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Privacy Literacy: From Theory To Practice, Christina L. Wissinger

Communications in Information Literacy

Libraries and librarians have dealt with patron privacy issues since their inception, often serving as educators and advocates. In today’s social media-filled landscape, patron privacy has moved from the safeguarding of traditional library records to the creation, use, and ownership of information maintained in an online world. As the core educators for many aspects of literacy, librarians need to keep pace with the issues their users face daily. This paper centers on privacy literacy as an independent area of instruction for library sessions. It reviews a theoretical framework to support privacy literacy instruction and showcases resources and tools for creating …

Law School Clinic And Community Legal Services Providers Collaborate To Advance The Remedy Of Implied Warranty Of Habitability In Missouri, Karen Tokarz, Zachary Schmook

Faculty Articles

Missouri tenants have few defenses to uninhabitable housing conditions. In a statistical study conducted by the Washington University Civil Rights & Community Justice Clinic and the Metropolitan Saint Louis Equal Housing & Opportunity Council, which encompassed 6,369 landlord-tenant cases from the 2012 calendar year, only two cases (0.03%) resulted in a judgment in favor of the tenant, while 4,934 cases (77.5%) resulted in judgments in favor of the landlord, with the remaining cases being dismissed without a judgment. These findings suggest that unrepresented low-income tenants seeking to raise defenses in rent and possession and eviction cases in the Missouri state …

The Shift From Work-Life Balance To Work-Life Integration., Annie Butler

Theses

This thesis focuses on the shift from work-life balance to work-life integration. The term ‘work-life balance’ was first introduced in Ireland in the mid-1980s, outlining the significance of balance between employees’ work and personal life activities. Studies on work-life balance most often show that work and life are perceived as mutually exclusive domains that are constantly competing for an individual’s time or energy. Work-life balance practices improve employee motivation and enhance their job performance and commitment. For employers, these policies are essential to maintaining an edge over competitors, and necessary to retain highly qualified staff Flexible working is seen as …

Investigating The Parameters That Influence The Particle Mass Concentration Rates In A Grade C Cleanroom., Nazar H. Baker

Theses

The cleanroom design engineers use the guidelines tables, in which the Air Change Rates (ACHs) are determined based on the room cleanliness class. These guidelines are based on experience and do not fully address many other critical variables that influence the particulate level and particle distribution. These simplified approaches could often cause significant energy waste. In the last five decades, a number of mathematical models were developed to determine the airflow required in cleanrooms. As a consequence of the approximation of many critical variables in these models, these models can only be used as a qualitative indicator of the airflow …

Beauty Brand Versus New Media: How Have Communications Tactics Changed Within A Large Cosmetic Brand & How Have They Incorporated New Media Pr Tactics, Ruth Walsh

Theses

This research study aims to investigate and analyse what is working in the cosmetic PR industry for beauty brands; bloggers; and beauty consumers. There has been limited research conducted into this important topic and less so into the PR tactics used by large cosmetic brands. This thesis first examines that said limited scope of literature that relates to the cosmetic PR industry but not well and it further examines the viewpoints of well-known PR professionals. From this research, a triangulation approach to data collecting was outlined and conducted that included two interviews with beauty industry experts; a PR professional, a …

An Application Of Time Series Methods To Investigate Eu Dairy Commodity Price Dynamics, Dennis Bergmann

Theses

Fundamental changes to the common agricultural policy (CAP) have led to greater market orientation which in turn has resulted in significantly changed price dynamics of EU dairy prices. These changed dynamics include sharply increased price variability of EU farm gate milk prices as well EU dairy commodity prices such as butter and Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP). In addition it was expected that EU dairy prices will align to Word dairy prices. This alignment of prices would also see an alignment of volatility levels which were significantly higher for World dairy prices than EU dairy prices. The aim of this thesis …

The Internal Organizational Factors And External Environmental Factors Affecting The Implementation And Management Of The Hr Department: A Case Study Of Kearys, Eva Spitere

Theses

Globalisation and an increased demand for competitive advantage have caused the contemporary HR department to face additional pressure to provide strategic value to the organization. To do so, the HR department must integrate with overall business strategy and continually monitor both the internal and external environments in which the organization operates. This thesis focuses on identifying these internal organizational factors and external environmental factors, and exploring how these factors can affect the implementation and management of a new HR department within an already established organization.

