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Sport-specific resistance tube exercises that target the muscles of the glenohumeral joint involved in overhead throwing have been effective in improving overhead throwing velocity and glenohumeral joint range of motion (ROM). However, past research has been solely based on male baseball players, a combination of male baseball players and female softball players, or female athletes of other overhead throwing sports; few studies have conducted research...
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The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a history of concussions and recovery time in NCAA Division II male and female collegiate athletes. The secondary purpose was to determine if there is a difference in gender when it comes to concussion recovery. This was a cohort study conducted over a period of 16 weeks. The participants in this study were male (N=3) and female (N=4) student-athletes, ages 18-21 years, who...
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Between 1850 and 1857 six separate filibustering attempts left from San Francisco in hopes of conquest in Sonora, Mexico. Three U.S. citizens and three Frenchmen, all being drawn to California during the gold rush, failed to have their fortunes materialize. These adventurers desired more than California could offer and each organized groups to travel south in search of land, fame, and fortune in the northern Mexican state. Each group had its own motivations...
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Athletic injuries can be devastating occurrences in an athlete's career. The reactions and responses that occur due to the injury can impact the athlete in his/her recovery and return to sport. Therefore. the purpose of the study was to explore the psycho-emotional response to athletic injury, rehabilitation. and readiness to return in NCAA Division II collegiate athletes by exploring their experiences in real time: at the time of injury through rehabilitation...
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By the 1960s, millions of African Americans faced pervasive discrimination in housing, education, employment, and law enforcement in the wholly unprecedented environment of the American ghetto. In the urban areas where institutional racism was most oppressive and the evolution of civil rights activity was most acute, violence was inevitable. After several long, hot summers of urban unrest throughout the United States, Detroit, Michigan exploded on...
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This thesis involves discovering how the actors who participated in this event, and the historians who interpreted its outcome from the nineteenth century to present-day remembered the War of 1812's Battle of Niagara Falls, or, the Battle of Lundy's Lane. The goal is to show that competing militaristic narratives, which proposed victory for their respective sides, chronicled the consequences of that fray. By examining the Battle of Niagara Falls through...
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This thesis presents a case study of the policy formation that is intended to shed light on important aspects of the Federal Governments' involvement with Big Business concerning the alleged Navajo-Hopi land dispute. The federal law to be examined is Public Law 93-531: The Navajo and Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. The federal law was instituted in an effort to settle the decades old "problem" concerning land issues that arose between members of...
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In this paper I discuss the lesbian label and its role in collegiate women's basketball. I focus on the perspective of female student athletes in southern California, their experiences and understandings of how they were treated and their feelings that resulted from that. These recollections include perceptions of the coaches, universities, teammates, family and other lesbian players. I have compared studies previously done on this topic and examine...
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A Generation Projected is a site-specific installation. This thesis paper analyzes cultural disconnect, nostalgia, and the influence of global media as a cultural phenomenon, as seen in the installation. The title of the show represents the fact that the artist's generation is one that has grown in a media-dominated world. Because of the globalization of mass media such as television and film, both projected media, this generation has shared many...
50) Living in Limbo
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I have spent the last year investigating and exploring notions of identity and purpose, to try and answer that question posed by the Fleet Foxes. I know that I am not the only young adult that has felt apprehension about the future, but it has become clear the expectations of our affluent American society are no longer applicable to my, and future, generations. The old blueprint handed down to us from other generations no longer describes the reality...
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To emphasize the symbolic expressions of these artists, the following analyses is organized into five sections. Discussion in the first section includes historical examples of ceramics from various cultures featuring hybrid-imagery used in combination with the functional-vessel. The second section will identify contemporary artists who have influenced this body of work philosophically, technically, and conceptually. The third section addresses the...
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Olympic style weightlifting derivatives, such as the power clean and hang high-pull (HHP), are effective for improving a variety of explosive athletic performance measures. However, Olympic weightlifting movements have high skill demands and require expert coaching. Weighted jumps, such as the trap-bar jump squat (TBJS), have a comparably lower skill demand and may be equally effective for improving explosive performance. Yet, to date there is limited...
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The Rights of Conscience Committee played an integral role in carrying out the mission of the American Friends Service Committee, as well as Quaker testimonies, for the duration of its existence, 1955-1973. Recognizing that the Constitution has no impact unless the people demand that its words are upheld, the Rights of Conscience Committee sought to support individuals and groups who, as a matter of conscience, took action to protest injustice and...
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The purpose of the study was to determine whether an 8-week strength and power resistance training program would elicit an increase in club head speed (CHS). In addition to measuring CHS, this study aimed to determine if there were increases in muscular strength and power as a result of the 8-week program. Procedures: The participants for this study consisted of 6 male and 6 female NCAA division II collegiate golfers, age ranging from 18-23 years....
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The Gold King Mine, a previously insignificant site, came to the nation's attention on August 5, 2015, when toxic material from the mine poured into a tributary of Colorado's Animas River, severely damaging the ecosystem for miles downstream. Although the EPA has been blamed and has accepted responsibility for the spill it is not entirely at fault. The complete list of causes for this environmental disaster extends back to the Nineteenth century and...
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An athlete will one day experience retirement from their respective sport. Athletic identity can play a role in how the athlete may cope with this transition to life without athletics. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the underlying factors of athletic identity development in a team of Division II Women's Basketball players, and to understand their experiences of a positive psychology intervention focused on developing positive self-identity....
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Caffeine supplementation has been shown to increase time to exhaustion in aerobic performance, but has not been examined in a field setting for multiple-bout mid-distance running performance. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if caffeine supplementation had a positive effect on the overall performance in Division II male and female collegiate mid-distance athletes. Overall performance was ultimately determined by the participants'...
58) Ø
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The non-representational sculptures in this body of work, "Ø", are designed using transparency, light, space, and fluidity to inspire viewers to reflect upon their personal relationship with the Divine. The compositions use various media, principals of design, and architectural elements to encourage contemplation.
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Site 44FX0543, located in the western Piedmont region of Fairfax County at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, has had a long debated function by archaeologists and historians. A problematic interpretation of the site function as an enslaved African American dwelling dating to an unknown temporal period of ownership was the result of misinterpretation of landscape, previous archaeological investigations, and the likely misinformation gained through second-hand...
