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Consuming Modernity: Photography In Pre-Colonial Korea, 1876-1910, Heejeong Sohn

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Postcolonial studies have successfully unveiled the cultural, social, and political networks of imperial and colonial representations embedded in visual documents of the non-Western world. Within this context, the early photography of Korea has been presented as a cultural force imposed on Koreans in relation to colonialism and Orientalism. This dissertation rethinks the representational politics of early photography during the pre-colonial period of 1876 to 1910 by problematizing the master narratives and suggesting alternative ways to interpret this historical material. Through analyzing the historical contexts of photographic materials and practices, this dissertation argues that photography, as a device of cultural expression, …

El Code Switching En Las Redes Sociales: La Expansión De Lengua, Cultura E Identidad. | El Code Switching En Las Redes Sociales: La Expansiã³N De Lengua, Cultura E Identidad., Daniel Stephan Cueva

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This study investigates why and how bilinguals speakers tend to code switch on social media such as; Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Bilingual speakers who were born in the US, who adapted English as their second language or who have learned Spanish as their second language in school, usually tend to combine the two languages, English and Spanish, in order to get across their point of view to others. For this reason, this investigation was created to analyze how code- switching can influence people when it's exposed on media. There were three social medias with the total of 37 participants who …

Gender, Number, Nouns & Adjectives: A Study Of Grammatical Agreement In Second Language Learners Of Arabic & Spanish, Anne-Marie Marguerite Poulos

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This thesis investigates the causes of gender and number agreement errors in learners of both Arabic and Spanish as second languages. Data was collected from each of these groups during beginner level language courses at a university. There were a total of eight tests. The first six were adjective selection activities focusing on a specific noun phrase or sentence structure. The last two were written tests, elicited by images, where students had to produce their own nouns and adjectives. The common first language (L1) of the majority of participants is English, which lacks adjective agreement and does not have the …

Teaching And Learning In Fourth Space: Embodying Praxis, Becoming Role Model, Nicole Galante

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

If 21st century students can ask their mobile devices questions and receive nearly instant answers, how then can 21st century teachers enact an engaged pedagogy? One possibility is by learning with and in front of students, thus creating <&ldquo>fourth space<&rdquo>--a space in which teachers embody praxis and become simultaneous models of and participants in education. This dissertation provides a new framework for English Teacher Education that centers on fourth space and the ways that teachers and students can engage in critical contact zones from within it. Drawing on critical pedagogy, combining various perspectives about identity formation and reflection theories …

Neural Correlates And Peripheral Mirnas Associated With Stress-Related Telomere Shortening, Stephanie Izzi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Telomeres are repetitive nucleoprotein complexes at the ends of chromosomes that provide a protective cap for genomic DNA. Telomere shortening leads to cellular senescence or apoptosis. Accordingly, telomere length is considered both a mechanism and marker for aging. Increased exposure to chronic stress is associated with shorter telomere length. In addition, differences in stress reactivity have been associated with telomere length. Here I will describe several studies identifying neural circuits associated with such telomere shortening, an evaluation of saliva as an appropriate biomaterial to measure telomere length, and an exploration of the role of microRNAs as mediators of stress-related telomere …

The Secondary/Postsecondary Writing Gap: Obeying Standards, Striving For Authenticity, Kelly Ann Streibel

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In times of daunting new standards for high school learning outcomes, high stakes assessments often result in teaching to the test. This, in turn, tends to deny high school students sufficient training in academic writing for authentic audiences and real contexts. This thesis will examine the New York State Regents Exam to present evidence that unfortunately, authentic writing experiences hardly ever appear on state assessment tests. Although the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) claim college and career readiness can be evaluated by way of assessments, examples of the Regents Exam will support the theory that valued habits like curiosity creativity, …

Inhibition Of Pathological Connexin26 Hemichannels Implicated In Keratitis-Ichthyosis-Deafness Syndrome, Noah Alexander Levit

