Embracing Complexity In Engineering Education: A Way Forward For Developing Intercultural Competency, 2013 University of Wollongong
Embracing Complexity In Engineering Education: A Way Forward For Developing Intercultural Competency, Thomas Goldfinch
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
towards engineering education that prepares graduates to work effectively across foreign cultures and customs1-3. The author argues that while this outward focus is important and necessary, there is also a need to focus on preparing graduates for cultural issues that will arise much closer to home. Identifying, and working with subtle cultural differences that can occur in workplaces, organizations and the community, where the population may initially appear monocultural, presents unique challenges. The way in which one assumes cultural uniformity in a given situation can contribute to the oversimplification of a problem, and subsequently the pursuit of ineffective solutions. In …
Community-Based Service-Learning: Partnerships Of Reciprocal Exchange?, 2013 University of Wollongong
Community-Based Service-Learning: Partnerships Of Reciprocal Exchange?, Laura Ann Hammersley
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Community-based service-learning (CBSL) integrates experiential learning and academic goals with organized activities designed to meet the objectives of community partners. CBSL has potential to enhance (1) academic learning, (2) foster civic responsibility, (3) develop life skills and (4) transform student attitudes. However, little research supports claims that benefits are mutual amongst host counterparts. A lack of empirical research into community partner conceptualizations of best practice approaches and impacts, reflects a uni-dimensional understanding of the mutuality of programs, and fails to challenge dominant power relations embedded in traditionally uneven partnerships. It remains problematic to engage with service-learning without considering neocolonialist ideologies …
A Journal For And With Health Promotion Practitioners And Researchers, 2013 University of Wollongong
A Journal For And With Health Promotion Practitioners And Researchers, Stacy M. Carter, Jonine Jancey
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Editorial
A Public Health Ethics Approach To Non-Communicable Diseases, 2013 University of Wollongong
A Public Health Ethics Approach To Non-Communicable Diseases, Stacy M. Carter, Lucie Rychetnik
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Symposium editorial
Investigating The Collection Efficiency Of Ulpa Filters For The Removal Of Nano-Sized Aerosols, 2013 Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Investigating The Collection Efficiency Of Ulpa Filters For The Removal Of Nano-Sized Aerosols, G R. Moradi, A Sadighzadeh, R Yarahmadi, Shahnaz Bakand, A A. Farshad, B Rzaiipour, S Musavi, M Solhi
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Background and aims: With the increasing application of nanotechnology concerns about the negative effects of human exposure and environmental releases of these particles is also doubled. Among the most well-known media, ULPA filters are used to control nanoparticles. In this study, the efficiency and pressure drop of ULPA fiber bed for collection and removal of nanoparticles were investigated. Methods: ULPA filter efficiency and pressure drop was measured by using nano-scale aerosol particle size range 70 -700 nm sucrose at different flow rates 1.58 - 5 cm.s -1. The ULPA filter used had a thickness of 0.4 mm. A cylindrical …
Ethnography On The Road: Infrastructural Vision And The Unruly Present In Contemporary Dakar, 2013 Smith College
Ethnography On The Road: Infrastructural Vision And The Unruly Present In Contemporary Dakar, Caroline Melly
Anthropology: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Cover, 2013 University of Northern Iowa
Health Literacy Promotion: Contemporary Conceptualizations And Current Implementations In Canadian Health Librarianship, 2013 The University of Western Ontario
Health Literacy Promotion: Contemporary Conceptualizations And Current Implementations In Canadian Health Librarianship, Nicole K. Dalmer
