Digital Commons Network^™

Igneous Rocks And Structures Of The Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, And Their Relations To Ores, Brian Perttu

Geosciences

The Nixon Fork Mine is a high-grade Cu-Au skarn deposit located near the western contact of the 5 square km Late Cretaceous Mystery pluton with marble, 7 km southeast of the Iditarod-Nixon Fork (I-NF) fault. This fault strikes at ~060�, and can be traced for ~400 km, with a minimum dextral displacement of ~90 km. Close proximity suggests that the Nixon Fork deposit should have been affected by the I-NF fault. In order to assess the structural evolution, I analyzed the orientations of geologic structures. I transcribed 1172 structures from previous mapping (to assess structures) and converted 186 maps into …

Radical Purpose: The Critical Reference Dialogue At A Progressive Urban College, Kate Adler

Urban Library Journal

Abstract: Metropolitan College of New York pioneered “Purpose-Centered Education,” a pedagogical model that blends theory and practice in students’ jobs and lives to produce graduates with a guiding vision of social justice. This paper explores critical information literacy and the reference dialog in the context of the Purpose-Centered Education.

Index To Volume 62, Human Biology Editors

Human Biology

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2013-12-16, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Prediction Of Fine Particulate Matter Chemical Components For The Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis Cohort: A Comparison Of Two Modeling Approaches, Sun-Young Kim, Lianne Sheppard, Silas Bergen, Adam A. Szpiro, Paul D. Sampson, Joel Kaufman, Sverre Vedal

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Recent epidemiological cohort studies of the health effects of PM_2.5 have developed exposure estimates from advanced exposure prediction models. Such models represent spatial variability across participant residential locations. However, few cohort studies have developed exposure predictions for PM_2.5 components. We used two exposure modeling approaches to obtain long-term average predicted concentrations for four PM_2.5 components: sulfur, silicon, and elemental and organic carbon (EC and OC). The models were specifically developed for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort as a part of the National Particle Component and Toxicity (NPACT) study. The spatio-temporal model used 2-week average measurements …

Trumpeter Swan Survey Of The Rocky Mountain Population, U.S. Breeding Segment Fall 2013, Dave Olson

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Observers counted 606 swans (white birds and cygnets) in the U.S. Breeding Segment of the Rocky Mountain Population of trumpeter swans during fall of 2013, a 2.2% increase from last year’s count (593). The number of white birds in the Tri-state region (451) increased 18% from last year’s count of 381. The total number of cygnets decreased 38.2%, from 178 in 2012 to 110 in 2013. Cygnet counts decreased from 2012 by 72.9% and 6.7% for Montana and Idaho, respectively, while Wyoming cygnet production remained the same as last year at 52. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) did not conduct …

Robert Addie V. Christian Kjaer

2013 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Using Strengths-Based Leadership To Improve The Child Welfare System, Kimberly M. Giardina

Journal of Family Strengths

The child welfare system has primarily focused on the safety of children even though the goals of the system are to improve safety, well-being, and permanency. Through an innovative use of strengths-based leadership and the restructuring of service delivery, the Neighborhoods for Kids program has demonstrated how to effectively achieve all three goals for children in the child welfare system. The unique infusion of strengths-based leadership into the child welfare system allowed staff to creatively meet the outcomes without any additional funding needed. The goal was to strengthen the leadership in East Region and increase staff engagement, which would in …

Commentary On "Using Strengths-Based Leadership To Improve The Child Welfare System", June C. Lloyd

Journal of Family Strengths

This commentary reviews the design features and methods by which the Strengths Based Leadership model of the East Region of a county child welfare agency provides antidotes to the dilemmas typically faced by public agency street-level staff. Identifying worker strengths, increasing worker engagement in agency design, and clearly articulating goals and expectations—all features of productive relationships with client families, when employed by agency leadership—provide both the atmosphere and key supports for direct service staff to obtain positive outcomes for the children and families served.

2013 Fall Engr333 Project Final Report, 2013 Fall Engr333

ENGR 333

During the fall of 2013, the Engineering 333 class was asked the question, “what would it take for Calvin College to operate a biofuel vehicle from campus resources?” The three primary considerations included:

• Determining the optimal biofuel feedstock in terms of availability, transportation, and processing.
• Selecting a biofuel vehicle for conversion or purchase to operate on the selected feedstock.
• Designing the infrastructure and process required for operating the selected biofuel vehicle. The design and research described below proposes an environmentally sustainable and cost-effective method for integrating a biofuel vehicle into Calvin’s existing infrastructure.

