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1. Maack, Thomas L. Device to intra-operatively measure joint stability for total knee arthroplasty.

Degree: MS, Mechanical Engineering, 2008, Ohio State University

► Despite the recognized importance of proper soft tissue balancing during a total… (more)

Subjects: Mechanical engineering

Keywords: soft tissue balancing; total knee arthroplasty; joint stability; stability; instability; laxity

2. MAAHS, JEFF R. MATERNAL RISK FACTORS, EARLY LIFE EVENTS, AND DEVIANT OUTCOMES: ASSESSING ANTISOCIAL PATHWAYS FROM BIRTH THROUGH ADOLESCENCE.

Degree: PhD, Education : Criminal Justice, 2001, University of Cincinnati

► The life-course perspective has been instrumental in exploring relationships between early life… (more)

▼ The life-course perspective has been instrumental in exploring relationships between early life circumstances, childhood problem behaviors, and adolescent and adult offending. This dissertation focuses on three areas that are central to the life-course perspective, (a) the development of childhood antisocial behavior, (b) factors that foster the stability of antisocial behavior, and (c) debate over the existence of multiple routes to delinquency. Particular research questions focus on (a) whether biosocial interactions predict childhood antisocial behavior, (b) whether processes of cumulative continuity account for stability in antisocial behavior, and (c) whether discrete offender groups differ on risk markers for delinquency. This research uses a sample of 1030 individuals from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Mother-Child data set to examine the onset and persistence of antisocial behavior. Negative Binomial regression models reveal no support for the hypothesis that childhood antisocial behavior is the result of an interaction between neuropsychological deficits and structural adversity. Rather, the findings suggest that while both individual differences and structural adversity predict childhood antisocial behavior, these factors operate in an additive, rather than interactive fashion. The analyses focusing on the development of antisocial behavior from childhood to adolescence suggest that both stability and change are evident, and that early antisocial behavior is an insufficient cause of delinquency. Analysis of sub-groups constructed based on their level of antisocial behavior over time revealed some differences (including verbal intelligence and poverty status) between individuals with a history of childhood antisocial behavior (life-course persistent) and those who began offending in adolescent (adolescent limited), but these differences are overshadowed by similarities between the groups. The theoretical and policy implications of this research are discussed. Advisors/Committee Members: Mazerolle, Dr. Paul.

Subjects: Sociology, Criminology and Penology

Keywords: childhood antisocial behavior; delinquency; moffitt; maternal risk

3. Maalouf, Manale W. Structure and Dynamics Influencing Proton Transport in Materials for High Temperature (120 °C) PEM Fuel Cells.

Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2011, Case Western Reserve University

► Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM) constitute a central part of PEM fuel cells.… (more)

▼ Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM) constitute a central part of PEM fuel cells. While acting as an electron insulator and separator of reactants, it is also highly proton conductive. A typical PEMFC operates at 80 °C and high % relative humidity (RH). For a long time, Nafion has served as the ideal membrane for this application because of its favorable mix of properties. However, with the interest in operating PEMFC at elevated temperature (120 °C), Nafion is less suitable due to its reliance on water to facilitate such activity. Therefore, novel perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes have been developed to meet the criteria of high proton conductivity under hot and dry (H & D) conditions. Efforts at 3M resulted in new type of PFSA membranes with low equivalent weight (EW) that are more conductive under H & D conditions. For some compositions, the conductivity of 3M membranes approaches that set by DOE for automotive applications. The first part of the following study aims at understanding the interaction of these membranes with water and how it is able to retain such high conductivity under almost anhydrous conditions. Membrane water sorption behavior and thermodynamics are measured. Moreover, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is used to probe water motion inside membranes of various EW at different length scales. These results are coupled with proton conductivity measurements to reveal that low EW 3M PFSA membrane retains high water mobility at low degrees of hydration. This is influenced by the morphology and structure of such polymers, with a high density of side chains creating a convenient environment for proton mobility even with low water content. Also, in the quest for proton transport facilitator to replace water under H & D conditions in conventional PEM, nitrogenous compounds, mainly 4,5-Dicyano-1,2,3-triazole (DCTz), are investigated. This study attempts to answer several questions about DCTz as a proton transfer mediator. Is it thermally stable at the target temperature of 120 °C? Is it proton conductive? Does it facilitate the proton transfer relay? Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) confirm the thermal stability of DCTz up to 180 °C. FTIR ATR and NMR spectroscopic techniques employed show that DCTz participates in proton exchange process. Advisors/Committee Members: Zawodzinski, Thomas A.

