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Making The Classroom More Student-Centered, Alyssa R. Johnson

Honors Capstones

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role of behavior management techniques in the classroom and to determine if students learn best in a student-centered classroom or a teacher-centered classroom. This exploration through interviews and research, will help to find out how teachers create a positive learning environment for a diverse group of students in the classroom and how a student-centered technique versus how a teacher-centered technique works in the classroom. In my opinion, if teachers do not set up a positive learning environment for all students in their classroom, then they will not be in control of …

Formulating A Pharmacy Collection Without A Prescription, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Linda Galloway

Library Articles and Research

Librarians without a background in the health sciences were tasked with building a collection to support a new pharmacy school at a traditionally liberal arts institution. Despite little subject expertise, the team assessed current holdings, conducted a review of recommended resources, and collaborated with faculty to prioritize acquisitions to support the developing program as funds became available. The hire of a health sciences librarian provided new opportunities for assessment and for continued collecting. Altogether, this process allowed for the creation of recommended best practices that can be adopted by any librarian procuring resources to support new health science programs.

Dietary Effects On Behavior And Performance For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jacqueline A. Bartolai

Honors Capstones

With autism spectrum disorder (ASD) becoming more prevalent, the more we are understanding the manifestations correlated with this disorder; one of which being the dietary issues that are common with those with ASD. This is an important topic to discuss with those with ASD, parents and family members of someone with ASD, and medical providers. To further investigate this topic, this paper will highlight background information about what ASD is, what gastrointestinal issues those with ASD typically have, dietary approaches that are commonly used, and the role that nutrition and diet plays for occupational therapists helping to treat those with …

Here And There: Code Switching And The Politics Of Spanish-Language Identity In Latina Women's Writing, Marilou. Terrones

Honors Capstones

Language is as much a form of communication as it is a form of identity. This research focuses on Latino interactions where code-switching is used, revealing who the characters are and what is significant to them. I analyzed when and how often characters turned to CS during their interactions, so that I would understand why. I learned that CS occurs in between languages and dialects. CS, then, isn't only used by speakers who include multiple languages in each sentence; it is also used when we change the tone of our speech. It's important to recognize that CS is not a …

Online Learning And Transactional Skills Courses, Celeste Hammond, Virginia Harding, Cynthia Adams

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Dec 2, 2016, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Faculty Senate held on December 2, 2016.

An Assessment Of Implementation Of Community - Oriented Primary Care In Kenyan Family Medicine Postgraduate Medical Education Programmes, Ian Nelligan, Jacob Shabani, Stephanie Taché, Gulnaz Mohamoud, Megan Mahoney

Family Medicine, East Africa

Background and objectives: Family medicine postgraduate programmes in Kenya are examining the benefits of Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) curriculum, as a method to train residents in population-based approaches to health care delivery. Whilst COPC is an established part of family medicine training in the United States, little is known about its application in Kenya. We sought to conduct a qualitative study to explore the development and implementation of COPC curriculum in the first two family medicine postgraduate programmes in Kenya.

Method: Semi-structured interviews of COPC educators, practitioners, and academic stakeholders and focus groups of postgraduate students were conducted with COPC …

Gardner-Webb University Dean Emerita Of Libraries Passes Away, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Members of the Gardner-Webb community are mourning the death of the University’s former public services librarian, director of the Dover Memorial Library, and dean of libraries. Valerie M. Parry, 70, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Dec. 2, 2016. Dr. Tracy Jessup, vice president for the Office of Christian Life and Service and senior minister to the University, praised Parry’s commitment to GWU and her love for people.

Scene & Herd, December 2, 2016, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Division Of University Relations

Points of Pride, Scene & Herd, and E-News

The December 2, 2016, issue of Scene & Herd, a newsletter for faculty and staff at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

H2o Environmental, Inc. V. Proimtu Mmi, Llc Respondent's Brief Dckt. 44148

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Nearly 800 Graduates To Take Part In December 2016 Commencement, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Hockey Alum Wins Coveted Ncaa Award, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Swipe It Forward, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unh Announces Winners Of Statewide Social Venture Innovation Challenge, Erika Mantz

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

In The News: Gbcc's Analytics Program Could Tie To Unh Manchester's, Kimberly Haas

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unbundling Efficient Breach: An Experiment, Maria Bigoni, Stefania Bortolotti, Francesco Parisi, Ariel Porat

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Social Services And Newcomer Families In Nys: Bridging Cultural Differences, Elizabeth Kuttesch, Mary C. Cummings M.A.

NYS Child Welfare/Child Protective Services Training Institute

This report outlines some of the cultural practices and values of the major newcomer communities represented in New York State. It also describes reasons that some issues tend to arise in newcomer families and ways that social service agencies can take preventative action before issues in families lead to dramatic consequences.