What's Happening: December 16, 2013, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Gwu Honors Longtime Former Professor And Vice President With Honorary Doctorate, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University awarded its highest recognition of merit, an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, to Dr. Gil Blackburn during its Fall Commencement ceremonies on Monday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. Blackburn’s career in higher education spanned five different decades and included more than 35 years at GWU and six years at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise (UVa-Wise) before his retirement in 2010. Blackburn earned his associate’s degree from Gardner-Webb in 1960 and headed to Wake Forest University (WFU) where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History (1962).

Parallel Implementation Of Moving Averages On Rmesh, John Jenq

Department of Computer Science Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Moving averages are important financial indicators. There are short term moving average and long term moving averages. The interaction of the short term moving averages and long term averages give analyst the good clues about the direction of future assets performance. In this paper, the computation of two popular moving averages are discussed. The n-day simple moving average treats all past n days' closing prices equally while the n-day exponential moving average assigns more weight to most recent day and least weight to lease recent day closing price when form the computation formula. Both methods can be done in O(logN) …

An Innovative Collective Parent Engagement Model For Families And Neighborhoods In Arrival Cities, Tania Alameda-Lawson, Michael A. Lawson, Hal A. Lawson

Journal of Family Strengths

Arrival Cities are special urban places. Amid the largest migration in human history, they provide homes for large numbers of mobile, low-income, immigrant families. These families need new human service and child welfare service models. Collective parent engagement (CPE) is one such model. CPE is designed to build on the strengths and meet the needs of immigrant families living in Arrival City neighborhoods. In contrast to interventions focused on individual parents, this CPE model mobilizes groups of parents; and with a dual agenda. CPE develops much-needed “anchoring supports” for mobile, vulnerable families, at the same time that it positions local …

Family Roots: Sustenance For Samoan And Tongan American Elders, Halaevalu F.O. Vakalahi, Emily S. Ihara, Moana P. Hafoka

Journal of Family Strengths

This article discusses the centrality of the family in supporting cultural responsibilities and in the well-being of Samoan and Tongan-American elders. Informed by the Ho’okele model, this grounded theory study was conducted in the State of Hawaii, the port of entry for most Pacific Islander-Americans migrating to the U.S. and the state in which a majority of Samoans and Tongans reside. Qualitative data was collected from 10 Samoan and 10 Tongan elders, and analysis was conducted by immersion in the data and reading for natural emergence of themes, patterns and categories. Cultural foundation of family relationships, expectations of the keepers …

Using State Wide Child And Family Services Review Data To Analyze Policies To Improve Educational Outcomes Of Children In Foster Care, Corie G. Hebert

Journal of Family Strengths

The poor educational outcomes of foster children is recognized as a national problem. The literature is reviewed to define and illustrate the magnitude of the problem. Steps have been taken to improve the problem with passage of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008; it requires states to ensure the educational stability of foster youth. A description of utilizing state level Child and Family Service Review data to analyze a state’s ability to comply with the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is provided.

Strengths-Based Supervision: Supporting Implementation Of Family-Centered Practice Through Supervisory Processes, Cynthia A. Lietz

Journal of Family Strengths

Strengths-Based Supervision (SBS) is a model of supervision that was developed for child welfare settings. The model integrates several supervisory processes that are conducted with the primary focus of supporting effective implementation of Family-Centered Practice (FCP). The model was developed in one southwestern state in 2008 and has since been adopted by other public child welfare systems and by private, non-profit settings. The purpose of this article is to describe the model and offer implications for practice.

Commentary On "Family Roots: Sustenance For Samoan And Tongan American Elders", Meripa T. Godinet

Journal of Family Strengths

The article discusses the relevance of family as the foundation of well being for Samoan and Tongan elders. Negotiating dual identities (Samoan American or Tongan American) can be challenging, particularly when contexts of each identity are at odds with one another. This study indicated relevant findings that underscored the role and responsibility of Samoan and Tongan elders in transmitting cultural ways of knowing and doing to current and future generations. The role of families then becomes all the more important as they are key to supporting the health and wellbeing of their elders.

