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Decentering Anthropocentrisms: A Functional Approach To Animal Minds, Matthew C. Altman

Between the Species

Anthropocentric biases manifest themselves in two different ways in research on animal cognition. Some researchers claim that only humans have the capacity for reasoning, beliefs, and interests; and others attribute mental concepts to nonhuman animals on the basis of behavioral evidence, and they conceive of animal cognition in more or less human terms. Both approaches overlook the fact that language-use deeply informs mental states, such that comparing human mental states to the mental states of nonlinguistic animals is misguided. In order to avoid both pitfalls -- assuming that animals have mental lives just like we do, or assuming that they …

November 12, 2013: New Issue Of Comparative Drama, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Identifying Authors By Phonoprints In Their Characters’ Names: An Exploratory Study, Bruce L. Brown, Brad Wilcox, Wendy Baker Smemoe, Sharon Black, Justin Bray

Faculty Publications

If authors put words together in ways that can be recognized as wordprints (Hilton, 1990; Morton, 1979; Archer et al., 1997), do they put sounds together in identifiable ways when they invent names? Could they have unique sound prints (phonoprints) as well? This exploratory study compared phonemic patterns of fictional names in the poorly written Manuscript Story by Spalding and the extremely well-written Lord of the Rings and related works by J. R. R. Tolkein with names from an authentic public record, the nineteenth-century US Census. Phonotactic probabilities were determined using a calculator (Vitevitch and Luce, 2004) available on the …

Why Scalia Should Have Voted To Overturn Doma, Andrew Koppelman

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

How Much Is Too Much?: Doctors’ Notes And Return-To-Work Policies Under The Americans With Disabilities Act And The Rehabilitation Act, Kaitlyn Stone

Seton Hall Circuit Review

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Auditory Stimuli Mimicking Ambient Sounds Drive Temporal "Delta Brushes" In Premature Infants, Mathilde Chipaux, Matthew Colonnese, Audrey Mauguen, Laure Fellous, Mostafa Mokhtari, Oscar Lezcano, Mathieu Milh, Olivier Dulac, Catherine Chiron, Rustem Khazipov, Anna Kaminska

Pharmacology and Physiology Faculty Publications

In the premature infant, somatosensory and visual stimuli trigger an immature electroencephalographic (EEG) pattern, “delta-brushes,” in the corresponding sensory cortical areas. Whether auditory stimuli evoke delta-brushes in the premature auditory cortex has not been reported. Here, responses to auditory stimuli were studied in 46 premature infants without neurologic risk aged 31 to 38 postmenstrual weeks (PMW) during routine EEG recording. Stimuli consisted of either low-volume technogenic “clicks” near the background noise level of the neonatal care unit, or a human voice at conversational sound level. Stimuli were administrated pseudo-randomly during quiet and active sleep. In another protocol, the cortical response …

Cross Cultural Competence As An Aspect Of Improving Diversity In Library Collections, Elizabeth Ramsey

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

For more than one hundred years libraries in America have worked in one way or another to include services aimed at ethnic groups, at first mainly in the way of assisting the newly immigrated to become assimilated to mainstream American culture through help in learning English, with basic reading/writing skills, and assistance with social services and applications for citizenship (Rubin, 2004, p. 292). However, it wasn’t until the 1960’s that the importance of community representation in libraries and their staffs came to the forefront of discussions of library policies and practices. Finally, in 1970 the ALA’s Social Responsibilities Round Table …

Saludados De España, Justine R. Kopacz

Spanish Model Lesson Plans

This lesson is made for one or two class periods depending on how long the teacher wants the skits to be. The focus of this lesson is how people in Spain introduce themselves and greet others. The target level for this lesson would be between beginner and intermediate like second year.

Why Do Teachers Hate Ai N'T? Eighteenth-Century Ideologies And Attitudes In Twenty-First-Century Classrooms, Robin Elise Halsey

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates the impact of various historical events on the development of the English language and its grammar. Specifically, this project highlights how the ideologies about language held by eighteenth-century grammar-writers have influenced the pedagogical approach of teachers of English, persisting into the twenty-first century. Further, the rationale behind these language ideologies is explored in order to gain important insights into the seemingly prescriptive nature of the majority of grammar texts produced in the eighteenth century and beyond.

The origins of four particular points of grammar and usage that are commonly attacked by teachers, grammarians, and others are examined. …

Brand Equity Planning With Structuralist Rhetorical Semiotics: A Conceptual Framework, George Rossolatos

The Qualitative Report

This paper furnishes a structuralist rhetorical semiotic conceptual framework for brand equity planning. The main source of brand equity that is employed for exemplification purposes is the advertising filmic text. The conceptual framework assumes as its general blueprint Greimas’s generativist model of the trajectory of signification. Structuralist operations and operations of rhetorical transformation are posited as the basis for the generation of superior brand associations. The conceptual model put forward challenges the Greimasian assumption that a depth semantic structure is reducible to a binarist rationale, while adopting a connectionist approach in the form of associative networks. At the same time, …

The Free Press Vol 45 Issue 9, 11-11-2013, Kirsten Sylvain

Free Press, The

Students have mixed reactions to renovations--Direction Package Board holds first meeting--USM’s labs to get a makeover thanks to Q2--Senate and Chancellor discuss hiring issues--Legislators and students to discuss education--Student profile: Shadiyo Hussainali shares her aspirations--“Politics Then and Now” becomes a “then”

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, November 10, 2013, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2013

