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The Economic Situation, 2014 September 1, Bruce Yandle Sep 2014

The Economic Situation, 2014 September 1, Bruce Yandle

Publications

Quarterly report on the economic situation of the United States and South Carolina.


Slaves Of Charleston, Susanna Ashton Sep 2014

Slaves Of Charleston, Susanna Ashton

Publications

The Beth Elohim Synagogue, founded in the 1749 in downtown Charleston South Carolina, is one of the very earliest synagogues in America. While other more recent synagogues and congregations are also now a part of Charleston city life, as the oldest one in the area, the Beth Elohim Synagogue is the repository for certain historical artifacts of Jewish life in the city. One such artifact they hold is a marble tablet honoring Mordecai Cohen (1763-1848) that was commissioned by the City of Charleston to honor one of the city’s greatest benefactors. Cohen, one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina, …


Test Prep Display, Maggie Mason Smith Sep 2014

Test Prep Display, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

No abstract provided.


The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 17 2014-08-28, Clemson University Aug 2014

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 17 2014-08-28, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.


Staff Senate Executive Committee Minutes, 2014 August 26, Clemson University Aug 2014

Staff Senate Executive Committee Minutes, 2014 August 26, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 16 2014-08-26, Clemson University Aug 2014

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 16 2014-08-26, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.


The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 13 2014-08-19, Clemson University Aug 2014

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 13 2014-08-19, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.


Staff Senate Minutes, 2014 August 12, Clemson University Aug 2014

Staff Senate Minutes, 2014 August 12, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Clemson Commencement Program, August 2014, Clemson University Aug 2014

Clemson Commencement Program, August 2014, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


2014 Summary Report On Institutional Effectiveness, Clemson University Aug 2014

2014 Summary Report On Institutional Effectiveness, Clemson University

Institutional Effectiveness Reports

No abstract provided.


South Carolina Offshore Wind Economic Impact Study Phase 2, 2014 August, Kenneth Sercy, Robert T. Carey, Ellen Weeks Saltzman Aug 2014

South Carolina Offshore Wind Economic Impact Study Phase 2, 2014 August, Kenneth Sercy, Robert T. Carey, Ellen Weeks Saltzman

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No abstract provided.


Tales And Trials Of Love: A Bilingual Edition And Study, Kelly Digby Peebles Aug 2014

Tales And Trials Of Love: A Bilingual Edition And Study, Kelly Digby Peebles

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In Tales and Trials of Love, Jeanne Flore (whose identity remains a mystery) depicts an ideal notion of love as a mutually beneficial relationship upheld in a world governed by Venus and Cupid. Jeanne Flore urges her readers-and the characters within the tales-to aspire to achieve and vindicate their right to attain mutual love. These seven tales illustrate various obstacles to that ideal and the consequences of denouncing Cupid's sovereignty. This first bilingual edition situates these tales within the vibrant cultural context of Renaissance Lyon and demonstrates how they respond to contemporary literary conversations, including the querelle des Amyes …


Stem Career Cluster Engineering And Technology Education Pathway In Georgia: Perceptions Of Georgia Engineering And Technology Education High School Teachers And Ctae Administrators As Measured By The Characteristics Of Engineering And Technology Education Survey, Mark Vanburen Crenshaw Aug 2014

Stem Career Cluster Engineering And Technology Education Pathway In Georgia: Perceptions Of Georgia Engineering And Technology Education High School Teachers And Ctae Administrators As Measured By The Characteristics Of Engineering And Technology Education Survey, Mark Vanburen Crenshaw

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This study examined the perceptions held by Georgia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Education (ETE) high school pathway teachers and Georgia’s Career, Technical and Agriculture Education (CTAE) administrators regarding the ETE pathway and its effect on implementation within their district and schools. It provides strategies for ETE teaching methods, curriculum content, STEM integration, and how to improve the ETE pathway program of study. Current teaching and curricular trends were examined in ETE as well as the role ETE should play as related to STEM education. The study, using the Characteristics of Engineering and Technology …


