690 research outputs found
Individualism and the ruined woman in print and film: social standards, stratification and feminine independence in Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, David Attwood's The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, and Pen Densham's Moll Flanders
No full textThe 18th Century is undeniably rife with social and political unrest. The highly capitalist nature of society created highly striated social groups ranging from the financially elite to the abjectly poor and morally weak. Minority groups always suffer in these environments and in England the women were truly subject to the depravity of the era. Women as a social group were set up to and expected to fail. Without money and status a woman could amount to nothing more than a wet nurse or a prostitute. Yet, in these stations women were labeled “ruined” and they were ostracized by those in power. This semester I hope to research the social station of women in 18th Century women by examining culture, history, and literature. Specifically, I hope to target Defoe as a major author who sympathizes his ruined women characters in order to show the flaws in 18th Century society. He examines Moll Flanders as the pitiable prostitute, and manages to showcase the struggles of womanhood despite his role as a male author. Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders introduces a liberated female character who defies the standards of society in order to reach a measure of personal individualism. I will also examine other literary characters who enter into prostitution in order to exist within society and the way in which other authors present these women. Are these fictionalized characters representations of reality? Are they accurate? Regardless, they comment on and represent standard stereotypes of the 18th Century and its capitalist flaws. What does this say about the authors, the 18th Century population, the place of women, and England’s economic stratifications?M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Gina Mercuri
GINA and Preemployment Criminal Background Checks
No full textThe article discusses the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the ethical and public policy issues related to workplace genetic profiling and institutional security. GINA precludes employers from requesting DNA from potential employees. It provides employees protection from discrimination as well as access to and disclosure of personal genetic information. The author proposes turning background criminal checks over to law enforcement agencies which allow them to collect the DNA from prospective employee
Exploring Factors that Increase Self-Efficacy in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Elementary Student Populations
No full textThis dissertation explores gender and racial-minority perceptions that enhance self-efficacy in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among elementary student populations using a mixed methods approach. Quantitative data were collected from 61 fifth grade students at a public charter school in Idaho through surveys. Qualitative data were gathered through interviews, observations, and field notes with 13 students, 2 teachers, and 7 parents to identify key themes. The study researches the constructs of family support, engagement and participation in STEM activities, and students’ perceived long-term value of STEM learning as key factors in developing self-efficacy. Despite increasing awareness of the need for equitable STEM education, disparities persist in the participation of underrepresented student groups. This research examines how various factors influence STEM self-efficacy, focusing on family influence, hands-on STEM engagement and participation, and perceived future value and relevance of STEM learning. Grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), the study investigates how family support, hands-on learning, and career aspirations influence underrepresented elementary student’ self-efficacy in STEM. Contributions to the literature are made by addressing the gap in SCCT and STEM self-efficacy in elementary education. The findings offer valuable strategies for educators, policymakers, and stakeholders, to strengthen STEM engagement and confidence among historically underrepresented students, contributing to the broader goal of cultivating a representative STEM workforce
Investigating How Robotics Activities Shape Elementary Students’ Attitudes Toward Music Composition and Coding
No full textThis mixed methods sequential explanatory study explored how computational thinking influences elementary students\u27 attitudes by engaging the students in coding a music composition with an autonomous robot. Pre and post tests were used to document students’ attitudes toward music composition and coding over the course of six weeks. Eighty fifth-grade students participated in the music composition project, coding for one hour each week in an engineering class. The students were randomly organized into four study groups: individualized, collaborative, traditional, and Use-Modify-Create (UMC). Findings indicate that students experienced a significant increase in positive attitudes toward music composition after the robotics coding activity. Both the individualized and collaborative groups reported enhanced enthusiasm for music composition, while the UMC group showed increased positivity towards coding and greater confidence in their coding abilities. These results suggest that music educators can enhance student attitudes toward both computational thinking and music composition by integrating robotics into the music curriculum. The main contributions of this study include: (1) empirical evidence of positive attitude changes toward music and coding through robotics; (2) comparative analysis of four instructional modes; and (3) a practical framework for integrating robotics into elementary music education
