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Title: Facilitating Vocabulary Acquisition of Young English Language Learners.
Creator: Lugo-Neris, Mirza J., Jackson, Carla Wood, Goldstein, Howard, Thomas-Tate, Shurita, Lonigan, Christopher, School of Communication, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A vocabulary intervention during shared storybook reading was implemented with 22 Spanish-English bilingual children. One intervention consisted of English expansions of vocabulary words and the other of English-supplemented-with-Spanish instruction. Participants between the ages of 4 and 6 received both interventions during a four-week summer program. It was hypothesized that the intervention incorporating Spanish would produce greater learning in three areas: naming, receptive knowledge,...
Show moreA vocabulary intervention during shared storybook reading was implemented with 22 Spanish-English bilingual children. One intervention consisted of English expansions of vocabulary words and the other of English-supplemented-with-Spanish instruction. Participants between the ages of 4 and 6 received both interventions during a four-week summer program. It was hypothesized that the intervention incorporating Spanish would produce greater learning in three areas: naming, receptive knowledge, and expressive definitions. It also was hypothesized that the children's initial language proficiency in each language would affect their learning from Spanish vocabulary expansions. Results revealed significant improvement in all three areas. The Spanish vocabulary expansions condition produced the greatest gains in expressive definitions. Also, the children's initial language proficiency in Spanish and English was found to affect the children's possible gains from the intervention. The thirteen participants with limited skills in both languages showed significantly less vocabulary growth than the participants who had strong skills in Spanish. Although both languages of intervention were beneficial, there were additional benefits to using Spanish expansions in the vocabulary instruction. Findings support previous literature that suggests shared reading is a useful tool to enhance word learning. This is especially true for bilingual children when supporting and strengthening a child's first language and facilitating second-language acquisition. Future research should explore additional ways of enhancing the vocabulary growth of children with limited skills in both languages.
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Date Issued: 0007
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1007
Format: Thesis

Title: Reconfiguring the American Family: Alternate Paradigms in African American and Latina Familial Configurations.
Creator: Wright, Mary Elizabeth, Braendlin, Bonnie, Nudd, Donna, Saladin, Linda, McGregory, Jerrilyn, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In the United States authors whose work concerns ethnicity face a host of problems, of which the most obvious remains the preconceived notion that ethnicthemed literature is subordinate to Eurocentric literary work. Despite continued racial and ethnic prejudices, many women of color writing within the past thirty years work to triumph over such categorical stereotypes and through their efforts earned Nobel and Pulitzer prizes and tremendous readership loyalties. The African American and...
Show moreIn the United States authors whose work concerns ethnicity face a host of problems, of which the most obvious remains the preconceived notion that ethnicthemed literature is subordinate to Eurocentric literary work. Despite continued racial and ethnic prejudices, many women of color writing within the past thirty years work to triumph over such categorical stereotypes and through their efforts earned Nobel and Pulitzer prizes and tremendous readership loyalties. The African American and Latina women discussed in this dissertation stand up against the ideological, cultural, sociohistorical, and political voices still attempting to repress them, as they write to disseminate and preserve specific ethnic and cultural ideologies and practices. Through rewriting the Freudian family romance into family narratives, they explicitly express cultural identity. By asserting difference concerning families and communities, specifically in a society still largely resistant but more accepting of ethnic and cultural practices, these women insure that values and practices from their own respective backgrounds will survive assimilation attempts from the culture at large. As a result, in addition to identifying with a similar readership, they instruct those from dissimilar backgrounds about cultural ideologies to shrinIn this study I aim to identify and discuss how portrayals of fictional families and communities in contemporary African American and Latina literature serve as valuable pedagogical tools in the advancement of a truly heterogeneous society. To accomplish this end, I utilize selective texts from four authors whose publishing histories range from 1970 to the present: Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye 1970; Paule Marshall, Praisesong for the Widow 1984; Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents 1991; and Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban 1992. I focus on the methods each writer engages from her specific cultural heritage to redefine the Eurocentric, middle-class American nuclear family into one that adequately represents our pluralistic culture. In resisting a dominant discourse that protects and promotes a nuclear family ideology, these authors construct paradigmatic narratives that preserve multifaceted family and communal ideologies, specifically extended families and reliance upon communal support, of African American, Dominican American, and Cuban American (Latina/o) value systems. In order to support ethnic variations as positive elements in a multicultural society and to redefine the American family as a varied and inclusive entity where an extended family or one comprised of a variety of nonconsanguine members is just as valid as a nuclear family, we must create additional familial paradigms to the Freudian family romance. Texts that privilege a multiplicity of configurations help readers of all identities achieve a greater sense of ownership in this country that calls itself pluralistic.k the discursive boundaries between "dominant" and "subordinate" groups.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0747
Format: Thesis

Title: Experienced Teachers Use of Time in Choral Rehearsals of Beginning and Advanced Choirs.
Creator: Arthur, Judy Russell, Bowers, Judy K., Corzine, Michael, Madsen, Clifford K., Thomas, Andre J., Fenton, Kevin, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate instructional pace by observing choral rehearsals of experienced teachers, describing teacher and student behaviors, and comparing usage of time to multiple descriptions of pacing drawn from the literature. Five teachers were selected based on professional and educational qualifications. Subjects were videotaped in two rehearsals, one regular rehearsal of their beginning choir and advanced choir. Teacher and student behaviors were observed and...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate instructional pace by observing choral rehearsals of experienced teachers, describing teacher and student behaviors, and comparing usage of time to multiple descriptions of pacing drawn from the literature. Five teachers were selected based on professional and educational qualifications. Subjects were videotaped in two rehearsals, one regular rehearsal of their beginning choir and advanced choir. Teacher and student behaviors were observed and recorded in seconds for analysis. Categories of behaviors were developed using existing categories from previous studies as models. Six of the 10 rehearsals used a rehearsal structure that varied familiar with new music, easy with difficult and changed pace frequently (Cox, 1989, Structure C). After behaviors were recorded and analyzed, the beginning choirs showed a mean of 4.5 rehearsal segments (major activity shifts), advanced choirs showed a mean of 3.8 rehearsal segments, and all 10 recorded at least 3 rehearsal segments. The shortest rehearsal segment was 4.6% of the total rehearsal time, and the longest was 49.7%. All observed rehearsals contained examples of faster and slower pacing. Consistent with previous studies, teacher instruction and student performance were the highest recorded behaviors. Mean durations of teacher instruction were 17 and 16 seconds (beginning and advanced) and 26 and 31 seconds of student performance (beginning and advanced). The lowest rate per minute (change of activity) for any rehearsal segment was .75 and the highest rate per minute was 7.7. The mean rate per minute for beginning choirs was 2.94 (teacher) and 3.04 (student). For advanced choirs the mean rate per minute was 3.53 (teacher) and 2.74 (student). Three teachers were more approving than disapproving and ratios of student response to teacher feedback varied widely from 2:1 to 6:1. These results indicate pacing is a complex part of effective teaching and good teachers with classroom experience use fast and slow pacing in rehearsals, suggesting that slow may play an important role in pace within the full rehearsal. Pacing a choral rehearsal is an essential part of a music teacher's repertoire of effective teaching strategies, thus more study is needed. of teacher instruction were 17 and 16 seconds (beginning and advanced) and 26 and 31 seconds of student performance (beginning and advanced). The lowest rate per minute (change of activity) for any rehearsal segment was .75 and the highest rate per minute was 7.7. The mean rate per minute for beginning choirs was 2.94 (teacher) and 3.04 (student). For advanced choirs the mean rate per minute was 3.53 (teacher) and 2.74 (student). Three teachers were more approving than disapproving and ratios of student response to teacher feedback varied widely from 2:1 to 6:1. These results indicate pacing is a complex part of effective teaching and good teachers with classroom experience use fast and slow pacing in rehearsals, suggesting that slow may play an important role in pace within the full rehearsal. Pacing a choral rehearsal is an essential part of a music teacher's repertoire of effective teaching strategies, thus more study is needed.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0241
Format: Thesis

Title: Sacred Unions: Catharine Sedgwick, Maria Edgeworth, and Domestic-Political Fiction.
Creator: Elmore, Jenifer Lynn, Moore, Dennis, Hadden, Sally, Walker, Eric, Burke, Helen, Haywood, Chanta, Stern, Julia, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Since the 1980s, literary scholars in the U.K., Ireland, and the U.S. have recovered the contributions of the nineteenth-century American writer Catharine Maria Sedgwick and her older Anglo-Irish contemporary Maria Edgeworth, establishing both as groundbreaking contributors to their respective national literatures. This dissertation casts new light on both authors by examining their private writings to reconstruct their actual historical relationship to one another and by interpreting their...
Show moreSince the 1980s, literary scholars in the U.K., Ireland, and the U.S. have recovered the contributions of the nineteenth-century American writer Catharine Maria Sedgwick and her older Anglo-Irish contemporary Maria Edgeworth, establishing both as groundbreaking contributors to their respective national literatures. This dissertation casts new light on both authors by examining their private writings to reconstruct their actual historical relationship to one another and by interpreting their published works in a transatlantic and post-colonial context. Reading their works side by side reveals that both authors were preoccupied with modeling Union—the harmonious union of qualities within the individual, of husbands and wives, of disparate groups within larger societies, and, most importantly, of member states within larger political nations, such as Edgeworth's United Kingdom of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Sedgwick's young United States of America. Though Sedgwick and Edgeworth lived an ocean apart and never met in person, their literary celebrity and shared literary project connected them. Throughout her career, Sedgwick's readers and critics compared her style, her subject matter, her literary and social mission, and indeed the totality of her literary persona to that of Edgeworth. The dedication of Sedgwick's first novel, A New-England Tale (1822), is an encomium to Edgeworth that establishes how much the novice American admired this mature writer who had already achieved enormous transatlantic literary stature. Edgeworth's response to that dedication initiated an occasional correspondence between the two women, and Sedgwick continued to inscribe her fiction with intertextual references to Edgeworth. Important points of intersection between Sedgwick's and Edgeworth's oeuvres include their literary treatments of women and their writings about women writers, their pioneering literary regionalism, their fictional representations of socioeconomic and ethnic others, and their use of allegory to infuse domestic fictions with national political significance. Both writers employ various narrative strategies in presenting the many aspects of their social and political philosophies to the public in a fictional and often coded form that this dissertation theorizes as the sub-genre of domestic-political fiction. This sub-genre was the means through which both authors modeled their ideals of perfect Union.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0568
Format: Thesis

Title: Understanding Decentralization Local Power over Decision-Making for Comprehensive Planning in Florida.
Creator: Ali, Amal Kamal, Doan, Petra L., Serow, William, Miles, Rebecca, RuBino, Richard, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Decentralization strategies have been applied widely in both developed and developing countries. Previous research analyzes decentralization from above by dealing with two aggregated levels of government: the state and the local. Measures adopted by previous studies fail to reflect the various dimensions of decentralization. They do not show how decentralization is performed at the local level or whether local governments are empowered and able to make independent decisions without direct of...
Show moreDecentralization strategies have been applied widely in both developed and developing countries. Previous research analyzes decentralization from above by dealing with two aggregated levels of government: the state and the local. Measures adopted by previous studies fail to reflect the various dimensions of decentralization. They do not show how decentralization is performed at the local level or whether local governments are empowered and able to make independent decisions without direct of indirect intervention from the central government. In this research, I argue that local power over decision-making for comprehensive planning reflects governmental decentralization and captures its economic, political, and administrative dimensions. This research develops and tests a set of empirical measures of local agency power over decision-making for comprehensive planning. The measures analyze decentralization from below by investigating the extent of agency power over decision-making for comprehensive planning at the municipal level. It deals with local governments as disaggregated units, which enables us to compare and trace levels of power over decision-making across municipalities and over time. Major questions of the research are: what are empirical measures of local agency power over decision-making for comprehensive planning? and to what extent do proposed measures of local agency power succeed in reflecting levels of governmental decentralization? Florida was selected as the case study, because it has experienced xiii changes in its governmental decentralization levels since the adoption of its growth management system in the late 1960s. The unit of analysis is a governmental planning agency within municipalities having 10,000 or more inhabitants. A Delphi study was conducted to develop measures of each major dimension of local agency power over decision-making for comprehensive planning. Dimensions of power include agency legal authority, relative autonomy, control over local planning actions, and capacity to make planning decisions. Agency capacity consists of four sub-dimensions: technical, fiscal, institutional, and enforcement capacity. The proposed set of measures of local agency power over decision-making was tested empirically in Florida. Its applicability as an indicator of governmental decentralization was investigated by contrasting the model with measures of decentralization proposed by previous studies. The proposed empirical measures succeed in: 1) analyzing decentralization from below by dealing with local governments as disaggregated units, 2) demonstrating the variation in levels of power across Florida's municipalities, and 3) providing a comprehensive picture of decentralization by capturing its economic, political, and administrative dimensions. The research indicates that Florida's growth management system has shaped the structure of power over decision-making for comprehensive planning. The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has been given a dominant role in the process of local planning. Regional planning councils (RPCs) have no power over decision-making despite their responsibilities as technical assistants, facilitators, and negotiators. Local governments have been required to prepare local comprehensive plans/plan amendments consistent with state and regional plans. Sanctions are used to ensure local compliance xiv with state requirements and standards. Therefore, the growth management system of Florida has reduced the power of local governments over decision-making for comprehensive planning, which increases levels of centralization in Florida. This research fills partially a gap in the literature of international development planning by presenting a tool to analyze decentralization from below, which enables us to design better strategies to establish decentralization at the local level. The research also contributes to the field of growth management by providing empirical measures of local agency power over decision-making for comprehensive planning. These measures should be addressed in policy analysis of growth management in order to improve planning systems and practices.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0002
Format: Thesis

