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Revivalist Fantasy: Alliterative Verse And Nationalist Literary History, Christine E. Kozikowski

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Gender And The Fate Of Julian’S Short Text, Rebecca June

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

Gender and the Fate of Julian’s Short Text Most studies of Julian of Norwich’s Showings juxtapose her Short and Long texts, with a marked lack of enthusiasm for the Short Text in contrast to its longer, revised form thought to be textually and theologically superior. This essay asks what is at stake in the rigorous defense of Julian’s Long Text and argues that the issue of gender is central both to its revisions and to its favorable reception. The most noted revision related to gender in the Long Text is the addition of its maternal Jesus, characterized as redemptive of …

Eleanor De Montfort: A Rebel Countess In Medieval England, Katrin E. Sjursen

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Stolen Women In Medieval England: Rape, Abduction, And Adultery, 1100-1500, Michelle Armstrong-Partida

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Walsingham And The English Imagination, Cate Gunn

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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October 25, 2013: Fellowship Opportunity, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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October 14, 2013: English 4100, Spring 2014: Holy Road Trips, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Sustainability Of Expansion In An African Airline: A Case Study, Sisay Asefa, Allen Batteau, Lisa Whittaker, Hung-Sying Jing

International Journal of African Development

Ethiopian Air Lines (Ethiopian) has committed to the purchase of 41 new aircraft, nearly doubling their fleet and introducing three new, state-of-the-art types (the A350-900 and the 787-8, and the DA40NG) into a fleet currently consisting of seven models. In a logistically complex industry, this represents a substantial increase in resource commitments and management responsibility in many areas including maintenance, pilot training, facilities, and route planning. The purpose of this paper is to examine this growth strategy, its underlying assumptions, and its sustainability given long-range industry trends in both the developed and the developing world. Using corporate and industry data, …

Ethiopia’S Dilemma: Missed Chances From The 1960s To The Present, Donald Levine

International Journal of African Development

This was the keynote address at the Fourth International Conference on Ethiopian Development Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, August 3, 2007.

The title "An Ethiopian Dilemma" stands to evoke an association to the book by Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal, An American Dilemma, which played a signal role in helping Americans resolve their longstanding conflict of values regarding racial discrimination. The author hopes to suggest ways in which a social scientist might help Ethiopians get a better grip on their country's problems.

Not since the 16th Century has Ethiopia experienced changes so convulsive as in the past fifty years. …

International Journal Of African Development, Vol. 1, Issue 1

International Journal of African Development

Complete issue of International Journal of African Development, Volume 1, Issue 1.

Scholarworks At Wmu: Overview For Friends Of The Libraries, Maira Bundza

ScholarWorks Repository Information

An overview of ScholarWorks, the scholarly institutional repository for Western Michigan University begun in 2011. Faculty work, student work, journals, events and conferences, newsletters, and other projects are in the repository and have been downloaded close to half a million times.

October 10, 2013: Pride And Prejudice Film Festival Finalized: 10/17 - 10/23, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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October 7, 2013: Robert Hayden: A Centennial Conference, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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October 6, 2013: Wmu Students: Sign Up For Engl 4100: Holy Road Trips, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Western News, Oct. 3, 2013, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU celebrates 90 years of homecoming; Academic convocation gets 2013-14 off to good start; Leading faculty members earn Universitywide scholar awards; On Campus with Shannon Rininger.

October 3, 2013: Evan Gottlieb Lecture Opens Scholarly Speakers Series For 2013-14, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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October 2, 2013: Rob Bixby/March Street Press Reading, Saturday, Oct. 5, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Theoretical, Methodological And Practical Challenges In Designing Formative Evaluations Of Personal Ehealth Tools, Michael S. Dohan, Joseph Tan

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

This article describes the challenges experienced in designing a formative evaluation of a mobile personal eHealth tool for disease symptom tracking, in the context of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases management. As this unique context is characterized by regular visits with physicians, and the need to report disease activity to the physician, a mixed methodology is used to assess the fit of the technology to the context, and a multilevel model is used to evaluate theoretical links between patient and physician. Other issues include selection of sampling techniques, recruitment, and preventing study attrition by participants.

