Digital Commons Network^™

Assessing The Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities And Adaptive Capacities To Climate Change Impacts In High Mountain Areas: A Case Study Of Northern Ladakh, India, Kimiko Nygaard Barrett

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Climate change is increasingly redefining the dialectic exchange between human systems and ecological processes. While the rhetoric of climate change is articulated within broad arenas of governance and policy, the realities of climate change are experienced at the local scale. Effective adaptation measures must therefore be commensurate with local resources, needs and objectives while remaining aligned with larger decision-making efforts. The impacts of climate change are heterogeneous and vary with geographic context. Biophysical parameters interface with socioeconomic and political forces to greatly influence the outcome of climate-related risks at the local level. In the high mountains of the western Himalayas …

The Socioeconomic Impact Of Coal In The Appalachian Region Of Kentucky, Laura Oxley

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The coal debate seems to be in a state of inertia. Proponents of coal claim the industry brings economic benefit to Kentucky. Environmentalists claim the industry creates irreparable harm to the Appalachian Mountain region. While these opinions are not unfounded, seldom do stakeholders explore the impact incurred directly in the Appalachian communities that mine coal. Moving the debate to a discussion about coal’s direct impact in the communities that support the industry may broaden stakeholders’ perspective. Determining whether the industry helps or harms the Appalachian community may be the break in the debate’s stalemate. Thus, this paper explores the socioeconomic …

Conflicts Within The Black Churches, Angelique Harris

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This essay examines conflicts concerning sex, sexuality, and gender within Black churches. Black churches are American Protestant churches with a predominantly Black leadership and congregation. Often serving the oppressed and underprivileged, Black churches have a history not only of providing for the spiritual needs of Black Americans, but also of fighting for social justice. Increasingly, controversies have begun to emerge within these churches, about gender equality, HIV/AIDS and safer sex education, and, perhaps the most controversial, about homosexuality and same-sex marriage. This essay discusses how Black churches have responded to these issues and the impact that HIV/AIDS has had on …

Pengurusan Bencana Gempa Bumi Menurut Perspektif Al-Quran Dan Sains Moden / Noor Fazilah Bt Mohd Basiron, Noor Fazilah Mohd Basiron

Student Works (2010-2019)

Kejadian gempa bumi mampu mengundang implikasi negatif yang besar terhadap alam dan juga hidupan di muka bumi. Justeru, kajian secara terperinci adalah diperlukan bagi memastikan kejadian malapetaka tersebut dapat dihadapi dengan menerusi pengurusan yang efisyen dan selamat. Pengurusan Bencana Gempa Bumi Menurut Perspektif Al-Quran dan Sains Moden merupakan kajian yang memfokuskan cara pengurusan bencana gempa bumi yang menyentuh perihal pengurusan prabencana gempa, semasa kejadian gempa dan pascabencana gempa. Isu perbincangan turut meliputi istilah-istilah gempa yang terdapat di dalam al-Quran dan istilah gempa menurut bidang sains moden. Perbincangan juga merangkumi faktor penyebab bencana gempa bumi berlaku berdasarkan pandangan Islam dan sains …

The Intelligibility Of Malaysian English To International Chinese Undergraduates / Chin Jing Yi, Jing Yi Chin

Student Works (2010-2019)

A recurrent debate invoked with the precipitate growth of English as an International Language (EIL), is seldom separable from the issue of intelligibility particularly on the subject of how readily intelligible are non-native English varieties in an international context. With more and more learners of English studying in Outer Circle and Expanding Circle countries, it is necessary to find out if there are any intelligibility problems that these non-native speakers of English could have faced while residing in the aforementioned countries such as in Malaysia and Singapore. This is also the case for students from China who are studying in …

Secondary School Esl Teachers’ Beliefs And Practices In The Teaching Of Pronunciation / Shanina Sharatol Ahmad Shah, Shanina Sharatol Ahmad Shah

Student Works (2010-2019)

Despite the emphasis on the role of pronunciation in obtaining proficiency in the English Language and the rightful place it has been given in the Malaysian Secondary School English Language syllabus, pronunciation still struggles to gain the attention it deserves in the ESL classrooms. Thus, it is the purpose of this study to investigate the beliefs of selected ESL teachers that have led to their decisions on their classroom practices in pronunciation instruction. This study focuses on three aspects of the teachers’ beliefs; firstly, the beliefs of their roles in learning and teaching pronunciation. Secondly, the beliefs they hold about …

A Comparative Study Of Small Mammal Diversity Of Oil Palm Plantation And Nearby Forest / Muhammad Rasul Bin Abdullah Halim, Muhammad Rasul Abdullah Halim

Student Works (2010-2019)