Gina Ochsner
No full textGina Ochsner graduated from George Fox in 1992 and quickly became one of the school’s most critically acclaimed fiction writers. Her 2002 book of short stories, The Necessary Grace to Fall, won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and her 2005 follow-up, People I Wanted to Be, was recipient of the Oregon Book Award. A novel, The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight, received the Grub Street Book Prize in 2011 and was long listed for the Orange Prize in 2010. In all, she has won more than 20 awards for her writing, including the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award. Her short stories have been featured in The New Yorker magazine and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Gina Ochsner is an educator and prolific writer who has received widespread praise for her work. She is the author of the short story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and the story collection People I Wanted to Be. Both books received the Oregon Book Award. In addition, her novel The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight was longlisted for the Orange Award (UK). Ochsner lives in Keizer, Ore., and divides her time between teaching at Corban University and writing. She is the recipient of grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Howard Foundation.Since her graduation in 1992, Gina has been a part of numerous volunteer and ministry outreaches. She has worked with the Roma Outreach Ministries (BBI, YWAN Slavic Ministries, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship); the Romainian/Moldovan Outreach (Bridge Builders, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship); and the Latvian Missions (Bridge Builders International, YWAN, and the Lavitican Public School Cooperation). Her volunteer experience includes work in Roma through Global Missions and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (short term teams), Youth with a Mission (Slavic short term teams), as a writer/intern for, For God’s Children International with ministries at Bucharest’s Children’s Hospital and Zabil home for the disabled and the Children’s Home in Moldova, a speaker/ workshop leader at the Slavic school in Salem, a speaker/workshop leader for the Public School Conference’s “Integrating Biblical Principles in Education,” in Riga, Latvia. She has also volunteered with the Oregon Writers Colony, Simonka House for Women, as an English Language tutor, for the Northwest Review staff reader, and as a mentor/ workshop leader facilitating with middle and high school grades with an emphasis on creative writing with Title 1 and rural schools.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/noteable_individuals/1088/thumbnail.jp
Insufficiency of immersion joints in existing immersed tunnels: Case study on functioning of Gina-seal and Omega-seal in the Kil Tunnel
No full textIn 2009 and 2010, two leakages through immersion joints occurred in the First Coen Tunnel near Amsterdam. From the study on t-he cause of these leakages, it followed that there was a potential problem for existing immersed tunnels: failure of the temporary Gina-seal combined with corrosion on the clamping structure of the definitive Omega-seal. It is unknown whether the immersion joints of existing immersed tunnels in the Netherlands will still function during the remaining design lifetime. There is lack of calculations on the governing watertight parts (Gina-seal and Omega-seal) in immersion joints. The main goal of this research is to become both qualitative and quantitative insight into the watertightness of existing Gina-seals and Omega-seals in immersed tunnels. It is applied to the Kil Tunnel (case study).Leakage through immersion joints can only take place when both the Gina-seal and the Omega-seal fail. The Gina-seal consists of a rubber gasket (the Gina-gasket) and a clamping structure that connects the Gina-gasket with the tunnel element. It can fail due to widening of the joint (due to seasonal temperature changes) combined with relaxa-tion, increased soil pressure and differential movements of the tunnel elements. The Omega-seal consists of a rubber gasket (the Omega-gasket) and a structure that connects the flange of the Omega-gasket with both tunnel elements (the clamping structure). It can fail if the clamping structure is affected by differential movements, relaxation, corrosion and widening of the joint (due to seasonal temperature changes).The Kil Tunnel (case study, finished in 1977, below Dordtsche Kil) consists of 3 tunnel elements, so it has 3 immersion joints (1A, 2E and 3A). Immersion joint 1A and 2E connect the tunnel to both abutments and are exactly the same. Immersion joint 3A connects two tunnel elements to each other. The Gina-seal and the Omega-seal are slightly different for 1A/2E and 3A.The Gina-seal has to meet several requirements in order to be watertight. The result of the case study on the Gina-seal in the Kil Tunnel is the following:- Joint 1A/2E may not meet Requirement G2 roof (Force equilibrium in the roof). This check requires attention. Therefore, it is recommended to do visual inspections in the roof of joint 1A/2E. All the other requirements are met with large margins.- Joint 3A meets all requirements with large margins. It is expected that this Gina-seal fulfils its function over the entire lifetime.