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Stepping Out With The Fop: Literacies Of Embodiment And Becoming In Youth Drama, Treavor Bogard

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

Drawing upon perspectives of New Literacy Studies, characterization and gender performativity, this interpretive case study used Multimodal Inter(Action) Analysis and ethnographic methods to examine how a queer youth, Michael, embodied the fop character type as he acted in a youth theatre troupe. The study examines Michael’s embodiment of the fop as a composition process in drama that evoked discourses of queer masculinity and the performativity of selves becoming. Embodied composing of characterizations in the troupe, and specifically the fop, were multimodal designs that intertwined with Michael’s self-cultivation and self-efficacy as a queer youth.

Easterner, Vol. 67, No. 10, December 2, 2015, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about a panel on the Paris attack, concerns by faculty about lack of communication regarding the construction of the new science building, Eastern's policy for handling hate crimes, the Safe Campus Act, AUAP driector Kristina Guilfoyle, the end of Eastern's football season, football player Cooper Kupp's decision to play his senior year, the men's and women's basketball seasons, and the volleyball defeat to Idaho State.

The Lumberjack, December 2, 2015, The Lumberjack Staff

2015

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Campus Chronicle, Dee Flemings, Tj Harrison, Brent Nichol, Katrina Nichol, Noah Nordengren, Chelsea Stratton, Austin Wonders, Andy Langager

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

Banapads: Champion Manual For Mobile Inventory Management, Brooke Latham, Gordon Jones

Miller Center Fellowship

In order for Champions to track their inventory this will require a phone, however it does not have to be a smart phone and it does not require internet from the user standpoint. Each week the champions will receive a text message from a Ugandan phone number from Bana’s administration platform, FrontlineSMS.

Their response is sent to the server for the administration to observe, analyze and manage inventory. The Champion only needs to send one SMS message per week, noting the amount of boxes she has sold, and the amount of boxes she needs.

This is a brief manual detailing …

Geography Professor Hubert G. H. Wilhelm, 1931-2015, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Toward A More Scientifically Literate Public, Michael Bass

UCF Forum

As a society we do a terrible job of educating our children to become scientifically literate. Sure, we have STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs throughout the country, and with some justification we can brag about the successes of students that are in or who have graduated from such learning experiences.

Prescription Drug Diversion: Predictors Of Illicit Acquisition And Redistribution In Three U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Shana Harris, Valentina Nikulina, Camila Gelpi-Acosta, Cory Morton, Valerie Newsome, Alana Gunn, Heidi Hoefinger, Ross Aikins, Vivian Smith, Victoria Barry, Martin J. Downing Jr.

Publications and Research

Objective: Prescription drug diversion, the transfer of prescription drugs from lawful to unlawful channels for distribution or use, is a problem in the United States. Despite the pervasiveness of diversion, there are gaps in the literature regarding characteristics of individuals who participate in the illicit trade of prescription drugs. This study examines a range of predictors (e.g., demographics, prescription insurance coverage, perceived risk associated with prescription drug diversion) of membership in three distinct diverter groups: individuals who illicitly acquire prescription drugs, those who redistribute them, and those who engage in both behaviors.

Methods: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional Internet …

Montana Kaimin, December 2, 2015, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Emu Today, November 19, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Broadband High Gain Siw Ring Slot Antenna, Zhi Shen, Kirti Dhwaj, Hanseung Lee, Tatsuo Itoh, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The slot antenna backed by the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity usually demonstrates very narrow bandwidth. In this paper, we extend the interpretation to our original dual mode SIW ring slot antenna so that a broadband radiation property based on the TE102 mode is unveiled for the first time. Through the experimental verification, over 12% bandwidth is conveniently achieved. The realized gain reaches over 7 dB. Its broadband working principle is studied in details. Simulated and measured data are both presented to verify the proposed ideas.