Learning As Leisure Among Older Adults: Triggers, Motivations And Constraints Of Olli Members, Sara M. Baral Aug 2014

Learning As Leisure Among Older Adults: Triggers, Motivations And Constraints Of Olli Members, Sara M. Baral

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Individuals age 65 and older make up an increasingly large proportion of the population in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). Due to retirement, this cohort experiences an increase in discretionary time to participate in old and new leisure activities (Nimrod, 2008). This study used concepts from Leisure Innovation Theory to investigate what happens when one participates in a new leisure activity. While participating in leisure activities, older adults experience a variety of motivations (e.g. Chen & Pang, 2012; Lamb & Brady, 2005) and constraints (e.g. Kleiber, McGuire, Aybar-Damali & Norman, 2008). The concepts of triggers, motivation, and constraints …


Cooking Healthy, Eating Smart (Ches): Evaluating The Feasibility Of Using Volunteers To Deliver Nutrition And Food Safety Education To Rural Older Adults, Morgan Getty Aug 2014

Cooking Healthy, Eating Smart (Ches): Evaluating The Feasibility Of Using Volunteers To Deliver Nutrition And Food Safety Education To Rural Older Adults, Morgan Getty

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Due to their limited resources, rural, older adults in the United States are at risk for poor diet-related health outcomes. Nutrition education is a key component in improving health outcomes in older adults. Cooking Healthy, Eating Smart (CHES) is a nine-lesson curriculum designed to teach rural, older adults culturally appropriate nutrition and food safety information. Funding to hire health professionals to deliver such a curriculum is limited, presenting the need to explore a less expensive mode of dissemination. In this community-based, participatory research study, a formative evaluation and feasibility study were conducted to examine the use of volunteers to deliver …


Investigating The Non-Adoption Of Electronic Health Records In Primary Care, Saravanan Ramdoss Aug 2014

Investigating The Non-Adoption Of Electronic Health Records In Primary Care, Saravanan Ramdoss

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The objective of this study was to investigate the underlying reasons behind primary care centers in the United States not implementing an Electronic Health Record system in spite of looming penalties under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. In order to do this, survey was developed and distributed among healthcare providers who have not yet implemented an EHR system at their practice. The questions for the survey were developed after conducting a literature review of the barriers to EHR implementation. In this review, six themes emerged: technical, cost, productivity, change process, privacy and time. These …


'There Is A School We Love In Dixie Land': The History Of Greenville High, Boyd Johnson Aug 2014

'There Is A School We Love In Dixie Land': The History Of Greenville High, Boyd Johnson

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The history of Greenville High School began in the Progressive Era and was built largely upon the progressive education ideas of that period. The entire history reflects much of the same philosophical underpinnings that brought about the genesis of the school. The ideals of the progressives and especially those of John Dewey, one of the premier progressives, are evident in the community activities, the sports program, the academic curricula, outstanding alumni and faculty, and the struggle for desegregation at GHS. Through an examination of yearbooks, syllabi, newspapers, the Wall of Fame at Greenville High School, and textbooks used at the …


Silver Hair On The Silver Screen: Adaptations Of Jane Austen's Older Women, Hilary Richards Aug 2014

Silver Hair On The Silver Screen: Adaptations Of Jane Austen's Older Women, Hilary Richards

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Three adaptations of Jane Austen novels were produced between 1995 and 1999. These late 90s films represented a set of romantic comedies created in the style of heritage cinema. In adapting Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Mansfield Park, filmmakers reshaped the older women supporting characters in order to better fit the generic conventions of romantic comedies. Romantic comedies of the 1990s relied on a narrow view of the marriage plot whereby the focus in wholly on the courtship process of a predominately affluent, white, heterosexual couple. By excising the roles of the older women, Mrs. Jennings, Miss Bates, and Mrs. …