The Skeleton Of A Data Breach: The Ethical And Legal Concerns, Hilary G. Buttrick, Jason Davidson, Richard J. Mcgowan

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

After over thirty data breaches spanning the third and fourth quarter of 2012, Forbes magazine labeled the summer of 2012 as “The Summer of the Data Breach.” Four years later, businesses across multiple industries have suffered brand-image damage and paid millions of dollars in remedial expenses; we are living in the era of the mega breach. In 2014, companies such as Target, Home Depot, JP Morgan Chase, Anthem, Sony, UPS, Jimmy John’s, Kmart, Neiman Marcus, Community Health Systems, and the White House suffered data breaches. The Home Depot breach alone resulted in the loss of “56 million credit card accounts,” …

Automated Barrel Cleaner, Brian C. Gumino

Honors Capstones

Numerous industrial companies use 55 and 30 gallon barrels to hold, transport, and dispense liquids and chemicals. Due to this there are many businesses that will reuse their barrels. In order to reuse their barrels, they must clean them to ensure there is no cross contamination from contents that were in the barrel before placing new contents in them. This is normally a time consuming process for most businesses depending on the material that was inside the barrel. With the hefty time relationship related to cleaning barrels most companies either dispose of their barrels, either legally or sometimes illegally, or …

Merrimack College Record, Merrimack College

Merrimack College Record

No abstract provided.

Free Speech Matters: The Roberts Court And The First Amendment, Joel M. Gora

Journal of Law and Policy

This article contends that the Roberts Court, in the period from 2006 to 2016, arguably became the most speech-protective Supreme Court in memory. In a series of wide-ranging First Amendment decisions, the Court sounded and strengthened classic free speech themes and principles. Taken together, the Roberts Court’s decisions have left free speech rights much stronger than they were found.

Those themes and principles include a strong libertarian distrust of government regulation of speech and presumption in favor of letting people control speech, a consistent refusal to fashion new “non-speech” categories, a reluctance to “balance” free speech away against governmental interests, …

Cellphones And The Fourth Amendment: Why Cellphone Users Have A Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy In Their Location Information, Paul Cividanes

Journal of Law and Policy

The Fourth Amendment, which affords individuals protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, was ratified over two hundred years ago. As such, it was impossible for the Amendment’s framers to conceive the technologies that exist today. As technology progresses, courts are often faced with the task of deciding how the Fourth Amendment should apply in the modern world. As Fourth Amendment jurisprudence has developed, the Supreme Court has originated tests and doctrines for courts to use when hearing Fourth Amendment challenges to government action. One such test, the ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ test, looks to see whether an individual has a …

Um Students Share Hospital Shadowing Experiences, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Students followed health care professionals at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi

Nethula Journal Records, Dpaac Staff

Manuscript Division Finding Aids

Collection Number: 253 Inclusive Dates: 1973 - 1986 Extent: 10 Cubic Feet Description: The Nethula Journal of Contemporary Literature was founded and edited by Essex Hemphill, a poet and writer from Washington, D.C. Published from 1979-1980, the Nethula Journal was a bi-monthly piece dedicated to a new era of black poets and writers. The Nethula Journal records document the day-to-day business of the periodical and contain correspondence, buiness files, financial and budget information, fundraising documents, mailing lists, submissions, and drafts of journal volumes.

Closing The Training Feedback Loop In A Research Environment, Graham Scott Holt

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

Due to predictable and expected staff turnover, the Nelson lab is in a state of constant training. In order to detect areas in which training improvement efforts would be best spent, a needs assessment consisting of stakeholder interviews and digitally administered lab member surveys was conducted. Analysis of the interview and survey data revealed a number of problems, including a difficult to navigate documentation system and a failure to iteratively improve upon training materials.

The following goal was set forth: Lab members should be able to make incremental improvements to training materials through the capture and integration of feedback into …

December 2, 2016, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of The Array-Based Approach For The Evaluation Of Randomness Of The Advanced Encryption Standard (Aes), Hanadi Yahia Alomari

Theses

Randomness is critical when it comes to cryptography. When a cryptographic system has randomness in it, it is impossible to decrypt the codes and break the system. To evaluate a cryptographic function’s randomness, many statistical tests were developed such as: Diehard and ENT, but these tests are not well suited for block ciphers. CryptoStat is the best statistical test suite to test the randomness of the Advanced Encryption Standard or AES, which is a block cipher established by NIST, the National Institute of Standard and Technology. An array based approach is also used to apply the CryptoStat test suite on …

Chimes: December 2, 2016, Calvin College

Chimes

Indigenous spirituality impacts DAPL protests by Kathryn Mae Post

The scoop on 'The Philadelphia Story' by Courtney Zonnefeld

Professor appears on conservative watchlist by Josh Parks

Moon rock comes to Calvin Museum by Daniel Blakemore

KE composting catches on by Juliana Ludema

Sold-out Dance Guild impresses by Maddie Hughey

On top of the world: women's volleyball national champs by Mark Peless

Looking Into The Crystal Ball: Requirements Evolution Over Time, Alicia M. Grubb, Marsha Chechik

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Goal modeling has long been used in the literature to model and reason about system requirements, constraints within the domain and environment, and stakeholders' goals. Goal model analysis helps stakeholders answer 'what if' questions enabling them to make tradeoff decisions about their project requirements. However, questions concerning the evolution over time of stakeholder requirements or changes in actor intentionality are not explicitly addressed by current approaches. In this paper, we tackle this problem by presenting a method for specifying changes in intentions over time, and a technique that uses simulation for asking a variety of 'what if' questions about such …

Lindenwood Digest, December 2, 2016, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.