item: #1 of 113 id: scientia-1014 author: Brooks, Katelyn Elizabeth title: Survival of the Fittest: Social Media’s Influence on the Relationship between Traditional Media and the Public date: 2018-06-27 words: 6783 flesch: 47 summary: Facebook is the most prominent social media site, reaching nearly 67 percent of U.S. adults, as well as the leader in social media news with about two-thirds of users getting their news via Facebook (Gottfried & Shearer, 2016). The need for orientation towards news media: Revising and vali- dating a classic concept. keywords: agenda; facebook; influence; mccombs; media; news; november; platforms; public; setting; shaw; theory; trump; university cache: scientia-1014.pdf plain text: scientia-1014.txt item: #2 of 113 id: scientia-1124 author: Rideout, Jennifer title: The Russian Influenza as Extended Metaphor in Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent date: 2018-06-27 words: 4674 flesch: 56 summary: However, Conrad shifts from Winnie’s obedience to her acting upon impulse when he writes that “her right hand skimmed slightly the end of the table, and when she had passed The Russian Influenza as Extended Metaphor in Joseph Conrad ’s The Secret Agent Middle Tennessee State University 12 Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research on towards the sofa the carving knife had vanished without the slightest sound from the side of the dish” (215). What was The Russian Influenza as Extended Metaphor in Joseph Conrad ’s The Secret Agent Middle Tennessee State University 14 Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research a seemingly straight-forward plan to infect the city with paranoia of catastrophe comes home to Verloc in his inability to account to Winnie for his own responsibili- ty in Stevie’s death, infecting her with a hatred and passion enough to kill him. keywords: agent; conrad; influenza; metaphor; novel; pandemic; stevie; time; verloc; winnie cache: scientia-1124.pdf plain text: scientia-1124.txt item: #3 of 113 id: scientia-1142 author: Jordan, Elizbeth Anne title: State of the Sciene: Enteral Nutrition Protocols date: 2018-06-27 words: 6425 flesch: 53 summary: Seven of the studies did not indicate a theoretical framework (Compton et al., 2014; Damratowski & Goetz, 2016; Frisecke et al., 2014; Heyland et al., 2013; Kuslapuu et al., 2015; Reeves et al., 2012; Taylor et al., 2014). Per the inclusion criteria, all of the quantitative studies examined critically ill patients admitted to the ICU (Compton et al., 2014; Ellis, 2015; Frisecke et al., 2014; Heyland et al., 2013; Jarden & Sutton, 2014; Kelly, 2014; Kuslapuu et al., 2015; Reeves et al., 2012; Taylor et al., 2014). keywords: et al; heyland et; nutrition; patients; practice; protocol; reeves et; studies; taylor et cache: scientia-1142.pdf plain text: scientia-1142.txt item: #4 of 113 id: scientia-1167 author: De La Torre, Mary title: Incarcerated and Pregnant: How Societal Attitudes Affect the Sentencing and Treatment of Pregnant Inmates in Rural Tennessee date: 2018-06-27 words: 8469 flesch: 60 summary: This suggests that attitudes toward inmate mothers (and perhaps fathers) hinder the offering of parental pro- gramming and rehabilitation goals/efforts. However, incarcerated mothers are more likely than other prisoners to be in- carcerated for a non-violent drug or property crime. keywords: care; children; inmates; jail; mothers; officer; research; respondents; staff; views; women cache: scientia-1167.pdf plain text: scientia-1167.txt item: #5 of 113 id: scientia-1177 author: Black, Andrew title: He had his poor: Emerson's Self-Reliance and the Question of Charity: Emerson's Communitarian Critique of Institutional Benevolence date: 2018-06-27 words: 4458 flesch: 50 summary: For Clark, this is “the singular position of hu- mankind Emerson will investigate in all his writing” (324). Prentiss Clark, in what is foundationally related to this present work, reads the sermons, essays, and journals to de-center and re-present the locus of Emerson criticism from the self alone to the self in a web of relations to the whole. keywords: edward; emerson; essays; poor; reliance; self; thought; work cache: scientia-1177.pdf plain text: scientia-1177.txt item: #6 of 113 id: scientia-1204 author: S, D title: Editorial Comments date: 2018-06-27 words: 730 flesch: 59 summary: Scientia has been an invaluable resource for me as a writer and researcher, and I hope that it will continue to be beneficial to MTSU students for many more years. Since the first issue of Scientia et Humanitas in 2011, the journal has upheld a twofold mission. keywords: articles; scientia; year cache: scientia-1204.pdf plain text: scientia-1204.txt item: #7 of 113 id: scientia-1242 author: Uselton, Myranda title: Investigating Quantum Computation date: 2019-06-06 words: 3776 flesch: 51 summary: This paper investigates the inner workings and potential applications of quantum computers, proposes viable materials for constructing a quantum computer, discusses monetary restrictions on quantum computer construction, and assesses the impact of quantum computation on data security. Although these and other researchers made impressive progress in the theoret- ical development of quantum computers, lack of viable hardware and other difficulties prevented successful construction of a physical quantum computer until recently. keywords: algorithms; classical; computation; computer; cryptography; key; machine; quantum cache: scientia-1242.pdf plain text: scientia-1242.txt item: #8 of 113 id: scientia-1297 author: Selby, Aaron title: Soteriology of Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame date: 2019-06-06 words: 4818 flesch: 61 summary: Likewise, The Hunchback of Notre Dame’s “Creed” is that salvation is found through dogma and as a product of the dominance of God’s will; “Code” takes the form of Quasimodo’s submission to Frollo’s dominance, as seen in a line from the song “Out There,” where Frollo says “Remember Quasimodo, this is your sanctuary” (Trousdale and Wise, 1996); “Cultus” takes the form of Frollo and his dominance; and “Community” takes the form of the underwhelming reaction of the film, especially when compared to Beauty and the Beast.10 Now, to see the ways in which film can function as religion, we turn to the work of John Lyden, as proposed in Film as Religion. A display of Lofton’s theory regarding consumption can be ob- served when engaging with Beast and Notre Dame, both with perspectives of film produc- tion and the themes that impact narratives chosen by producers. keywords: beast; beauty; dame; film; frollo; hunchback; love; notre; religion; salvation; soteriology cache: scientia-1297.pdf plain text: scientia-1297.txt item: #9 of 113 id: scientia-1298 author: Beyene, Hanan title: Surviving Hardship Through Religion: Womanist Theology in Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” date: 2019-06-06 words: 4495 flesch: 61 summary: Although Womanist Theology applies to slavery, I use this theology in a primarily social context, focusing the relationships black women encounter and experience with men within their community and private lives. Significance of Representation & Forgiveness Redefining the representation of black women of the Bible in Womanist Theology brings empowerment and motivation to black women who experience trials from sexism and racism. keywords: african; american; beyoncé; community; ham; lemonade; religion; theology; womanist; women cache: scientia-1298.pdf plain text: scientia-1298.txt item: #10 of 113 id: scientia-1301 author: Pearson, Ansley Morgan title: The Legend of Zelda: A Religious Record date: 2019-06-06 words: 6548 flesch: 60 summary: Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 22 Spring 2019 Legend of Zelda series is a Nintendo video game franchise that follows the high fantasy adventures of a young warrior named Link on his quest to save his kingdom and Princess Zelda from ruin. The series’ gameplay elements are evaluated using Rachel Wagner’s arguments from her book Godwired which explores the ritual nature of video games as a way of explaining the persist- ing religious nature and meaning-making systems present in the series. keywords: game; legend; link; nintendo; players; power; religion; series; time; world; zelda; zelda series cache: scientia-1301.pdf plain text: scientia-1301.txt item: #11 of 113 id: scientia-1302 author: Bennett, Jess title: Nádleeh and Trickster: Accounting for the Absence of Non-Binary Genders in Foucault’s History of Sexuality date: 2019-06-06 words: 4317 flesch: 53 summary: However, non-binary gender categories are by no means exclusive to cur- rent formations of gender identity that allow the individual greater agency in recognizing and challenging a strict gender binary. More recently, though, queer discourse has favored a shift from sexual liberty to gender identity. keywords: american; berdache; foucault; gender; native; sexuality; trickster cache: scientia-1302.pdf plain text: scientia-1302.txt item: #12 of 113 id: scientia-1472 author: Editors, Scientia title: Editorial Comments date: 2019-06-06 words: 850 flesch: 50 summary: In closing, I would like to state that I believe Scientia is a journal that produces significant work and plays a valuable role at MTSU. Volume 9 boasts a diverse set of articles, half of which focus on religious studies and popular culture. keywords: contributors; journal; work; year cache: scientia-1472.pdf plain text: scientia-1472.txt item: #13 of 113 id: scientia-1794 author: Hallman, Micah title: Humanizing the Dehumanized: The Complex Connections between William Lloyd Garrison’s Preface and Fugitive Slave Advertisements date: 2020-07-30 words: 6241 flesch: 48 summary: Garrison’s work recognizes the implicit silencing of African American humanity that occurred in slave advertisements and made those traits explicit in his preface. Throughout both the South and the North, slave advertisements frequently appeared in newspapers. keywords: advertisements; american; douglass; garrison; historical; narrative; preface; slave cache: scientia-1794.pdf plain text: scientia-1794.txt item: #14 of 113 id: scientia-1795 author: Campbell Field, Jenna title: The Soldierly Code: War Trauma and Coping in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried date: 2020-07-30 words: 4444 flesch: 53 summary: Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 16 Spring 2020 The Soldierly Code: War Trauma and Coping in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried Jenna Campbell Field Abstract Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is sometimes portrayed as a work about soldiers that shows the brotherhood created in war and the ways soldiers struggle once they heroically return from a warzone; however, through a postmodernist narrative framework, the episodic novel becomes not a glorification of war but a denigration of it. The tokens of home are meant to act as an anchor for the soldiers; however, the items act only 4 In his article, “Storytelling, Salvations, and Pilgrimage in Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Car- ried,’” keywords: isolation; men; o’brien; silence; soldiers; trauma; war cache: scientia-1795.pdf plain text: scientia-1795.txt item: #15 of 113 id: scientia-1797 author: Meade, Nash title: Rhyme and Revolution date: 2020-07-30 words: 3301 flesch: 62 summary: William A. Ulmer, in his article “William Wordsworth and Philosophical Necessity,” says about Godwin’s form of