Title: Florida Preservice Teachers' Attitudes Toward African American Vernacular English.
Creator: Abdul-Hakim, Isma'Il, Department of Middle and Secondary Education, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The study assessed the attitudes of preservice teachers in the state of Florida by using the African American Teacher Attitude Scale (AAETAS), a four point 46-item Likert Scale designed by Hoover et al (1997). This study also sought to determine which nine demographic variables were associated with the preservice teachers attitudes. The demographic variables were comprised of 1.) race, 2.) university attended, 3.) hometown size, 4.) gender, 5.) age, 6.) socio economic status, 7.) primary...
Show moreThe study assessed the attitudes of preservice teachers in the state of Florida by using the African American Teacher Attitude Scale (AAETAS), a four point 46-item Likert Scale designed by Hoover et al (1997). This study also sought to determine which nine demographic variables were associated with the preservice teachers attitudes. The demographic variables were comprised of 1.) race, 2.) university attended, 3.) hometown size, 4.) gender, 5.) age, 6.) socio economic status, 7.) primary language spoken at home/ in community, 8.) exposure to AAVE through high school course work, and 9.) exposure to AAVE through university course work. The Likert Scale (questionnaire) was comprised of statements that were made by educators during the 1970s. The questionnaire was graded and the researcher used the standard deviation and mean to set the ranges of under 110 (low), 110-153 (middle), and 154 or above (high). Furthermore, the researcher compared the ranges of the current study with the ranges (under 120/deficit, 120-159/difference and 160 or above) set by Hoover et al (1997). The researcher conducted a multiple regression analysis on the scores (dependent variable) and the demographic variables (independent variables). The subjects for this study were preservice teachers as well as education majors at two large universities in North Florida. The sample was a sample of convenience. A total of 153 preservice teachers completed the surveys. The results of the study indicate that language spoken at home and hometown population are closely associated with preservice teachers' attitudes. In addition, the results revealed that suburban bidialectical preservice teachers (i.e. those who speak both Standard English (SE) and AAVE as their primary languages at home) viewed AAVE more positively than preservice teachers from rural and urban areas who either speak SE, AAVE or both.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0011
Format: Thesis

Title: "Yes, Injured Woman! Rise, Assert Thy Right!": Anna Letitia Barbauld and the Feminine Ideal.
Creator: Dustin, Sara, Walker, Eric, Burke, Helen, O'Rourke, James, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In this thesis, I will examine the poetry and prose of a late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century writer, Anna Letitia Barbauld. Through the early 1970s, literary scholarship on the Romantic period focused almost exclusively on male canonical writers such as Wordsworth and Keats. By focusing on the work of a popular and prolific female writer such as Barbauld, I hope to contribute to the debate on what is considered Romantic. My overall thesis is that despite the evidence of Barbauld's...
Show moreIn this thesis, I will examine the poetry and prose of a late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century writer, Anna Letitia Barbauld. Through the early 1970s, literary scholarship on the Romantic period focused almost exclusively on male canonical writers such as Wordsworth and Keats. By focusing on the work of a popular and prolific female writer such as Barbauld, I hope to contribute to the debate on what is considered Romantic. My overall thesis is that despite the evidence of Barbauld's conventionally "feminine" poems as well as her own personal history, Barbauld was not a simple antifeminist or mere schoolmistress, but rather an important contributor to the debates in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century concerning feminine identity, and moreover, the feminine ideal. The first chapter discusses the Romantic era's timeline, explores Barbauld's interaction with her contemporaries, exposes the many obstacles to women writers of Barbauld's era, and reviews Barbauld's reception history. In the introduction, I will first discuss Barbauld's place in the Romantic century. If we think of Barbauld as an early Romantic (she began publishing in 1773 and most of her major literary contributions were made before 1800), a different account of Romanticism emerges. I will then give a brief biography of Barbauld, which will include her interaction with other Romantic writers such as Wordsworth and Coleridge, and conclude the introduction by discussing the past neglect of Barbauld and other Romantic women writers. In the second chapter, I move on to compare Barbauld with one of her more radical female contemporaries, Mary Wollstonecraft. Given that critics such as Marlon B. Ross and Mary Wollstonecraft labeled Barbauld as an antifeminist based upon poems such as "To a Ladywith some painted Flowers" and "The Rights of Woman," I think it is important to examine the considerable number of similarities between Wollstonecraft and Barbauld. In Barbauld's works "Fashion: A Vision" and "Epistle to William Wilberforce," her language and ideas sound remarkably similar to that of Wollstonecraft's. Both criticize their society's construction of marriage as well as the upper class women of their day, and both writers believe that women should be more concerned with improving their minds than with obsessing over fashion. Finally, in the third chapter I explore how Barbauld subtly undermined the belief system of her day by identifying women's exclusion from the masculine sphere, asserting the validity of desire, and affirming the power of the feminine consciousness. Barbauld's poems "Inscription for an Ice-House" and "The Mouse's Petition" also offer feminist critiques regarding the social order that persists in controlling women in eighteenth-century England. Moreover, in poems such as "A Summer Evening's Meditation," "Corsica," and "Washing-Day," Barbauld uses female consciousness as a distinct counterbalance to male consciousness. These three poems refute cultural stereotypes of women in their assigned domestic roles by showing the power of female subjectivity. I will conclude my paper by discussing the problem of the British Romantic literary canon. Mary Favret calls Barbauld and Felicia Hemans "newly canonized writers," but I doubt whether other literary critics would agree with her assessment. The problem of canonization and women writers is not easily resolved, given that women writers such as Barbauld are usually regarded as mere complements to the work of the six (male) established canonical writers. An examination of important female authors is important, therefore, in order to open up the debate on canonization and Romanticism.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0622
Format: Thesis

Title: Marya Hornbacher's Wasted as an American Punk Feminist Autobiography.
Creator: Du Vernay, Denise A., Faulk, Barry, Braendlin, Bonnie, Laughlin, Karen, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This thesis explores Marya Hornbacher's 1998 autobiographical work Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. As a complex and layered American autobiography, Wasted will be placed within three American traditions of autobiography, namely, the self as morality play, in which the writer deals with matters of good and evil, virtue and vice, next, the self-made man, which is related to the bildungsroman and ideas of "self culture," and finally, feminist confession, which does not seek an...
Show moreThis thesis explores Marya Hornbacher's 1998 autobiographical work Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. As a complex and layered American autobiography, Wasted will be placed within three American traditions of autobiography, namely, the self as morality play, in which the writer deals with matters of good and evil, virtue and vice, next, the self-made man, which is related to the bildungsroman and ideas of "self culture," and finally, feminist confession, which does not seek an exoneration of sins but instead offers personal and societal truths. As a memoir of anorexia and bulimia, Wasted is discussed as a study of American girls and their bodies. Autobiography and the body are both means of communication, and are both treated as such in the third chapter. As a transgressive memoir, Wasted is discussed in Chapter 4 as part of a trend that alters and propels American feminism, not unlike the works of other feminist punk writers such as Kathy Acker and punk musicians such as Le Tigre and Slaeter-Kinney. The introduction addresses the neo-conservative movement, which includes Wendy Shalit's 1999 book: A Return To Modesty, in which she argues that embarrassment is required for a woman's safety; the loss of embarrassment, and subsequently modesty, is the cause of contemporary damages to women, such as eating disorders, promiscuity, drug use, and rape. She uses Wasted to propel her arguments, citing Hornbacher as a woman lacking in modesty and embarrassment, a condition which, according to Shalit, leaves her open to self-destructive behaviors and victimization by vii others. This argument is dangerous in its simplicity and in its desire to place blame. Shalit's function is enabled by our society's lust for public spectacle, such as daytime talk shows in which the stranger the guests and their issues, the higher the ratings of the show. This circuitry works together to reduce women such as Hornbacher to objects defined by their sex and gender, thus providing a shallow critique of surface sexuality. Instead, this thesis strives to analyze Wasted in its proper interpretive matrix; a more appropriate and useful analysis would be to examine how the book fits into established American forms of autobiography, how the book uses both the body and its genre to tell the story, and finally, to question how this memoir fits into and changes American feminism. Wasted is an American autobiography, it is a woman's autobiography (with all the potential negative and positive connotations that accompany that adjective) and it is a transgressive memoir, continuing through nonfiction a punk feminist agenda. The conclusion of this thesis examines the reasons why Wendy Shalit's interpretation of Wasted in A Return to Modesty is reductionistic and anti-feminist, and that her suggestion to rediscover the lost virtue of modesty simply works to place blame on the victim, which in this case blames Hornbacher for her anorexia. Instead, I maintain, this memoir needs to be analyzed as a complex American autobiography, transgressive in style and content, and as a text that works in conjunction with the current wave of American feminism.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0655
Format: Thesis

Title: Irmgard Keun's Magnifying Glass: Deconstructing the Nazi Discourse.
Creator: Bonfante-Bossak, Ana Luisa, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In Nach Mitternacht, the author Inngard Keun unveils a society that is a counter-image to that portrayed by the National Socialist regime. By giving the reader an amplified yet sharp picture oflife in the Third Reich, Keun not only exposes the Regime's repression mechanisms, but she also raises the question of individual responsibility among the petit-bourgeoisie, discussing very early-on the issue of co-participation. Keun's critical engagement does not fall short of aesthetical quality. A...
Show moreIn Nach Mitternacht, the author Inngard Keun unveils a society that is a counter-image to that portrayed by the National Socialist regime. By giving the reader an amplified yet sharp picture oflife in the Third Reich, Keun not only exposes the Regime's repression mechanisms, but she also raises the question of individual responsibility among the petit-bourgeoisie, discussing very early-on the issue of co-participation. Keun's critical engagement does not fall short of aesthetical quality. A seemingly naive narrator deconstructs Nazi discourse through various literary devices which break the one-to-one system of signification typical of totalitarian discourses. Keun succeeds in deconstructing the Nazi regime by focusing on specific parts of society, zooming in on different situations and on the lives of different people, offering the reader a dissected picture of life in the Third Reich. Hence, Keun delivers a critical and complex political analysis of the early years of the Third Reich. VI
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0802
Format: Thesis

Title: Measurement of the Top Mass in the All-Jets Channel with the DØ Detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider.
Creator: Connolly, Brian M., Wahl, Horst, Krishnamurti, Ruby, Prosper, Harrison B., Stewart, Chip, Reina, Laura, Piekarewicz, Jorge, Department of Physics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: We describe a measurement in the top quark mass in tt production where the final state is 6 or more jets, which is otherwise known as the all-jets channel. The mass is extracted from 110.2 pb of data taken with the DØ detector at the Fermilab Tevatron from 1993-96.
Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3462
Format: Thesis

