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Spatial Planning To Examine Regional Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Obesity And Diabetes By Analyzing The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) Retail Environment: Applying A Machine Learning Approach, Michelle Eichinger

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In the United States, food insecurity has been an ongoing concern nationwide, with over 17.4 million Americans affected. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as “food stamps,” aims to improve food security by providing financial assistance on food purchases to income-eligible households. SNAP participants redeem their benefits at SNAP-authorized retailers, including supermarkets, small discount stores, convenience stores, corner stores, and pharmacies. The retail food environment influences food purchasing behavior, thus contributing to poor diet. In the United States, low-income residents, including SNAP participants and minority residents, are more likely to have diet-related …

Glycosome Heterogeneity, Import Complex, And Metabolism In Trypanosoma Brucei, Christina L. Wilkinson

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The kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma brucei is responsible for both human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and the wasting disease nagana found in cattle. Unique to kinetoplastids are the specialized peroxisomes, named glycosomes, which compartmentalize the first several steps of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, nucleotide sugar biosynthesis, and many other metabolic processes. There are many studies surrounding the heterogeneity and complexity of glycosomes as well as how these organelles proliferate and import their proteins. Here, I first explored new methods to analyze glycosome heterogeneity by flow cytometry. The advancement of flow cytometry has yielded methods that enable the identification of vesicles between 30-1000 nm …

Advancing Waterfowl Ecology And Management: Assessments Of An Online Course, Professional Credentials, And Graduate Student Publication Performance, Lauren Hernandez-Rubio

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University programs with waterfowl teaching, research, and outreach in the United States and Canada have decreased from approximately 55 to 33 programs (~40%). A reduction in these programs may lead to a loss in professional capacity of waterfowl and wetlands specialists working for science and conservation of these resources. Three research projects were conducted: (1) the creation and assessment of inaugural online course in waterfowl ecology and management, (2) identifying academic and experiential credentials perceived important for a successful career in the waterfowl profession by professionals and current students, and (3) identifying waterfowl graduate students’ performance in publishing in peer-review …

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2021 April 23, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

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Science, Technology, And Irish Modernism, Edited By Kathryn Conrad, Cóilín Parsons, And Julie Mccormick Weng, Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston

International Yeats Studies

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The “Endless Dance Of Contrapuntal Energy”: Conflict And Disunity In Fighting The Waves, Inés Bigot

International Yeats Studies

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Using A Connected Learning Framework To Promote Democratic Education During A Transition To Online Learning, Abigail H. Baker, Jennifer L. Kassimer

Publications

In this essay, we discuss how a Connected Learning (CL) approach to education can offer students and teachers a democratic framework to follow when designing instruction, especially with the recent shift to online and hybrid instruction due to the global pandemic. We present literature on the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to online instruction in the midst of the pandemic. We then discuss how the CL framework promotes a democratic approach to teaching and learning. Finally, we offer guidance on how to design a unit or lesson plan using a CL framework to provide both a connected and democratic learning …

Examining The Relationship Between Ethical Leadership And Moral Judgments Of Sports Managers, Andrew Rudd, Sarah Stokowski

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The Professional Constructor, Full Issue, Volume 46, Number 01

The Professional Constructor

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Clemson Libraries: Discover, Collaborate, Create, Christopher Cox

Presentations

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Finding Renewal In The Midst Of Disaster: The Case Of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Andrew S. Pyle, Robert R. Ulmer

Publications

In 2010, the United States experienced the worst environmental disaster in its history. An explosion on a BP oilrig located in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the crisis. As a result, the United States coast guard and BP were charged with crisis communication in its response to the crisis. This essay provides an unprecedented examination and analysis of the communication experiences of public information officers who worked in the unified command center in Houma, Louisiana during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. The authors use the discourse of renewal theory to understand the communication practices and choices of the public …

Case Study Of Real-World Emissions Rates Verus Epaemission Standards For Motor Graders, Boshra Karimi, Phil Lewis

The Professional Constructor

Using the Volkswagen emissions scandal as motivation, the purpose of this case study was to investigate whether or not heavy-duty diesel construction equipment exceeds EPA emissions standards for nonroad diesel engines. The equipment analyzed included four separate motor graders with EPA emissions standards Tier 0, Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 engines. The analysis was based on a dataset of real-world emissions rates collected from in-use equipment on actual jobsites. The results showed that mass per time emissions rates for hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter decreased as the EPA emissions standards became more stringent. Furthermore, there …