Bombing 12294, Lucosi Ikeem Fuller Aug 2014

Bombing 12294, Lucosi Ikeem Fuller

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“Bombing 12294” is a composite short story that is comprised of prose, drama and poetry. The components come together to form a story that follows a family that is torn apart because of conflicting views about graffiti and the ways in which graffiti is visual art, a form of writing, and vandalism, especially when compared to landscape architecture and automotive design, which are featured in the story to illustrate art forms that are far less versatile and volatile than graffiti, and are completely accepted by the society that condemns graffiti. The format of “Bombing 12294” is an exercise in writing …


Identifying The Effects Of Narcissistic Leadership On Employee Job Satisfaction: A Study Within The Accounting Profession, Susan Shurden Aug 2014

Identifying The Effects Of Narcissistic Leadership On Employee Job Satisfaction: A Study Within The Accounting Profession, Susan Shurden

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Narcissism is a personality disorder now identified in professionals in both education and business. The disorder is diagnosed when an individual possesses five of nine characteristics listed in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders/ (fourth edition, text revision version). Narcissism is prevalent in most successful leaders and is both destructive and constructive. The focus of this Dissertation is on the destructive characteristics and how narcissistic leadership affects job satisfaction among employees within the accounting profession.


Clemson University Libraries 2014 Annual Report, Kay Wall, Amber Day Aug 2014

Clemson University Libraries 2014 Annual Report, Kay Wall, Amber Day

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This report details the 2013-2014 fiscal year for the Clemson University Libraries. Although the Libraries were met with great changes during the year, there were many important achievements and highlights as well, such as the establishment of TigerPrints, Clemson’s institutional repository, the construction of the Cooper Digital Studio, and the reorganization of the Libraries’ units and naming of new unit heads.


Integrating Visual Mnemonics And Input Feedback With Passphrases To Improve The Usability And Security Of Digital Authentication, Kevin Juang Aug 2014

Integrating Visual Mnemonics And Input Feedback With Passphrases To Improve The Usability And Security Of Digital Authentication, Kevin Juang

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The need for both usable and secure authentication is more pronounced than ever before. Security researchers and professionals will need to have a deep understanding of human factors to address these issues. Due to their ubiquity, recoverability, and low barrier of entry, passwords remain the most common means of digital authentication. However, fundamental human nature dictates that it is exceedingly difficult for people to generate secure passwords on their own. System-generated random passwords can be secure but are often unusable, which is why most passwords are still created by humans. We developed a simple system for automatically generating mnemonic phrases …


South Atlantic Stream Fish Assemblages: Multi-Scale Structuring Factors, Trait Associations And Channelization, And Responses To Dam Removal, Cathy Marion Aug 2014

South Atlantic Stream Fish Assemblages: Multi-Scale Structuring Factors, Trait Associations And Channelization, And Responses To Dam Removal, Cathy Marion

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South Atlantic coastal plain wadeable streams are unique and understudied freshwater environments that provide crucial habitats for a wide range of aquatic taxa. In Chapter 1, we investigated patterns in fish assemblages across South Carolina's coastal plain, and developed statistical models to identify the dominant multi-scale abiotic environmental factors that influence assemblage structure. Our analyses indicated the presence of four predominant fish assemblages that commonly occur in the coastal plain, which we termed the: 1) fluvial, 2) eastern mudminnow, 3) centrarchid, and 4) non-fluvial assemblages. Natural geographic gradients and instream habitat parameters associated with velocity, channel form, stream size, and …


Effect Of Silicone Finishes On The Burning Behavior Of Polyester, Julien Boyon Aug 2014

Effect Of Silicone Finishes On The Burning Behavior Of Polyester, Julien Boyon

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Polyester fibers are widely used as filling in home applications such as pillows or comforters. Silicone finishes can be used to reduce friction between fibers during processing or as softeners to impart a pleasant down like hand on the fibers. However, it has been reported that these added silicone-based finishes may have a negative effect on the burning behavior of polyester. This research examined the possible mechanisms that can modify the response of polyester fibers when subjected to a flame source. In this study, a spunbond needled polyester nonwoven substrate was treated with different commercial silicone-based finishes. A vertical flame …


