of the second formant transitions were calculated. The children who stutter exhibited wider frequency ranges, longer durations, and faster rates than the other groups.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
456453607, 244594, FSDT244594, fsu:19301
Format
Document (PDF)
Vowel formant transitions in children and adults who stutter
Title
Vowel formant transitions in children and adults who stutter.
Creator
Acquaah-Harrison, Thelma E., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to compare the vowel formant transitions during the fluent utterances of those who stutter and those who do not. Two children (age 10 female, age 8 male) and two adults (age 18 female, age 21 male) who stutter participated in this study and were matched by age and gender to two nonstutterers. Participants were asked to read aloud 12 consonant + vowel + /t/ (CVt) syllables. The initial consonants were either the bilabial (/p/, /b/) or alveolar (/t/,/d/) stop...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to compare the vowel formant transitions during the fluent utterances of those who stutter and those who do not. Two children (age 10 female, age 8 male) and two adults (age 18 female, age 21 male) who stutter participated in this study and were matched by age and gender to two nonstutterers. Participants were asked to read aloud 12 consonant + vowel + /t/ (CVt) syllables. The initial consonants were either the bilabial (/p/, /b/) or alveolar (/t/,/d/) stop consonants. Each consonant was paired with the vowels /i/ /u/ //. The frequency shift and duration of the vowel formant transition was measured from the initial consonant to the vowel. There were significant differences in formant transition frequency shifts between stuttering individuals and their nonstuttering peers, as well as between children and adults. Similarly, a significant difference was observed in transition durations between children and adults.
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Date Issued
2008
Identifier
465194015, 341798, FSDT341798, fsu:19367
Format
Document (PDF)
Vorticity-based detection of tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific Basin
Title
Vorticity-based detection of tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific Basin.
Creator
Holbach, Heather Marie., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
A vorticity-based detection technique developed by Gierach et al. (2007), which was based on a method developed by Sharp et al. (2002), is tested in the Eastern Pacific basin. The computer program used in this study was a modification by Bourassa and McBeth-Ford (2010) of the computer program used in Gierach et al. (2007). Plots are created to show the progression and strength of surface vorticity for systems identified by the program. Due to excess noise, it is determined that one...
Show moreA vorticity-based detection technique developed by Gierach et al. (2007), which was based on a method developed by Sharp et al. (2002), is tested in the Eastern Pacific basin. The computer program used in this study was a modification by Bourassa and McBeth-Ford (2010) of the computer program used in Gierach et al. (2007). Plots are created to show the progression and strength of surface vorticity for systems identified by the program. Due to excess noise, it is determined that one prerequisite to obtaining a confident detection time of a tropical disturbance in the Eastern Pacific basin is the removal of very small clusters of detected systems. There was also a problem with naturally occurring vorticity signals associated with gap flow. It was found that vorticity alone is insufficient to accurately identify tropical disturbances and that the comparison of GOES satellite imagery is likely to solve this problem.
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Date Issued
2010
Identifier
643097164, 2181909, FSDT2181909, fsu:19198
Format
Document (PDF)
Volunteer labor supply: why do the wealthy volunteer more?
Title
Volunteer labor supply: why do the wealthy volunteer more?.
Creator
Crannell, Todd
Date Issued
2000
Identifier
159550, FSDT159550, fsu:18482
Format
Document (PDF)
Voluntary surrender of Constitutionally guaranteed rights: a citizen's view of the 4th Amendment as it applies to vehicle searches.
Title
Voluntary surrender of Constitutionally guaranteed rights: a citizen's view of the 4th Amendment as it applies to vehicle searches.
Creator
Cole, Benjamin T.
Date Issued
2004-06-01
Identifier
160596, FSDT160596, fsu:18987
Format
Document (PDF)
Voice onset time in women as a function of oral contraceptive use.
Title
Voice onset time in women as a function of oral contraceptive use.
Creator
Herring, Kaileen D.
Date Issued
2006-05-23
Identifier
160705, FSDT160705, fsu:19035
Format
Document (PDF)
Voice effects of initial oral contraception use
Title
Voice effects of initial oral contraception use.
Creator
Meyer, Lauren., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
Previous studies indicate that women who use oral contraceptives have voices that are more stable than women who do not use oral contraceptives. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of initial contraceptive use on vocal fold function. It was hypothesized that at initial contraceptive use, there would be an effect on the vocal folds. Also, it was hypothesized that as the participants continued with contraceptive use, vocal fold function would become more congruent with vocal...
Show morePrevious studies indicate that women who use oral contraceptives have voices that are more stable than women who do not use oral contraceptives. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of initial contraceptive use on vocal fold function. It was hypothesized that at initial contraceptive use, there would be an effect on the vocal folds. Also, it was hypothesized that as the participants continued with contraceptive use, vocal fold function would become more congruent with vocal fold function associated with contraceptive use. There were two participants in this study who were recorded three consecutive months prior to contraceptive use and six consecutive months after initial contraceptive use. They were recorded on the 10th and 20th day of their menstrual cycle. The participants were recorded sustaining the /µ/ vowel and reciting "The Rainbow Passage." Measurements included vowel fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, noise-to-harmonic ratio, glottal conditions, sound pressure level, and speaking fundamental frequency. The results of this research imply that spectral measurements may be the best acoustic tool for the differences in voice associated with initial contraceptive use. A larger sample size is needed to establish statistically significant results.
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Date Issued
2008
Identifier
469184404, 341770, FSDT341770, fsu:19339
Format
Document (PDF)

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