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Mre Certification Courses In Mali, Sri Lanka And Tajikistan, Sebastian Kasack

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

UNICEF developed a mine risk education (MRE) certification course to regulate the accreditation of MRE educators. The certification courses have had varied success in Mali, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan.

Western Michigan University Magazine, Summer 2015, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• University News
• Living Longer, Better: A look at research, education related to aging
• ‘Aging in Place’: New service provides home support for seniors
• Music-Empowered Memory: Can music maintain a youthful mind?
• To Foil a Fall: Thwarting the top cause of injury among older adults
• Expert Insights
• Senior-Community: Living—Like College? Retired professor’s essay on resettling
• Research File
• From Screen to Page: Digital-age barriers to literacy
• Storytelling Powered by Parents: Prof studies child development tool
• Heart of the Matter: Probing the biology of heart disease
• Tainted Water: Researcher wins NSF grant to study contaminants damaging lakes, rivers
• Physics Fellow: Recent graduate wins …

Prism, Summer 2015, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Southern Register. 2015.3 (Summer 2015), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Southern Register

No abstract provided.

Longwood Magazine 2015 Summer, Longwood University

Alumni Newsletters & Bulletins

No abstract provided.

E-Book Usage On A Global Scale: Patterns, Trends, And Opportunities, Michael Levine-Clark

University Libraries: Faculty Scholarship

This study examines worldwide usage of over 600,000 e-books from Ebook Library (EBL) and ebrary. Using multiple modes of analysis, the study shows that there are variations in usage by geographic region as well as by subject. The study examines usage in relation to availability of titles, different types of usage per session, usage of the top ten percent of titles, and intensive and extensive use. These patterns can be used for benchmarking and as a model for local e-book studies.

Great Lake Island Biogeography Of Plethodon Cinereus: Effect Of Island Elevation On Color Polymorphism, Cameron N. Eddy

Masters Theses

Islands have long fascinated ecologists and evolutionary biologists because they provide replicated systems with which to test hypotheses regarding evolutionary and ecological theory. Because islands are relatively simple systems, they enable researchers to isolate specific factors responsible for observed phenomena. Many current questions in ecology and evolutionary biology have been addressed in island systems. For example, factors involved in the genetic divergence of populations are easier to discern in island populations because confounding effects of gene flow from adjacent populations are limited. This study focuses on isolated island populations of the color polymorphic Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) …

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. Letter from the President
• Before & After: College Bulletins
• Marc Archambault Named Vice President of Development & Alumni Relations
• 4 WKU Students Recognized by Goldwater Program
• Julia Roberts Receives National Award for Impact on Gifted Education
• WKU Newest Member of Kentucky Proud Farm to Campus Program
• Muhlenberg County Educator Inducted into Teacher Hall of Fame – Mary Armstrong
• Brent Bjorkman Appointed Director of Kentucky Museum
• WKU’s Campus Awarded Level I Arboretum Accreditation
• Honors College at WKU Spotlighted in National Guide
• WKU Wins Hearst Photojournalism Title for 22^nd Time in 26 Years
• WKU Among …

Unowned Cat Management In The State Of Ohio: Elements Of Best Practice In Public-Private Collaborative Efforts, Daniel D. Spehar

HSU STUDENT THESES AND CAPSTONE PROJECTS

A contentious debate over the management of free-roaming cat populations is ongoing. Nevertheless, disparate groups of stakeholders share a common goal of fewer community cats. Unowned cat management typically necessitates a choice between utilization of lethal or non-lethal measures. Research has indicated strong public support for employment of non-lethal methods, like trap-neuter-return (TNR). Collaborative TNR programs are experiencing success in a growing number of communities. The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify new or underutilized public-private collaborative practices, and associated elemental factors, that have the potential to be used as—or incorporated into—templates of best practice for the non-lethal …

Southeast Ohio Summer/Fall 2015, E.W. Scripps School Of Journalism

Southeast Ohio Magazine

Table of contents:

The Chesterhill Produce Auction ... 3

Sweet treats at Wittich’s Candy Store ... 5

How to make your own venison jerky ... 6

The Muskingum Livestock Auction ... 7

Route 78’s Ellie’s Deli ... 8

Portsmouth’s bypass operation ... 9

The driving force of superloads ... 10

No school left behind? ... 11

Pike County’s A-Plant plans ... 13

Monroe County’s Euro-style ... 14

Drawing on fear through art ... 15

Steubenville’s BookMarx ... 17

Gallipolis’ tattoo fix ... 19

Amateur wrestling’s lords of the ring ... 21

McArthur turns 200 ... 25

Black diamonds aren’t forever …

Everything That's New Is Old Again: The Impact Of Egypt's Political Culture On The Rule Of Law And Democracy, Hesham Genidy

Maurer Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Access To Justice In The Show-Me State: Meeting The Civil Legal Needs Of Low-Income Missourians, Melissa C. Emerson

Missouri Policy Journal

Access to justice is a fundamental component of a healthy democracy. There is no right to an attorney in most civil legal cases in the United States, which has led to a growing justice gap. The availability of civil legal aid is largely dependent on where one is situated geographically. This article examines the current civil legal aid landscape in the state of Missouri, highlighting the funding sources, legal aid delivery mechanisms, and pro bono service among Missouri attorneys. Policy recommendations are provided that could serve to narrow the justice gap in the state.