The Familial Union Between Caregivers And The Juvenile Justice System, Joshua T. Baldwin, Wesley Church, Tracy Wharton

Journal of Family Strengths

This research describes an initial exploration of the phenomenon of caregivers’ learning of their child’s detention, an area of exploration that has little previous attention in the literature. This initial exploration was rooted in a desire to gain an understanding of the caregiver’s experience with both their family member (adjudicated juvenile) and the criminal justice system. A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used in this study to gain rich understanding into the lived experiences shared by twelve caregivers of youth being adjudicated in the juvenile justice system. Two overarching themes emerged from the data: 1) the system, with communication, fairness, and …

Commentary On "The Familial Union Between Caregivers And The Juvenile Justice System", Traqina Emeka

Journal of Family Strengths

Commentary on "The Familial Union between Caregivers and the Juvenile Justice System"

Grammar In The Composition Classroom: Rewriting The Tradition, Debra Lynn Reece

Theses and Dissertations

In the last 50 years, the trend in the field of composition pedagogy has turned away from traditional grammar instruction, condemning pedagogical practices that focus on preventing and remediating error. In the early 1960s, Richard Braddock, Richard Lloyd-Jones, and Lowell Schoer invoked the death sentence on traditional grammar instruction: "The teaching of formal grammar has a negligible or, because it usually displaces some instruction and practice in actual composition, even a harmful effect on the improvement of writing" (37-38). Having been enlightened by this scholarship, the field refocused instruction to emphasize elements like writing process, collaboration, modeling, and prewriting, pushing …

Designing Critical Thinking Based Lesson In Social Studies Education, Kathleen Adelblue

Honors Projects

This paper explains the importance of integrating critical thinking and analysis skills into social studies curriculum. It is designed to show teachers how the process of planning and assessing are essential when considering how to implement the instruction of these skills. I start by explaining how to plan lessons so that they align with skills-based objectives and incorporates the state standards. Then, I outline ways to create lessons focused on developing critical thinking and analysis skills. Because assessment is such an important piece of lesson planning and implementation, the paper has a section dedicated strictly to this topic. It explains …

Common Fundamental Domains For Lattices Of The Same Volume, Ashley Erwin

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Graduating Uab Student Curates Show Of Modern Art At Bma, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb University Awards Over 550 Degrees During Fall Commencement Ceremonies, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner–Webb University hosted Fall Commencement on Monday, Dec. 16 in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. More than 550 graduates were honored during the two ceremonies. The GWU School of Divinity presented its 500th degree since the program began 20 years ago.

Rapid Generation Of Light Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, Changchen Chen, Brandon Rodenburg, Mehul Malik, Robert W. Boyd

Faculty Publications

We report a technique for encoding both amplitude and phase variations onto a laser beam using a single digital micro-mirror device (DMD). Using this technique, we generate Laguerre-Gaussian and vortex orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) modes, along with modes in a set that is mutually unbiased with respect to the OAM basis. Additionally, we have demonstrated rapid switching among the generated modes at a speed of 4 kHz, which is much faster than the speed regularly achieved by phase-only spatial light modulators (SLMs). The dynamic control of both phase and amplitude of a laser beam is an enabling technology for classical communication and …

Rapid Generation Of Light Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, Changchen Chen, Brandon Rodenburg, Mehul Malik, Robert W. Boyd

Faculty Publications

We report a technique for encoding both amplitude and phase variations onto a laser beam using a single digital micro-mirror device (DMD). Using this technique, we generate Laguerre-Gaussian and vortex orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) modes, along with modes in a set that is mutually unbiased with respect to the OAM basis. Additionally, we have demonstrated rapid switching among the generated modes at a speed of 4 kHz, which is much faster than the speed regularly achieved by phase-only spatial light modulators (SLMs). The dynamic control of both phase and amplitude of a laser beam is an enabling technology for classical communication and …

2013-December-16-Itode Fubara, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Emu Today, December 16, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Relationship Between The Experience Of Perceived And Physician Diagnosed Arthritis And The Presence Of Dsm-Iv Criteria-Based Major Depression (Mdd) Among Older, Ryan Neil Schmidt

Theses and Dissertations

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to explore both positive screened MDD and the perception of being depressed (P) and the likelihood of either increasing if the patient suffered from arthritis (P/E), either perceived or evaluated by a physician. The study explored the univariate, bivariate, and multivariate relationships between MDD and depression (P) to better describe influencing characteristics and their prevalence, as related to MDD and depression (P).

METHODS: The study examined a cross section of patients 65 years and older (n=8,205) within the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NESARC) [2001-02] sponsored by the National Institute …