philosophical necessity that “if Wordsworth be- lieved in philosophical necessity as Political Justice formulated the idea and articulated its implications, he would have believed that human cognition and behavior were ultimately rational, that an impersonal obligation to the betterment of the whole remained our lead- ing ethical obligation, that social progress was triumphantly inherent in the nature of ex- istence” (176-177). William Wordsworth is one of the most revered poets of the last few centuries. keywords: nature; poetry; pope; revolution; william; wordsworth cache: scientia-1797.pdf plain text: scientia-1797.txt item: #16 of 113 id: scientia-1798 author: Methvin, Connor title: The Authorial Sublime: Text and Apotheosis date: 2020-07-30 words: 5337 flesch: 55 summary: Cixous explores this notion of Ffytche’s generative, eternal uncanny by the pre- Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 58 Spring 2020 scription of “textual effects” (“Three Steps” 145) unto authors. The sublime’s very definition is evident in its quality as a “willing loss of self ” (Kelley 202), similar to Cixous’s declaration that “the only book that is worth writing is the one…that hurts us” (“Three Steps” 32), the book in which one [author] willfully pours oneself, regardless of what must be done or experienced to do so. keywords: author; barthes; cixous; death; self; sublime; text; writing cache: scientia-1798.pdf plain text: scientia-1798.txt item: #17 of 113 id: scientia-1799 author: Bivens, Jameson title: Shin Gojira: Return of the Angry God date: 2020-07-30 words: 5283 flesch: 57 summary: The Rise of Modern Japan. It is not about the monster, but rather about Japan reminiscing on the suc- cess of the Japanese Economic Miracle or the optimism of 1954 when it was the success story of Asia. keywords: film; godzilla; gojira; government; japan; japanese; jsdf; military; monster; nuclear; shin cache: scientia-1799.pdf plain text: scientia-1799.txt item: #18 of 113 id: scientia-1800 author: Standifer, Benjamin title: Kant, Hegel, Sellars: The Structure of Knowledge date: 2020-07-30 words: 2906 flesch: 50 summary: Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 82 Spring 2020 Kant, Hegel, Sellars: The Structure of Knowledge Benjamin Standifer This refutation is motivated by what Hegel sees as a funda- mental incoherence in modern philosophy initiated by Descartes and culminates in the ‘subjectiv- ist’ conclusions reached by Kant. keywords: consciousness; hegel; kant; knowledge; thing cache: scientia-1800.pdf plain text: scientia-1800.txt item: #19 of 113 id: scientia-1801 author: Crouch, Victoria title: Analysis of the Airline Pilot Shortage date: 2020-07-30 words: 4016 flesch: 55 summary: The average age of US airline pilots is 50.6 years old, and almost half of airline pilots are over 50 (Lutte and Mills, 2019).  The significant need for new pilots in the airlines will result in better opportunities for airline pilots to begin their professional pilot careers sooner and to make more money. keywords: airlines; flight; pilots; programs; regional; shortage; stahl cache: scientia-1801.pdf plain text: scientia-1801.txt item: #20 of 113 id: scientia-1802 author: Baggett, Elizabeth Katelynn title: The Relationship between Religion and Politics in a Globalizing World date: 2020-07-30 words: 4362 flesch: 53 summary: This paper explores the ways that religious beliefs, practices, and communities shape and are shaped by the political expecta- tions and necessities of a nation by using examples from major world religions. Political globalization and global citizens have further facilitated the interaction of global religions in world politics.  keywords: confucianism; globalization; people; politics; prothero; religion; state; world cache: scientia-1802.pdf plain text: scientia-1802.txt item: #21 of 113 id: scientia-1803 author: Gibson, Jackson title: Pinning Down the Historical Significance of Button Collecting date: 2020-07-30 words: 4994 flesch: 59 summary: The artistic aspect of campaign buttons is an important part of the collecting world because collectors are typically drawn to more colorful and interesting buttons. McGovern’s button simply had his name on the button, and the O was replaced by the female gender sign and an equal sign in the middle.18 After the 70s, campaign buttons aimed exclusively at female voters became part of the norm and has continued to the present day.  keywords: buttons; campaign; hake; history; past; research; student; use; women cache: scientia-1803.pdf plain text: scientia-1803.txt item: #22 of 113 id: scientia-1805 author: Watts, Sophia title: How Has the Portrayal of Women on the Television Series Doctor WhoEvolved from 1963 to 2019? date: 2020-07-30 words: 6049 flesch: 62 summary: Thus, it is clear that, at least at first, female characters did not have much of a role to play in Doctor Who. Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 31 Spring 2020 al of Susan Foreman shows that female characters were not vital contributors to Doctor Who’s storyline early on in the series. keywords: ace; amy; bbc; character; companions; doctor; series; time; whittaker cache: scientia-1805.pdf plain text: scientia-1805.txt item: #23 of 113 id: scientia-2073 author: Baca, Isaac title: Moral Reframing: A Perspective-Taking Approach to Political Arguments date: 2021-06-30 words: 7509 flesch: 42 summary: If the social environment in which the participants have learned to make moral judgements does indeed impact their ability to consider a wider spectrum of moral foundations, then liberal participants who were born and raised in Vermont should be persuaded to decrease their support for political issues (such as same sex marriage or universal healthcare) only by arguments that are grounded in liberal moral foundations. However, an argument grounded in conservative moral foundations was also effective in increasing opposition to gun control measures. keywords: condition; conservative; control; foundations; foundations condition; gun; participants cache: scientia-2073.pdf plain text: scientia-2073.txt item: #24 of 113 id: scientia-2074 author: Brunson, Jayme title: Literature Review Exploring Relationship Between Media Representations of Men, Masculinities, and Incels on Incel Discourse date: 2021-06-30 words: 5298 flesch: 54 summary: However, hegemonic masculinities are the commonly accepted and rarely questioned beliefs surrounding the social expectations of men, and in a patriarchal society, that men are expected to socially dominate women (Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005; Groff, 2020; Hanke, 1998). In Western cultures, hegemonic masculinities afford white, heterosexual, cisgen- der men institutional privileges via social dominance over women (Groff, 2020; Hanke, 1998). keywords: beliefs; discourse; gender; incels; masculinities; masculinity; media; men; online; scientia; women cache: scientia-2074.pdf plain text: scientia-2074.txt item: #25 of 113 id: scientia-2075 author: Haslett, Allison title: The Islamic State: A Political-Religious Totalitarian Regime date: 2021-06-30 words: 4620 flesch: 50 summary: As explained by the Pentagon, Islamic State fighters still remain, and the State “is well positioned to rebuild and work on enabling its physical caliphate to re-emerge” (Browne, 2018). As of January 2021, the United States is still combating Islamic State insurgents despite the fact that the State now has no physical territory (Arraf & Hassan, 2021). keywords: gerges; hoffer; isis; islamic; mello; regime; scientia; state cache: scientia-2075.pdf plain text: scientia-2075.txt item: #26 of 113 id: scientia-2079 author: Merrill, Jessica title: Narrative Authority: The Intersection of Mass Media, White Saviors, Corporate Interests, and the Subaltern Voice date: 2021-06-30 words: 6091 flesch: 55 summary: In his article “Humanitarianism, Testimony, and the White Savior Industrial Complex: What is the What versus Kony 2012,” Sean Bex explores the idea of narrative authority in reference to subaltern stories through the voice of a white savior who communicates through a video, Kony 2012, that claims to seek justice for the subaltern in Uganda. By allowing Animal to narrate the story, it would appear as if Sinha has given the subaltern back their power, but the invisibility of the Kampani reminds the Eyes that merely giving Animal narrative authority in no way creates for him a position of true power. keywords: animal; media; narrative; people; saviors; sinha; subaltern; voice; white cache: scientia-2079.pdf plain text: scientia-2079.txt item: #27 of 113 id: scientia-2080 author: Verret, Percy title: A Landscape of Linguistic Love: Milton’s Mind as a Seat of Companionate Paradise date: 2021-06-30 words: 10889 flesch: 53 summary: A Landscape of Linguistic Love: Milton’s Mind as a Seat of Companionate Paradise Middle Tennessee State University 1 A Landscape of Linguistic Love: Milton’s Mind as a Seat of Companionate Paradise Percy Verret Abstract A survey of British poet John Milton’s early and extensive initiation into the lan- guage(s) of scholarship highlights that, through his intensive immersion within it, the language of scholarship became fundamental to Milton’s perception of reality, ultimately dictating and defining his notions of meritorious living. While studying for his master’s degree at Christ’s College, Cambridge, John Milton was summoned by his college to speak before their company—to regale them on the subject that bound them together: scholarship.1 No longer the shy prodigy who had stood before their number years earlier as an undergraduate student, the adult Milton held forth grandly and at length before his audience, demonstrating the breadth of his learning by expositing knowledge’s bearing upon virtue, vocation, companionship, and civilization in a prolusion upon his chosen theme: Whether Learning Makes Men Happier Than does Ignorance. keywords: cambridge; diodati; epitaphium; friendship; john milton; language; love; milton; mind; new; poems; prolusion; relationship; scholarship; university cache: scientia-2080.pdf plain text: scientia-2080.txt item: #28 of 113 id: scientia-2082 author: Zwemer, Dara title: Exploring the Link Between Violent Crime Workload and Officer-Involved Shootings of Unarmed Individuals* date: 2021-06-30 words: 4275 flesch: 50 summary: The present author hypothesized that states with more officer-involved shootings of unarmed individuals would have higher officer workloads than states with fewer shootings, and that officer workload would be higher in cities where shootings occurred, compared to those cities’ state-level measures. Exploring the Link Between Violent Crime Workload and Officer-Involved Shootings of Unarmed Individuals Middle Tennessee State University 27 Exploring the Link Between Violent Crime Workload and Officer-Involved Shootings of Unarmed Individuals* Dara Zwemer Abstract The present author created a measure of officer workload in the U.S. and determined whether this measure predicted lethal officer-involved shootings (OISs) of unarmed individuals. keywords: book; crime; file; officer; scientia; shootings; state; workload cache: scientia-2082.pdf plain text: scientia-2082.txt item: #29 of 113 id: scientia-2270 author: Verret, Percy title: A Mind of One’s Own: Individual Internality vs. Interpersonal Intimacy in Mrs. Dalloway date: 2022-08-22 words: 10479 flesch: 54 summary: This allowance of autonomy—this allowance of individuality—demonstrates