Subjects: Chemical Engineering; Energy

4. Maan, Neeti. i-Nitrite Therapy for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease.

Degree: MS, Biology, 2012, Case Western Reserve University

► Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is a chronic disorder associated with reduced blood… (more)

Subjects: Biology

Keywords: PAD, nitrite, nitric oxide

5. Maarouf, Marwan Younes. XML Integrated Environment For Service-Oriented Data Management.

Degree: PhD, Computer Science and Engineering PhD, 2007, Wright State University

► The proliferation of XML as a family of related standards including a… (more)

▼ The proliferation of XML as a family of related standards including a markup language (XML), formatting semantics (XSL style sheets), a linking syntax (XLINK), and appropriate data schema standards have emerged as a de facto standard for encoding and sharing data between various applications. XML is designed to be simple, easily parsed and self-describing. XML is based on and support the idea of separation of concerns: information content is separated from information rendering, and relationships between data elements are provided via simple nesting and references. As the XML content grows, the ability to handle schemaless XML documents becomes more critical as most XML documents do not have schema or Document Type Definitions (DTDs). In addition, XML content and XML tools are often required to be combined in effective ways for better performance and higher flexibility. In this research, we proposed XML Integrated Environment (XIE) which is a general-purpose service-oriented architecture for processing XML documents in a scalable and efficient fashion. The XIE supports a new software service model that provides a proper abstraction to describe a service and divide it into four components: structure, connection, interface and logic. We also proposed and implemented XIE Service Language (XIESL) that can capture the creation and maintenance of the XML processes and the data flow specified by the user and then orchestrates the interactions between different XIE services. Moreover, XIESL manages the complexity of XML processing by implementing an XML processing pipeline that enables better management, control, interpretation and presentation of the XML data even for non-professional users. The XML Integrated Environment is envisioned to revolutionize the way non-professional programmers see, work and manage their XML assets. It offers them powerful tools and constructs to fully utilize the XML processing power embedded in its unified framework and service-oriented architecture. Advisors/Committee Members: Chung, Soon M.

Subjects: Computer Science

Keywords: Schemaless XML documents, XML Integrated Environment (XIE), XIE Service Language (XIESL), XML processing pipeline, service-oriented computing (SOC).

6. Maas, Jennifer Marie. The German Education System: An Impediment to Integration of Turkish Youths into Society - A Modest Proposal.

Degree: BA, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, 2012, Kent State University Honors College

► The integration of Turks into German society is the central theme of… (more)

Subjects: Demographics; Education; European Studies; Foreign Language; Language Arts; Multicultural Education

Keywords: Germany; Turks; Multiculturalism; Diversity, German Education System; Minorities

7. Maass, John Richard. "A complicated scene of difficulties": North Carolina and the revolutionary settlement, 1776-1789.

Degree: PhD, History, 2007, Ohio State University

► From 1775 to 1783, North Carolina experienced significant challenges and disorders during… (more)

▼ From 1775 to 1783, North Carolina experienced significant challenges and disorders during the course of the Revolutionary War, which profoundly shaped the postwar rebuilding process in the state. Revolutionary North Carolinians were forced to deal with significant problems during the war, particularly that of disaffection within the state. Additionally, financially strapped authorities had to mobilize Continental regiments and field an effective militia force. These were challenges the state was unable to meet adequately during the war. British military successes after 1778 were devastating, taxed North Carolina’s mobilization and logistical capabilities, and intensified Tory hostilities. Moreover, the state had to adopt two invasive expedients to wage war—impressment and the draft—which alienated much of its citizenry and added to the prevalent chaos. The Revolutionary years left North Carolina in a state of physical, financial, social and political disorder by 1783. The war came to influence how Carolinians reconstructed their state throughout the 1780s. The significant level of disaffection within the state ensured that the last few years of the conflict and its aftermath were characterized by retribution and punishment against the loyalists, including banishment and property confiscation. This spirit of revenge led the state to refuse to abide by the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, so that property confiscation and prevention of British debt collection could continue unabated until 1787. The failure to abide by the terms of the treaty strongly suggests a localist outlook, which characterized North Carolina for much of the 1780s. Most Carolinians seem not to have regarded the federal government as necessary for their postwar settlement, and held it in low regard. Adherence to a strong national union would mean approval of the treaty terms and loss of the state’s financially valuable western lands. Many Carolinians came to regard the Continental Congress, and later the Confederation government, as weak and ineffective due to its wartime performance, and thus refused to support North Carolina’s active allegiance to it. In fact, Carolinians ratified the Federal Constitution in 1789, only after the state’s localist self interest was satisfied in terms of land and loyalists. Advisors/Committee Members: Brooke, John.

