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An Interview With Bekah Stauffacher, Thomas Quinn Marabello

Swiss American Historical Society Review

On April 1, 2024, Bekah Stauffacher became the new President/ CEO of the Swiss Center of North America. Bekah replaces Beth Zurbuchen, who served as President for the past fifteen years and helped open a new center in 2008 in New Glarus, Wisconsin. With Beth retiring, Bekah has big shoes to fill! The Swiss American Historical Society has close ties with the Swiss Center of North America, where we held our annual meeting last October.

Efficacy Of Complexity-Based Target Selection For Treating Morphosyntactic Deficits In Children With Developmental Language Disorder And Children With Down Syndrome: A Single-Case Experimental Design, Kirsten M. Hannig Russell, Julie L. Wambaugh, John L. Davis, Sean M. Redmond

Faculty Publications

Purpose: Selecting targets for morphosyntactic intervention is a critical compo-nent of treatment planning. The complexity approach suggests that, by treating a complex morphosyntactic target, improvements will occur for the treated structure and for related, simpler structures. This study evaluated the efficacy of the complexity approach for treating morphosyntactic deficits by targeting a complex BE verb question structure for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and children with Down syndrome (DS) and observing its impact on treated and untreated BE verb structures. We also explored whether etiology impacted our participants’ treatment responses.

Method: Three participants with DLD and three with DS …

Data For "Providing Access To Historical Sec Filings: An Assessment Of Mergent Archives And Physical Microfiche Collections", Rebekah Dizes, Maggie Marchant

ScholarsArchive Data

The dataset consists of a sample of 3,458 physical microfiche of Security and Exchange Commission filings that we compared to holdings in a digital archive in Mergent Archives. Variables in the data include year of filing, filing type, company name if known, letter range of the company name is not known, digital availability and a readability score.for the digital record.

Blooming Across Borders: A Multilingual Revival Of Yang Chian-Ho’S The Season When Flowers Bloom, Veronica Fu

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This book review delves into the multilingual edition of Yang Chian-Ho's short story, The Season When Flowers Bloom. Spearheaded by Yang's family, this edition features translations in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Taiwanese. The primary focus of the review is on the multilingual edition, emphasizing how it expands accessibility and enhances its academic value. This edition stands as a testament to literary preservation and cultural continuity, offering profound insights for researchers and readers alike.

Asia In Saint Louis: Synergy Of Library Instruction, Digital Humanities, And Community Engagement, Joan Wang, David Romney

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This article explores the integration of library instruction, digital humanities, and community engagement through the "Asia in Saint Louis" project at Washington University in St. Louis. Led by subject librarians Joan Wang and David Romney, in collaboration with digital humanities specialists and local community organizations, the project aimed to digitally reconstruct and showcase the histories of Asian Americans in St. Louis from the late 19th to the 20th century. Funded by the Missouri Humanities Council, the project employed ArcGIS StoryMap technology to create a series of interactive narratives. These StoryMaps, supported by archival research and community involvement, highlight key themes …

Exploring The Potential Applications Of Generative Ai In East Asian Librarianship: Use Cases, Reflections, And Inspirations, Yi Jiang, Kwok-Leong Tang, Tang Li, Haruko Nakamura

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This article delves into the nuances, opportunities, and challenges of generative AI tools as discussed in the CEAL conference workshop, exploring how this innovative technology could profoundly transform the future of East Asian librarianship. It begins with a concise overview of the recent workshop hosted by the CEAL Technology Committee, detailing its background, content, and key insights. It then examines the four use cases demonstrated during the workshop session, exploring the opportunities and challenges associated with integrating generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) into everyday library workflows. With the analysis of the use cases, the article identifies several critical questions that need …

Beyond Boundaries: Evaluating Bl/Yaoi Subject Headings In Academic Library Classification, Cecilia Zhang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This study critically evaluates the effectiveness of the newly established Library of Congress Subject Headings, "Boys' Love (Gay Erotica)" and "Yaoi (Gay Erotica)," in classifying and facilitating the retrieval of information related to these genres. By examining the complex history of these terms within fan communities in Japan, China, and Korea across different historical periods, this research argues that the current LCSH oversimplifies the genre's rich cultural context and ongoing innovation, creating barriers to effective information retrieval and access. Additionally, the use of the term "Gay Erotica" is misaligned with the nuanced nature of BL/Yaoi, further complicating its classification. This …

