“Why Join A Cult?: An Analysis of the Motivating Factors behind an Individual’s Decision to Join a Cult” considers the prevalence of cults in today’s society in relation to pseudoscientific beliefs. While the public generally attributes the...
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
Ye know on Earth, and all Ye need to know."
John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Nothing could be so well put to introduce the History of Graphic Design as this quote by John Keats. Truth is the basis of...
Time perception; Employees -- Workload; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment
A number of studies have examined time perception (how people perceive time
to pass), but none have investigated time perception in the workplace. Studies
reviewed here indicate middle-aged people experience time to pass more quickly
than both...
Politics and war; United States--Foreign relations--Pakistan; Pakistan--Foreign relations--United States
After the attacks on September 11th, 2001, the United States, under the Bush administration, declared a “war on terror” against al-Qa’ida and its affiliates. The “war on terror” tested Washington’s alliances with certain countries...
Multicultural education; Multiculturalism in art; Art
Art educators today are constantly challenged to provide a meaningful art experience for their students. During their training, they are taught several different ways to approach art education. This study discusses one of those approaches;...
Assyrians proved difficult to study because they do not have a designation on the United States Census. The Assyrians have been studied in larger cities such as Turlock, California and Chicago, Illinois, where there are large communities of...
Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is clearly on top of the agendas of most countries. All countries find it more difficult to stay competitive without FDI, which sustains growth: financial capital, management skills, technology, access to...
Data mining; SAS (Computer program language); Fuzzy algorithms
Clustering is the process of placing data records into homogenous groups. Members of each group are similar to one another and highly different from members outside the group. The clusters are used for predictive analysis (what will happen), for...
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Convivio -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. De vulgari eloquentia -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Vita nuova -- Criticism and...
Dante Alighieri wrote the Divina Commedia, a poem of enormous importance in world literature. How did Dante become such a great poet and how did he create such an incredible masterpiece? His personal and political experiences, education and minor...
Vocational interests.; African American youth--Vocational guidance.; African American teachers--Recruiting.
Dissertation advisor: Nancy Hoffman.; "Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education."; Ed.D.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-147).
Family violence -- Psychological aspects; Family violence -- Cross-cultural studies
Domestic violence is an important issue that affects women of all races, ethnicities and social classes. Nearly four million women experience intimate partner abuse every year. Due to the changing make up of the United States, this issue has...
Norwich (Conn.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History; City and town life -- Connecticut -- Norwich -- History; Norwich (Conn.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects
During the mid 1800s and early 1900s, large numbers of European Immigrants
sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of the United States. While many of these
immigrants still came from the European countries that migrated to this country...
Educators and policymakers have noted and expressed concern about a lack of academic motivation among adolescent high school students. Research has confirmed that intrinsic motivation does decline as students progress through school (Lepper,...
Flamenco is a passion, an art, an identity and a culture. Its development over the centuries is complex, its legend unforgettable. This research will inform both the aficionado and the non-aficionado of flamenco's three components (songs, dance and...
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Historiography; Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 -- Historiography; Jewish-Arab relations -- Historiography
For decades Israeli historians around the world have argued that Israel won its war of independence even though Israeli forces were at a great disadvantage. They have stated that the invading Arab forces were better prepared than the Israelis...
Helping is a phenomenon that has been widely studied in psychology. Two types of helping that can occur within an organization are organizational citizenship behavior, or OCB, and volunteering. OCB is helping that occurs during the course of...
Historians, at some point, have dealt with questions of the
causes of the subject matter they study, whether those entities are persons, events, ideas,
or political states. The historian, Edward Hallett Carr, wrote, "The study of history is...
Storytelling -- Study and teaching; Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching
Humans have the innate capacity to learn language. By two years of age a child can understand a multitude of novel utterances. By six a normal child has mastered the essential elements of his native language including semantics, syntax, and...
Said, Edward W; Orientalism in literature; India -- Fiction
In his ground-breaking books, Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said explains how the Eastern, colonized other was textually created by the imperial powers that controlled them. Specifically, Western experts on and creators of texts...
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
In the middle of the 1800s the American nation ceased to be the United States and engaged in five horrible years of bloodshed. As the facts concerning the battles and fighting became concrete, and the actions of those who fought in the Civil War...
