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Where Is The Evidence? Realising The Value Of Grey Literature For Public Policy & Practice, A Discussion Paper, Amanda Lawrence, John Houghton, Julian Thomas, Paul Weldon

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

The internet has profoundly changed how we produce, use and collect research and information for public policy and practice, with grey literature playing an increasingly important role. The authors argue that grey literature (i.e. material produced and published by organisations without recourse to the commercial or scholarly publishing industry) is a key part of the evidence produced and used for public policy and practice. Through surveys of users, producing organisations and collecting services a detailed picture is provided of the importance and economic value of grey literature. However, finding and accessing policy information is a time-consuming task made harder by …

Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Perceptions Of Using Web 2.0 Technology For Instruction And Achievement In A College Euclidean Geometry Course, Md Mokter Hossain, Robert Quinn

Journal of Research Initiatives

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of pre-service mathematics teachers’ attitudes toward and perceived effectiveness of a blogging activity included as a regular component of a college Euclidean Geometry course. Descriptive statistics regarding participants’ attitudes toward and perceived effectiveness of the blogging activity were gathered using a researcher developed instrument. Additionally, an inferential statistical test was performed to determine if a relationship exists between pre-service teachers’ attitude toward the blogging activity and their performance in the course as measured by the eight in-class quizzes administered throughout the semester. Similarly, an inferential statistical test was performed to …

The Influence Of Effective Leadership On Teaching And Learning, Catherine Barrett, Robert Breyer

Journal of Research Initiatives

Principals and educators are challenged with meeting the increased demands of teaching and learning, which becomes difficult in environments filled with negative undercurrents, such as poverty, teacher satisfaction, salary, and instruction. Administrators must instill passion in teachers and provide effective leadership to motivate teachers to engage and energize students. The primary focus of this study was to determine how modeling instructional strategies by principals influence teachers’ implementation of strategies that promote greater student engagement and learning. Sustaining teachers’ passion for teaching and providing educators with the motivation to engage students in lessons through effective leadership and modeling were addressed in …

Creative Destruction Of Higher Education Institutions, Ronald Ben Johnson

Journal of Research Initiatives

Creative destruction is the phenomena of constant change through technological and/or process innovations in any given industry. Without strategy and commitment to continuous development, the process of constant change threatens any firm’s ability to establish and sustain competitive advantage over competition. Creative destruction can turn the biggest giants of today into tomorrow’s distant memories. Institutions of higher education cannot escape the tentacles of creative destruction as they are now witnessing their own industry rapidly changing. Some institutions of higher education have responded by strategically adapting while others have remained fiercely intransigent. Dr. Michael E. Porter’s five forces analysis provides …

Leaders In Journalism Education: Administrators At Acejmc Accredited Programs And Non-Accredited Hbcu Programs Critique The Standards, Jerry Crawford

Journal of Research Initiatives

Administrators of journalism and mass communication units have had to make decisions on how they would lead their units into the future. For over 70 years, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) has been the agency that provided leadership in this endeavor. This study surveyed administrators of programs of accredited and also non-accredited journalism programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), asking them to critique and discuss their thoughts on the nine standards. Nearly unanimously the administrators agreed that accreditation, or as those not accredited stated, “best practices”, are essential. The study focused on …

The Bg News November 17, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 17, 2014. Volume 94-Issue 37.

Where Is The Evidence? Realising The Value Of Grey Literature For Public Policy And Practice, Amanda Lawrence, John Houghton, Julian Thomas, Paul R. Weldon

Higher education research

The internet has profoundly changed how we produce, use and collect research and information for public policy and practice, with grey literature playing an increasingly important role. The authors argue that grey literature (i.e. materials produced and published by organisations without recourse to the commercial or scholarly publishing industry) is a key part of the evidence produced and used for public policy and practice. Through surveys of users, producing organisations and collecting services, a detailed picture is provided of the importance and economic value of grey literature. However, finding and accessing policy information is a time-consuming task made harder by …