Subjects: History, United States

Keywords: North Carolina; American Revolution; Nathanael Greene

8. Maaz, Khan. EVASIVE INTERNET PROTOCOL: END TO END PERFORMANCE.

Degree: MS, EECS - Computer and Information Sciences, 2011, Case Western Reserve University

► The current internet architecture allows hosts to send arbitrary IP packets across… (more)

Subjects: Computer Science

Keywords: Capabilities; internet; security; attacks, spoofing; DDoS; Evasive internet

9. Mabe, Isaac Graham. A Probabilistic Assessment of Vertebral Cortical Bone Fracture of Intraosteonal Structures.

Degree: MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2011, Wright State University

► Cortical bone is a porous structure. The presence of these pores creates… (more)

Subjects: Biomedical Engineering

Keywords: Bone Fracture; Probabilistic Fracture; Cortical Bone; Cervical Vertebral Cortical Bone

10. Maberley, Simon Huw. Inter-release.

Degree: MFA, Art, 2000, Ohio State University

► This thesis examines two final works produced for my candidacy in the… (more)

▼ This thesis examines two final works produced for my candidacy in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Ohio State University. The first piece discussed was part of the Inter performance, presented by the Dance and Technology Lab class during the spring quarter 2000. The second piece, Release was a sculpture and performance work for my thesis show at the end of Spring Quarter 2000. This thesis describes both works and renders an analysis and interpretation of the individual works. It also endeavors to provide a correlation between the two pieces and discuss their importance as integral parts of the body of work produced over the course of two years of study.Both these pieces served to readdress concepts my work has engaged for a number of years, while investigating and experimenting with media and techniques to redirect the means by which an audience perceives the discourse I have attempted to invoke.My contribution to the Inter event was a performance exploring physicality and the limits of bodily experience. I tied these notions directly to the vicarious nature of social experience with the aim of indirectly referencing the western cultural relationship to the environment. Contained within, there was also a subtext of reincarnation/cyclical evolution.The final work, Release, was a significant undertaking in terms of physical construction and marked a shift towards engaging female perspectives through conceptual concerns, as well as figurative aspects. Through this work I attempted again to critique the purported values of masculinity yet this time directing the focus towards the explication of my own actions as a representative of my gender.The two pieces that form the focus of this paper, Inter and Release represent a significant part of this redirection and accumulation of experience. And while by no means a definitive reflection of these processes, they represent my own distillation and transfer of this development. Through the description, analysis and interpretation of both works I hope to elaborate on the points I have raised so far and provide a more detailed explanation of my theory and practice. Advisors/Committee Members: Harned, Richard.

11. Mabert, Vincent Anthony. A methodology for work scheduling and labor assignment within a single postal facility.

Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 1973, Ohio State University

Advisors/Committee Members: Ritzman, Larry P.

12. MacArthur, Kelly Rhea. “Doing Gender” in Doctor-patient Interactions: Gender Composition of Doctor-patient Dyads and Communication Patterns.

