Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble

Macura, Nebojsa S University of Cincinnati 2011 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

In many ways, the Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble reflects my experiences at the University of Cincinnati. Composed mainly during the first four months of 2011, and originally intended as a summary of the various compositional techniques honed during my doctoral studies, the work also gained a programmatic element, seemingly without any conscious effort on my part. Although the concerto is in one continuous movement, it is divided into three main sections, each alluding to my state of mind during my three years as a full-time student at UC. Approximately 27 minutes in duration, this is my largest composition so far.

Biomes

Goldman, Josh University of Cincinnati 2013 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Biomes is a 45-minute sound structure composed for electric guitar and electroacoustic soundscape. The debut performance of the work occurred on April 22, 2013 (Earth Day) within the Meyers Gallery at the University of Cincinnati. During this presentation, as well as on the debut recording of the composition, I functioned as electric guitarist and electroacoustic soundscape composer / performer. The electric guitar presents 6 songs during the electroacoustic soundscape. The melodic / harmonic material utilized within each song is primarily "fixed". The rhythmic / pulse material utilized within each song is primarily "fluid". The electroacoustic soundscape is comprised of 7 biomes. The following biomes are represented: urban, desert, tropical forest, grassland, temperate forest, tundra, and aquatic (freshwater / marine). The complete soundscape incorporates 104 audio files (many of these audio files were accessed via the Macaulay Library at Cornell University). 52 of these audio files have been electronically processed in some fashion often utilizing MacPOD (developed by Chris Rolfe and Damian Keller). The remaining elements of the soundscape were constructed utilizing Logic Pro 9 (developed by Apple Incorporated). My initial creative intention was to compose music that I needed to hear (and hopefully music that needs to be heard). This creative intention has been realized through the completion of Biomes. I have been intensely involved with music for over 27 years---sacrificing many other aspects of my life in order to pursue what I am deeply passionate about and to live fully as an artist. This extensive experience as an artist has informed my conclusion that Biomes is possibly the best work I have ever completed. The only way to understand my composition Biomes is to literally experience my composition Biomes(similarly, the only way to understand the taste of an apple is to literally experience the taste of an apple). There is no other way to achieve this quality of experience. For the person who desires this quality of experience, a WAV audio file of Biomes has been embedded within my dissertation (to access this file you must open my dissertation utilizing Adobe Reader). While experiencing Biomes, please listen as follows: - in the morning (before any type of "professional" day has begun) or at night (after any type of "professional" day has ended). - in a silent, activity-free space. - while your body is sitting or reclining in a stress-free position. - utilizing high quality headphones. - from beginning to end without intermission. Thank you for listening.

Qurama for chamber ensemble

Gasim-Zada, Turkar University of Cincinnati 2014 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Qurama for chamber ensemble, was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Qurama is an ancient handicraft of Azerbaijan, a kind of patchwork made of cloth scraps of various sizes and colors. The etymology of the word qurama also contains a meaning closer to construction in English. Ideas of working with different shapes and colors, adding multiple layers on top of each other or subtracting, separating them, exploring different time concepts and listening experiences are important to the compositional processes of this piece. This piece is dedicated to Lale khanim and Mezahir bey Avshars, painters and sculptors, friends of my family. Both had an impact on me as an artist. Qurama was premiered in 10/7/2012, by Contemporary Music Ensemble in residence of Boston University, conductor Theodore Antoniou at the final round of ALEAIII International Composition Comptetition, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Hidden Voices (Original composition, Electronic media)