that, far from desiring to breach Clarissa or coopt her to act as a reflective mirror of his emotions in the vein of Lucrezia or Peter, Richard is instead dedicated to allowing Clarissa freedom within their marriage, a coveted rarity within early twentieth-century discourse surrounding intimacy.49 Accordingly, this essay examines Woolf ’s theory of interpersonal intimacy by using tenets from her essay “Modern Fiction” (1919) and short work A Room of One’s Own (1929) to effect a comparative analysis of the relational practices of various characters in Mrs. Dalloway (1925), commenting particularly on those practices’ impact on the internal worlds of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Smith. keywords: clarissa; dalloway; ibid; individual; internality; intimacy; lucrezia; mind; mrs; peter; richard; septimus; woolf cache: scientia-2270.pdf plain text: scientia-2270.txt item: #30 of 113 id: scientia-2271 author: Holman, Alfred; Ewing-Roush, Jordyn; Goines, Christal title: Affection Deprivation and Weathering: An Exploratory Study of Black and African Americans’ Well-Being during COVID-19 date: 2022-08-22 words: 3339 flesch: 42 summary: Finally, correlational analysis revealed a significant positive association between affection deprivation and perceived stress for Black participants. Thus, we propose the following hypothesis: H1: Black participants will report experiencing more discrimination during the pandemic than other POC within the United States. keywords: affection; deprivation; discrimination; pandemic; participants; stress cache: scientia-2271.pdf plain text: scientia-2271.txt item: #31 of 113 id: scientia-2272 author: Gilchrist, Patrick title: Intellectual Virtues in Rear Window: A New Look at L.B. Jefferies’s Look date: 2022-08-22 words: 8875 flesch: 46 summary: L.B. Jefferies’s Intellectual Virtues Inquisitiveness and intellectual courage do appear to be two (but perhaps not the only two) responsibilist intellectual virtues that Jefferies exhibits in Rear Window as he pursues knowledge of Mrs. Thorwald’s murder. More questionable, though, is the moral character of the film’s famed protagonist, L.B. Jefferies, who draws sincere pleasure from peeking into the private lives of his neighbors. keywords: actions; belief; film; good; jefferies; knowledge; look; question; thorwald; virtue; window cache: scientia-2272.pdf plain text: scientia-2272.txt item: #32 of 113 id: scientia-2273 author: Andrews, Sage title: The Call Is Coming from Inside the House: How Queer Christians are Transforming their Faith date: 2022-08-22 words: 5569 flesch: 56 summary: Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 64 Spring 2022 Conclusion Through the experiences of queer Christians Connie Tuttle, Nikko Espina, and Rev. Kalie, we see that there is more in common between queer experiences and Christian experiences than there is in conflict. This challenges the boundaries placed on Christian experience and sacrament and thus demonstrates that attempts to transform the church into a more inclusive, queered space (as Lady Gaga called for during the concert Espina attended39) are completely within the boundaries of Christian tradition. keywords: christian; christianity; church; espina; experience; god; queer; sacrament; tuttle cache: scientia-2273.pdf plain text: scientia-2273.txt item: #33 of 113 id: scientia-2274 author: Meade, Nash title: The Creature from the British Isles: The Historical and Contemporary Importance of Thomas Hobbes’s Political Philosophy date: 2022-08-22 words: 5472 flesch: 54 summary: Again, Locke predominantly focused on decentralizing government power, while Hobbes wasinterested in the reverse (Uzgalis). Although Hobbes is now famous—or, perhaps, infamous—for his works of political philosophy, the reality is that he was an open thinker who dove into many subjects, including the emerging divide between empiricism and rationalism, the philosophy of language, and (as it would be now termed) the philosophy of mind. keywords: contract; fear; government; hobbes; locke; pandemic; philosophy; work cache: scientia-2274.pdf plain text: scientia-2274.txt item: #34 of 113 id: scientia-2275 author: Quinn, Ashley M. title: Mothers, Daughters, and Vampires: The Female Sexual Dilemma in Eighteenth-Century Vampire Poetry date: 2022-08-22 words: 7873 flesch: 57 summary: The popular image of vampires similar to Dracula makes it difficult to imagine vampires that do not originate from the supernatural or Middle Tennessee State University 83 Mothers, Daughters, and Vampires folklore beings; however, Bruce A. McClelland’s Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead argues that the Slavic word “vampir” had altogether different connotations when it was first used. Middle Tennessee State University 81 Mothers, Daughters, and Vampires Mothers, Daughters, and Vampires: keywords: christiane; codes; conventions; daughter; female; mother; narrator; poem; sexuality; vampire cache: scientia-2275.pdf plain text: scientia-2275.txt item: #35 of 113 id: scientia-2276 author: Krause, Nich title: Being and Emptiness: Sartre meets Santideva date: 2022-08-22 words: 7056 flesch: 61 summary: In it, I bridge the work of Sartre with the Buddhist philosopher Śāntideva by looking at their respective conceptions of freedom and moral responsibility. I argue that Sartre and Śāntideva have a unique approach to freedom and moral responsibility that, on the one hand, fails to conform to the standard categories of the current academic free will debate and, on the other hand, moves the conversation forward in important ways. keywords: determinism; existentialism; freedom; human; nothingness; responsibility; sartre; thought; śāntideva cache: scientia-2276.pdf plain text: scientia-2276.txt item: #36 of 113 id: scientia-2277 author: Keller, Aubrey Elaine title: Do I Have a Choice?: Amy Tan and Lee Smith on Marriage and Courtship Customs date: 2022-08-22 words: 4979 flesch: 55 summary: Also, by this definition, marriage customs are “historical,” meaning dictated by the generations who lived before, and their exigency is “establishing a family,” in other words, the grouping into units of individuals who might parent more individuals who will also be easily recognizable as members of that unit. The matchmaker, the mouthpiece for marriage customs in Tan’s cultural context, addresses how Lindo’s personality will impact not the man she is marrying, but the in-law whose family she is marrying into. keywords: choice; community; courtship; customs; dory; lindo; marriage; smith; tan cache: scientia-2277.pdf plain text: scientia-2277.txt item: #37 of 113 id: scientia-2402 author: Keller, Aubrey title: Letter from the Editor in Chief date: 2023-06-02 words: 979 flesch: 46 summary: Immense thanks are also due to Dr. Philip E. Phillips, Associate Dean of the MTSU Honors College, and Ms. Marsha Powers, retired Coordinator of Special Projects and Publications. I am grateful for the immense agency these two mentors have entrusted in me, for their time and attention when questions arose, and for the opportunity to meet and work with Ms. Powers during her final semester in the role. keywords: articles; scholars; volume; work cache: scientia-2402.pdf plain text: scientia-2402.txt item: #38 of 113 id: scientia-2403 author: Buist, Sav title: Deconstructing the Moral Animal Stigma: A Study of the Scholarly Conversation on Biological Altruism date: 2023-06-14 words: 3936 flesch: 45 summary: In reviewing these phenomena, this paper seeks to change the general societal understanding of empathetical cognition and emotional capacity in nonhuman animals, and to redefine the conceptual parameters of biological altruism. In exploring Mogil et al.’s (2006) experiment with empathy in mice, Pitman et al.’s (2016) observation of seemingly altruistic humpback whale behavior, and Ostojíc et al.’s (2013) experiment with theory of mind in Eurasian blue jays, one may find plausible evidence that some nonhuman animals have the capacity to employ altruism from an empathetical basis, redefining the scientific perception of biological altruism. keywords: ackerman; acts; altruism; animals; empathy; human; okasha cache: scientia-2403.pdf plain text: scientia-2403.txt item: #39 of 113 id: scientia-2404 author: Kowalczyk, Elizabeth title: Investigating the Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 by Ginsenoside 20(S)-Rg3 date: 2023-06-02 words: 5737 flesch: 62 summary: People who exhibit symptoms from HSV-1 infection can experience genital/oral ulcers (cold sores), latency in sensory neurons, and necrotizing encephalitis, and once HSV has infected the host organism, the individual may be infected for life. People who exhibit symptoms of HSV-1 infection can experience genital/oral ulcers (cold sores), latency in sensory neurons, and necrotizing encephalitis (Ives and Bertke, 2017). keywords: cell; culture; day; hsv-1; pcr; rg3; treatment cache: scientia-2404.pdf plain text: scientia-2404.txt item: #40 of 113 id: scientia-2405 author: Kolby, Kat title: Discovering Nothing to Create Anything: Gorgias’s On the Nonexistant and the WorldBuilding Power of Logos date: 2023-06-02 words: 5449 flesch: 47 summary: One does not have to write or even understand code to see or play the game, similar to Gorgias’s notion that “when external reality is involved, it would not become our logos” (Gorgias 46). What makes this medium an ideal example of Gorgias’s relationship between logos and objective reality as opposed to Platonic forms lies in the parallel connections shown through code and the player. keywords: code; game; gorgias; logos; philosophy; power; reality; rhetoric; world cache: scientia-2405.pdf plain text: scientia-2405.txt item: #41 of 113 id: scientia-2406 author: Rhodes Wittenberg , Hayley title: He Whom I Loved as Dearly as My Own Life: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Achilles and Patroclus date: 2023-06-02 words: 5048 flesch: 72 summary: The rage and bloodlust Achilles now possesses stems from the untimely death of his mate. Patroclus convinces Achilles to let him go and fight in his armor, as a way to trick the Trojans into thinking Achilles has rejoined the fight. keywords: achilles; clarke; death; hector; iliad; life; patroclus; relationship cache: scientia-2406.pdf plain text: scientia-2406.txt item: #42 of 113 id: scientia-2407 author: Mercadal, Harley title: “Everybody you tell will be haunted too”: Examining the Melding of Gothic and Modernist Literature in Mildred Haun’s The Hawk’s Done Gone date: 2023-06-14 words: 4972 flesch: 62 summary: Her writing also manages to weave Gothic tropes into ecologically horrifying settings, where readers feel tension from the characters and situation at hand and the very landscape. This strange religious- working-through of the narrator’s hand in murder reflects the spiritual Gothic, bending religious belief into a justification for an action.35 Of course, “Melungeon-Colored” is not the only one of Mildred Haun’s stories full of Gothic literature tropes mixed up with Modernist literature techniques. keywords: cordia; gothic; haun; hawk; melungeon; mildred; narrator; university cache: scientia-2407.pdf plain text: scientia-2407.txt item: #43 of 113 id: scientia-2408 author: LaPlue, Caroline title: “Seldom Like Yesterday”: Situating the Novel and Film Adaptation of The Princess and the Goblin date: 2023-06-02 words: 5385 flesch: 54 summary: Conclusion In his article “Conservative Austen, radical Austen: Sense and Sensibility from