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Communication Structures Of Supplemental Voluntary Kin Relationships, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Jenna Stephenson, Julia Moore, Katie Brockhage

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

Although scholars have constructed typologies of voluntary (fictive) kin, few have considered challenges and opportunities of interaction and relationships between biolegal and voluntary kin. This study focused on one type of voluntary kin, supplemental voluntary kin, relationships that often arise because of differing values, underperformed roles, or physical distance from the biolegal family, and wherein relationships are maintained with biolegal and voluntary kin. We examined how these family systems are constructed via interactions in relational triads of “linchpin” persons between biolegal family and voluntary kin. From in-depth interviews with 36 supplemental voluntary kin, we examined themes in the linchpins’ discourse …

Queer Connections: Social Media As A Versatile Tool Of The Marginalized Moroccan Lgbt, Savannah Vickery

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper examines the role of social media in the Moroccan LGBT sphere. It draws on personal narratives from LGBT men and women as well as activists in order to establish the various ways that social media is employed in the interests of the individual, the community, and the activist. While social media has been a tool to expand the LGBT community around the world, it is specifically and unusually useful in Morocco where there is considerable censorship of incoming and outgoing media. Additionally, many public displays of resistance are considered to be counter productive to the pro-LGBT movement because …

Stitched To Kill, Pamela Hill Nettleton

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Finding Meaning And Sensemaking In Hospital Nursing Teams: The Promise Of Narrative Medicine, Shelley Bobb

Dissertations (1934 -)

Purpose. Narrative medicine is an innovative field that has provided meaning and increased communication between health care providers and their patients. This study explored the significance and nature of the practice of Narrative Medicine and what impact this had with NICU nurses on their team interaction with respect to team functioning, sense-making, and vocational understanding. This study seeks to provide nursing teams another tool to find meaning in their work and strengthen their teamwork. Using Narrative Medicine and the theory of phenomenology, this is a new approach that may bring nurses to draw on fresh ways to engage their work …

Discourses Of "Cruelty-Free" Consumerism: Peta, The Vegan Society And Examples Of Contemporary Activism, Andrea Springirth

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This paper draws upon the principles of critical discourse analysis in order to examine the production of capitalist and consumerist discourses within contemporary nonhuman animal rights activism. The analysis presents evidence to suggest that the discourses being produced via the websites of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and The Vegan Society are consistently being constructed through market-centric ideologies that treat activists mainly as middle-class consumers. This paper argues that the consistent presence of neoliberal discourse signals an instructive entanglement with broader sociopolitical issues. Specifically, there are concerns as to how this discourse relates to what is thought …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, September 28, 2016, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Eight page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Spartan Daily, September 27, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 147, Issue 12

Worldwide Distribution Via Your Local Repository, Paul Royster

SciComm 2016 - Lincoln, Nebraska, September 23-24, 2016

We operate the UNL Digital Commons institutional repository (IR) 87,130 Total Papers, 37,790,242 Total Downloads (since 2005), 6,746,500 Downloads in the past year.

We are the university’s most visited subdomain. Our content ranks above Elsevier’s in Google search results. Sometimes we even beat Wikipedia.

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Downloads for Dr. Hebets (68 papers). Downloading institutions-- Top 50 schools (of 627) for Eileen Hebets articles. Countries (105) for Eileen Hebets articles. We sent copies of your articles to users in these places.

So free scientific research gets lots of exposure, but ... Free educational resources get even …

Training Undergraduates To Sell It: #Scicomm In An Ecology Course, Teresa Bilinski

SciComm 2016 - Lincoln, Nebraska, September 23-24, 2016

Stop. Being. Boring.

Science: Soft Skill? No.

Essential Transferable Skill: “Students would be better served by an education that is integrated with the job market they will encounter post-graduation, and one that provides not only technical skills but also the soft skills that are most in demand by employers such as communication…”

#SciCommin a senior Ecology course: Course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Ecosystem services at the wildland-urban interface: involving undergraduates in ecological investigations

Pre- assignment “Summarize the Results of an ecological research project related to the effects of urbanization on ecosystems. The research summaries will be presented orally to the …

How To Be A Biologist?, Fernando Mateos-González

SciComm 2016 - Lincoln, Nebraska, September 23-24, 2016

http://bioblogia.net

http://www.bioblogia.net/p/consejosjovenesbiologos.html

Tips for young biologists-- •How and why study Biology •How to get experience, contacts, and jobs as a biologist •My own troubles/experiences

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My own goals for SciComm2016…

Eight-Legged Encounters: Using Organismal Biology To Bring Science Education To Families & Communities, Eileen A. Hebets

SciComm 2016 - Lincoln, Nebraska, September 23-24, 2016

Path of the Predators: A Journey Through the Living Arachnids. Illustrations by Pawl Tisdale

WHAT IS AN ARTHROPOD?

CREATE A CHELICERATE

ASSEMBLE AN ARACHNID

TISSUE PAPER FLOWER

MICROSCOPE MADNESS

Eight-Legged Encounters Impact

Change in interest in learning about scientific discoveries among adult respondents (n = 63).

Youth’s interest in science activities (n = 42). Respondents were 50% female, 50% male and ranged in age from 4 – 14 with a mean of 7.7.

You Kan: A Graduate Student Perspective On K-12 Outreach In Ks, Nicole Green

SciComm 2016 - Lincoln, Nebraska, September 23-24, 2016

Science gets interesting at interfaces.