Large areas of tropical forests around the world were critically converted into agricultural areas especially oil palm plantation and for other human activities. Malaysia is one of the leaders in oil palm production and conversion of natural ecosystems into agricultural area gives an impact to the local biodiversity. This study aims to compare the diversity and abundance of small mammal species in two different habitats; forested habitat and oil palm plantation in Pahang, Malaysia. The study also intends to investigate the effects of forest edge distances (i.e. adjacent, intermediate, and interior forests) and various ages of oil palm plantation (i.e. …

Biohydrogen Production From Food Waste / Osuagwu Chiemeriwo Godday, Chiemeriwo Godday Osuagwu

Student Works (2010-2019)

Fossil fuels have often served as the current energy source used for day to day activities by households, industries and transportation sectors. However, its combustion has increased the global issue of greenhouse effect, which in turn has led to global warming. With the continuous rise in global temperatures, the quest for an alternative energy source, which will be environmental friendly, is now inevitable. This study was conducted to provide support that hydrogen can be an alternative energy source. Hence, the study was undertaken to investigate the potentials of food waste substrates such as rice waste, fish waste, vegetable waste and …

Time Marker For The Late Pleistocene In Peninsular Malaysia: Study Of The Volcanic Ash Deposits / Norishah Binti Hashim, Norishah Hashim

Student Works (2010-2019)

A detailed study was conducted on the tephra deposits that were found in several locations in the Peninsular Malaysia which are important time markers in the local Quaternary stratigraphy. Typically, these deposits consisted of aerially deposited, fine-grained < 100 μm, silica-rich volcanic glass shards and mineral grains, in layers ranging from 10 cm to 9 m in thickness, within quaternary lacustrine sediments. Few of these have been dated. In the literature, most, if not all, were attributed to the VEI 8 eruption at Lake Toba at 70-75 k.a., while, in actuality, there have been three other high VEI eruptions in Sumatra that might have been responsible - Mount Maninjau at 80 and 52 k.a. (proximal tuffs are exposed at Sianok Canyon near Padang Highlands, Sumatra) and Lake Ranau between 0.7 and 0.4 m.a. In this study, site reconnaissance, tephra age determination and geochemical fingerprint analysis have been carried out to provide scientific proves of the origins of Peninsular Malaysia tephra. Detailed field mapping of tephra distribution in the vicinity of Lenggong in Perak revealed that the tephra layers, covering 15 km2, were deposited at a time when the local stream base level was 70 m above the current level, as most of the fresh tephra layers were found at that elevation. Tephra distribution was controlled by topography at the time of deposition since layers of fresh and reworked deposits of tephra had been discovered in the vicinity of the Perak River banks and on gentle slopes of palm oil estates. The presence of reworked ash under layers of fresh ash might indicated that more than one paroxysmal eruption were responsible. Fission track and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques were executed on two selected areas with fresh layers of tephra and correlated the results with published data of possible origins. Cluster analysis, bivariate analysis, Rare-Earth Element and trace element ratios analysis and spider diagrams were implemented to differentiate and recognize individual eruptions. The results of fission track dates of Lenggong tephra were 59 ± 7 k.a. and 59 ± 9 k.a., while Kuala Pelus tephra had luminescence dates of 58.5 ± 7.6 k.a and 75.5 ± 9.8 k.a. These dates could be correlated with the 52 k. a. Maninjau and 75 k. a. Toba eruptions. Major and trace element content of glass shards revealed similarities between those from the Peninsular Malaysia and the proximal tuff from the 75 k.a. Toba eruption. The majority of Gelok samples were correlated to Toba sample. Even though Lenggong and Padang Sanai major elements result showed that there were three populations in the same layer, chemical genetically it could not be related with Maninjau samples. Kg. Dong and Kuala Kangsar tephra showed the largest variations of SiO2 and alkalies which were distinct from the other Peninsular Malaysia tephra. The Maninjau tuff was distinctly different from the Peninsular Malaysia tephra and from the YTT. This implies that Lenggong tephra could be originated from Toba and other possible source(s). The conclusion that could be drawn from this evidences that it is significantly proved that the tephra in Peninsular Malaysia is most likely originated from Toba and also possible from Maninjau and other eruptions.

Review Of To Render Invisible: Jim Crow And Public Life In New South Jacksonville By Robert Cassanello, Jonathon J. Booth

Publications

No abstract provided.

