Trade and exchange exerted a powerful force in the historic and protohistoric past of Island Southeast Asian communities. Exchange and interaction are also hypothesized to have played an important role in the spread of new technologies and lifestyles throughout the region during…
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At the beginning of this research project, a number of gaps pertaining to the investigation of interactivity in the current online social environment were highlighted. They can be summarized in terms of inconsistencies in identifying the relationship between structural interacti…
The causes of violent conflicts in Ethiopia in general, and in Gambella in particular, are complex. Critically examining and explaining the causes entails going beyond labelling them solely in terms of one variable, such as 'ethnic conflict‘. The contestation of the study is tha…
The field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has evolved since the 1970s, consequently there now exists a group of adults with cerebral palsy (CP), in the UK, who are life-time users of AAC prescribed as an intervention for their complex communication impairment…
This thesis aims to model the effects of interaction and buckling upon pairs of micro-shells embedded within an elastic medium under far field hydrostatic pressure. This analysis is motivated by the role shell buckling plays in the nonlinear nature of the pressure relative volum…
Background: Semantic dementia occurs as part of the frontotemporal dementia spectrum of conditions and presents with a progressive and striking receptive and expressive communication disorder. Studies thus far have generally concentrated on quantitative assessment of cognition a…
The objectives of this thesis were to explore the effects of receptive individualised live and recorded-music on interactions within participating dyads consisting of a person with dementia who was in their final phase of life (resident), and a person with whom he or she shared …
This thesis introduces the innovative idea of the use of computer games and interactive entertainment by second-and third-age adults, specifically in the area of game content and interaction. This form of entertainment and technologies has become varied recently, with increased …
This dissertation examines cultural process: the nature of regional interaction in the ancient world. Although ceramics as chronological markers have been emphasized in studies of early complex societies, they also help define cultural and interaction spheres. Traditionally, dec…
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Turkish female science teachers' gender-related beliefs and those teachers' corresponding interaction with their male and female students. The data was collected from five different sources: Surveys, interviews, ob…
Christianity in Egypt is an interactive kiosk application focusing on Christian Holy Places since the Journey of the Holy Family into Egypt to the Present Day. It covers four main topics: Places visited by the Holy Family; Places of famous Saints; Churches; Monasteries. In my de…
The purpose of this dissertation was to argue that the crisis of Jewish Christians in Rome has correlation with the Christology which is developed in Hebrews. Through a critical reading, three observations were made about the community of Hebrews. Despite an alternate view regar…
Some states are unable to meet the requirements of court-mandated education of law enforcement staffs to facilitate a rehabilitative environment for inmates. This comparative case study used equivalency theory to compare and contrast the instructor's perspective of student learn…
In this qualitative research study, the author investigated the pragmatic experiences of five Saudi graduate students as they were pursuing their Master's degrees in English in one American university. The author used narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) to co-construc…
This dissertation argues that the discourse of epistemic injustice and Julia Kristeva’s oeuvre offer important insights into disability oppression, and that interaction is a promising form of resistance. “Interaction” as used here, is a term adopted from both Kristeva and José M…
This dissertation examines three contemporaneous religious philosophers active in early modern South Asia: Muhibb Allah Ilahabadi (d. 1648), Madhusudana Sarasvati (d. 1620-1647), and the Safavid philosopher, Mir Findiriski (d. 1640/1). These figures, two Muslim and one Hindu, we…
Following the development of technology, the video game industry keeps rising rapidly year by year. This growth reflects the increasing market and popularity of playing video games, and attracts more players to boost the population of gamers. Also, playing video games has been p…
Though the United States has a storied history of protest since its founding, critics of protests often ask if they inspire meaningful, empirical change. Protests and the desire to create for social good inspire many artists and designers. Energized by the Black Lives Matter mov…
Depression increases the risk of suicide death and non-fatal suicide attempt. Between 2 - 6% of persons with depression will die by suicide and 25 - 31% of persons with depression will make a non-fatal suicide attempt during their lifetime. Despite the strong association between…