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Xunaa Shuká HíT, The Tribal House, In Glacier Bay National Park And Preserve, Alaska, Emiko Furuya Aug 2017

Xunaa Shuká HíT, The Tribal House, In Glacier Bay National Park And Preserve, Alaska, Emiko Furuya

Arctic and Northern Studies

This research analyzes the Tribal House project in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska, which the Hoonah Indian Association (the tribal government at Hoonah) and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve have promoted collaboratively. The Tribal House project is the construction of an indigenous structure in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, primarily for the use of Hoonah, the local Tlingit community. This research investigates the motivations of the partners in supporting the project. It concludes that the two partners' motivations, which derive from distinct missions, reconcile with one another in a complex way. The Hoonah Indian …

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Science For Alaska: Place For Curious Learners, Diana L. Campbell Aug 2017

Science For Alaska: Place For Curious Learners, Diana L. Campbell

Communication

For over 25 years, Alaskans have been attending Science for Alaska Lecture Series, held during the coldest part of an Alaskan winter. The hour-long evening lectures would see from around 100 to almost 300 people attend each event. The scientific literature is quiet in regard to audience preferences in regard to the recieving end of science communication. This qualitative study looked at the audience of a science lecture series: who are they, why do they come and what do they do with the information. In nine taped audio interviews, the research participants described themselves as smart, curious lifelong learners who …

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Heads Or Tails? Modified Ceramic Gaming Pieces From Colonial California, Lee M. Panich, Emilie Lederer, Ryan Phillip, Emily Dylla Aug 2017

Heads Or Tails? Modified Ceramic Gaming Pieces From Colonial California, Lee M. Panich, Emilie Lederer, Ryan Phillip, Emily Dylla

Faculty Publications

Modified ceramic disks have been recovered from historic-era sites across the Americas. Small unperforated disks are commonly interpreted as gaming pieces and larger perforated disks are often classified as spindle whorls. Here, we examine these interpretations in light of collections from three colonial-era sites in central California: Mission San Antonio de Padua, Mission San José, and the Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe. We argue that the small unperforated disks from our study sites were two-sided dice. These gaming pieces facilitated the social cohesion of Native people living in the large, multiethnic Indigenous communities that formed around Spanish colonial missions and …

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Changing Police Culture: Raising Awareness Of The Importance Of Mental Health, Mary Dombroski Aug 2017

Changing Police Culture: Raising Awareness Of The Importance Of Mental Health, Mary Dombroski

Justice

The suicide rate involving police officers has produced alarming statistics for decades. Until recently, however, little has been done to prevent suicide in law enforcement and even fewer efforts have been made to change the root of the problem. This paper reviews why a law enforcement officer may choose to take their life, looks at preexisting programs and resources that departments can choose to embrace, and supplies departments with a new approach to destigmatizing suicide within the police culture starting at the academy level.

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Toward Arctic Transitions And Sustainability: Modeling Risks And Resilience Across Scales Of Governance, Berill Blair Aug 2017

Toward Arctic Transitions And Sustainability: Modeling Risks And Resilience Across Scales Of Governance, Berill Blair

Natural Resources

The Arctic region has been the subject of international attention in recent years. The magnitude of impacts from global climate change, land-use change, and speculations about economic development and accessible polar shipping lanes have intensified this focus. As a result, the potential to manage complex ecological, social and political relationships in the context of changes, risks and opportunities is the focus of a large and growing body of research. This dissertation contributes to the expanding scholarship on managing Arctic social-ecological systems for resilience by answering the question: What conditions improve cross-scale learning and resilience in nested social-ecological systems experiencing rapid …

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The Effects Of Freezing And Storage Time On The Quality Of Reindeer Meat, George A. Aguiar Aug 2017

The Effects Of Freezing And Storage Time On The Quality Of Reindeer Meat, George A. Aguiar

Natural Resources

Restaurants, wholesalers and retailers of fresh meat require a year round consistent supply of uniform quality product to sustain demand and justify niche market costs such as advertisement and stocking product. Frozen reindeer meat could be stored, short or long term to increase availability provided there are no adverse effects of freezing. No studies to date have evaluated the effects of freezing and storage time on reindeer meat quality. Nine reindeer steers (castrated bulls; age 2.5 years) were fed a balanced milled ration at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Reindeer Research Program (RRP) facility at the Agricultural Forestry Experiment …

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Sand Dune Field Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, And Human Environmental Interaction In The Middle Tanana River Valley Near The Gerstle River, Subarctic Alaska: The Late Glacial To The Middle Holocene, Robert C. Bowman Aug 2017

