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Competing Visions And Current Debates In Interculturalism In Québec, Marie Mcandrew

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Competing Visions and Current Debates in Interculturalism in Québec" Marie McAndrew posits that interculturalism is the quest for a middle path between Canadian multiculturalism (criticized for essentializing and isolating cultures) and French Jacobinism (which relegates diversity to the private sphere). The theoretical underpinnings of the three approaches are first compared using major works in political philosophy, sociology of ethnic relations, and social psychology. The polysemic nature of actual policies is then explored through the example of Québec's immigration society where two versions of interculturalism developed since the late 1970s and are still competing. McAndrew analyzes four recent …

Immigrant And Irish Identities In Hand In The Fire And Hamilton's Writing Between 2003 And 2014, Dervila Cooke

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Immigrant and Irish Identities in Hand in the Fire and Hamilton's Writing between 2003 and 2014" Dervila Cooke discusses the intertwining of Irish and immigrant identities. Cooke examines the connection between openness to memory and embracing migrant identities in Hamilton's writing both in the 2010 novel and as a whole. The empathetic and inclusive character of Helen in Hand in the Fire is analyzed in contrast to characters who have repressed memory including the Serbian Vid. Helen's ties to elsewhere, her openness to new influence, and her willingness to engage with traumatic elements of the past (Irish …

The Singularity Of The Book, Carey C. Newman

Against the Grain

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Bet You Missed It--What Do Bookstores And Rabbit Hunters Have In Common?, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

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Legally Speaking--Long Arm Of The Law, A Charleston Conference Presentation, November 5, 2016, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery, Bill Hannay

Against the Grain

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Ditching The Guillotine: An Education In Accessability, Becky Brasington Clark

Against the Grain

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Optimizing Library Services--Collaborations And Partnerships For The Modern Academic Library, Brian Doherty, Ann Lupold, Lindsay Johnston

Against the Grain

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Young People's Literature Of Algerian Immigration In France, Anne Schneider

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Young People's Literature of Algerian Immigration in France" Anne Schneider discusses questions of language, hybridity, and heritage in some works for young people published in France about Algeria and/or Algerian-French identity, by Leïla Sebbar, Jean-Paul Nozière, Azouz Begag, and Michel Piquemal. She argues for the need for an intercultural education at primary school that uses literature about immigration to highlight questions of place, belonging, exile and language. Schneider's focus is on Begag's Un train pour chez nous (2001) and Piquemal's Mon miel, ma douceur (2004). These texts use linguistic hybridity and an emphasis on common human experiences …

Introduction To New Work On Immigration And Identity In Contemporary France, Québec, And Ireland, Dervila Cooke

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Minor Transnational Writing In Ireland, Borbála Faragó

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Minor Transnational Writing in Ireland" Borbála Faragó investigates the poetic work of some of Ireland's migrant writers through the lens of minor transnationalism. Ireland's peculiar migration history where there are two quite distinct groups of inward migrants, requires careful rethinking of terminology. Faragó proposes to circumnavigate the binary approach of investigating center versus periphery and instead look for lateral connections between marginalized groups. Reading the works of Ireland's internal others brings to the fore issues of authenticity, ethics, and identity that can foreground some of the ambiguities inherent in transnational studies today. Interpreting the oeuvre of these …

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Against the Grain

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Thematic Bibliography To New Work On Immigration And Identity In Contemporary France, Québec, And Ireland, Dervila Cooke

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Traversing The Borders Of Écriture Migrante And Transnational Writing In Québec, Catherine Khordoc

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In "Traversing the Borders of écriture migrante and Transnational Writing in Québec" Catherine Khordoc questions the relevance of the term écriture migrante, which has become a type of ghetto for writers who have immigrated, creating an implicit expectation that immigrant writers write exclusively about experiences of immigration and exile. She proposes a transnational approach as an alternative way of considering contemporary Québécois writing, examining works written by immigrants alongside works by non-immigrants. She discusses four novels, two by authors who have immigrated to Québec (Émile Ollivier and Dany Laferrière), and two by authors who were born and raised in …

Short Implants Had Lower Survival Rates In Posterior Jaws Compared To Standard Implants, Gary L. Stafford

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Data sources

PubMed/Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library databases supplemented by searches of the journals; Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, Clinical Oral Implants Research, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Journal of Dentistry, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Journal of Oral Implantology, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, Journal of Periodontology, Periodontology 2000.

Study selection

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and prospective studies with at least ten patients, published in the last ten years that compared short and standard implants and published in English were considered.

