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- Creator:
- Nikolas Paul Bunton
- Description:
- The aim of this thesis is to explore and analyze David Lynch’s films noir through a psychoanalytic lens, predominantly employing Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic theories to dissect and explicate these films. This thesis defines and explores what I call “Lynchian noir”; that is, I make the case that Lynch’s films noir carve out a distinct and idiosyncratic niche in the film noir canon and aesthetic. I make the claim that Lynch’s films noir are a particular offshoot of what some scholars have termed postmodern neo-noir and meta-noir, and that the Lynchian manifestations of postmodern neo- and meta-noir deftly translate the psychological processes of the unconscious mind into powerfully unsettling cinematic experiences. In particular, Lynch’s films noir are cinematic reflections of the unconscious as it attempts to fantasmatically cope with psychic trauma, the distressing enigma of human desire, and the alienating illusion of identity.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Francisco
- Department:
- English
2. Gorge
- Creator:
- Dasha Bulatova
- Description:
- Gorge consists of poetry, prose poetry, and experimental/hybrid-genre pieces that explore obsession, trauma, and memory through personal and historical lenses. A loose narrative framework centers around the archetype of “Mudman,” an anti-hero whose arc follows roughly along the mythological lines of Caliban, Frankenstein’s monster, the golem, and others. His story and the speaker’s relationship with him weave into a fictionalized reimagining of the events of the 1970s and 1980s in Skidmore, Missouri. This rural town was home to Ken McElroy, a man who performed countless robberies and sexual and violent assaults. He was indicted for twenty-one crimes but only convicted of one. Ul1 mately, the story goes, somebody shot and killed McElroy outside of the tavern, in an act described as vigilante justice. Nobody was charged with the killing and it remains “unsolved,” despite 40+ witnesses. This work also contains a “Museum” of found text, mostly sourced online through simple searches of the term “Mudman.”
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Francisco
- Department:
- English: Creative Writing
3. Fly.
- Creator:
- Cook, Erin Lynn.
- Description:
- Fly is a collection of short stories. The title suggests the main thematic element present, that of movement from or desire for some kind of freedom from a person, situation, or mind‐set faced by the characters. Some stories deal with this idea directly, most indirectly. There is also a certain play with the narrative in two of the stories that suggests the idea of flying away from the traditional narrative structure. In “80/20:Fact/Fiction” for example, there is a narrator breaking through the present push of the story frame to expand the narrative into the margins as footnotes. In this story, a discussion of where truth stems from and how it is identified is explored. The story “Bird” also plays with traditional narrative. An outside narrator is telling an unnamed character the more traditional story line. Several stories play with conceptual and physical manifestations allowing the stories to “fly” from the concrete into the abstract.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Fine Arts
- Creator:
- Marg, Klaus Richard.
- Description:
- The VO2 slow component (SC) is a slow, time-dependent rise in VO2 during constant-load exercise exceeding gas-exchange-threshold (GET). Approximately 86% of the VO2 SC reportedly originates from working peripheral muscles, with the remainder originating from the central systems. The effects of caffeine on these systems during heavy exercise are unclear. Metabolic, cardiovascular, respiratory, and electromyographic parameters were evaluated in nine competitive cyclists (VO2max = 57.5 ± 4.9 ml·kg-1·min-1) performing constantload, heavy exercise in control and caffeinated conditions. No effect on muscular activation, arterial pressure, and respiratory exchange ratio was observed. VO2 was ~200 ml/min higher (p < .05) throughout exercise in the caffeinated states, with no interaction (p > .05) relative to time (i.e., no effect on VO2 SC). Elevated VO2, in the absence of any other treatment effects, suggests that caffeine during heavy exercise may up-regulate metabolic processes related to cyclic AMP triggered by elevated catecholamines.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Kinesiology
5. A Correlational Study Between Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction Within Flowserve Corporation
- Creator:
- Viramontes, Alejandro and Raygoza, Cesar J.
- Description:
- This study’s main objective was to demonstrate a correlation between job satisfaction and the two main leadership styles, transformational, and transactional for Flowserve Corporation’s operation department in the seal division for North America. The study also took a deeper dive into the data to find the overall perception of leadership styles from an employee standpoint. The same observation was done with job satisfaction levels in North America. Additionally, demographics were also statistically analyzed against job satisfaction. The data collection was executed with a questionnaire using the simple random method. The questionnaire comprised of demographical questions, the Minnesota Satisfactory Questionnaire (MSQ), and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) that was sent to the targeted population via email. The data was collected via Microsoft Form and statistically analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The study results illustrated a statistically positive relationship between job satisfaction and all attributes of transformational leadership. Furthermore, there was a negative correlation between job satisfaction and transactional leadership attributes except for contingent rewards and management by exception (active). The overall perception of leadership was transactional leadership, which correlated to overall low job satisfaction levels for the operations team. The study also found that specific demographics did not have a factor in job satisfaction.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate project
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Department:
- Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
- Creator:
- Villanueva, Matthew Gaston.