Ua23 Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding Editor, Leah Ashwill, Lauren D. Cunningham

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Action Items, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.

Evaluation Of Xanthan/Enzymatically Modified Guar Gum Mixtures In Oil-In-Water Emulsions, Pavan Kumar Chityala

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Oil-in-water emulsions have wide range of applications in food industry because of their structure-forming properties, and as delivery systems of polyunsaturated fatty acids into foods. The thermodynamic instability of oil and water, and high susceptibility of unsaturated fatty acids to oxidation lead to physical and oxidative stability in oil-in-water emulsions. These instability processes are generally controlled by incorporating proteins and polysaccharides into oil-in-water emulsions. The objective of this study was to evaluate xanthan/enzymatically modified guar (XG/EMG) polysaccharides on the physical and oxidative stability of 2 wt% whey protein stabilized oil-in-water emulsions containing 20% v/v menhaden fish oil. Enzymatic modified guar …

A Mixed Methods Assessment Of The Development, Use, And Educational Effectiveness Of University Campus Sustainability Tours, Ellen R. Barringer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Campus sustainability tours are available at dozens of colleges and universities across the United States. These tours are considered a vital tool in interpreting the environmental and sustainable aspects of a campus to educate the campus community. Minimal quantitative data have been collected regarding their development, use, and effectiveness. In order to develop a dataset regarding the use of campus sustainability tours, surveys and interviews were sent to universities with such tours to discuss use and methods of development. A campus-wide electronic survey was sent to the Western Kentucky University (WKU) main campus community to determine their experiences with the …

Interdisciplinary Modeling For Water-Related Issues Graduate Course, Laurel Saito, Alexander Fernald, Timothy Link

All ECSTATIC Materials

The science and management of aquatic ecosystems is inherently interdisciplinary, with issues associated with hydrology, atmospheric science, water quality, geochemistry, sociology, economics, environmental science, and ecology. Addressing water resources issues in any one discipline invariably involves effects that concern other disciplines, and attempts to address one issue often have consequences that exacerbate existing issues or concerns, or create new ones (Jørgensen et al. 1992; Lackey et al. 1975; Straskraba 1994) due to the strongly interactive nature of key processes (Christensen et al. 1996). Thus, research and management of aquatic ecosystems must be interdisciplinary to be most effective, but such truly …

Camas, Summer 2015

Camas

Open Letter to a Grizzly / Bryce Andrews -- A History of Westward Movements / Kaity Teer -- The Wilderness Act Turns 50: Celebrating the Great Laws of 1964 / William deBuys -- Conversations about Bees / Dionisia Morales -- Kula / Daniel Winthrop -- Yellow Jacket / Gregg Kleiner -- On Alces Lake / Sara Aronson -- Stains / Allison Linville -- I-70 / Brendan Jordan -- Monte Sereno / Amy Miller -- Helping with the Food / Bette Husted -- Bull Elk in October River / Chris Dombrowski -- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer / Trevien Stanger -- …

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation: Opportunities In The Northeast And Mid-Atlantic, Gabriel Pacyniak

Faculty Scholarship

The report finds that clean transportation policies could cut greenhouse gas emissions between 29 to 40 percent in the TCI region by 2030. A comprehensive implementation of state policies could result in net cost savings of up to $72.5 billion over 15 years for businesses and consumers, along with tens of thousands of new jobs and improvements in public health.

Circulation, Vol. 20, No. 3, Center For Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Tal Ezer

CCPO Circulation

Summer 2015 issue of CCPO Circulation featuring article "ODU-European Collaborations on Climate Change & Sea Level Rise Research" by Dr. Tal Ezer.

Acuta Journal Of Telecommunications In Higher Education

ACUTA Journal

In This Issue

President's Message

From the ACUTA CEO

Snapshots: What ls Your Campus Doing in the Cloud?

Security in the Cloud

Why ls My Head in the Clouds?

Unified Communications: Challenge and Opportunity for Education

2015 ResNet lnfographic

How Light Can Change the World

A Case for Hybrid Cloud

Snapshots: What ls Your Campus Doing in the Cloud?

Cloud Hurdles Shift from Security to Contracts

201 5 lnstitutional Excellence Award

Snapshots: What ls Your Campus Doing in the Cloud?