English Language Literacy And The Prediction Of Academic Success In And Beyond The Pathway Program, Jennifer Haan, Karyn E. Mallett

English Faculty Publications

Widespread emphasis on internationalization in higher education has generated tremendous growth in international student enrollments at U.S. colleges and universities. In fact, from 2002/2003 to 2012/2013, the number of international students in the U.S. increased from 586,323 to 819,644, an increase of almost 40% over ten years (Institute of International Education 2013). These students are primarily multilingual, contributing varying levels of English proficiency and, often, a new sense of institutional diversity. In addition, these students often pay out-of-state tuition, making it possible for the university to diversify tuition streams as well.

Partially motivated by these realities, and in order to …

Volume 53, Number 16: December 02, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Why Do The Children Flee? Public Security And Policing Practices In Central America, Mary Fran T. Malone

Carsey Publications

In this brief, author Mary Fran Malone discusses the security crisis in Central America and successful policing strategies for confronting this crisis. She reports that Central Americans’ experiences and perceptions of crime are linked to an increased likelihood of migration. In 2014, approximately 57,000 unaccompanied minors traveled from Central America to Mexico, continuing north to cross the U.S. border illegally. The large numbers of people fleeing Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras testify not only to the violence of illicit markets but also to the failure of these countries’ governments to fulfill their most important task—protecting the lives of their citizens. …

December 2, 2015 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 02, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Undergraduate Council Meeting, December 2, 2015, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate. Undergraduate Council

USF St. Petersburg Undergraduate Council

Minutes from the December 2, 2015, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Undergraduate Council.

The Confluence Of Stem Education And Language Learning: Curriculum Integration To Benefit Language Learners, Christian Joseph Engelbret

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The number of elementary STEM schools has risen dramatically in the last decade. The national government has identified goals for preparing learners for the workforce in the STEM areas, while also decreasing the achievement gap between white students and their non-white peers. This research paper seeks to answer three central questions: 1) How can these various STEM disciplines be integrated in an effective and meaningful manner to improve both academic language and content area knowledge of English Learners? 2) What lesson design format best prepares teachers to implement a project-based or integrated curriculum? 3) How can partnerships between higher education …

Deans' Council Meeting : 2015 : 12 : 02 : Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Office Of The Regional Vice Chancellor For Academic Affairs.

Deans' Council

No abstract provided.

Object-Based Crop Classification With Landsat-Modis Enhanced Time-Series Data, Qingting Li, Cuizhen Wang, Bing Zhang, Linlin Lu

Faculty Publications

Cropland mapping via remote sensing can provide crucial information for agri-ecological studies. Time series of remote sensing imagery is particularly useful for agricultural land classification. This study investigated the synergistic use of feature selection, Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) segmentation and decision tree classification for cropland mapping using a finer temporal-resolution Landsat-MODIS Enhanced time series in 2007. The enhanced time series extracted 26 layers of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and five NDVI Time Series Indices (TSI) in a subset of agricultural land of Southwest Missouri. A feature selection procedure using the Stepwise Discriminant Analysis (SDA) was performed, and 10 optimal …

The Guardian, December 2, 2015, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Esteves Swapped Btg Pactual Common For Preferred Stock In Deal, Source Says, Guillermo Parra-Bernal, Tatiana Bautzer

Documents

No abstract provided.

Advances In Autonomous-Underwater-Vehicle Based Passive Bottom-Loss Estimation By Processing Of Marine Ambient Noise, Lanfranco Muzi

Dissertations and Theses

Accurate modeling of acoustic propagation in the ocean waveguide is important to SONAR-performance prediction, and requires, particularly in shallow water environments, characterizing the bottom reflection loss with a precision that databank-based modeling cannot achieve. Recent advances in the technology of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) make it possible to envision a survey system for seabed characterization composed of a short array mounted on a small AUV. The bottom power reflection coefficient (and the related reflection loss) can be estimated passively by beamforming the naturally occurring marine ambient-noise acoustic field recorded by a vertical line array of hydrophones. However, the reduced array …