Biomodd: Exploring Relationships Between Biological, Electronic, And Social Systems Through New Media Art, Ds Maranan, Ad Librero

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Biomodd is a collaborative new media art project that explores the symbiosis between biological, electronic, and social systems. The project started in 2007 in the United States, and has since spawned multiple versions globally. The Philippine team was led by educators from the UP Open University, who organized a course on new media art practice as a springboard for exploring and developing the project. We discuss the imaginative and abstract relationships between biological, eletronic, and social systems that learners articulated over the course of the project. We describe how local, culturally-specific narrative elements were imaginatively integrated into the physical and …

Analysing The Impact Of Digital Photography Projects On Student Engagement And Performance In A Higher Education Engineering Discipline, Michael Gleeson

Conference papers

Developing and implementing engaging activities aligned with the learning outcomes of a module within a higher education programme is essential to successful teaching practice in the 21^st century. Substantial research evidence indicates that student engagement plays a pivotal role in the academic performance and success of the student. The aim of this research is to compare student performance after adopting an alternative pedagogic approach utilising digital photography as a tool to engage the student in an engineering discipline. The activity was designed to promote student engagement by integrating digital photography, replicating authentic construction professional practice and focusing on images …

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November 17, 2014 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

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November 17, 2014 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda

Filling In The Blanks On Reducing Tobacco Product Addictiveness In The Fctc Partial Guidelines For Articles 9 & 10, Eric N. Lindblom

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The existing Partial Guidelines for Implementation of Articles 9 & 10 of the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control includes a strategy for regulating tobacco products to reduce their attractiveness, but does not yet provide any guidance for reducing either the toxicity or the addictiveness of tobacco products. Section 1.2.1.2, “Addictiveness (dependence liability),” states only that: “This section has been left blank intentionally to indicate that guidance will be proposed at a later stage.” A related footnote says that the blanks will be filled “as new country experience, and scientific, medical and other evidence become available. . . [and] will …

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 9, 11-17-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

Admins continue to work on teach-out plan--Chronicling USM’s national media attention--USM combines student services for savings--USM Preservation Fund meets $10,000 goal--Student worries about value of her education--Transfer students unaware of budget crisis

November 17, 2014, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

New Arts Classes For All Ages At Artplay, Register Now For 2015, Staff

Browse All News

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On The Ground And From Afar: Stti & Global Nursing Organization Representatives To Un Ngo Community: A Place At The Table, Holly Shaw

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Purpose: In the inception of the UN, civil society was included to participate through representatives of NGOs. This presentation will focus on the experience of STTI representatives inside the UN NGO community and in the transnational CoNGO (Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the UN). Through DPI-NGO (Department of Public Information) and ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) programs and NGO Committee participation, a voice for the nursing profession is emrging, providing an opportunity to contribute to global health issues.

Methods: STTI members will learn about the NGO UN Committees in the UN …

Obtaining Required Childhood Vaccinations: The Latino Immigrant Experience, Barbara Derose

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014:

Vaccinations are an important step in preventing childhood illnesses and disease outbreaks in the community. Complete immunizations before school assure eligibility for enrollment and protect children against severe illness. The fact that foreign-born children of Latino immigrants face health disparities in receiving vaccinations is well documented. However, there is little information in the literature about the actual experience of immigrants facing the complexities of the health system, and through their eyes, which factors ultimately affect vaccination rates of immigrant Latino children. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to give voice to Latino …

Evaluation Of A Government Deployment Project For Unemployed Nurses As Input To Policy And Programmatic Directions, Josefina A. Tuazon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to evaluate implementation and outcomes of a government deployment project for unemployed nurses called Projects RNHEALS to underserved hospitals and community centers in terms of enhancing clinical and public health competencies and potential employability of deployed nurses as input to policy and programmatic directions.

