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Folksonomies & Folklore: Connecting The Communities Of The Past With The Present In The James Callow Archive At Udm (Panel C), Tanya Davidson

Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice

My topic focuses on the James Callow Folklore Collection that is housed at the University of Detroit Mercy. I have written a case study on the current archival practices for the collection, and I explore the possibility of including community based tagging and open contributions to the database as a way to connect the collection from the past communities to the present. The poster presentation would be an examination of the implications that such elements would have on the collection and on the representation of communities– and I will illustrate in real time how adding folksonomies into the current taxonomy …

A Digital Humanities Partnership With The Harvard Center For Hellenic Studies (Panel D), Christine Tulley

Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice

In this presentation, I describe the results from participating in Sunoikisis at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies and how the participation cultivates an introduction to the digital humanities in a graduate rhetoric program. Some of the direct benefits graduate students received from participation in the program were 1) weekly lectures taught live in a Google Hangout chat from classics scholars to showcase digital humanities methods, 2) a semester wide discussion on Homer and the debate over the start of rhetoric as a field of study (using Rachel Knudsen’s Homer and the Origins of Rhetoric as a starting bridge text …

Building A Community Of Practice Bridging Making And Thinking (Panel B), Julie Thompson Klein

Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice

The field of Digital Humanities spans many communities of practice, from design of digital texts, archives, and libraries to cultural studies of new technologies and media. The discourse of Making is fostering a new community of practice emerging from intersections of the epistemology, rhetoric, and aesthetics of building. Building tools is being reconceptualized from a reductive mechanical production to an intellectual endeavor with its own practices, theory, and standards. Framed by the historical boundary between thinking and doing, the emergence of this expanding community was signaled by the shift from the label ”humanities computing” to “digital humanities.” Growing theorization of …

The Topkit: Creating A Statewide Community Of Practice For Online Faculty Development, Wendy S. Howard

Florida Distance Learning Association Conference

Building and sustaining a faculty development program for online education requires extensive time and resources. In light of shrinking budgets, increased demand, and continuous advancements in technology, faculty development professionals often struggle with updating or revising their own curriculum. As part of the State University System of Florida Board of Governors 2025 Strategic Plan for Online Education, the University of Central Florida is creating a robust online faculty development program to serve the entire state of Florida. Titled the Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit (TOPkit), it will offer a comprehensive set of online resources, an annual workshop, and an ongoing community …

Engage With Research!, Michele Gibney, Joana Fernandez

Florida Distance Learning Association Conference

The FDLA Journal, FDLA Conference, and FAMTE's journal, Transformations, are now hosted in Nova Southeastern University's NSUWorks, a repository managed by the NSU Libraries. NSUWorks' primary librarian administrator will speak about submitting to the journals and conference along with the benefits authors will receive from having their work published online. She and the Education subject specialist of NSU's Alvin Sherman Library will also cover additional open access avenues for publication and free research resources for higher education and K-12 teachers.

Supporting Students With Disabilities In An Online Educational Setting, Katie Santana

Florida Distance Learning Association Conference

Florida Virtual School will provide an overview of the Exceptional Student Education (ESE) support framework that is available for students with disabilities (SWD) in various programs. Discover how Florida Virtual School ensures the provision and implementation of ESE services, accommodations, related services and other essential supports for SWD. Discuss your own challenges and share effective practices surrounding reinforcement systems that benefit SWD in an online educational environment

Engage With Research!, Michele Gibney, Joana Fernandez

Florida Distance Learning Association Conference

The FDLA Journal, FDLA Conference, and FAMTE's journal, Transformations, are now hosted in Nova Southeastern University's NSUWorks, a repository managed by the NSU Libraries. NSUWorks' primary librarian administrator will speak about submitting to the journals and conference along with the benefits authors will receive from having their work published online. She and the Education subject specialist of NSU's Alvin Sherman Library will also cover additional open access avenues for publication and free research resources for higher education and K-12 teachers.