Health Care, Title Vi, And Racism's New Normal, Dayna Bowen Matthew

Publications

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Concern, Membership, And Race, Sarah Krakoff

Publications

American Indian Tribes in the United States have a unique legal and political status shaped by fluctuating federal policies and the over-arching history of this country’s brand of settler-colonialism. One of the several legacies of this history is that federally recognized tribes have membership rules that diverge significantly from typical state or national citizenship criteria. These rules and their history are poorly understood by judges and members of the public, leading to misunderstandings about the “racial” status of tribes and Indian people, and on occasion to incoherent and damaging decisions on a range of Indian law issues. This article, which …

The Influence Of Sufism On The Development Of Persian Mosque Architecture / Ali Goodarzi, Ali Goodarzi

Student Works (2010-2019)

Mosques have always been recognized along with a series of patterns (archetypes) such as the dome, the arch, the mihrab, the courtyard, the portal and the minaret, which have shaped the architecture language of the Islamic place of worship worldwide. However these set of patterns did not exist in the creation of the first mosques, and in the third and fourth century A.H. emerged and developed gradually as major features of the mosque in the Persian lands and provided definitive functions in the congregational Muslim rituals. At the time of these constructive changes in the body of the mosque in …

The Antecedents Of Social Media Adoption: A Study On The Role Of Media Needs And Innovation Characteristics / Izzal Asnira Zolkepli, Izzal Asnira Zolkepli

Student Works (2010-2019)

In recent years, the popularity of social media has captured considerable attention, especially concerning medium usage and adoption. This phenomenon is seen as a great opportunity for expanding the marketing mix strategy. For this reason, sufficient knowledge of consumer insight is needed to understand the needs and motivations that drive a consumer to adopt social media. Hence, this research is designed to empirically investigate social media needs in relation to social media innovation. Accordingly, the Theory of Reasoned Action, Tri-Component Attitude Model, Theory of Diffusion of Innovation and Theory of Media Uses and Gratifications are reviewed and extended to explain …

Ethnolinguistic Vitality Of The Malays Of Singapore / Mohamed Pitchay Gani Bin Mohamed Abdul Aziz, Mohamed Pitchay Gani Mohamed Abdul Aziz

Student Works (2010-2019)

This thesis describes the ethnolinguistic vitality of the indigenous Malays of Singapore forty-five years after Singapore’s separation from Malaysia. The study sets out to explore the vitality of the Malay language in Singapore and the factors that influence it. It also seeks to know whether the Malay language has really come to a deficit in Singapore, in terms of language use. The general literature on this subject shows that sociolinguistic researches in Singapore are more focused on socio-psychological framework, especially when dealing with the Malay language-use situation. Such approach lacks the sociological framework that together would provide a holistic look …

The Physical Environment As A Three-Dimensional Textbook For Environmental Education In Malaysian Primary Schools / Kong Seng Yeap, Seng Yeap Kong

Student Works (2010-2019)

Environmental education (EE) for primary schools in Malaysia is often linked to abstract representation in a featureless classroom. What has often been overlooked is the potential use of physical environment to enrich the EE experience. Instead of focusing on what is taught and how it is taught, equal attention should be given to the physical environment in which EE occurs. With the increased recognition that EE should find a special consideration in educational facilities design, a small, growing literature about the subject is emerging. Practitioners and scholars attempt to bond architecture and EE by designing physical environment as a threedimensional …

Assessing The Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis And The Demand For Tourism In Malaysia / Tang Chor Foon, Chor Foon Tang

Student Works (2010-2019)

Tourism is one of the rapidly growing service sectors in the world. This impressive performance has sparked the interest of Malaysia’s government to promote the tourism sector as one of the National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) to transform Malaysia into a high-income nation by 2020. Nevertheless, as economic globalisation gathers momentum, there are criticisms that tourism may not significantly stimulate long-term economic growth as many informal agents bring in illegal workers to Malaysia using the tourism channel as a conduit, and it is hard to differentiate between genuine tourists and those who arrive in search of jobs. This is attributable …

An Evaluation Of Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Kbsm Music Programme In Lower Secondary Schools In Malaysia Based On The Cipp Model / Liau Swee Foong, Swee Foong Liau

Student Works (2010-2019)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Integrated Secondary School Curriculum in Malaysia known commonly as Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Menengah (KBSM) for the Lower Secondary Music programme in the lower secondary schools in Malaysia through the perspectives of the music teachers. Besides, this research also investigated the relationships between the different groups of respondents from (i) Peninsular and East Malaysia, (ii) urban and rural school, and (iii) different teaching experience. The design of the study adopts the Context-Input-Process-Product or CIPP model of evaluation developed by Daniel L. Stufflebeam. The Context evaluation investigates the programme objectives …

Library Instruction Case Wiki, Andy Spackman

Faculty Publications

We hope you find the guides and case studies collected here helpful, and we invite you to contribute by discussing your experiences on the discussion page for each case study, and by submitting case studies you have developed and used in your own instructional efforts.