text to screen,” Julian North explores theories of film adaptation within the specific context of nineteenth-century values. Both theorists capitalize on the idea that effective film adaptations are more than carbon copies of books, saying that it is an essential role of directors and producers to update old novels in a way that can connect with a new audience. keywords: adaptation; audience; children; curdie; film; goblin; macdonald; new; novel; princess; story cache: scientia-2408.pdf plain text: scientia-2408.txt item: #44 of 113 id: scientia-2409 author: Keller, Aubrey title: Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat and Dora the Explorer Teach the Value of Non-English Language date: 2023-06-02 words: 4200 flesch: 56 summary: Over twenty years later, American children continue to develop relationships with non-English languages in multilingual communities. Since the languages besides English that many speak face the threats of attrition and stigma, children’s television shows that highlight the value of non-English languages are timely and applicable. keywords: children; chinese; dora; english; language; mandarin; sagwa; spanish cache: scientia-2409.pdf plain text: scientia-2409.txt item: #45 of 113 id: scientia-2410 author: Hicks, Sarah title: Representation in Raya and the Last Dragon: Examining the Progression of Gender, Sexuality, and Race in the Disney Princess Franchise date: 2023-06-02 words: 5952 flesch: 55 summary: This essay analyzes the representations of race, gender, and sexuality in Raya and the Last Dragon in relationship to other Disney Princess animated feature films and, in particular, the 1998 animated film Mulan, which also features a female Asian lead. This essay analyzes the representations of race, gender, and sexuality in Raya and the Last Dragon in relationship to other Disney Princess animated feature films, especially the 1998 animated film Mulan. keywords: asian; disney; dragon; film; franchise; gender; mulan; princess; raya; representation; southeast cache: scientia-2410.pdf plain text: scientia-2410.txt item: #46 of 113 id: scientia-2411 author: Wolfe, Sarah E. title: Subversive Habits: The Study of Nuns from the Sixth Century to the Early Modern Era date: 2023-06-02 words: 9151 flesch: 56 summary: As shown in this paper, medieval nuns demonstrated a wide and varied Subversive Habits: The Study of Nuns from the Sixth Century to the Early Modern Era Middle Tennessee State University 129 range of behaviors and viewpoints while they lived their lives in the pursuit of their religious ideals. Instead of identifying medieval nuns as one-dimensional, I argue that they are well-rounded and multi- dimensional individuals. keywords: abbess; abigail; agency; agnes; boniface; christina; god; life; medieval; nuns; obedience; radegund; women cache: scientia-2411.pdf plain text: scientia-2411.txt item: #47 of 113 id: scientia-2412 author: Sodl, Lis title: Integration and Education: The Search for Identity Post-Civil War date: 2023-06-02 words: 5492 flesch: 56 summary: Now, this brings up debate on the definition of black culture much too large for this space—but Chesnutt’s characterization portrays the proposed assimilation of his piece “The Future American,” in which he argues the only true integration of black people into society post-Civil War is through desegregation and intermarriage.20 To be American is to confine to American standards, set not by the indigenous or former slaves, but by white society. In a satirical allegory to the post-Civil War South, Mark Twain sends his Hartford-born main character to the Middle Ages to patronizingly suggest education as salvation in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. keywords: adams; american; chesnutt; dubois; education; new; post; society; war cache: scientia-2412.pdf plain text: scientia-2412.txt item: #48 of 113 id: scientia-2413 author: Stuart, Carol A. title: Closures, Masks, and Quarantines: Historiography of Social Distancing and Preventative Measures During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the U.S. date: 2023-06-14 words: 8631 flesch: 46 summary: Showing that African Americans and immigrants had higher death rates, Carter additionally argues that the epidemic was limited by public health measures—yet acknowledges more work should be done with data sets.52 Even though Philadelphia’s influenza crisis and responses have been the center of broader histories as seen above, Stetler tackles the subject in-depth and covers much of the same ground including the initial navy yard outbreak, Krusen’s initial reluctance to act, an explosive spread at the Liberty Loan parade, and subsequent public closures. There similarly will be plenty of opportunity and material for political and social history in how a U.S. presidential election year, racial unrest and protests against police brutality and inequality, and a growing anti-science and anti-intellectual movement affected compliance and resistance to public health measures to slow the spread. keywords: city; crosby; epidemic; health; ibid; influenza; influenza pandemic; journal; masks; measures; october; outbreak; pandemic; philadelphia; public; spread; state; u.s; university cache: scientia-2413.pdf plain text: scientia-2413.txt item: #49 of 113 id: scientia-2414 author: Rahaman, Parvez title: The Retrieving Memories of Gandhi’s Peacemission: Noakhali Riots 1946, East Pakistan date: 2023-06-14 words: 3743 flesch: 68 summary: Tofael Ahmed, Mahatma Gandhi in Bangladesh (East Bengal) (Dhaka: Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 168 Spring 2023 Lutfunnessa also highlighted Gandhi’s understanding of religion as something that should be a matter of the soul and kept out of politics. The Retrieving Memories of Ganhi’s Peace-mission: Noakhali Riots 1946, East Pakistan Middle Tennessee State University 165 The Retrieving Memories of Gandhi’s Peace- mission: Noakhali Riots 1946, East Pakistan Parvez Rahaman ABSTRACT In 1946, Gandhi visited the Noakhali district in Eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh) to bridge the communal rift of the Hindu-Muslim communities just before the British Empire divided the subcontinent into two new countries: India and Pakistan. keywords: gandhi; memories; noakhali; people; press; riots; university cache: scientia-2414.pdf plain text: scientia-2414.txt item: #50 of 113 id: scientia-549 author: Bryan, Clint title: Why Humphry Can’t Read or Write: Tobias Smollett, 18th-Century Literacy, and Preservation of the Social Order date: 2015-10-21 words: 6661 flesch: 55 summary: Read thusly through a lens of social literacy theory, Humphry Clinker the character emerges as a true hero in Smollett’s novel for the social revolution faith-based literacy efforts would exert on Britain in the latter eighteenth century and beyond. Barton impugns this restriction of social literacy and agency as fundamentally inhumane: “People have awareness, attitudes and values with respect to literacy and these attitudes and values guide their actions” (192). keywords: barton; bramble; century; class; clinker; humphry; literacy; methodism; novel; order; smollett; social; wesley; writing cache: scientia-549.pdf plain text: scientia-549.txt item: #51 of 113 id: scientia-551 author: Stringer, Katie title: Disability, the Sideshow, and Modern Museum Practices date: 2015-10-21 words: 6391 flesch: 56 summary: Age, race, and other demographics could affect the way that a person views museums, exhibits, and educational programming; furthermore, museums from the distant past would hardly be recognizable to many people today. Additionally, many people with microcephaly also have characteristics of dwarfism and seizures, and though many performers who were labeled pinheads had microcephaly, not all were afflicted with the disease 19 The Aztec Children, the Wildmen of Borneo, the Wild Australian Children, Zip theWhat Is It?, and many other pinheads gained national fame through the sideshows and other media. keywords: american; barnum; children; disabilities; disability; freak; museum; new york; newspapers; people; proquest; sideshow; york times cache: scientia-551.pdf plain text: scientia-551.txt item: #52 of 113 id: scientia-617 author: Watson, Amanda title: Contact Hypothesis in Context: Household Characteristics, Community Perception, and Racial/Ethnic Prejudice in the U.S. date: 2016-06-20 words: 9379 flesch: 50 summary: Again, we analyze each dependent variable independently of the others (anti-Black prejudice, anti-Hispanic prejudice, and anti-Asian prejudice) and community minority composition corresponds to Racial/Ethnic Prejudice in the U.S. Middle Tennessee State University 13 the prejudice being tested (e.g., perception of percent Blacks in the community with anti- Black prejudice). This left a total of 789 cases analyzed for anti-Black prejudice, 774 cases for anti-Hispanic prejudice, and 770 cases for anti-Asian prejudice. keywords: black; community; composition; contact; ethnic; households; minority; model; prejudice; research; respondents; segregation; south; white cache: scientia-617.pdf plain text: scientia-617.txt item: #53 of 113 id: scientia-618 author: McCoy, Shane title: “And still she asked, where, in this system, was there room for a studio?”: Reading Gender and Lesbian Space in Vita Sackville-West’s All Passion Spent date: 2016-06-20 words: 12428 flesch: 57 summary: He was only “satisfied” by Lady Slane; regarding other women, Henry holds a “low opinion of them” (APS, 207). Focusing on the role of the narrator, I show that the novel ridicules Lord Slane, whose masculine gender position affords him control over Lady Slane. keywords: female; gender; lady; lady slane; lesbian; life; lord; marriage; mother; narrator; novel; orlando; slane; space; women cache: scientia-618.pdf plain text: scientia-618.txt item: #54 of 113 id: scientia-619 author: Easley, Lauren title: Impact of Three-week Educational Program on Low Back Flexibility and Pain in College Students date: 2016-06-20 words: 3480 flesch: 56 summary: Low Back Flexibility and Pain Middle Tennessee State University 51 Impact of Three-week Educational Program on Low Back Flexibility and Pain in College Students Lauren Easley J. Angela Hart Murdock, Ph.D., and Don W. Morgan Ph. D Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to document the effectiveness of a three-week educational program on low back flexibility and pain reduction in college students between the ages of 18 and 30 who are at risk for low back pain. Conclusion: An educational program for college students that increases low back flexibility and decreases pain will prevent or delay low back pain among college students. keywords: experience; lbp; pain; posture; program; students cache: scientia-619.pdf plain text: scientia-619.txt item: #55 of 113 id: scientia-620 author: Keasler, Joseph L; Gildemeister, Thomas title: An Evaluation of the Alcohol Consumption Patterns of Tailgaters at Greenland Drive and Walnut Grove, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee date: 2016-06-20 words: 5615 flesch: 64 summary: Detail of Walnut Grove collection site (http://www.mtsu.edu/rootpage_files/ MTSUCampusMap.pdf, pg. 2, revised by authors) Greenland Tailgating Trash Cans Collected Cans Walnut Grove Trash Cans Collected Cans Scientia et Humanitas 70 Spring 2011 The Walnut Grove area is used as a tailgating location for faculty and fraternities, as well as students and their families. Walnut Grove alcohol costs Bag # Qty. keywords: alcohol; area; beer; bottle; glass; greenland; grove; light; site; walnut cache: scientia-620.pdf plain text: scientia-620.txt item: #56 of 113 id: scientia-621 author: Bennett, Matthew title: Chronic Illness and Mental Health Underutilization in African-Americans: A Labeling Theory Perspective date: 2016-06-20 words: 3646 flesch: 40 summary: Without addressing the broader sociological components of underutilization, improved parity in mental health, and access to mental health care, cannot progress. We will begin with an overview of the disparities between the races in terms of utilization and outcomes, including rates of inpatient care, We will then examine the perceived barriers to mental health treatment experienced by African-Americans, noting the stigma of seeking treatment, and the role of social integration in recovery and using labeling theory as a framework. keywords: african; americans; care; health; illness; society; stigma; treatment cache: scientia-621.pdf plain text: scientia-621.txt item: #57 of 113 id: scientia-622 author: Visocky, Sarah title: We Are What We Eat: A Cultural Examination of Immigrant Health and Nutrition in Middle Tennessee date: 2016-06-20 words: 9190 flesch: 61 summary: Jerome o�ers an explanation for contemporary eating habits, that even in cases of poverty, “Food preferences that lean towards �nger foods, fun foods, snack foods, and fast and convenient foods express basic American cultural values” ( Jerome, quoted in Fitchen 1986). �e foods were….we are accustomed to eating beans, rice, meat, tortillas… [ We would drink] fresh drinks… Lime juice, Tang, sometimes Coca-Cola. keywords: american; children; eating; food; habits; health; humanitas; immigrant; immigration; new; nutrition; population; research; school; scientia; states; tennessee; united cache: scientia-622.pdf plain text: scientia-622.txt item: #58 of 113 id: scientia-623 author: Richard, Monique title: Comparisons of Accuracy of Nutrition Knowledge of College Students With and Without Risk Factors for Type II Diabetes date: 2016-06-20 words: 3117 flesch: 57 summary: Hypotheses 1) Accuracy of nutrition related knowledge will not differ between participants at-risk for type II diabetes compared to those not at-risk. 2) Nutrition knowledge related to diabetes will not differ between participants at-risk and to those not at-risk. Type II diabetes may develop as result of genetic predispositions, and can also be attributed to excess weight, dietary habits, other behavioral and environmental factors; Type II diabetes can be present at any age (7, 8, 9). keywords: diabetes; knowledge; nutrition; risk; self; students; study; type; type ii cache: scientia-623.pdf plain text: scientia-623.txt item: #59 of 113 id: scientia-624 author: Currey, Andrew D title: The Evolution of Industrial Food Production: McDonaldization and Population Health date: 2016-06-20 words: 7248 flesch: 53 summary: This paper takes a critical look at how food production is affecting health across the United States. This is the industry of food production – an industry that directly or indirectly affects our health in very significant ways. keywords: agriculture; animals; complex; corn; effects; farms; food; food production; health; industry; mcdonaldization; process; production; system cache: scientia-624.pdf plain text: scientia-624.txt item: #60 of 113 id: scientia-626 author: Rivas, Sarah title: Defining Nineteenth-Century Womanhood: The Cult of Marmee and Little Women date: 2016-06-20 words: 11507 flesch: 64 summary: Therefore, by not adhering to this tenet of the Cult of True Womanhood in the traditional sense, Marmee subverts established gender roles. Therefore, by not adhering to this tenet of the Cult of True Womanhood in the traditional sense, Marmee subverts established gender roles. keywords: alcott; century; cult; girls; march; marmee; meg; novel; womanhood; women cache: scientia-626.pdf plain text: scientia-626.txt item: #61 of 113 id: scientia-627 author: Wise, Dennis title: Classical Poetry and Modern Political Philosophy: Spenser and Machiavelli in A View of the State of Ireland date: 2016-06-20 words: 18323 flesch: 57 summary: Spenser and Machiavelli in A View of the State of Ireland Dennis Wise Abstract The sixteenth-century English poet Edmund Spenser has long seemed full of contradictions. Classical Poetry and Modern Political Philosophy: Spenser and Machiavelli in A View of the State of Ireland Middle Tennessee State University 1 Classical Poetry and Modern Political Philosophy: keywords: argument; cyrus; grey; ireland; irenius; irish; machiavelli; new; philosophy; poetry; prince; spenser; state; view; xenophon cache: scientia-627.pdf plain text: scientia-627.txt item: #62 of 113 id: scientia-629 author: Mathis, Cori title: Whose “Womanish Tears” Are These?: Performativity in (William Shakespeare’s) Romeo and/+ Juliet date: 2016-06-20 words: 16570 flesch: 64 summary: Mathis Abstract This paper examines the ways in which Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet explores the gender concerns addressed in the original play. Luhrmann’s film picks up on the theme of performativity—a term that this paper uses in the manner of Judith Butler—that runs throughout Romeo and Juliet and foregrounds the ways in which Romeo and Juliet perform a feminine and masculine gender, respectively. keywords: film; friar; gender; juliet; love; luhrmann; masculine; performance; play; romeo; scene; shakespeare; text; william cache: scientia-629.pdf plain text: scientia-629.txt item: #63 of 113 id: scientia-630 author: Plemons, Holly title: The Link between Cardiovascular Disease and Periodontal Disease: A Literature Review date: 2016-06-20 words: 12260 flesch: 41 summary: According to the American Academy of Periodontology, one half of people over the age of thirty, approximately 64.7 million Americans, have periodontal disease. Patients with periodontal disease have higher serum levels of inflammatory markers implicated in cardiovascular disease as compared to patients who are periodontally healthy. keywords: data; dental; disease; health; levels; participants; patients; research; results; risk; study; treatment cache: scientia-630.pdf plain text: scientia-630.txt item: #64 of 113 id: scientia-631 author: Cooper, Joseph title: Faith-based Aviation: An Ethnographic Study of Missionary Flights International date: 2016-06-20 words: 10474 flesch: 47 summary: A similar-sized group of MFI customers, unknown to the researcher was surveyed through contact information provided by MFI, for another, independent data set for triangulation purposes. The external data was from interviews with Fort Pierce Airport personnel; questionnaires completed by MFI customers; and from five days of field notes and observations with a critical source of external data from MFI customers by questionnaire. keywords: aircraft; aviation; faith; flights; haiti; international; january; mfi; missionaries; missionary; operations; organization; study cache: scientia-631.pdf plain text: scientia-631.txt item: #65 of 113 id: scientia-632 author: Goertzen, Ellen title: Impact of Deworming Treatments on Intestinal Parasite Load in Equines from Middle Tennessee date: 2016-06-20 words: 22811 flesch: 65 summary: The moment Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s pivotal feminist Gothic study The Madwoman in the Attic appeared in 1979, Milton studies experienced a sea change that continues to influence scholarship today. The moment Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s pivotal feminist Gothic study The Madwoman in the Attic appeared in 1979, Milton studies experienced a sea change that continues to influence scholarship today. keywords: barn; deworming; eggs; figure; gothic; high; horses; low; melancholy; middle; milbank; milton; parasite; parasite load; penseroso; radcliffe; tennessee; treatment; university cache: scientia-632.pdf plain text: scientia-632.txt item: #66 of 113 id: scientia-633 author: Judkins, Luke title: Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”: Regret in the Human Psyche - A Critical Essay date: 2016-06-20 words: 6072 flesch: 65 summary: To contrast Thomas with Frost’s speaker, the speaker seems to come to a point in his journey where he romanticizes and attempts to support his choice rather than regret it and chastise himself as Thomas did. To contrast Thomas with Frost’s speaker, the speaker seems to come to a point in his journey where he romanticizes and attempts to support his choice rather than regret it and chastise himself as Thomas did. keywords: choice; frost; regret; road; speaker cache: scientia-633.pdf plain text: scientia-633.txt item: #67 of 113 id: scientia-635 author: none title: “Oh, Terrible, Windy Words”: Witty Wordplay in Jonson’s Poetaster date: 2016-06-20 words: 6454 flesch: 60 summary: In other words, people who know what they are doing are the only ones qualified to add to a given language. In other words, pompous words emanate from people who are full of their own self importance but lack anything substantive to contribute. keywords: ben; cain; crispinus; english; horace; jonson; language; line; marston; new; poetaster; scene; words cache: scientia-635.pdf plain text: scientia-635.txt item: #68 of 113 id: scientia-637 author: Hayek, Jacquelyn title: Moving Forward, Falling Back, or Staying Put: An Examination of Change and Transformation in Early Modern Drama date: 2016-06-20 words: 3420 flesch: 63 summary: Illustrating a spiritual transformation in the exact opposite direction, away from heaven and cultural authority altogether, Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy of corruption of faith by intellect, Doctor Faustus, shows the title character falling from an assumed practice of Chris- tianity into willful self-determination, rebellion, and ultimate damnation. At the beginning of the play, Doctor Faustus is an admirable character. keywords: everyman; faustus; kyd; marlowe; play; power; tragedy; transformation cache: scientia-637.pdf plain text: scientia-637.txt item: #69 of 113 id: scientia-638 author: Stefanski, Katherin title: New Approaches to Correcting Metabolic Errors in Tay-Sachs date: 2016-06-20 words: 3011 flesch: 60 summary: It should be noted that they used adenoviral vectors carrying human Hex genes. Tay-Sachs is caused by a deficiency in the enzyme β-hexosaminidase A (Hex A). keywords: disease; gene; hex; mice; sachs; tay; therapy; tsd cache: scientia-638.pdf plain text: scientia-638.txt item: #70 of 113 id: scientia-639 author: Judkins, Luke Howard title: Still Misunderstanding the Oedipus Tyrannos date: 2016-06-20 words: 3910 flesch: 63 summary: To understand Oedipus Tyrannos we must examine Sophocles’ intentions for both the nature of Oedipus and the nature of the gods as though we were the Greek audience. Still Misunderstanding the Oedipus Tyrannos Middle Tennessee State University 53 Still Misunderstanding the Oedipus Tyrannos Luke Howard Judkins In modern literary analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos, many scholars apply theories upon the play without noting or including textual scholarship or authorial intention into their criticism, resulting in anachronism and misinterpretation of the Greek tragedy. keywords: dodds; greek; oedipus; play; sophocles; tragedy cache: scientia-639.pdf plain text: scientia-639.txt item: #71 of 113 id: scientia-640 author: Donegan, Rachel title: A Collision of Influences: Rationalizing the Use of Religious Images in