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“YOUR MAN, THE QUEER, THE QUEEN OF DUNLEARY”: QUEERNESS AND IRISHNESS AS PRESENTED IN SELECTED PLAYS FROM THOMAS KILROY
No full textThis thesis is a three part analysis of three different plays from Thomas Kilroy: The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche (1968), The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde (1997), and My Scandalous Life (2004). Chapter 1 examines Mr. Roche through a textual lens, utilizing Jeffery Jerome Cohen’s monster theory to read how Irish men in the mid-20th century react to threats of masculinity. Chapter 2 looks at three different stage performances, two stagings of The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde and one of My Scandalous Life. These two plays are sequential to each other and build off of the same themes. Through analyzing all three productions in aspects such as set design, costume choices, and non-character actor performances, I examine what these two plays say about autonomy in relation to gender, sexuality, and nationality. Chapter 3 returns to Mr. Roche and uses the character analysis to create a hypothetical design concept that would highlight the ideas of queer masculinity on a stage. All three sections come together to argue how the intersection of Irish national identity and queerness appear to cause struggle and crisis for individuals, specifically in the late 19th and 20th centuries
Play it for me. A Study in Melodic Password Usability
No full textIn today\u27s age, we find ourselves required to create accounts to manage more and more of our services. To keep these accounts secure, we typically need to manage a collection of different passwords to be able to sign in to our accounts. However, remembering and managing a large number of different passwords is a difficult task for the average user. This makes it evident that there is a need to come up with something that serves as a viable alternative to managing multiple passwords. This paper reports on the usability of passwords constructed from notes and melodies rather than alphanumeric characters. Music is a universal point of expression and enjoyment across the world and the average person has an inherent ability to recall our favorite songs and melodies. This study gathered five individuals in person to attempt a simulated sign in with a prototype authentication system based on playing along to a user’s selected snippet of music using the keyboard as a virtual instrument. We found that participants with more of a musical aptitude and patience to learn tended to favor the innovative approach to signing into an account over those with less musical ability and desire to practice “playing” their password. It is also important to note that technical issues and slight clunkiness in interactions may have had a negative effect on the perception of the software. Since users are comparing it to the baseline of text-input verification, it is important to make the login process as short and streamlined as possible
Thesis: Popular American Music Throughout History
No full textThis Thesis project is a mixture of writing and an album about popular musical genres that have their roots in American culture. The project covers the decades of the 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, and ending in the 1970’s, with the genres represented being Gypsy Jazz (40’s), Rock and Roll (50’s), American Folk Revival (60’s), and Funk (70’s). The album will feature performances and assistance in the creation of the music from Guest artist who are professional musicians. I perform on the album myself and the full production, recording, mixing, and mastering is all done by me as well. The writing will be a deconstruction of the process involved with making the songs on the album, starting from the initial idea to the studio recording, and finally to the production. After a breakdown of the creation of each individual track, a brief explanation of the cultural and historical significance of the genre of music being discussed. To finish my writing, I will examine my concluding thoughts and feeling about the completed project and explain why I worked on this project and my passion for American music
EXPLORING ROBOT KINEMATICS: AN ENGINEERING APPROACH
No full textThroughout this project we explore the process of modeling robot arm kinematics. The purpose of this exploration is to understand the process of the task of picking up and placing an object. It seems a rather simple task for many but for a robot arm it is a complex problem. We discuss techniques used to model robot kinematics like programming by demonstration, motion primitives, forward kinematics, and inverse kinematics. We introduce tools available to allow development of programs that interface with the Widow X 200 robot arm like the DynamixelSDK and Dynamixel Serial Communication Protocol. Robot Operating System, a common academic tool for robot system development, is introduced and the structure for a ROS package using previously mentioned techniques is described. By the end we have mathematical models and programs that accurately move the robot arm to any provided goal pose as long as the robot arm configuration is physically capable of reaching it
“WHAT HAPPENED TO FLORIDA?”: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA’S TWENTIETH CENTURY DEMOGRAPHIC MIRACLE
No full textThis thesis examines Florida’s demographic growth during the twentieth century, arguing that two key phenomena are the driving factors behind this growth. It opens by defining Florida’s growth, then ties the two phenomena to this growth, those being capital investment, mainly through the real-estate and tourism industries; and federal investment, mainly through flood control and federal employment. Florida’s growth is examined primarily through the decade-by-decade censuses throughout the twentieth century, while the corresponding historical phenomena are examined primarily through secondary sources
FACTORS OF EGYPT’S ECONOMIC GROWTH: A DEEP ANALYSIS FROM 1989-2019