The Biology Of Eastern Kingbirds At Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: Survival, Reproduction, And Testosterone Secretion, Lucas J. Redmond

Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation presents the results of a study that I undertook to better understand the breeding biology of Eastern Kingbirds (hereafter, kingbirds) at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon from 2003 to 2009. Kingbirds are long-distance migratory songbirds that breed across much of North America. This species is socially monogamous but, via frequent extra-pair copulations, is genetically polygamous. Kingbirds exhibit relatively high breeding site fidelity, often returning to the same tree to nest in subsequent years. Both members of a pair provide parental care, but there are often specific duties performed by both male and female kingbirds. For example, …

Ay 2015/2016 Sec Meeting Minutes, 2015-12-02, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Impaired Hyperemic Response To Exercise Post Stroke, Matthew J. Durand, Spencer A. Murphy, Kathleen K. Schaefer, Sandra K. Hunter, Brian D. Schmit, David D. Gutterman, Allison S. Hyngstrom

Exercise Science Faculty Research and Publications

Individuals with chronic stroke have reduced perfusion of the paretic lower limb at rest; however, the hyperemic response to graded muscle contractions in this patient population has not been examined. This study quantified blood flow to the paretic and non-paretic lower limbs of subjects with chronic stroke after submaximal contractions of the knee extensor muscles and correlated those measures with limb function and activity. Ten subjects with chronic stroke and ten controls had blood flow through the superficial femoral artery quantified with ultrasonography before and immediately after 10 second contractions of the knee extensor muscles at 20, 40, 60, and …

Interview With Qun Wang, California State University, Monterey Bay

Founding Faculty Oral History Interviews

Interview with Qun Wang, Professor, Humanities and Communication, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

X-Men, Dragon Age, And Religion: Representations Of Religion And The Religious In Comic Books, Video Games, And Their Related Media, Lyndsey E. Shelton

Honors College Theses

It is a widely accepted notion that a child can only be called stupid for so long before they believe it, can only be treated in a particular way for so long before that is the only way that they know. Why is that notion never applied to how we treat, address, and present religion and the religious to children and young adults? In recent years, questions have been continuously brought up about how we portray violence, sexuality, gender, race, and many other issues in popular media directed towards young people, particularly video games. These issues rarely include religion, despite …

Efficient Detection Of Zero-Day Android Malware Using Normalized Bernoulli Naive Bayes, Luiza Sayfullina, Emil Eirola, Dmitry Komashinsky, Paolo Palumbo, Yoan Miche, Amaury Lendasse, Juha Karhunen

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

According to a Recent F-Secure Report, 97% of Mobile Malware is Designed for the Android Platform Which Has a Growing Number of Consumers. in Order to Protect Consumers from Downloading Malicious Applications, There Should Be an Effective System of Malware Classification that Can Detect Previously Unseen Viruses. in This Paper, We Present a Scalable and Highly Accurate Method for Malware Classification based on Features Extracted from Android Application Package (APK) Files. We Explored Several Techniques for Tackling Independence Assumptions in Naive Bayes and Proposed Normalized Bernoulli Naive Bayes Classifier that Resulted in an Improved Class Separation and Higher Accuracy. We …

Predicting Employees' Work Exhaustion, Job Satisfaction, And Turnover Intention: The Role Of Informated Job Resources And Personal Resources, Jignya M. Patel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Turnover intention of information technology (IT) professionals and IT users has been a topic of interest to both academics and industry in recent years; job demands such as excessive workload, work exhaustion, relentless deadlines, role conflict and role ambiguity have all been found to affect turnover intention of IT professionals and IT users. Yet, researchers have paid little attention to the influence of job resources and personal resources. The purpose of this research, presented in the form of two essays, is to explore the effect of those influences on turnover intention of IT professionals and IT users.Using job demand-resource theory, …