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Faculty News, Unh Communications And Public Affairs Apr 2017

Faculty News, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Between Black And White: The Treatment Of Japanese Nationals And Japanese Americans In Arkansas Prior To World War Ii, Ashley Faye Darnell Apr 2017

Between Black And White: The Treatment Of Japanese Nationals And Japanese Americans In Arkansas Prior To World War Ii, Ashley Faye Darnell

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis covers the treatment of Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans in Arkansas prior to World War II. It focuses on the lives of twenty-five Japanese citizens and Japanese Americans who lived in Arkansas between 1905 and 1941. Using the work of eleven scholars, digitized historical documents, and oral history interviews, this research explores how people of Japanese descent lived, worked, assimilated, were educated, and were treated in twelve Arkansas towns, despite the racial hostility and fear felt toward them. The information is analyzed thematically through historiography and synthesis, concerning ethnocentrism, citizenship, landownership, employment, anti-miscegenation, education, and assimilation to better …

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Poster: "Social Justice Through Culture.” Presented By Leonie Hodkevitch, D'Amour Library Apr 2017

Poster: "Social Justice Through Culture.” Presented By Leonie Hodkevitch, D'Amour Library

Athenaeum Series

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The Seniors’ Show, Catherine Hamilton Apr 2017

The Seniors’ Show, Catherine Hamilton

Furman University Student Films

This film profiles four art majors preparing for their senior show at Furman University. The challenges they face and the passion they pour into their creations are both evident as they explain why they do what they do, and what they learn in the process.

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The Furman Library: Catering To Students, Andrew Cromer, Shane Roberts Apr 2017

The Furman Library: Catering To Students, Andrew Cromer, Shane Roberts

Furman University Student Films

This film explores how the main campus library has become a second home to students from around Furman University. From the student who basically moves in during finals week, to the students who use the library primarily as a study space, the film gives a student’s perspective on the comforts of the library.

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The Happiest Hour At The Woodlands, Hanna Arata, Sam Fowler Apr 2017

The Happiest Hour At The Woodlands, Hanna Arata, Sam Fowler

Furman University Student Films

This film showcases a weekly happy hour held at the Woodlands, a senior living community near the Furman University campus. Woodlands residents talk about how music played at the happy hour transports them back to a different era, and they share in their enjoyment of the event’s wine and live music.

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Welcome Home, Ann Ludlow, Libby Mackow Apr 2017

Welcome Home, Ann Ludlow, Libby Mackow

Furman University Student Films

This film explores the dynamics of different Furman housing areas, interviewing students about their adjustment to dorm living and about their preferences for spending time in different areas.

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Class Notes, Georgia Southern University Apr 2017

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

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The Lake Debate, Connor Lynch Apr 2017

The Lake Debate, Connor Lynch

Furman University Student Films

Framed by concerns by some Furman students over their ability to access the student union when community members enjoying the popular Furman Lake fill up the nearby parking spaces, this film explores why people are attracted to the lake. The film shows the perspectives of several individuals who come to walk pets or take children for a bicycle ride on the lakeside paths.

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Population History And Mitochondrial Genetic Substructure Of The Rama Amerindians From Nicaragua, Norberto F. Baldi, Michael H. Crawford Apr 2017

Population History And Mitochondrial Genetic Substructure Of The Rama Amerindians From Nicaragua, Norberto F. Baldi, Michael H. Crawford

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

The Rama are a coastal population from southern Nicaragua who in large part were able to resist, at least for a time, the cultural changes and social reorganization brought on by colonial and modern influences. Historical information leaves the Rama origins and biological relationships with nearby extinct and extant groups ambiguous. The objective of this study was to examine the internal genetic microdifferentiation based on the first hypervariable region of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a sample of approximately 20% of the population, and to expand the few available historical and anthropological data on the Rama by exploring the effects …

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Finding Rare, Disease-Associated Variants In Isolated Groups: Potential Advantages Of Mennonite Populations, Fabiana L. Lopes, Liping Hou, Angelica B. W. Boldt, Layla Kassem, Veronica M. Alves, Antonio E. Nardi, Francis J. Mcmahon Apr 2017