Data extraction and …

God’S Special Trio: Foreigners, Fatherless, And Widows, Tom Evans

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Amyloidosis Associated With Feline Leukemia Virus In A White Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), N.I. De La Cruz-Hernández, J.O. Merino-Charres, E.M. Salinas-Navarrete, A.E. Monreal Garcia, J. Martinez Burnes, J.A. Rangel Lucio, C. Venegas-Barrera

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is the cause of neoplastic and degenerative disorders and immunosuppression in domestic cats. FeLV has never been reported in Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). Necropsy findings of a white Bengal tigress were a subcutaneous mass of 10 cm in diameter in the right rear limb which was classified as fibrosarcoma. In agreement with macroscopic and microscopic lesions, the morphologic diagnosis was consistent with a multisystemic disease characterized by fibrinonecrotic and suppurative broncopneumonia with multifocal severe bronchiectasis, severe icteric hepatomegaly and renal amyloidosis with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Furthermore, a serum sample was positive to FeLV when diagnosed by …

Field Study Of Seroconversion Of Three Different Commercial Vaccines Of Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus In Thailand, Niwat Chansiripornchai

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) vaccine strains in breeders and progeny under field conditions. For this experiment, one commercial poultry company was selected, and independent management for each house was applied to avoid vaccine cross contamination. No natural infection was found before vaccination. BioChek ELISA kits were used, and a minimum of 20 birds per flock were sampled in each sampling time. Three commercial CIAV vaccine strains that are available in Thailand were selected for the study: 26P4 was vaccinated subcutaneously, Cux-1 was vaccinated orally, and Del Ros …

Immunophenotyping Of Cutaneous Extramedullary Plasmacytoma In Two Dogs, Chutchai Piewbang, Sirintra Sirivisoot, Sitthichok Lacharoje, Anudep Rungsipipat, Somporn Techangamsuwan

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Skin biopsied tissues from two dogs, initially diagnosed as hemophagocytic histiocytic sarcoma (HHS) by histopathology, were immunostained with a series of antibodies against lambda light chains, kappa light chains, multiple myeloma oncoprotein 1 (MUM-1), CD-3, paired box 5 (PAX-5), E-cadherin and lysozyme. Heteroduplex polymerase chain reaction for antigen receptor rearrangements (hPARR) was additionally performed on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues to rule out lymphomas from histiocytomas. Results showed that both cases were immunopositive for lambda light chains, MUM-1, PAK-5 and lysozyme, indicating a diagnosis of extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP). Moreover, negative PCR result provided additional evidence confirming the diagnosis. Even though hPARR …

Protection Of Pipe Networks From Water Hammer Effects Using Air Vessels (Case Study: Bosat Kareem El-Dein Water Network)., Kasem El Alfy, O. Rageh, A. Zidan

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Water hammer phenomenon is usually happened in water distribution networks due to pumps power failure or sudden closure, opening valves which lead to generate massive positive and negative pressures that may be catastrophic. In this research Bentley HAMMER Vi 8 is used to study the effect of roughness coefficient on water hammer wave in pipes. There are different methods to control and reduce these transient effects such as surge tanks, air vessels and pressure reducing valves. Choosing one of these methods depends on the design criteria, location and topography that strongly affect the decision maker. Air vessel was chosen in …

The Kenitic Facades As A Tool To Achieve The Integration Of Environmental Techniques And Visual Forming., Ahmed El-Maidawy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The world is witnessing the great development in technology, information revolution and integration between different disciplines that has a prominent impact on every day in all aspects of life. This revolution has clear effect on the construction and building materials, which converted the conventional buildings to intelligent buildings, this development added many features of the buildings to achieve integration between the indoor human comfortable, reduce energies consumption and increase flexibility in architectural façades forming. The research aims at studying the role of intelligent façades through the application of the kinetic façades as a tool for the integration of environmental wizards …

Methods Of Developing And Solving Slums A Proposal Study For Developing Slums In El-Safeh And El-Hawees Villages., Mohamed Salah El Din, Saad Makram, Doaa Hassan

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Recently, Developing countries are suffering from rapid increase in slums. In Egypt, slums spread around main cites with a minimal control form the government, people build homes without any permissions and not comply with construction and health standers. In additional, public services offices, schools, hospitals, electricity, clean water and sewerage system do not exist. This research is devoted to present a proposal to overcome slums' problems in EL-SAFEH and EL-HAWEES villages. A survey was conducted among 30 residential families to define the problems, identify causal factors and people need. The research shows a lot of results and recommendations to tackle …

A Charlie Brown Christmas, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

By Charles M. Schultz
Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson.
Stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer with Special Arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson.

