Browsing 30th Hayes Graduate Research Forum (February, 2016) by Issue Date
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After Brecht: The Implicit Alienation of Annie Baker's Micro-naturalism in "The Flick"
Kopyt, Joe ( 2016-02 )Furthering Bertolt Brecht's theory of audience alienation, this paper equivocates contemporary micro-naturalism on stage to the distancing effects of the Epic Theater, suggesting that Baker’s storytelling in "The Flick" ... -
High Throughput Synthesis of Micellar Nanocomposites via Liquid-Liquid Electrospray
Lee, Kil Ho ( 2016-02 ) -
Time Dependent Gating in Nanochannels
Boone, Caitlin ( 2016-02 )Nanofluidic field effect devices, geometrically analogous to semiconductor field effect transistors, feature a gate electrode embedded in the wall of the nanofluidic channel, electrically and fluidically isolated from the ... -
The Impact of Hospital Information Technology Adoption Process on Quality of Care
Sharma, Luv ( 2016-02 )We look at the impact of two important dimensions of the process of adoption (sequence and intensity) for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) technologies on cost and quality of care at hospitals. Sequence of adoption is ... -
Visualizing Sight Experience
Baczeski, Lillianna Marie ( 2016-02 )Eye-tracking technology is used by scientists to explore and make measurable claims to advance knowledge in pursuit of the question: How do humans see? Though I am not a scientist, my investigations originate from the same ... -
Cosmic-ray muon spallation backgrounds for MeV astrophysical neutrino signals in Super-Kamiokande
Li, Shirley ( 2016-02 )When muons travel through matter, their energy losses lead to nuclear breakup ("spallation") processes. The delayed decays of unstable daughter nuclei produced by cosmic-ray muons are important backgrounds for low-energy ... -
Teaching Grounded Audiences: Burke's Identification in Social Media and First Year Composition
Head, Samuel ( 2016-02 )First year composition students regularly engage in composing rhetorical messages to their virtual audiences while participating on social media. This previous experience and prior knowledge with audiences in social media ... -
Generating Illegality and Precarity through Forced Resettlement in Peri-urban Delhi in India
Bose, Debangana ( 2016-02 )The United Nations (UN) entrusted the UN Habitat in 2006 with the responsibility to assist member states to monitor and gradually attain the “cities without slum” target, also known as Target 11 of the Millennium Development ... -
Measuring Family Quality of Life for Children with Autism
Settle, Theresa ( 2016-02 )The purpose of this study was to investigate family quality of life for children with autism. In order to measure family quality of life, family leisure was used as a key indicator. The aims of the study were as follows: ... -
Bases of Entitlement Among the Narcissistic Subtypes
Freis, Stephanie ( 2016-02 ) -
'Dulce et Decorum Est': A Lost Generation of Roman Elites in the Hannibalic War
Barber, Cary ( 2016-02 ) -
Is Genocidal Behavior Learned? Assessing the Familial Ties of Genocide Perpetrators
Gertz, Evelyn ( 2016-02 )Samantha Power, United States ambassador to the United Nations, designated the 20th century “the age of genocide.” Since 1945, nearly 50 such events have occurred, causing more deaths than all internal and international ... -
Water as Solar Fuel: Development of Zeolite-Supported Manganese Oxides Catalysts
Shrestha, Sweta ( 2016-02 )In this work zeolite supported manganese oxides (MnOx-Y) were studied for photochemical water oxidation. Zeolite-supported manganese oxides were synthesized by ion-exchanging of manganese ions into zeolite pores and cages, ... -
Impact Welding Structural Aluminium Alloys to High Strength Steels Using Vaporizing Foil Actuator
Liu, Bert ( 2016-02 )Dissimilar Al/Fe joining was achieved using vaporizing foil actuator welding. Flyer velocities up to 727 m/s were reached using 10 kJ input energy. Four Al/Fe combinations involving AA5052, AA6111-T4, JAC980, and JSC1500 ... -
The Power of Language and Labels: "The Mentally Ill" Versus "People With Mental Illnesses"
Gibbs, Todd ( 2016-02 )College students (N = 221), adults (N = 211), and professional counselors and counseling students (N = 269) were given a measure of tolerance. Half of each sample was given a version that used the term "the mentally ill," ... -
Mediation as Metaphor and Method: The Visualization of an Odissi Body
Sarkar, Kaustavi ( 2016-02 )Odissi is an eastern Indian classical dance form that has homogenized various heterogeneous movement traditions, such as those of the Maharis or temple-dancers and the Gotipuas or young boys dressed as females, in the ... -
Exploring the Role of Efficacy Accessibility in Risk Behavior
Ralston, Rachel ( 2016-02 )The present research examined whether individuals differ in the accessibility of beliefs about their ability to avoid risky behavior. A new reaction time measure, based on previous measures of accessible attitudes and ... -
Contrasting Expressive Content in First and Second Musical Themes
Warrenburg, Lindsay ( 2016-02 )Since the 18th century, music theorists have noted the tendency for art-music works to contain themes exhibiting contrasting expressive content. In music exhibiting two main themes, the first theme is commonly characterized ...