Current research shows the numerous benefits of music therapy techniques within hospice settings. However, there is little research to show us how often these techniques are differentiated or employed within hospice settings. The purpose of this study is to examine how music therapists working in the hospice field apply music therapy techniques and how their education has prepared them to do so. A web-based survey was sent out via email to the 82 hospice music therapists who were members of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Only 39 of these music therapists completed the survey, a return rate of 49%. Respondents reported the most commonly employed music therapy technique to be validation. They also indicated that they felt most prepared to use patient instrument play based on education emphasis in their college coursework. Musical repertoire building was shown to be the most helpful aspect of the music therapy curriculum that applied to clinical hospice practice. Survey results indicated a high demand for more curricular emphasis on the techniques of bereavement and grief counseling. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Music Therapy. / Spring Semester, 2012. / November 21, 2011. / End-of-life, Hospice Education, Hospice Music Therapy, Hospice Music Therapy Curriculum, Music Therapy Education / Includes bibliographical references. / Jayne M. Standley, Professor Directing Thesis; Clifford Madsen, Committee Member; Dianne Gregory, Committee Member; Alice-Ann Darrow, Committee Member.

Family and romantic relationships have been linked to both mental and physical health outcomes. Previous research has lacked attention on precise pathways by which these associations occur and continue to use predominately White, middle-class, nuclear families as the basis of study. The Biobehavioral Family Model (BBFM) is a biopsychosocial approach to health that integrates family emotional climate, biobehavioral reactivity (emotion dysregulation), and physical health outcomes into a comprehensive model. The present study was conducted to examine the ability of the BBFM to explain connections between family processes and health for primarily uninsured, low-income adult primary care patients. Patient participants (ages 18-65 years) self-reported their family functioning, romantic relationship satisfaction, anxiety, depression, alcohol use, illness symptoms, and physical well-being (n = 125). Data were also collected from patient medical charts. Separate models using family functioning (Model 1) and romantic relationship satisfaction (Model 2) as measures of family emotional climate were tested using path analyses and bootstrapping. Results demonstrated support for the BBFM in explaining health quality for this sample. Applying the BBFM to diverse primary care patients demonstrates pathways by which family processes affect the mental and physical health of these individuals. Recommendations for future research and clinical implications are discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Family and Child Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2012. / March 28, 2012. / Depression, Family functioning, Physical health, Primary Care, Underserved Patients / Includes bibliographical references. / Wayne Denton, Professor Directing Dissertation; Robert Glueckauf, University Representative; Lenore McWey, Committee Member; Ann Mullis, Committee Member.

In his relatively brief musical career, French-Swiss composer Richard Dubugnon has written orchestral, solo, and chamber works for most instruments and voice types. His symphonic compositions have been performed by such prestigious American orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He has written pieces for acclaimed soloists and recording artists, including oboist Nicholas Daniel and violinist Janine Jansen. Despite these recent successes, his exposure has been mostly restricted to the European market. In the last five years, however, Dubugnon has gained momentum as a composer in the United States. Although he has experienced increased popularity with American conductors and musicians, there is relatively little known about him, his musical philosophy, and his compositional process. The majority of Dubugnon's catalog for woodwind instruments has been composed for the oboe. He has written three pieces for oboe thus far:Cinq Masques, Op. 10 (1995) for solo oboe,Canonic Verses, Op. 16 (1996) for oboe, oboe d'amore, and English horn, andMikroncerto III, Op. 37 (2005) for oboe d'amore, basset clarinet, and piano. Considering his overall compositional output and relatively short career as a composer, his catalog has produced a significant contribution to the solo and chamber repertoire of the oboe family. This treatise examines the life of Richard Dubugnon and his works for oboe, oboe d'amore, and English horn, with the purpose of bringing to light his compositions' significance within the general oboe repertoire. This paper will outline Dubugnon's compositional techniques, use of nonmusical media his composition of musical elements, and treatment of extended techniques in his solo and chamber works. This will be accomplished through extensive musical analysis, and a performance guide will be provided where applicable. / A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music. / Spring Semester, 2012. / March 13, 2012. / concerto, Dubugnon, English horn, masks, oboe, oboe d'amore / Includes bibliographical references. / Eric Ohlsson, Professor Directing Treatise; Richard Clary, University Representative; Deborah Bish, Committee Member; Jeffrey Keesecker, Committee Member.