Watts, Christopher Martin University of Cincinnati 2002 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Hidden Voices is a four-channel work for electronic media realized in the College-Conservatory of Music Center for Computer Music [(ccm)<super> 2</super>] at the University of Cincinnati. The title refers to sonic material that has been literally extracted from within existing music: by stretching sampled sounds over long periods of time, new timbral resources are discovered. Phase vocoding techniques allow the samples to be stretched in time while maintaining the original pitch content. Timbre and the localization of sound in the listening space serve as two of the primary structural elements in the piece. The sonic building blocks of the piece are placed along a timbral continuum with dark, static sounds on one end and bright, active sounds on the other. Tension is created and resolved as the piece slowly progresses down this continuum and then returns, creating a large arch form. Through the use of four discrete channels, sonic events are localized on a two-dimensional plane within the listening space. The placement of sounds in the space and the movement of sounds around and across the space are used to create additional forward momentum and to articulate the form of the piece, breaking the large two-part structure into a series of smaller sections. The individual sonic events, which slowly evolve, are juxtaposed and overlapped to create a constantly changing tapestry of sound.

The Singing Bridge

Barnhart, Michael Robert University of Cincinnati 2007 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The Singing Bridge is a piece for percussion trio with recorded electro-acoustic music inspired by and utilizing samples from the sonic environment surrounding the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge across the Ohio River. Built in 1867 by John A. Roebling, it is an elegant steel spider-web towering 230 feet above the low water mark, with two central suspension cables that contain 5206 small wires each. It was Roebling's second to last design, predating his triumphant Brooklyn Bridge by 16 years. With the advent of automobiles, a steel grate driving surface was added that gave rise to it's popular name "The Singing Bridge," from the sound that tires make while humming across it. During the Great Depression, my grandfather braved the heights with the work crews that painted it. As a child I often begged my mother to cross it so we could sing along. Finally awakening to the personal and public significance of the sound I began regularly visiting the bridge to record it and to assemble an audio catalog of the humming tires, tugboat engines, foghorns, cable clanks, calliope music, and blasts of radios from car windows and pleasure craft that are all part of the sound life there. In collaboration with Percussion Group Cincinnati I developed a palette of corresponding instrumental sounds, many of which use rolling objects as a means of excitation similar to the tires. Tiny phrases trimmed from recorded days, were mixed, duplicated and retuned on a computer, allowing the piece to combine the bridge's sonic vocabulary with several instrumental translations. The bridge sounds are altered and superimposed more and more as the piece progresses representing the way our memories are edited by the mind the longer they are held.

Experiments in public opinion research on the Internet

Jabbari, Behzad J University of Cincinnati 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

In the past decade, access to the Internet has substantially increased, and now various commercial software packages provide the means for researchers to readily design and create online surveys in a short period of time. The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the utility and cost-effectiveness of conducting methodological experiments on survey question effects such as effects of not sure, don't know, and no opinion, tone of wording: forbid vs. allow, effects of middle response alternative, and response order effects. Since political scientists rarely collect their own data, due to related cost issues, investigators are unable to easily test hypotheses due to their dependency on secondary data or small voluntary student samples. In this research, several classic experiments on question form, wording, and context were replicated using the Internet as a public opinion laboratory. This study was conducted in two phases prior to 2000 presidential election using Internet technology at the University of Cincinnati. Respondents were randomly assigned to one of the two question forms, and the topics of survey questions in this study were focused on issues in the 2000 presidential election campaign adapted for self-administration on the Internet. Six experiments were conducted examining the effects of no opinion, don't know, and not sure response alternatives. Except in one case, in which a large number of respondents with a higher level of education expressed opinions about a fictitious issue, the results replicated earlier findings by Schuman and Presser (1981). Two experiments examined the selection of "forbid" vs. "not allow" showing the preference of respondents to choose "not allow" over "forbid." However, we found a lower margin of difference in our experiments in comparison with those of Schuman and Presser (1981). Three experiments examining the effects of a middle response alternative clearly suggested that offering a "middle alternative" results in a significant increase in its selection. Examining the univariate distribution, a statistically significant difference based on response form was found in only one of three cases. The results suggest that middle response alternative effects may not be generalizable to all issues. The bivariate results were similar to findings of Schuman and Presser (1981) and Kalton, Roberts, and Holts (1980) showing that the inferences about the relationship between background variables and attitude items are not affected by the presence or absence of a middle alternative. Finally, three experiments were conducted to examine the response order effects. Only one of the experiments showed a strong primacy effect, with the other two producing less robust results. Overall, this research confirms that this new mode of data collection utilizing the Internet technology can be effectively utilized to create and/or replicate various methodological experiments in an efficient and cost-effective manner as well as stimulate the development of new hypotheses on survey question effects.

Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict Intentions in Male Hormonal Contraception Adoption in College Students

Bishop, James M University of Cincinnati ProQuest Dissertations & 2020 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

This dissertation consists of two studies. Study One investigated the attitudes towards male birth control methods. Study Two investigated used the Theory of Planned Behavior to investigate factors associated with intended use of male birth control.Study One AbstractUp to 50 percent of pregnancies in the United States are unintended with the highest rates occurring among women between the ages of 18 and 24 years old. Only 52 percent of sexually active college students used a method of contraception during their most recent sexual intercourse with male condoms and female birth control pills being the most common methods. Both methods however are used inconsistently and incorrectly. These challenges create a need for alternative methods of contraception. Male-directed contraception (MDC) is seen as a potential solution to this challenge. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess college students’ attitudes towards various developmental methods of MDC including male birth control pills, transdermal gels, injections, and implants. Data were collected from college students at one Midwestern University. Females had higher attitudes towards each of the four methods of MDC compared to males. Identifying as female, agnostic, Jewish, and being single but in a monogamous relationship were associated with more positive attitudes towards various male-directed contraceptive methods. Being on a government healthcare policy and race were associated with more negative attitudes towards male-directed contraception. The number of sexual partners and condom use were not significant predictors of attitudes towards male-directed contraceptives. This analysis provides additional evidence to the growing literature of attitudes towards and acceptability of MDC. Despite this evidence, research remains inconsistent. These inconsistences provide researchers with opportunities to continue our understanding of factors associated with attitudes towards and acceptability of MDC methods in college students and other populations.Study Two AbstractCurrently, men have two choices for contraception: the male condom and vasectomy. Male condoms have limited user efficacy, and vasectomies are not easily reversible. To supplement vasectomy and condom use, the World Health Organization has backed the urgent development of male-directed contraception (MDC). Multiple publications have found the majority of men would be willing to use or try a method of MDC; however, none of the current research has used a theory-based approach. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is one of the most extensively used theories exploring social and health behaviors and was used to guide this study. Using the TPB, this study was guided by the following aims: (1) describe college men’s attitudes, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control towards male birth control methods and (2) determine if the following factors are associated with intention to use MDC methods: masculinity, attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control. Data were collected from male college students at one Midwestern University. Attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control were all found to be associated with intention to use a male hormonal pill, transdermal gel, and injection. Attitudes and subjective norms were also found to be associated with intention to use a male birth control implant. These results suggest the TPB may be a suitable theory for further investigation into the intended use of male-directed contraception. The current study demonstrated the feasibility of applying the TPB in continued efforts to understand the intended use of MDC.

The influence of interaction on active learning, learning outcomes, and community bonding in an online technology course

Hammer, Victoria A University of Cincinnati 2002 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the influence of interaction on active learning, learning outcomes, and community bonding in an online technology course. Participants in the study were 65 students and four instructors of undergraduate computer courses at a two-year suburban branch campus of a large urban, midwestern university. The courses met three times for an orientation and two testing sessions. Online interaction occurred via email and the virtual classroom (chats) and discussion boards of an online instructional software called Blackboard<super>®</super>. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from face-to-face class observations, synchronous chat observations and transcripts, learner-to-instructor emails, instructor-to-learner emails, discussion board messages posted by the participants, semi-structured interviews, semi-structured focus groups, and course documents. Many participants were technology majors. The online instructors required a demonstration of online technology knowledge by the end of the first week of the course. Therefore, this research offered a unique opportunity to focus on the active learning, learning outcomes, and community bonding without the online technology barriers faced by many online students. The results suggested that the synchronous virtual classroom chats had the most influence on active learning, learning outcomes, and community bonding in these online technology courses. Furthermore, the virtual classroom student participation positively correlated with test grades in three of the four online classes with one class exhibiting statistical significance.