From The President, Su Chen

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

End-Of-Life Care For Hispanics In The United States, Rebecca Zarate

Family Perspectives

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Structural Social Determinants And Pacific Islanders' Attitudes Toward Psychological Help Seeking, Abigail Elizabeth Norton

Theses and Dissertations

Pacific Islanders (PIs) report encountering various structural barriers to seeking mental health services. This study aimed to: (a) Evaluate the relationship between structural social determinants of health (SSDH) and attitudes toward help seeking, and (b) Test the mediating role of value and need in seeking treatment on demographic characteristics and openness to seeking professional help. A total of 129 participants (69% female) aged 18–74 (Mage = 34.33, SD = 12.73) completed questionnaires assessing SSDH barriers, demographic characteristics, and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Descriptive analyses, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling were performed. We found that being unable …

Full Issue

Studia Antiqua

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A Pauline Dress Code Or A Roman Analogy: Reinterpreting Paul’S Discourse In 1 Corinthians 11:1–16, Nicole Francis

Studia Antiqua

Historically, the debate surrounding 1 Corinthians 11 has focused on whether or not Paul is referring to women veiling their heads in church or simply wearing their hair up. This debate roots itself in a nearly universally accepted assumption that Paul is requesting a sort of dress-code standard for praying and prophesying in church. While this has been the dominant reading in scholarship for centuries, there are numerous compelling weaknesses in this interpretation. This paper will explore those weaknesses and provide an alternative reading: When confronted with group conflict, Paul attempts to reason his way through the hierarchical structure he …

Embodiment And Ritual Clothing: Dressing The Israelite High Priest, Ally Huffmire

Studia Antiqua

Exodus 28 and 39 contain a detailed description of the clothing God instructed to be made and worn by Israelite priests. In this essay, sacred clothing will be understood through the lens of ritual studies, characterizing clothing with a sense of liminality that defines and endows the human wearer with identity and power. The social meanings and implications of the high priest’s dress will be reconstructed by engaging in sensory criticism, drawing upon insights from the greater eastern Mediterranean world. Given the ancient world’s unique conception of a permeable body, ritual clothing had the ability to imbue the wearer with …

Joint Subarray Acoustic Tweezers Enable Controllable Cell Translation, Rotation, And Deformation, Liang Shen, Zhenhua Tian, Kaichun Yang, Joseph Rich, Jianping Xia, Neil Upreti, Jinxin Zhang, Chuyi Chen, Nanjing Hao, Zhichao Pei, Tony Jun Huang

Faculty Publications

Contactless microscale tweezers are highly effective tools for manipulating, patterning, and assembling bioparticles. However, current tweezers are limited in their ability to comprehensively manipulate bioparticles, providing only partial control over the six fundamental motions (three translational and three rotational motions). This study presents a joint subarray acoustic tweezers platform that leverages acoustic radiation force and viscous torque to control the six fundamental motions of single bioparticles. This breakthrough is significant as our manipulation mechanism allows for controlling the three translational and three rotational motions of single cells, as well as enabling complex manipulation that combines controlled translational and rotational motions. …

Parental Accommodation: A Source Of Increased Anxiety In Children, Hannah Hatch

Family Perspectives

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Raising Heroes: Transforming Homes Into Media Training Grounds, Elizabeth Rex Johnson

Family Perspectives

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Early, Open, And Frequent Parent-Child Sexual Communication And Teen Sexual Health, Rachel Shumway

Family Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Journalists Under Attack: Global Perspectives On Threats, Violence And Impunity, Edward L. Carter

Faculty Publications

Journalists are under attack. The digital and physical intimidation and injuries cause harm to not only journalists themselves but also the societies they serve. Society suffers when journalists are silenced because the valuable information they would have provided is prevented from entering the public consciousness. Attacks on journalists are largely met with indifference or ineffective efforts to achieve justice. This impunity emboldens others. This book originated with an international online symposium in 2022 in which scholars and practitioners from around the globe met to discuss not only the problem but also possible solutions.

