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Children And Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Developing Role Of Technology In Teaching Communication Skils

Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often struggle to learn effective communication skills. Researchers have asserted that the best methods for teaching correct communication skills to these children involve technological tools, such as videos, music, and graphics. Implementing these tools into the public school systems and the homes of children with ASD has been shown to improve their development of communication skills and includes educating teachers and parents about the positive effects that utilizing the tools can bring to the daily lives of children with ASD. When and how to implement these tools may depend on a child's level …

Reproductive Strategies Matter For Rare Plant Conservation: Pollination, Phenology, And Mating In An Endemic Plant Of The Sky Islands Of Arizona, Erigeron Lemmonii A. Gray (Lemmon's Fleabane) (Asteraceae), Pamela Bailey, Peter Kevan

Western North American Naturalist

Erigeron lemmonii A. Gray is extremely rare, but not endangered. There are fewer than 1000 individuals, but they compose an apparently stable, heterozygotic, diploid (2n = 18) population. The plants are perennial and endemic to one small location (about 0.5 km2) in Scheelite Canyon, Huachuca Mountains (Cochise County), Fort Huachuca Army Base, part of the Sky Island region, Arizona. Erigeron lemmonii grows from crevices in cliffs, ledges, and rock faces where it can form mats by spreading vegetatively from the roots as they proliferate, especially in microsites where soil accumulates. Our goals were to (1) investigate floral anatomy for reproductive …

Characteristics Of Exercise That Influence Emotional Health Type, Intensity, And Duration

Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

The importance of exercise in molding a healthy mind, body, and emotional perception has been well established in scientific research. A review of the recent literature examining type, intensity, and duration of exercise illustrates how to achieve the best emotional results. Because exercise is not naturally built in to the modern lifestyle, people need to make concerted effort to exercise in order to better deal with stress and experience positive emotions. Studies indicate that both animals and humans are better able to cope with stressors when able to voluntary exercise. However, not all exercise is alike. Aerobic exercise appears to …

Winter Ecology And Spring Dispersal Of Common Ravens In Wyoming, Luke W. Peebles, Michael R. Conover

Western North American Naturalist

Numbers of Common Ravens (Corvus corax) have increased in western North America, and these high abundances are the source of problems throughout the species’ range. Little is known about the winter ecology of ravens. We studied a population of ravens in Wyoming during the winters of 2013–2015; our goals were to examine use of landfills for foraging and use of anthropogenic structures for roosting, as well as dispersal patterns of ravens from these landfills in the spring. On average, 22% of radio-marked ravens foraged at landfills on a given day and 68% roosted at anthropogenic sites (e.g. on …

Effects Of Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration On Habitat For Bats, Shelly A. Johnson, Carol L. Chambers

Western North American Naturalist

Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in the southwestern United States, used by 16 species of bats, are managed with thinning and prescribed fire to restore tree densities and fire regimes to conditions that existed prior to Euro-American settlement. Using 2 approaches (roosting and foraging) to categorize forest habitat for bats, we evaluated how restoration treatments may affect habitat use. We hypothesized that more foraging activity would occur in thinned stands because more species are adapted to open forest, but that more roosts would occur in unthinned stands where snags were unaffected by mechanical treatments and prescribed fire. During …

Taxonomic And Compositional Differences Of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods In Riparian Habitats In Glen Canyon, Arizona, Usa, Barbara E. Ralston, Neil S. Cobb, Sandra L. Brantley, Jacob Higgins, Charles B. Yackulic

Western North American Naturalist

The disturbance history, plant species composition, productivity, and structural complexity of a site can exert bottom-up controls on arthropod diversity, abundance, and trophic structure. Regulation alters the hydrology and disturbance regimes of rivers and affects riparian habitats by changing plant quality parameters. Fifty years of regulation along the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam has created a no-analog, postdam “lower” riparian zone close to the water’s edge that includes tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), a nonnative riparian shrub. At the same time, the predam “upper” facultative riparian zone has persisted several meters above the current flood stage. In summer 2009, …

Discrete Pre-Processing Step Effects In Registration-Based Pipelines, A Preliminary Volumetric Study On T1-Weighted Images, Nathan M. Muncy, Ariana M. Hedges-Muncy, C. Brock Kirwan

Faculty Publications

Pre-processing MRI scans prior to performing volumetric analyses is common practice in MRI studies. As pre-processing steps adjust the voxel intensities, the space in which the scan exists, and the amount of data in the scan, it is possible that the steps have an effect on the volumetric output. To date, studies have compared between and not within pipelines, and so the impact of each step is unknown. This study aims to quantify the effects of preprocessing steps on volumetric measures in T1-weighted scans within a single pipeline. It was our hypothesis that pre-processing steps would significantly impact ROI volume …

Scholastic Discover More: Birds, Kristie Hinckley

Children's Book and Media Review

Readers will learn more than they ever knew about birds in Scholastic Discover More: Birds. Children can easily access the information about birds in this book by using the table of contents, glossary, and index. They will learn how different birds have different purposes for feathers, including camouflage, warmth, changing direction in flight, and showing off to female birds. Children will be fascinated by species of birds they have never heard of or seen before. This book also includes pages about birds that can’t fly and how birds catch their prey.

