The Colonial Marginalization of Filipino and Filipino American Soldiers in the US Army during World War II

This thesis analyzes the structural paradigms in place within American society as multifaceted tools of colonialism and how they impacted the experiences of minority and colonized soldiers in the United States Army during the Second World War. The history is analyzed through the postcolonial lens, observing factors in place such as; denial of place in history, identity, and recognition of service. The research questions that this thesis addresses are as follows: What are the colonial implications in the experience of Filipino and Filipino American soldiers experience during the Second World War? Are colonial soldiers treated as more expendable than white soldiers? How does the colonial relationship between the United States and the Philippines affect how we understand the colonial soldiers’ experience? By analyzing the histories of the segregated Filipino and Filipino American units of the Second World War and supporting literature that addresses the impacts of colonialism on the colonized, I will analyze aspects of the role of the minority and colonized soldier as a tool of the colonial empire. I argue that the colonial soldier is a paradigm of the United States military and colonial footprint of the country during the Second World War, prior, and up until the present. The perspectives of Orientalism towards minorities, colonialism and how it subjects the oppressed population, and subaltern realities for the oppressed minorities are the factors that make up the experience for the minority and colonized soldier. This thesis analyzes the colonial relations between the United States and the Philippines and the recruitment of colonized soldiers in the Second World War through the recruitment of Filipino American and Filipino soldiers for the war efforts in the global conflict through the historical documents and official United States government stances on the occupation of the Philippines and the Filipino people. Colonial constructions of the Filipino Other are also observed with many ideals and lenses from the work of Edward Said and Orientalism; specifically the relationship between policy/discourse and societal paradigms in which the Filipino culture and existence was otherized and targeted. The concept of the otherization of the Filipino American and Filipino is seen through the interviews conducted with family members detailing the hardship of their experience, the grassroot movements of the Filipino and Filipino American veterans in the plight for acquiring equal veteran status and medical benefits after having them revoked following the Rescission Act of 1946, and the removal of their contributions from the mainstream historical record of the conflict

Improving Support for Non-Japanese Students Bullied in Japan\u27s Elementary Schools

The purpose of this applied study was to solve the problem of bullying for non-Japanese students in an elementary school in Japan and to design strategies, interventions, and training to address the problem. This research study utilized a multimethod approach to investigate the problem of bullying through participant interviews, focus group research, and an online survey in order to identify solutions to the study’s problem. Data analysis strategies involved analyzing transcribed participant responses from interviews and focus group research, coding, and interpreting survey participant data. This research project required the researcher to meet, interview, and survey participants in Japan who shared their experience involving the bullying of non-Japanese students in a Japanese elementary school. Based on the responses and data presented in this study, teacher professional development, program guidelines, curriculum resources, and student support strategies were created to address the research problem

Contract Warranties and Remedies: A Comprehensive Survey of the Creation, Modification and Exclusion of Contract Warranties and Remedies for Attorneys and Contracting Professionals

This article discusses the types of warranties and remedies that are available by contract and by operation of the law. It also discusses how these warranties and remedies can be limited, waived, and excluded by contract language, actions of the parties, and operation of the law

Musculoskeletal stiffness and Achilles tendon mechanical property changes following exercise-induced muscle damage

This thesis investigated the affect of exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) on musculoskeletal stiffness (MSS), Achilles tendon (AT) stiffness and AT strain. Furthermore, this thesis determined the reliability of a protocol used to measure MSS with the aim to apply this protocol in the investigation of the EIMD associated changes in MSS, AT stiffness and AT strain. Three studies were conducted as part of this thesis

Contract Warranties and Remedies: A Comprehensive Survey of the Creation, Modification and Exclusion of Contract Warranties and Remedies for Attorneys and Contracting Professionals

This article discusses the types of warranties and remedies that are available by contract and by operation of the law. It also discusses how these warranties and remedies can be limited, waived, and excluded by contract language, actions of the parties, and operation of the law

PP-strict promotion and BB-bounded rowmotion, with applications to tableaux of many flavors

We define P-strict labelings for a finite poset P as a generalization of semistandard Young tableaux and show that promotion on these objects is in equivariant bijection with a toggle action on B-bounded Q-partitions of an associated poset Q. In many nice cases, this toggle action is conjugate to rowmotion. We apply this result to flagged tableaux, Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns, and symplectic tableaux, obtaining new cyclic sieving and homomesy conjectures. We also show P-strict promotion can be equivalently defined using Bender-Knuth and jeu de taquin perspectives.Comment: 39 pages, 14 figure

The Quantum Computing Business Ecosystem and Firm Strategies

Quantum computing is an emerging technology that promises to revolutionize business and society. Although it is still in its early stages, firms have begun to invest heavily in the technology. In this article, we review some key themes of quantum computing from a business-oriented perspective, and construct a framework of the quantum computing business ecosystem. We also conduct an analysis of the contemporary discourse to identify four general strategies that firms are following as they invest in quantum computing. We refer to these as conventional, options, discovery, and adversarial strategies and describe and offer examples of each

EVALUATING STRENGTH QUALITIES OF ATHLETES USING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JUMP PROTOCOLS

Understanding the relationships between jump assessments may provide information of an athlete’s strength qualities. Elastic Utilisation Ratio (EUR) is calculated between countermovement jump (CMJ) and squat jump (SQJ) height, and is suggested to describe the stretch-shortening cycle ability of an athlete. Yet, knowledge of what constitutes a typical EUR range for an athlete remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to assess jump performance and the EUR of athletes from two sports (soccer and distance runners) using a portable forceplate. SQJ and CMJ heights were highly correlated (r>.90). Linear regression and standard error of estimate statistics were then used to estimate CMJ height and derive an expected EUR range. It was concluded, those athletes outside this predicted EUR range would benefit from specific training

LATERALITY AND ITS EFFECT ON LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS IN MALE SOCCER PLAYERS AND TRACK RUNNERS

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of laterality on lower extremity stiffness in healthy soccer players and track runners. Eight soccer players aged 15 to 17 years, and eight track runners, aged from 18 to 25 years performed a battery of tests (Single and double legged continuous straight and bent-legged jumping, and running) to determine lower extremity musculoskeletal stiffness. All participants were injury free at the time of testing. Statistical tests of the various all kinetic measures revealed that the track runners were asymmetrical in their musculoskeletal performance qualities, whereas, the soccer players displayed symmetry. Future research should examine lower extremity symmetry in an older group of soccer players, and the development of a training program to alter lower extremity stiffness into a typical range