Sand Dune Field Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, And Human Environmental Interaction In The Middle Tanana River Valley Near The Gerstle River, Subarctic Alaska: The Late Glacial To The Middle Holocene, Robert C. Bowman

Anthropology

This study was conducted to explore paleoenvironmental change within the Gerstle-Sawmill Dune Field (GSDF), located just west of the Gerstle River in the middle Tanana River valley, Interior Alaska from the late Glacial to the middle Holocene. Specifically, this study was undertaken to document human-environment interaction on the landscape. Geoarchaeological methods were used in order to determine the history of sand dune development across the area, how the local ecological systems changed through time, and determine prehistoric human use of environment and response to environmental and ecological change. The data collected from these locations was used to create a model …

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Acs Select Population Profiles And Analyzing Data By Race, Lissette Aliaga Linares Dr. Aug 2017

Acs Select Population Profiles And Analyzing Data By Race, Lissette Aliaga Linares Dr.

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

In 2011 the Census Bureau released a special set of tabulations that showed common statistics by race and ethnicity, ancestry, and country of birth for the 2006-2010 timeframe. This special product provided more detail than was available otherwise. For example, standard tables often only list a category for “Subsaharan African” but these tables listed figures specifically for those from the country of Somalia or listing a Sudanese ancestry. The Census Bureau plans to release updated tabulations for the 2011-2015 timeframe over the summer. Learn about how to access and utilize these powerful tables that provide information you won’t find elsewhere. …

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A Philosophy Toolkit For Tax Lawyers, Bret N. Bogenschneider Aug 2017

A Philosophy Toolkit For Tax Lawyers, Bret N. Bogenschneider

Akron Law Review

Philosophy functions as a tool for tax lawyers.The various schools of philosophy are akin to a toolkit with different tools suited for differing projects where the more tools the tax lawyer knows how to use, the more effective he or she will be in the practice of tax law. This paper accordingly sets out to provide a systemization of philosophy relevant to tax law in the areas of Moral Philosophy, Legal Philosophy, Law and Economics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and Critical Legal Studies. A summary is provided of each followed by a discussion of prior …

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Taking Stock: Organizing Open Access Operations Based On Researcher Practices, Andrea A. Wirth Aug 2017

Taking Stock: Organizing Open Access Operations Based On Researcher Practices, Andrea A. Wirth

Library Faculty Research

In 2017, the members of the Scholarly Communication Initiatives (SCI) Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) developed a strategic goal for the department to “create organizational shift” at UNLV in regard to improving campus-wide knowledge of and support for open access (OA). One method by which to work toward this multi-year goal was to gain additional insight about UNLV faculty members’ support of OA by assessing their participation in OA publishing and repositories. Through direct conversations with faculty, information gleaned through liaison librarians, and questions about the IR and related services, it was clear there was already …

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Availability, Access Points And Use Of Information And Communication Technologies By Science Students In Selected Private Secondary Schools In Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, John Adeboye Oyeboade, Ajibola Sunmade Gbotosho Aug 2017

Availability, Access Points And Use Of Information And Communication Technologies By Science Students In Selected Private Secondary Schools In Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, John Adeboye Oyeboade, Ajibola Sunmade Gbotosho

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined the availability, access points and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by science students in selected private secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was used and four (4) research questions guided the study. Data was collected from one hundred and fifty six (156) science students from six (6) private secondary schools in Ibadan with the use of questionnaire. The data analysis was done with the use of SPSS. Findings revealed the ICT facilities that were made available to include: computers 125 (80.1%), scanning machine 120 (76.9%), interactive white board 118(75.6%), CD-ROMS …

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2017-2018, Collin College Aug 2017

2017-2018, Collin College

Course Catalogs

Contains information on courses and class descriptions as well as campus resources at Collin College.

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New Faculty, 2017-2018, University Of Mississippi. Provost. Aug 2017

New Faculty, 2017-2018, University Of Mississippi. Provost.

New Faculty

No abstract provided.