FIMS Publications
Research questions: What are the current conceptualizations of health literacy, and what strategies are Canadian health librarians in public, academic, and hospital libraries enacting to put health literacy promotion into practice? Data sources: Serving as the basis of this scoping review, library and information science, health sciences, and interdisciplinary databases were searched using key terms relating to health literacy promotion as it relates to services, programming, or resources used in a variety of library settings. A web searched allowed for the inclusion of grey literature sources. Study selection: Data sources were searched using a combination of subject headings …
Implementing Technology In The Justice Sector: A Canadian Perspective., 2013 University of Ottawa
Implementing Technology In The Justice Sector: A Canadian Perspective., J Bailey, Jacquelyn Burkell
FIMS Publications
Despite the many technological advances that could benefit the court system, the use of computers and network technology to facilitate court procedures is still in its infancy, and court procedures largely remain attached to paper documents and to the physical presence of the parties at all stages. More and more research is focusing on the use of technology to make the legal system more efficient and to reduce excessive legal costs and delays. The goal of this exploratory research project is to examine the experience of justice sector technology implementation from
the perspective of individuals involved first-hand in the implementation …
Access To Justice For All: Towards An “Expansive Vision” Of Justice And Technology., 2013 Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University
Access To Justice For All: Towards An “Expansive Vision” Of Justice And Technology., Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn A. Burkell, Graham Reynolds
FIMS Publications
In this paper, the authors examine developments in the Canadian access to justice dialogue from Macdonald’s seminal 2005 analysis to the recent reports of the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters [NAC]. They draw on the NAC’s call for an “expansive vision” of access to justice as the basis for critically evaluating examples of particular technologies used or proposed as responses to the access to justice crisis in Canada. In so doing, they illustrate the importance of conscious consideration of deliverables and beneficiaries in prioritizing technologies for deployment, in determining how the technology ought …
Comparative Stylistic Fanfiction Analysis: Popular And Unpopular Fics Across Eleven Fandoms, 2013 Western University
Comparative Stylistic Fanfiction Analysis: Popular And Unpopular Fics Across Eleven Fandoms, Victoria L. Rubin, Vanessa Girouard
FIMS Publications
Abstract: This study analyses 545 sample fanfiction stories (fics) in their stylistic feature variation by popularity and across eleven ‘fandoms’ in creative writing forums. Lexical richness, average sentence and paragraph lengths are isolated as promising measures for a text classifier to use in predicting a fic’s likely popularity in its fandom. Résumé: Cette étude analyse un échantillon de 545 chapitres d‘œuvres de fanfiction (fics) selon leur variation stylistique et leur popularité dans onze ‘fandoms’ différents. La richesse lexicale, longueur moyenne de phrase et longueur moyenne de paragraphe ont été choisis comme traits stylistiques propres à différencier les fics populaires des …
Social Media Use By Ontario University Libraries: Challenges And Ethical Considerations, 2013 University of Manitoba
Social Media Use By Ontario University Libraries: Challenges And Ethical Considerations, Gary Collins, Anabel Quan-Haase
FIMS Publications
The application of social media by academic libraries is re-shaping traditional ideas of library services. The use of social media in Ontario’s university libraries demonstrates the divergent modes by which information technologies are utilized, as well as the challenges facing libraries in both adopting and using these tools.
