Copyright (c) 2013 Marquette University All rights reserved. http://epublications.marquette.edu Recent documents in e-Publications@Marquette en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 01:31:04 PDT 3600 http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_3210ur/18 http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_3210ur/18 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:49 PDT As members of the Wisconsin Delta Pi Beta Phi sorority at Marquette University, we are highly invested in our organizations presence on campus. As members of a social sorority, we have been exposed to the many negative assumptions associated with Greek Life as a whole. The focus of our research project is to illuminate the less explored, yet numerous positive aspects of being in a sorority. Through interviews, polls, and research, we have found that those who are involved in Greek Life see the positive benefits, while those who are not involved do not. We also found that those who even considered being involved in Greek life, were deterred by the culture. We learned that more needs to be done to integrate the Marquette Community with the Greek Community. In this project, we will propose several ideas to improve the relationship between these communities, which ultimately will lead to a more cohesive campus.

]]> Melissa Gaseor et al. http://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/92 http://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/92 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:13:22 PDT This book introduces the essential qualitative methods used in media research, with an emphasis on integrating theory with practice. Each method is introduced through step-by-step instruction on conducting research and interpreting research findings, alongside in-depth discussions of the historical, cultural, and theoretical context of the particular method and case studies drawn from published scholarship. This text is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to qualitative methods, ideal for media and mass communication research courses.

]]> Bonnie Brennen http://epublications.marquette.edu/phys_therapy_fac/32 http://epublications.marquette.edu/phys_therapy_fac/32 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:19:28 PDT There are widespread chemosensitive areas in the brain with varying effects on breathing. In the awake goat, microdialyzing (MD) 50% CO(2) at multiple sites within the medullary raphe increases pulmonary ventilation (Vi), blood pressure, heart rate, and metabolic rate (Vo(2)) (11), while MD in the rostral and caudal cerebellar fastigial nucleus has a stimulating and depressant effect, respectively, on these variables (17). In the anesthetized cat, the pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötzC), a hypothesized respiratory rhythm generator, increases phrenic nerve activity after an acetazolamide-induced acidosis (31, 32). To gain insight into the effects of focal acidosis (FA) within the preBötzC during physiological conditions, we tested the hypothesis that FA in the preBötzC during wakefulness would stimulate breathing, by increasing respiratory frequency (f). Microtubules were bilaterally implanted into the preBötzC of 10 goats. Unilateral MD of mock cerebral spinal fluid equilibrated with 6.4% CO(2) did not affect Vi, tidal volume (Vt), or f. Unilateral MD of 25 and 50% CO(2) significantly increased Vi and f by 10% (P < 0.05, n = 10, 17 trials), but Vt was unaffected. Bilateral MD of 6.4, 25, or 50% CO(2) did not significantly affect Vi, Vt, or f (P > 0.05, n = 6, 6 trials). MD of 80% CO(2) caused a 180% increase in f and severe disruptions in airflow (n = 2). MD of any level of CO(2) did not result in any significant changes in mean arterial blood pressure, heart rate, or Vo(2). Thus the data suggest that the preBötzC area is chemosensitive, but the responses to FA at this site are unique compared with other chemosensitive sites.

]]> Lawrence Pan et al. http://epublications.marquette.edu/phys_therapy_fac/31 http://epublications.marquette.edu/phys_therapy_fac/31 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:35 PDT A study was conducted on 90 experienced office workers to determine how commercially available alternative computer keyboards affected wrist and forearm posture. The alternative keyboards tested had the QWERTY layout of keys and were of three designs: split fixed angle, split adjustable angle, and vertically inclined (tilted or tented). When set up correctly, commercially available split keyboards reduced mean ulnar deviation of the right and left wrists from 12° to within 5° of a neutral position compared with a conventional keyboard. The finding that split keyboards place the wrist closer to a neutral posture in the radial/ulnar plane substantially reduces one occupational risk factor of workrelated musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs): ulnar deviation of the wrist. Applications of this research include commercially available computer keyboard designs that typists can use and ergonomists can recommend to their clients in order to minimize wrist ulnar deviation from typing.

]]> Richard W. Marklin et al. http://epublications.marquette.edu/phys_therapy_fac/30 http://epublications.marquette.edu/phys_therapy_fac/30 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:07 PDT Resistive materials in the form of elastic bands and tubing are inexpensive and highly versatile tools that are often used in therapeutic exercise programs. Companies that manufacture elastic bands and tubing provide a line of products that cover a wide range of resistance levels, which are typically distinguished by color. Theoretically, the spectrum of resistance levels makes it possible for rehabilitation personnel to give a patient the band or tubing that best corresponds to the suitable degree of exercise resistance for that patient. Unlike a set of clearly labeled hand-held weights, however, elastic bands and tubing provide no quantitative information on their actual or relative resistance. Therefore, the selection and progression of resistance levels when elastic bands or tubing are used is relatively subjective and often is dependent upon the perceived effort of the patient. To our knowledge, only 2 of the several manufacturers of elastic bands and tubing used in rehabilitation (The Hygenic Corporation, Akron, OH, and Lifeline International, Inc, Madison, WI), provide users with information (limited) on the physical characteristics of their elastic material. The goals of our report were to establish the stress-strain relationship of representative samples of elastic bands and tubing used in the clinical setting, establish the fatigue characteristics of representative samples of elastic bands and tubing, and increase the awareness of rehabilitation professionals of the kinesiological concepts of resistive exercises, especially as they relate to the use of elastic-type resistive material.

]]> Guy G. Simoneau et al. http://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/253 http://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/253 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:19:22 PDT A theological model of the human is needed to prompt responsible thinking about and acting within the physical world. Some basic components for modeling the human as a virtuous cooperator appear in the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. When appropriated cautiously and informed broadly by contemporary scientific findings, this model provides a promising way of thinking about humans in relation to other species and ecological systems, a framework for acting responsibly, and the motivation for making this behavior habitual.

]]> Jame Schaefer http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/105 http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/105 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:24 PDT Beginning with an overview of the debate over American women writers and the academic canon, this essay inventories four clusters of American women writers—domestic novelists, regionalists, modernists, and writers of diverse ethnicities—within a representative sampling of small-town public libraries across the Midwest from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The survey reveals some surprising disjunctures that run counter to trends in the academy. It also highlights the role publishers and bibliographers have played in establishing favored texts for a general readership and demonstrates that publishers of literary classics and bibliographies geared toward librarians have not always promoted the same texts as their academic counterparts. On the whole, it concludes, women writers fared quite well in the hands of publishers and public libraries promoting “the classics” at the same time that they suffered at the hands of major textbook publishers and scholarly editors intent on defining “the canon.”

]]> Sarah Wadsworth http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/103 http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/103 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:59:55 PDT Diane L. Hoeveler http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/102 http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/102 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:18:42 PDT Diane L. Hoeveler http://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/236 http://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/236 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:37:00 PDT Robert Fox http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/101 http://epublications.marquette.edu/english_fac/101 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:05:32 PDT Diane L. Hoeveler http://epublications.marquette.edu/hist_fac/81 http://epublications.marquette.edu/hist_fac/81 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:01:42 PDT Peter Staudenmaier http://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/275 http://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/275 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:51:43 PDT Richard C. Taylor http://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/274 http://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/274 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:38:07 PDT Richard C. Taylor