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"You've Got To Be Carefully Taught": Reflections On War, Imperialism And Patriotism In America's South Pacific, Jayna D. Butler

Theses and Dissertations

Underneath the romance, comedy and exoticism, South Pacific is a story that questioned core American values, exploring issues of race and power at a time when these topics were intensely relevant-the original opened just four years post WWII, on the heels of Roosevelt's aggressive expansionist response to domestic instabilities. Much has been written about the depiction of war and racial prejudice in South Pacific. However, examining such topics in the context of their cultural and political moment (both in 1949 and 2008) and through the lens of Terry Eagleton's unique take on morality, is not only a fascinating study, but …

A Note On War And Fiscal Capacity In Developing Countries, Abdur Chowdhury, Syed M. Murshed

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

We examine the effect of war on state fiscal capacity in developing countries, measured by tax revenue to GDP ratios. In divided or factionalised societies, patronage may substitute for common interest public goods, with the possibility of violent contestation over a rent. Our dynamic panel empirical estimates of the determinants of fiscal capacity are applied to 79 developing countries, during 1980–2010. Results indicate that war, especially civil war, retards fiscal capacity, along with poor governance, oil dependence and macroeconomic mismanagement.

Direction Package Planned Meetings, Direction Package Advisory Board

Direction Package

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Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities News

• Writing and Linguistics cosponsors third ‘Statesboro: The Write Place’ festival
• Opera program to present ‘Company’

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, November 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Provost’s Office

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Grade Mode Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Agriculture Systems and Technology

• New Course
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• Add Multiple List, Course Description Change
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Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Multiple List Change

Department of Art and Design

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Music

• New Course
• Delete Course

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Removal of University …

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

• Writing and Linguistics cosponsors third ‘Statesboro: The Write Place’ festival
• Opera program to present ‘Company’

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, November 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Provost’s Office

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Agriculture Systems and Technology

• New Course
• Prefix Change, Title Change, Course Description Change
• Prefix Change
• Prefix Change, Title Change
• Prefix Change, Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Add Multiple List, Course Description Change
• Add Multiple List
• Add Multiple List, Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Multiple List Change

Department of Art and Design

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Music

• New Course
• Delete Course

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Removal of University Studies Designation

Department …

Taking People's History Back To The People: An Approach To Making History Popular, Relevant, And Intellectual, David H. Lempert

Democracy & Education

This article takes the educational vision of people’s history an additional step, combining it with experiential approaches to democratic education that have developed over the past century and presenting the tools for students and adults to take control of their own historical study, control their heritage, and personalize the study of history on the very landscapes of their own communities. Through this approach, history becomes an exciting democratic exercise not merely in storytelling but in discovery of, participation in, and interaction with history on the very grounds of the community. The new approach to history, being tested in several communities, …

Parental Support Group Member's Views On Inclusion, Kaitlyn Blasy

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to measure the view that parents involved in support groups for parents of children with special needs have on inclusion. Parents were surveyed using the "Parent Opinion About Inclusion/Mainstreaming" questionnaire developed by Leyser and Kirk (2004). Children whose parents completed the survey were ages 4 through 20 and were included in various educational settings. Parents were found to be generally supportive of the idea of inclusion. Benefits of inclusion included social skills for both students with and without disabilities, academic skills, and equal opportunities. Perceived problems with inclusion included experience and adaptability of general …

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities News

• Writing & Linguistics presents Steve Gehrke reading in collaboration with Georgia Poetry Circuit

November 6, 2013 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

• Writing & Linguistics presents Steve Gehrke reading in collaboration with Georgia Poetry Circuit

Teacher Perspectives Regarding Gifted Diverse Students, Toni Szymanski, Thomas Shaff

Gifted Children

Abstract

Understanding teacher perceptions of diverse, gifted students is a first step to exploring the underrepresentation of non-white students in programs for advanced academic ability. As professionals, teachers are responsible for making referrals for special programming and are often the “gatekeepers” for student identification. This qualitative study used exploratory interviews to examine perceptions of five second- and third-grade teachers and the talented and gifted coordinator at a school in which 65% of the student population was Hispanic. Three themes emerged in the findings: (a) Teachers experience differences in training to work with diverse, low income students and gifted students; (b) …

Accurso Wins Third Straight Individual M.A.C Title, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Development And Evaluation Of An Ontology-Based Quality Metrics Extraction System, Sina Madani

Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)

The Institute of Medicine reports a growing demand in recent years for quality improvement within the healthcare industry. In response, numerous organizations have been involved in the development and reporting of quality measurement metrics. However, disparate data models from such organizations shift the burden of accurate and reliable metrics extraction and reporting to healthcare providers. Furthermore, manual abstraction of quality metrics and diverse implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems deepens the complexity of consistent, valid, explicit, and comparable quality measurement reporting within healthcare provider organizations.

The main objective of this research is to evaluate an ontology-based information extraction framework …

Good-Bye Christopher Columbus Langdell?, K.K. Duvivier

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The call of this Article was to take "A Prospective Look" at Environmental and Natural Resources Law for the next 40 years with a special focus on law school teaching. Daunted by the hubris involved in prognosticating so far into the future, this piece more modestly explores three areas in which law school teaching is currently changing: I. Methods of Presentation; II. Use of Skills Exercises; and III. Influence of Digital Technologies and the Internet. To add an empirical component, the author canvassed AALS members about pedagogies they used both in class and outside of classroom time, as well as …

The Collegian (2013-11-04), Cleiri Quezada

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 66, No. 11