- It is recommended to measure the value of maximum difference between winter and summer of the immersion joint in longitudinal direction (Δx) in all immersion joints.The Omega-seal has to meet several requirements in order to be watertight. The result of the case study on the Omega-seal in the Kil Tunnel is the following:- The compression of the flange of the Omega-gasket (cO) determines strongly whether the requirements on watertightness are met. When the compression of the flange of the Omega-gasket is smaller than 5 mm, the requirements are not met. This means that leakages through the immersion joint can occur. It is recommended to measure this value.- The maximum allowed penetration depth of the corrosion is 2 mm of the core of the bolt. If this value is exceeded, the functioning of the bolt is not guaranteed anymore. It is recommended to remove a bolt at the “splash zone” in order to see how far the corrosion has penetrated the bolt. Besides, it must be checked whether the corrosion is an on-going process.- When one bolt fails, the clamping plate will deform. As a result the forces on the adjacent bolts will be lower. It depends on the state of the bolt whether this is able to take the loads. This will determine whether the ‘zipper effect’ will occur.This study has created a theoretical description of the state of existing Gina-seals and Omega-seals. However, visual inspections and measurements are also needed to judge whether the seals will function during the remaining lifetime.Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineerin
Competitive advantage as a legitimacy-creating process
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how small firms in the tattooing industry actively shape institutional expectations of value for consumers in a changing industry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon interviews with key actors in the firms under study to explore their experiences with consumers and other constituents in determining how competitive advantage is constructed in this environment. These data are complemented data with interviews with governmental representatives and material from secondary sources.
Findings – The results reveal efforts of firms to construct and increase organizational legitimacy through the prominence of discourses of professionalism based on artistry and medicine/public health. These bases of competitive differentiation are not the clear result of exogenous pressure, rather they arise through the active efforts of the firm to construct value guidelines for consumers and other constituents. Practical implications – Strategic management in small firms is a complex and dynamic process that does not necessarily mirror that of large organizations. Constructing competitive advantage is an interacting process between key actors of small firms and various constituents.
Originality/value – The paper extends the application of institutional theory in strategic management by illuminating the active role that firms play in creating industry norms, especially in industries where norms are not well established or no longer entrenched. Moreover, exploring an alternative site of study offers a means through which to see well-studied issues in new ways
DOSSIER: TEN YEARS
No full textA collection of articles and video essays dedicated to the series of political omnibus films TEN REARS (Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan), with text and video contributions from a variety of international academics, producers, distributors and critics. Author, with Gina Marchetti, of introductory article. International contributions by Clarence Tsui, Andrew Choi, Felix Tsang, Laikwan Pang, K.C. Lo, Ruby Cheung, Jenny Coates, Timmy Cheng, Vivian Lee, Anchalee Chaiworaporn
DOSSIER: TEN YEARS
No full textA collection of articles and video essays dedicated to the series of political omnibus films TEN REARS (Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan), with text and video contributions from a variety of international academics, producers, distributors and critics. Author, with Gina Marchetti, of introductory article. International contributions by Clarence Tsui, Andrew Choi, Felix Tsang, Laikwan Pang, K.C. Lo, Ruby Cheung, Jenny Coates, Timmy Cheng, Vivian Lee, Anchalee Chaiworaporn
Value Of Tolerance In Gina Prince’s The Secret Life Of Bees Movie (2008): A Marxist Approach
No full textThe problem of the study is to reveal value of tolerance reflected in The Secret Life of Bees movie directed by Gina Prince Bythewood published in 2008. The objectives of the study are to analyze the film based on structural analysis and based on the Marxist analysis.
This study is descriptive qualitative study. The object of the study is The Secret Life of Bees movie directed by Gina Prince Bythewood. The data sources are divided into two namely primary and secondary data source. The primary data source is the film itself and the secondary data source is the other source related to the analysis such as references, author biography, criticisms relation to the problem and material related to the study whether picking up from books or internet. The methods of data collection are observation and library research. The technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis.
The outcome of the study is shown in the following conclusion. First, based on the structural analysis, Gina Prince delivers a message that the blacks have a high tolerance in the discrimination. Tolerance is important in the society, as black and white. They must be have tolerance. The black just wants a little respect from the whites as a human being. Racial discrimination can be changed with tolerance because the blacks have rights to live in the world. Second, based on Marxist analysis, Gina Prince reflects the racial discrimination by present Marxist issues in this movie. The blacks can be survived with the race prejudice which comes from the whites
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