Title: SAS Yaw Motion Compensation Using Along-Track Phase Filtering.
Creator: Joshi, Shantanu H., Gross, Frank B., Arora, Krishna R., Roberts, Rodney R., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In order to image or map targets on an ocean floor, a synthetic aperture sonar platform is moved underwater over the ocean floor. The platform pings or transmits acoustic signals, which reflect off the target back to the receiver. A target image is generated after applying a focusing or a beamforming algorithm on the processed received signal. However the moving platform, when pinging, undergoes motions like yaw, sway, surge, which produce distortions in the final target image. The main...
Show moreIn order to image or map targets on an ocean floor, a synthetic aperture sonar platform is moved underwater over the ocean floor. The platform pings or transmits acoustic signals, which reflect off the target back to the receiver. A target image is generated after applying a focusing or a beamforming algorithm on the processed received signal. However the moving platform, when pinging, undergoes motions like yaw, sway, surge, which produce distortions in the final target image. The main objective of this thesis is to geometrically model yaw motion and apply the motion compensation scheme to correct for the yaw motion causing target image distortion. The compensation scheme makes use of phase filtering of the received signals to improve the target image quality. The results obtained, demonstrate effectiveness of the method to compensate for the target image distortion due to yaw motion.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3691
Format: Thesis

Title: A Vision of the Mahatma and Other Stories.
Creator: Joseph, Anna, Burroway, Janet, Bishop, Wendy, Hawkins, Hunt, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This thesis is a collection of four stories. All the stories are set in India and have women characters as the main protagonists. The stories are about ordinary lives that are neither particularly admirable nor particularly depraved, but all the characters live through and survive experiences that change and haunt them forever. A Vision of the Mahatma is the story of a marriage between Roshini, a young woman, who does not have an inner vision about her place or purpose in this world, and John...
Show moreThis thesis is a collection of four stories. All the stories are set in India and have women characters as the main protagonists. The stories are about ordinary lives that are neither particularly admirable nor particularly depraved, but all the characters live through and survive experiences that change and haunt them forever. A Vision of the Mahatma is the story of a marriage between Roshini, a young woman, who does not have an inner vision about her place or purpose in this world, and John who claims to have had a vision of Mahatma Gandhi which changes the focus of his life. John wants to give up job and wife in the pursuit of a solution to India's problem of widespread poverty. Their moral power struggle ends when John gently but stubbornly insists on setting up an ashram in rural India leaving Roshini to face a future that promises to be bleak. Five Hundred Acres of Rubber is the story of Asha, a woman, who finds her life in rural India dreary and monotonous. She yearns for life in a city, is fascinated by America and believes that her salvation lies in an arranged marriage to someone/anyone with a job in USA. Asha's family has its share of pain and cruelty, love and loneliness, security and insecurity, and it is against this backdrop that the process of arranging Asha's marriage takes place. Nectar of Kochi is the story of a young girl who is growing up as an only child of devoted but rather insensitive parents in a Indian city. The conflict in this story moves and shifts from one between the narrator and her father who is over-ambitious for her, to one between the narrator and her mother. The narrator observes her mother's adultery even while she, as an adolescent, is growing into sexual awareness. In Nice Virgin Girl another young protagonist is terrified to discover herself pregnant. The fifteen-year old Angelique is torn between several things – between wanting to keep her baby and the shame of revealing her pregnancy, between constantly squabbling parents, and between the traditional Indian culture and the global culture that she accesses through Television. Angelique's mother forces an abortion on her, and Angelique is devastated when she learns that her boyfriend approves of the abortion. The story ends with her realizing that there are unforgivable things in the world just as there are irreversible actions -- like pregnancy and abortion.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3476
Format: Thesis

Title: The Organization and Categorization of Political Cartoons: An Exploratory Study.
Creator: Landbeck, Christopher Ryan, Burnett, Kathlen, Gluck, Myke, Burnett, Gary, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The categorization and organization of political cartoons has historically been a non-starter; both a lack of resources and a lack of interest have been cited as reasons for the exclusion of these works from the historical record. The advent of the "Computer Age" has laid both of these reasons to waste. But how to accomplish the feat? Which paths of organization for this particular media are well-chosen or ill-advised? This study seeks to shed light on wither we should go and how we should...
Show moreThe categorization and organization of political cartoons has historically been a non-starter; both a lack of resources and a lack of interest have been cited as reasons for the exclusion of these works from the historical record. The advent of the "Computer Age" has laid both of these reasons to waste. But how to accomplish the feat? Which paths of organization for this particular media are well-chosen or ill-advised? This study seeks to shed light on wither we should go and how we should get there.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3301
Format: Thesis

Title: Jacques Hetu's 'Suite pour Guitare Seule, Op.41': An Analysis.
Creator: Fowler, Francois, Clendinning, Jane Piper, Brewer, Charles E., Holzman, Bruce, Punter, Melanie, Ryan, Pamela, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Jacques Hetu is one of Canada's most respected and successful composers. His compositions have attracted interest from notable musicians, such as Glenn Gould, Charles Dutoit, Pinchas Zukerman, and Kurt Mazur, who have performed, and recorded his music. His works are regularly performed within Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and Japan and he has been composing commissioned works for over three decades. Hetu's compositions encompass many genres, including four symphonies, an...
Show moreJacques Hetu is one of Canada's most respected and successful composers. His compositions have attracted interest from notable musicians, such as Glenn Gould, Charles Dutoit, Pinchas Zukerman, and Kurt Mazur, who have performed, and recorded his music. His works are regularly performed within Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and Japan and he has been composing commissioned works for over three decades. Hetu's compositions encompass many genres, including four symphonies, an opera, a mass, film music, works for voice and orchestra, and several chamber pieces. He has also composed concertos for piano, organ, bassoon, clarinet, trumpet, flute, guitar, trombone and a double concerto for piano and violin. This treatise presents a detailed analysis of Hetu' s Suite pour guitare seuie, Op.4l. The Suite was composed in 1986, and represents Jacques Hetu's only work for solo guitar. The analysis is accompanied by a discussion of Hetu' s general musical style, and a biography of the composer.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4413
Format: Thesis

Title: Optimal Control of Continuous and Discontinuous Flow.
Creator: Homescu, Cristian A., Navon, I. M., Pfeffer, R., Hussaini, M. Y., Erlebacher, G., Blumsack, S., Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Numerical and theoretical aspects of solving optimal control problems for a continuous flow (suppression of the Karman vortex street for a flow around a cylinder) and for a discontinuous flow (changing the location of discontinuities for the shock-tube problem) are considered. The minimization algorithms require the gradient (or a sub-gradient) for the smooth (respectively non smooth) cost functional. The numerical value of the gradient (respectively a sub gradient) is obtained using the ad...
Show moreNumerical and theoretical aspects of solving optimal control problems for a continuous flow (suppression of the Karman vortex street for a flow around a cylinder) and for a discontinuous flow (changing the location of discontinuities for the shock-tube problem) are considered. The minimization algorithms require the gradient (or a sub-gradient) for the smooth (respectively non smooth) cost functional. The numerical value of the gradient (respectively a sub gradient) is obtained using the ad-joint method. The optimal solutions are verified using their physical interpretation. A very convincing argument for the validity of the numerical optimal solutions is obtained comparing the values corresponding to observed physical phenomena to the above mentioned numerical optimal controls. Sensitivity analysis of a discontinuous flow, namely for t he shock-tube problem of gas dynamics, was also studied. Better results are obtained compared to the available literature, due to the use of adaptive mesh refinement.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4522
Format: Thesis

Title: Mossy Key: A Collection of Short Stories.
Creator: Fleming, Amanda L., Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, Winegardner, Mark, Burroway, Janet, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This collection of seven short stories is in fulfillment of the Florida State University MA thesis requirement. Each of the stories, set during the off-season in the fictional gulf coast town of Mossy Key, can stand on their own. Jointly, the stories hinge on life in a small, self-supported fishing village. Each story, told by different residents of the town, addresses the town's concern to expand while also preserving its roots. The stories are arranged sequentially beginning with Labor Day...
Show moreThis collection of seven short stories is in fulfillment of the Florida State University MA thesis requirement. Each of the stories, set during the off-season in the fictional gulf coast town of Mossy Key, can stand on their own. Jointly, the stories hinge on life in a small, self-supported fishing village. Each story, told by different residents of the town, addresses the town's concern to expand while also preserving its roots. The stories are arranged sequentially beginning with Labor Day and running through Spring Break. The stories render a world where land development for the sake of commerce does not necessarily facilitate the expansion of the resident's wallets. The stories center around the verge of a full-blown tourist economy, but this theme is not the major driving force behind each story. Each centers on emotional ambivalence: anguish over unrequited love, grief created by unstable family situations, breaking the habit of believing one's own lies, and accepting the bittersweet taste of loss. "Meeting Jim Cantore" and "Potted Plants" illustrates two women's unrealistic yet desperate grasp of woman/man love relationships should be. "Sweet Loretta" and "Washed Ashore" both address the trappings of mother/daughter-type relationships, expressively the balance between loving and controlling. "Concrete Chickens" explores the break-up of a couple and the unrelenting man who cannot take it like a man.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4439
Format: Thesis

Title: Three String Quartets by Contemporary Bolivian Composers.
Creator: Gjevre, Naomi K., Clarke, Karen, Croft, James, Spurgeon, Phillip, Georgiev, Lubomir, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The Bolivian string quartet is a genre that is coming into its own, as the new generation of composers in Bolivia continues to make strides towards the modernization of their styles. Many of these quartets have never been performed, and musicians and scholars throughout the world remain unfamiliar with them and their distinctive contributions to the repertoire. This study, which has two main parts, provides an overview of Bolivian music in the context of Western art music and introduces...
Show moreThe Bolivian string quartet is a genre that is coming into its own, as the new generation of composers in Bolivia continues to make strides towards the modernization of their styles. Many of these quartets have never been performed, and musicians and scholars throughout the world remain unfamiliar with them and their distinctive contributions to the repertoire. This study, which has two main parts, provides an overview of Bolivian music in the context of Western art music and introduces scholars and performers to three award-winning Bolivian composers and their works for string quartet. Field research in Bolivia provided interviews with these composers, whose biographies are included, along with their insights into the scores made available in this treatise. Alberto Villalpando's Preludio, Passaccaglia y Postludio [sic.}, written in 1963, is a complex work that offers to the performers considerable ensemble challenges. Cergio Prudencio's string quartet "Gestación" (1976), introduces aleatoric elements. Lastly, Gastón Arce's String Quartet No. 1, "Una Evocación Andina"(1988: revised 1996), is the best known of Bolivian string quartets, having received its world premiere in the United States in 1998. It is hoped that this treatise will serve as an introduction to string quartets by Bolivian composers, whose contributions will enhance the standard repertoire.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4258
Format: Thesis