Facebook: Public Space, Or Private Space?, 2013 The University of Western Ontario
Facebook: Public Space, Or Private Space?, Jacquelyn Burkell, Alexandre Fortier, Lorraine Wong, Jennifer Lynn Simpson
FIMS Publications
Social networks have become a central feature of everyday life. Most young people are members of at least one online social network, and they naturally provide a great deal of personal information as a condition for participation in the rich online social lives these networks afford. Increasingly, this information is being used as evidence in criminal and even civil legal proceedings. These latter uses, by actors involved in the justice system, are typically justified on the grounds that social network information is essentially public in nature, and thus does not generate a subjective expectation of privacy necessary to support a …
Standards And Stories: The Interactional Work Of Informed Choice In Ontario Midwifery Care, 2013 University of Western Ontario
Standards And Stories: The Interactional Work Of Informed Choice In Ontario Midwifery Care, Phillippa Spoel, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Susan James, Jessica Hobberlin
FIMS Publications
Abstract
This paper uses a discourse-rhetorical approach to analyze how Ontario midwives and their clients interactionally accomplish the healthcare communicative process of "informed choice." Working with four excerpts from recorded visits between Ontario midwives and women, the analysis focuses on the discursive rendering during informed choice conversations of two contrasting kinds of evidence – professional standards and story-telling – related to potential interventions during labour. We draw on the concepts of discursive hybridity (Sarangi and Roberts 1999) and recontextualization (Linell 1998; Sarangi 1998) to trace the complex and creative ways in which the conversational participants reconstruct the meanings of these …
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Supervision: A Scoping Review, 2013 The University of Western Ontario
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Supervision: A Scoping Review, Meredith Vanstone, Kathryn Hibbert, Anna Kinsella, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Alan Pittman, Lorelei Lingard
FIMS Publications
This scoping literature review examines the topic of interdisciplinary doctoral research supervision. Interdisciplinary doctoral research programs are expanding in response to encouragement from funding agencies and enthusiasm from faculty and students. In an acknowledgement that the search for creative and innovative solutions to complex problems is best addressed through interdisciplinary collaborations, research-intensive universities are increasingly encouraging interdisciplinary projects and programs. The expansion of interdisciplinary research to the context of doctoral research may impact several core components of the doctorate: the enactment of the student–supervisor relationship, the process of forming and working with a supervisory committee, and the process and outcomes …
Disability And Accessibility In The Library And Information Science Literature: A Content Analysis, 2013 Western University
Disability And Accessibility In The Library And Information Science Literature: A Content Analysis, Heather Hill
FIMS Publications
The library profession is often a strong and vocal proponent of increased access for persons with disabilities. With the profession's long-standing interest in the subject of services to persons with disabilities come questions that get to how the profession perceives the phenomenon. How is library and information science (LIS), as a field, conceptualizing disability and accessibility? The space for examining this question is a content analysis of the LIS literature. The literature provides a fertile ground for study as it reflects the profession's approaches to, and perceptions of, a topic. This research identifies the major issues and trends in the …
Disability And Accessibility In The Library And Information Science Literature: A Content Analysis., 2013 Western University
Disability And Accessibility In The Library And Information Science Literature: A Content Analysis., Heather Hill
FIMS Publications
Abstract
The library profession is a strong and vocal proponent of increased information access for people with disabilities. With the discipline's longstanding interest in the subject of services to people with disabilities, questions arise about how the profession perceives the phenomenon. How is library and information science (LIS), as a discipline, conceptualizing disability and accessibility? A content analysis of the LIS literature was conducted to examine this question. The literature provides a fertile ground for study as it reflects the profession's approaches to, and perceptions of, a topic. This research identifies the major issues and trends in the research about …
Library Space And Technology, 2013 Wayne State University
Library Space And Technology, Robert P. Holley
School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications
No abstract provided.
Examining The Hidden Ideologies Within Cultural Competence Discourses Among Library And Information Science (Lis) Students: Implications For School Library Pedagogy, 2013 Wayne State University
Examining The Hidden Ideologies Within Cultural Competence Discourses Among Library And Information Science (Lis) Students: Implications For School Library Pedagogy, Kafi D. Kumasi, Renee F. Hill
School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications
In order to provide culturally responsive instruction to all students, school library professionals need to recognize the various discourses around cultural competence that exist in the field of library and information science (LIS) and understand the broader meanings that are attached to these discourses. This study presents an evaluation of the underlying ideologies that are embedded in the textual responses of a group of LIS students reporting on their perceived levels of cultural competence preparation. The results reveal that there are dominant and competing discourses around cultural competence in the LIS field, which are important to make visible. The paper …
Degradation Of Algal Palynomorphs On 34-Yr-Old Microscope Slides, 2013 University of Northern Iowa
Degradation Of Algal Palynomorphs On 34-Yr-Old Microscope Slides, Lynn A. Brant
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS
Reexamination of 34-yr-old microscope slides of palynological preparations reveals the loss and degradation of algal palynomorphs, in particular the green alga Pediastrum and the desmid Pleurotaenium. Results from this study suggest that great caution should be used when referring co archived palynological slides.