The Spatial Distribution And Density Of The Emerald Ash Borer Infestation In Rock Island And Moline, Il, Kendall Smith, Victoria Lason, Tierney Brosius, Michael Reisner

Celebration of Learning

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Copleoptera: Buprestidae) is a destructive colonizer of ash trees that arrived in the United States in 2002. Since then, EAB has been detected in 22 states and two Canadian provinces, and has proven to be a complicated management issue for many cities including Rock Island. The purpose of this study was to determine the spatial distribution and density of the EAB infestation in Rock Island, Ill and to identify potential correlations between host larval densities and visual symptoms. A continuation of spatial distribution was determined through a tree survey examining specific species …

Managing A Large Scale Project: Using Strengthsfinder In The Website Redesign, Laura Edwards, Cristina Tofan

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

After doing a library-wide StrengthsFinder assessment that highlighted the strengths of its individuals, EKU Libraries decided to put this strategy into practice by applying it to one of the most complex projects in the life of an academic library: the website redesign. This decentralized approach allowed project managers to align strengths-based teams with phases of the redesign that would most benefit from that team’s unique strengths.

Scholarly Communication: An Overview, Sarah A. Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Guest Lecture at LIS 5937: Scholarly Communication at the University of South Florida - Tampa. Lecture gives an overview of the following:

• Scholarly Communication
• Introduction to the lecturer
• Scholarly Communication at University of Central Florida Libraries
• A Day in the Life of a Scholarly Communication Librarian
• Tips & Resources for Becoming a Scholarly Communication Librarian

Promoting Health And Quality Of Life Along The Care Continuum: Creating A Nursing Curriculum For Today’S Health Care Environment, Kathleen D. Black, Mary Bouchaud, Denise Brown

College of Nursing Posters

Background

The focus on traditional acute, hospital-based health care is being replaced with a new paradigm aimed at providing primary care, care of populations, and care across transitions and providers. The Institute of Medicine’s report (2010), the “Future of Nursing” emphasized the need for nurses to lead health care change and called for nursing education focused on a community and population-based perspective, person centered care, and emerging roles for nurses across the care continuum. In response, the Jefferson College of Nursing embarked on the ambitious task of designing a new and innovative baccalaureate nursing curriculum over a 13 month period.

Manager In The Making: Learning To Manage People, Projects, And Time, Laura Edwards, Cristina Tofan

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In addition to keeping their own professional skills up to date, new managers need to learn quickly how to think strategically, delegate, and successfully supervise and lead their staff. In most cases, these skills are learned on the job, without prior training or with limited mentoring. We will draw on what we learned from the literature and from our own experience to illustrate the skills that we feel contribute the most to the making of a great manager and, ultimately, an effective leader.

Mr Screening For Acute Stroke Intervention Using A Patient Specific Screening Paradigm, Brian Cristiano Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Automated Computer Analysis Of Core Infarct Size And Perfusion Mismatch, Johnny Suh Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Measuring The Change In Size Of Intracranial Hematomas On Swi After Administration Of Normobaric Oxygen, Mohammad Kassir Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Metabolic Syndrome And Progression Of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Eric Peters Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Cross-Sectional Psoas Area As A Predictor Of Postoperative Morbidity And Mortality In Surgical Oncology Patients, Chad Burk Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Benefits Of Service Learning In Chfd 3135- Youth Development, Katherine Delp, Kristen M. Prichett, Alice Hall

Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium (Archived)

The purpose of this study was to assess the benefits of service learning in CHFD 3135-Youth Development. This course requires 14 hours of service learning done in one of three after school program settings in Statesboro. A two-page survey, developed at Sam Houston State University, was administered the last day of class Fall 2015. Four questions were modified to assess content specific to CHFD 3135. The mean scores on the 20 questions ranged from a 4.25-4.75 (on a 5 point scale) indicating an overall positive experience. The open-ended questions asked for three separate words indicating what they liked most and …

Cerebral Deoxyhemoglobin Imaging: A Biomarker For Poor Neurological Outcomes In Neonates With Acute Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury (Hi-Bi), Austin Trihh Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Sensitivity And Specificity Of Sacral Arcuate Line Disruption For Fractures On Plain Radiography, Alex Sun Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Gadobenate Disodium (Multihance) Deposition In The Globus Pallidus And Dentate Nucleus, Arian Mashhood Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

Radiation Dose In Vascular Surgery Procedures, K. Arsalaan Ahmed Md

LLUMC Radiology Research Days

No abstract provided.