The New England Primer’s Pictorial Alphabet date: 2016-06-20 words: 3797 flesch: 52 summary: These signs served as a visual reference for both secular and religious rhymes in The New England Primer’s alphabet. A Collision of Influences: Rationalizing the Use of Religious Images in The New England Primer’s Pictorial Alphabet Middle Tennessee State University 61 A Collision of Influences: Rationalizing the Use of Religious Images in The New England Primer’s Pictorial Alphabet Rachel Donegan Much of the existing research on The New England Primer fails to account for the wide range of influences that contributed to this watershed American textbook’s creation. keywords: alphabet; american; england primer; images; new england; primer; use cache: scientia-640.pdf plain text: scientia-640.txt item: #72 of 113 id: scientia-641 author: Meyers, Christopher title: C.G. Jung and the Inheritance of Immanence: Traces of Spinozistic, Nietzschean, and Freudian Influence in Analytical Psychology date: 2016-06-20 words: 3932 flesch: 61 summary: C. G. Jung and the Inheritance of Immanence Middle Tennessee State University 69 C.G. Jung and the Inheritance of Immanence: Traces of Spinozistic, Nietzschean, and Freudian Influence in Analytical Psychology Christopher Myers Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, was heavily influenced by both Nietzsche and Freud, both of whom were influenced, as Yovel notes in his The Adventures of Immanence, by Spinoza. In Philosophical Issues in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Marilyn Nagy investigates the inspiration of Plato, Kant, Schopenhauer and others on Jung. keywords: freud; god; jung; nietzsche; religion; self; spinoza cache: scientia-641.pdf plain text: scientia-641.txt item: #73 of 113 id: scientia-642 author: Mathis, Cori title: Saving Sarah Fricker: Accurately Representing the Realities of the Coleridges’ Marriage date: 2016-06-20 words: 6270 flesch: 67 summary: With descriptions like this, it is no wonder that scholars have often painted Sarah Fricker Coleridge as difficult at best and a frigid harridan at worst.1 While Sarah Fricker Coleridge may not have been the best wife for Coleridge, she certainly tried to be a good wife to him. keywords: coleridge; fricker; jones; lefebure; letter; love; marriage; sarah; southey; time; wife cache: scientia-642.pdf plain text: scientia-642.txt item: #74 of 113 id: scientia-643 author: Cornet, Rachel Peay; Kim, Jwa K. title: Psychometric Analysis of the Elementary Experience Scale and Its Predictability of Elementary Literacy Scores date: 2016-06-20 words: 6242 flesch: 54 summary: According to Timmons (2008), there is even hardship on the research end of family literacy studies due to funding, recruitment, and authentic participation. It was most likely for this reason that upon analysis of the results that a clear, single factor solution emerged to account for the variation of parent survey responses when compared to student literacy scores. keywords: families; family; home; literacy; parents; reading; research; scale; school; scores; students; study cache: scientia-643.pdf plain text: scientia-643.txt item: #75 of 113 id: scientia-645 author: Meyer, Joseph title: Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union: Ethnic Demography and Its Influence on Conflict Behavior date: 2016-06-20 words: 9089 flesch: 45 summary: Three Main Lenses of Ethnic Conflict There are three broad, conceptual paradigms that seek to explain ethnic conflict, which I will examine as they pertain to the former Soviet Union. Scholarly research in the post-Cold War era has focused on the determinants of ethnic conflict, including ethnic demography. keywords: conflict; dominance; fractionalization; groups; polarization; rebellion; russian; soviet; states; study; union; violence; war cache: scientia-645.pdf plain text: scientia-645.txt item: #76 of 113 id: scientia-646 author: Dalbey, Nicholas title: “Aluen hine iuengen”: Fairies, Arthur, and Ideal Kingship in Lawman’s Brut date: 2016-06-20 words: 7504 flesch: 65 summary: King Arthur is the hero of Geoffrey’s historical-mythology, and as the hero, he becomes an arche- type for British kingship. Layamon’s Brut: King Arthur. keywords: anglo; arthur; arthurian; beowulf; britain; brut; english; geoffrey; history; kingship; lawman; merlin; narrative; norman; wace cache: scientia-646.pdf plain text: scientia-646.txt item: #77 of 113 id: scientia-647 author: Cook, Melody title: Joss’s Jesus: Christ-figures in the Whedonverses date: 2016-06-20 words: 5651 flesch: 72 summary: Guðmundsdóttir writes, “Female Christ-figures in films are intriguing theologically because they raise issues about the theological significance of Jesus’ historical maleness and especially how Christ may be viewed or incarnate among us today” (27, emphasis added). Triumphalism Additionally, as Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir notes, most scholars “would agree that a Christ-figure has to stand independently without an explicit reference to Christ in the film” (28). keywords: buffy; christ; figures; jesus; season; slayer; vampire; whedon; whedonverses; xander cache: scientia-647.pdf plain text: scientia-647.txt item: #78 of 113 id: scientia-648 author: Salimullah, Abul Hasnat Muhammed title: Granger Causality of Interest Rate and Exchange Rate on Stock Volatility at Chicago Options Market date: 2016-06-20 words: 7880 flesch: 68 summary: Using the daily sector data for all observed variables from the St. Louis Fed over the period of 2007-2012, as well as introducing the technique of autoregressive lag model, I have examined whether the current and the previous values of a particular volatility index, interest rate, and exchange rate could have significant Granger Causality effects to the return behavior of those other indices, interest rates, and exchange rates. Exchange rate volatility influences the value of the stock, since the future cash flows of the firm will change and affect their invest- ment plan on stock or bond. keywords: causality; exchange; exchange rate; granger; index; interest; market; month; rate; stock; volatility cache: scientia-648.pdf plain text: scientia-648.txt item: #79 of 113 id: scientia-649 author: Teague, Savanna R title: La Belle et la Bête: The Palace of Versailles, Self-Fashioning, and the Coming of the French Revolution date: 2016-06-20 words: 5227 flesch: 59 summary: The isolation and the dictation of taste and style that Louis XIV commanded through Versailles and State-run luxury workshops became commonplace within a generation after the Fronde in which the nobles had engaged during the previous century. Versailles allowed Louis XIV and his heirs to control their nobles while simultaneously reflecting the order and the stability of the State in the architecture and gardens. keywords: aristocracy; french; louis; louis xiv; new; palace; revolution; state; versailles; xiv cache: scientia-649.pdf plain text: scientia-649.txt item: #80 of 113 id: scientia-650 author: Judkins, Luke Howard title: The Parthenon: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow date: 2016-06-20 words: 10129 flesch: 59 summary: (Connelly 82, 121) Both the unfinished “Pre-Parthenon” and the oath taken after the Persian invasion become important to the history of the Parthenon that we know today. Therefore, just as the Athenians had a “Pre-Parthenon” with a period of time before the Parthenon, so Nashvillians had the Exposition Parthenon before rebuilding a permanent replica of the Parthenon. keywords: athena; civilization; classical; columns; culture; exposition; exposition parthenon; history; nashville; nashville parthenon; parthenon; statue; structure; tennessee; today cache: scientia-650.pdf plain text: scientia-650.txt item: #81 of 113 id: scientia-651 author: Holloway, John B title: The Role of Herbal and Nutraceutical Supplementation in the Amelioration of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Symptomology date: 2016-06-20 words: 6314 flesch: 41 summary: Another study found that in individuals with chronic schizophrenia (SZ), adjunctive NAC—when compared to placebo—has therapeutic potential for overall functioning and a decrease in positive symptoms of schizophrenia (Rapado-Castro et al., 2015). Belvederi, M. M., Respino, M., Masotti, M., Innamorati, M., Mondelli, V., Pariante, C., Amore, M. (2013). keywords: curcumin; effects; herbal; journal; research; role; schizophrenia; study; supplementation; symptoms; treatment cache: scientia-651.pdf plain text: scientia-651.txt item: #82 of 113 id: scientia-652 author: Bishop, Kelsey title: Human Sex Trafficking: A Thematic Analysis of New York Times Coverage date: 2016-06-20 words: 9405 flesch: 62 summary: Stockholm syndrome is present and unifying in these cases of sex trafficking victims. A Thematic Analysis of New York Times Coverage Middle Tennessee State University 115 Human Sex Trafficking: A Thematic Analysis of New York Times Coverage Kelsey Bishop Abstract Probably shocking to many Americans, human sex trafficking is an active and growing industry that happens right at home in the United States. keywords: articles; girls; human; media; new; para; pimps; research; sex; sex trafficking; states; times; trafficking; united; victims; women; york cache: scientia-652.pdf plain text: scientia-652.txt item: #83 of 113 id: scientia-653 author: Hayek, Jacquelyn C title: Taming Trope Turnabout: John Fletcher’s The Woman’s Prize, or the Tamer Tamed date: 2016-06-20 words: 5788 flesch: 63 summary: Seizing the moment of liminality after the wedding ceremony and before the consummation to stage her protest, “Maria creates and occupies a threshold between maid and wife, effectively defying patriarchal definition and categorization of women according to their marital status” Presenting women as composed of more than mere body, Maria rejects input from her husband’s will and insists on equal consideration for the output of her will and her words. keywords: fletcher; gender; john; maria; petruchio; prize; shakespeare; shrew; tamer; taming; woman cache: scientia-653.pdf plain text: scientia-653.txt item: #84 of 113 id: scientia-654 author: Hanson, Morgan title: “It lyth nat in my tonge, n’yn my konnyng”: Chaucer’s Squire’s Instruction in Virtue and Eloquence date: 2016-06-20 words: 10209 flesch: 71 summary: Perhaps a Petrarchan influence extends to Chaucer’s own use of rhetoric, since Chaucer shows a concern with the connection be- tween the thoughts, words, and actions of men, especially as evidenced by the Knight and his Tale in relation to the Squire and his Tale. The Knight imparts both his philosophy on nobility and rhetorical eloquence to his son through the occupationes in his tale, and the Squire shows his humble attempt at acquiring his father’s philosophy and eloquence through the telling of his own tale. keywords: audience; chaucer; eloquence; father; knight; occupatio; rhetoric; squire; tale; theseus; use; virtue cache: scientia-654.pdf plain text: scientia-654.txt item: #85 of 113 id: scientia-655 author: Purkey, Linda title: A Current Look at the MMR and Autism Crisis date: 2015-10-21 words: 5071 flesch: 48 summary: the available evidence does not support the ‘Wakefield’ hypothesis that MMR vaccine causes autism or associated disorders” (Meissner, et al., p.1068). Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research 12 Spring 2012 REfEREnCES Autism in the absence of MMR vaccine [graph] Bandolier, retrieved July 10, 2011, from http://www. medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Vaccines/noMMR.html Croen, L. A., Hansen R., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Jones, C. R., Pessah, I. N. & Van de Water, J. (2006). keywords: autism; children; measles; mmr; vaccination; vaccine cache: scientia-655.pdf plain text: scientia-655.txt item: #86 of 113 id: scientia-656 author: Bautista, Richard title: Survey of Biological Factors Affecting the Determination of the Postmortem Interval date: 2015-10-21 words: 9349 flesch: 52 summary: Fortunately, a promising and increasingly popular method to help combat clashes and ease tensions is the concept of interfaith dialogues. Lastly, the overall current role interfaith dialogues play in Thailand will be included, followed by nine recommendations on using interfaith dialogues for Thailand’s southern provinces experiencing the conflict. keywords: bagir; body; conflict; death; dialogues; factors; interfaith; interfaith dialogues; interval; mortis; pmi; postmortem; religion; southern; thailand; time cache: scientia-656.pdf plain text: scientia-656.txt item: #87 of 113 id: scientia-657 author: Yacovone, Anna title: Interfaith Dialogues: A Method to Promote Peace in Southern Thailand Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand Islam in Thailand date: 2015-10-21 words: 6137 flesch: 48 summary: Fortunately, a promising and increasingly popular method to help combat clashes and ease tensions is the concept of interfaith dialogues. Lastly, the overall current role interfaith dialogues play in Thailand will be included, followed by nine recommendations on using interfaith dialogues for Thailand’s southern provinces experiencing the conflict. keywords: bagir; conflict; dialogues; interfaith; interfaith dialogues; order; peace; religion; southern; thailand; yusuf cache: scientia-657.pdf plain text: scientia-657.txt item: #88 of 113 id: scientia-658 author: Hibdon, Matthew title: History Day at Middle Tennessee State University date: 2015-10-21 words: 4719 flesch: 56 summary: Dr. Jim Huhta and Dr. Ron Messier–both from Middle Tennessee State University– were the first state directors for Tennessee History Day. I remember trying and failing to obtain outside funding for Tennessee History Day for the next year. keywords: contest; day; history; history day; middle; national; state; students; tennessee; university cache: scientia-658.pdf plain text: scientia-658.txt item: #89 of 113 id: scientia-659 author: Smith, Mike title: Augustine’s Confessions: Symbolism in Autobiography date: 2015-10-21 words: 4045 flesch: 62 summary: Both Adeodatus and Monica passed away within a few years of his baptism by Ambrose, but the deaths are recounted in close proximity to Augustine’s baptism in the text of Confessions, which may support the argument for Adeodatus as a symbol of Augustine’s own youth. Monica’s Augustines’s ‘Confessions’: Symbolism in Autobiography Middle Tennessee State University 57 devotion to Ambrose also mirrors Augustine’s own admiration of the man. keywords: augustine; confessions; life; milan; rome; son; time cache: scientia-659.pdf plain text: scientia-659.txt item: #90 of 113 id: scientia-660 author: Gates, Lindsay title: Dam Dissent: Protest Methods and Results in India’s Narmada River Valley date: 2015-10-21 words: 8618 flesch: 56 summary: Finally, the threat of malaria due to the stagnant water inherent in a dam project would be considerable.34 All of these stated criticisms are fairly ubiquitous in dam projects, and many times planners still reason that the benefits outweigh the costs. Their protests in the Narmada resulted in landmark studies on dams and their effects on individuals and societies and how the international community discussed and viewed large dam projects 62 Spring 2012 Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research The Narmada River, India’s fifth largest, flows for over 800 miles through the middle of the country before emptying into the Arabian Sea (figure 2). keywords: bank; dam; dam project; government; gujarat; india; narmada; nba; project; sardar; sardar sarovar; sarovar; sarovar dam; world cache: scientia-660.pdf plain text: scientia-660.txt item: #91 of 113 id: scientia-661 author: Hulsey, Amber L.; Prather, Dr. C. Daniel title: Safety Management Systems: The Perspective of Tennessee Airports date: 2015-10-21 words: 8490 flesch: 50 summary: The FAA used these pilot studies to determine the costs and time involved with SMS implementation, as well as to develop models for future airports SMS projects (Federal Aviation Administration, n.d). Gap Analysis 1.1 Review of current airport safety management practices, including safety plans and practices of tenants and operators at the airport 1.2 Review of current safety-specific airport documents, including Airport Certification Manual, Memorandums of Understanding/Memorandums of Agreements, Safety During Construction Plans, Surface Movement Guidance and Control System Plans, Airport Emergency Plans, and any quality management and/or risk management program 1.3 To be conducted utilizing the unique Gap Analysis Form (Appendix E) developed by Prather Airport Solutions, Inc. utilizing guidance from TP 14343E and the 2nd FAA SMS Airport Pilot Study Statement of Work 2. SMS Manual & Implementation Plan 2.1 Written safety policy statement and description of how it is communicated to airport employees 2.2 Identification and description of the airport safety goals 2.3 keywords: airport; aviation; board; faa; management; plan; research; risk; safety; safety management; sms; systems; tennessee; transportation cache: scientia-661.pdf plain text: scientia-661.txt item: #92 of 113 id: scientia-662 author: Criswell, Brian title: The Pedagogy of Progressive Hip Hop date: 2015-10-21 words: 3897 flesch: 52 summary: MuSIC AnALySIS Artist introduction While the current academic work regarding hip hop holds great value concerning inequalities based on race, I argue that progressive hip hop can be a pedagogical tool in educating students and teachers about inequalities based on social class, as well. Important aspects of hip hop music–from its origins through today–include identification with the plight of the lower class as well as grass roots involvement as part of its major tenets (Bennett, 1999). keywords: blue; class; hip; hip hop; hop; market; music; pedagogy; scholars cache: scientia-662.pdf plain text: scientia-662.txt item: #93 of 113 id: scientia-663 author: Love, Anna M.; Chong, Ngee Sing title: An Exploration of the Gas Phase Reactions of Chlorine Dioxide and Malodorous Compounds of Putrefaction Using FT-IR Instrumentation date: 2015-10-21 words: 2895 flesch: 32 summary: In 1998, Hisashi Inomura and Yoshinao Makino applied for a patent for a method of generation for chlorine dioxide gas for sterilization, citing coffin disinfection as a possible application (4). The relationship between cadaverine and chlorine dioxide gas is especially significant because liquid chlorine dioxide is currently an accepted treatment of the volatile sulfuric compounds that cause bad breath, which is also caused, in part, by cadaverine (3)(6). keywords: cadaverine; chlorine; cm-1; compounds; dioxide; gas; reaction cache: scientia-663.pdf plain text: scientia-663.txt item: #94 of 113 id: scientia-664 author: McNabb, Kayla title: Discovering Poe as a Compositionist: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Philosophy of Composition” and Process Theory date: 2015-10-21 words: 4223 flesch: 50 summary: Allan would not support this course of action, and Poe was court-martialed and removed 14 Ibid., 39. 15 Ibid., 39. 16 Ibid., 39-42. 17 Quinn, Edgar Allan Poe, 108-112. 18 Ibid., 166. 19 Quinn, Edgar Allan Poe, 169. 20 Ibid., 169. 21 Ibid., 171. Discovering Poe as a Compositionist: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Philosophy of Composition” and Process Theory Middle Tennessee State University 47 Discovering Poe as a Compositionist: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Philosophy of Composition” and Process Theory Kayla McNabb Abstract Though Poe has commonly been remembered for his contributions to the detective, horror, and science-fiction genres, we should consider how his innovation extended into other areas. keywords: allan; composition; edgar; philosophy; poe; process; theory; writing cache: scientia-664.pdf plain text: scientia-664.txt item: #95 of 113 id: scientia-665 author: Sutton, Jamie title: Transgress Not the Limits: Just War Theory in Early Islamic Theology date: 2015-10-21 words: 6087 flesch: 46 summary: Thus early Islamic jurists debated issues such as the permissibility of violence against Muslim political rebels, and what duration and effort should be expended in non-violent conversion attempts. The existence, then, of Muslims who are quite knowledgeable about the Shari’a sources and still come to conclusions such as making non-combatants permissible targets of terrorist acts, poses a problem for the observer with a thesis that early Islamic law showed a healthy concern for justice within warfare. keywords: islamic; military; muslim; scholars; sources; theology; theory; violence; war; war theory; warfare cache: scientia-665.pdf plain text: scientia-665.txt item: #96 of 113 id: scientia-666 author: Bradley, Jonathan title: She Is She: Existentialist Themes in the Works of Women Writers of the Southern Renaissance date: 2015-10-21 words: 7581 flesch: 64 summary: In broader terms, Jones argues that forms of patriarchy “[a]ll deny to women authentic selfhood,” which makes a woman’s struggle two- fold—a struggle for existential selfhood and a woman’s selfhood of the kind described by de Beauvoir. By reading the works of Southern women writers such as Kate Chopin, Ellen Glasgow, Lillian Smith, Zora Neale Hurston, and Carson McCullers alongside the works of existentialist philosophers, a new perspective is possible—one in which the explanations provided by the philosophers for a person’s behavior inform the actions of the characters in the literary works and provide a fuller understanding of the characters’ motives. keywords: blair; edna; frankie; janie; jenny; life; new; women; writers cache: scientia-666.pdf plain text: scientia-666.txt item: #97 of 113 id: scientia-667 author: Jones, Rita; Kim, Yang Soo title: Communication Experiences of International Students in the U.S.: A Comparison Study of Cross-Cultural Adaptation between European and Asian Students date: 2015-10-21 words: 9713 flesch: 57 summary: As temporary sojourners in a foreign environment, international students experience more stresses on American campuses than American students (e.g., Boyer & Sedlacek, 1988; Kaczmarek, Matlock, Merta, Ames, & Ross, 1994; Pedersen, 1991). 