K-12 Outreach in Kansas:
NSF GK-12 EIDROP Fellow (2014-2015) #0841414 Partnership with USD 475 ‘Resident Scientist’, AP Biology
EXCITE! Summer Workshop Series (2015, 2016) KAWSE Office ‘Drosophi-what? Using Fruit Flies as a Biological Model Organism’, 9th-12th grades
4-H SPecial INterest (SPIN) Fall 2015-Spring 2016 After school programming with USD 383, 2nd-5thgrades
Camp R.O.A.R. (Real Observation ARoundUs), Lincoln Elementary School, K-5th grades, funded by ASCB COMPASS Outreach grant

Engaging in outreach is a unique graduate training experience. Successful outreach programs meet students where they are.

If you walk into the classroom with good intentions and a …

Spartan Daily, September 22, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 147, Issue 11

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Ares, Nicole. Man Airlifted After Fight on Center Street Late Saturday – Cory Johnson
• WKU Pulls Deal with Medical Center, Will Bid Out Project
• Dick, Jacob. WKU Police Report on Racist Letters Shows Possible Motive – Michelle Jones
• Collins, Emma. Alumni Survey Receives Few Minority Responses
• Hinderbrandt, Laryn. Department Receives Community Health Grant – Institute for Rural Health
• Keltner, Bryson. Students Work, Save Lives with Global Brigades
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Chicken Strips
• Ronkainen, Millie. Mother Teresa’s Work of Hope, Comfort
• Hicks, Sarah. How to Stay Stylish While …

Spartan Daily, September 21, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 147, Issue 10

An Examination Of Factors Associated With Self-Efficacy For Food Choice And Healthy Eating Among Low-Income Adolescents In Three Us States, Nancy W. Muturi, Tandalayo Kidd, Tazrin Khan, Kendra Kattelmann, Susan Zies, Erika Lindshield, Koushik Adhikari

Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Self-efficacy is a crucial component in effective health communication and health promotion interventions and serves as a moderator for behavior change. Although awareness and risk perception are important in the behavior change process, self-efficacy gives people the necessary confidence in their ability to engage in advocated health behaviors. In addressing childhood obesity, self-efficacy plays a crucial role in dietary decisions. Informed by the social cognitive theory, this study examines the personal and environmental factors that determine self-efficacy for healthy food choices and healthy eating among adolescents in low-income communities.
Methods: A survey was administered among adolescents in sixth to …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, September 21, 2016, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Ten page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Ua12/2/1 Healthy Living Guide, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine published by the College Heights Herald.

• Collins, Emma. Six Ways to Learn Healthy Eating in Your Dorm
• Austin, Emma. Preston Health & Activities Center Accommodates Users of Varied Abilities
• Henderson, Andrew. If Five Campus Restaurants Had Personality Types
• Burgess, Kelly. How to Make a Light & Fresh Quinoa Fruit Salad
• Carlson, Kylie. New Boxing Gym Swings into Bowling Green – BGKY Boxing
• Adams, Julia. Students Open Discussion on Mental Health
• Healthier Eating with a Meal Plan
• Kast, Monica. Gluten & Allergy Free Station to Open in Fresh – Dining Services
• Sims, Adam. Students Develop Personal Workout Routines
• Cole, …

The Cowl - V.81 - N.2 - Sep 15, 2016

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 81 - No. 2 - September 15, 2016. 20 pages.

A Statistical Approach To Characterize And Detect Degradation Within The Barabasi-Albert Network, Mohd-Fairul Mohd-Zaid

Theses and Dissertations

Social Network Analysis (SNA) is widely used by the intelligence community when analyzing the relationships between individuals within groups of interest. Hence, any tools that can be quantitatively shown to help improve the analyses are advantageous for the intelligence community. To date, there have been no methods developed to characterize a real world network as a Barabasi-Albert network which is a type of network with properties contained in many real-world networks. In this research, two newly developed statistical tests using the degree distribution and the L-moments of the degree distribution are proposed with application to classifying networks and detecting degradation …

The Guardian, September 13, 2016, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Eight page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

We All Should Strive To Be The Palm In The Storm, Carolyn Massiah

UCF Forum

Hurricane season is beginning to hit its peak activity. Multiple storms have been brewing in the Atlantic the past couple weeks.

The Prospector, September 6, 2017, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Reaching for the Community: New African-American Studies Director Seeks to Expand Program

Winona Currents Magazine, University Advancement - Winona State University

Winona Currents

This magazine published by Winona State University’s University Advancement was intended to inform WSU Alumni, students, faculty, staff and the greater community about Alumni and the university. The cover theme is: A Hero's Homecoming 2016.

Rapid Museum, Gary Barwin

The Goose

Poetry by Gary Barwin

“A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender And Technology In Chess Online And Offline, Undrah Baasanjav

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The confluence of gender and information technology in chess is explored in this chapter based on a small empirical interview study. By interviewing nine women chess players who compete in men's tournaments, the chapter examines the underrepresentation of women in the traditionally male domain of chess and discusses the role of computers and the Internet in women players' work/play routines. Five in-depth interviews were conducted Face-to-Face (FTF) and four interviews were conducted over the Internet using the textual chat feature of the International Chess Club during the summer of 2010. How women negotiate gendered identity and how they position themselves …

The Cowl - V.81 - N.1 - Sep 1, 2016

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 81 - No. 1 - September 1, 2016. 24 pages.

Float By Joeann Hart, Tonia L. Payne

The Goose

Review of Joeann Hart's Float.