Petticoat Gunboats : The Wartime Expansion of Confederate Women\u27s Discursive Opportunities Through Ladies\u27 Gunboat Societies

This study represents a feminist historiographical recovery of the discursive practices of Confederate women in Ladies\u27 Gunboat Societies in the Civil War South, with particular attention to the rhetoric of club formation, epistolary writing, and networking through national newspapers. A turn toward an examination of process-oriented rhetoric as supported in the work of Andrea Lunsford and Robin Jensen provides a robust framework for the methodology of recovery of non-traditional rhetorical texts in this project. As we explore these process-oriented texts, we discover the material motives Confederate women had for contributing to the war effort in an unprecedented way: the construction of weapons of war. This thesis also discusses the mantle of virtuous nationalism and Republican Motherhood Confederate women appropriated in order to participate in new public and political discursive territory. Contrary to some historiographers\u27 view that these discursive breakthroughs were only temporary and that Southern women did not hold the discursive gains allowed during war time, this thesis maintains that new important gains gave Southern women new rhetorical skills that they would use in the formation of postbellum organizations like Ladies\u27 Memorial Associations

Negotiating Common Ground in Computer-Mediated Versus Face-to-Face Discussions

To explore the impact of the communication medium on building common ground, this article presents research comparing learner use of reception strategies in traditional face-to-face (FTF) and in synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC).Reception strategies, such as reprises, hypothesis testing and forward inferencing provide evidence of comprehension and thus serve to establish common ground among participants. A number of factors, including communicative purpose or medium are hypothesized to affect the use of such strategies (Clark & Brennan, 1991). In the data analysis, I 1) identify specific types of reception strategies, 2) compare their relative frequencies by communication medium, by task, and by learner and 3) describe how these reception strategies function in the discussions. The findings of the quantitative analysis show that the medium alone seems to have little impact on grounding as indicated by use of reception strategies. The qualitative analysis provides evidence that participants adapted the strategies to the goals of the communicative interaction as they used them primarily to negotiate and update common ground on their collaborative activity rather than to compensate for L2 deficiencies

Artificial Intelligence, Personal Identity, and Self-awareness.

In my paper, I will discuss how modern artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to gain self-awareness through a developmental phase. The developmental phase starts at the AI’s creation. The phase is developed and refined the more it interacts with humans. The first section will consist of the history of AI. The history section will include Alan Turing, a computer scientist that introduces the Turing Test, also known as the Imitation Test, which is a test that was created to determine if computer systems could gain intelligence I will also provide a definition of self-awareness, consciousness, and intelligence in relation to this topic. Finally, this, presentation will address the debate involving the possibility that AI could gain thought and consciousness by examining the difference between the two terms. It will examine the connection between thinking and consciousness. In conclusion I will connect the previously mentioned evidence to present an argument of why A.I. can possess self-awareness

The Crucial Role Religion Played in the Conquests of Alexander the Great

Religion in the ancient world was a very important factor in every aspect of life. It was even more pronounced in the life and campaigns of Alexander the Great. He ensured that he was not only doing enough to keep the gods appeased but he sacrificed above and beyond what was normally done even by a king. The religious aspect of his life strengthened his campaigns as well as his empire and seemed to greatly aid Alexander. Alexander would have to have been very aware of the good consequences his actions in regards to his religion and religious practices would have had with his followers and the people he conquered. He eventually conquered much of the known world and created a massive empire with very loyal followers. This paper discusses the fact that it was eventually generally accepted that Alexander the Great was a demi-god, descended from Zeus. A lot of what he did in his life seemed to be in order to prove this to his followers, and maybe to himself. Not to mention, his conquests seemed to back him up as a demi-god. Alexander claimed to have done not only as much, but more than gods such as Dionysus. He also firmly believed himself to be on a quest from the gods and that he was to, as it says in Plutarch, “bring the whole world together as its governor and arbiter.” This being said, Alexander treated the people who he conquered exceptionally well. He let them continue to practice their religion and even himself sacrificed to the gods of the people he conquered. Alexander was continuously making very public sacrifices to the gods so people knew his devotion to them and assumed that when they conquered yet another land that it was because of his favor with the gods. He made these sacrifices before and after battles and just because. These sacrifices included not only regular offering, but also holding religious celebrations and games, appeasing not only the gods, but his people as well. He also made sure that when something good happened, whether it was a major battle or recovering from an illness he would praise the gods

Pigmented fungiform papillae of the tongue: a clinical and histologic description

A 28-year-old man with a history of mycosis fungoides presented for evaluation of multiple dark-brown macules and hyperpigmented dome-shaped papules on the distal tongue. A shave biopsy of the tongue revealed melanin pigment in the basal keratinocytes and melanophages in the lamina propria, consistent with pigmented fungiform papillae of the tongue. Relevant clinical and histologic features of this diagnosis are reviewed

SONDER: Exploration of the Relationship between Digital Media and Graphic Design through the Creation of Print and Digital Publications

Sonder is an exploration of the relationship between digital media and graphic design through the creation of print and digital publications. At it’s very foundation, Sonder is a travel magazine with both a physical print publication and a digital publication designed for a tablet. It includes photography, articles, poetry, and travel tips. The print and the digital versions contain the same content, but explore different methods of presentation

Spiritual Well-Being And Coping In Women With Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among American women, with 180,000 new cases reported each year. The physiological, emotional, and spiritual challenges of the disease can be awesome. The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine if there was a relationship between spiritual well-being and coping in women with breast cancer. The theoretical framework which guided the research was the Neuman Systems Model. The research hypothesis for the study was there will be a significant positive correlation between spiritual wellbeing and coping in women with breast cancer. Using a convenience sample of 31 women between the ages of 30 and 7 5 years who had a diagnosis of breast cancer, data were collected using Paloutzian and Ellison\u27s Spiritual Well- Being Scale, the Jalowiec Coping Scale, and a researcherdesigned demographic questionnaire. Statistical analysis using Pearson product-moment correlation did not reveal a significant positive correlation between spiritual wellbeing and total coping use and helpfulness. The research hypothesis was rejected. Additional findings revealed that the primary coping styles utilized by women with breast cancer were optimistic and supportant. A positive iii correlation emerged between religious well-being and total spiritual well-being and the use of the supportant coping style. Total spiritual well-being as well as religious well-being and existential well-being were positively correlated with the helpfulness of the optimistic and supportant coping styles. A negative correlation was found between religious and total spiritual well-being and the fatalistic coping style usage and between religious wellbeing and fatalistic coping style helpfulness. Participants cited faith in God and love from friends and family as the two major influential factors in helping them to cope with the diagnosis of breast cancer. The researcher concluded that the styles most utilized by and helpful to women with breast cancer were the optimistic and supportant coping styles. Recommendations for nursing education included incorporation of spiritual well-being and coping assessment skills into basic nursing education. Recommendations for research included replication of the study with healthy women and performing a qualitative study on spiritual well-being in women with breast cancer. I