Animal Rescue Center: The Injured Fox Kit, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

Ella and her family run the Animal Magic Rescue Center that takes in all sorts of animals in need, including a stubborn and ornery goat named Gordon. When young Ella goes to check the gate before closing the rescue center for the night, she hears a faint animal cry from the forest. She finds an injured fox kit who they take back to the rescue center and nurse back to health. As the fox, named Copper, is recovering, Ella falls in love with him even after the warning from her mother that he is a wild animal. Ella and her …

Desert Food Webs In Action, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

Despite how barren the desert may appear on the surface, there are many plants and animals who live there and go unnoticed. These plants and animals rely on each other for food in the desert. Deserts do not have much water, so the plants and animals that live there must learn how to adapt. Desert plants get energy from the sun and adapt to store water. Herbivores get energy and water from the plants when they eat them. Carnivores also receive energy when they eat other animals. Decomposers get energy and nutrients from dead plants and animals.

Maybe A Fox, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Jules and Sylvie have been each other’s rock since their mother died. Behind their home in the forests of Vermont runs a river that disappears into the Slip and reappears a short walk away. It’s here that Jules and Sylvie throw their wish rocks despite the rule to never go there. When Sylvie runs down to the Slip to throw a wish rock but fails to return, Jules and her father are forced to cope with yet another loss to their family. At the same time, a baby vixen names Senna is born. She loves to run and she’s fast. …

Yellow Animals, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

There are yellow animals in the air, on the land, and in the water. Yellow is a primary color, that means you can't make yellow by mixing other colors. Read and learn about all different types of beautiful yellow animals in ABDO Kid's Animal Colors series.

Who's For Dinner? Predators And Prey, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

If you've ever wondered how predators use teamwork, teach their young to hunt, or trick and trap prey then you should read this book! There are three different sections that are about predators, prey, and animal eating habits. Each is full of fun and interesting facts about a wide variety of animals.

Fundamental Experiments: Color, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

Sunlight is made up of a bunch of colors all mixed together, but when sunlight passes through water it separates and we can see all the colors of the rainbow! Lots of colors are made the same way, and you can discover what colors are used in your markers by doing an experiment with just water and a paper towel. Darker colors absorb light and lighter colors reflect light, so wearing a white t-shirt on a hot day can help keep you cool. Animals use color to stay safe with camouflage.

Crown Of Three #3: A Kingdom Rises, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

While Elodie is imprisoned by Lord Vicerin, she uses her powers to summon the dead warriors Vicerin had killed. With the dead’s help, Elodie and her friends escape and fight their way to Melchior and the troops loyal to the triplets. Meanwhile, Gulph wakes up from his fatal jump into the chasm fully healed by Celestis’s waters. Returning to Celestis, Gulph overthrows Lady Redina and leads Celestis’s inhabitants up to Idilliam. Tarlan soon arrives to fly Gulph and their mother to Elodie. Together the siblings lead an army of local men, the dead warriors, and animals to contend with Vicerin's …

The Bear Who Wasn't There, Leuyen Pham

Children's Book and Media Review

Bear doesn’t show up for the book about him! But Duck is there to suggest you read the book about him anyway. The other animals in the book suggest some places that you could look for Bear. Bear is not there, but Duck is. Where is Bear? Even the author can’t find Bear! Finally, some muddy paw prints lead to Bear!

Magnificent Macaws, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

This short book introduces readers to Macaw basics and interesting facts about Macaws. Readers learn about Macaw size and diet and their physical and mental abilities. The second portion of the book has a short fictional story about a macaw in a pet store that escapes, goes on adventures exploring, and ultimately finds a friendly little boy that will provide the macaw with a forever home. The book ends with some interesting fun facts about macaws, a reading comprehension quiz, and a glossary of terms.

That's Not How You Do It!, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

Lucy knows how to do everything right. She knows how to eat with a fork and a spoon, how to build a tall tower, and how to fold a perfect star. Then Toshi arrives. He doesn't eat with a spoon or fork, or build towers like Lucy. He can't even fold a paper star! Lucy can't take it anymore and tell him, "That's not how you do it!" Toshi gives her a paper crane he made and Lucy discovers that there is more than one right way to do things.

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?Bill Martin Jr., Emily Mccarty

Children's Book and Media Review

Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See and the tenth anniversary of Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See, Baby Bear is back in a board book edition with easy access tabs for each animal baby bear encounters. Join Baby Bear as he discovers animals indigenous to North America like the red fox, mountain goat, and striped skunk. In an exciting conclusion, Baby Bear finds his mom!

Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tail, Lori Cunningham

Children's Book and Media Review

It's time to start your day with Duke and his crew of construction worker dogs. They are ready to knock down an old building with their wrecking ball, using a bulldozer and dump truck to clean up the mess. But Duke has to check the plans before giving the go. Digging tunnels and laying concrete is only half the fun. The skilled dogs are taking great care to do their job, and hurry to finish all the wiring and fixture before the day is done.

Rory The Dinosaur Wants A Pet, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

Rory's friends has a pet hermit crab named Sheldon, and he is so much fun! They play hide and go seek and fetch with Sheldon on the beach. Rory wants a pet too! He sets off to find himself a pet, but it is harder than he thought, and he has to go home for dinner before he finds one. While he's walking home a coconut falls from it's tree and rolls behind Rory. Rory races home with his new pet, George. George is so fun!

The Keepers #2: The Harp And The Ravenvine, Becky Jamieson

Children's Book and Media Review

Horace, who can see up to one day in to the future, and Chloe, who can walk through walls, are no longer the newest Keepers on the block. They are veterans being asked to use their magical objects to protect the storehouse for such tools from their enemies, the Riven, once again. The Riven are following an animal empath named April with a broken object called the Ravenvine. They save April with the help of Chloe’s long lost mother who has the ability to stop the Riven with a magic-controlling harp. They are able to fix the Ravenvine, but Chloe …

Earth Aliens #1: The Expedition, Lisa Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Hugh and his twin brother Rhys have been granted passage on a starship to a new planet called Terra Nova. Hugh gets to be an apprentice to an engineer during the seven year journey, but Rhys is put into cryo-tube to sleep the entire journey. As Hugh is dealing with the loss of his brother and learning the ropes of taking care of the engines he meets Elena. On the planet Terra Nova, a young Charneki becomes the ruler of them all. Zeneba, the ruler, is having to learn how to be a leader when she is very young. As …

The Menagerie #2: Dragon On Trial, Becky Jamieson

Children's Book and Media Review

Logan, Zoe, and Blue will do anything to stop the Menagerie from being shut down, and that means proving to a jury of magical creatures the innocence of Scratch the dragon. Scratch faces the death penalty for killing Pelly, the goose who laid the golden eggs. With the help of Marco, a werechicken in their seventh grade class, the three friends learn that Scratch is guilty of no more than eating a few farmer’s sheep and that Pelly is not dead after all. They find Pelly and bring her back in time to save Scratch, but they are still unsure …

After The Red Rain, Lisa Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

The world is dying and the humans are trying to survive on what they can. As Deedra is out scavenging for more food and resources, she sees a boy crossing a river separating the territories. When she goes to help him from being swept down the river she notices that he doesn't have any marks on his body identifying where he came from. She discovers his name is Rose before he suddenly disappears. She doesn't see him again for a while, but then he saves her life and they start to get to know each other. Rose stays at her …

The Menagerie, Becky Jamieson

Children's Book and Media Review

It's hard being the new kid in town for Logan Wilde. He is the only son of an overworked man and a woman who ran away from their family, and he has yet to make any friends in the small Wyoming town. However, his simple reality changes quickly when Logan finds a griffin in his bedroom. This young talking griffin leads Logan into the menagerie of magical creatures where he becomes friends with fellow seventh-graders Zoe and Blue. Logan helps Zoe and Blue find the other five griffin cubs that have escaped their enclosure at the menagerie and are hidden …

Katja, Ketevahi 'Katje', Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Ketevahi “Katja” is from Georgia. She’s in her late 40’s. She grew up on a farm in the country and became the financial support for her family after her mother died and her father became “emaciated.” When Putin came to power, diplomatic ties deteriorated between Georgia and Russia, which eventually led to war. She fled her country using forged documents and first worked in Turkey but has now lived in Naples for nine years and regularly sends money home to her brother, who cares for their father.

Katja expresses her feelings about war, government, liberty, and what it means to …

Aberrant Plant Diversity In The Purgatory Watershed Of Southeastern Colorado And Northeastern New Mexico, Joseph A. Kleinkopf, Dina A. Clark, Erin A. Tripp

Western North American Naturalist

Despite a dearth of biological study in the area, the Purgatory Watershed concentrated in southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico is home to a number of unique land formations and endemic organisms. At onetime nonarable land where Dust Bowl storms of the 1930s originated, the Purgatory Watershed is presently home to the Comanche National Grasslands, the Picketwire Canyonlands, and the expansive Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site. The Purgatory Watershed is composed of deep canyons, eroded mesas, and extensive intact shortgrass plains, and is located at a crossroads of the biodiversity of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Chihuahuan Desert. Here …

A Night With The Investment Bankers, Maren Loveland

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Full Issue Fall 2017

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