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Factors Affecting Students’ Decision Of Hotel Selection, Mingyang Liu, Ritong He

MBA Student Scholarship

The goal of this research is to identify the factors affecting students’ hotel choices, to examine the impact of hotel servers when a potential guest selects a hotel, and to determine how hotel servers influence a student’s preference. The target populations for this study were Johnson & Wales University students who had stayed in U.S. hotels. A print-out questionnaire survey was distributed, descriptive statistics, and z-tests were used to address the research hypothesis. The results of the study indicated a significant positive relationship between hotel services and students’ decisions on their hotel selection. Location of the hotel, online information, and …

Latitudinal Variations In Seasonal Activity Of Influenza And Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Rsv): A Global Comparative Review, Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach, Wladimir J. Alonso, Vivek Charu, James Tamerius, Lone Simonsen, Mark A. Miller, Cecile Viboud

Global Health Faculty Publications

Background

There is limited information on influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) seasonal patterns in tropical areas, although there is renewed interest in understanding the seasonal drivers of respiratory viruses.

Methods

We review geographic variations in seasonality of laboratory-confirmed influenza and RSV epidemics in 137 global locations based on literature review and electronic sources. We assessed peak timing and epidemic duration and explored their association with geography and study settings. We fitted time series model to weekly national data available from the WHO influenza surveillance system (FluNet) to further characterize seasonal parameters.

Results

Influenza and RSV activity consistently peaked during …

Carbon Stocks Of Tropical Coastal Wetlands Within The Karstic Landscape Of The Mexican Caribbean, Maria Fernanda Adame, J. Boone Kauffman, Israel Medina, Julieta N. Gamboa, Olmo Torres, Juan P. Caamal, Miriam Reza, Jorge A. Herrera-Silveira

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, February 14, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2013

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, February 14, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The February 14, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Kenyon Collegian - February 14, 2013

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Oxford, Um Students To Trek North America In 35 Feet, Jerra A. Scott

University of Mississippi News

Traveling map brings social studies learning opportunity for local students

Montana Kaimin, February 14, 2013, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• GSU looks to Deny Dawgs
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• Arts & Entertainment
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The Impact Of Global Warming And Anoxia On Marine Benthic Community Dynamics: An Example From The Toarcian (Early Jurassic)., S Danise, Rj Twitchett, Ct Little, Me Clémence

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Pliensbachian-Toarcian (Early Jurassic) fossil record is an archive of natural data of benthic community response to global warming and marine long-term hypoxia and anoxia. In the early Toarcian mean temperatures increased by the same order of magnitude as that predicted for the near future; laminated, organic-rich, black shales were deposited in many shallow water epicontinental basins; and a biotic crisis occurred in the marine realm, with the extinction of approximately 5% of families and 26% of genera. High-resolution quantitative abundance data of benthic invertebrates were collected from the Cleveland Basin (North Yorkshire, UK), and analysed with multivariate statistical methods …

Isolation And Characterization Of New Genetic Types Of Toxoplasma Gondii And Prevalence Of Trichinella Murrelli From Black Bear (Ursus Americanus), J. P. Dubey, D. Hill, D. Zarlenga, S. Choudhary, L.R. Ferreira, S. Oliveira, S.K. Verma, O.C.H. Kwok, C.P. Driscoll, C.P. Driscoll, H. Spiker, C. Su

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Black bears (Ursus americanus) are hosts for two important zoonotic parasites, Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp. and bears are hunted for human consumption in the USA. Little is known of the genetic diversity of T. gondii circulating in wildlife. In the present study, antibodies to T. gondii were found in juice from tongues of 17 (25.7%) of 66 wild black bear from Maryland during the hunting season of 2010 and 2011. Antibodies to T. gondii were assessed by the modified agglutination test. Tongues of 17 seropositive bears were bioassayed in mice and viable T. gondii was isolated from three samples. …

Daily Eastern News: February 13, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

February

No abstract provided.

Graduate Student Research Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

Transnational Youth Transitions: Becoming Adults Between Vancouver And Hong Kong, Justin Kh Tse, Johanna L. Waters

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In the context of the academic interest shown in the enduring transnation-alism of contemporary migrants and in the modes of transitions to adulthood in different global settings, in this article we examine the transnational lives of adolescents moving between Vancouver (Canada) and Hong Kong. While there is a lot of literature on the parents’ political and economic calculations, there is very little on how adolescents in these situations articulate their geographical sensibilities. We draw on three periods of fieldwork undertaken in 2002, 2008 and 2010 during which we employed a transnational methodology to interview young people in Vancouver and Hong …

Acting Black: Racial Socialization And Education In Octavia Butler's Kindred, Chad Hovermale

African Diaspora Conversation Series

No abstract provided.

Students' Perceptions On Issues Related To Globalization At A Four-Year Community College In Florida, Vickie Hall Stevens

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to survey community college students in order to evaluate their perceptions of the awareness and significance of global-mindedness or worldview of interconnectedness to the global community. The sample of participants included students at a 4-year community college in Florida. The results can be valuable and informative as a needs assessment in curriculum reforms to provide more globally minded courses and programs; consequently, better prepare graduates to compete in the global job market.

Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2013: 11th Annual (Abstracts), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium Of Portland/Vancouver

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

The UERC is a consortium of people from various universities and colleges, state and federal agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations and independent professionals interested in supporting urban ecosystem research and creating an information-sharing network of people that collect and use ecological data in the Portland/Vancouver area.