Given the unique position of the researcher, who is currently solely responsible for the establishment …

Antitrust, Consumer Protection, And The New Information Platforms, Mark R. Patterson

Faculty Scholarship

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Contextualization Shadow Conversations, James J. Brudney

Faculty Scholarship

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2017 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi), Risd Design Guild

RISD Yearbooks

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The Function Of Drosophila Larval Class Iv Dendritic Arborization Sensory Neurons In The Larval-Pupal Transition Is Separable From Their Function In Mechanical Nociception Responses, Hannah E. Brown, Trishna Desai, Allison J. Murphy, Harshida Pancholi, Eric C. Liebl

Faculty Publications

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Integrating Community Assembly And Biodiversity To Better Understand Ecosystem Function: The Community Assembly And The Functioning Of Ecosystems (Cafe) Approach, Katherine H. Bannar‐Martin, Colin T. Kremer, S.K. Morgan Ernest, Mathew A. Leibold, Harald Auge, Jonathan Chase, Steven A.J. Declerck, Nico Eisenhauer, Stanley Harpole, Helmut Hillebrand, Forest Isbell, Thomas Koffel, Stefano Larsen, Anita Narwani, Jana S. Petermann, Christiane Roscher, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Sarah R. Supp

Faculty Publications

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Skills And Knowledge For Data-Intensive Environmental Research, Stephanie E. Hampton, Matthew B. Jones, Leah A. Wasser, Mark P. Schildhauer, Sarah R. Supp

Faculty Publications

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Special Agent Ricin: The Making Of A Scientific Blockbuster, Joy Udoh

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Rigorous Innovation: How Neuroscience Shapes Our View Of Creativity, Emma Hahn

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Venturing Into The Unknown: The First Human Head Transplant, Christine Craddock

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Diy Genetics: The Ethics Of Crispr, Leah Treidler

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Gut Check: How Microbiome Research Is Reshaping Our View Of Bacteria In Human Health, Rachel Reardon

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Dr. Chie Sakakibara: Collaborative Research With The Iñupiaq People In Utqiagvik, Alaska, Lauren Rhodes

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Revisiting A Forgotten Epidemic: West Africa’S Largest Ebola Outbreak Three Years Later, Jayla Johnson

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Crossword Corner, Rachel Dan

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Paul Rich: Building Offshore Windfields, Monica Dix

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Curious Case Of The Reindeer In The Tundra, Eleda Fernald

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Whale You At? The Influence Of Solar Storms On Frequency Of Whale Strandings In The North Sea, Gaby Sarri-Tobar

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Painting The Inner Landscape Of The Mind: Exploring The Mental Maps Of Memory And Imagination Through Science And Literature, Ally Fulton

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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More Than Just A Dream: Understanding The Mechanics And Neuroscience Of Dreaming From Inception, Jayla Johnson

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Falling Into A State Deeper Than Sleep: How Melatonin Affects The Body, Carson Mccann

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Redirecting Zika: A Treatment For Brain Cancer?, Rachael Branscomb

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Assessment Of Usda-Nrcs Rangeland Conservation Programs: Recommendation For An Evidence-Based Conservation Platform, David D. Briske, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Joel R. Brown, Mark W. Brunson, Thomas L. Thurow, John Tanaka

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

The Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) was created in response to a request from the Office of Management and Budget that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA- NRCS) document the societal benefits anticipated to accrue from a major increase in conservation funding authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill. A comprehensive evaluation of the efficacy of rangeland conservation practices cost- shared with private landowners was unable to evaluate conservation benefits because outcomes were seldom documented. Four interrelated suppositions are presented to examine the causes underlying minimal documentation of conservations outcomes. These suppositions are (1) the benefits of …

Payments For Carbon Sequestration To Alleviate Development Pressure In A Rapidly Urbanizing Region, Jordan Smith, Monica A. Dorning, Douglas A. Shoemaker, Andréanne Méley, Lauren Nicole Dupéy, Ross K. Meentemeyer

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine individuals’ willingness to enroll in voluntary payments for carbon sequestration programs through the use of a discrete choice experiment delivered to forest owners living in the rapidly urbanizing region surrounding Charlotte, North Carolina. We examined forest owners’ willingness to enroll in payments for carbon sequestration policies under different levels of financial incentives (annual revenue), different contract lengths and different program administrators (e.g., private companies versus a state or federal agency). We also examined the influence forest owners’ sense of place had on their willingness to enroll in hypothetical programs. Our results showed …