Title: Epitaxial Films of Chromium Dioxide from a New Precursor (Cr₈O₂₁) and Research on Their Application in Spin-Electronic Devices.
Creator: Ivanov, Pavel G., Lind, David, Schlottmann, Pedro, Shaheen, Shahid, Riley, Mark, Safron, Sanford, Department of Physics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: There are theoretical predictions that chromium dioxide (CrO2) is a half metallic ferromagnet. Accordingly, CrO2 would be expected to be very suitable for spin electronic devices. We started the present work in an attempt to prove (or disprove) this theoretical prediction, and if possible, to make a magnetoresistive device (spin-valve) from CrO2-containing multilayers. First we needed to be able to prepare high quality epitaxial films of CrO2. When we began our work, the best epitaxial thin...
Show moreThere are theoretical predictions that chromium dioxide (CrO2) is a half metallic ferromagnet. Accordingly, CrO2 would be expected to be very suitable for spin electronic devices. We started the present work in an attempt to prove (or disprove) this theoretical prediction, and if possible, to make a magnetoresistive device (spin-valve) from CrO2-containing multilayers. First we needed to be able to prepare high quality epitaxial films of CrO2. When we began our work, the best epitaxial thin films of CrO2 were made by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) in a two-zone furnace from a CrO3 precursor. Later, some research groups started growing CrO2 from a CrO2Cl2 precursor, and we started using Cr8O21 precursor. The growth mode has previously been described as CrO3 vaporizing in the first zone and thermally decomposing at higher temperature in the second zone onto a substrate. In the published papers, the focus has been on the properties of the obtained layers, rather than on the deposition mechanisms. In our experimental work, we attacked the CrO2 growth mechanism by two completely different methods, namely by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and by CVD. We attempted to understand the CVD growth from CrO3. By considering in parallel our"""failed"""attempts to deposit CrO2 by MBE, and our experiments with the CVD process, we concluded that CrO3 does not decompose directly to CrO2 and oxygen, as it had been previously thought. We showed the existence and the importance of an intermediate compound (Cr8O21). We demonstrated that it is not necessary to start the CVD from CrO3; instead one can prepare Cr8O21 ex situ, and use it directly for the growth of high quality CrO2 epitaxial layers, avoiding any contamination caused by the decomposition of CrO3 to Cr8O21. We proposed a hypothesis that the role of Cr8O21 in the CVD process is to exude unstable molecules of CrO4, and that the reaction on the substrate is the decomposition CrO4 --> CrO2 + O2. Then we used our CVD-from-Cr8O21 method and prepared a variety of samples containing CrO2 film to probe the effect of magnet ordering on the electrical transport. We started with Fe3O4(polycr.)/NiO(polycr.)/CrO2(100)/TiO2(100) type structures. They did not show the anticipated spin valve effect. We continued by a"""one step at a time"""strategy. The first logical step was to make a simple tunneling barrier on a CrO2 film, and to probe the spin polarization of the tunneling current. We tested many approaches for making a tunneling barrier in a structure of the form: Superconductor/Insulator/CrO2 (SC/I/ CrO2). We produced our best tunneling barriers by attacking the CrO2 surface with bromine-methanol solution, which produces a structure SC/CrOx/CrO2. We performed Meservey-Tedrow type measurements with such tunneling barriers and found tunneling current from CrO2 that has a spin polarization close to 100% at 400 mK. The next step was expected to be straightforward ¨C grow another ferromagnetic film on the top of the same barrier, and the spin valve must be ready. It did not work so easily, but after reinforcing the barrier with oxidized aluminum, we measured -24% magnetoresistance at 5K for samples with a multilayer structure of the form: Co(polycr.)/AlOx/CrOx/CrO2(100)/substrate-TiO2(100).
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3850
Format: Thesis

Title: Sinfonia Sacre: An Original Work for High School Wind Ensemble with Instructional Designs for Developing Comprehensive Musicianship.
Creator: Martynuik, David G., Shellahamer, Bentley, Oberlin, Daniel, Madsen, Clifford, Jimenez, Alex, Gaber, Brian, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation contains an original composition for high school level wind ensemble with instructional designs for teaching comprehensive musicianship within a rehearsal setting. Instructional designs focus on elements of form and post-tonal harmony. A review of literature focusing on education in performance ensemble settings is also included.
Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2682
Format: Set of related objects

Title: The Korean Transverse Flute Taegŭm and Its Music Taegŭm Sanjo.
Creator: , Jong-in, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The Korean transverse flute, taegŭm, is one of the most important musical instruments in Korea. It is used in most Korean musical genres, and its history is also one of the longest. Made of bamboo, the taegŭm has a lyrical tone color, and the variable pitch shading and the membrane sound are well adapted to express the emotion of Korean people. The musical genre sanjo was devised from many kinds of folk genres in southern Korea in the late 19th century. Many sanjo for different instruments...
Show moreThe Korean transverse flute, taegŭm, is one of the most important musical instruments in Korea. It is used in most Korean musical genres, and its history is also one of the longest. Made of bamboo, the taegŭm has a lyrical tone color, and the variable pitch shading and the membrane sound are well adapted to express the emotion of Korean people. The musical genre sanjo was devised from many kinds of folk genres in southern Korea in the late 19th century. Many sanjo for different instruments have been developed at the beginning of the 20th century, and the sanjo played on taegŭm is called taegŭm sanjo. Sanjo is the last instrumental style created in a purely Korean tradition, and today it is the most popular solo melodic instrumental tradition in Korea. Among the various forms of sanjo music, taegŭm sanjo is one of the most satisfying and expressive. The version of taegŭm sanjo examined in this treatise is that of the prominent taegŭm player, Yi Saenggang. Taegŭm sanjo consists of four continuous movements each with a different rhythmic cycle, changdan, played by an hourglass-shaped drum, changgo: chinyangjo, chungjungmori, chungmori and chajinmori. From the slowest chinyangjo to the fastest chajinmori, the music increases in speed. Each movement uses various modulations by changing the central tone, and the mood is changed according to the modes. The resonant membrane sound and various ornamental techniques show the full capabilities of the taegŭm. The richness of taegŭm sanjo lies in its exploration of rhythmic possibilities and the cultivation of subtle melodic lines. The highly artistic skill of varied vibrato and ornamentation in this music brings out the Korean folk style. Originally improvisatory music, sanjo has been fixed as a piece for memorizing, and many versions differing in duration are used. Today, several different taegŭm sanjo schools exist, and new taegŭm sanjo are still being developed by masters. This treatise will introduce the Korean transverse flute family which consists of taegŭm, chunggŭm and sogŭm. The history of taegŭm and the history of sanjo music will be revealed, and finally the contemporary performance technique of the taegŭm and the analysis of taegŭm sanjo will be presented. My goal is to evaluate the historical significance of the representative wind instrument of Korea, taegŭm, and of the most famous contemporary traditional genre, sanjo.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4105
Format: Set of related objects

Title: The Effect of Contingent Music with Physical Therapy in Children Who Toe-Walk.
Creator: Roberts, Penny, Standley, Jayne M., Madsen, Clifford K., Gregory, Diane, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if physical therapy may be more efficacious with the addition of music than without. Nine subjects who toe-walked and were between the ages of two-six years were selected and recommended for participation in this study by a physical therapist. Subjects participated four sessions, and served as their own control. Sessions were baseline, treatment, return to baseline, treatment. Sessions were videotaped and later analyzed by the music therapy...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if physical therapy may be more efficacious with the addition of music than without. Nine subjects who toe-walked and were between the ages of two-six years were selected and recommended for participation in this study by a physical therapist. Subjects participated four sessions, and served as their own control. Sessions were baseline, treatment, return to baseline, treatment. Sessions were videotaped and later analyzed by the music therapy researcher and an independent observer using a five second observe, five second record data collection process. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test showed a statistically significant difference in the number of heel and toe scores when music was added to the physical therapy sessions. Though not significantly different, the number of complaints and noncooperation scores decreased as well. More extensive research is recommended to fully explore the most efficacious use of music in combination with children during physical therapy sessions.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1826
Format: Thesis

Title: Alberto Aringhieri and the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist: Patronage, Politics, and the Cult of Relics in Renaissance Siena.
Creator: Smith, Timothy B., Freiberg, Jack, Pietralunga, Mark, De Grummond, Nancy, Neuman, Robert, Department of Art History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The reliquary chapel of Saint John the Baptist in Siena Cathedral, built between 1482 and 1504, provides valuable insight into an important cultural and historical moment in late fifteenth century Italy. This dissertation explicates the meaning of the chapel and its multi-media decoration on three levels: the viewpoint of the patron, Alberto Aringhieri; the significance for the city of Siena; and in response to the knightly Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. For Aringhieri, the chapel...
Show moreThe reliquary chapel of Saint John the Baptist in Siena Cathedral, built between 1482 and 1504, provides valuable insight into an important cultural and historical moment in late fifteenth century Italy. This dissertation explicates the meaning of the chapel and its multi-media decoration on three levels: the viewpoint of the patron, Alberto Aringhieri; the significance for the city of Siena; and in response to the knightly Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. For Aringhieri, the chapel continued a tradition of commemoration on the part of his family. The portraits painted by Pinturicchio depict Aringhieri and his son Luzio underscore the dynastic content of the monument while stressing the membership of these figures among the noble ranks of the Knights of Rhodes. The chapel's civic significance is revealed by reference to the ancient Roman and early Christian heritage of Siena. The all' antica façade is related to the codification of the Siena's Roman past by local humanists, and the presence of Saint Ansanus, baptizer of the Sienese, in the interior makes clear the city's venerable place in the history of Christianity. Another level of civic meaning in terms of Siena's politically-turbulent relationship with Florence is suggested by the importance of Donatello's bronze statue of the Baptist, which could have been read both as a confirmation of Sienese supremacy over their traditional rivals and as supportive of the Florentine government. Alberto and Luzio Aringhieri's membership in the Order of Saint John (Knights Hospitaller of Rhodes) is directly relevant to the decoration and function of the chapel. The Knights' devotion to John the Baptist and their interest in relics of this saint are vital for understanding the chapel's meaning for its patron and other local members of the Order. The traditional role of the Hospitallers as protectors of sacred relics and is continued by the painted Aringhieri Knights that flank the chapel entrance on the interior. The enduring importance of the chapel was underscored in the mid-seventeenth century by Pope Alexander VII who used the monument, which he refurbished, as a model for his new Cappella del Voto located in a pendant position across the transept. The pope's interests in the chapel reflect the same familial, civic, and knightly issues important for the original patron, Alberto Aringhieri.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1673
Format: Thesis

Title: "Lyrical Movements of the Soul": Poetry and Persona in the Cinq Poèmes De Baudelaire and Ariettes Oubliées of Claude Debussy.
Creator: Rider, Lori Seitz, Seaton, Douglass, Spacagna, Antoine, Brewer, Charles E., Van Glahn, Denise, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Claude Debussy participated in the world of literature, especially that of French symbolist poetry, throughout his life. His associations with important literary figures, his correspondence, and his music all make clear the significance that literature held for this composer. This study examines two sets of Debussy's songs, the Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire and the Ariettes oubliées, and their intersections between music and poetry. An understanding of the evolution of the symbolist movement...
Show moreClaude Debussy participated in the world of literature, especially that of French symbolist poetry, throughout his life. His associations with important literary figures, his correspondence, and his music all make clear the significance that literature held for this composer. This study examines two sets of Debussy's songs, the Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire and the Ariettes oubliées, and their intersections between music and poetry. An understanding of the evolution of the symbolist movement explains the roles of the two poets concerned, Charles Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine, in the development of this new approach to literature. In addition, a consideration of the poems in their own right examines both the stylistic features and meaning of these texts. The study then turns to the music in order to assess the influence of the poetry on the songs themselves. The analysis takes into account not only musical aspects, such as form, motives, and harmony, but also the songs' personae. These figures, who stand behind the music and expand on the songs' texts, also establish the aesthetic positions of the songs, whether romantic, symbolist, realist, or a hybrid aesthetic. In turn, understanding these aesthetic positions allows for a comparison of the musical and textual styles, as well as a consideration of how Debussy's aesthetic compares to that of Baudelaire and Verlaine.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1962
Format: Thesis

Title: A Survey of the Use of Extended Techniques and Their Notations in Twentieth Century String Quartets Written since 1933 by American Composers with a Selected Annotated Bibliography and Discography.
Creator: Tischhauser, Katherine Jetter, Georgiev, Lubomir, Keesecker, Jeff, Allen, Michael, Ryan, Pamela, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The repertoire of string quartets by American composers has evolved greatly over the course of the century. Since the Second World War serialism, indeterminacy, pointillism, minimalism, and notational innovations have been the trend. As more radical compositional styles emerged, many nontraditional notations and techniques were formulated by composers to convey their musical ideas. The new techniques are commonly referred to as extended techniques. The construction, preservation, and...
Show moreThe repertoire of string quartets by American composers has evolved greatly over the course of the century. Since the Second World War serialism, indeterminacy, pointillism, minimalism, and notational innovations have been the trend. As more radical compositional styles emerged, many nontraditional notations and techniques were formulated by composers to convey their musical ideas. The new techniques are commonly referred to as extended techniques. The construction, preservation, and communication of a musical score are dependent on the notation presented by the composer. The purpose of this treatise is to identify and discuss the use of extended techniques employed in string quartets by twentieth century American composers. The document provides the researcher of the modern string quartet and related areas a concise source and practical guide dealing with this subject matter. It also provides the contemporary performer much needed information on the modern quartet repertoire by American composers. Many of these quartets are extremely demanding to perform due to the style of notation and the unfamiliar performance techniques required. Therefore, in addition to identifying and annotating the works, this treatise will include a descriptive chapter of the graphical notations and techniques necessary to perform this body of musical literature. The collection of quartets included is an extensive bibliography of both published and unpublished works written primarily in the last half of the twentieth century. The annotated bibliography includes 136 compositions. Each annotation includes composer, title of composition, year composed, publisher, recordings, and a brief description of the work and the techniques found within it. The chapter on extended techniques is a compilation of the techniques seen with graphic notation in the scores of the annotated bibliography. They are grouped according to pitch, bowing, pizzicato, percussive, and rhythmic techniques. Each graphic shown has a description of its execution as well as a listing of the composers in the study who have used the technique.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1332
Format: Thesis

