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Socioecological Processes In The Science Of Planetary Change, Cynthia Twyford Fowler, Cynthia Fowler

Faculty Scholarship

This presentation seeks to further understandings of human encounters with socioecological change and also of socioecological processes in the science of planetary change. In this presentation, I interpret the space-time involvements of two social groups. Using one filter, I do basic science by examining the ways Sumbanese construct the monsoonal landscapes which they communicate about, within which they move, and where they interact with other constituents of their environments. Using an alternate filter, I engage critical theory by deconstructing the ways scientists’ visualize changing landscapes with the aid of geospatial technologies. Whose purposes do geospatial scientists serve in documenting the …

Academic Affairs And Assessment Committee, May 7, 2015‌, Coastal Carolina University

Board of Trustees Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Emerging Adulthood: Defining The Life Stage And Its Developmental Tasks, Hannah B. Trible

Educational Specialist, 2009-2019

Emerging adulthood, as first proposed by Jeffrey Arnett, is the developmental period spanning ages 18-29. Culturally, it is a time of institutionalized role moratorium, especially in post-industrial societies. Emerging adults share the five characteristics of self-focus, instability, identity explorations, feeling in-between, and a sense of possibilities. Emerging adulthood takes place across racial, cultural, and socioeconomic groups, although the experience of emerging adulthood varies among groups. The present paper provides an overview of the theory of emerging adulthood and its expressions in American society. An original program called “The Something Potluck” is outlined in the Appendix. The Something Potluck is designed …

The Effect Of Controlled Burns On Abundance Of Woody Species At Buck Mountain, West Virginia, Barry E. Edgar

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Each year, the U.S. Forest Service prescribes burns within the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (GWJNF). Burns are prescribed in the growing (late April-October) and dormant season (November- mid-April). The goal of the burns is to reinstate the natural fire regime, returning forests to their original species composition. Currently in GWJNF, Appalachian pine-oak forests are experiencing an increase in fire-intolerant species, while Quercus species and Gaylussacia brachycera, an endangered shrub species, are declining. In the summer of 2014, a vegetation survey was conducted on Buck Mountain, West Virginia to determine if there was a significant difference between dormant and …

Resolving Amphitropical Phylogeographic Histories In The Common Dung Moss Tetraplodon (Bryopsida: Splachnaceae)., Lily Roberta Lewis

Doctoral Dissertations

Many plants have geographic disjunctions, with one of the more rare, yet extreme being the amphitropical, or bipolar disjunction. Bryophytes (namely mosses and liverworts) exhibit this pattern more frequently relative to other groups of plants and typically at or below the level of species. The processes that have shaped the amphitropical disjunction have been infrequently investigated, with notably a near absence of studies focusing on mosses. This dissertation explores the amphitropical disjunction in the dung moss Tetraplodon, with a special emphasis on the origin of the southernmost South American endemic T. fuegianus. Chapter 1 delimits three major lineages within …

The Good Imperialists: Empire, National Identity, And Gender In British Theater, 1660-1790, Jennifer Ryer

Doctoral Dissertations

This work deals with one way in which imperialism could be convincingly rationalized to average people who had little to no substantial, direct investment in it and who may have understood it as something that went against their values as Britons. Through media like the theater, Britons who were sympathetic to empire-building could reframe it as a patriotic and humanitarian endeavor, connect it to their audiences’ national identity, and could present those audiences with respectable models for imperial citizenship. Public debate about Britain’s expanding empire bled heavily into the theaters, where authors could stage their own immediate contributions to the …

A Paleoclimatic And Paleoatmospheric Record From Peatlands Accumulating During The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary Event, Western Interior Basin, Canada, Rhodri M. Jerrett, Gregory D. Price, Stephen T. Grimes, Alex T. Dawson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Local Realities Of Philanthrocapitalism, Anissa Pemberton

Celebration of Learning

In this analysis of interviews with nine not-­for-­profit employees, I argue that fear and tradition in the funding priorities of private foundations has the long-­term result of limiting the local social service sector substantially. Particularly, the effect of philanthrocapitalism is felt within those topics that are deemed by the foundations to be too unstable or new to provide monetary assistance. Exasperating these realities is the missing stability of government funding for new organizations. In the Quad Cities, the main segments currently feeling the most significant financial strain are immigrants and refugees. In this ethnographic interview study of nonprofit employees, I …

Promotion Struck Him As Mysterious Major-General A. Bruce Matthews Interviewed, J.L. Granatstein

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

A Boy Seaman In The King’S Service William Miles, Rncvr, Eric Brown

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

The Missing Essential Part Emergency Provision Of Nuclear Weapons For Rcaf Air Defence Command, 1961-1964, Sean Maloney

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

Celebration Of Learning 2015: Full Program, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Celebration of Learning

Full program of the 2015 Celebration of Learning at Augustana College.

Book Review Supplement Autumn 2001

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

Book Review Supplement Autumn 1996

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

Book Review Supplement Spring 1995

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.

