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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"Ellison"”.
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Evaluation of new diagnostic and treatment strategies in the management of the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
… with the management of patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), unanswered questions remain concerning the natural history of the disease, the impact of new diagnostics modalities on cure rates, and the role of surgery in the era of modem medical therapies. The aims of the thesis are to …
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The Anti-Racist Avant-Garde: Modernist Legacies and Experimentation in Ralph Ellison and James Joyces’ postcolonial and racial subjects
When Ralph Ellison won the National Book Award for his 1952 novel Invisible Man, he cemented himself as a crucial figure in the American literary canon. His depictions of the difficulties in African American life remain crucial and relevant to this day, seventy years after their publication. The …
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Phosphorus Cycling in the Ellison Park Wetland at the Mouth of Irondequoit Creek, Rochester, NY: A Case Study Evaluating the Movement of Phosphorus as it Transits a Coastal Wetland of Lake Ontario
The Ellison Park wetland complex lies at the head of Irondequoit Bay, a large embayment on the south shore of Lake Ontario near Rochester, NY. It receives water from the Irondequoit Creek watershed, which drains an area of 391 km2 of mixed land use. This is a mature, marsh wetland with some …
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Preaching the Lord's Word in a Strange Land: The Influence of The Black Preaching Style on Black American Prose Fiction (Douglass, Toomer, Ellison, Baldwin)
The Black Church is the point of departure for much of Black American Literature. It was inevitable that the God-talk between an oppressed Black community and an Almighty God would soon be elevated to finely wrought art forms. The Black religious service goes beyond mere ceremony in its resplendent …
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Breaking Sound Barriers: Reading the Jazz Novel as a Model for More Flexible Social Interaction in a Globalized World
… In the first chapter, I argue that Ralph Ellison incorporates the transnational fusion of Afro-Cuban jazz both thematically and structurally in his landmark novel Invisible Man. By integrating the Cuban rhythms of the rumba beneath the jazz aesthetic in the text, Ellison formally mirrors …
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Breaking Sound Barriers: Reading the Jazz Novel as a Model for More Flexible Social Interaction in a Globalized World
… In the first chapter, I argue that Ralph Ellison incorporates the transnational fusion of Afro-Cuban jazz both thematically and structurally in his landmark novel Invisible Man. By integrating the Cuban rhythms of the rumba beneath the jazz aesthetic in the text, Ellison formally mirrors …
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Two topics in particle accelerator beams: Vlasov-Maxwell treatment of coherent synchrotron radiation and topological treatment of spin polarization
… with a code, in collaboration with Bassi, Ellison and Warnock. The emphasis is on the link between the theory and the self-consistent numerical computations performed by the code. The Vlasov-Maxwell system models electron beams, typically in synchrotron light sources. In the second part I …
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Dawn of the Undead Classroom: Pop-Culture in the First-Year Composition Classroom
… of her IRB certified research project, Sierra A. Ellison delves into the positive effects pop culture and genre have on the first-year composition classroom, exploring how engaging students through a common discourse that is relatable and comfortable can aid in their writing and composition …
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JAZZ TEMPORALITY AND NARRATIVE: A READING OF RALPH ELLISON'S INVISIBLE MAN
… jazz, temporality, and narrative form in Ralph Ellison's <italic>Invisible Man</italic>. Although Ellison rejected the notion that he was a political writer, his novel still functions as a form of protest based on its narrative form which ultimately seeks to undermine traditional formulations of …
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The relationship of spiritual wellbeing, loneliness, and relationship satisfaction, to life contentment
… and "Abbreviated Loneliness Scale" (Paloutzian & Ellison, ] 982), "Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale" (Schumm, 1983), and the "Hudson Generalized Contentment Scale" (Hudson, 1982). Using these measures as well as the demographic variables age, income, and children a path model was developed. …
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The Post-WWII American Picaro as Prophet of Human Dignity: A Study of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away, and Saul Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King
… “What is man, and how can we recover him?” Ralph Ellison, Flannery O’Connor, and Saul Bellow each adapted the picaresque genre to participate in what Grief calls “discourse of the crisis of man.”</p> <p>In <em>Invisible Man</em> (1952), Ellison has his picaro articulate an American identity that …
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"Reasonable Person" vs. "Reasonable Woman": An Evaluation of the Standards Used in Determining Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment
… However, the historical 1991 federal court case Ellison vs. Brady introduced the "reasonable woman" standard due to the belief that the traditional standard may unwittingly be biased toward men. Most research to date has focused on the benefits and/or disadvantages of utilizing one standard over …
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Strategic Entry Deterrence In the Pharmaceutical Industry: Revisiting Product Proliferation
… a hypothesis presented in a current paper by Ellison on the existence entry-deterrence motives for strategic investments, specifically product proliferation. Entry deterrence is not possible in large markets and not necessary in small markets, so if investments vary in intermediate markets, …
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Do Clergy in Hidalgo County, Texas Serve as a Bridge or Barrier to Mental Health Services?
… mental health (MH) workers for many Americans (Ellison et al., 2006; Wang et al., 2005; Winet, Majors, & Stewart, 1979). There is insufficient information in regards to what the clergy believe about MH and how they respond to MH related concerns. What we know indicates that clergy are not …
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Romantic conflict, interpersonal mindfulness, and cellular aging
Interpersonal relationships can affect health (Ellison et al., 2016, Laurent et al., 2013) including biological and cellular aging processes measured through telomere length (Rentscher et al., 2020). Despite established associations between romantic conflict and health outcomes (Cummings et al., …
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Archival Vagabonds: 20th-Century American Fiction and the Archive in Novelistic Practice
… practices--Claude McKay, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Jack Kerouac. In juxtaposing their dual roles as public novelists and private archivists, I expose how their literary practices echo with core concepts in archival theory and position the novel as an alternative and superior site of …
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How was Richard Haldane able to reform the British Army? An historical assessment using a contemporary change management model
… who included Major General Haig and Colonel Ellison, Haldane’s success was not, as he claimed, that he entered office without preconceived ideas about army reform, but that he did not announce them. By doing so, he gained the support of the reform-weary Generals in the War Office.
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Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth, Shame, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: The Roles of Social Support and Coping
… 2004; Coker et al., 2002; Haden et al., 2006; Ellison & Anderson, 2001). Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that individuals can learn from adversity and grow in the aftermath of trauma (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). Unfortunately, much of the current research exploring aspects of IPV has …
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