Finding Rare, Disease-Associated Variants In Isolated Groups: Potential Advantages Of Mennonite Populations, Fabiana L. Lopes, Liping Hou, Angelica B. W. Boldt, Layla Kassem, Veronica M. Alves, Antonio E. Nardi, Francis J. Mcmahon

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Large-scale genotyping and next-generation sequencing techniques have allowed great advances in the field of molecular genetics. Numerous common variants of low impact have been associated with many complex human traits and diseases, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Although they may exert a greater impact on risk, few rare disease variants have been found, owing to the greatly increased sample sizes that are typically necessary to demonstrate association with rarer variants. One alternative strategy is to study isolated populations, where historical bottlenecks reduce genetic diversity and some otherwise rare variants may drift to higher frequencies. Here we describe the Mennonite …

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Beyond Serial Founder Effects: The Impact Of Admixture And Localized Gene Flow On Patterns Of Regional Genetic Diversity, Keith Hunley, Graciela S. Cabana Apr 2017

Beyond Serial Founder Effects: The Impact Of Admixture And Localized Gene Flow On Patterns Of Regional Genetic Diversity, Keith Hunley, Graciela S. Cabana

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Objectives. Geneticists have argued that the linear decay in within-population genetic diversity with increasing geographic distance from East Africa is best explained by a phylogenetic process of founder effects, growth, and isolation termed serial founder effects (SFE). However, the SFE process has not yet been adequately vetted against other evolutionary processes that may also affect geospatial patterns of diversity. Additionally, studies of SFE have been largely based on a limited 52 population sample from the HGDP-CEPH. Here, we assess the effects of SFE, admixture, and localized gene flow processes on patterns of global and regional diversity using a published dataset …

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Secular Change In The Femur Diaphyseal Biomechanical Properties Of American Whites, Daniel J. Wescott, Lauren Rockhold Zephro Apr 2017

Secular Change In The Femur Diaphyseal Biomechanical Properties Of American Whites, Daniel J. Wescott, Lauren Rockhold Zephro

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Over the past two centuries there have been documented secular changes in stature, weight, body proportions, and skeletal maturation rates in the United States. These changes along with a more sedentary lifestyle are likely reflected in femur morphology. Here we examine secular changes in diaphyseal cross-sectional size, shape, area, robusticity, and rigidity at midshaft and subtrochanteric of the femur using 395 adult white females and males from the United States born between the 1850s and the 1970s. The effect of secular change was controlled for an age effect. We also examine the relationship between femur length (proxy for stature) and …

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Poe Mill Skate Tribe, Heather Brame, Izzy Michell Apr 2017

Poe Mill Skate Tribe, Heather Brame, Izzy Michell

Furman University Student Films

This film transports the viewer to the Poe Mill Skate Park in Greenville, South Carolina, where an active skateboarding community has grown up. The skateboarders form a tight-knit community and transform an otherwise abandoned area as they pour their own money and labor into building up the park.

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Russ From P2x, Claudia Leslie, Jordan Mcneill Apr 2017

Russ From P2x, Claudia Leslie, Jordan Mcneill

Furman University Student Films

This film profiles a well-loved fixture of the Furman campus, Russ. He runs the printing and copying service center at the university and oversees mail delivery in the student center, but his real passion is connecting with students. In the film, Russ explains how his life journey led him here, reflecting on his work and his vocation.

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Dan Miller: 1948-2017, Leslie H. Picca Apr 2017

Dan Miller: 1948-2017, Leslie H. Picca

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Dan Miller, professor emeritus of sociology, died March 30, 2017. He was 69.

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Stagnant, April 3, 2017, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Apr 2017

Stagnant, April 3, 2017, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

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Satire

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 3, 2017), Center For Southeast Asian Studies Apr 2017

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 3, 2017), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 106 [107], No. 41 (Apr. 3, 2017), The New Hampshire Apr 2017

The New Hampshire, Vol. 106 [107], No. 41 (Apr. 3, 2017), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 106, but it is the 107th volume in the series.

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Rotunda - Vol 95, No. 21 - Apr. 03, 2017, Longwood University Apr 2017

Rotunda - Vol 95, No. 21 - Apr. 03, 2017, Longwood University

Rotunda

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College Voice, Vol. 39 No. 10, Connecticut College Apr 2017

College Voice, Vol. 39 No. 10, Connecticut College

2016-2017

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Crow's Nest, April 3, 2017, Crow's Nest Staff Apr 2017

Crow's Nest, April 3, 2017, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The April 3, 2017, issue of the Crow's Nest.