- Description:
- Purpose: Ten resistance-trained subjects participated in an investigation aimed to examine the impact of creatine loading with acute caffeine ingestion (CC) on upper body muscular strength (MS) and the associated neuromuscular function (NF). Methods: MS was determined from the number of repetitions completed in the supine bench press (SBP) with a load equivalent to 87.5% of a previously predicted 1 repetition maximum (RM). NF during the SBP sets was evaluated from surface electromyographic (EMG) records obtained from the right long head of the triceps brachii (TRI) and the right pectoralis major (PM) muscles. From these records, the median power frequency (MedPF), mean power frequency (MeanPF), and EMG signal amplitude scores (IEMG) were derived. Results: Paired Sample T-tests revealed no significant difference (p > 0.05) in the number of repetitions completed, MedPF, MeanPF, and IEMG scores between CC and PL treatments. Conclusions: CC supplementation does not seem to significantly affect upper body muscular performance, as well as the frequency, type, and magnitude of motor unit activation during periods of short-term, high-intensity resistance exercise.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Kinesiology
- Creator:
- Bright, Ronna.
- Description:
- Although the prevalence rate of intimate partner violence in LGBT+ relationships is similar to that found in heterosexual relationships, specific services for LGBT+ victims of intimate partner violence are relatively unavailable. In response to the social context and multiple unique barriers experienced by an LGBT+ victim seeking assistance, services must be specific and culturally competent. A qualitative study of interviews with LGBT+ specific intimate partner violence service providers in California, along with a focus group of LGBT+ community members in the Central Valley, was conducted. The perceptions of LGBT+ community members were analyzed regarding the context in which intimate partner violence occurs and the barriers to accessing services by LGBT+ persons, particularly those in the Central Valley. A comparative analysis was conducted in terms of the types of program elements utilized by LGBT+ specific and sensitive intimate partner violence service providers. Recommendations were made for future research and for culturally competent frameworks for service design and delivery.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Social Work Education
- Creator:
- Scheid, Liz.
- Description:
- As a new mother, I chase the illusion of permanence, but I continue to find myself living in a world of transition—where everything collides at once— memory, dream, reality and imagination. As I result, I’m constantly rethinking truth and meaning from different perspectives. Please join me in this collection as I explore different tensions, such as; between intellect and physicality, trying new perspectives, navigating through different dimensions in an attempt to find meaning, truth, and clarity through human experiences: love, loss, death, life, relationships, and birth.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Fine Arts
- Creator:
- Grewal, Navjot.
- Description:
- A qualitative study was conducted with five Punjabi women from a community in Central California to explore their experiences with depressive symptoms, their coping strategies, and their views on seeking help. Data were gathered using an interview guide form that outlined depressive symptoms with follow-up questions to elicit in-depth information. The researcher found that the women experienced at least two of the depressive symptoms. Prayer, faith, and meditation were utilized by three of the women as coping strategies. All five women also discussed having a support system they could turn to for dealing with their symptoms. They gave insight into the reasons why women from the Punjabi community would not seek help for their symptoms, including stigmatization, roles as protectors of their culture in a new country, and lack of education about symptoms. The women suggested a strong support system to assist other women in coping with depressive symptoms. The researcher found the role of the Punjabi woman as an important factor in coping with depressive symptoms, in that these women viewed their roles as wives and mothers as necessary in coping with the stresses of living in a new country.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Social Work Education
- Creator:
- Lim, Dianne Yenni.
- Description:
- It is widely believed that particulate matter (PM) present in ambient air is responsible for a variety of health effects. The presence of quinones in ambient air has been suggested as a possible cause for the detrimental effects on human health. Because of the high levels of pollution, it is important to determine the level of exposure and the corresponding health effects of quinones. Limited research has been performed using biomarkers but despite their complexity, they show great promise for measuring personal exposure. In this study, animals were exposed to quinones through injection or ingestion for varying periods of time. Quinones were successfully detected in animal urine with general increases in quinone concentration with exposure. Five quinones were detected in the urine of human subjects.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fresno
- Department:
- Chemistry