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Senate Minutes 11-2-17, Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania

Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Western News, November 2, 2017, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU at center of national STEM network, Nursing wins $2 million grant to boost diversity, Three University researchers snag prestigious NSF prize, Men’s soccer team moves up to No. 5 in the nation, University earns geospatial sciences status, Children’s Place grant supports student-parents, Turkey Trot 5K run, walk scheduled for Nov. 18, On Campus with Veronica Thomas

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Alvey, Rebekah. Faculty Regent Aims to Tackle Budget Issues, Strategic Plan – Claus Ernst
• Schweickart, Lydia. Great Scott! – Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Collins, Emma. Music Department, Intercultural Student Engagement Center Receive WKU Sisterhood Grants
• Stahl, Matt. Kentucky Museum Hosts Community Heritage Day
• Waters, Adrianna. Students Named Semifinalists in National Competition – Siemens Competition
• Huff, Taylor. Is President Timothy Caboni Doing a Good Job?
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon: Above the Fray
• Murrer, Erick. Selling Short: Enrollment & Image Problem
• Hovell, Nolan. How Studying Abroad Leads …

The City-Child's Quest: Spatiality And Sociality In Paule Marshall's The Fisher King, Daphne Lamothe

Africana Studies: Faculty Publications

In The Fisher King, Paule Marshall depicts urban spatial and social relations that resonate with the psychic and social ruptures of the African Diaspora. The novel’s central characters comprise a blended family with Southern African American and Caribbean roots. They reckon with problems of social marginalization, alienation, and fragmentation, engendered by their various experiences of dislocation. While mindful of the diverse histories, values, and worldviews within black America’s heterogeneous collectivity, Marshall ultimately privileges black women’s perspectives on the limits and possibilities of traversing geographic and social spaces. Hattie Carmichael, the “City child” who occupies the moral center of the novel, …

Interview With Fred Gregory, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe

War & Conscientious Objection in Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1940-1975

Fred Gregory discusses how he registered for the draft as a conscientious objector, and how he served in Vietnam with the Mennonite Central Committee in Vietnam as alternative service. He also talks about how this decision changed the entire course of his life and led him to serve his community for the rest of his life.

November 2, 2017, Caa

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Materialized Practices Of Food As Borderlands Performing As Pedagogy, Christen Sperry García

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

In this paper, I examine the interrelationship between borderlands, food, and ways in which they perform as pedagogy. First, I define borderlands in relation to art. Second, I discuss food and borderlands as authenticity, hybridity, and race/body. Lastly, I examine various fields of pedagogy including public, border, and food pedagogy and consider how they relate to food. I suggest that the interrelationship between borderlands and food can be used as a pedagogical tool to teach and learn about liminality, tension, contradiction, and hybridity. The hybrid spaces of consumable borderlands challenge food purity and yield unexpected foods such as carne asada …

Abstracts: Hastac 2017: The Possible Worlds Of Digital Humanities, Hastac Presenters

HASTAC 2017

The document contains abstracts for HASTAC 2017.

Late Holocene Evolution Of A Coupled, Mud-Dominated Delta Plain-Chenier Plain System, Coastal Louisiana, Usa, Marc P. Hijma, Zhixiong Shen, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Barbara Mauz

Marine Science

Major deltas and their adjacent coastal plains are commonly linked by means of coast-parallel fluxes of water, sediment, and nutrients. Observations of the evolution of these interlinked systems over centennial to millennial timescales are essential to understand the interaction between point sources of sediment discharge (i.e. deltaic distributaries) and adjacent coastal plains across large spatial (i.e. hundreds of kilometres) scales. This information is needed to constrain future generations of numerical models to predict coastal evolution in relation to climate change and other human activities. Here we examine the coastal plain (Chenier Plain, CP) adjacent to the Mississippi River delta, one …

The Colby Echo (2017-11-02), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Reef Fish Biodiversity In The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Megan E. Hepner

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The biological diversity of reef-fish in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) from 1999 – 2016 was evaluated in terms of abundance, biomass, species richness, evenness, Shannon diversity, Simpson diversity, and functional diversity, using observations collected by multiple agencies and institutions under the Reef Visual Census (RVC) program. To compare the different diversity indices species richness, Shannon diversity, Simpson diversity, and functional diversity were converted into effective number of species. I examined the seven indices by no-take marine zones, in seven benthic habitat strata, and across the three-distinct geographic subregions in the Florida Keys domain (Upper, Middle, and Lower …

Respecting Young People’S Informal Learning: Circumventing Strategic Policy Evasions, Jocey Quinn

Plymouth Institute of Education

No abstract provided.