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Connexin (Cx) proteins form intercellular gap junction channels to facilitate the exchange of ions and second messengers between adjacent cells. Mutations in connexins cause several human diseases by interrupting cell-to-cell communication and coupling. Connexins also form functional hemichannels in nonjunctional membranes that have an unclear role in normal physiology but have altered activity in pathological states. Mutations in GJB2, the gene encoding connexin26 (Cx26), are linked to sensorineural hearing loss as well as syndromic deafness associated with skin disorders. In contrast to Cx26 mutations causing nonsyndromic deafness, those that also cause skin disease are exclusively gain-of-function single amino acid changes …

Modeling Intra-Day Markets With An Application Of Risk Management And Optimal Order Execution, Yikang Chai

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Financial time series data exhibits heavy tailed, volatility clustering and long range dependence style facts. Traditional Gaussian distribution assumption based model failed to explain these phenomena. A unified framework model proposed in this thesis, fractionally integrated autoregressive moving average (FARIMA) and fractionally integrated generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (FIGARCH) with multivariate generalized hyperbolic distribution (MGHD), trying to capture all these phenomena together. We also examined this model by using intra-day market dataset to backtest of various risk measure. With rise of high frequency trading and algorithm trading in recent years, trading volume hugely increased and markets became more volatile. Order execution …

Submarine Groundwater Discharge As An Integral Environmental " Currency" Limiting Population And Development Within The Ecosphere Of Small Islands., Ruth Coffey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) from oceanic islands has been estimated to contribute over a third of the global SGD due to orographic precipitation, short aquifer pathways and poorly developed surface drainage. This seepage of groundwater across the sea floor connects land and coastal ocean resources, and is hereby proposed as a parameter to evaluate the interconnections between coastal environmental quality and coastal populations and development. Relatively few islands have been studied, but SGD is typically found to be an important, and often the only, source of nutrients to coastal waters. Freshwater and its pollutant load are delivered to the coastal …

Modeling Colony Collapse Disorder In Honeybees As A Contagion, Christopher Kribs, Christopher Mitchell

Mathematics Faculty Publications - Archive

Honeybee pollination accounts annually for over $14 billion in United States agriculture alone. Within the past decade there has been a mysterious mass die-off of honeybees, an estimated 10 million beehives and sometimes as much as 90% of an apiary. There is still no consensus on what causes this phenomenon, called Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD. Several mathematical models have studied CCD by only focusing on infection dynamics. We created a model to account for both healthy hive dynamics and hive extinction due to CCD, modeling CCD via a transmissible infection brought to the hive by foragers. The system of …

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A New Transit Safety Narrative, Todd Litman

Journal of Public Transportation

Public transportation is, overall, a relatively safe (low crash risk) and secure (low crime risk) transport mode. Transit travel has about one-tenth the traffic casualty (injury or death) rate as automobile travel, and residents of transit-oriented communities have about onefifth the per capita crash casualty rate as in automobile-oriented communities. Transit also tends to have lower overall crime rates than automobile travel, and transit improvements can help reduce overall crime risk by improving surveillance and economic opportunities for at-risk populations. Despite its relative safety and security, many people consider transit travel dangerous and are reluctant to use it or support …

Tier 2 Intervention: Mentoring, Jenna Strawhun, Shir Palmon, Reece L. Peterson

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Conclusion

Although the outcomes of mentoring studies tend to be mixed, mentoring relationships have the potential to be effective, particularly when outcomes are selected and efforts are made to create lasting relationships. Particular considerations for mentoring program developers and practitioners include the length of the mentoring relationship, recruitment and screening of mentors, mentor training, mentee mobility, mentoring activities, and consistent systematic evaluation and modifications of mentoring programs based on data.

There have been no large widespread controlled studies of mentoring, probably due to the wide variation in the variables associated with mentoring programs as discussed earlier, including the goals, populations …

Tiers 1 & 2 Intervention: Peer Mediation, Jenna Strawhun, Ken Parnell, Reece L. Peterson, Shir Palmon

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Conclusion

The benefits of a peer mediation program can be school-wide. These programs can promote a change in attitude toward conflict, as students improve their perspective taking skills, develop leadership skills, learn to tolerate alternative points of view, and realize that they can respond in a more constructive way to frustrating circumstances. The strategies and skills learned become a process that defines values and leads to school-wide growth (Rogers, 1994). Peer mediation programs can provide a school with a positive climate. It is also an alternative to traditional disciplinary practices, but most importantly, students will learn conflict resolution and problem-solving …