Carrying The Weight Of Pregnancy Anxiety, Danielle Yates

Family Perspectives

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Fostering Healthy Sexuality In The Emerging Generation: Reminders For Latter-Day Saints, Melina Myers

Family Perspectives

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Family Meals: Expectation Vs. Reality, Lindsey Hair

Family Perspectives

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How Parent-Child Attachment May Influence Relational Self-Efficacy In Adults, Rachel Abraham

Family Perspectives

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Viewing Adhd’S Impact On Children’S Social Development Through The Lens Of Peer Rejection, Bethany Sycamore

Family Perspectives

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Joni September 2024 Full Issue, Angie Holzer

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

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Ideas For Professional Development In The Nonprofit Sector, Elise Lael Kieffer

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

The nonprofit and nongovernmental sector serves the critical role, in our world, of filling in the gaps in service and opportunity that are unfulfilled by the public sector and either unfilled or unobtainable through the private sector. This thought paper presents one option for a professional development program for nonprofit professionals working in rural communities. This program serves to facilitate the training of nonprofit employees and volunteers in critical leadership and management education. Through this educational opportunity, nonprofit leaders, board members, and aspiring nonprofit directors come together in a cohort of peers to learn both foundational and advanced theories, strategies, …

Covid-19 And Health Equity: Lessons Learned From The Pandemic, Sumaya Ali, Lakell Archer, Erica L. Jensen

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Health inequities refer to avoidable, unjust differences in health outcomes caused by systemic disadvantages rooted in social, economic, and environmental contexts (Braveman, 2014). Health disparities refer to differences in health outcomes between groups, often measured by prevalence, morbidity, or mortality (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2020). Health inequalities are measurable differences in health status that may arise from biological, social, or environmental factors (World Health Organization [WHO], 2019). Health inequities, however, are specifically preventable and unjust differences.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted these inequities, intensifying pre-existing structural disparities within healthcare and societal systems. The pandemic underscored the urgency of …

Impacts Of Climate Change In The United States, Nathan T. Thompson

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Climate change, a shift in long-term climate patterns primarily driven by anthropogenic factors, poses a super wicked problem impacting every sector and region globally, including the United States. This paper explores the scientific basis of climate change, its contributing factors, and the myriad consequences on terrestrial and aquatic systems, as well as mental health. Notably, the emission of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and agricultural activities is the primary cause, exacerbated by ideological division and psychological distance. The U.S. has seen some progress with a 7% decrease in emissions over the past 30 years and a growing shift toward renewable …

Research Summaries: Global Health, Lakell Archer, Sumaya Ali, Erica Jensen

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

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"Remember Me": A Narrative Analysis On Latino Representation In Disney's Coco And Encanto, Angie Nicole Vega

Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the authenticity of Latino representation in Disney animated films by reviewing the visuals, symbols, and themes incorporated into the animations. Using a narrative analysis method, the study examines themes present in the films, including characters, setting, music, and language, to uncover deeper meanings and cultural references. Through this analysis, the study aims to identify commonalities in how Latino culture is represented in mainstream media and to uncover any underlying messages or biases that may be present. The findings of the study suggest that both films showcase Latino culture in a positive and celebratory manner, highlighting the importance …

Locating Diversity In Reservoir Computing Using Bayesian Hyperparameter Optimization, Whitney Lunceford

Theses and Dissertations

Reservoir computers rely on an internal network to predict the future state(s) of dynamical processes. To understand how a reservoir's accuracy depends on this network, we study how varying the networ's topology and scaling affects the reservoir's ability to predict the chaotic dynamics on the Lorenz attractor. We define a metric for diversity, the property describing the variety of the responses of the nodes that make up reservoir's internal network. We use Bayesian hyperparameter optimization to find optimal hyperparameters and explore the relationships between diversity, accuracy of model predictions, and model hyperparameters. The content regarding the VPT metric, the effects …