Surveilling Hate/Obscuring Racism?: Hate Group Surveillance And The Southern Poverty Law Center's "Hate Map", Mary Mckelvie

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In what ways does the legal and political monitoring of “hate groups” and "hate group activities" benefit the American left? Possible victims of crimes? Law enforcement? The state? Specifically, in what ways does the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map” challenge and/or reiterate relations of power and knowledge? This thesis offers a feminist critical analysis of hate group surveillance and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s mapping of hate. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a progressive legal advocacy group that aids in the surveillance of “hate groups” and legislation against “hate crimes.” I investigate the assumptions grounding the SPLC’s …

Traversing Privacy Issues On Social Networking Sites Among Kuwaiti Females, Shahad Shihab

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative descriptive study explores privacy issues on social networking sites among young Kuwaiti females and their behavior when protecting their information. In this study, two of the most prominent social networking sites in Kuwait were selected to investigate Kuwaiti females’ privacy concerns. These platforms are Instagram and Twitter. The research was guided by two questions: What information do Kuwaiti females disclose on Instagram and Twitter? How do Instagram and Twitter differ in managing privacy?

Participants of this research are 15 young Kuwait females studying at Kuwait university in different educational fields. The data collection method used was semi-structured, face-to-face …

Perceptions Affecting Tree Valuation: An Analysis Of Recently Sold And Leased Properties In Tampa, Florida, Cody R. Winter

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The urban forest is a structure that is fluid in both species composition and how it is integrated in our cities and suburban areas. Much like the fluidity in its structure, the urban forest provides ecosystem services and disservices in many forms. These services and disservices can often come in the form of temperature regulation, lower crime rates, and even higher property values. The latter, which is associated with the economic value of trees, is a part of the hedonic pricing literature which suggests that there is a disparity in the value associated with trees to house prices. With the …

Smog Pollution In China: News Framing And Issue-Attention Cycle Per The, Yingying Zhang

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

China's smog air pollution has become an increasingly urgent environmental crisis in China. Using framing as theoretical framework, this research examined how much media attention is focused on smog air pollution and how print media frame smog air pollution. An empirical content analysis of 339 articles in the People’s Daily newspaper was conducted from 2000 to 2016, and the results showed that “non-voluntary solutions” and “problem” frames were the two frames that had been most utilized to construct stories about air pollution. Smog air pollution crisis also discussed in terms of Downs issue-attention cycle, a five-stage model explaining the rise …

The Role Of High-Elevation Headwater Runoff In Streamflow Generation And Water Supply In The Northern Andes, Colombia, Laura Lotero Lozano

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Water security requires that sufficient quantities of water be available at critical times. This is particularly challenging for high-intensity urban and agricultural settings. In underdeveloped nations, streamflow is commonly the preferred water source, as it is readily available and delivered cost-free to users. Yet, the sources of these critical streamflows are often unknown. This issue is salient in the Northern Andes, where basic knowledge of controlling factors for the quantity, quality, and timing of runoff is lacking. High-elevation headwaters are the primary catchment areas in the Northern Andes, but the extent of water providing to municipalities in the Northern Andes …

Weather Communication On Twitter: Identifying Popular Content And Optimal Warning Format Via Case Studies And A Survey Analysis, Joshua D. Eachus

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The use of Twitter as a channel for weather information inspires a deeper analysis of key information nodes during episodes of high impact weather, especially local meteorologists. To optimize communication on the channel, it is important to understand what kinds of messages produce exposure and attention among users—which translates to knowledge that could improve the reach of a warning. Literature identifies two key models that well describe the cognitive processing of tweets and warnings. The Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) describes risk perception and the factors that enable or disable one from acting on a warning. Particularly through environmental and …

Problem-Based Learning Pedagogies In Teacher Education: The Case Of Botswana, Thenjiwe Major, Thalia M. Mulvihill Dr.

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

The development of primary school teachers is an important aspect of a country’s economic, social, and political well-being. The use of particular pedagogies in teacher education may greatly influence how teachers perform in their classrooms after completing their training programs. This micro-ethnography investigated the extent to which teacher educators in Botswana’s College of Education used problem-based learning (PBL) approaches in the development of preservice primary teachers. While the findings of this micro-ethnography showed that particular teacher educators rarely used problem-based learning approaches, the accompanying insights helped to bring a deeper understanding of what is needed for Botswana’s teacher education program …

Zichanowizz, Anastasia, Unidentified

Delta Women Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Story Sharing For First-Generation College Students Attending A Regional Comprehensive University: Campus Outreach To Validate Students And Develop Forms Of Capital, Colby R. King, Jakari Griffith, Meghan Murphy