Title: Understanding of College Chemistry Instructor's Beliefs on Teaching Chemistry and Influences on Students' Learning and Their Meaning Making in a General Chemistry Class.
Creator: Saka, Yavuz, Davis, Nancy T., Gilmer, Penny J., Gallard, Alejandro J., Department of Middle and Secondary Education, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study explored a college level chemistry teacher's beliefs of teaching science and her multiple teaching strategies that she used to enhance her students' general chemistry learning in an undergraduate introductory chemistry class. In addition, this study explored students' perceptions of the instructor's method of teaching. This study was conducted by using Guba and Lincoln's (1989) Fourth Generation Evaluation qualitative research procedures, which involved interpretation of the...
Show moreThis study explored a college level chemistry teacher's beliefs of teaching science and her multiple teaching strategies that she used to enhance her students' general chemistry learning in an undergraduate introductory chemistry class. In addition, this study explored students' perceptions of the instructor's method of teaching. This study was conducted by using Guba and Lincoln's (1989) Fourth Generation Evaluation qualitative research procedures, which involved interpretation of the meaning constructions in the setting. In order to ascertain the teacher's beliefs of teaching science and her multiple teaching strategies, data were collected through interviews, observations, exploring the instructor's publications, field notes as well as the course syllabus. Data pertaining to the students were collected through a single interview, observations, one-minute take questions (i.e. a brief after-class question that usually took 1 minute to answer), field notes and the students' personal Web portfolios. The researcher collected the data for a period of 16 weeks and it entailed the evaluation of 84 students' Web portfolios as well as a subsequent rubric that highlighted the students' meaning making toward the use of technology in chemistry class. The results of the study indicate that the teacher believed that traditional approaches to teaching chemistry often made students disinterested in the subject. However, she believed that the use of multiple teaching strategies such as the use of a class Web site, e-mail communication, goal-orientation, and chemistry demonstrations enabled the students to learn chemistry without losing interest. The teacher's goal was to enable the students to make connections between their class learning and real life applications of the class content. Accordingly to the social constructivist paradigm (Guba & Lincoln, 1989), every individual's meaning making cannot be same, even in the same context. The results also revealed the some of the students were not adept to the multiple teaching strategies used by the teachers. Some of the students believed that the teaching style of the teacher was demanding and ineffective because of the bulk of activities in the class. As a result, many students only focused on passing the class, and not on learning the content. On the other hand, some of the students' meaning making and understanding of the course reflected a considerable level of development as the teacher's multiple teaching strategies enhanced their learning and motivation toward science.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2109
Format: Thesis

Title: Requiem for Solo Soprano, Mixed Choir, Organ and Orchestra.
Creator: Ober, Reinhard, Kubik, Ladislav, Corzine, Michael, Spencer, Peter, Mathes, James, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The concept of this requiem is to combine the original text setting of the Missa pro defunctis (the Ordinarium ) with appropriate excerpts of a dream and the last letters of Cato Bontjes van Beek, a young German woman executed by the Nazis in 1943. Cato Bontjes van Beek, born on November 14th, 1920, in Bremen, arrested on September 20th, 1942, sentenced to death January 21st, 1943, and executed in Plötzensee on August 5th, 1943, was a very sensitive child from an artistic family, who detested...
Show moreThe concept of this requiem is to combine the original text setting of the Missa pro defunctis (the Ordinarium ) with appropriate excerpts of a dream and the last letters of Cato Bontjes van Beek, a young German woman executed by the Nazis in 1943. Cato Bontjes van Beek, born on November 14th, 1920, in Bremen, arrested on September 20th, 1942, sentenced to death January 21st, 1943, and executed in Plötzensee on August 5th, 1943, was a very sensitive child from an artistic family, who detested the inhumane Nazi government. Because of short contact with a resistance group in Berlin, from which she distanced herself (" I am not a political person, I only want one thing, that is to be a human"), she was caught and sentenced to death. In her letters from prison to her family, she expresses her fears, hopes and her general humanity and Christian belief especially her love to all humankind without any reservation or hate. She believed in the good in all humans. In a dream a couple of years before her death, she experiences her own execution. This requiem concept combines the original texts of the Ordinarium with these two excerpts (the dream and the letters) in such a way that the main parts of the original Latin texts retain their original function and others interpolate with the German texts replacing partly the original text or adding to it. The decision of which texts should remain in the original form and which should be interpolated with the German texts was made in consideration of the liturgical function and the traditional treatment by other composers such as Mozart, Berlioz, Schumann, Verdi, Fauré, Duruflé, Britten and Penderecki. In this requiem the dramatic aspect is expressed using quotes from the Latin Sequence text interpolated with the German text of Cato's dream. The main aspect remains the comforting and the humanistic message expressed by the excerpts from Cato's last letters. These are added to the Offertorium, used as an additional part after the Benedictus and replace the Absolutio text. Introitus, Sanctus and Agnus Dei remain in their original form. The musical language is using free tonality and traditional contrapuntal techniques reaching to serial treatment in the sense of Alban Berg's lyrical expressionism as well as reminiscent of church modes. I also related to traditional archetype liturgical composition techniques such as isorhythm, declamation and organum. In this requiem the aspects of death, the fears, the comfort through God and Christ, and the belief in eternal life are expressed both generally and very ersonally – generally, through the expression of the Ordinarium text and personally through the humanistic message of a single fate. Both the general and personal aspects are represented by the mixed choir and the solo soprano.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2324
Format: Thesis

Title: On Your Way to Somewhere Else: Stories.
Creator: McVoy, Terra Elan, Winegardner, Mark, Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, Kimbrell, James, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The following is a collection of unconnected short stories inspired by studying the work of short fiction authors, the likes of which include (but are not limited to) Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, and Jane Smiley. It is the author's intent that these stories demonstrate emphasized attention to character, setting, and the poetry of line and image. Themes throughout the enclosed include those of loss and death (both literal and emotional), romantic and platonic love,...
Show moreThe following is a collection of unconnected short stories inspired by studying the work of short fiction authors, the likes of which include (but are not limited to) Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, and Jane Smiley. It is the author's intent that these stories demonstrate emphasized attention to character, setting, and the poetry of line and image. Themes throughout the enclosed include those of loss and death (both literal and emotional), romantic and platonic love, the value of objects, and the varying levels and complications of self-consciousness.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2514
Format: Thesis

Title: Primary Sources and Editions of Suite Popular Brasileira, Choros No. 1, and Five Preludes, by Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Comparative Survey of Differences.
Creator: Meirinhos, Eduardo, Kite-Powell, Jeffery, Holzman, Bruce, Ryan, Pamela, Chapo, Eliot, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The topic of this treatise is a comparison between autograph manuscripts and published editions of selected guitar works by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. The works involved in this comparison are as follows: Suite Popular Brasileira (consisting of the pieces Mazurka-choro, Schottisch-choro, Valsa-choro, Gavota-choro, and Chorinho), Choros no. 1, and Five Preludes. The Suite Popular Brasileira and Five Preludes were published by the French publisher Max Eschig and the Choros no.1...
Show moreThe topic of this treatise is a comparison between autograph manuscripts and published editions of selected guitar works by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. The works involved in this comparison are as follows: Suite Popular Brasileira (consisting of the pieces Mazurka-choro, Schottisch-choro, Valsa-choro, Gavota-choro, and Chorinho), Choros no. 1, and Five Preludes. The Suite Popular Brasileira and Five Preludes were published by the French publisher Max Eschig and the Choros no.1 by the publishing firm Artur Napoleão. The manuscripts available for this research are mainly by the composer himself; additional primary sources include manuscripts by Arminda Villa-Lobos (Choro no. 1 and Schottish-choro) and Abel Carlevaro (Prelude no. 4). The primary sources are compared with the published editions, and the differences are noted and discussed. One of the primary aims of this study is a contextualization of the guitar in the life and work of the composer. This is accomplished by means of a survey of existing literature; it contains biographical data and a brief stylistic description of each known piece for guitar solo written by him.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2500
Format: Thesis

Title: Ant (Formica Pallidefulva) Nest Architecture: Structure and Rules of Excavation.
Creator: Mikheyev, Alexander S., Tschinkel, Walter R., Houle, David, Levitan, Don R., Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The nest architecture of underground ant nests was studied in Formica pallidefulva. These ants build shallow (30-45 cm deep) nests, which consisted of more or less vertical shafts that bear chambers. Shafts appeared to be modular units of nest growth; nests were enlarged by adding more shafts or extending previously existing ones. The nests were top-heavy, their volume declining exponentially with depth. The total volume of the nest was strongly correlated with the number of worker occupying...
Show moreThe nest architecture of underground ant nests was studied in Formica pallidefulva. These ants build shallow (30-45 cm deep) nests, which consisted of more or less vertical shafts that bear chambers. Shafts appeared to be modular units of nest growth; nests were enlarged by adding more shafts or extending previously existing ones. The nests were top-heavy, their volume declining exponentially with depth. The total volume of the nest was strongly correlated with the number of worker occupying the nest. Several rules and templates that may be used by workers for nest construction were determined: (a) chambers are formed in the direction of the tunnels leading up to them, (b) the amount of soil excavated per unit time was related to the soil temperature and the moisture content of soil. The amount of time and energy required to construct a typical nest were estimated using digging ability parameters estimated in the lab. It was found that if a colony was to move twice a year, it would expend 21% of its energy intake and 6% of its worker time on nest excavation.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2444
Format: Thesis

Title: One of Ours: James McCrimmon and Composition Studies.
Creator: Miller, Kevin B., Bishop, Wendy, Carroll, Pamela S., McElrath, Joseph, Braendlin, Bonnie, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study addresses the work of James McNab McCrimmon and his significance to the discipline of composition studies. James McCrimmon has attracted the attention of composition historians and theorists largely because he is the founding author of Writing with a Purpose, one of the longest running first-year writing textbooks in United States history. With some notable exceptions, a majority researchers describe McCrimmon as an advocate for current-traditional rhetoric and, therefore, as a...
Show moreThis study addresses the work of James McNab McCrimmon and his significance to the discipline of composition studies. James McCrimmon has attracted the attention of composition historians and theorists largely because he is the founding author of Writing with a Purpose, one of the longest running first-year writing textbooks in United States history. With some notable exceptions, a majority researchers describe McCrimmon as an advocate for current-traditional rhetoric and, therefore, as a detriment to progress in composition pedagogy. Although some of McCrimmon's work appears to support this thesis, a close inspection of McCrimmon's textbooks, articles, and speeches reveals his consistency, not with current-traditional rhetoric, but with expressivist pedagogy. Therefore, this study provides an alternative narrative to existing accounts of McCrimmon's work and shows, among other things, McCrimmon's concept of student agency and the right of students to their own ideas, his emphasis on writing assignments that rely on personal experience, his promotion of writing as a meaning-making activity, and his subjective stance toward the rules of usage. These concepts grow out of his commitment to expressivist principles and are present to some degree in all of his work. Thus, this study offers a revised explanation of McCrimmon's relationship to composition studies and the significance of his role in the development of the profession.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2436
Format: Thesis