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Crystina Friese ('20 Anthropology) Participated In Unh Reap Apprenticeship Program Summer 2017, Carolyn Stolzenburg Aug 2017

Crystina Friese ('20 Anthropology) Participated In Unh Reap Apprenticeship Program Summer 2017, Carolyn Stolzenburg

UNH Today Archive

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Funding Science With Science (And, Admittedly, A Lot Of Math), John R. Ziegler, Dylan Hunzeker, Edward Lehner Aug 2017

Funding Science With Science (And, Admittedly, A Lot Of Math), John R. Ziegler, Dylan Hunzeker, Edward Lehner

Publications and Research

Scientific funding within the academy is an often complicated affair involving disparate and competing interests. Private universities, for instance, are vastly outpacing public institutions in garnering large, prestigious grants. Inequities also extend to the kinds of research funded, with government, corporate, and even military interests privileging certain types of inquiry.This work proposes an innovative type of research fund using cryptocurrencies, a fast growing asset class. Although not a total funding solution, staking coins, specifically, can be strategically invested in to yield compound interest. These coins use central hub technology to collateralise the network and speed transaction pace. Additionally. These staking …

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The Development Of Auto-Tourism And Shady Grove Camp In The Buffalo National River Region, Leslie Anna Shelby Linck Aug 2017

The Development Of Auto-Tourism And Shady Grove Camp In The Buffalo National River Region, Leslie Anna Shelby Linck

Theses and Dissertations

Early twentieth century tourism in Buffalo National River region is an important link to the beginnings of Arkansas tourism. The Pruitt Historic District provides a window into the development of the rise of autocamps in the early 1920s. This process paper examines why tourists were interested in visiting natural sites such as Shady Grove Camp in Pruitt, Arkansas. To do this I examined the beginnings of tourism in America, and how it evolved up into the mid-twentieth century. This process paper also includes methodology and examination of primary sources used for the project portion. I compiled the results of my …

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Preventative Community Policing In Immigrant Communities, Carole Chopi Aug 2017

Preventative Community Policing In Immigrant Communities, Carole Chopi

Capstone Collection

The purpose of this exploratory qualitative case study was to discover what kind of mutually comfortable activities community residents and police officers of the White Oak District in Montgomery County Maryland would like to participate in to strengthen social bonding, social bridging, and social linkage so that they can prevent future difficulties in practicing community problem-solving policing. In this case study located in a major Mid Atlantic community on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, community policing was discovered to be actively engaged in. One police commander, three community leaders, 28 immigrant community members, and 11 immigrant community members …

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Body Height Estimation Based On Percutaneous Foot Length And Breadth Of Javanese Females, Nur Mujaddidah Mochtar, Ari Gunawan, Myrtati Dyah Artaria, Susilowati Andajani Aug 2017

Body Height Estimation Based On Percutaneous Foot Length And Breadth Of Javanese Females, Nur Mujaddidah Mochtar, Ari Gunawan, Myrtati Dyah Artaria, Susilowati Andajani

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Body height estimation is one of important parameters used for establishing the individuality in cases of mutilated bodies or found body parts. It is not rare that in the cases of mutilation the police authority would only give the body parts or remaining skeletons of the victims. The aims of the study were to find body height estimation formula based on percutaneous of foot length and foot breadth in Javanese females at Surabaya Muhammadiyah University. The type of research design was cross-sectional observational study. Samples were Javanese females student at Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya , which was selected as the …

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The Original Meaning Of “Religion” In The First Amendment: A Test Case Of Originalism’S Utilization Of Corpus Linguistics, Lee J. Strang Aug 2017

The Original Meaning Of “Religion” In The First Amendment: A Test Case Of Originalism’S Utilization Of Corpus Linguistics, Lee J. Strang

BYU Law Review

Originalism is the theory of constitutional interpretation that identifies the constitutional text’s public meaning when it was ratified as its authoritative meaning. Corpus linguistics is the study of word-use regularities and patterns, primarily in written texts. In a prior article, I argued that originalists should utilize corpus linguistics to facilitate originalism’s capacity to accurately uncover this original meaning. However, my arguments there were theoretical; this Essay provides a “test case” of corpus linguistics’ capacity to increase originalism’s methodological accuracy. This Essay accomplishes three modest goals. First, it provides a practical example of the application of corpus linguistics to originalism. This …

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The Power Of Words: A Comment On Hamann And Vogel’S Evidence-Based Jurisprudence Meets Legal Linguistics—Unlikely Blends Made In Germany, Mark C. Suchman Aug 2017

The Power Of Words: A Comment On Hamann And Vogel’S Evidence-Based Jurisprudence Meets Legal Linguistics—Unlikely Blends Made In Germany, Mark C. Suchman

