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Health Law—A Call For The Arkansas General Assembly To Modernize The Standard Of Care Requirement In Medical Malpractice Cases. Broussard V. St. Edward Mercy Health System, Inc., 2012 Ark. 14, 386 S.W.3d 385., Jarred Kibbey

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Epistemologies Of The South And Human Rights: Santos And The Quest For Global And Cognitive Justice, Jose-Manuel Barreto

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

This article offers an introduction to Boaventura de Sousa Santos's general philosophical orientation, explores the concepts of "abyssal thinking" and "epistemologies of the South," and draws consequences for the theory of human rights, taking into consideration the idea of rewriting the history of rights in the context of colonialism and Santos's proposal of a post-abyssal conception of rights and intercultural dialogue. This piece ends with some considerations on the cultural and political conditions for advancing a new understanding of human rights.

Crisis Informatics, Christine Hagar

Faculty Publications

No abstract available.

Historic Structure Report: Tower Cottage Cranbrook Educational Community Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Cynthia Kochanek

Historic Preservation Final Projects

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Direct-Instruction Math Intervention On Standardized Test Scores Of At-Risk Middle School Students, Charles Moore

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Educators are seeking ways to improve student academic achievement in math and to increase math standardized test scores because of the requirements of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Race to the Top initiative (RTTT). One such intervention in middle school is a direct-instruction math program. This causal-comparative study examined the relationship between a direct-instruction math intervention and math achievement on standardized test scores of at-risk middle school students. This study compared the differences in the mean scale scores for at-risk …

A Case Study Of The Characteristics Of A Lead Administrator Of A Full-Time Faith-Based Virtual School, Todd English

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this instrumental case study is to investigate the leadership characteristics of the lead administrator at East Online Academy (EOA). At this stage in the research, characteristics will be generally defined as the daily actions that affect the success or failure of leading the organization. The term "lead administrator" will refer to any individual who is the overall leader of the organization. The lead administrator for this study will be the director of the online school. The rationale for the study is a void in the literature addressing the characteristics of an administrator in the daily operation of …

A Case Study Investigating The Impact Of A Blended International Partnership On Perceptions Of Learning And Global Mindedness In A North Carolina High School, Jennifer Ricks

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite the ever-increasing popularity of international partnerships that blend study abroad and virtual learning, very little data exists to understand their impact on student attitudes and achievement. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the impact of a blended international school partnership on perceptions of learning and global mindedness in a North Carolina high school. Data was collected, in two phases, from stakeholder interviews, observations, an online Global Mindedness Scale survey, the NC School Report Card, and teacher lesson plans. Global mindedness was found to have increased as participants gained a multifaceted understanding of, and appreciation for, …

Affirmative Action In Brazil: Its Recent Developments And The Argument For A Narrow Federalism Doctrine, Thomas W. Davis

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Urban Agriculture Organizations And Businesses In The Us And Canada: Preliminary Results, Nathan Mcclintock, Mike Simpson

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

This report summarizes the results of an online survey, conducted during February and March 2013, of 251 groups involved with urban agriculture (UA) projects in approximately 84 cities in the US and Canada. This is only a preliminary report. As such, we present descriptive statistics rather than a interpretive analysis of the survey responses. Furthermore, it is important to recognize that these results are not necessarily representative of all urban agriculture businesses and organizations across North America. Nevertheless, these results point to certain trends and patterns that offer rich opportunities for further inquiry.