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2021 February 5, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Building Participatory Counternarratives: Pedagogical Interventions Through Digital Placemaking, Jordan Frith, Jacob Richter

Publications

Places are filled with stories, with histories that shape how people understand the nature of a place. Places are unique sets of trajectories – each with a story – coming into contact. However, just as much as places are defined by their histories, they are also shaped by the histories that are forgotten, or far too often, actively suppressed through dominant narratives. After all, dominant media of spatial, public memory – for example, plaques and public monuments – often reproduce dominant narratives of a place, narratives created by the powerful. This project examines how digital placemaking can be deployed through …

Annotated Bibliography Of Research In The Teaching Of English, Anne Crampton, Lisa Ortmann, Amy Frederick, Bridget Kelley, Kate Brodeur, Stephanie M. Madison, Candace Doerr-Stevens, Madeleine Israelson, Anne Ittner, Robin Jocius, Lauren Aimonette Liang, Tracey Murphy, Ian O'Byrne, Jeff Share, Sara K. Sterner, Erin Stutelberg, Mark Sulzer, Amanda Haertling Thein, Stephanie Rollag Yoon

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Since 2003, RTE has published the annual “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English,” and we are proud to share these curated and annotated citations once again. The goal of the annual bibliography is to offer a synthesis of the research published in the area of English language arts within the past year that may be of interest to RTE readers. Abstracted citations and those featured in the “Other Related Research” sections were published, either in print or online, between June 2019 and June 2020. The bibliography is divided into nine subject area sections. A three-person team of …

2021, Camp Research Forum Book Of Abstracts, American Camp Association

ACA National Camp Research Forum Abstracts

This book includes 17 abstracts that will be presented at the 2021 American Camp Association (ACA) Research Forum to be held during the ACA annual conference from February 2-5, 2021. This year’s Camp Research Forum features a panel session on camp during the COVID-19 pandemic, organized by Dr. Jim Sibthorp, University of Utah. Abstracts have been grouped into similar areas and will be verbally presented in four sessions.

Psychological Impacts From Covid-19 Among University Students: Risk Factors Across Seven States In The United States, Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Lincoln Larson, Iryna Sharaievska, Alessandro Rigolon, Olivia Mcanirlin, Lauren Mullenbach, Scott Cloutier, Tue M. Vu, Jennifer Thomsen, Nathan Reigner, Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf, Ashley D'Antonio, Marco Helbich, Gregory N. Bratman, Hector Olvera Alvarez

Open Access Publishing Fund

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Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2021, Clemson University Controller's Office

Supplemental Schedules

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Scoping The Emerging Field Of Quantitative Ethnography: Opportunities, Challenges And Future Directions, Rogers Kaliisa, Kamila Misiejuk, Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Morten Misfeldt

Publications

Quantitative Ethnography (QE) is an emerging methodological approach that combines ethnographic and statistical tools to analyze both Big Data and smaller data to study human behavior and interactions. This paper presents a methodological scoping review of 60 studies employing QE approaches with an intention to characterize and establish where the boundaries of QE might and should be in order to establish the identity of the field. The key finding is that QE researchers have enough commonality in their approach to the analysis of human behavior with a strong focus on grounded analysis, the validity of codes and consistency between quantitative …

Building Bridges Between Home And School, Anna H. Hall

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De Lisbeth Salander A La Ertzaintza: Fantasías Neoliberales En La Serie Procedimental De Eva García Sáenz De Urturi, Salvador Oropesa

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Imagining 5g: Public Sensemaking Through Advertising In China And The Us, Scott W. Campbell, Fangwei Zhao, Jordan Frith, Fan Liang

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This study initiates a line of research on how the fifth generation of wireless infrastructure (“5G”) is being imagined through media portrayals—in this case through advertising. At the time of this writing, 5G is not yet widely available, however the media is saturated with narratives about how it will revolutionize everyday life. Drawing from the social imaginaries and media infrastructures traditions, this textual analysis examines the social shaping of 5G through advertisements from leading telecoms in leading markets, including China and the United States. Findings reveal an overarching trend with ads from both societies imagining 5G in futuristic and utopian …

Making A List And Checking It Thrice: Three Universities Implement Ex Libris’ Leganto, Maggie Albro, Ariana Baker, Heather Gilbert, Jennifer Hughes, Ed Rock, Elena Rodriguez, Suzanne Rook Schilf, Christopher Vinson