Degree: MA, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology, 2008, Kent State University

► There are many well documented gender differences in language, but explanations for… (more)

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: sociology; gender; doctor-patient interactions; doing gender

13. Macavei, Diana. A Game Theoretic Approach to the Problem of Determining the Optimal Number of Years of Education.

Degree: MS, Applied Mathematics, 2011, University of Akron

► Higher education leads to higher productivity and thus to higher income. The… (more)

Subjects: Mathematics

Keywords: game theory; government subsidy for education; optimal number of years of education

14. Macbeth, Karen P. The situated achievements of novices learning academic writing as a cultural curriculum.

Degree: PhD, Educational Theory and Practice, 2004, Ohio State University

► Few studies on teaching and learning academic writing consider the tacit assumptions… (more)

▼ Few studies on teaching and learning academic writing consider the tacit assumptions that underlie its conventions (e.g., evidence, argument, plagiarism) or how novices learn them. The prevailing view is that academic writing can be taught explicitly, but for novices it constitutes a curriculum of arcane objects that only make sense to cultural members because they are indexical to unspoken judgments. While we might agree that all curricula are cultural in these ways, how they are has been largely untouched in the literature. The purpose of this study is to show how the conventions of academic writing are cultural by examining the pedagogical practices and competencies that students and teachers must negotiate in order to recognize, assess, and use them. The study draws on a corpus of materials from an intermediate class in basic academic writing for ESL students for an academic quarter. Analysis was informed by readings in naturalistic inquiry in sociology, anthropology, ethnomethodology, and education and focuses on the practical actions of students as they follow their instructions and make sense of their assignments. The study corpus includes videotapes of class sessions, audiotapes of tutorials, and students' written work. The researcher was the instructor of the class. Findings suggest that far from being a one-way transmission of explicit knowledge or skills, learning academic conventions involves on-going, methodic, interpretive work. Furthermore, a paradox emerges wherein learners are required to know already what they are attempting to learn as a condition of making sense of their instruction in how to do it. The paradox gets worked out through a formal curriculum of models, and a learning curriculum of tutorials, where students learn to recognize and practice the unspoken judgments of academic writing. Contrary to prevailing views that academic writing conventions can be taught as a set of skills, this study shows that skills seldom show themselves until a curriculum of judgment is in place. Advisors/Committee Members: Clark, Caroline T.

Keywords: situated learning, academic writing, second language writing, socio-cultural practice, apprenticeship, basic English

15. MacCarthy, Henry W. Cuban Zarzuela and the (Neo)Colonial Imagination: A Subaltern Historiography of Music Theater in The Caribbean.

Degree: PhD, Comparative Arts (Fine Arts), 2007, Ohio University

► Zarzuela is a musical theater genre in which alternating sung and spoken… (more)

▼ Zarzuela is a musical theater genre in which alternating sung and spoken text do not rupture the dramatic action. It originated in Spain during the seventeenth century primarily as a form of court entertainment, however it soon became an effective tool for the consolidation of Spanish colonial power in the Americas. While many of the former Spanish colonies developed native zarzuela genres, Cuba was the only American territory to develop a solid and prolific zarzuela culture with an extensive repertoire. Cuban zarzuela developed and flourished in Cuba between the 1920s and 30s, a few decades after the Spanish relinquished control of the Island. This historical period was marked by pronounced shifts in the country’s political, economic, and cultural sectors. As the country began to define itself as a nation, artists turned back to the colonial experience in search of a national identity. Hence, from its inception Cuban zarzuela has been part of a nationalist project. Even though its structure follows closely that of its Spanish counterpart, Cuban zarzuela is an independent musical theater genre, differentiated from the former by the inclusion of Afrocuban, European and Indocuban performance practices that circulated throughout the Island until the early twentieth century. I position Cuban zarzuela and the themes it explores in the context of what Diana Taylor has labeled ‘scenarios of discovery’ to designate a research paradigm that decenters European modes of knowledge production and transmission in the interpretation of cultural phenomena in the Americas. In doing so, I frame my analysis by locating and exploring the gaps within and among the histories of the Spanish conquest, and the subsequent trajectories of the scenario in the diaspora. My objective is to localize the ways in which zarzuela has been an active participant in discourses of Cuban national identity construction. I conclude my analysis with an exploration of the relationships between zarzuela, cultural memory, and identity formation. Advisors/Committee Members: Peterson, Marina L.

