Digital Commons Network^™

The Music And Reading Connection: Improving Literacy With Rapid Naming Of Words And Music Notes, Karin Barbara Soria

South Florida Education Research Conference

This poster presentation is an action research study about improving literacy with rapid naming of words and music notes for ESE students at a Title 1 Elementary school.

Academic Risk-Taking In Higher Education, Yselande Pierre

South Florida Education Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Cyber-Bullying Portrayals In The News Media, Mary L. Alexander

Celebration of Scholarship Poster Session

Cyber-bullying is a phenomenon that is widely studied. Researches have examined the characteristics of perpetrators and victims, impacts of cyber-bullying on both the victims and offenders, the development and application of law and the development of programs to stem cyber-bullying. Despite a great amount of research dedicated to these aforementioned areas, studies examining the portrayal of cyber-bullying by news media outlets are rare. An understanding of this portrayal is important as the news media is a significant source of public opinions about a vast array of topics in society. As such, the goal of the present research is to provide …

Using Innovative Customer Relationship Management Technologies To Explore The Business Opportunities Of An Ageing Population And Provide Better Service, Paul Tak Wing Tsui, Fred Cheong Fai Li, Aaron Hok Chung Pang, Wai Fan Cheng

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

‘You Want Me To Check Your Grammar Again?’ How Online Grammar Checkers Can Complement Our Feedback To Students, Siab Dianati, Michelle Cavaleri

AALL 2015 UOW Conference

No abstract provided.

Connec&Ng Emerging Perspec&Ves On Learning And Complementary Perspec&Ves On Language, Steve Johnson

AALL 2015 UOW Conference

No abstract provided.

Match-Making For Stability: A Survey Of The Stable Marriage Problem, Adam J. Hammett

Mathematics Colloquium

No abstract provided.

November Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Strengthening Artisanry By Associating It With Tourism (Region Of Shkodra), Ermira Qosja, Vasilika Zeka

UBT International Conference

Culture is one of the greatest assets of a country, and it has the potential to become a source of income, if it is managed effectively. The handcrafts of the Albanian artisanry are a part of our culture, but still far from having an effective role in the development of tourism. Associating artisanry with tourism is of great interest for the present, as well as the future of the Region of Shkodra, and studies to this end are important.The objective of this paper is to study the effect of the growth of tourism in the increase of sale of handcrafts. …

Rethinking Innovation - Contextual Factors Impact, Manuela Mece, Entela Lako

UBT International Conference

In the past 2 decades a keen interest in innovation is demonstrated by governments (financial instruments for R&D) or intergovernmental agencies (EU financial instruments) because of its connection to regional economic advantage. In Albania, understandings of innovation is predominantly technological and product driven and defined in general terms such that the nature of innovation is disclosed of its contextual influence. Following the above logic innovation is assumed to be overly masculine. Through combined analysis of interview material from previous studies on the engendering of entrepreneurship based in Albania, this paper challenges current conceptualizations of innovation geographically and in a gender …

An Empirical Investigation On The Public-Private Sector Wage Gap In Albania, Esmerelda Shehaj

UBT International Conference

This study aims to empirically investigate the public-private wage differentials in Albania. The public/private pay differential in these countries is certainly an interesting issue to study given that the country has undergone in-depth restructuring of the economy, which requires understanding in particular the role of the public and private sector. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt in empirically investigating the factors determining the public-private wage gap in the country. Using nationally representative data from the Albanian Living Standard Measurement Survey 2012, the double selection methodology in Heitmueller (2006) is employed in order to model the …

From Traditional Markets To E-Commerce And Finally To Social Media Commerce, Ardian Hyseni

UBT International Conference

These days, getting new customers is much easier than in the past. People and customers are online sharing and exchanging ideas on products and it has become easier to find products over the internet and lately; with social media, where people can look for information from reviews and comments on sites. This way has changed shopping to a social experience and is the key element to the growth of social commerce. Businesses want to connect with people and customers which they do business, also they want customers opinions and reviews. By using social media, companies can now easily create an …

Determinants Of Transition From School To Work In Albania, Eni Alikaj, Esmerelda Shehaj