Growing The Flowers: Preparing Undergraduate Nursing Students For A Community Healthcare Placement In A Neoliberal Economy, Eleanor S. Horton

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: Our objective was to engage and develop initiatives with our community partners to better prepare our nursing students for a community clinical placement in their Undergraduate Nursing Degree program thus increasing our clinical placements and stimulating students to consider community nursing as a viable career option. Many nursing degree programs have made the decision that to maintain a Primary healthcare community focus within the curriculum that addressees not just the theoretical component but the practicalities of a community placement is a very expensive exercise and one that in the current neoliberal economic …

Understanding Workplace Reciprocity Of Emergency Nurses: A Qualitative Study, Christine Marie Corcoran

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Emergency Departments (ED) are unpredictable environments and are well-known for instantaneous change. At one moment, the ED may be relatively quiet and then suddenly ambulances and helicopters arrive with multiple patients from a serious car accident. Typically, nurses are the first healthcare provider encountered by the patient. Given the rapid changes, this is an environment with high levels of stress and more so for the ED nurse (Browning, Ryan, Thomas, Greenberg, & Rolniak, 2007; Spence, Laschinger, & Havens, 1997). EDs are open for patient care all day, every day. The flow of patients and their reasons for presenting to the …

An Evaluation Of Motivators For Colonoscopy Screening Compliance, Holly Marcusen Wright

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: Polyp removal, which is done during a colonoscopy screening, has been shown to reduce colorectal cancer by as much as 90%. Only 53% of Americans who are age 50 comply with colorectal cancer screening guidelines. More people need to have colonoscopy screenings. This study aims to learn what motivators are working to get people to comply with colonoscopy screening so that this information can be used to motivate more people to have the screening done.

Methods: We used mixed-methods with qualitative and quantitative features in a one-on-one interview and a questionnaire with …

Development Of An Evidence-Based Surgical Decision Making Algorithm For Bladder Exstrophy Related Continence Procedures, Marlo Ann Michelle Eldridge, Zeina Khouri-Stevens, John Phillip Gearhart

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Bladder exstrophy (BE), is a rare congenital malformation that occurs 1:40,000 live births, (Nelson, 2005). Occurring during the tenth week of pregnancy, BE manifests as failure of the abdominal wall to close and results in the protrusion of the anterior bladder through the lower abdominal wall. In the modern staged repair, the abdominal wall portion of the defect is ideally closed in the first 72 hours of life. The staged approach then requires a continence procedure, typically undertaken in the middle elementary years. There are two main continence procedures, the bladder neck reconstruction …

The Impact Of Parent Reaction To Sexual Orientation On Depressive Symptoms And Sex Risk Among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men, Victoria B. Mitrani, Brian E. Mccabe, Natalie M. Leblanc, Joseph P. De Santis, Diego Deleon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: The study aimed to examine the impact of parents' reaction to their sons' sexual orientation on the son's depressive symptoms and sexual risk behaviors among Hispanic adult men who have sex with men (MSM). We also sought to examine whether the son's level of acculturation would moderate the relationship between parental reaction and the outcome variables. The study tested the following hypotheses: Lower parental acceptance will be related to depressive symptoms; Lower parental acceptance will be related to sexual risk behavior behaviors; The relationship between lower parental acceptance and depressive symptoms will …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Jordan Trent, Jazz Bass, Jordan Trent

All Performances

No abstract provided.

The Legacy, November 16, 2014, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Rebel Moms ― Meet Shannon Richardson, Misty Cowherd

University of Mississippi News

Owner of Oxford WeeCycle helps families save money through children's consignment sale

Record Gift Leads Major Transformation At Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When fully realized the gift will mean $25 million in new revenue to the university, initiated by $17.5 million in outright gifts led by the chairman. It will enable Dominican to launch a renewed vision of liberal arts education that will benefit all students

Chapman Percussion Ensemble, Paul Burdick, Cole Castorina, Katie Eikam, Aaron Griesz, Storm Marquis, Andrea Stain

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

November 15, 2014 (Pages 7155-7340), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 44 (2014)

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Molly Page, Violin, Molly Page

All Performances

No abstract provided.