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Linear, Narrative-Plot Development In The Song Of Songs—Part One, Richard M. Davidson

Faculty Publications

This article examines the linear, narrative-plot development in the Song of Songs. Evidence is first given supporting several hermeneutical presuppositions which underpin this study: (1) the unity of the Song, revealed especially in its exquisitely designed symmetrical literary macrostructure; (2) Solomonic authorship of the Song, written early in his reign while he was still monogamous; (3) King Solomon and Pharaoh’s daughter (Shulamit) as the couple in the Song; and (4) a literal (not allegorical) interpretation of the Song as human love poetry. Building upon these presuppositions, this article explores text-indicators for the historical narrative-plot progression of the Song, building largely …

Me And My Ve, Part 4, Laura Strater, Christina M. Frederick, Monifa Vaughn-Cooke, Jim Bliss, Smruti Shah

Publications

Virtual environments, augmented reality, serious games, simulations, and other digitally mediated experiences are revolutionizing the way that we work, learn, and interact with people and systems. The employment of these technologies is driving innovation in research, training, education, evaluation, and various business endeavors. This session will provide a brief overview of some of the diverse uses of virtual environments (VEs) in an alternate demonstration format that leaves just over half of the session time for hands on, interactive demonstrations. Unlike most demonstration sessions, where possible, we encourage session attendees to personally interact with the demonstrations. The session will begin with …

Otras Perspectivas (Other Perspectives), Volume 17, Issue 01, January 2016, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program

OTras Perspectivas: UNM Occupational Therapy Program Newsletter

Acknowledging that the success of the Occupational Therapy Program hinges on the mutual investment of community and friends beyond the local community, the UNM Occupational Therapy Program faculty and staff have initiated this newsletter. The goal is to provide an additional forum for communication, and provide updates about the program's development, faculty, students, alumni, and friends.

An Exploratory Analysis Of The Smoking And Physical Activity Outcomes From A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Of An Exercise Assisted Reduction To Stop Smoking Intervention In Disadvantaged Groups, Tom Paul Thompson, Colin J. Greaves, Richard Ayres, Paul Aveyard, Fiona C. Warren, Richard Byng, Rs Taylor, John L. Campbell, Michael Ussher, Colin Green, Susan Michie, Robert West, A Taylor

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Inequity In Cardiovascular Care In The English National Health Service (Nhs): A Scoping Review Of The Literature, Sheena Asthana, Graham Moon, Alex Gibson, Trevor Bailey, Paul Hewson, Chris Dibben

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

The Social, Relational And Mental Health Characteristics Of Justice-Involved Men In The South-West England, Alexandros Georgiadis, Richard Byng, Ross Coomber, Cath Quinn

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

A "Mental Models" Approach To The Communication Of Subsurface Hydrology And Hazards, H Gibson, I Stewart, S Pahl, A Stokes

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Communicating information about geological and hydrological hazards relies on appropriately worded communications targeted at the needs of the audience. But what are these needs and how does the geoscientist discern them? This paper adopts a psychological "mental models" approach to assess the public perception of the geological subsurface and surveys three communities in the south-west of England about their attitudes and representations of the geological subsurface. The findings reveal important preconceptions and misconceptions regarding the impact of hydrological systems and hazards on the geological subsurface, notably in terms of the persistent conceptualisation of underground rivers and the inferred relations between …

The Effectiveness And Micro-Costing Analysis Of A Universal, School-Based, Social–Emotional Learning Programme In The Uk: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial, Vashti Berry, Nick Axford, Sarah Blower, Rod S. Taylor, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Kate Tobin, Carys Jones, Tracey Bywater

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Social Stories In Mainstream Schools For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial, David Marshall, Barry Wright, Victoria Allgar, Joy Adamson, Christine Williams, Hannah Ainsworth, Liz Cook, Danielle Varley, Lisa Hackney, Paul Dempster, Shehzad Ali, Dominic Trepel, Moore D Collingridge, Elizabeth Littlewood, Dean Mcmillan

Peninsula Medical School

ObjectivesTo assess the feasibility of recruitment, retention, outcome measures and intervention training/delivery among teachers, parents and children. To calculate a sample size estimation for full trial.DesignA single-centre, unblinded, cluster feasibility randomised controlled trial examining Social Stories delivered within a school environment compared with an attentional control.Setting37 primary schools in York, UK.Participants50 participants were recruited and a cluster randomisation approach by school was examined. Participants were randomised into the treatment group (n=23) or a waiting list control group (n=27).Outcome measuresAcceptability and feasibility of the trial, intervention and of measurements required to assess outcomes in a definitive trial.ResultsAn assessment of the questionnaire …