The Moon Festival And The Stories Behind, Haiwang Yuan

DLPS Faculty Publications

A presentation that traces the evolution of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Moon Festival with regard to the elements that were added to the myth of the moon fairy and other elements needed for the celebration of the festival such as the moon cake and examines the differences between the Western and Chinese view of and attitude toward the Moon in history through English and Chinese literature.

Libraries Transform, Elizabeth Fox

Library Conference Presentations and Posters

Presented at the South Dakota Library Association conference in Watertown, South Dakota, September 29, 2016.

Malosma Laurina Dieback Associated With Fungal Induced Loss In Hydraulic Conductivity And Photosynthesis, Gabriella N. Palmeri, Shaquetta R. Reese, Helen I. Holmlund, Frank W. Ewers, Stephen D. Davis

Biology

Widespread Malosma laurina (Laurel Sumac) dieback is occurring throughout the Santa Monica Mountains. M. laurina is a keystone species within the SMM and its deep roots provide necessary slope stability to the hillsides; therefore, M. laurina’s health is of ecological importance. This study examines whether M. laurina dieback is associated with decreased stem water transport due to the prevalence of a pathogenic fungus within the water transport tissue. Stem samples from dieback and healthy control M. laurina were cultured for fungal growth. 100% of samples from water transport tissue from dieback adult plants contained a fungal pathogen from the …

General Copyright, Sarah A. Norris, Lily Flick

Scholarly Communication Brown Bag Series

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Results From A Ground Based Magnetometer Rotation Table, Rachel Newman, April Gross, Jolene Johnson, Kaye Smith, Erick Agrimson, James Flaten

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

Understanding high altitude balloon rotation is important for many types of scientific measurements, therefore, balloon and payload rotation is a continuing area of interest and research. In this work, we present results obtained from an Arduino logged magnetometer rotated on a ground based rotation table. This table allowed us to precisely rotate and locate the Arduino logged magnetometer. We compare the Arduino logged results with “known magnetic field orientation” using an AIM rocketry altimeter. This comparison allowed us to test the accuracy of our Arduino logged results and the sampling capabilities of our magnetometer system using different rotational speeds.

High-Altitude Ballooning In 3rd Grade, Emily L. Mathews, Brianna Marszalek, Bernhard Beck-Winchatz

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

In this poster presentation we report on a high altitude balloon project conducted with third-graders from Gower West Elementary School in Willowbrook, IL in spring 2016. In the weeks before the launch students used a vacuum jar to investigate the effects of pressure changes on different objects, substances and sounds in the classroom and conducted pressure, temperature and wind measurements inside and outside of their school using Vernier probeware. To learn how to use the balloon tracking equipment and how to fill a balloon and prepare it for launch, students simulated a flight with a tethered balloon outside of their …

High Altitude Cosmic Ray Detection, Jordan D. Van Nest

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

Cosmic rays are high energy atomic nuclei travelling near the speed of light that collide with atoms and molecules in Earth’s upper atmosphere (primarily with nitrogen and oxygen), breaking down into a shower of particles of various energies in the stratosphere. As they travel earthward, these particles continue to break down and lose energy which results in relatively little ionizing radiation reaching the surface. Due to the scattering of cosmic rays, the angle at which the rays enter the atmosphere can affect the number and energies of ionizing particles detected at various altitudes. When using a standard Geiger counter on …

Citizen Satellite: A Way To Have Low Cost Space Missions For The Unordinary Innovator, Robert J. Twiggs, Amin Djamshidpour, Ted Tagami, Tony So

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint presentation created by Robert Twiggs, Amin Djamshidpour , Ted Tagami, and Tony So titled "Citizen Satellite: A Way to have Low Cost Space Missions for the Unordinary Innovator" from August 7, 2016.