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Item Flesh as relic: painting early Christian female martyrs within Baroque sacred spaces(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2019) DuBois, Stormy Lee; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Todd LarkinMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's Burial of Saint Lucy (1608) in Santa Lucia al Sepolcro, Syracuse, Domenichino Zampieri's Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (1614) in San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, and Giovanni Francesco Barbieri's Burial of Saint Petronilla (1623) in Saint Peter's Basilica, are remarkable Baroque depictions of Early Christian female martyrs which illustrate a tendency toward establishing a dialogue between the expiring or lifeless body of the saint and her own venerated grave or relic. Eschewing the requirements and textual authority laid down by the Council of Trent, which prompts the theatrical and violent imaging of saints and martyrs, each piece exhibits a juxtaposition of martyred female body, earth, and altar that transcends naturalist and classicist aesthetics. Rather than offering a dramatization of a saint's life or martyrdom, each artist chose to render a funeral scene directly and with minimal distractions. In the intersection of the traditional veneration of relics and Counter-Reformatory developments in the veneration of martyrs and gendered behavior in church, the following thesis will suggest that each artist rendered the transformation of mortal flesh to saintly relic in order to facilitate the contemplation of the martyred female body implicit in the veneration of saints without transgressing gendered relations within sacred spaces.Item An analysis of road traffic factors and road safety strategies that predict road fatalities over time across fifty states in USA(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2017) Benzaman; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Nicholas WardStrategizing to decrease statewide road fatalities is an important aspect in road safety research in the United States. But obtaining information on a variety of variables, such as economic, socio-cultural, demographic and political factors, at the state level can be a difficult task. The public databases sometimes do not provide full information on these variables due to missing data. If these variables are neglected from the analysis because of missing data points. valuable information is lost in the process. Therefore, analyzing missing data has been considered as an additional step towards variable selection process in this thesis study. In order to impute the missing data, multiple imputation method was chosen. After the data imputation, the significant variables associated with road fatalities in 50 states were identified. This was done using a linear regression model which revealed that the top reasons for road fatalities are drunk driving, distracted driving and unemployment. In the process of linear regression modelling 48 predictive models were obtained. During the process of data collection, it was observed that data sources did not offer necessary information on road safety culture, behaviors, norms, attitudes and beliefs related to road fatality. This study offers two solutions for inferring a road safety culture and understanding its effects. The first solution was to analyze residuals from random effects two-way panel regression model and to generate performance indicator of inferred road safety culture. From the value of the indicators it was clear which state was the safest twenty years ago and which state is the safest now. Through the change in the value of the indicator, a state's progress in terms of safety culture was also measured. The second solution was to use people's political views on the democratic party and the republican party as a proxy for the road safety culture. This resulted in a significant increase in the goodness of fit for the linear regression model. This thesis provides prediction models, significant factors, and performance indicators of a road safety culture which can be used in state level road safety strategy development and policy making.Item A study of extraordinary means in relation to the aged, the critically ill, and the dying(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Professional Schools, 1971) Maiers, Mary Gerals, SisterItem Divorce, death, and grief(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1979) Macferran, Hervey WalkerItem A comparative study of attitudes towards dying patients(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Professional Schools, 1971) Lukens, Loretta Mary MassmanItem Factors that reveal attitudes toward death(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1964) Johnson, William JosephItem Attitudinal change of first year nursing students in relation to death(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Professional Schools, 1966) Huerter, Clare, SisterItem Death and dying : a process of grief(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1976) Holder, Jefferson CliffordItem Problems of the bereaved 13-36 months after death of spouse(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 1989) Woosley, Roxlyn RobinsonItem Students and death (SAD) : the role of the educator(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1988) Braden, Majel Gliko