Director: Latrelle Bright
Stage Manager: Yen Vi Ho
Scenic and Lighting Design: Nicholas E. Shaw
Costumes: Sheri Doyle
Sound: Cynthia Booker
Music Director, Piano: Justin Brauer
Bass: Chris Beyt
Drums: Zachary B. Bowers

Presented in the Harold and Jean Miner Theatre
December 1, 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7:30pm
December 3, 10, and 11 at 3pm
2016

Play is produced by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY INC., 560 Lexington Avenue New …

Editorial Policy, Religious Freedom Acts And Denying Access To Same-Sex Marriage, Leah N. Williams

Research Papers

Generations of readers have bought and shared space inside the wedding pages in newspapers, and the introduction of same-sex wedding announcements has not always been granted immediate access. Although polls show same-sex marriage has become more generally accepted by society, the lifestyle and complete inclusion have been perceived as being directly challenged by newspaper policies and legislative efforts to pass religious freedom restoration acts. This paper explores the history of the wedding lifestyles pages, the evolution of media coverage surrounding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and the recent wave of a religious freedom restoration act in Indiana and …

Understanding The Law Of Torts In China: A Political Economy Perspective, Wei Zhang

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In this paper, I tried to connect the text of the Chinese tort law with the institutional context of lawmaking in China from a political economy perspective. Two determinants, political influence and populist pressure, were identified for the tort law legislation in China, and a simple spatial model was presented to demonstrate the mechanism through which these determinants might have affected the text of the law. In particular, my research suggested that, when injurers’ political influence kept constant, the populist pressure on the injurer group tended to push the tort law rules toward the pro-victim end. On the contrary, with …

Electromagnetically Induced Alteration Of Hydraulic Conductivity Of Coarse-Grained Soils For Geotechnical Applications, Rakesh Acharya

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Electromagnetic (EM) waves of various power levels and frequencies can be used to alter the hydraulic conductivity of soil with minimal heat generation. The result can lead to a number of potential applications such as contamination remediation and liquefaction mitigation. In this research, the possibility of radio-frequency (RF) waves’ effect on the excess pore-water pressure (EPWP) generation and hydraulic conductivity of coarse-grained soils has been investigated.

Impact tests were performed on glass beads to examine the effect on the generation of EPWP due to RF waves. These tests were performed on a rigid box made of Plexiglas. The impacts were …

Security Testing With Misuse Case Modeling, Samer Yousef Khamaiseh

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Having a comprehensive model of security requirements is a crucial step towards developing a reliable software system. An effective model of security requirements which describes the possible scenarios that may affect the security aspects of the system under development can be an effective approach for subsequent use in generating security test cases.

Misuse case was first proposed by Sinder and Opdahl as an approach to extract the security requirements of the system under development [1]. A misuse case is a use case representing scenarios that might be followed by a system adversary in order to compromise the system; that is …

When The System Becomes Your Personal Docent: Curated Book Recommendations, Nevena Dragovic

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Curation is the act of selecting, organizing, and presenting content most often guided by professional or expert knowledge. While many popular applications have attempted to emulate this process by turning users into curators, we put an accent on a recommendation system which can leverage multiple data sources to accomplish the curation task. We introduce QBook, a recommender that acts as a personal docent by identifying and suggesting books tailored to the various preferences of each individual user. The goal of the designed system is to address several limitations often associated with recommenders in order to provide diverse and personalized …

Developing An Abac-Based Grant Proposal Workflow Management System, Milson Munakami

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

In the advent of the digital transformation, online business processes need to be automated and modeled as workflows. A workflow typically involves a sequence of coordinated tasks and shared data that need to be secured and protected from unauthorized access. In other words, a workflow can be described simply as the movement of documents and activities through a business process among different users. Such connected flow of information among various users with different permission level offers many benefits along with new challenges. Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated as skilled and motivated attackers both insiders and outsiders are equipped with …

An International Comparison Study Of The Alignment Between Standards And Assessment Of Pre-Service Elementary Mathematics Teacher Preparation Courses, Vilma Guadalupe Duke Escobar

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

This study addresses the extent to which components of pre-service elementary teachers’ mathematics programs are aligned. Specifically, it includes an analysis of national standards and assessments for elementary mathematics education courses at universities in two countries, the United States and El Salvador. Understanding that the quality of school education is closely linked to pre-service teacher education, the purpose of the study is to contribute much-needed information to assess and improve pre-service elementary mathematics curriculum in both countries. Using Webb’s framework for standards-assessment alignment, data include the Mathematical Education of Teachers II (MET II) standards from the United States and Study …

Nanomanufacturing Outside Of The Lab: An Academic-Industry Partnership Case Study, Ann E. Delaney

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

In 2003, policy entrepreneur Dr. Mihail Roco wrote in Nature Biotechnology, “The key goals of nanotechnology are advances in molecular medicine, increased working productivity, extension of the limits of sustainable development and increased human potential.” From initial visions like Roco’s until now, there has been significant investment and research progress in the field of nanotechnology. According to the White House, over $20 billion has been invested in nanotechnology research and development by the United States government since 2000.¹ There is now a growing emphasis on transitioning from a focus on fundamental research towards a focus on overcoming …