Title: DNA Electrophoresis in Agarose Gels: A New Mobility vs. DNA Length Dependence.
Creator: Beheshti, Afshin, Van Winkle, David H., Rill, Randolph L., Cao, Jianming, Bonesteel, Nicholas E., Riley, Mark A., Department of Physics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Separations were performed on double stranded DNA (dsDNA) using electrophoresis. Electrophoresis is the steady transport of particles under the influence of an external electric field. Double stranded DNA fragments ranging in length from 200 base pairs (bp) to 194,000 bp (0.34 nm = 1 bp) were electrophoresed at agarose gel concentrations T = 0:4%¡1:5%. The electric field was varied from 0.62 V/cm to 6.21 V/cm. A wide range of electric fields and gel concentrations were used to study the...
Show moreSeparations were performed on double stranded DNA (dsDNA) using electrophoresis. Electrophoresis is the steady transport of particles under the influence of an external electric field. Double stranded DNA fragments ranging in length from 200 base pairs (bp) to 194,000 bp (0.34 nm = 1 bp) were electrophoresed at agarose gel concentrations T = 0:4%¡1:5%. The electric field was varied from 0.62 V/cm to 6.21 V/cm. A wide range of electric fields and gel concentrations were used to study the usefulness of a new interpolation equation, 1¹(L) =1¹L¡(1¹L¡1¹s)e¡L=°, where ¹L, ¹s, and ° are independent free fitting parameters. The long length mobility limit is interpreted as ¹L, the short length mobility limit is ¹s, and ° is the crossover between the long length limit and the short length limit. This exponential relation fit very well (Â2 ¸ 0:999) when there are two smooth transitions observed in the "reptation plots" (plotting 3¹L=¹± vs. L) (J. Rousseau, G. Drouin, and G. W. Slater, Phys Rev Lett. 1997, 79, 1945-1948). Fits deviate from the data when three different slopes were observed in the reptation plots. Reptation plots were used to determine a phase diagram for dsDNA migration regimes. The phase diagrams define different regions where mechanisms for molecular transport affect the migration of dsDNA in agarose gels during electrophoresis. The parameters from the equation have also been interpreted to provide a physical description of the structure of the agarose gel by calculating the pore sizes. The relations between the values for the pore sizes and the phase diagrams are interpreted to better understand the migration of the DNA through agarose gels.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1207
Format: Thesis

Title: Correcting the Right Hand Bow Position for the Student Violinist and Violist.
Creator: Topper, Matson Alan, Chapo, Eliot, Kubik, Ladislav, Spurgeon, Phillip, Georgiev, Lubomir, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A correct bow hold is of vital importance in achieving successful and advanced bow technique. A method for implementing and solidifying the correct right hand bow position is the purpose of this treatise. The result of the proper bowing technique, more explicitly a correct bow hold, leads to a beautiful tone production. Comfort and effortless playing are enhanced when the proper right hand technique is utilized. This treatise identifies the basic elements required for a correct bow hold as...
Show moreA correct bow hold is of vital importance in achieving successful and advanced bow technique. A method for implementing and solidifying the correct right hand bow position is the purpose of this treatise. The result of the proper bowing technique, more explicitly a correct bow hold, leads to a beautiful tone production. Comfort and effortless playing are enhanced when the proper right hand technique is utilized. This treatise identifies the basic elements required for a correct bow hold as well as outlines a method for constructing, maintaining, and solidifying the correct hold. In addition, the treatise will identify specific elements of bowing that every student should achieve. A student who acquires the correct bow hold and learns bowing fundamentals will have the facility for a fine sound and volume of tone. To reach these goals, a student must develop control of the bow. Once a greater degree of proficiency is mastered, the student will be able to concentrate less on technique and more on the music. The content of five subsequent chapters will examine the development of the right hand based on the evolution of the bow, as well as pedagogues' descriptions of methods of the times and the mechanical application to the instrument. A consensus will be determined on what is the correct right hand position based on the writings of the most recognized teachers of our time. The author presents his version of the most practical right hand hold based on these writings, his own study, observations and discussions with fellow violinists and teachers. Selected Etudes used in the method will be identified and described as a course of practice for students/Subjects. This method will guide the student through a series of increasingly difficult Etudes, both left and right hand, to make the hold comfortable and feel like "second nature." A correct bow hold that allows proper basic bowing technique is vital in every student's development towards being a skilled violinist or violist. A method, pertaining to the right hand, must not only tell a student how to hold the bow correctly but also how to maintain and solidify this correction.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1276
Format: Thesis

Title: Chaucer's Sublime Philosophy in the House of Fame.
Creator: Beall, Joanna Maria, Johnson, David F., Boehrer, Bruce, Crook, Eugene J., Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This thesis considers The House of Fame as an allegory in which the dreamer's quest to write love poetry masks a pilgrimage towards Truth: through Neo-Platonic and Christian views of Fall, Redemption, and Judgment. The analysis treats these concepts as sublime themes that Chaucer's audience would have interpreted in light of the iconography of this enigmatic dream vision. The Introduction expands the argument stated above, and locates the terms of the thesis in their fourteenth century...
Show moreThis thesis considers The House of Fame as an allegory in which the dreamer's quest to write love poetry masks a pilgrimage towards Truth: through Neo-Platonic and Christian views of Fall, Redemption, and Judgment. The analysis treats these concepts as sublime themes that Chaucer's audience would have interpreted in light of the iconography of this enigmatic dream vision. The Introduction expands the argument stated above, and locates the terms of the thesis in their fourteenth century context. This section refers to texts that are generally acknowledged as philosophical sources for Chaucer and his contemporaries, and which inform this study. They include Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, and Macrobius's Commentary on the Dream of Scipio. Sublimity is also defined here in light of the rhetoric described by Longinus's On the Sublime, and it is argued that Chaucer was familiar with the concept from classical and Neo-Platonic literature, if not from the first century A. D. Greek treatise. The ensuing chapters offer close readings of each book of the poem. Each reading i) identifies the imagery and describes how its significance conflates philosophical, sacred, and secular allusions; ii) analyzes the function of this sublime iconography and rhetoric; and iii) traces the tropological and anagogical progress of the dreamer. The final chapter interprets the ending of the poem in light of the foregoing analyses, and supports the view that Chaucer anticipated that contemporary and future audiences would participate in continuing the narrative through interpretation and performance.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1170
Format: Thesis

Title: "My Soul Looks Back": Exhuming Buried (Hi)Stories in the Chaneysville Incident, Dessa Rose, and Beloved.
Creator: Wholuba, Anita P., Montgomery, Maxine L., Braendlin, Bonnie, Dickson-Carr, Darryl, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes that "fact and fiction have always exerted a reciprocal effect on each other" ("Authenticity" 29). Authors of neo slave narratives â postmodern renderings of the slave experience â illustrate this reciprocation as they engage in the (re)telling of historical events from the privileged vantage of the present. This study will explore the techniques neo-slave narrative authors use to merge history with imagination in the creation of a fictionalized...
Show moreScholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes that "fact and fiction have always exerted a reciprocal effect on each other" ("Authenticity" 29). Authors of neo slave narratives â postmodern renderings of the slave experience â illustrate this reciprocation as they engage in the (re)telling of historical events from the privileged vantage of the present. This study will explore the techniques neo-slave narrative authors use to merge history with imagination in the creation of a fictionalized history. Although critics have already noted the existing relationship between history and fiction in these narratives, how authors finesse the line between history and imagination remains under explored. The primary texts in this study are Toni Morrison's Beloved, Sherley Anne Williams' Dessa Rose, and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident. By examining the dynamics of the commingling of history and imagination, this study will contribute to an understanding of the role of rememory and/or embellishment in the neo slave narrative (sub)genre.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1071
Format: Thesis

Title: Controlled Growth of Ultrathin Molecular Films of the P-Phenylene Oligomers on Alkali Halide Substrates.
Creator: Kintzel, Edward J., Safron, Sanford A., Van Winkle, David H., Bonesteel, Nicholas E., Lind, David M., Department of Physics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Controlled growth of the aromatic p-phenylene oligomer molecules of p-4P, p-5P, and p-6P adsorbed onto individual KBr(001), KCl(001), NaCl(001), and NaF(001) substrates, has been investigated primarily by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and to a lesser degree by atomic force microscopy (AFM). XRD analysis provides evidence that the temperature of the alkali halide substrate during deposition, substrate lattice constant, and molecular length affects the molecular orientations within these adsorbed...
Show moreControlled growth of the aromatic p-phenylene oligomer molecules of p-4P, p-5P, and p-6P adsorbed onto individual KBr(001), KCl(001), NaCl(001), and NaF(001) substrates, has been investigated primarily by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and to a lesser degree by atomic force microscopy (AFM). XRD analysis provides evidence that the temperature of the alkali halide substrate during deposition, substrate lattice constant, and molecular length affects the molecular orientations within these adsorbed ultrathin films. AFM images contribute independent evidence for a surface microstructure evolution that is consistent with the XRD results. An initial in-plane x-ray study suggests a possible explanation for the preferential orientation of p-6P crystallites, as observed in AFM images. This alignment is approximately along the [110] direction of the KCl(001) substrate. From this work, oriented films of the above mentioned p-phenylene oligomer molecules can therefore be grown with desired molecular orientations by careful selection of an appropriate combination of the above deposition parameters.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2903
Format: Thesis

Title: The Effect of Music on Color Induced Mood Affects.
Creator: Gunn, Renee Elizabeth, Standley, Jayne M., Madsen, Clifford K., Gregory, Dianne, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study was designed to examine the effects of music, either stimulating/irritating or relaxing/melancholy, upon mood that was induced by exposure to red, blue or fluorescent light. The study was conducted at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. There were 90 subjects from the age of 18 to 52. There were 3 groups of 30 subjects. Each group was exposed to a various color light, but underwent the same series of silence, followed by stimulating/irritating music and finally by relaxing...
Show moreThis study was designed to examine the effects of music, either stimulating/irritating or relaxing/melancholy, upon mood that was induced by exposure to red, blue or fluorescent light. The study was conducted at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. There were 90 subjects from the age of 18 to 52. There were 3 groups of 30 subjects. Each group was exposed to a various color light, but underwent the same series of silence, followed by stimulating/irritating music and finally by relaxing/melancholy music. After each phase of the series subjects were asked to rate their stress or tension levels and to describe their mood and the music that they had just heard. Data analysis showed that there is a significant effect of music and color light upon mood and a significant interaction of music and color combined upon mood. Percentages calculated based upon the number of people in each group that selected adjectives in each group of the Hevner adjective circle showed that the mood portrayed by the music does not always correspond to the mood experienced by the listener.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3915
Format: Thesis

Title: Chinese Musical Language Interpreted by Western Idioms: Fusion Process in the Instrumental Works by Chen Yi.
Creator: Guo, Xin, Mathes, James, Killick, Andrew, Clendinning, Jane Piper, Spencer, Peter, College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study is to provide an analysis of works for Western instruments by the Chinese composer Chen Yi (b. 1953). In recent years, non-Western composers' practice of incorporating non-Western traditional musical concepts and materials with Western contemporary post-tonal compositional techniques has received more serious scholarly research that includes efforts at analysis. The methods of fusion are varied from work to work as well as from composer to composer, presenting a...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to provide an analysis of works for Western instruments by the Chinese composer Chen Yi (b. 1953). In recent years, non-Western composers' practice of incorporating non-Western traditional musical concepts and materials with Western contemporary post-tonal compositional techniques has received more serious scholarly research that includes efforts at analysis. The methods of fusion are varied from work to work as well as from composer to composer, presenting a unique set of challenges for musical analysis. By incorporating recent achievements of music theorists, composers, musicologists and ethnomusicologists, this study proposes a multidimensional approach to the analysis of Chen Yi's music for Western instruments. The analytical procedures are informed by Richard Waterman's theory of syncretism and Peter Chang's research on composers' reinterpretation of cultural elements, which serve to explore Chen Yi's cultural and educational background in relation to her composition. A set of factors including pitch logic, time, sound color, texture, process, performance ritual, and parody or historicism, proposed by Elliott Schwartz and Daniel Godfrey, are examined to discover underlying organizational principles. The analysis of selected instrumental works by Chen Yi reveals a process by which she focuses on four aspects of musical structure: 1) pitch; 2) rhythm and proportion as determinants of form; 3) timbre; and 4) textural process that governs the placement and duration of events in time. Related processes reveal a personal style that can be described as a Chinese-based musical language interpreted by Western idioms. The first two chapters provide an overview of Western and non-Western composers' approaches to cross-cultural fusion in general and Chinese composers' approaches in particular. The second chapter also provides biographic information on Chen Yi with observations on how her cultural and educational background influences her attitude toward composition. The subsequent four chapters present detailed analyses of Chen Yi's nine instrumental compositions with an emphasis on underlying organizational principles. The final chapter summarizes the characteristics of Chen Yi's personal style and the evolution of her concepts of stylistic fusion and related techniques, and evaluates their significance with respect to successful fusion and to future directions of music.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3912
Format: Thesis

