Browsing Master's Level Graduate Research Conference by Title
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Monsters in a Well Lit Room: Shelley’s Use of Electric Language in Frankenstein
(2013-04-20)In her 1816 novel Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), Mary Shelley constructed an elaborate allegorical representation of scientific debate at the time regarding whether or not “animal electricity” existed and if electricity ... -
“Motherland of Marxism is Germany; Motherland of Leninism is Russia; Motherland of Marxism-Leninism in Our Era is Korea”: The Black Panther Party’s Fascination with North Korea
(2013-04-20)The Black Panther Party (BPP) while focused on the domestic problems in the United States also sought relationships with other “nations” oppressed by American Imperialism. Thus, the BPP established relationships with the ... -
Mothers as Consumers of Mental Health Services: Resource Utilization and Parenting Behaviors
(2013-04-20)Mental health services with mothers with mental illnesses can help to mitigate the effects that the mother’s symptoms have on the children in the home. Parenting classes for mothers with mental illnesses can teach positive ... -
Movements Beyond Spontaneity: Dance Improvisation in the Colonial Context
(2013-04-20)The challenges that Puerto Rican dance professionals are confronting are complex and multidimensional for no art manifestations happen on the periphery of the social and economic situations of the country where it develops. ... -
Moving Bodies/Spaces: Current Perspectives of Dance Improvisation in Puerto Rico
(2013-04-20)Moving Bodies/Spaces: Current Perspectives of Dance Improvisation in Puerto Rico analyzes the dance improvisation practices and discourses of two Puerto Rican female artists, Ñequi González and Noemí Segarra. In this paper, ... -
Multi-resolution Hough Transform
(2013-04-20)The Hough Transform is an image processing technique used to detect patterns defined by analytical equations in images. The general algorithm for object detection using Hough Transform involves first detecting all the edges ... -
Multigenerational Engagement, Leisure Interests, and Continued Learning in Elders Within Congregate Housing
(2013-04-20)Retirement communities are increasing interested in developing numbers and types of opportunities for elders to partner with local colleges, universities, and aging service providers. The purpose of this study is to assess ... -
Municipal Strategic Management: A Case Study Examining the Effects of Ontario County’s Change in Bond Rating on the Municipality’s Finances
(2013-04-20)Background: Recent events such as counties and cities across the United States going bankrupt has shown the importance of good strategic management among the leaders of municipalities. Ontario County of New York State has ... -
Music and Cultural Identity in the Republic of Georgia
(2013-04-20)This presentation is the results of an ethnographic study conducted in the Republic of Georgia in the summer of 2012 on the influences that contribute to the cultural identity of Georgians regarding their musical traditions ... -
Music Critic Eduard Hanslick's Aesthetics and Reviews
(2014-04-26)Eduard Hanslick was a 19th century Austrian music critic whose aesthetic writings are heatedly debated and are seeing a resurgence in music scholarship today. Within his treatise Vom Musikalisch-Schönen, Hanslick debates ... -
N.E.A.R (Neuropsychological Educational Approach to Remediation)
(2014-04-26)Neuropsychological Educational Approach to Remediation (N.E.A.R) is an evidenced based intervention for cognitive remediation developed by Alice Medalia, a professor atColumbiaUniversity. This intervention was developed ... -
Narrative Therapy and Writing the Self: An Evidence-Based Evaluation
(2013-04-20)This presentation outlines and evaluates the usefulness of Narrative Therapy as a therapeutic intervention for emotional wellness. Major components of the technique, as well as examples of its use, will be elucidated. A ... -
Necessity of Classroom Community for the Academic Success of Students in an Alternative Education Program
(2013-04-20)This poster describes the qualities that an alternative education program should have in order to increase the academic success of students. Principals and teachers recommend students for alternative placements based on ... -
Netflix: A Strategy to Succeed?
(2013-04-20)Netflix remodeled the video rental market with its DVD-by-mail service, but they have changed their strategy and they want to focus on instant streaming. Competitors like Amazon prime, Hulu Plus and Redbox have all made ... -
Networking Luncheon and EagleTalks
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"New York's Incarcerated Mothers and their Children" The Bedford Correctional Facility's Children's Center Program Hour Children and The Osborne Association Working Models of Intervention and Inspiration A CASE STUDY by Wendy Van Buren
(2014-04-26)This case study and research work will examine three key areas: The impact of incarceration of mothers in New York State, the impact incarceration has on the children of incarcerated mothers and evaluation of the effectiveness ... -
Nikola Tesla and Wardencylffe: The Collapse of a Utopia
(2013-04-20)This presentation examines the architectural development and evolution of Wardenclyffe, the laboratory of the inventor and electrical virtuoso, Nikola Tesla, through the avant - garde practice of urban exploration. Although ... -
No Child Behind Bars: A Case for a More Just Juvenile Justice System
(2014-04-26)The juvenile justice system was founded on the notion of rehabilitation and an understanding of the need to treat youth offenders differently than adults. Despite this history, across the United States, youth under the ... -
Non-additive cis-regulatory interactions underlie pair-rule regulation of Drosophila wingless gene at the blastoderm stage
(2014-04-26)This poster seeks to investigate if non-additive interactions are general for segment polarity genes and if Runt is the key factor involved. We have studied two putative pair-rule response elements for the segment polarity ... -
Observing the Correlation between Physical and Mental Health and An Older Adult’s Interest in Recreational and Multigenerational Activities
(2013-04-20)The purpose of this research project is to explore the physical and mental health challenges of older adults living in both assisted and independent living settings and how these challenges affect their interest and/or ...