BYU Law Review

By offering an international and interdisciplinary point of comparison, Hamann and Vogel demonstrate that current American forays into corpus-based legal scholarship reflect only a small sliver of the full range of possibilities for such research. This Comment considers several key branching points that may lie ahead, as the nascent literature begins to mature. In particular, the Comment examines two vexing ambiguities in the corpus-linguistic agenda: the first centers on the ambiguous meaning of legal “empiricism”; the second, on the ambiguous relationship between words and actions. To achieve its full potential, legal corpus linguistics will need to move beyond mere description, …

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For One Drop Of Blood: Virginity, Sexual Norms And Medical Processes In Hymenoplasty Consultations In The Netherlands, Sherria Ayuandini Aug 2017

For One Drop Of Blood: Virginity, Sexual Norms And Medical Processes In Hymenoplasty Consultations In The Netherlands, Sherria Ayuandini

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Hymenoplasty is a medical procedure done to alter the shape of the hymen membrane. Dutch women of predominantly Muslim migrant ancestry resort to the surgery to maintain the appearance of premarital virginity. This dissertation research studies hymenoplasty as a social phenomenon. It asks: how do the interconnecting issues of gender, religion and migration play out during interactions between doctors and Dutch patients of migrant ancestry in the medical and institutional context of hymenoplasty in the Netherlands? Findings were collected from 2012 and 2015 through participant observations of 70 hymenoplasty consultations in medical establishments in the Netherlands. These observations were complemented …

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Physics-Inspired Replica Approaches To Computer Science Problems, Bo Sun Aug 2017

Physics-Inspired Replica Approaches To Computer Science Problems, Bo Sun

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

We study machine learning class classification problems and combinatorial optimization problems using physics inspired replica approaches. In the current work, we focus on the traveling salesman problem which is one of the most famous problems in the entire field of combinatorial optimization. Our approach is specifically motivated by the desire to avoid trapping in metastable local minima-a common occurrence in hard problems with multiple extrema. Our method involves (i) coupling otherwise independent simulations of a system (“replicas”) via geometrical distances as well as (ii) probabilistic inference applied to the solutions found by individual replicas. In particular, we apply our method …

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Anthropologists Weigh In On The Sustainability Of Tourism, Michael A. Di Giovine Aug 2017

Anthropologists Weigh In On The Sustainability Of Tourism, Michael A. Di Giovine

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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Approval Of New Core Curriculum, Michelle Cawthorn Aug 2017

Approval Of New Core Curriculum, Michelle Cawthorn

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

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Inaugural Research Symposium, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. School Of Medicine Aug 2017

Inaugural Research Symposium, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. School Of Medicine

School of Medicine Publications

Inaugural Research Symposium 2017

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Searching For Color In Black & White: Epistemic Closure, The Rit Archives, And The Colonial Roots Of White Invisibility, Andrew James Aug 2017

Searching For Color In Black & White: Epistemic Closure, The Rit Archives, And The Colonial Roots Of White Invisibility, Andrew James

Theses

When examining an image, a viewer often focuses on what they see and less often on what they are able to see. Nowhere is this as true, and as problematic, as it is with the visual representation of persons of African descent. This study describes how problematic photographic representation was used as a powerful semiotic tool in the Victorian age conquest of the other, was exported to early Hollywood (creating a lucrative hate-based industry), and was then pushed back into the cultural recesses, settling finally into systemic forms of modern oppression, empowered by the invisibility of whiteness. Images from the …

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Religion As A Framework Of The Nomos, Katie Vaillancourt Aug 2017

Religion As A Framework Of The Nomos, Katie Vaillancourt

Prologue: A First-Year Writing Journal

No abstract provided.

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Commentary On "An Unattainable Past", Michelle Oyakawa Aug 2017

Commentary On "An Unattainable Past", Michelle Oyakawa

Prologue: A First-Year Writing Journal

No abstract provided.

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Chasing The Moon, Jody Record Aug 2017

Chasing The Moon, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

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Policy Analysis On Unesco's Action Plan For Gender Equality 2014-2021, Sarah Nagel Aug 2017

Policy Analysis On Unesco's Action Plan For Gender Equality 2014-2021, Sarah Nagel

Capstone Collection

The Priority Gender Equality Action Plan 2014-2021 was generated in response to the evaluation and assessment of the Priority Gender Equality Action Plan 2008-2013, which originated as a way to hold UNESCO accountable to its given mandates on gender equality as an agency of the United Nations. This research provided a policy analysis regarding the effectiveness of the Priority Gender Equality Action Plan 2014-2021 as a global initiative to promote gender equality. The analysis was structured into four sections. The first provided contextual background of the policy, its current state, and stakeholder analysis. Second, components of the policy were analyzed …

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