Title: Polyelectrolytes in Analytical Separations.
Creator: Howell, Peter B., Schlenoff, Joseph B., Van Winkle, David, Dorsey, John G., Steinbock, Oliver, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Block copolymer ionomers are a class of polymers that contain a hydrophobic block and a block containing charged repeat units. In the first set of experiments, micelles were created from such a polymer. A set of fluorescence probe measurements revealed that the critical micelle concentration for this polymer was O.3ppm. Unfortunately, the fluorescence probe technique assumes an infinite partition coefficient. A mathematical analysis of the technique was performed which revealed that the...
Show moreBlock copolymer ionomers are a class of polymers that contain a hydrophobic block and a block containing charged repeat units. In the first set of experiments, micelles were created from such a polymer. A set of fluorescence probe measurements revealed that the critical micelle concentration for this polymer was O.3ppm. Unfortunately, the fluorescence probe technique assumes an infinite partition coefficient. A mathematical analysis of the technique was performed which revealed that the finite partition coefficient of the probe molecule results in a background, which accounts for all of the response. A capillary electrophoresis experiment was developed which demonstrated that the micelles do not dissociate, even at infinite dilution. In a second set of experiments, polyelectrolytes were used as a stationary phase for capillary electrochromatography. Nonporous particles were coated with alternating layers of poly(diallyldimethylammonium) and poly(styrene sulfonate). Weak retention was demonstrated, with hydrogen bonding as the predominant mechanism. In the last set of experiments, a capillary was coated with polyelectrolyte under electroosmotic flow. To a first approximation, this procedure should fail, but a more detailed model was developed which predicted that the procedure is possible. A procedure was created to measure the velocity inside the capillary throughout the coating process, and a computer model was developed that could provide qualitatively similar results to the experiments. The model also predicted that removal of the buffer from the solution in the capillary would accelerate the process by an order of magnitude. This was later shown experimentally.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3709
Format: Thesis

Title: Polyacrylamide Gels Synthesized in the Presence of Surfactants.
Creator: Chakrapani, Mukundan, Van Winkle, David H., Rill, Randolph L., Van Molnár, Stephan, Rikvold, Per A., Piekarewicz, Jorge, Department of Physics, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The polymerization of acrylamide monomers in the presence of surfactant selfassemblies produces gels with variable pore architecture. Polyacrylamide gels were formed by polymerizing acrylamide plus a cross-linker in the presence of surfactants, which were then removed by soaking in distilled water. Gels formed in the presence of over 28% surfactant (by weight) formed clear, but became opaque upon removal of the surfactants. Other gels formed and remained clear. Several analytical techniques...
Show moreThe polymerization of acrylamide monomers in the presence of surfactant selfassemblies produces gels with variable pore architecture. Polyacrylamide gels were formed by polymerizing acrylamide plus a cross-linker in the presence of surfactants, which were then removed by soaking in distilled water. Gels formed in the presence of over 28% surfactant (by weight) formed clear, but became opaque upon removal of the surfactants. Other gels formed and remained clear. Several analytical techniques such as X-ray Scattering, Dynamic Rheology measurements, Optical Polarized Microscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) have been used to characterize the formation and the resulting gel structure. The surface morphology as imaged by AFM was studied by numerical scaling analysis. The surface morphology of the gels was studied by several one- and two-dimensional numerical scaling methods. The structure of the final gels were highly dependent on the amount of surfactant present during the formation of gels. At low surfactant concentrations (
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3935
Format: Thesis

Title: A Study of Two Seventeenth-Century Teaching Manuals in Hamburg: Critical Editions and Translations of Thomas Selle's Kurtze Doch Gründtliche Anleitung zur Singekunst (c. 1642) and Heinrich Grimm's Instrumentum Instrumentorum, Hoc Est, Monochordum vel Potius Decachordum (1634).
Creator: Carter, Joanna L., Kite-Powell, Jeffery T., Boehrer, Bruce, Mueller, Hans-Friedrich, Seaton, Douglass, Brewer, Charles E., College of Music, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Two manuscript music primers used by the Hamburg cantor Thomas Selle (1599-1663) serve as the basis for this dissertation. Bound together in the seventeenth century, these two manuscripts are the Kurtze doch gründtliche anleitung zur Singekunst (c. 1642), Selle's own manual outlining rudimentary theory and solmization practices, and Instrumentum Instrumentorum, hoc est, Monochordum vel potius Decachordum (1634), a treatise by another North German cantor, Heinrich Grimm, on the division of the...
Show moreTwo manuscript music primers used by the Hamburg cantor Thomas Selle (1599-1663) serve as the basis for this dissertation. Bound together in the seventeenth century, these two manuscripts are the Kurtze doch gründtliche anleitung zur Singekunst (c. 1642), Selle's own manual outlining rudimentary theory and solmization practices, and Instrumentum Instrumentorum, hoc est, Monochordum vel potius Decachordum (1634), a treatise by another North German cantor, Heinrich Grimm, on the division of the monochord and its practical application for teaching music theory. In addition to providing translations and transcriptions of the two manuscripts and accompanying critical notes, the dissertation examines topics such as the careers of both cantors, the role of music instruction in Hamburg's St. Johannis-Schule in the early seventeenth century, and a possible network of cantors and theorists surrounding Selle's teacher, Seth Calvisius. Commentaries on the manuscripts describe the transmission, structure, and content of the texts, as well as place them within the history of German music instruction manuals. The examination reveals that each of the manuscripts includes useful didactic methods and noteworthy features, which distinguish it from other music primers of the period. As a result, both Selle and Grimm may be viewed as more progressive educators than many of their contemporaries.
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Date Issued: 2002
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4146
Format: Thesis

Title: Metabolic and Behavioral Effects of Zinc Deficiency in Rats.
Creator: Evans, Stephanie Anne, Levenson, Cathy W., Overton, J. Michael, Ouimet, Charles, Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Science, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Disruptions in the regulation of food intake and metabolism can result in obesity or anorexia. It is clear that zinc deficiency results in anorexia and previous research suggests the existence of alterations in energy efficiency and metabolism. Zinc deficiency results in changes in neuropeptides that regulate energy intake and expenditure. Numerous diagnostic conditions also result in anorexia and wasting, similar to that of zinc deficiency. However, the mechanism underlying these...
Show moreDisruptions in the regulation of food intake and metabolism can result in obesity or anorexia. It is clear that zinc deficiency results in anorexia and previous research suggests the existence of alterations in energy efficiency and metabolism. Zinc deficiency results in changes in neuropeptides that regulate energy intake and expenditure. Numerous diagnostic conditions also result in anorexia and wasting, similar to that of zinc deficiency. However, the mechanism underlying these abnormalities remains unknown, and the behavioral and metabolic effects of zinc deficiency have not been fully established. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to fully characterize the behavioral and metabolic consequences of zinc deficiency and its association with anxiety, and to suggest mechanisms underlying the anorexia associated with zinc deficiency and other clinical conditions. Despite differences in locomotor activity between zinc deficient(ZD, zinc, ad lib) and pair-fed (PF, 28 ppm zinc, amount consumed by ZD), there were no differences in MR, RQ or BMR. This suggests a greater metabolic cost of activity may exist in ZD. Contrary to previous studies, this work shows a decrease in consummatory food intake with zinc deficiency without evidence of alterations in appetitive motivational behaviors. This suggests that zinc deficiency alters the hedonic impact of food reward, but not the motivation to seek food. The data presented here also suggests an anxiogenic effect associated with zinc deficiency, which may be involved in the hedonic changes in food intake. Furthermore, this work suggests that alterations of the opioid reward system may be involved in the anorexia and anxiety-like behaviors produced by zinc deficiency.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0436
Format: Thesis

Title: Effects of Spatial Visualization and Achievement on Students' Use of Multiple Representations.
Creator: Erbilgin, Evrim, Fernandez, Maria L., Jakubowski, Elizabeth M., Aspinwall, Leslie N., Department of Middle and Secondary Education, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Recently, there has been a growing interest in research on students' use of multiple representations in mathematics education. This study focused on how and achievement affect students' use of multiple representations. The methodology used was case studies. The researcher conducted 16 interviews with four 8th grade students from the same regular mathematics class: one high achieving-high spatial ability, one high achieving-low spatial ability, one low achieving-high spatial ability, and one...
Show moreRecently, there has been a growing interest in research on students' use of multiple representations in mathematics education. This study focused on how and achievement affect students' use of multiple representations. The methodology used was case studies. The researcher conducted 16 interviews with four 8th grade students from the same regular mathematics class: one high achieving-high spatial ability, one high achieving-low spatial ability, one low achieving-high spatial ability, and one low achieving-low spatial ability. The students were asked linear equation and function problems requiring the use of different representations. Additionally, the mathematics class was observed for 7 hours. The Wheatley Spatial Ability test was applied to the class of 8th graders to determine the spatial ability levels of the students. The students' achievement levels were determined from students' Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores, linear equation class exam scores, and consultation with the teacher. The findings suggest that both achievement and spatial visualization has effects on students' use of multiple representations.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0431
Format: Thesis

Title: The Effect of Game Day Promotions on Consumer Behavior in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL).
Creator: Pruegger, Brian Edmund, Pitts, Brenda, Kamata, Akihito, Clement, Annie., Kent, Aubrey, Department of Sport Management, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Factors associated with attendance at sporting events has been well documented in recent literature. Numerous studies have been conducted in college and professional sports, yet little work to date has examined factors associated with attendance in the minor leagues. Very few studies have specifically investigated special game day promotions at the minor league level. Based on the absence of some of the potential drawing factors associated with college and professional sports, these...
Show moreFactors associated with attendance at sporting events has been well documented in recent literature. Numerous studies have been conducted in college and professional sports, yet little work to date has examined factors associated with attendance in the minor leagues. Very few studies have specifically investigated special game day promotions at the minor league level. Based on the absence of some of the potential drawing factors associated with college and professional sports, these promotional activities at the minor league level become of greater interest. Specifically, game day promotions utilized in minor league hockey were of interest in the current study. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with attendance in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) in the 2001-2002 season and specifically the game day promotions and their affect on attendance. Data was collected using the feedback from a survey of fourteen marketing personnel of ECHL franchises during the summer of 2002. The survey was adapted from a previous questionnaire (Branvold & Bowers, 1992) utilized to assess factors related to attendance. Other questions were added to the Branvold and Bowers tool in order to address other factors of interest. Results indicated that several factors including promotions were correlated with attendance. Those factors contributed more than 45% of the variance in predicting attendance. Specific promotions such as "Puck Night", "Scouts Night" and "Fan Appreciation Night" were identified as the most successful in increasing attendance. Weekend promotions were more related to an increase in attendance than weekday promotions and children were the most popular target group. Attendance based on promotional games versus non-promotional games varied greatly among the fourteen teams of interest. The findings are similar to previous research on promotions and attendance. Promotions have been associated with a discernible increase in attendance for most markets.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0464
Format: Thesis