Statistical theories have long been the impetus for research within studies of sport. This is likely due to the abundance of data in sport. This thesis introduces a statistical theory known as Simpson's Paradox wherein an apparent correlation of variables is reversed when the variables are combined. Simpson's Paradox has been the focus of studies involving sports such as basketball and baseball due to the strong presence of statistics in each respective sport. Building on the previous research, this thesis examines the prevalence of Simpson's Paradox in professional tennis. Overtly, this thesis attempts to identify tennis matches from specified tournaments where cases of Simpson's Paradox are present. A match is considered an instance of Simpson's Paradox when a player wins more points than his opponent but loses the overall match. Data from sanctioned tennis tournaments over the course of 21 years will be used to investigate cases of Simpson's Paradox on the point level. Finding instances of Simpson's Paradox within the data set may provide insight to incentives and strategy in tennis. Specifically, a player may exert less effort in select situations such as returning serve if he believes he will have a better chance of winning the overall set or match. Analyzing a data set of over 55,000 individual tennis matches, I find that roughly 5% of matches exhibit Simpson's Paradox. The results provide an opportunity for gambling related activity to profit from the unique scoring system utilized in tennis. Governing bodies need to be aware of betting-related corruption that has become increasingly popular in sports in order to protect and maintain the integrity of tennis. While (sub)-conscious incentive effects may explain instances of Simpson's Paradox, the unique best of N nature of tennis' scoring system primarily drives my results. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Sport Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2012. / June 28, 2012. / Best of N, Gambling, Governing Bodies, Simpson's Paradox, Tennis / Includes bibliographical references. / Ryan Rodenberg, Professor Directing Thesis; Yu Kyoum Kim, Committee Member; Michael Mondello, Committee Member.

This thesis aims at theoretical and computational modeling of the continuum dislocation theory coupled with its internal elastic field. In this continuum description, the space-time evolution of the dislocation density is governed by a set of hyperbolic partial differential equations. These PDEs must be complemented by elastic equilibrium equations in order to obtain the velocity field that drives dislocation motion on slip planes. Simultaneously, the plastic eigenstrain tensor that serves as a known field in equilibrium equations should be updated by the motion of dislocations according to Orowan's law. Therefore, a stress- dislocation coupled process is involved when a crystal undergoes elastoplastic deformation. The solutions of equilibrium equation and dislocation density evolution equation are tested by a few examples in order to make sure appropriate computational schemes are selected for each. A coupled numerical scheme is proposed, where resolved shear stress and Orowan's law are two passages that connect these two sets of PDEs. The numerical implementation of this scheme is illustrated by an example that simulates the recovery process of a dislocated cubic crystal. The simulated result demonstrates the possibility to couple macroscopic(stress) and microscopic(dislocation density tensor) physical quantity to obtain crystal mechanical response. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Scientific Computing in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester, 2011. / November 7, 2011. / crystal plasticity, dislocation, dislocation density tensor, dislocation evolution equation / Includes bibliographical references. / Anter El-Azab, Professor Directing Thesis; Tomasz Plewa, Committee Member; Xiaoqiang Wang, Committee Member.

The dissertation studies the Chinese film censorship after the Cultural Revolution in 1976 and its impacts on Chinese cinema. I propose a new definition for censorship by arguing that censorship, as an integral part of hegemony, rules art works not only by repressing, but also by producing its own discourse that influences the authors, artworks and the public opinions. Based on the new definition, I study the scope, efficacy, mechanism of censorship and its impact on the subject being censored. Then the dissertation reviews the changes in Chinese film censorship after the Cultural Revolution. I argue that the Chinese film censorship after 1976 undertakes a new task of defending the CCP's ideological governance and ensuring the development of Chinese film industry. The censorship's new objective determines the outlook of Chinese cinema. After that, the dissertation examines the impact of Chinese film censorship on Chinese cinema with three case studies, including films concerning politically sensitive topics, the state sponsored leitmotif film and the entertainment film exemplified by the Chinese wuxia, or the action film. In the concluding chapter, the dissertation predicts the future direction of Chinese film censorship by analyzing some of the latest changes in Chinese film industry. / A Dissertation submitted to the Program in Humanities in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2012. / April 27, 2012. / censorship, china, hegemony, repression, the Cultural Revolution / Includes bibliographical references. / Feng Lan, Professor Directing Dissertation; Sumner Twiss, University Representative; William Cloonan, Committee Member; Linda Saladin-Adams, Committee Member.