Subjects: Theater

Keywords: Cuban Zarzuela; Zarzuela; Cuban Diaspora; Musical Theater

16. MacCleary, Jared. Foreign Direct Investment in America's Automotive Industry.

Degree: MA, Political Science, 2006, Miami University

► This paper investigates the factors that lead a foreign automaker to invest… (more)

Keywords: FDI; INVESTMENT; Honda; MNCs; FOREIGN; DIRECT INVESTMENT; Incentives

17. MacDade, Lauren S. DIETARY CONTRIBUTION OF EMERGENT AQUATIC INSECTS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR REFUELING IN SPRING MIGRANT SONGBIRDS.

Degree: MS, Natural Resources, 2009, Ohio State University

► Songbirds are faced with exceptional energetic demands during migration, and the ability… (more)

▼ Songbirds are faced with exceptional energetic demands during migration, and the ability to refuel, or gain mass, is imperative to a successful migration. Recent evidence suggests that emergent aquatic insects, and specifically midges (Diptera: Chironomidae), provide an important food resource in the northern Great Lakes region for spring migrant landbirds. Stable-carbon isotopes in breath can be used to infer recent dietary choices, and plasma lipid metabolites can be used to assess refueling performance of migrant songbirds. Using stable-carbon isotope analysis and metabolite profiling, I investigated migrant use of midges and refueling performance in Yellow-rumped Warblers (Dendroica coronata), Magnolia Warblers (D. magnolia), and White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis). My study was conducted in shoreline and inland forest habitat in northwestern Ohio in April-May 2007 and 2008. I found that stable-carbon isotopes varied between shoreline and inland habitats and that dietary composition and refueling performance varied among shoreline sites for Yellow-rumped Warblers, but not the other two migrant songbirds. However, there was no association between dietary composition and refueling performance. Using an information theoretic approach, I found that midge abundance was important in explaining the variation in refueling performance for Yellow-rumped Warblers and White-throated Sparrows, but not for Magnolia Warblers. My findings suggest that in both shoreline and inland forest patches migrant songbirds used a combination of aquatic and terrestrial arthropods, and received energetic benefits from use of these resources. Refueling performance of migrants at small shoreline forest sites was comparable to inland forest sites, despite shoreline forest sites often having very high concentrations of migrant landbirds, and greater potential for resource competition. These findings indicate that conservation and restoration of shoreline and inland forest patches with nearby wetlands is warranted given the high concentrations of migrants that occur in these habitat types and ability of migrant landbirds to successfully refuel. Advisors/Committee Members: Rodewald, Paul.

Subjects: Ecology

Keywords: emergent aquatic insect, refueling performance

18. MacDonald, Elizabeth A. Child Maltreatment: Is There a Correlation Between Child Maltreatment and Delinquency?.

Degree: MS, Department of Criminal Justice, 2010, Youngstown State University

► Children may experience many different types of maltreatment, such as physical abuse,… (more)

▼ Children may experience many different types of maltreatment, such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and in some excessive cases, death. It is estimated that over three million children a year will fall victim to childhood maltreatment. These children are more commonly victimized at the hands of their parents or caretakers then by strangers or family friends. Medical researchers such as DeBellis, et. al., (2002), Teicher (2000, 2002), Widom (1999) and their associates demonstrate that the brain is permanently altered when children are exposed to childhood maltreatment. According to Bandura (1959, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977), Skinner (1953, 1977), and Akers (1966, 1973, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1998), children learn social behavior by observing and imitating models. Again, altering behavior in a negative fashion. Research indicates that children who experience childhood maltreatment in their lifetime are approximately 59% more likely to become involved in delinquent or criminal behavior (Tuell, 2002, p. 2). It has also been shown that abused children also recidivate at a rate of 1.5 times more than children who are not subjected to maltreatment (Thornberry, 1994). Further, in the year 2007, child maltreatment cost U.S. citizens $103.8 billion. This research project examined the correlation between childhood maltreatment and adult criminality / juvenile delinquency through a survey design research project. The survey instrument was given to 500 college age adults and 500 adults currently incarcerated in the Mahoning County Jail in Ohio. The researcher analyzed statistics looking for correlations between the opinions that these two groups, specifically focusing on their beliefs how childhood maltreatment impacts criminality. Results from the study revealed that although the students and inmates had similar beliefs when asked if they believed child abuse created a child to be more apt to become delinquent and the appropriate ages for said topics there was a difference between actual life experiences from students to inmates. The inmates at Mahoning County jail were more likely to report that they had experienced some form of childhood maltreatment than the students at Youngstown State. Advisors/Committee Members: King, Tammy.

