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Quantitative or Qualitative? Chossing the Best Fit Method for Gaining New Insight about What Matters to Residents in Nursing Homes
No full textAlthough a shift in culture is occurring in many nursing homes, things that matter from residents\u27 perspectives need investigation. The purpose of this study was to describe things that matter to residents while living in nursing homes. The shift from a quantitative to qualitative method expounded on concepts of empathy, consistency, and reliability from perspectives of residents who lived in the long-term care section of nursing homes. An iterative process using conventional content analysis revealed findings of residents\u27 positive and negative experiences that provided ideas for expanding on current person-centered care strategies used in nursing homes
Living Without Sound
No full textThis project will be based on deaf culture and the awareness to the accessibilities and rights they have and the worldviews that are put on them. Because there are more than one million deaf people in the world, this is a topic that needs to be discussed and presented. I also want to inform people that may not know how to approach a deaf person and assist that person.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1035/thumbnail.jp
The Battle of Tours
No full textHistorians long viewed the 8th century Battle of Tours as a defining event in the history of Europe, and interpretation of the meaning of this battle, both at the time it was fought and well after, has been fraught with controversy. My poster illustrates the beliefs held for centuries by many Westerners of the two dichotomous groups who fought this battle. They characterized the Muslims as expansionist and malevolent and trying to gain more territory and plunder. On the other side of the conflict, historians have viewed the medieval Christians as isolationist and respectable. These beliefs embody dogmas that are still evident among some groups even today. However, this poster suggests that even though these beliefs were upheld by scholars and in popular opinion for many centuries, these ideas are most likely false. While this particular battle happened over a millennium ago, the way it was portrayed in Christian chronicles and later Western histories as a radical encroachment of Islam on Christianity has led to the widespread idea that Western Civilization would have been completely altered if the Muslim forces would have been able to breach the European might. The majority of medieval European Christians believed that Islam was certainly capable of becoming the dominant religion in Europe if this critical battle was lost. Where cathedrals and churches dotted the landscape, medieval Christians feared that mosques and minarets would take their place if the Muslims would have been able to complete their conquest. For centuries, European historians and Western observers more broadly considered the Battle of Tours to be the climax of defeating Islamic invasion into the “civilized” West. The poster provides the background, location, and contenders of the battle, but also insists that this conflict may not have been as decisive as earlier writers have assumed. Primary sources from an anonymous Arab chronicler from 732, and two Christian writers, Isidore of Beja and St. Denis reveal perspectives from both sides of the conflict, and images from medieval European artists display a Christian bias. Ideas from secondary sources describing the battle from various angles are synthesized, and the modern relevance of this battle is challenged. This poster provides the viewer a clearer image of what happened at the Battle of Tours, and also what might have happened if Charles “The Hammer” Martel lost.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1023/thumbnail.jp
Bucket Party Thesis
No full textOur society faces a large amount of fear and emotions surrounding the ideology of death. The intent of my project is to create a way that we as a society can come to understand the importance of better expressing our views on death and its relationship in the life cycle. My project is an effort to answer questions concerning death and create a means in which we can all more fully understand how to cope with the aspect of the life cycle. The process and product I will be creating to address the issue of death and the life cycle, will be to create a company that will promote and produce end of life celebrations for individuals. My company, “Bucket Party”, will work with individuals and families to create a celebration of life party that will take place while a person is still alive. This will allow the individual a chance to gather with family and friends to celebrate and reflect upon their life. By doing this, I hope to show that by celebrating an individual’s life and accomplishments, they can better come to terms with the end of life. I have already hosted one such party and the results and impact were profound. I hosted a Bucket party for a military veteran who was dying of cancer. Family, friends and loved ones gathered together to celebrate the life and accomplishments of this individual. Doing this prior to death is a unique and profound way to celebrate life and come to terms with mortality.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1016/thumbnail.jp
Virtual Object Perception
No full textMental rotation is the ability to use a mental representation to rotate a two or three-dimensional object in the human mind while also recognizing that it is the same from any perspective. Previous studies have shown gender differences in mental rotation, with men performing mental rotations more quickly and accurately than women. Another study has shown that rotation practice using a joystick to rotate a figure on a computer screen benefits subsequent mental rotation. The purpose of our research was to examine whether mental rotation could be trained, specifically by using an iPad app we developed. In the current study, introductory psychology students were given a mental rotation pretest in which they viewed two geometric figures side by side and were asked if they were the same figures in different rotations, or two completely different figures. In the control group, participants completed additional trials identical to those in the pretest. In the experimental group, participants were asked to rotate a figure presented on the iPad with their finger until it matched the same orientation as the figure shown on the computer. The figure on the iPad started at different orientations than the figure on the computer (i.e., rotated 30 degrees along the x-axis, 90 degrees along the Y-axis). Finally, participants in both groups completed a posttest similar to the pretest, but including both familiar and unfamiliar figures. We found that males were more accurate at rotating the figures in the pretest and posttest, replicating findings from previous studies. However, the iPad training did not improve mental rotation in the posttest in either females or males. Based on these findings, we conclude that our app does not engage people in thinking about mental representations of the figures and rotating them in their head. In a future project, we plan to examine whether mental rotation can be improved by training participants to attend to the specific axes around which the object is rotating. We believe this method will be more effective in engaging participants in the mental rotation of a three dimensional object.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1006/thumbnail.jp
Factors Affecting the Population Dynamics of Thrips Vectors of Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus in Indiana
No full texthttp://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1055/thumbnail.jp
New Directions: The Break of United States Hegemony in the Colombian Conflict
No full textMatthew F. Danielson will be graduating this spring with degrees in Political Science and English with a concentration in writing. His senior project in Political Science explored the diversity of Indiana’s political culture, and his senior English project, which is also his senior Honors project, uses the literary theory of New Historicism to examine the Merrie Melody cartoons of 1952. He is a current recipient of the Withers Scholarship and is in the process of applying to law schools