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Women, witches, and water : a director’s approach to Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Abigail/1702.
(2021-08-01)American playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa took inspiration from many sources, most notably Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, and combined them to reexamine the post-Salem life of the infamous Abigail Williams in his Abigail/1702. ... -
Woodland patch mosaic structure and microclimate response to contemporary and historical disturbances.
(, 2013-09-16)In this study, changes in area and structure of Ashes’s juniper (Juniperus ashei)-dominated woody vegetation patches, growth response of an oak species codominant, and changes in interior patch microclimate in response to ... -
Word choice and word concentration in Malory's works.
(2007-12-03)I shall examine specific instances of Malory’s word choice and word repetition in relation to three elements: the king, the knight, and the court. While each word represents a major value in or concept of the text as a ... -
A word fitly spoken: poetic artistry in the first four acrostics of the Hebrew psalter.
(2006-05-27)This dissertation explores the occurrences and the functions of various poetic devices within the four alphabetic acrostic psalms found in Book I of the Psalter. These psalms are: Pss 9/10; 25; 34; and 37. These acrostics ... -
Work and family : finding your own balance.
(2014-11-13)In the workplace, women have made great strides since The Feminine Mystique was penned in 1963, but today women face new challenges. Rather than barriers to entering the workforce or receiving equal education, women face ... -
Working for the railroad : my summer at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.
(2016-09-08)My internship was spent working in collections, education, and volunteer coordination at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Time in collections was spent inventorying and cataloging. The biggest ... -
Working out disability : identification and workplace health promotions.
(2021-04-23)Using Scott, Corman, and Cheney’s structurational model of identification, and building on existing communication and disability scholarship, this study provides scholars and organizations with a deeper understanding of ... -
Working with Spanish-speaking Interpreters in a Family Health Setting: Assessing Language Needs and Implementing Training
(2014-05-02)An estimated 53 million Hispanics currently live in the United States, comprising 17 percent of the total population. By 2060, this number is projected to rise to 128.8 million, comprising 30 percent of the population. ... -
Work–Family Enrichment and Satisfaction: Mediating Processes and Relative Impact of Originating and Receiving Domains
(SAGE Journals, 2011-07-19)Previous research has been inconsistent in the prediction and empirical findings regarding work–family enrichment and satisfaction. The current research seeks to clarify this inconsistency by examining both directions of ... -
Would You Blow-the-Whistle on a Friend?
(2013-12-13)Whistleblowing is an essential tool in exposing wrongdoings and ending corruption, however it can be an arduous and unforgiving task that few are willing to accept. Individuals that do decide to blow-the-whistle are often ... -
Writers of wrongs : discovering social ills through the gothic fiction of Toni Morrison and Stephen King.
(2019-03-20)Toni Morrison and Stephen King are both prolific writers, though scholars do not often favor King’s work with critical study. Perhaps this is a mistake. Both Morrison and King write in the tradition of the American gothic, ... -
Writing and directing the short film, Barry.
(2017-07-31)The following thesis discusses the creative process behind the short film Barry, addressing the pre-production, production, and post-production phases of the film. This includes personal and professional goals for the ... -
Writing and directing the short film, Love Bomb.
(2022-04-27)This thesis catalogues the creative process and production of the short film, Love Bomb. The film and accompanying paper are a part of the thesis requirements for a Master of Arts in Film and Digital Media from Baylor ... -
Writing and directing the short film, Stray.
(2015-07-14)This thesis outlines the process of writing and directing the short film, Stray. It will also examine many of the underlying theoretical and filmic influences that have informed the director’s creative decisions and ... -
Writing Nothing: A Critical Guide to Asemic Poetry
(2022-05-20)Asemic writing is marks made on a medium which are intended to look like language. Since the start of the asemic movement in the 1990s, asemic writing has gained popularity with avant-garde poets and calligraphers, and has ... -
Writing race in Haiti's constitutions : synecdoche and negritude in post-revolutionary Haiti.
(2015-07-30)All political universals rely on a synecdoche in which a part of the population is taken to represent the whole. Modernity is characterized by a white supremacist synecdoche that selects the white portion of a population ... -
Writing the screenplay, Grammy's Grand Slam.
(2020-07-14)The following thesis details the creative process behind the screenplay, Grammy’s Grand Slam. This includes personal and professional goals, an overview of dark comedy as a genre, the research process, as well as the ... -
Writing the screenplay, Neon Moon.
(2022-04-25)This thesis will explore the creative process behind crafting a “dramedy”, while also defining the genre of “dramedy” and finding out what makes this style of storytelling work. Judd Apatow, director of such films as Knocked ... -
X-wire investigation of turbulent flow in simulated additively manufactured turbine blade cooling channels.
(2020-02-03)Gas turbine blades may be additively manufactured (AM) using processes such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) to create more complex shapes and produce more effective cooling than otherwise feasible with traditional ...