Recording of Edgar Guzman's 11.09.01. This is a work for electronics and was written as an homage to the victims of 9/11. It includes various sound samples from radio and TV broadcasts as well as fragments from Mozart's 'Lacrimosa'. The composer has included a recommended speaker layout in which all 8 channels are surrounding the audience in a circle.

Recording of Tae Hong Park's Aboji. This work is a companion piece to "Omoni", both works being composed originally for two channel playback and subsequently for eight channels. The sound samples used in this composition are mostly speech, environmental, synthesized, and processed sounds that were a result of numerous interviews with various individuals.

Recording of Peter De Moncey-Conegliano's Abstract n° X. The composer describes this work as an abstract mindscape based on a distantly experienced reality. The basic materials are sounds the composer recorded in China.

Recording of Shinchi Morita's Akashiya. This work derivied from collected sounds from the composer's home, these sounds were processed and constructed via computer.

In the new generation of artists emerging in South Africa, Alexander Johnson is considered the most prolific young composer of his day. In a recent review in the Pretoria News, Johnson has been praised by eminent critic Paul Boekkooi as a composer who has “an ear for the exotic and knows exactly how to bring it off....” He continued by noting that his music is “mentally engrossing, pleasurable to the senses and seems refreshingly free from dogmatic formulas." Johnson writes for musicians and the general public to equal satisfaction. His accessible compositions and catching use of melodic materials have made his writings very popular both in South Africa and abroad. During his residency in Belgrade in 1993-94, Johnson met Croatian pianist Dorian Leljak. Impressed with Johnson's compositional ideas and output, Leljak commissioned a work from Johnson for piano and orchestra. The result was the Niš Concerto, which Johnson completed in April 1994. The world premiere took place on June 23, 1994 with the Niš Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anatoli Nowiestski with Dorian Leljak as soloist. The Niš Concerto received its South African premiere in 1995 during a simultaneous celebration for “Europe Day” and the new democracy of the Republic of …

Recording of Konstantinos Karathanasis' Allegoriae sonantes. This piece is based on sounds derived from a grand piano by a small copper bar. The composer felt that this piece held something allegoric to it, something beyond its sonic nature, and attempted to explore that idea through the sound.

Recording of Paolo Besagno's Allegro Moderabile. This work consists of train sounds and the voice of the composer's grandpa, to whom the piece is dedicated. The composer states that this work is a short story of a man who has spent 40 years of his life watching his country through the windows of a train. The title of the work is the combination of musical term, Allegro, and the Italian word, moderabile, which refers to a train's braking system.

Recording of Eric Mulard's Alphamega. This work was produced in 2001 as part of "The Open Work on the Creation of the World", proposed by the IMEB. This work represents the birth of speech by using articulated language to showcase the alphabet.

By conducting sound research to understand the concepts surrounding rioting and efficient riot response tactics, professionals, especially whose main job is to ensure the tranquility in the society, will be better prepared to deal with all kinds of civil movements. The purpose of this study, consequently, is to meet the growing need for educational materials in this area and to provide riot response case studies, which demonstrate the numerous administrative challenges faced by law enforcement decision makers. In this study, seven major riots from throughout the United States are discussed including the Hay Market Riot of 1886, the Watts Riot of 1965, and Los Angeles Riots of 1992. Each riot case is studied in five different and independent stages: the setting and pre-disturbance situation, basic causes of the event, the disturbance situation, the response to the riot, and the aftermath of the incident. The study of all of these stages is intended to help police administrators acquire a general perspective on collective violence, and help them prevent future occurrences in their jurisdictions. In this thesis a special reference is given to the deficiencies of American riot policing and some recommendations were formed accordingly. Therefore, the study concludes with a list …

The principal investigator (PI) for this study analyzed mean scores on the National Counselor Examination (NCE) of students from CACREP accredited and non- CACREP accredited programs. Data was provided by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc., for a total of ten examination administrations across six years. The fourteen variables examined in the study consisted of the eight common-core knowledge domains identified in CACREP standards, the five counselor work behavior areas identified by NBCC via periodic job analysis of counseling practice, and one overall or total score on the NCE. NCE mean scores of students from CACREP accredited programs were higher than NCE mean scores of students from non-CACREP accredited programs on all variables across all ten NCE administrations. Data seem to indicate that students from CACREP accredited programs perform significantly better on the NCE than students from non-CACREP accredited programs, in all fourteen variables. Sample size was large, totaling 9707, so the PI calculated effect sizes using Cohen's d for each variable to aid interpretation of statistical significance. Five variables had large effect sizes of .70 or higher. The higher effect size statistics were associated with the counselor work behavior areas, with the highest effect size (.85) associated with …

Recording of Catalina Peralta's Ancienne Etude - Introduction. This work is dedicated to the baritone, Guido Ebi, and acts as a reflection on the book "Igitur ou la Folie d'Elbehnon" by Stéphane Mallarmé. This work was commissioned by the Culture Ministry of Colombia.