The Experiences Of Gay And Lesbian College Athletes, Channell Barbour

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The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of gay and lesbian college student athletes. Participants of the study were given an opportunity to share their stories about their lived experiences on college campuses as gay or lesbian student athletes. The primary research question explored was, What are the experiences of gay and lesbian college student athletes on college campuses? Other questions that guided this study included, What impact does self-disclosing as gay or lesbian have on student athletes’ sport participation? How does the larger campus environment impact gay and lesbian student athletes’ overall collegiate experiences? Furthermore, this …

Domestic Relations, Barry B. Mcgough, Elinor H. Hitt, Katherine S. Cornwell

Mercer Law Review

This Article addresses significant case law that arose during the survey period. There were no extensive statutory changes specific to domestic relations during this period, though legislation was passed by the Georgia General Assembly providing limitations on personal information allowed in court filings.

Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward

Mercer Law Review

While there was no legislation impacting the Workers' Compensation Act during the 2013-2014 survey period, the period featured notable decisions of the appellate courts involving core issues of the Act, including notice, average weekly wage, return to work, and change in condition.

Raportet E Auditimit, Dhe Ndikimi I Tyre Në Vendimmarrje, Liridon Dragusha

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Auditorit i kerkohet te hartoje një raport te auditimit ne fund te auditimit ne te cilin te shpreh opinionin e tij mbi pamje te drejte dhe te sinqertë qe japin pasqyrat financiare. Raporti permban një sër elementësh unforimë në menyrë që të kuptohet prej lexuesve bashkë me faktin që auditimi është kryer në përputhje me standartet e miratuara.

Opinioni pa rezerve mund të shprehet vetëm ne rastet kur auditori ka mundur të arrijë në përfundimin se pasqyrat financiare japin një pamje të vërtetë e të sinqertë në përputhje me kornizën e njohur të raportimit financiar.

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Facilitating Change In The Housing Industry Toward Universal Design, Brittnie Miller

Interior Design Program: Student Creative Activity

The intent of this thesis is to provide an introductory guide for interior designers, homeowners, builders, and those interested in the concepts of universal design. It is tailored to the target markets of interior design and those within the ho using industry, but leaves an open conversation to create a relationship between the housing industry and homeowners.

Looking at the history of universal design and how it has evolved through the years will give readers a beginning point to start a comparison of the residential design standards and universal design measurements. Using the comparison, case studies will be reviewed and …

Homegrown Ingredients: Creating Tools When The Information Literacy Supermarket Fails You, Becky Canovan

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

When established sources change formats, switch platforms, or upgrade, they aren’t always user-friendly, especially for inexperienced researchers. After using ill-fitting and frustrating legal research tools for years, librarians and instructors at the University of Dubuque jumped in and created local homegrown tools. Instead of changing an effective assignment to bend to inadequate search tools, the course coordinator and library liaison created and adapted tools to fit the assignment. Capitalizing on the librarian’s research skills, the professor’s subject expertise, and the plethora of free tools, the learning experience students (and professors and librarians) have is now more rewarding.

Rather than lead …

I Want To Eat Your Brains: Engaging Students With Brain-Based Strategies When Zombies Have Taken Over Your Classroom, Jennifer Quinlan

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

Educational neuroscience, also called Mind, Brain, and Education, is an emerging discipline that brings together research in neuroscience, psychology and education. Research from this emerging field can lead educators to effective brain-based teaching strategies. These strategies can be particularly valuable in our information literacy classrooms and help us create engaging and active interactions with our students.

This presentation will discuss these brain-based teaching strategies and how to use them in an information literacy classroom. Assignments that employed these strategies will be shared. Finally, students’ responses to learning in this way will be presented.