No full textThis thesis investigates the key causal factors that drive Egypt’s economic growth, more specifically, the real Gross Domestic Product per capita. Combining various well-known indicators of development, the empirical model evaluates the impact of eight explanatory and twelve dummy variables using a multiple Ordinary Least Squares regression analysis. Statistically significant results demonstrate that foreign direct investment and life expectancy variables have positive impacts on economic growth, but rapid increase in government spending and military leadership of Egypt negatively affects economic growth. Furthermore, recommendations are offered to highlight the findings that increased foreign investment and properly-paced government spending are beneficial to Egypt’s economic growth. In conclusion, the main implication of this study is to help further support the Egypt’s socioeconomic development, one of the world’s most politically significant countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Future studies should continue validating current results and explicitly consider the role of political conditions
OTRIO: RECREATING THE OTRIO BOARD GAME ON ANDROID
No full textThe goal of this project was to create a working Android mobile app replica of the strategy board game Otrio using the Unity Game Engine and a Google Firebase backend. Otrio is a two to four player head-to-head strategy based board game similar to tic-tac-toe. The board has 9 spaces (3x3) with 3 slots in each space: a small, medium, and large slot. Each player starts with 3 pieces of each size: small, medium and large. In order to win you must get 3 pieces in a row of either the same size or ascending size, or you can place 3 of your pieces in the same space. The goal was to create a single player mode where you can play against a computer and a multiplayer mode where you can play against another user
Redex A proof of concept scripting language in Rust.
No full textThe implementation of a functional programming language from a drafted syntax is an ambitious undertaking. The average programming language functions with a series of interconnected components, all working sequentially to be able to execute a program. Most scripting languages exist in three major components; A lexer to convert characters into tokens that can be recognized, a parser that can derive meaning and associations from the provided tokens, and a runtime to execute the associations in the form of an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) generated by the parser. The language I created, Redex, tackles programming language development with a syntax that’s heavily influenced by Rust & JavaScript via their variable declarations keywords, and functionality. Lua, a very popular embedded scripting language offers permissive error handling and a lightweight execution environment, perfect for what I desired for Redex to have. Its low-level compiler adheres to modern conventions, though it strays away a bit with its regex-based tokenization implementation to capture strings and variable literals and handle escape sequences in the tokenization step. Redex was developed to be fast to type, with a long term goal of being able to handle HTTP related traffic like acting as a webserver or sending many concurrent HTTP requests. It aims to keep a lightweight standard library, with just the core functions for handling standard input/output and communicating with the outside world. Redex offers features from both Rust and Lua, with an intuitive and natural to write syntax
“POETRY AS EXORCISM, AS PURIFIER, / IT FELT POSSIBLE”: AN EXAMINATION OF RITUAL POETICS THROUGH ROBERT DUNCAN AND CACONRAD
No full textThis thesis will be exploring the definition, potential forms and outcomes of ritual poetics, as observed in three poets during the 1950s modernist poetic movement, also known as the San Francisco Renaissance, into the present day. By examining the poetry of Robert Duncan and CAConrad primarily, as well as some of the work of Jack Spicer as a transitional poet between the two, elements of Gnostic poetics and non-traditional community formation can be observed as key components of ritual poetics. This thesis considers how various American social and political factors throughout these poets’ careers—including their queer identities—further influences the kind of work that ritual poetics can perform for these particular figures, as well as the similarities and differences between how they build poetic identities around these factors
The Promising Role of Music Therapies in Mitigating Developmental Challenges Associated with Pediatric Hydrocephalus: A Review and Analysis
No full textHydrocephalus, a neuropathic condition characterized by an imbalance between the production and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid and the resultant enlargement of the ventricles in the brain, is the leading cause of pediatric neurosurgery. Despite surgical interventions, children with hydrocephalus often face developmental challenges, including cognitive, motor, and social-emotional deficits. This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive review of hydrocephalus and its associated developmental challenges in children and adolescents while exploring the potential of music therapies as neurorehabilitative interventions for these patients. There is increasing interest in music therapies for neuropathic conditions due to their potential for enhancing motor skills, cognitive function, and social-emotional development in patients with neurological deterioration. By examining clinical investigations, case studies, and systematic reviews, this thesis will illustrate and support arguments for the potential benefits of incorporating music therapy into the treatment plan for pediatric patients with hydrocephalus as a complementary and adjoining approach to conventional therapies. This review highlights the importance of early intervention and a multidisciplinary approach, advocating for the integration of music therapy to improve developmental trajectories and the quality of life for pediatric hydrocephalus patients