Our preliminary results reveal that the UA …

An Exploration Of Missouri Elementary Music Educators' Perceptions Of Their School Districts' Elementary Music Curriculum., Megan Dawn Lamb

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore Missouri elementary music educators' perceptions of their school districts' elementary music curriculum, and to explore the elementary music educators' involvement in the development and implementation of their districts' elementary music curriculum. Elementary music educators from across the state of Missouri participated in the survey. After a link to the survey was sent to all the school districts in the state of Missouri, 169 people responded. The survey was created in SurveyMonkey. A link was then emailed to the superintendents of each school district in Missouri. The superintendents were asked to forward the …

The After Caring Service: Interim Evaluation Report, Hl Donnellan, G Giarchi

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Aquatic Invasion!, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In the exercise, students will investigate aquatic invasive species. They will choose one aquatic invasive species, investigate its distribution, life history, and possible solutions or management practices to control the species and/or its impacts.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Biodiversity Debate, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In this exercise, students will hold a debate about the construction of a dam in terms of the biological, aesthetic, ethical, social and economic arguments with regard to maintaining biodiversity. Students will be assigned different roles to argue either for or against the dam.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Missing Macroinvertebrates, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In this exercise, students will collect macroinvertebrates from a stream site, sort and identify them, and use their fi ndings to identify current and past impacts to the quality of the water. They will also make predictions of how the impacts to the water quality contributed to the localized extinction of some types of macroinvertebrates.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Riparian Review, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In this exercise, students will identify and observe biotic factors in a riparian ecosystem, which is the green strip of vegetation alongside a waterbody; they will measure the types of vegetation at the water’s edge, the function of plants as ground cover and canopy cover, and observe the wildlife in the area.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Water Management, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In this exercise, students will be assigned roles as community members, develop questions and positions, and participate in a mock “community meeting” to discuss the development of a water use plan that addresses water shortages, distribution, and water quality.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Wetlands Versus Stream Macroinvertebrates, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In this exercise, students will use their data from the activity Who Lives in the Water? or Missing Macroinvertebrates and compare it to a macroinvertebrate sample collected from a wetland site.

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: What’S In The Water?, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

In this exercise, students will observe and list abiotic factors in an aquatic system and measure four of them (pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and temperature).

Stream Side Science Lesson Plan: Where’S The Water?, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

Students will use 10 liters (approximately 2.5 gallons) of water to represent all the water on the earth. They will be given the percentage for each water source in relation to the total amount, and asked to divide the 10 liters of water to demonstrate this.

Stream Side Science: Lesson Plans And Water Related Activities, Nancy Mesner

All Current Publications

The 12 activities in Stream Side Science bring a water focus to standards and objectives in the Utah Core Curriculum for Junior High and High School math, science and social studies courses. These hands-on activities help students learn basic concepts while exploring watershed and water quality issues.

The Importance Of Community Resilience: Developing The American Red Cross International Services Department In The New Hampshire Region, Sarah Romac

Capstone Collection

Disaster management and humanitarian aid organizations have had to reevaluate how communities and individuals can better adapt and prepare for future disaster events. One concept organizations are incorporating into their overall framework is strengthening community resilience. Increasing a community’s resilience level increases its ability to cope with the changes that affect it. Creating awareness of the vulnerabilities in an area, addressing these vulnerabilities with preparedness training, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and sustainable changes made over the long-term can develop a community’s adaptive capacity to be more resilient.

For my practicum, I was given the opportunity to be the International Services …

Recent Decisions - Supreme Court Decisions

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Reflections - Summer 2014, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Students Learn As They Earn..... p.1
From the Dean of the Libraries..... p.2
New Faces..... p.2
Fall Literary Festival Welcomes Three Authors..... p.3
Grant Highlights New South collections..... p.4
Book a Librarian..... p.4
Fall Happenings at University Libraries..... p.5
Have you Met..... p.5
The Myerson Collection Continues to Grow..... p.6
Have you Met..... p.7
Lindsay Hall: 2013-14 Cooper-Davis Fellow..... p.7
The Digital Age Comes to the Map Collection..... p.8
Have you Met..... p.9
Music Majors Get New Career Resource..... p.9
Conroy's Archive Is Here..... p.12

Worshipping Meaningfully: The Complementary Dynamics Of Liturgy And Theology In Worship, Joseph Omolo

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Omolo, Joseph, T. "Worshipping Meaningfully: The Complementary Dynamics of Liturgy and Theology in Worship." Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2014. 242 pp.