UBT International Conference

The transition from school to work is a very important stage in the life of the youngsters, during which they aim at a satisfactory integration in the labour market. However, in this process they often face different barriers, such as high unemployment rates, and economic inactivity. In Albania, youth unemployment is about twice as much as that of the total unemployment rates and has shown an increasing trend during the last years. In 2014, 32.5% of the youngsters were unemployed. Furthermore, the rate of those not being in employment, education, and/or training in 2014 was 34.5%, of which 36% are …

Welfare And Its Impact On Participation, Leonora Ndreu

UBT International Conference

Researchers have continuously dealt with the study of economic wellbeing of the human society in particular they have been concerned with its reveal in economic and political dimensions. The economic welfare is tightly related with the citizen’s participation in social and political activities since it is one of the major factors to determine the individul’s identity, “ who am I”. This study will be conducted through usage of quantitative methods in an intersection manner. The study analyses the ‘wellbeing economic factor’ and its impact or not in the political participation in Albania mainly focused on political parties. The descriptive spectrum …

Labeled-Image Captcha: Concept Of A Secured And Universally Useful Captcha, Mokter Hossain, Ken Nguyen, Muhammad Asadur Rahman

UBT International Conference

Captcha (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a widely used online security tool that ensures that a computer program is not posing as a human user. While smart programs with advanced image processing capability have already cracked picture based captcha systems there is a need for making the test harder. This paper presents a design prototype of a simplified type of labeled-image captcha where a picture of a common animal or household item is marked with a number of different labels and the users will be asked to provide the correct label for specific …

Ethics Of Tax Evasion, The Case Of Albania, Emirjeta Kandri, Agim Mamuti

UBT International Conference

Tax evasion and the ethics about it are widely discussed topics nowadays and they have revived a lot of debates among ethics analysts or government representatives and business mangers or owners. The first ones argue that it is unethical hiding revenues to avoid taxes, since they are one of the ways business owners contribute to their proper countries in order for the society of that country to benefit from those. On the other hand, businessmen argue that they already pay too much tax and do philanthropic donations, so there is no reason for them to feel they should pay more …

Gsrs Event Program Booklet 2015, Office Of Research

Graduate Student Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Redefining Public Education For Males, Nakia Douglas, Robert Edison, Kerry Shelton, Angela Fulbright

National Youth-At-Risk Conference, West (2015-2017)

The moral imperative to educate and save the young men within our communities has never had a higher call to action. Come learn what “The” Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in Dallas ISD is doing to Save Our Young Men one student at a time through their holistic approach to education.

Bully Prevention In Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports, Kaci Fleetwood, Ashley Greenwald, Kathryn Roose, Jodie Soracco

National Youth-At-Risk Conference, West (2015-2017)

This session will focus on how to embed bully prevention efforts within a school setting (K-12). Specifically, the logic for providing bully prevention will be presented followed with specific strategies and skills needed for both students and staff to prevent bullying behavior on campus. Outcome data for schools that have implemented BP-PBIS will be shared.

Counselor Responses To Culturally Embedded Sexism, Lauren Johnson, Aaron Boyce, Mary Cole

2014-2016 Graduate

No abstract provided.

Serving God Under The Stained Glass Ceiling, Mary K. Danberry

2014-2016 Graduate

No abstract provided.

Out Of Your Comfort Zone: Allyship As A Self-Inventory And Constant Improvement Process, Lyndsay Colvin, Nikki L. Rogers

Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability

Allyship is a sincere commitment by a privileged person to offer ongoing support to individuals, groups, or organizations that are excluded from privilege. Allies take direction from the excluded group about the form(s) that support should take. Allies understand that exclusion and oppression is harmful to all of society.

Allyship requires unlearning the beliefs, cognitive and/or affective responses and behaviors embedded in the privileged status.