A Content Analysis Of Implicit Legislator Discourses Within The Passage Of The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act (2008): Implications For Opportunity And Access To Higher Education, Katie Smith Aug 2014

A Content Analysis Of Implicit Legislator Discourses Within The Passage Of The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act (2008): Implications For Opportunity And Access To Higher Education, Katie Smith

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On June 4, 2008, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford signed the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act into law. According to the Act (Section 59-101-430), 'an alien unlawfully present in the United States is not eligible to attend a public institution of higher learning in [South Carolina]'. After the passage of this legislation, public colleges and universities in South Carolina were prohibited from enrolling (or reenrolling) undocumented immigrants as students, and are now required to verify the legal status of all students, through the federal e-verify system. This legislation represents a true limiting of higher education opportunities, as well as …


A Comparison Of Adolescents' Digital And Print Reading Experiences: Does Mode Matter?, Heather J. Mccrea-Andrews Aug 2014

A Comparison Of Adolescents' Digital And Print Reading Experiences: Does Mode Matter?, Heather J. Mccrea-Andrews

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The purpose of this mixed-methods research study was to investigate the comprehension and motivation of 36, sixth-grade students reading moderately challenging text under two conditions: Nook or book. Using a Sequential Explanatory Design model, quantitative data were collected prior to qualitative data collection (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011). A Matched Pairs Design model (Hinkle, Wiersma, & Jurs, 2003) was employed for the quantitative portion of the study with 18 participants randomly assigned to the Nook group and 18 participants randomly assigned to the book group. Nook group participants were instructed to use the following electronic features during reading: highlighting, note …


Is It Culturally Appropriate? Evaluation Efforts For Measuring The Cultural Appropriateness In Nutrition Education Programs Targeting The Hispanic Population, Andrea Aguilar Corrales Aug 2014

Is It Culturally Appropriate? Evaluation Efforts For Measuring The Cultural Appropriateness In Nutrition Education Programs Targeting The Hispanic Population, Andrea Aguilar Corrales

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Background: In the United States, nearly 70% of the population is overweight. The U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey says Hispanics have the second prevalence of obesity, thus, increasing the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes in the largest minority group in the U.S. (U.S. Census, 2010). This requires effective and culturally appropriate interventions to promote healthy lifestyles. (WHO, 2003). Objective: The purpose of this study was to design and pilot-test a culturally appropriate tool to assure the nutrition information provided to the Hispanic population is appropriate. Design: The research design consisted of a triangulation of methods …


Staff Senate Executive Committee Minutes, 2014 July 29, Clemson University Jul 2014

Staff Senate Executive Committee Minutes, 2014 July 29, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2014 July 18, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Jul 2014

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2014 July 18, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

No abstract provided.


‘No One Should Destroy The Forest': Using Photo-Based Vignette Interviews To Understand Kenyan Teachers' Views Of The Environment, Cassie Quigley, Zachary D. Miller, James Dogbey, S Megan Che, Jeffrey Hallo Jul 2014

‘No One Should Destroy The Forest': Using Photo-Based Vignette Interviews To Understand Kenyan Teachers' Views Of The Environment, Cassie Quigley, Zachary D. Miller, James Dogbey, S Megan Che, Jeffrey Hallo

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In the midst of the current environmental crisis, scientists, academics, authors, and politicians worldwide are urging citizens to create sustainable communities. However, there is little capability to build a sustainable society without an informed, active, and engaged populous. This requires more than just environmentally knowledgeable citizens. It requires a society that understands the principles of the environment and can also exemplify them in daily life. In order to create a more environmentally literate world, there has been a push for environmental education integrated into schools. This qualitative study sought to examine Kenyan teachers’ perspectives on the human–nature interaction by conducting …