Subjects: Criminology

Keywords: criminal justice

19. MacDonald, Laurence Eben. The piano music of Charles-Valentin Alkan.

Degree: MA, Music, 1966, Ohio State University

Advisors/Committee Members: Mixter, Keith E.

Keywords: ALKAN; PIANO; MUSIC; etudes; Bertha; composer

20. MacDonald, Robert L. Rogue State? The United States, Unilateralism, and the United Nations.

Degree: MA, History, 2006, University of Toledo

► The thesis illustrates the disconnect between the benevolent rhetoric and actual U.S.… (more)

Subjects: History, United States

Keywords: United States Foreign Policy; United Nations; Security Council Vetoes

21. MacDonald, Robert L. "A Land without a People for a People without a Land": Civilizing Mission and American Support for Zionism, 1880s-1929.

Degree: PhD, History, 2012, Bowling Green State University

► This dissertation explores the origins of the “special relationship” between the United… (more)

▼ This dissertation explores the origins of the “special relationship” between the United States and Israel and documents the early American support for the Zionist project in Palestine from the late nineteenth century through the Arab uprising in August 1929 and illustrates how the West privileged the Zionist narrative over arguments emphasizing the Palestinian Arab right to self-determination. The question central to this dissertation is how and why the United States came to identify with the Zionist movement during the first half century of Jewish colonization in Palestine. This dissertation focuses on how the Zionists presented their arguments for the Jewish colonization of Palestine to the West in pamphlets, books, speeches, petitions, interviews, and meetings with officials. In the early stages, Zionists and their supporters presented their colonial movement to the Western powers as an extension of the Western civilizing mission, adopting the idealistic rhetoric of benevolent imperialism and the Biblical justifications of earlier settler colonies such as the United States. Zionists presented their movement as congruent with the history of white Americans, essentially characterizing Jewish pioneers and the Jewish colonization of Palestine in such a way so as to remind white Americans of how they understood themselves and their history of settlement, conquest, and expansion. Consequently, Zionists and white Americans understood the indigenous population of Palestine as congruous with Native Americans, which simply compounded the already negative attitude Americans often exhibited toward Islam and the peoples of the Orient. The Jewish colonization of Palestine began during the final stage of the U.S. conquest of Native Americans, and white Americans justified the removal, expropriation, and extermination of the natives on the prevailing ideologies of civilization and race. Zionists would adopt a similar ideology and strategy of conquest regarding the Palestinian Arabs, whose possession of the land and existence represented an obstacle to Zionist goals, primarily the establishment of a Jewish state. Advisors/Committee Members: Hess, Gary.

Subjects: History

Keywords: U.S. Foreign Policy; Zionism; Civilizing Mission

22. MacDonald-Smythe, Antonia. Making herself at home in the West/Indies: the gendered construction of identity in the writings of Michelle Cliff and Jamaica Kincaid.

Degree: PhD, English, 1996, Ohio State University

► At the theoretical center of "Making herself at Home in the West/… (more)

▼ At the theoretical center of "Making herself at Home in the West/ Indies" is an exploration of Michelle Cliff's and Jamaica Kincaid's formulations of self as subject within a variety of cross-cultural contexts and their constitution of migratory, comfortable, and convergent subjectivities. This pattern of migratory subjectivities which originate in a West Indian location is different both in scope and influence from that of other diasporic women, for it is contoured by particular intersections of race, class and sexuality in newly independent societies. While these two writers reiterate many of the concerns raised by male West Indian writers a generation before, my emphasis is on the ways gendered locations affect the shape of their thematics.These two women writers encode their experiences of exile in ways which affirm their connections to the oral culture and traditions of the place left. Framing their self-narratives within a West Indian tradition of storytelling, Cliff and Kincaid, as raconteurs, assume the authority to take liberty with other traditions of writing the self. Chapter One explores the ways in which autobiography and the Bildungsroman are creolized in Abeng and Annie John, connecting this talking-back to various coming-of-age stories. The relationship between coming-of-age and exile is explored in Chapter Two where I argue that in Lucy and No Telephone To Heaven. Kincaid and Cliff theorize migration and exile as performances of identity. Chapter Three focuses on the validation of maternal antecedents in bringing the writers to creative voice and examines the ways in which the orality of the mother's world is deployed by these two writers as a tactic of intervention. The final chapter argues that in A Small Place and Free Enterprise the two writers recover West Indian historiography so as speak more specifically to the heterogeneity of their experiences, and that in these two works, travel becomes as occasion to witness from a variety of vantage points. The study concludes with an assessment of the participation of these exilic voices in West Indian poetics. Advisors/Committee Members: Lee, Valerie.