A Core Curriculum For Sociology In Uk Undergraduate Medical Education, T Collett, L Brooks, S Forrest, J Harden, M Kelly, K Kendall, Stewart S Macbride, M Sbaiti, F Stevenson

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Learning Organizations: Panacea Or Irrelevance?, Rod Sheaff

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Pre- And Post-Installation Community Perceptions Of Wind Farm Projects: The Case Of Roskrow Barton (Cornwall, Uk), Ga Wilson, Sl Dyke

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Living Together In Student Accommodation: Performances, Boundaries And Homemaking, Mark Holton

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Recent discussions of the geographies of students have drawn attention to the trajectories of UK students electing to leave home for university. While such debates recognise these important mobilities, little has been discussed as to how students interact within their term‐time accommodation. Through a qualitative study of the living arrangements of UK students, this paper will demonstrate that much can be drawn from focusing on the micro‐geographies of non‐local students within their term‐time homes. Student accommodation is more than simply somewhere to live. Student homes are intensely dynamic places, perhaps more so than family homes as they contain multiple, disconnected …

Managing The Risks To Groundwater Resources During Coalbed Methane Development In A Rural Community., Kathryn Q. Gilen

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

The complex interrelationship of coal, methane and water in coal seams have required effective risk management for the safe development of energy and groundwater resources in the rural community of Las Animas County, Colorado. Since the 1980s, coalbed-methane (CBM) has been extensively developed in the central Raton Basin in close proximity to homeowners. Homeowners rely on private water wells as the primary source of water supply for domestic/household, agriculture and ranching. The relatively shallow nature of the Raton and Verjemo coals targeted for methane production have generated concern over potential impacts to groundwater resources. Using public sources of information from …

Linking Forests To Faucets: Investigating Alternative Approaches For Securing Long-Term Funding For Watershed Restoration In New Mexico., Edward Neil Mccorkindale Iv

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Due to a mix of inter-related human and natural factors, such as climate change, drought, beetle damage, 20th century fire suppression policy and associated hazardous fuels build-up, and the expansive growth of the Wildland-Urban Interface, many montane forests in New Mexico and elsewhere in the western United States have become increasingly susceptible to high-severity wildfires. Critical sources for public drinking water systems often originate in montane forests, where wildland fires can alter hydrologic systems and degrade watersheds, while creating significant runoff, debris, and water quality impacts downstream. As the impact of high severity wildfires expands significantly beyond the proximal burn …

Psychosocial And Demographic Factors Influencing Pain Scores Of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis, Lauren A. Eberly, Dustin L. Richter, George D. Comerci, Deana M. Mercer, Gary W. Mlady, Daniel C. Wascher, Robert C. Schenck Jr

UNM Orthopaedic Research Journal

Background: Noted levels of pain in patients with diagnosed osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee are commonly assessed by using a numeric scoring system. However, the results of pain levels in patients with knee OA may be influenced by factors other than the patient’s actual physical discomfort or disease severity, including demographic and psychosocial variables. We retrospectively examined 355 patients with knee OA who had reported associated pain levels using a 0- to 10-point rating scale.

Methods: Data obtained from the medical records of patients were Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade, demographic characteristics, body mass index (BMI), concomitant disorders, drug use, alcohol use, …

Learning Commons Reference Collections In Arl Libraries, Cindy Pierard, Sever Bordeianu

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Many academic libraries have developed or partnered in the development of learning commons over the last two decades. Although the nature of these environments may vary, learning commons are characterized here as adaptable spaces in which services, programming, and specialized resources are brought together to support and enact specific learning and research activities.The development of learning commons spaces has resulted in significant changes in traditional library collections, including decisions to weed or relocate physical collections, to transition from print to electronic collections, and to develop collections to support new learning services, programs, and collaborations (Brown et al., 2014; Detmering …

Analyzing Social Construction Of Knowledge Online By Employing Interaction Analysis, Learning Analytics, And Social Network Analysis, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Nick V. Flor, David Gomez, Damien Sanchez