A Peer Advocate's Experience Of Deaf Women's Disclosure Of Sexual Assault, Noëlle Opsahl

Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability

Deaf women experience sexual assault at alarmingly higher rates when compared to their hearing counterparts, but little is known about their disclosure trends (Anderson & Leigh, 2011; Elliott & Pick, 2015). It has been reported that nearly one in five women has experienced rape in her lifetime (NISVS, 2011). This number only reflects the number of women who have disclosed, or told another person or agency about their experience. Rape survivors are a hidden population where only the survivor and the perpetrator know this crime has occurred (Campbell, Sefl, Wasco, & Ahrens, 2004). Though there is a scarcity of information …

Spatial Obstacles To Shared “Crip” & Lgbtq Cultures, Nick Garcia

Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability

Online communities are receiving praise for providing new frontiers to marginalized populations with disabilities and LGBTQ identities. They provide unique outlets to generate media from within the community, which in turn influences broader national discussions among the public, mainstream media, and officials. Moreover, participation in online "Crip" and LGBTQ cultures present safe forums for populations to overcome geographic boundaries and control the disclosure of identities. This aspatial conception of emerging online communities is thus said to unite marginalized identities and provide meaningful representation of community members.

But while the emergence of online communities provides incredible opportunity for community formation, influence …

A New Foundation For Sexual Social Justice: The World Health Organization’S Report On Sexual Health, Human Rights, And The Law, Nikki L. Rogers, Cristina Redko

Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability

Social justice benefits from a unified foundation of shared basic beliefs. There are still too few global, evidence-based documents that provide standardized language and vision through which social justice standards, policy and legal actions can be created, compared and amended.

This is a broad, evidence-based public health report on best practices to foster “achievement of the highest attainable standard of sexual health”. It frames this goal as intimately related to the protection of human rights, the right to non-discrimination and to health information and services.

While other reports link laws impacting human rights and health, this specific focus on laws …

Social Vulnerability And Community Disaster Resilience In The Southeast United States, Chris T. Emrich

Coastal Resilience Workshop

No abstract provided.

Third Session: Freedom Of Religion And Expression, Professor Frank S. Ravitch, Professor Robert A. Katz, Asma T. Uddin, Professor Spearit

FIU Law Review Symposia

This panel will explore the implications of various cases on the freedom of expression and religion. Professor Ravitch’s article goes in depth on religious freedom claims and, focusing on government employees, he will explain when accommodation for specific religious freedoms are appropriate and when they conflict with the rights of others. Professor Katz’s article discusses the connection between the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage and the religious freedoms of individuals and entities who oppose same-sex marriage and same-sex relations on religious grounds. In Asma T. Uddin’s article, she examines the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris and focuses on the …

Second Session: Gender And Religion, Dean Marie Failinger, Professor Timothy J. Tracey, Professor Shawn M. Crincoli, Professor Mary Anne Case

FIU Law Review Symposia

This panel includes topics exploring the relationship between gender and religion. Professor Marie Failinger will analyze the Free Exercise clause in the Constitution through the values found in feminist jurisprudence. Also, Professor Shawn M. Crincoli will contrast how different religious denominations view assigning and reassigning sex, including how sex assignment is viewed under the American legal system. Professor Timothy J. Tracey will explore whether stripping private schools of their tax exempt status is constitutionally permissible if they maintain an opposition to same-sex marriage.

First Session: Holy Wars, Professor Beverly I. Moran, Rahimjon Abdugafurov, Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi, Professor Sahar F. Aziz, Professor Karima Bennoune

FIU Law Review Symposia

This panel will explore topics of the Holy Wars. Associate Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi will speak about Muslim expansionism and its compatibility with modern notions of international relations and how “lone wolf” terrorism bears little resemblance to Islam’s history. Associate Professor Sahar F. Aziz explores how the religion and race of Muslims in America has been closely intertwined and has created the “racial muslim,” which exposes Muslims to discrimination with no legal recourse or civil rights protection. Also, Professor Beverly I. Moran and Mr. Rahimjon Abdugafurov will speak on whether Muslims are required to engage in Holy War.

Keynote Address: "The Biographical Container", Langdon Hammer

James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015

Keynote address: “The Biographical Container” by Langdon Hammer, author of James Merrill: Life and Art (Knopf). Watch the video of the address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BquCAmR6ANI.