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Validity and Reliability of an iPod Forearm Goniometer Application in Measuring Range of Motion in Average College Students
(2014-04-26)This presentation focuses on a research study that aims to determine if the Forearm Goniometer application is reliable and valid in measuring range of motion. There has been a significant increase in the number of healthcare ... -
Variation In Fatty Acid Signatures Of Lake Ontario Prey Fish
(2014-04-26)Fatty acid signatures (FAS) are currently used in food web studies to provide insights into long term feeding habits of predators based on the degree of similarity between their FAS and that of their prey. To date, FAS ... -
Virtual Death: Subjectivity and the Permanent Loss of an Online Self
(2014-04-26)The virtuality of the online landscape affords an illusory invulnerability to the embodied identities of a digital citizenry. The threat of death, traditionally conceived as an end to existence in the physical realm, is ... -
Visualizing Spatial Expression Pattern of Anoctamin-1 (Ano1) in the Zebrafish Gastrointestinal Tract
(2013-04-20)Anoctamin-1 (Ano1) is expressed in mammalian interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and encodes a Ca2+-activated Cl- channel that may be functionally important for gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle pace making. Reduced Ano1 ... -
Visualizing Vacancy in Buffalo, NY
(2013-04-20)Since 1950, the City of Buffalo has lost 55 percent of its population. This loss can be seen across the city in vacant lots. 15.7 percent of all land in Buffalo is vacant, amounting to approximately 16,000 vacant lots. ... -
Water as Death and Life: Traces of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Funerary and Baptismal Rites
(2013-04-20)The cultural practices of birth and death are part of the basic fabric of a society. There is no discussion of death and the afterlife without a complementary discussion of life and birth, both physical and spiritual. These ... -
Wearing a Mask of Normality: Reimagining Disabled Masculinity in Steve McQueen’s Shame (2011)
(2013-04-20)Western culture idealizes the male body as a source of strength, energy, control, and movement, devaluing the female body as weak, dependent, and submissive. The ideal male body retains its dominance in society because it ... -
Wenzhou Train Crash PR/Social Media Case Study
(2014-04-26)This case study analyzes the Chinese governments' response to a deadly train crash, specifically focusing on the role of social media in the crisis. On July 23, 2011, two high-speed trains collided in Wenzhou City.40 people ... -
Western Aesthetics in Mexican Tourist Art
(2013-04-20)By continuing to utilize Western Aesthetics, art from Mexico has been subjugated to a cycle of tourist art, pushing the tastes and interests of an uninformed Westernized consumer for “authentic” art in the market. An ... -
What are the Effects of Community Integration Programs for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2013-04-20)This evidence based review aims to elucidate the effects of community integration programs on the quality of life and the transition to adulthood for young adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum ... -
When Sexual Identity Leads to Loss of Religious Identity: Jehovah's Witnesses and Homosexuality.
(2014-04-26)Although progress has been made in the acceptance of gays and lesbians within some religious groups, individuals who openly identify as gay and lesbian cannot also be active members of Jehovah's Witnesses. Based on their ... -
Which Airline Manufacturer Will Be The Industry Leader In Five Years?
(2013-04-20)Within the Airline Manufacturing Industry there have been two prominent leaders, Airbus and Boeing. Both have become emerging leaders with the introduction of new aircraft such as the AirbusA380 as well as the Boeing 787 ... -
Whose Restoration Are We Working Towards? Understanding the Relationships of Place Attachment and Voice within Participatory Cleanup and Restoration Processes of Onondaga Lake
(2013-04-20)Erica Tauzer, M.S. in Environmental Studies, SUNY ESF Anticipated Completion: December 2013 Major Professor: Valerie Luzadis, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies The Onondaga Lake Experience: Understanding ... -
“Who’s Leading Now? The Partnering of Dance Studies and Feminist Theories”
(2013-04-20)During the last decade of the twentieth century, there was a rush of ideologies and theories, discussed and applied to dance, shifting traditional dance history into dance studies. Of particular interest in this paper, is ... -
Why Are Half of New York Finger Lakes Invaded by Cercopagis pengoi, While the Other Half Have Remained Non-invaded for Over a Decade?
(2013-04-20)The fish-hook flea, Cercopagis pengoi, is an abundant invasive zooplankton that invaded six of the eleven New York Finger Lakes in 1999, one year after invading Lake Ontario. Cercopagis is predatory, which could alter ... -
William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Degeneracy in the New South
(2013-04-20)William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury established the stereotypes of Southern degeneracy that followed the Civil War’s Reconstruction period. Not only does the text’s fixation on time and human abnormality fit the ... -
Women in STEM Fields: Does Mentoring Matter? A Review of the Literature
(2013-04-20)Women are significantly underrepresented in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields at the college and professional levels. Starting in early education and continuing through graduate school, ... -
Women's Transitional Housing: Outcomes and Effectiveness
(2013-04-20)In an effort to combat the prevalence of homelessness in the Greater Rochester community, programs like the transitional housing program operated by Sojourner House at Pathstone are critical. In order for such programs to ... -
Work-family Capitalization: How Sharing Positive Work Events May Lead to Greater Perceptions of Work-family Enrichment and Associated Outcomes
(2013-04-20)This poster describes a research project that explored how discussing one's positive work events with responsive family members may contribute to greater perceptions of work-family enrichment in employees, and in turn, how ...