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This article examines research methods for analyzing social construction of knowledge in online discussion forums. We begin with an examination of the Interaction Analysis Model (Gunawardena, Lowe, & Anderson, 1997) and its applicability to analyzing social construction of knowledge. Next, employing a dataset from an online discussion, we demonstrate how interaction analysis can be supplemented by employing other research techniques such as learning analytics and Social Network Analysis that shed light on the social dynamics that support knowledge construction. Learning analytics is the application of quantitative techniques for analyzing large volumes of distributed data ("big data") in order to discover …

Teaching Innovation And Creativity: Turning Theory Into Practice, Aaron M. Glassman, Rose Opengart

Publications

Innovation and creativity are the lifeblood of organizations. As such, businesses expect college graduates to exhibit the skills necessary to engage in these behaviors. This research explores the concept of innovation, whether it is innate, or if the skill can be taught within the university setting, and how universities are addressing the need for, and teaching innovation. A search of the word “innovation” within educational courses found that most courses are theoretically-oriented or are efforts to cultivate entrepreneurs and/or new inventions, though some appear more practical in nature. A sampling of 50 ACBSP and AACSB accredited universities offering courses in …

Korean And American Teachers’ Praising Styles And Teaching Practices, Hyeyoung Bang, Jungsub Kim

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Praising is a crucial part of teaching performance that greatly impacts student performance and self-esteem. South Korean teachers are traditionally known to possess authoritarian attributes, whereas U.S. teachers have contradictory beliefs in terms of why and how to use praise. We used Q methodology among 16 American and 22 Korean teachers to understand their subjective views on their teaching and praising practices, intentions and orientations of praising in teaching. Five praising types were obtained. Most American teachers, dubbed as Proud Hedonistic Praisers, showed strong confidence in their teaching and a higher preference of praising. In contrast, most Korean teachers had …

Guidelines For Using The Q Test In Meta-Analysis, Yukiko Maeda, Michael R. Harwell

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The Q test is regularly used in meta-analysis to examine variation in effect sizes. However, the assumptions of Q are unlikely to be satisfied in practice prompting methodological researchers to conduct computer simulation studies examining its statistical properties. Narrative summaries of this literature are available but a quantitative synthesis of study findings for using the Q test has not appeared. We quantitatively synthesized estimated Type I error rates and power values of a sample of computer simulation studies of the Q test. The results suggest that Q should not be used for standardized mean difference effect sizes like Hedges’ g …

Centroid And Theoretical Rotation: Justification For Their Use In Q Methodology Research, Sue Ramlo

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This manuscript’s purpose is to introduce Q as a methodology before providing clarification about the preferred factor analytical choices of centroid and theoretical (hand) rotation. Stephenson, the creator of Q, designated that only these choices allowed for scientific exploration of subjectivity while not violating assumptions associated with other choices like principal components (PCA) and Varimax. Although Q software offers Stephenson’s preferred choices as factor analytic options, today most Q methodologists use the more “modern” factor analytical choices of PCA and Varimax. Similarly, reviewers and critics of Q research often question the use of centroid with theoretical rotation, further discouraging their …

An Exploratory, Descriptive Study Of The Attitudes Of Instructors And Students Toward The Use Of Asynchronous Online Discussion At A Female University In Saudi Arabia, Hamed A. Alshahrani, David A. Walker

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

This exploratory, descriptive study examined instructor and female student attitudes toward asynchronous online discussion (AOD) in Saudi Arabia. Preliminary results, derived from an attitudinal-based survey, indicated that, in aggregate, instructors and students had positive attitudes toward using AOD at a female institution of higher education in Saudi Arabia. Inferentially, the two groups differed in their perceptions of using AOD in some instances. Additional results indicated that instructors were willing to teach using AOD and female students were agreeable to using AOD in their classes.

Computer Proficiency For Online Learning: Factorial Invariance Of Scores Among Teachers, Amy L. Martin, Todd D. Reeves, Thomas J. Smith, David A. Walker

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Online learning is variously employed in K-12 education, including for teacher professional development. However, the use of computer-based technologies for learning purposes assumes learner computer proficiency, making this construct an important domain of procedural knowledge in formal and informal online learning contexts. Addressing this concern, this study examined the score properties and invariance (N=11,709) of an eight-item self-report measure of computer proficiency for online learning, the CPOL. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis suggest that the hypothesized unidimensional structure undergirded the instrument’s scores, and invariance analyses suggested that the instrument functions similarly across teacher populations defined by gender, grade level …

Increasing Student Involvement In Ieps, Hannah Nolan-Spohn

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

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