In wireless LANs, a packet may be received correctly for the most part but contains only a few errors. Such packets are usually referred to as partial packets. The current 802.11 standard will retransmit the entire packet even if the packet only contains a small amount of errors. Much effort has been invested recently in repairing partial packet without retransmitting the entire packet; the existing repair methods include correcting the errors with an error correction (EC) code or retransmitting the corrupted parts of the packet. We revisit this problem and propose UNITE, a software-only system for more efficient partial packet recovery. UNITE is motivated by the following motivations. First, the repair methods, i.e., the EC-based and block-based, are not mutually ex- clusive and can be combined to achieve higher performance. Second, we propose an error estimator referred to as AMPS, which can estimate the number of errors in a partial packet and provide key information for partial packet recovery, such infor- mation were not available in previous work. Third, the existing EC-based methods assume the CPU usage is not a constraint, while our experiments show that the CPU usage can be extremely high in many cases such that a recovery scheme that works under a CPU usage constraint is needed. Fourth, power is another system resource that can be over-consumed by repair methods, and a recovery scheme considering the power consumption is important to power sensitive devices, such as smartphones and tablets. UNITE employs multiple repair methods to best match the channel condition while considering the CPU and power constraints. Different repair methods have different pros and cons: retransmission does not consume CPU time but is more vulnerable to random errors; error correction consume CPU time but is more resilient to random errors. By supporting multiple repair methods, UNITE is more flexible than existing schemes. In addition, UNITE proposes a third repair method, referred to as Targeted Error Correction (TEC), which first locates the corrupted blocks and then uses an error correction code to correct the errors in such corrupted blocks. Compared with block-based retransmission, TEC requires less repair data and is more resilient to random errors. Compared with the packet level error correction, TEC also requires less repair data and consumes less CPU time for decoding. UNITE uses AMPS as the error estimator to determine the number of errors in a packet such that it is able to make intelligent decisions on packet recovery. An error estimator can roughly tell the number of errors in a packet which can be used to determine which repair method is the most efficient. The overhead introduced by AMPS is only 8 bytes per partial packet. In order to reduce the computation complexity, AMPS is implemented according to a simple table lookup. UNITE is a resource-efficient partial packet recovery system that will not over- consume CPU and power. The decoding of the error correction code can use non- trivial CPU time and power because such algorithms are highly complicated. On devices with weaker CPU and battery such as smartphones and tablets, the system resources will become the key constraints. UNITE uses an algorithm to select the best repair method and maximize the link throughput under the specified system resource constraints. UNITE is a software-only solution and can bring immediate benefits. We imple- ment UNITE and AMPS on the MadWifi open source driver; the experimental results confirm that UNITE outperforms all existing methods while consuming the system resources under the specified constraints. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2012. / June 28, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references. / Zhenghao Zhang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Victor DeBrunner, University Representative; Xin Yuan, Committee Member; Zhenhai Duan, Committee Member.

The primacy goal of this thesis was to develop a better understanding of the phenomenon of the human flesh search engine in China. The purpose of the study was to identify and analyze the characteristics of the human flesh search engine from the perspective of group dynamics and group communication. The human flesh search engine was identified here as a temporary online group in which people get together spontaneously to help solve problems mostly through searching for people and calling for justice. With the development of modern internet technology and society, the behavior of the human flesh search engine has become more frequent and is large in scale. Accurate comprehension of this phenomenon might help with directing and utilizing this behavior. Textual analysis was applied to this study to examine selected online postings, mainly in the forums of three major online communities. Qualitative research data consisted of online postings and media reports of the three human flesh search cases- the cat abuse case, the brand name cigarette case, and the most wicked stepmother case, in three online communities - Mop, Tianya and Sina Book Forum in China. These three human flesh search engine cases were analyzed using the concepts of leadership, division of labor and collaborative filtering. The findings indicate that the human flesh search engine accords with some characteristics of online groups, however, it has its own traits - No leaders are pre-assigned to the group, leaders gradually emerge and the first leader appears to be the initiator. Large numbers of people spontaneously collaborate in a short time, and the division of labor makes the group process more efficient. Collaborative filtering influences the integrity and authenticity of the information during the group process. The results of the study can hopefully help us to understand the behavior of the human flesh search engine and to predict and study other online social group and community in future study. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Communication and Information in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / Spring Semester, 2012. / March 27, 2012. / collaborative filtering, division of labor, human flesh search engine, leadership, online community / Includes bibliographical references. / Stephen D. McDowell, Professor Directing Thesis; Jennifer M. Proffitt, Committee Member; Ulla Bunz, Committee Member.