23. MacDonald, T. Spreelin. Steve Biko and Black Consciousness in Post-Apartheid South African Poetry.

Degree: PhD, Interdisciplinary Arts (Fine Arts), 2010, Ohio University

► This dissertation rethinks the legacy of the anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko (1946-1977)… (more)

▼ This dissertation rethinks the legacy of the anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko (1946-1977) in terms of his influence upon post-apartheid South African poetry. Comparing Biko's own writings on Black Consciousness and the poetry of contemporary South African poets, I show that Biko's ideas have come to underpin a field of post-apartheid poetry that I call "Biko poems." Two questions guide this investigation. First, what is it about Biko's legacy that avails itself so potently to poetic elaboration? That is, what does Biko's articulation of Black Consciousness offer that allows it to be so vigorously engaged within poetry? I address this question in Chapter One, positing that Biko's early essays, published under the reoccurring title "I Write What I Like," and under the pen name "Frank Talk," model a form of performative writing crucial to his subsequent poetic legacy. In particular, I discuss the manners in which these essays construct Black Consciousness as the struggle to generate black political presence, and black writing as a crucial aspect of this struggle. I thus assert that Biko's essays fuse the struggle within Black Consciousness for black political presence with the struggle within performative writing to "make absence presence," as Della Pollock has defined performative writing. Biko's essays can accordingly be understood to open his legacy up to subsequent poetic elaboration, as they forward black writing as a key manner in which the struggle for black political presence can be enacted. The subsequent chapters of this dissertation are motivated by a second question: if Biko's legacy allows for a potent understanding of black writing as crucial to the struggle to generate black political presence, what work does this understanding do in the present? I address this second question by examining the different manifestations of Biko's performative articulation of Black Consciousness in the work of contemporary poets. In Chapter Two I examine the struggle within the work of Mphutlane wa Bofelo to redeem the performativity of Biko's legacy against Biko's appropriation as a symbol of elite privilege in the post-apartheid era. In Chapter Three, I examine the effort within the work of Bofelo and Kgafela oa Magogodi to leverage Biko's performativity to sanction contemporary black performance poetry. In Chapter Four, I explore Vonani Bila's use of Biko's performativity to underwrite his development of a rural poetics. Finally, in Chapter Five, I discuss how this performative mandate to arise through self-determined struggle comes into tension with Biko's own haunting presence in the works of Bofelo, Magogodi, Bila, Bandile Gumbi and Lesego Rampolokeng. That is, I show that these "Biko poems" are propelled by their irresolvable effort to both employ Biko's performative precedent and escape it. Collectively, then, I argue in this dissertation that Biko's performative articulation of blackness and black writing continues to animate contemporary South African poetry, as poets both leverage and struggle with Biko's haunting specter in their efforts to performatively emerge in the present. Advisors/Committee Members: Peterson, Marina.

Subjects: African literature; Literature; Theater

Keywords: Steve Biko; Poetry; South Africa; Performativity; Blackness; Post-Apartheid

24. MacDonald Weeks, Kelly C. Parrotheads, Cheeseburgers, and Paradise: Adult Music Fandom and Fan Practices.

Degree: PhD, American Culture Studies/Popular Culture, 2012, Bowling Green State University

► Jimmy Buffett’s beach bum lifestyle music was essentially solidified with his album… (more)

Subjects: American Studies

Keywords: fandom; adult music fans; American Studies; popular music; Jimmy Buffett; Parrotheads; tropicalization; consumerism; tailgating; fan labor; social networking studies

25. MacDougall, Erin Colleen. An Examination of a Culturally Relevant Model of Intuitive Eating with African American College Women.