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In the 2020-2021 academic year, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, and the College of Charleston were the first three institutions in the state of South Carolina to implement Leganto. This implementation followed closely on the heels of a statewide migration involving 55 academic libraries to Ex Libris’ library services platform, Alma, and discovery service, Primo VE. Each institution completed their migration and went live with Alma and Primo VE in June 2020. Coastal Carolina University launched Leganto in July 2020 and Clemson University and College of Charleston each launched Leganto in August 2020. This article explores the faculty engagement, instructional …

Managing Occupancy Through Tech Solutions During Covid-19 At Clemson University, Suzanne Rook Schilf, Kelsey Sheaffer, Christopher Vinson

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This project briefing detailed three occupancy-management technologies, and their accompanying policies and procedures, that were deployed by Clemson Libraries to address the challenges of operating a physical library during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Clemson’s main library, Cooper Library, tracked occupancy through a combination of novel and existing solutions: 1) a home-grown access management system that uses institutional IDs, 2) a real-time entry/exit automatic counter, 3) seat and appointment booking through Springshare. The three-pronged approach allowed for immediate control and oversight, while providing safe and equitable access to the Clemson University community. Each project required unique policy and procedure planning. …

Deaf Women’S Health Vocabulary: Challenges For Interpreters Working In A Language Of Limited Diffusion, George Major, Rachel Mckee

International Journal of Interpreter Education

Interpreters are aware that signed languages often do not have ‘established’ vocabulary for specialized topic domains, including topics that may occur regularly in situations that require interpreting. Healthcare is one such domain where interpreters are often challenged for equivalent signed language vocabulary or ways to communicate about the details of physical conditions, processes and treatments. Motivated by this practice reality, this study analyzed a corpus of deaf New Zealand Sign Language users’ accounts of women’s health-related experiences, to examine the language forms they used to communicate such topics. In this article, we present an analysis of how deaf women express …

Bridging Divides In The Interpreting Profession: Response To Gile And Napier (2020), Hilde Fiva Buzungu, Jessica P. B. Hansen

International Journal of Interpreter Education

This commentary continues the discussion raised by Daniel Gile and Jemina Napier (2020) and aims to examine further the interconnectedness of signed and spoken language interpreting. Whereas Gile and Napier have drawn attention to some dimensions of complexity, we suggest that there are more to be explored. Focusing on the situated nature of interpreting, and including a broader range of practices of spoken language interpreting, we argue that complexities in interpreting are not inherently more present in signed language interpreting than in spoken language interpreting, and that there are situated and local contexts that must be taken more fully into …

Clemson Commencement Program, December 2020, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

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Creating Order Out Of Chaos? Development Of A Measure Of Perceived Effects Of Communication On The Crisis Organizing Process, Ryan Patrick Fuller, Andrew S. Pyle, Laura Riolli, Amy Mickel

Publications

Organizations are important sources of communication during natural-hazard crises. How members of an organization perceive these communications (e.g., creating confusion, causing disorder, providing clarity, and restoring order) influences response and recovery from such a crisis. Using Chaos Theory as a guiding framework, the authors developed a new instrument measuring the perceived effects of an organization’s communication on crisis-organizing processes. Three distinct studies were conducted to assess the reliability and validity of this new instrument: the “Perceived Effects of Communication on the Crisis-organizing Process (PEC-COP)” scale. This one-factor scale can be used by both scholars and practitioners to assess the effects …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Monodisperse Ni-Co Bimetallic Nanocrystals, Zongyue Chai

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Monodisperse Ni-Co bimetallic nanocrystals have been intensively investigated during the past several decades because of their unique physical and chemical properties that are promising for a broad range of applications in emerging technologies. The precise control of shape, size, and structure of nanocrystals is critical for the desired functionality, while transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is one of the most powerful and versatile techniques to characterize the nanocrystal’s structure, morphology, and physical and chemical properties on the atomic to nanometer scales. The research of this thesis focuses on the synthesis of bimetallic Ni-Co nanocrystals and the understanding of the underlying crystal …

The Effect Of Entry Of Generic Antibiotics On Prescriptions Of The Antibiotic: The Case Of Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim, Ian James Davis

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The nonrenewable nature of antibiotic therapy has led many medical professionals, policy makers, and researchers to questions regarding the optimal use of antibiotics. To build out a more robust understanding of antibiotic usage and its contributing factors, careful attention must be paid to the study of antibiotic demand and its characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect of generic entry on antibiotic demand through changes in the probability of prescription using sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim as a case study. The data used are visits where sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim could have been prescribed pooled from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys over …