Organizational climate, role ambiguity, role conflict and nurse faculty work balance: Influence on organizational commitment and turnover intention

Gormley, Denise K University of Cincinnati 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The mission for faculty in university and college settings is generally three-part and encompasses teaching, research, and service. Nurse faculty have struggled to balance work and understand the changing views of scholarship. A number of factors affect faculty commitment to the academic organization, and can influence behavior and attitude in the workplace. No research was found that explored the effect of organizational climate, role ambiguity, role conflict, and nurse faculty work role balance on faculty organizational commitment and turnover intention. The purpose of this study was to examine how organizational commitment and turnover intention are influenced by organizational climate, role ambiguity, role conflict and nurse faculty work role balance in departments/colleges of nursing in Carnegie Doctoral/Research Universities---Extensive, public and private, not-for-profit institutions. The research was based on Meyer and Allen's Multidimensional Model of Organizational Commitment (Allen & Meyer, 1990). The sample was comprised of full-time tenure track, doctorally prepared nurse faculty. Forty-five schools of nursing and 316 full-time tenure track, doctorally prepared nurse faculty participated in the study. This non-experimental descriptive correlational study was conducted using an emailed approach. Zoomerang(TM), a survey software package, was used for confidential and secure electronic data collection. Pearson correlation, analysis of variance, and logistical regression were computed to analyze the relationships and evaluate the predictive quality of organizational climate, nurse faculty work role balance, role ambiguity, role conflict, and organizational commitment on turnover intention. Path analysis was completed to test the fit of the correlation matrix against the causal model. Role ambiguity and role conflict scores were affected by low, moderate, and high levels of the research, teaching, and service components of work role balance. Significant negative relationships (p ≤ .05) were reported for role ambiguity, role conflict, and the organizational climate subscales of consideration, intimacy, and production emphasis. Positive significant relationships (p ≤ .05) were found between role ambiguity, role conflict and the organizational subscale of disengagement. Role ambiguity and role conflict were also significantly (p ≤ .05) negatively correlated with affective, continuance, and normative organizational commitment. Organizational climate subscales of consideration, intimacy, and production emphasis were positively related to affective, continuance, and normative organizational commitment (p ≤ .05) and negatively related to turnover intention. Organizational climate subscale disengagement was positively related to turnover intention (p ≤ .05). (Abstract shortened by UMI.).

Jonestown: A Multimedia Chamber Opera - Act I

Williams, Evan M University of Cincinnati ProQuest Dissertations & 2016 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Jonestown is a multimedia chamber opera in four acts, which is based on the mass murder/suicide of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project --- informally known as Jonestown --- based in Guyana, South America and its leader, Pastor Jim Jones. The work revolves around three characters, Christine, Mary, and Joe. The character of Christine is based on Christine Miller, who can be heard in the final "Death Tape" of Jonestown opposing the mass suicide and advocating for a more peaceful resolution. Mary and Joe --- a married couple facing problems in their relationship concerning Jim Jones are completely fictional characters, however, details of their lives are drawn from real-life events that occurred around 1978. The opera employs audio recorded by the people of Jonestown, which was later confiscated by the FBI, and digitized by the Jonestown Institute at San Diego State University. There is no actor or singer representing Jim Jones. These audio recordings provide excerpts of Jones's words unaltered and uncensored. The first act of this opera introduces Christine, who expresses her hope for a better world through the work being done at Jonestown. We also meet Mary and Joe, and learn that the source of their marital problems is that Jim Jones is the father of their baby boy, not Joe. The chorus --- consisting of other members of Jonestown --- sing about their desire to create a Christian/Communist community, yet sermons by Jim Jones express his belief that salvation cannot be found in heaven, but on earth, through himself.