2015 Awards Honor lndividuals

Granite State College, University System Of New Hampshire 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

"The Four Horseman Of The Late Capitalist Apocalypse": U.S. Comic Books, Ideology, And Trauma In Post-9/11 Society, Kathryn Manis

Art & Art History ETDs

In the contemporary United States apocalypse, dystopia, and catastrophe are commonplace. Indeed, both the increasing presence of fictional apocalypse in art and popular culture and the tone of apocalypticism in U.S. political, environmental, and social rhetorics, have been noted by writers and thinkers from a wide range of fields. Scholars of neoliberalism in particular have traced this popularity to the economic and political realities of late-capitalism and the ideological contradictions embedded in the evolution of capitalism to its current, immersive iteration. What has gone undiscussed, however, is the relationship of this anxious preoccupation to a prevailing, national condition; a condition …

Health Implications Of Adults’ Eating At And Living Near Fast Food Or Quick Service Restaurants, Junfeng Jiao, A. V. Moudon, S. Y. Kim, P. M. Hurvitz, A. Drewnowski

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

BACKGROUND: This paper examined whether the reported health impacts of frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant on health were related to having such a restaurant near home. METHODS: Logistic regressions estimated associations between frequent fast food or quick service restaurant use and health status, being overweight or obese, having a cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as binary health outcomes. In all, 2001 participants in the 2008–2009 Seattle Obesity Study survey were included in the analyses. RESULTS: Results showed eating ⩾ 2 times a week at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor …

Dna Storage Banks: The Importance Of Preserving Dna Evidence To Allow For Transparency And The Preservation Of Justice, Cristina Martin

Chicago-Kent Law Review

What is the duty to preserve information in today’s society? In order for humanity to evolve, change and flourish in the future, society needs to preserve its information from the past. In the criminal justice field, preservation of evidence has special significance. DNA evidence in particular has become a helpful aid for innocent defendants who have been improperly imprisoned. Over the past twenty years, the number of exonerations of imprisoned criminal defendants has increased dramatically. With the advancement of technology, old, previously untestable or improperly tested DNA evidence will need to be retested. However, most states do not have proper …

Delimiting Species And Varieties Of Cycladenia Humilis (Apocynaceae), Holly Kathryn Brabazon

Student Works

Taxonomic delimitation of rare species is vital for accurate assessments of diversity and for their conservation. Cycladenia humilis, the sole species of Cycladenia, is an enigmatic perennial widely dispersed across the western United States. Within this species there are three currently recognized varieties: C. humilis var. humilis in Northern California, C. humilis var. venusta in Southern California, and C. humilis var. jonesii in Utah and Northern Arizona. Some populations occur geographically in areas between the typical distribution of each variety and the presently accepted taxonomy inadequately addresses these populations. Using five nDNA regions, we seek to clarify relationships between current …

Zero-Waste Planning At Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study Of Western Kentucky University, Kianoosh Ebrahimi

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Over the past two decades, the number of universities that pursue zero-waste strategies has steadily increased. However, more study is required on several interrelated factors, policy barriers, and infrastructural fundamentals, which each influence the efficiency of waste management structures (WM) at universities. In this work, the role of the aforementioned factors in implementing an efficient sustainable WM program at higher education institutions was investigated, using Western Kentucky University (WKU) as a case study. The objectives of this study were to identify and assess what type of WM strategies should be priorities for a university that may lack stringent WM infrastructure. …

Pharmaceuticals And Biopiracy: How The Aia May Inadvertently Reduce The Misappropriation Of Traditional Medicine, Ryan D. Levy, Spencer Green

University of Miami Business Law Review

For decades, Eastern traditional medicine has been misappropriated by others who claim it as their own and attempt to obtain patent protection for it. As long this practice has existed, the international community has pushed back against it. Several countries and international bodies have created databases of traditional knowledge, hoping to preclude the issuance of patents on that knowledge. Other countries, like Thailand, have extended intellectual property protection to the traditional knowledge stakeholders themselves. However, a recent change to US patent law may have the unintended consequence of helping resolve the issue of biopiracy

University Library Annual Report Fy 2014-2015, Susann Devries

Library Annual Reports & Strategic Plans

No abstract provided.

Integrating Literacy And Engineering Instruction For Young Learners, Amy Wilson-Lopez, Stacie Gregory

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

According to recently published national standards, elementary students should engage in engineering design activities. This article outlines ways that teachers can use literacy instruction to support young students’ engineering design activity, such as by selecting texts in which characters face problems that can be solved through engineering, providing students with opportunities to practice comprehension strategies while reading those texts, and modeling for them how to write a variety of texts that are relevant to engineers’ practices. The authors describe how they integrated this type of literacy instruction into engineering units in third- and fifth-grade classrooms.