UERC Mission Statement:

To advance the state of the science of urban ecosystems and improve our understanding of them, with a focus on the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan region, by fostering communication and collaboration among researchers, managers and citizens at academic institutions, public agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations, and other interested groups.

The principal organizers span …

Understanding Greenland Ice Sheet Hydrology Using An Integrated Multi-Scale Approach, A. K. Rennermalm, S. E. Moustafa, J. Mioduszewski, V. W. Chu, R. R. Forster, B. Hagedorn, Joel T. Harper, T. L. Mote, D. A. Robinson, C. A. Shuman, L. C. Smith, M. Tedesco

Geosciences Faculty Publications

Improved understanding of Greenland ice sheet hydrology is critically important for assessing its impact on current and future ice sheet dynamics and global sea level rise. This has motivated the collection and integration of in situ observations, model development, and remote sensing efforts to quantify meltwater production, as well as its phase changes, transport, and export. Particularly urgent is a better understanding of albedo feedbacks leading to enhanced surface melt, potential positive feedbacks between ice sheet hydrology and dynamics, and meltwater retention in firn. These processes are not isolated, but must be understood as part of a continuum of processes …

Poster Session 2, Honors College, Odu

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Featuring Engineering, Kinematics, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

The Wonderful World Of Disney Visas, Kit Johnson

Florida Law Review

International workers play an important role in perpetuating the carefully crafted fantasy that to visit the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida is to be transported to far-off destinations around the globe. This Article examines how Disney has filled its need for these workers in two ways. For one, Disney has used a blend of chutzpah and ingenuity to forge new federal law establishing the Q visa. Additionally, Disney has dexterously used the existing J visa, along with an on-resort academic program, to bring international workers to Florida as students.

An examination of Disney’s immigration practices offers insight into …

Multidimensional Governance And The Bp Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Hari M. Osofsky

Florida Law Review

This Article explores the governance challenges posed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and proposes strategies for developing more inclusive, responsive institutions to help meet them. It begins by analyzing the incident through five core dimensions—vertical, horizontal, direction of hierarchy, cooperativeness, and public- private—to demonstrate the multilevel, multiactor interactions taking place in offshore drilling and oil spill regulation. It then explains the ways in which the complex interactions in these dimensions translate into four core governance challenges: scientific and legal uncertainty, simultaneous overlap and fragmentation, the difficulties of balancing efficiency and inclusion, and inequality and resulting injustice. The Article …

The Number Of States And The Economics Of American Federalism, Steven G. Calabresi, Nicholas Terrell

Florida Law Review

In 1789, it was possible to speak of a federation of distinct states joined together for their mutual advantage, but today, it is rather the nation that is divided into subnational units. What caused this shift in focus from the states to the federal government? Surely, the transformation from a collection of thirteen historically separate states clustered along the Atlantic seaboard to a group of fifty states largely carved out of federal territory has played a role. Building on previous analysis of the economics of federalism, this Article considers the dynamic effects of increasing the number of states on the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 32, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. P is for Priest – Michael Williams, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Campus Center
• Marnon, Christian. Gift of $120,000 to WKU Expected to Benefit Geology Department – Richard Reynolds
• Burton, Kristina. WKU Improv Group Still Bringing the Laughs – Happy Gas, Theatre & Dance
• Holloway, Kaely. WKU & ALIVE Center Offer Scholarship that Incorporates Community Service
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Media Banned from Football Clubhouse
• Shut Out: Football Program Bars Media Access to National Signing Day Banquet
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Safe Rides Program Continues This Semester – Student Government …

February 8, 2013 - Alec Department Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Teacher Design Using Online Learning Resources: A Comparative Case Study Of Science And Mathematics Teachers, Mimi Recker

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Using a comparative case study design, this paper explores the impacts of a technology-related professional development (TTPD) design aimed at helping science and mathematics teachers design classroom activities using the wealth of resources available on the Internet. Using the lens of curricular adaption and the notion of teachers’ varying pedagogical design capacity, we analyzed the experiences of four teachers in terms of the kinds of instructional activities teachers designed, how these were supported with online resources, and teachers’ perceptions of impacts on student learning. Findings suggested that participants used a variety of personally relevant design strategies when applying TTPD concepts …

Lipman, Dewey, And The Community Of Philosophical Inquiry, David Kennedy

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Introduction: John Dewey On Philosophy And Childhood, Maughn Gregory, David Granger

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Culture, Poverty And Education In Appalachian Kentucky, Constance Elam

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

"A Toilet In The Middle Of The Court House Square": The Summer Teaching Institute Of 1915 And The Influence Of Booker T. Washington On Negro Teacher Education In Alabama, Karen L. Riley

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Urban Forest Justice And The Rights To Wild Foods, Medicines, And Materials In The City, Melissa R. Poe, Rebecca J. Mclain, Marla R. Emery, Patrick T. Hurley

Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications

Urban forests are multifunctional socio-ecological landscapes, yet some of their social benefits remain poorly understood. This paper draws on ethnographic evidence from Seattle, Washington to demonstrate that urban forests contain nontimber forest products that contribute a variety of wild foods, medicines, and materials for the well-being of urban residents. We show that gathering wild plants and fungi in urban forests is a persistent subsistence and livelihood practice that provides sociocultural and material benefits to city residents, and creates opportunities for connecting with nature and enhancing social ties. We suggest that an orientation toward human-nature interactions in cities that conceptualizes the …