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Ceramic Roof Ornaments (Almenas) From Cihuatan, El Salvador: Contexts, Descriptions And Inferences From Other Sites, Marshall Joseph Becker Apr 2017

Ceramic Roof Ornaments (Almenas) From Cihuatan, El Salvador: Contexts, Descriptions And Inferences From Other Sites, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

Discovery of dozens of broken ceramic roof ornaments (almenas) on the floor abutting the front (western) margin of an elite residence (Structure Q-1) at Cihuatan, El Salvador provides a new context for this category of artifacts. While relatively well-known from sites in the Valley of Mexico, elsewhere in Mesoamerica almenas have been documented only from a single Teotihuacan-style structure at the lowland Maya site of Tikal, one structure at Mayapan, and possibly at a few other sites in Yucatan. A preliminary program to reconstruct a portion of the many box-like almenasat Cihuatan, of a date much later than the one …

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Um Lecture Series To Examine 'The Radical South', Christina Steube Apr 2017

Um Lecture Series To Examine 'The Radical South', Christina Steube

University of Mississippi News

Presenters to challenge conventional notions of the region throughout April

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Poverty In The Land Of Plenty? Deconstructing Role Of Community-Based Organizations In A Small Community, John Kevin Trainor Apr 2017

Poverty In The Land Of Plenty? Deconstructing Role Of Community-Based Organizations In A Small Community, John Kevin Trainor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Using the lens of a community-based childhood obesity intervention, it is possible to examine the role of non-profit organizations in community development and to deconstruct the “community” in community-based research and identify the many competing interests within a community. This contextual understanding includes how the community is formed, how a community’s agenda is set, and who will complete the tasks outlined in that agenda. In applied anthropological settings and public health interventions that are community-based, it is essential to understand the context of community and which community (or communities) the researcher is working with to ensure that the data you …

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Retention Of Degree-Seeking Community College Students Based On Age, Enrollment Intensity, And Academic Progress, Bobby Eugene Smith Jr. Apr 2017

Retention Of Degree-Seeking Community College Students Based On Age, Enrollment Intensity, And Academic Progress, Bobby Eugene Smith Jr.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Retention among community college students is a persistent concern for higher education administrators. Complicating this concerns are the differing emphases of retention theorists and studies. Vincent Tinto suggested academic progress was a key factor in retention. John Bean and Barbara Metzner theorized that increased environmental responsibilities associated with age were a more influential factor. Complete College America reported that part-time enrollment placed students at greater risk of attrition. This study reviewed the relationship of age, enrollment intensity, and academic progress as continuous and categorical variables to the retention of community college students. All three factors had notable findings related to …

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To The Mountain: Heritage Preservation Through Archaeological Literacy In Belize, Sylvia Batty, Leah M. Mccurdy, Rebecca Friedel Apr 2017

To The Mountain: Heritage Preservation Through Archaeological Literacy In Belize, Sylvia Batty, Leah M. Mccurdy, Rebecca Friedel

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications - Archive

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Religion And Violence In Jesse James Films, 1972–2010, Travis Warren Cooper Apr 2017

Religion And Violence In Jesse James Films, 1972–2010, Travis Warren Cooper

Journal of Religion & Film

This essay analyzes recent depictions of Jesse James in cinema, examining filmic portrayals of the figure between the years of 1972 and 2010. Working from the intersection of the anthropology of film and religious studies approaches to popular culture, the essay fills significant gaps in the study of James folklore. As no substantial examinations of the religious aspects of the James myths exist, I hone in on the legend’s religiosity as contested in filmic form. Films, including revisionist Westerns, are not unlike oral-history statements recorded and analyzed by anthropologists, folklorists, and ethnographers. Jesse James movies, in other words, have much …

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Finding Resources In Chesnutt Library: Books, Articles And Websites, Erin Eldridge Apr 2017

Finding Resources In Chesnutt Library: Books, Articles And Websites, Erin Eldridge

Chesnutt Fellows Information Literacy Projects

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Daily Announcements April 2017, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications Apr 2017

Daily Announcements April 2017, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

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