REBa2Cu3O7-&delta (REBCO, RE = rare earth) coated conductor (CC) holds great promise for high field magnet applications owing to its strong irreversibility field (Hirr), low electromagnetic anisotropy (&gamma2), and high critical current density (Jc). The work of this thesis is tightly related to the development of the funded 32 T, all-superconducting magnet project at the ASC/NHMFL. My concern is thus for understanding the optimizing of the working parameters of REBCO CC at low temperatures T, and very high magnetic fields H, focusing on how to enhance Ic and to reduce its angular dependence. Increasing the active cross-section is a direct and economical strategy to enhance the current-carrying capability for REBCO coated conductors. Unfortunately, the high Jc in thin REBCO layers is seldom sustained in thick layers because of difficulties of thick film growth control. In the presence of strong 3D (pin separation far less than film thickness) pins, a high and thickness-independent (Jc) should result. One of major tasks of this thesis is to explore what are the effective strong 3D pins that develop a high and thickness-independent Jc. High and weak thickness-dependent Jc at 77 K is obtained on most recent coated conductors, and BZO nanorods and RE2O3 nanoparticles are identified as strong 3D pins contributing to this respectable Jc performance. At 77 K, we found that the strong pinning of BZO nanorods remains at least up to 9 T, whereas the strong pinning of RE2O3 nanoparticles gradually evolves to weak collective pinning as the irreversibility field is approached. The second principal part of this thesis concentrates on understanding and minimizing the angular dependence of Jc. Our study is based on the following procedure. First, we investigated the angular dependence of Jc (Jc(&theta)) in the working condition of the future 32 T all-superconducting magnet, i.e. 4.2 K and high magnetic field up to 31 T. Our work shows that the low temperature Jc(&theta) is Ginzburg-Landau-like at low fields and cusp-like towards the ab-plane at high fields. More interestingly, the typically observed Jc c-axis peak of BaZrO3 nanorods (BZO)-containing REBCO at high temperatures disappears at T &le 40 K. We observed that Jc(H||c) follows well a power law with exponent &alpha &approx 0.5 for coated conductors without BZO nanorods and &alpha &approx 0.7 for coated conductors containing BZO nanorods. More importantly, BZO-containing coated conductors show higher and broader Jc(&theta) at least up to 31 T, which is strongly beneficial to high field magnet applications. Finally, we performed Jc(&theta) study over a broad temperature domain, 4.2 K to Tc and magnet fields up to 31 T. We found that weak uncorrelated pinning dominates the low temperature Jc. It raises and broadens Jc in the full angular range. We conclude that BZO nanorods induce dense random defects, like oxygen vacancies, atomic disorder etc., which can exert a large pinning effect at low temperatures where thermal fluctuations are small. Near the ab-plane there is clear evidence for strong correlated defects, which we deduce is due to intrinsic pinning by the Cu-O charge reservoir layers The last section discusses the pinning design relevant to coated conductors. Two types of thin films made by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with well designed defects were studied: one shows Y2O3 precipitates and a high strain which also generates dense point pinning; the second one presents dense stacking faults. The main conclusion is that Jc(&theta) can be modulated by tailoring the strain introduced by the mismatch between second phases and REBCO layer. Intrinsic pinning governs Hirr(H||ab), and stacking faults govern Jc(H||ab) and enhance Hirr(H||ab) at T &ge 40 K. The thesis contains 8 chapters. The first chapter introduces the background and motivation of this work. Chapter 2 presents thickness dependence of Jc studies. Chapter 3 through chapter 6 present Jc(H, T, &theta) characterization and pinning studies on REBCO coated conductors. Chapter 7 presents the pinning mechanisms found in PLD thin films grown with designed pinning structures. The summary and future work is presented in chapter 8. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2012. / June 18, 2012. / angular dependence, coated conductor, critical current density, high field magnet, superconductivity, thickness dependence / Includes bibliographical references. / David Larbalestier, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jan Jaroszynski, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; James Brooks, University Representative; Eric Hellstrom, Committee Member; Steven Van Sciver, Committee Member.

The effect of N-methyl Morpholine N-Oxide (NMMO), 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate ([Emim]Ac) and 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium diethyl phosphate ([Emim]DEP) on pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of dissolving pulp was studied. X-ray diffraction measurements of regenerated cellulose from these solvents showed that solvent pretreatment reduces the crystallinity of cellulose. However, crystallinity might not be a major factor affecting the in-situ enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose in these solvents. Although regenerated cellulose from [Emim]DEP showed the lowest crystallinity index (~15%), in-situ enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose dissolved in NMMO showed the highest cellulose conversion (68% compared to 65% for [Emim]Ac and 37% for [Emim]DEP at enzyme loading of 122 FPU/g). Moreover, results showed that enzymes could tolerate up to NMMO concentration of 100 g/L and still yield full conversion of cellulose. Since it is not necessary to remove all the NMMO, less amount of water will be required for the washing step and thus the process will be more economical. The HCH-1 model was used in an attempt to model the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose in NMMO. With the incorporation of NMMO inhibition and a factor to account for unreacted cellulose, the model was able to correlate the experimental data of the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose (6.68 g/L) at various NMMO concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150 and 250 g/L). However, the experimental results also suggest that NMMO might be deactivating the enzymes rather than inhibiting them. More studies need to be done at varying cellulose, NMMO and enzyme concentrations to find the exact nature of this deactivation of NMMO. / A Thesis submitted to the Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Science. / Summer Semester, 2012. / April 23, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references. / Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Professor Directing Thesis; John Collier, Committee Member; John Telotte, Committee Member; Eric Hellstrom, Committee Member.