This dissertation is a work in systematic theology which explores the relationship between liturgy and theology in the current scholarship of liturgical theology. It examines how the complementary dynamics of liturgy and theology enhance the appropriation of meaning experientially and conceptually in the Christian assembly and thereby making worship meaningful event. Worship is meaningful when the Christian assembly encounters the Triune God in his word and sacraments and the assembly responds in praise, prayer and thanksgiving. In such encounter …

Zola’S Spatial Explorations Of Second Empire Paris, Julia Kröger

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Literary criticism now has several decades of intense research on spatiality behind it. Yet it was only with the paradigm shift of the so-called "spatial turn" (Soja 1989: 39; Jameson 1991: 154) that new ideas regarding the interrelation of space as both conceived and perceived, the dialectics of space and place, and the significance of both to human experience, began to be systematically developed (see Foucault 1984; Lefebvre 2000; Relph 1976; Detering et al. 2012: Lotman 1972; Bachtin 2008). The central premise of much of this work is that space and place are produced through a dialectical interaction …

Mallarmé, Poet Of The Earthly World: On Spatiality In L’Après Midi D’Un Faune, Rogério De Melo Franco

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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To observe how a notable self-declared detractor of description and realism descripts nature may sound as a rather arbitrary or irreverent way of reading. Nonetheless, besides being a body of texts, Mallarmé is also the result of his interpreters; as much as any other literary authority, readings of his works have been negotiated by different groups, which must not be seen as untouchable or unmovable entities. Enthroning the author by accepting his considerations about his work without question and reasoning might deserve objections as well. In any case, would it be worthwhile to hold an investigation about a …

Textual Geographies: The Real-And-Imagined Spaces Of Literature, Criticism, And Theory, Robert T. Tally Jr.

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Spatial literary studies, the subject of this special issue of Reconstruction, is (or are) quite timely, it seems. Whether considered as a singular subfield within literary scholarship more generally or as diverse examples of multiple critical practices (hence, my reluctance to settle on a verb form), spatial literary studies has or have exploded in recent years, and the number of books and essays that might be legitimately listed on any comprehensive bibliography of spatial literary studies is almost beyond count. [1] The response to the call for papers for this special issue alone so exceeded my expectations, …

You’Ve Been Here Before?: Space And Memory In Stephen Poliakoff’S Dramas, Elizabeth Robertson

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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The relationship between space, place and memory is longstanding. Frances Yates discusses the origins and practice of mnemonics in The Art of Memory, where she outlines the establishment of the use of space and place to remember. Following the story of Simonides of Ceos, Yates discusses how the art of memory was established after Simonides was refused full payment for a victory ode given in honour of his host - a nobleman named Scopas - on account of the number of dedications to the mythical twins Castor and Pollux. Sometime later Simonides was called out of the …

A Geocritical Approach To The Role Of The Desert In Penelope Lively’S Moon Tiger And Michael Ondaatje’S The English Patient, Sarah Ager

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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There are several significant parallels between them as both find and ultimately lose their lovers in the desert and then, after many years have passed, attempt to re-create those spaces in their imaginations as a means of returning to the desert. Marc Augé's concept of 'non-places' can be applied to these novels as a means of exploring whether the physical desert is represented as a transitory space that does not incite a sense of belonging in the characters [1]. The depiction of the desert as a 'non-place' may then be contrasted with Gaston Bachelard's geocritical concept of 'home' …

Literary Cartography In An Age Of Interconnectedness: Review Of Spatiality, By Robert T. Tally Jr., Matt Hudson

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Prior to the twentieth century, literary and cultural critics had been fascinated with the trajectory of time - of the remembrance of things past as situated inside of a historical canon. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, however, a change began to take place. Scholars and critics began to take a closer look at "space." Specifically, how an author constructed a place within literature, and how in turn, a reader reconstructed a place through his or her reading. This change has been termed the "spatial turn" in literary and cultural studies, and this turn is the …