94 Spring 2013 Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research Another Asian student gave us shared a view of how different ethnic markers had an impact on the frequency of interaction between American students and international students. keywords: adaptation; american; communication; culture; experience; host; international; interviewees; people; states; students; years cache: scientia-667.pdf plain text: scientia-667.txt item: #98 of 113 id: scientia-669 author: Gray-Panesi, Sarah title: “Everything is Always Happening”: Echoes of Faulkner and Warren in Anne Rice’s Blackwood Farm date: 2015-10-21 words: 6168 flesch: 64 summary: With its central themes of history, family, community, justice, and race, Blackwood Farm and Anne Rice both deserve to be considered a part of the Southern literary tradition. Carol Le Cor suggests that if “Cass Mastern’s journal is his way of coming to terms with the burden of Southern history,” then Jack Burden’s “narration parallels and reiterates that of his ancestor” (128). keywords: blackwood; cass; farm; faulkner; gothic; jack; quentin; quinn; rice; southern; warren cache: scientia-669.pdf plain text: scientia-669.txt item: #99 of 113 id: scientia-670 author: Kim, Hyeryon; Kim, Yang Soo title: Invisible Americans: Exploring Asian Parents’ Perception about School Discrimination in the U.S. date: 2015-10-21 words: 5561 flesch: 53 summary: The present study explores school-based discrimination toward Asian American students in the U.S., as perceived by their parents. Educators often fail to provide effective interventions to Asian American students, assuming they are well adjusted and do not face racism like other minority groups. keywords: american; asian; children; discrimination; journal; korean; minority; parents; school; students; study; u.s cache: scientia-670.pdf plain text: scientia-670.txt item: #100 of 113 id: scientia-671 author: Johnson, Margaret title: Fallen Faith: Satan as Allegory in Milton’s Paradise Lost date: 2015-10-21 words: 6166 flesch: 67 summary: Milton uses the Satan character to argue against the prevailing Calvinist doctrine of his time—double predestination—and to espouse the less damning Arminian model of predestination, thus making Satan an allegory for a fallen faith in God. So in his epic poem, Milton uses the Satan character to argue against the prevailing Calvinist doctrine of his time— double predestination—and to espouse the less damning Arminian model of predestination, thus making Satan an allegory for a fallen faith in God. keywords: allegory; doctrine; faith; fall; god; milton; oxford; paradise; predestination; satan cache: scientia-671.pdf plain text: scientia-671.txt item: #101 of 113 id: scientia-672 author: DeHoff, Michael title: People’s Republic of China (???????): Interpersonal Relations date: 2015-10-21 words: 5904 flesch: 62 summary: Using a distillation of research by various scholars and interviews with Chinese people, this paper provides a starting point for understanding Chinese culture, with a focus on interpersonal communication concepts such as high versus low context cultures, nonverbal communication, and Hofstede’s four value parings. Along with referring to relationships in general, guanxi also refers to the obligations a person has to others within their in-groups or with whom they have relationships, for in China relationships and obligations are interconnected. keywords: china; chinese; communication; cultures; face; government; people; power; relationships; ting; web cache: scientia-672.pdf plain text: scientia-672.txt item: #102 of 113 id: scientia-673 author: Mereani, Fadia title: The Influence of Edgar Allan Poe on Wallace Stevens’s Poetry date: 2015-10-21 words: 4299 flesch: 69 summary: In his study Edgar Allan Poe, Wallace Stevens, and the Poetics of American Privacy, Louis A. Renza explores how Poe and Stevens guarded their private lives from their audience. In her article, “The Black Bird of Edgar Allan Poe and Wallace Stevens’ Thirteen Blackbirds,” Paulina Ambrozy shows the similarities and differences between Stevens’s and Poe’s concepts of imagination. keywords: death; life; poe; poetry; stevens; wallace; woman cache: scientia-673.pdf plain text: scientia-673.txt item: #103 of 113 id: scientia-674 author: Routon, Philip title: Fly-By-Night Firms, Credit, and Regulation: A Simple Model date: 2015-10-21 words: 4447 flesch: 53 summary: 2. Previous Studies Becker (1968) provided the “benchmark” model, as it were, for regulation compliance. The left side of the inequality refers to regulation compliance while the right side refers to non-compliance. keywords: compliance; entrepreneur; equation; firms; fly; night; regulation cache: scientia-674.pdf plain text: scientia-674.txt item: #104 of 113 id: scientia-675 author: Smith, Rachael; VanDalsem, Crystal title: An Analysis of Smoking and Tobacco Waste Patterns at Peck Hall, Middle Tennessee State University date: 2015-10-21 words: 5495 flesch: 58 summary: The concentration of cigarette waste in some units as opposed to areas such as the northern perimeter, where very few cigarette butts were observed, coupled with An Analysis of Smoking and Tobacco Waste Patterns at Peck Hall, Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University 117 historical knowledge of the social stigmatization of tobacco use, could effectively illustrate the segregation of smokers from non-smokers, and inferences could be drawn about their respective beliefs about one another. An Analysis of Smoking and Tobacco Waste Patterns at Peck Hall, Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University 105 An Analysis of Smoking and Tobacco Waste Patterns at Peck Hall, Middle Tennessee State University Rachael Smith and Crystal VanDalsem Abstract This paper analyzes the accumulation of tobacco waste around the perimeter of Peck Hall. keywords: hall; peck; peck hall; site; smoking; tobacco; units; waste cache: scientia-675.pdf plain text: scientia-675.txt item: #105 of 113 id: scientia-705 author: Clippard, Rebecca title: Stoker’s Anxieties Concerning the Emancipation of Women date: 2017-08-07 words: 5483 flesch: 64 summary: Dr. John Seward speaks for the entire group when he writes of his first encounter with the vampiric Dark Lucy: He recognized the features of Lucy Westenra. Considering their noble cause is to destroy the now-assertive Dark Lucy, it is ironic that Craft christens the male protagonists the “Crew of Light,” having, he says, “taken my cue from Stoker: Lucy, lux, light” (445). keywords: dark; dracula; lucy; male; mina; new; society; stoker; women cache: scientia-705.pdf plain text: scientia-705.txt item: #106 of 113 id: scientia-711 author: Hays, Sara title: Playing Games as Cultural Expression: Mah Jong, Chess, and Bourré in the works of Amy Tan and Tim Gautreaux date: 2017-08-07 words: 5755 flesch: 65 summary: This paper examines both Tan’s and Gautreaux’s use of games—mah jong, as well as chess, and bourré respectively—as cultural receptacles and means of folkloric preservation. While many authors have used games and gameplay to make various cultural statements, this article will focus specifically on Tan’s and Gautreaux’s use of games—mah jong and chess as well as bourré—as meaningful examples of how works of literature can become cultural receptacles and the means of folkloric preservation. keywords: bourré; club; game; jong; joy; joy luck; luck; mah; mah jong; mother; playing; tan cache: scientia-711.pdf plain text: scientia-711.txt item: #107 of 113 id: scientia-732 author: Barberi, Calista Faith title: Policy Analyis on Youth Aging Out date: 2017-08-07 words: 5500 flesch: 56 summary: The study compared foster care youth at age 17 and age 19. In congruence with this study, another cohort found that foster youth may have a sense of “learned helplessness” (Gomez, Ryan, Norton, Jones, & Galán-Cisneros, 2015). keywords: aging; care; foster; november; policy; programs; proposal; support; youth cache: scientia-732.pdf plain text: scientia-732.txt item: #108 of 113 id: scientia-742 author: Bearden, Christopher R. title: Self-Leaders: Independent Performers or Team Players? date: 2017-08-07 words: 7388 flesch: 46 summary: Vance, MacCallum, Coovert, and Hedge (1988) provide evidence that there can be multiple valid perspectives on team member performance. Team performance in airline simulations (Unpublished master’s thesis). keywords: effectiveness; individual; journal; lab; leadership; member; performance; research; self; strategies; student; team; work cache: scientia-742.pdf plain text: scientia-742.txt item: #109 of 113 id: scientia-743 author: Yeager, Hillary K. title: Corpus Christi, Superstar?: Decoding the Enigma of the York Mystery Cycle date: 2017-08-10 words: 6164 flesch: 60 summary: Decoding the Enigma of the York Mystery Cycle* Hillary K. Yeager Abstract The York Corpus Christi plays were a trade guild or “Mystery” series of medieval pageants that venerated the body of Christ during the summertime feast of Corpus Christi. Since pageants were sponsored by the guilds, sponsorship could act as a means not only of self-promotion but also of fostering community goodwill and, by operating as a form of charity, a meaningful spiritual act toward moral salvation. keywords: act; audience; christi; corpus; corpus christi; cycle; davidson; guild; medieval; pageants; plays; york cache: scientia-743.pdf plain text: scientia-743.txt item: #110 of 113 id: scientia-748 author: Yadudu, Muhammad title: The Impact of HOPE Scholarship on High School Graduation in Georgia date: 2017-08-10 words: 4766 flesch: 59 summary: Merit Aid: Incentive, Effort, and High School Student Quality Bishop (1996) argues that pecuniary incentives that subsidize college costs are also expected to elicit more effort by high school students in order to meet or exceed the threshold of the merit aid policy. Another externality introduced by merit aid policies is that they improve the quality of high school students across the ability spectrum (Betts, 1998). keywords: georgia; graduation; high; hope; impact; merit; rates; scholarship; school; students cache: scientia-748.pdf plain text: scientia-748.txt item: #111 of 113 id: scientia-778 author: McCrary, Kayla title: An Analysis of Euroskepticism’s Influence on Britain’s Vote to Leave the European Union date: 2017-08-10 words: 6918 flesch: 53 summary: Those who voted to leave were reportedly in industries such as the car manufacturing industry—industries that could be effected substantially by EU trade and the allure of new trade deals (Noack, 2016). An Analysis of Euroskepticism’s Influence on Britain’s Vote to Leave the European Union* Kayla McCrary Abstract In June 2016, the United Kingdom held an in/out referendum on membership in the European Union (EU) resulting in a narrow victory for Euroskeptics. keywords: brexit; britain; british; european; euroskepticism; leave; referendum; social; ukip; union; vote cache: scientia-778.pdf plain text: scientia-778.txt item: #112 of 113 id: scientia-811 author: Ellsworth, Mary title: Does Criminal History Impact Labor Force Participation of Prime-Age Men? date: 2017-08-10 words: 4087 flesch: 58 summary: There is reason to believe that demand for labor as well as institutional factors, criminal history in particular, better explain the change in labor force participation for prime-age men. Results from the 1998 regression model (Table 4) were similar to those of the 1988 model (Table 2), but the effect of incarceration on labor force participation was even stronger for the 1998 model. keywords: age; charges; force; labor; labor force; men; participation cache: scientia-811.pdf plain text: scientia-811.txt item: #113 of 113 id: scientia-999 author: Wise, Dennis title: Editorial Comments date: 2017-09-07 words: 766 flesch: 53 summary: Issue 7 features an eclectic and diverse set of articles—the first issue since our second, in fact, where literary analysis does not represent the clear bulk of articles. Although most of our initial submissions receive a “revise and resubmit” recommendation, our final acceptance rate for issue 7 was less than 33%, making this our most competitive issue yet. keywords: articles; issue; year cache: scientia-999.pdf plain text: scientia-999.txt