Teacher-Scholar: The Journal of the State Comprehensive University

This paper describes a story-sharing program, called Our Stories, in which faculty and staff at a regional comprehensive university share their personal experiences about attending college as first-generation, working class, or financially insecure (FGWCFI) students with an audience of undergraduate students of various backgrounds. Using preliminary qualitative and quantitative data, we find evidence that these programs validate the experience of these student attendees and build their social, cultural, and psychological capital. This paper reviews literature on outreach to first-generation students, provides an overview of the story-sharing program, discusses how these events support student success, and suggests that such outreach efforts …

Longeman, Kathryn Interview, Unidentified

Delta Women Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Women's Tennis Media Guide 2017-18, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Featured Bookshelf: 2017 Native American Heritage Month, Megan M. Haught

Featured Bookshelf

November in the United States is Native American Heritage Month, also referred to as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. It celebrates the rich history and diversity of America’s native peoples and educates the public about historical and current challenges they face. Native American Heritage Month was first declared by presidential proclamation in 1990 which urged the United States to learn more about their first nations.

Join the UCF Libraries as we celebrate our favorite Native American authors and books. Click the keep reading link to see the full descriptions of the books.

Prevalence And Geographic Variations Of Polypharmacy Among West Virginia Medicaid Beneficiaries, Xue Feng, Xi Tan, Brittany Riley, Tianyu Zheng, Thomas K. Bias, James B. Becker, Usha Sambamoorthi

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Background—West Virginia (WV) residents are at high risk for polypharmacy given its considerable chronic disease burdens. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence, correlates, outcomes, and geographic variations of polypharmacy among WV Medicaid beneficiaries. Methods—In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed 2009–2010 WV Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) claims data for adults aged 18–64 (N=37,570). We defined polypharmacy as simultaneous use of drugs from five or more different drug classes on a daily basis for at least 60 consecutive days in one year. Multilevel logistic regression was used to explore the individual- and countylevel factors associated with polypharmacy. Its relationship with healthcare utilization was assessed …

Illuminator, Volume 1, Issue 2, Batten College Of Engineering & Technology

College of Engineering & Technology Newsletter

November 2017 issue of Illuminator, a monthly publication of ODU's Batten College of Engineering and Technology.

Differential Operators Homotopy Perturbation Method (Dohpm): An Automated Selection Procedure For Adjustment Parameters, U. Filobello-Nino, H. Vazquez-Leal, B. Benhammouda, A. Perez-Sesma, A. Sarmiento-Reyes, V. M. Jimenezfernandez

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This paper proposes a modified version of HPM method (DOHPM method), introducing in a systematic fashion, adjustment parameters in order to obtain analytical approximate solutions for nonlinear differential equations by using certain differential operators to turn a nonlinear differential equation into other of higher order. Comparison with exact solution shows that DOHPM method is highly efficient if the initial guess is chosen adequately

Efficient File Sharing Mechanism In P2p Using Energy Efficient Clustering Mechanism, P. Arockia Mary, M. Radhakrishnan

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Effective and secured file sharing is the essential factor in real time networks. Common distributed network environment faces numerous problems in existing file sharing mechanism. In this research paper we have proposed a novel approach using Trust based Energy Efficient Clustering Mechanism by using firefly algorithm to improve the throughput. The proposed architecture has been designed with four phases for effective file sharing in P2P networks. In the first stage an Energy Efficient Clustering Mechanism with Firefly calculation has been introduced. A vitality proficient Clustering calculation with ideal parameters is intended for decreasing the vitality utilization and drawing out the …

Judicial Laterals, Jonathan R. Nash

Vanderbilt Law Review

Lawyers already in practice at one law firm often move to another law firm. This type of move is referred to as "lateraling." A lawyer might choose to lateral for many of the reasons we often think people in general take new positions: better job security, better pay, better benefits, greater prestige, more interesting work, better future job prospects, more leisure time, and/or more predictable hours.' In contrast to lawyers in private practice, we do not commonly associate judges with lateraling. But the fact is that, just as some judges are reassigned or promoted within a judicial system (for example, …

Hospitalization Rates And Predictors Of Rehospitalization Among Individuals With Advanced Cancer In The Year After Diagnosis, Robin Whitney, Janice Bell, Daniel Tancredi, Patrick Romano, Richard Bold, Jill Joseph

Faculty Publications

PurposeAmong individuals with advanced cancer, frequent hospitalization increasingly is viewed as a hallmark of poor-quality care. We examined hospitalization rates and individual- and hospital-level predictors of rehospitalization among individuals with advanced cancer in the year after diagnosis.MethodsIndividuals diagnosed with advanced breast, colorectal, non–small-cell lung, or pancreatic cancer from 2009 to 2012 (N = 25,032) were identified with data from the California Cancer Registry (CCR). After linkage with inpatient discharge data, multistate and log-linear Poisson regression models were used to calculate hospitalization rates and to model rehospitalization in the year after diagnosis, accounting for survival.ResultsIn the year after diagnosis, 71% of …