Evolution Of Polyspora ( = Gordonia; Theaceae) In Sri Lanka, Liyana Arachchilage Anuradha Himashi Gunathilake

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation examined the evolutionary relationships and evolutionary history of four endemic species of the genus Polyspora (= Gordonia) in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is part of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hot spot with extraordinarily high species richness and endemism. In spite of its diversity and uniqueness, the biogeography of this region, especially of the flora, remains grossly understudied. My research aimed to fill this void by using the four endemic species of the genus Polyspora in Sri Lanka in phylogenetic, biogeographic, and morphological analyses. All four species of Polyspora in Sri Lanka are restricted to the wetzone of …

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 05/06/15, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 05/06/15 meeting.

Easterner, Vol. 66, No. 26, May 6, 2015, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

The issue of the Easterner contains articles about the Investiture Ceremony for president Mary Cullinan, women distance runners on the track team, a book talk by Jared Diamond in Spokane, an earthquake outside Hayden, Idaho, Jake Rodgers selection by the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL draft, and the track and field team's performance in Corvallis, Oregon.

The Lumberjack, May 6, 2015, The Lumberjack Staff

2015

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

A Celebration Of Faculty Scholarship - 2015, Dean's Office, College Of The Holy Cross

Annual Bibliography of Faculty Publications

A listing of the scholarly and creative work produced by faculty of the College of the Holy Cross. It includes articles, book chapters, productions, exhibitions, grants and reviews reported for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Gold Mining And Unequal Exchange In Western Amazonia: A Theoretical Photo Essay, Gordon L. Ulmer

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

I combine fieldwork photography and ethnographic documentation of gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, to examine the localized material, social, environmental, and health outcomes of the global gold boom. This 'theoretical photo essay’ examines how local and global forces coalesce around gold mining and influence peoples and environments in Western Amazonia. I use embodiment theory in anthropology, ecological economics, and theories of underdevelopment to understand local consequences of the global gold trade and to elucidate how opulence and the machinations of capital accumulation in economic centers of the world occur at the expense of human lives and environments in …

Editors' Preface And Acknowledgements, Grace Cale, Lydia Shanklin Roll

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Challenging Dominant Market Theories In Five Ways, Thomas E. Janoski

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

In the past 20 years, scholars in anthropology, geography and sociology have been challenging the neo-classical economists view of markets in society. After discussing the aforementioned disciplines dissatisfaction with overreliance on rational and efficient markets, this paper presents five arguments against the economic view of markets while accepting the continued use of markets. The five arguments are: (1) the Marxian approach to markets and crises along with the Hyman Minsky approach of increasing cyclical pressure to take risks, (2) the rise of Karl Polanyi’s view that markets are fragile and that they need the state to embed them; (3) organizational …

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disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Geomorphology Of The Connecticut River, Glastonbury Reach, As A Spatial-Temporal Context For Understanding Pre-Contact Settlement Patterns, Jaime Grant

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary objective of this research was to identify the alluvial geomorphic filters that obscure remnant settlement patterns and in so doing refine our understanding of Pre-contact settlement systems during the Archaic Period and Woodland Periods, a time of environmental change followed by settlement and subsistence shifts.

Statistical analysis of Connecticut’s site distribution, historic planform analysis and partial reconstruction of the Glastonbury Reach during the Woodland Period revealed patterns in the Late Archaic through Woodland Periods (5000–300B.P.) floodplain site distributions. This research demonstrates that the development of a meandering alluvial reach coincided with a shift in settlement that began in …

Telling The Story Of A Fallen Queen Dante's Artistic License In Canto 5 Of The Inferno With Dido's Fate In Book 6 Of Vergil's Aeneid, Kara E. Anthony-Price

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This paper seeks to answer the question of why Dante treats Dido so harshly for her "fault" (culpa, 4. 172), when Vergil treats her so leniently for the same culpae. To answer this question, the paper discusses the nature of Dido's roles in the Aeneid and in the Inferno, respectively, as well as the role of the gods in the Aeneid in her culpa, the role of Dido's furor, and the implications behind Dante's change in Dido's fate. One opinion among scholars is that Dante's Inferno was a "Christianized" redaction of the Aeneid, so that Dido's punishment would fit her …

Illness Beliefs And Adherence Among Louisiana Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Denise L. Stagg

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is having an enormous impact on the health of the nation. New cases of diabetes are diagnosed yearly across all states. Currently, 9.3% of the population has diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention {CDC}, 2014). While the prevalence of this disease is nationwide, it is not evenly distributed. Louisiana currently has a rate of 11.5%, with some parishes having rates of 14.5% (CDC, 2014). This rate places increased demands on healthcare and financial systems in Louisiana. Cultural elements and population distribution may be parts of this phenomenon. While many studies explored new medications and …

Technology Transfer And The Instrumentality Of Bayh-Dole: A Comparative Study Of Patent And Publishing Data, 1973-2007, Ethan M. Rothschild

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Technology transfer is the process by which universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) channel discovered knowledge and innovations into commercialization. Increasing commercialization has been a feature of HEIs in the United States, especially, for the last several decades. A turning point can be seen with the passage of what is known as the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980. This landmark piece of legislation allowed universities to keep licensing rights from federally funded projects, an institutional ownership model that spurred innovation. HEIs with medical schools are especially affected due to the lucrative nature of biotechnology.

One such measure of innovation and, …

Jones V. Chappell: The California Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional, Simon Maxwell Levy

University of San Francisco Law Review

No abstract provided.

State Capacity And Human Rights: Explaining The Tools Of Repression, Benjamin C. Carbonetti

Doctoral Dissertations

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