Title: Application of Workforce 2000/2020 Analysis to a Southern Rural Community.
Creator: Zuokemefa, Pade, Easton, Peter, Jones, Maxine, Herrington, Carolyn, Biance, Michael, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Since publication of the Hudson Institute report on Workforce 2000: Work and Workers in the 21st Century in 1987 and the appearance of its sequel, Workforce 2020, a decade later, a popular form of analysis of economic trends and adult education needs has emerged and its conclusions have been widely cited. The approach has, however, been developed and almost entirely applied at the "macro" level of regions, States and the country as a whole. This dissertation assesses the applicability and...
Show moreSince publication of the Hudson Institute report on Workforce 2000: Work and Workers in the 21st Century in 1987 and the appearance of its sequel, Workforce 2020, a decade later, a popular form of analysis of economic trends and adult education needs has emerged and its conclusions have been widely cited. The approach has, however, been developed and almost entirely applied at the "macro" level of regions, States and the country as a whole. This dissertation assesses the applicability and utility of a Workforce 2000/2020 type of analysis for a rural Southern minority community by performing a "double diagnosis" that involves 1) using the Workforce 2000/2020 framework to examine the learning challenges, needs and opportunities facing a small Southern rural community (Gretna, Florida) as it enters the 21st century; and 2) at the same time assessing the strengths and weaknesses of Workforce 2000/2020 as an approach to these issues in local rural and minority communities by observing and analyzing the results of this "experiment" with local stakeholders. The methodology used for this study was a "mixed method" procedure that combined an "embedded" case study framework with action research. Sampling was done at the community level (City of Gretna), and within-case (or local sampling scheme). Within-case or local sampling used elite, snowball and key informants strategies to identify stakeholder groups and choose participants within each group. The study was performed in three sequential phases. In the first phase, a Workforce 2000/2020 study was conducted of demographic and economic trends in the city of Gretna and their impact on labor supply and demand using both qualitative and quantitative data. In the second phase, these substantive results were analyzed with local stakeholder representatives and the patterns compared to those characteristics of "macro" Workforce 2000/2020 studies. Finally, the experience of the Gretna analysis itself was assessed and compared to the methodology of macro Workforce 2000/2020-type studies to examine the applicability of this approach to a rural minority community and the modifications required. The macro Workforce 2000/2020 analysis suggests that, nationwide, the skill level of our workforce is insufficient to meet the competitive challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. In short, there is a growing mismatch (or at least a growing risk of one) between a high level of demand for skilled labor and an inadequate supply of existing workers or new job entrants having those qualifications. Analysis of the situation in Gretna, however, suggests something rather different. There appears to be much less mismatch. The demand for skilled labor is very low and the supply of human resources is almost equally low. In fact, the picture for Gretna is more one of a region mired in low-level equilibrium of supply and demand than one of a disequilibrium created by unmet opportunity. The Workforce 2000/2020 approach offers several strengths and weaknesses. As a principal strength, the effort to line the supply of human resources against the demand for it provides some unique insight into the situation of the community and serves to assemble types of data and groups of actors, like educators and business people that are not often or as systematically brought into dialogue. On the other hand, however, the approach pays little attention to historical and social context, does not prescribe participatory measures designed to include the voices of those concerned, and puts preponderant emphasis on supply-side factors to the detriment of a critical understanding of the roots of demand. An attempt was made to remedy these principal shortcomings in the approach used for this study.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0473
Format: Thesis

Title: Study Abroad: Educational and Employment Outcomes of Participants versus Non Participants.
Creator: Posey, James T., Beckham, Joseph C., Easton, Peter B., Dalton, Jon C., Schwartz, Robert A., Gaston, Joy, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State...
Show morePosey, James T., Beckham, Joseph C., Easton, Peter B., Dalton, Jon C., Schwartz, Robert A., Gaston, Joy, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University
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Abstract/Description: Many educators and business people are awakening to the growing need to better equip students with an international perspective and understanding. One common method to promote these goals is accomplished via a variety of study abroad programs offered through colleges and universities. The most often cited gains or benefits related to study abroad participation are in the areas of maturity, language proficiency, increased knowledge of a specific culture, and global-mindedness. Existing...
Show moreMany educators and business people are awakening to the growing need to better equip students with an international perspective and understanding. One common method to promote these goals is accomplished via a variety of study abroad programs offered through colleges and universities. The most often cited gains or benefits related to study abroad participation are in the areas of maturity, language proficiency, increased knowledge of a specific culture, and global-mindedness. Existing theories of learning, student development, and human capital suggest that participation in study abroad could theoretically lead to increased psychological and skill growth, thereby leading to positive educational and employment outcomes. Using archival Florida state system databases, this study investigated educational and employment outcome differences between study abroad participants and non participants. The study found common characteristics among gender, race, and high school academic achievement for study abroad participants. Although claims of causality cannot be made between study abroad and various outcomes, several significant associations were found particularly for educational outcomes. For example, 93.2% of study abroad participants received some type of degree compared to only 64% of the non study abroad group. The study abroad group also had a higher mean college GPA of 3.19 compared to the 2.74 for the non study abroad group. The non study abroad group was found employed in Florida at higher rates; however, the data was limited to those found employed only within Florida and did not account for those who might have found employment in other locations. The non study abroad group also had a higher mean wage than the study abroad group. However, when controlled by degree program and study abroad location, this wage difference dissipated suggesting degree program is the stronger indicator of wage outcomes. Implications for policy development and future study include more detailed examination of the study abroad experience as a recruitment tool, as well as a retention/graduation best practice. Institutions should also examine methods to increase minority participation in study abroad.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0469
Format: Thesis

Title: From Mosquito Clouds to War Clouds: The Rise of Naval Air Station Banana River.
Creator: Euziere, Melissa Williford, Jones, James P., Conner, V.J, Green, Elna C., Department of History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Naval Air Station Banana River was created as a result of increased military appropriations to defend the Atlantic Coast of the United States of America. The Hepburn Board was charged with finding appropriate sites for new naval installations that could better protect American citizens from attacks along the coastline. After an exhaustive study, a site in Brevard County was selected to become a naval patrol sea plane base. County and city leaders in Brevard rallied around the construction of...
Show moreNaval Air Station Banana River was created as a result of increased military appropriations to defend the Atlantic Coast of the United States of America. The Hepburn Board was charged with finding appropriate sites for new naval installations that could better protect American citizens from attacks along the coastline. After an exhaustive study, a site in Brevard County was selected to become a naval patrol sea plane base. County and city leaders in Brevard rallied around the construction of the Naval Air Station Banana River that they had lobbied the Hepburn Board to bring to their county. They threw their support behind the station throughout its construction and celebrated its commissioning in October 1940. Pearl Harbor brought changes to NAS Banana River as German U-boats stalked the Florida coast and the station's mission was expanded to include patrol duty, search and rescue, bombardier training, sea-plane pilot training, and communications research. Buildings sprang up in response to the increase in personnel needed to fill all of the programs. Brevard County welcomed the sailors into their towns, homes, and lives. Although the base itself was isolated, there were a number of activities on and off base to keep the sailors busy. The county was felt the economic impact of the base with an increased number of employment opportunities, a rise in retail and food service profits, and a demand for additional infrastructure to support the station. Naval Air Station Banana River was deactivated in 1947 to the dismay of the people in Brevard County. Their disappointment did not last long when a few years later the base was reactivated to serve as the headquarters of the newly formed Joint Long Range Proving Ground, a testing site for the American rocket and missile program. The existence of the Naval Air Station Banana River and the infrastructure created to support it helped to bring missile program, and a few years later the space program, to Brevard County.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0489
Format: Thesis

Title: Sleeping with an Insomniac.
Creator: Stewart, Steven J., Kirby, David, Galeano, Juan Carlos, Bickley, Bruce, Kimbrell, James, Department of English, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A collection of original poetry which often engages the twentieth-century American poetic strands of neo-surrealism and language writing.
Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0392
Format: Thesis

Title: A Comparison of Pole Assignment & LQR Design Methods for Multivariable Control for Statcom.
Creator: Xing, Liqun, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is increasingly popular in power system application. In general, power factor and stability of the utility system can be improved by STATCOM. Specifically, STATCOM can stabilize a given node voltage and compensate for the power factors of equipment serviced by that node. The dynamic performance of STATCOM is critical to these performance and stability function. STATCOM is a multiple input and multiple output system (MIMO), which can be presented by...
Show moreThe static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is increasingly popular in power system application. In general, power factor and stability of the utility system can be improved by STATCOM. Specifically, STATCOM can stabilize a given node voltage and compensate for the power factors of equipment serviced by that node. The dynamic performance of STATCOM is critical to these performance and stability function. STATCOM is a multiple input and multiple output system (MIMO), which can be presented by a mathematic model. Recently, full MIMO state feedback by pole assignment has been shown to be an improvement over classical PI control. In this thesis, an optimal linear quadratic regulator (LQR) design is a compared to the pole assignment design for transient dynamic performance of STATCOM. It was found that LQR controllers do not offer significant performance improvement to pole assignment. However, as a design method the determination of state feedback gains is easier using the LQR method
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0413
Format: Thesis

Title: Computational Analysis of the U2 Snrna-Intron Duplex.
Creator: Xu, Darui, Greenbaum, Nancy L., Li, Hong, Alabugin, Igor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Pairing of a consensus sequence of the precursor (pre)-mRNA intron with a short region of the U2 small nuclear (sn)RNA during assembly of the eukaryotic spliceosome results in formation of a complementary helix of seven base pairs with a single unpaired adenosine, whose 2' OH initiates the nucleophilic attack at the pre-mRNA 5' splice site during the first step of splicing. The structure of the spliceosomal branch site solved by Newby and Greenbaum showed that a highly conserved pseudouridine...
Show morePairing of a consensus sequence of the precursor (pre)-mRNA intron with a short region of the U2 small nuclear (sn)RNA during assembly of the eukaryotic spliceosome results in formation of a complementary helix of seven base pairs with a single unpaired adenosine, whose 2' OH initiates the nucleophilic attack at the pre-mRNA 5' splice site during the first step of splicing. The structure of the spliceosomal branch site solved by Newby and Greenbaum showed that a highly conserved pseudouridine residue in U2 snRNA induces a dramatically altered structure compared with that of its unmodified counterpart. In this study, both modified and unmodified U2 snRNA-intron duplexes were analyzed using computer simulations including preliminary molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, electrostatic potential, surface area, and solvation free energy calculations. The preliminary MD simulations produce stable trajectories of the RNA duplexes in solution. The surface electrostatic potentials were calculated using finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann algorithm and a hybrid boundary element and finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann approach. Results show a region of exceptionally negative potential near the 2' OH of the branch site adenosine. The two RNA duplexes have similar solvent accessible surface areas, whereas the surface accessible area of the 2' OH of the branch site adenosine of the modified RNA duplex is considerably smaller than that of the unmodified RNA duplex. The solvation free energy calculation indicates that the unmodified RNA duplex is favored over the modified RNA duplex.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0414
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Title: "Music Is My Vessel": An Exploration of African American Musical Culture Through the Life Story of Lavell Kamma.
Creator: Swan, Scott, Grindal, Bruce T., Uzendoski, Michael A., Lhamon, William T., Department of Anthropology, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The life story of Farouk Lavell Kamma offers a glimpse into the changing cultural attitudes about popular music, race relations, and black national consciousness in 1950s and 1960s America. His reflectively reconstructed musical life story serves as a window on the experiences of an African-American musician during a socially dynamic period in American history. Between 1960 and 1975, Lavell – as a "soul" performer - participated in the genre of black popular music that became the vernacular...
Show moreThe life story of Farouk Lavell Kamma offers a glimpse into the changing cultural attitudes about popular music, race relations, and black national consciousness in 1950s and 1960s America. His reflectively reconstructed musical life story serves as a window on the experiences of an African-American musician during a socially dynamic period in American history. Between 1960 and 1975, Lavell – as a "soul" performer - participated in the genre of black popular music that became the vernacular soundtrack for the Civil Rights Movement. Musically, his career straddles the changes from doo wop to soul, and those changes in style are also reflective of social and cultural changes in black identity and consciousness. But the importance of music in the black community is not a contemporary phenomenon. Historically, music served as a conduit for social interaction and a vehicle for cultural expression, allowing African Americans to express the "double conscious" nature of their existence. Reconsideration of music as a processual activity -homologous to ritual, is necessary to understand the importance of music in the black community. In the century following emancipation, black communities encountered the forces of urbanization and secularization in their attempts to construct and maintain community. Music became a means by which individuals and groups within the community could locate themselves experientially in a changing social and cultural landscape. Urban blacks communities in particular allowed African Americans to find experiential accommodation in a variety of social and economic opportunities. The black church and jook joints were two important social spaces in which African Americans found experiential accommodation. Music was instrumental to African American expression and interaction in both the church and the jook joint. Music itself also served as a social space in which African Americans could locate themselves existentially. Lavell's life story reveals the complexity of the black urban landscape and the foundational role of music both in his life and in the life of the black community.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0408
Format: Thesis

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