Cases for Advanced Business Students

• Building a Company List - Trucking in Texas
• Company and Market Research - Big Sweety and the Chocolate Manufacturing Industry
• Determining Market Size - Infant Formula
• Entrepreneurial Marketing - The Comic Book Guy
• Global Trade and Economics - Manufacturing Medical Instruments
• International Business - Launching the Wii
• International Marketing - …

Dangerous Knowledge? Morality And Moral Progress After Naturalism, Daniel Diederich Farmer

Dissertations (1934 -)

From the perspective of at least some of our valuing practices, the advance of the sciences can seem to constitute a threat. The question I take up in this dissertation is whether or not naturalism--understood as the picture of the world and of ourselves bequeathed to us by the sciences--should be understood as a threat to our moral practices, to moral living. On the account I defend, the knowledge we gain from empirical inquiry need not undermine moral living in toto, although a naturalistic mindset does raise some possibly dangerous questions for particular inherited moral norms and ideals.

In defense …

Sustainability Policy’S Inherent Dilemmas – Exemplified Via Critical Examination Of The Las Vegas Metropolitan Sustainability Campaign, Kathryn A. Zimmerman

All Master's Theses

In response to a dual problem of critical water scarcity and rapid population growth, leaders of metropolitan Las Vegas implemented a region-wide, internationally marketed sustainability campaign. Preliminary studies found that, while sustainability policy attains its rhetorical goals, solutions initiated not only perpetuate but also purposefully expand the original dual problem to justify continuous water resource acquisitions. To examine this sustainability conundrum constructed by leadership—problem-perpetuation rather than problem-resolution—a critical examination in resource management asked two basic questions: what is being sustained and by what means? Via this inquiry, specific processes by which leaders perpetuate problems can be identified; and, so-informed, new …

Linguistic Behavior And Religious Activity, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, David Bowie

Faculty Publications

Studies have found that Mormons and non-Mormons in Utah exhibit significant linguistic differences. We break this down further by investigating whether there are also differences between Mormons who actively participate in the religion and those who do not, and find significant differences with a medium or larger effect size between the groups for multiple variables. We conclude that when investigating the linguistic correlates of religious affiliation in a community, it is vital to elicit not just respondents’ religious affiliations, but also their level of participation within that religion.

Comment: Knowledge Circles And The Duty Of Care, Jill M. Fraley

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

There Oughta Be A Law—A Model Law, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

Uniform and model laws are frequently proposed to standardize “what the law is or should be” for specific jurisdictions. These model acts can come from national or international drafting organizations, such as the Uniform Law Commission, or from interest groups or associations that want to promote specific policies. Ms. Whisner provides an overview of the various types of model laws that researchers should know about.

Chs Lecture: Bishop William Waltersheid, "Seminary Formation Sub Umbra Petri: A Historical Reflection On The Pontifical North American College"

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

Doctoral Dissertations, Master's And Bachelor's Theses: The Catholic History Of Western Pennsylvania

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

Predicting Germination Of Medicago Sativa And Onobrychis Viciifolia Seeds By Using Image Analysis, Behnam Behtari, Martin De Luis, Adel Dabbagh Mohammadi Nasab

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Image analysis is an accessible method that can convert qualitative variables to quantitative ones. Computer imaging has been used in seed biology in various ways, including seed vigor testing and seed identification. In this paper, the seeds of 2 species, Medicago sativa and Onobrychis viciifolia, were studied. Laboratory tests and a computerized experiment were conducted to evaluate the effects of accelerated aging on the seed vigor of both species. We measured the rate of germination using a factorial and completely randomized design, with 10 treatment combinations replicated 3 times. The main factors were accelerated aging (6, 12, 18, 24, and …

A Survey Of Dramaturgical Practices In Contemporary American Theater: The Dramaturg In Process, Maggie Bell

All Master's Theses

A review of the literature on dramaturgical practices in the American theater from the past thirty years revealed a significant paucity of first-hand accounts by dramaturgs about their work and especially about the contributions dramaturgs make to the production process. In general, the literature addresses dramaturgical practices in abstract or theoretical terms, without documenting the specific contributions that dramaturgs make to the creation of productions and events as performances. This thesis documents and defines the dramaturgical process through interviews with a select sample of early career and established dramaturgs. The interviews conducted follow the narrative method of open-ended questions and …

Latin@S, Disrupting Racial Normativity In Derrick Bell's The Space Traders, Geiza Vargas-Vargas

Western New England Law Review

In this Essay tribute to Professor Bell, the Author chooses to examine the ever-controversial science fiction narrative, The Space Traders, for its paradox. In one instance, The Space Traders is arguably a myopic representation of race insofar as it operates within a very specific theoretical race construct, the Black/White binary. But almost at once, in another instance, the paradox seems to precisely capture the truth of racial experience: we all are reduced to and defined by the Black/White binary.

For Professor Bell, as a critical race theorist, race is located strictly within the binary. But experience, for those that …

Aerocom: Winter 2014, John D. Odegard School Of Aerospace Sciences

Aerocom: John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.