Recording of Rajmil Fischman's And I think to myself.... This is a work for electronics that was inspired by the song "What a Wonderful World". The idea of the piece comes from the idea of taking a virtual "stroll" through a utopia described by Plato in his book, The Republic. There are three central movements that correspond to the realization of wisdom, courage, and temperance.

Recording of Magdalena Buchwald's Angorum Catena. This is a work for electronics and was commissioned by the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw. This piece is dedicated to Krzysztof Szlifirski.

The use of animal models in research has led to a fierce debate between animal rights activists and scientists. The former claim that little useful information is gained from animal studies and the suffering of animals does not preclude any treatments which may be used to treat human illnesses. Yet, research scientists claim that in vivo animal models are of absolute necessity to developing treatments and cures to disease. To determine the necessity of animal use, one must examine the models currently in research. Have the animal models for disorders such as cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy given scientists enough information to develop effective treatments? This paper will examine the role of animal subjects in several disease research protocols, as well as the applicability of the research.

Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were published more than forty years before the appearance of the feminist type that the Victorians called the “New Woman;” yet, both novels contain characteristics of New Woman fiction. By considering how Brontë's novels foreshadow New Woman fiction, the reader of these novels can re-enact the “gentlest” Brontë as an influential feminist whose ideology informed the construction of the radical New Woman. Brontë, like the New Woman writers, incorporated autobiographical dilemmas into her fiction. By using her own experiences as a governess, Brontë constructs Agnes Grey's incongruent social status and a morally corrupt gentry and aristocracy through her depiction of not only Agnes's second employers, the Murrays, but also the morally debauched world that Helen enters upon her marriage to Arthur Huntingdon in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Moreover, Brontë incorporates her observations of Branwell's alcoholism and her own religious beliefs into The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Although Brontë's novels contain autobiographical material, her heroines are fictional constructions that she uses to engage her readers with the woman question. Brontë accomplishes this engagement through her heroines' narrative re-enactments of fictional autobiographical dilemmas. Helen's diary and Agnes's diary-based narrative produce the …

Recording of Miguel Azguime's O ar do texto opera a forma do som interior. The composer describes this as a sound poetry stage work for a speaker/actor. This piece is made of 4 sections that follow each other without interruption and have the following subtitles: "Ar do Texto" (the Air in the Text), "Formant-Melodies", "Sem Recurso" (Without Resources), and "O Som Interior" (the Inner Sound). Although there are some spoken words in Portuguese, most of the text is meaningless and was written as sound compositions.

Recording of Robert Wright's Arco. This is a work for cello and tape and is based on the saltando technique of bouncing the bow upon the strings. The tape part of the work was constructed from recordings of both a real cello and a software physical model of bow/string interactions.

Recording of Edgardo Hugo Martinez's Arrok. The composer notes the title as being "the primitive sea", the first element of nature in the creation of the cosmic worldview of the Tehuelches, an indigenous community from the south of Argentina.

Recording of Delphine Dupre's L'aube célestre. This work is based off of the theme "starry night" and includes various sampled sequences and mixes. It is composed of two moving pieces that move towards each other from dark to light.

Recording of Robert Andrew Mackay Augustine's Message. This is a work for voice and electronics. It includes samples of text from the book of Romans in the Bible.

Recording of Pierre Alexandre Tremblay's Auto portrait. This work was commissioned by the Rien à voir festival to mark its tenth anniversary and premiered during the Rien à voir concert series presented by Réseaux at Espace GO in Montréal. Like the title suggests, this piece is meant to act as a means for reflection, introspection, and renewed consciousness.

Recording of Pierre Jodlowski's Barbarismes. This work was created for an instrumental ensemble and electroacoustics and was commissioned by l'Ensemble Intercontemporain. The inspiration for this work is the meaning behind the term "barbaric", specifically throughout the Middle Ages. The composer states that this work is divided into three main parts: the Knight, the Fool, and the King.

This study examines barriers limiting access to hospice care for elderly African Americans. Ethnic background plays a critical role in the development of attitudes, beliefs and expectations related to death and issues surrounding hospice care. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers that may limit access to hospice care for African Americans. A questionnaire was administered to 56 elderly African Americans in three religious settings and an African American senior citizens center. The questionnaire was designed to obtain information concerning African Americans' attitudes toward death and dying; religious beliefs; health beliefs; familiarity with hospice and prospective use of hospice. The results of the study indicate a number of barriers in access to hospice care for African Americans including: hospice knowledge barriers; education/outreach barriers; cultural knowledge barriers related to death/dying values; family/social support barriers; hospice organizational/provider barriers; health care organizational/provider barriers; and reimbursement barriers.

Recording of Stelios Giannoulakis' A Beautiful Dream. This composition was created to accompany a video by Jung Chul Hur. The work tries to communicate the memory of love through the lens of a character.