Ipod Apps, Mobile Learning And Game Dynamics: This Ain’T Your Typical Library Orientation, Anne Burke, Adrienne Lai, Aam Rogers

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

Hoping to enliven traditional library orientation, three NCSU Librarians developed the NCSU Libraries’ Mobile Scavenger Hunt, a team-based game that uses iPods with free cloud-based apps to orient students to library spaces, collections, and technologies. The main goal of this project is to demystify this often-overwhelming new environment and reduce library anxiety by using situated, problem-based learning. The activity provides a low-stakes means to promote resources and services critical to academic success and invites students to explore the building and interact with staff. Presenters will share tools, work flow management strategies and feedback with attendees who wish to develop a …

Robust (And Backward) Instructional Design For An Online Information Literacy Course, Brian D. Leaf

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

Online information literacy courses have been taught for credit at The Ohio State University for over a decade with only minor or technology-driven changes. A small team of librarians within the Teaching & Learning Unit overhauled the course using the latest research and emerging trends in information behavior to create a more engaging, evidence-based class. Preparation for and development of the new course also included workshops and consultations with various departments on campus, including the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, and the Digital Union (a learning technology department). In …

Teaching From The Edge: Transitioning Into The Online Course Utilizing Instructional Design And Rubric Evaluation, Kim Glover, Nikhat J. Ghouse

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

Since 2006, the University of Kansas Libraries has offered a traditional, one credit class on information literacy research methods. In 2010, librarians began the process of revising this classroom-based course for online delivery in the spring 2012 semester.

This presentation will walk attendees through the process of online course development of an information literacy class from its creation to completion. The presenters and co-instructors will discuss the shared responsibilities and challenges related to teaching an online course. The design of this online class will be broken down into different aspects related to development from a traditional library class course into …

The Disappearance Of Controlled Vocabulary In Bibliographic Instruction: In Memoriam?, Stephanie Wiegand

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

At one time controlled vocabulary was an essential component of bibliographic instruction sessions. Today, whispered conversations among librarians and the lack of conference presentations, blog posts, and professional literature on the best use of controlled vocabulary seemingly indicate an evanescence of this content. Yet professional communication channels are also silent on the disappearance of controlled vocabulary. In this session, the presenter will share preliminary results of a regional survey of librarians concerning current instruction trends for controlled vocabulary. Attendees will discuss whether controlled vocabulary still has a place in bibliographic instruction.

New Literacies In Our Global Society: Teaching Literacies Beyond Text, Kristine N. Stewart, Alex Mudd

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

In our globalized world, students now have access to a variety of viewpoints in a variety of formats from around the globe. This creates new challenges for students in the evaluation and understanding of information. As a result, it is becoming increasingly more important for our students to understand where their information is coming from and be able to read and interpret the format of this information. This entails having literacies that go beyond text and includes cultural, social, critical, and digital literacies.

This presentation will provide an overview of opportunities to integrate the teaching of new literacies into existing …

Socializing With The Undead: Humans Vs. Zombies & Learning The Library, Jessica R. Olin

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

Academic libraries can be complex and intimidating places for undergraduates, even at small, liberal arts colleges like Hiram College. By hosting sessions of Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ), a game like Tag with complicated rules and an added component of acting, the staff of the Hiram College Library has been able to help students learn their way around the library in a social atmosphere. The event also helped improve personal relationships between library staff and members of the student body. This session will present the planning, execution, and lessons learned from three sessions of HvZ in the Hiram College Library.

Using The Learning Cycle To Engage Students In Library Instruction, Marcia Rapchak

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

What sort of learner are you? Do you like to take notes while listening to a lecture, or do you like to jump into an activity without any instruction? Did you know that your preferred learning style can affect the way you teach? With questions about the validity of the Fleming model of visual, auditory, and tactile learners, instructors should become more aware of other learning style theories that can help them engage students in a class session. Through an introduction to the attributes of each learning style, this session will introduce participants to Kolb’s (1984) Learning Cycle and Learning …

A Gateway To Outcomes Assessment: Collaborating On A Multi-Session Library Instruction Program, Jennifer Hatleberg, Niyati Pandya

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012

The Gateway to College (GtC) program at Montgomery College serves at-risk high school students who complete their high school diploma requirements while simultaneously earning college credit.

In Fall 2010, the GtC Program Director, faculty, and instruction librarians launched a semester-long library instruction program. Librarians worked closely with faculty to design six two-hour sessions for GtC students, aligning ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards with the course’s theme and assignments. The program has been repeated each semester, and expanded to all three campuses. In this presentation, we will share details about our collaboration and the resulting opportunities for evaluating student learning outcomes.