Monitoring And Assisting Maternity-Infant Care In Rural Areas (Mamicare), Juan C. Lavariega Dr., Gustavo Córdova, Lorena G. Gómez, Alfonso Avila Dr.

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

We present our project called MAMICare that is motivated by the alarming number of maternity and infant deaths in rural areas due mainly to a poor monitoring of pregnancy progress and lack of appropriate alerting mechanism in case of abnormal gestation evolution. We are proposing an information technology solution based on mobile devices, and health sensors such as ECG (electrocardiogram), stethoscope, pulse-oximeter, and blood-glucose meter to automatically collect relevant health data for a better monitoring of pregnant women. In this paper we address the current status of the maternity infant death problem especially in rural areas of Mexico. We review …

Reading Preferences And Perceptions Of Urban Eight Graders, Arlene L. Barry

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In order to identify materials that would encourage urban eighth graders to read, the authors asked students about the importance they placed on reading, about their own reading abilities, and the role of race and genre in their book choice. On the basis of subscale scores from the “Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile Reading Survey” (Pitcher, et. al., 2007) these students, as a whole, placed low value on reading, with females indicating a slightly higher value than males. In contrast, males indicated stronger self-concepts about their reading abilities than females. As a subgroup, Hispanic males reported the lowest overall average …

The Impact Of Social Interaction On Student Learning, Beth Hurst, Randall Wallace, Sarah B. Nixon

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Due to the lack of student engagement in the common lecture-centered model, we explored a model of instructional delivery where our undergraduate and graduate classes were structured so that students had opportunities for daily interaction with each other. Specifically, we examined how students perceived the value of social interaction on their learning by reflecting on their classroom experiences at the end of each class period. Three literacy teacher preparation courses during a summer session were chosen for this study based on the highly interactive nature of each course. The purpose of the study was not to determine the difference between …

Hdqm2: Healthcare Data Quality Maturity Model, Javier Mauricio Pinto-Valverde, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Guardado, Lorena Gomez-Martinez, Martha Corrales-Estrada, Juan Carlos Lavariega-Jarquín

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

Data Quality is a central issue within the development of Healthcare Systems, for both the delivery of the service as well as for the establishment of public policies. Public and private Healthcare Systems in Latin America do not have a framework of reference which allows them to have knowledge of the level of Data Quality (DQ). In other frameworks found within literature the evaluation of DQ has been centered within the dimensions. The intention of this research is to build an evaluation model for DQ based on maturity. This research contributes an innovating and comprehensive model, based on the data …

Somos & Estamos, Otoño/Fall 2013, Western Michigan University

Somos y Estamos

For Friends of the Department of Spanish at Western Michigan University. In both Spanish and English.

Prism #74, October 2013, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

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October 1, 2013: Paint, By Grace Tiffany, Issued By Bagwyn Books, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 6: October 2013, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

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Socializing Young Readers: A Content Analysis Of Body Size Images In Caldecott Medal Winners, Linda Wedwick, Nancy Latham

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Many studies have examined gender issues in children’s literature, but a review of the literature reveals that few studies have examined the instances of fatness in the images. Studying the fat representation in the images of children’s literature is important because exposure to a variety of body types may slow the rate of children’s body dissatisfaction. The present study examines exposure to body size images in picture books. Results of this content analysis indicate that there are fewer books with fat characters when compared to those without. However, when examining every image of body size within each text, there is …

The Western Michigan University Magazine, Fall 2013, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Musical Milestone: School of Music celebrates 100 years
• All-Steinway Designation: 118 reasons WMU is among top music schools
• Jazz Studies: A history-making beginning
• Mending Fences: Students build community block by block
• Beyond Volunteerism: Service-learning earns WMU spot on presidential honor roll
• Legacy Secured: Archives get modern new home
• Legal Affiliation: WMU, Cooley Law School join forces
• Study in the States: Program offers study-abroad style experience without leaving North America
• Bronco Football Game Changer: P.J. Fleck is football’s best hire of 2013, says Sports Illustrated
• University News
• Campus Quick Reads
• Classnotes
• Obituaries
• Expert Insights
• Alumni Profile
• College News

September 24, 2013: Austen Film Fest - Preliminary Lineup, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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September 22, 2013: Sss Fall Party Welcomes Department Grads, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.