Degree: PhD, Counseling Psychology, 2010, University of Akron

► Intuitive eating is a non-diet approach to weight management that encourages people… (more)

Subjects: African Americans; Psychology; Womens studies

Keywords: intuitive eating; African American college women; path analysis

26. MacDougall, Frederick Alexander. Performance characteristics of a 14" diameter, 7 plate ansonia type distillation unit.

Degree: MS, Chemistry, 1950, Ohio State University

Advisors/Committee Members: Koffolt, Joseph M.

27. Macedo, James Raymond. The preparation and performance of the role of Ralph Berger in Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing!.

Degree: MFA, Theatre, 1976, Ohio State University

Advisors/Committee Members: Bowen, Roy H.

28. Maceli, Peter Lawson. Deciding st-connectivity in undirected graphs using logarithmic space.

Degree: MS, Mathematics, 2008, Ohio State University

► In 2004 Omer Reingold gave a deterministic log-space algorithm which solves the… (more)

Subjects: Mathematics

Keywords: USTCON; log-space; expander graphs; graph connectivity

29. Macenko, Marc D. Eigenimage-based Robust Image Segmentation Using Level Sets.

Degree: MS, Computer Science (Engineering), 2006, Ohio University

► This thesis presents a novel way of integrating shape prior information into… (more)

Keywords: Eigenimage; level set; segmentation; prior information

30. MacFarland, Matthew Franklin. Determining Equilibrium Drivers in Central Ohio Urban Streams.

Degree: MS, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 2012, Ohio State University

► The goal of this thesis was to develop a better understanding of… (more)

▼ The goal of this thesis was to develop a better understanding of the drivers of stream equilibrium state in urban settings. Eleven reaches in ten Central Ohio watersheds were surveyed and analyzed to fulfill two specific research objectives: 1.) Create a geomorphology based dynamic equilibrium evaluation index that could determine the equilibrium state of a stream without the use of the bankfull stage and 2.) Determine the key landscape factors that cause a stream to be in or out of equilibrium. Chapter 2 includes the methods and results for research objective one. Geomorphology data from each site was compared using the 1-year and 2-year recurrence interval discharges as well as the top of the bank. A qualitative analysis of the streams led to an initial classification of the study sites into two categories, in equilibrium or out of equilibrium. Binary logistic regression was then used to determine the best model for equilibrium classification. No single model was found to be better than all others. Eight geomorphology variables were found to be significant on their own and two, top of bank to 1-year ratios of discharge and unit stream power, were able to classify 10 of the 11 reaches correctly. Nearly all 2-parameter models were able to predict equilibrium with 100% success. These results show the feasibility of this classification approach, however, tests on a large independent dataset would be necessary to confirm the validity of the models and to choose a single best model. The landscape study to fulfill objective two is discussed in Chapter 3. Three types of landscape factors, urbanization, attachment, and area for adjustment, were explored to determine which indicators would most affect the equilibrium state of the receiving stream. Binary logistic regression was used to compare the landscape data to the qualitative classification from Chapter 2 in order to choose the best equilibrium state predictors. A secondary analysis of a new reach on Rush Run was performed to better explain the effects of local landscape variables. Results showed that watersheds with large amounts of recent or total urban area would result in streams that were out of equilibrium but that positive landscape features such as a wide adjustment area and a well-connected floodplain could mitigate the urban effects. Total developed area in a watershed was found to be the most important landscape variable as it was able to correctly explain the equilibrium state of all sites. All adjustment and attachment variables also predicted all sites correctly when combined with total developed area. These results can help to explain some of the effects of urbanization on urban stream systems and serve as a guide for future land management decisions. With lower overall watershed development, good attachment, and a wide buffer zone a stream will be much more likely to maintain dynamic equilibrium despite urban development in its containing watershed. Advisors/Committee Members: Ward, Andy.

Subjects: Environmental Engineering

Keywords: stream; fluvial geomorphology; urban; urbanization; equilibrium index; landscape drivers; central ohio; physical integrity; logistic regression; Olentangy River; Blacklick Creek

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