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Students Represented At 'Meet The Authors' Session, Lisa Martinat

GWU-Today

Thursday, Nov. 16, the Library Committee hosted an event to introduce Gardner-Webb students that are published authors. Pam Cooper and Jen Guberman were featured.

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Deflection, Disassociation, & Acknowledgement: A Content Analysis Of The 2011-2014 Media Framing Of Hydraulic Fracturing And Oklahoma Earthquakes, Alicia Mason, Catherine Hooey, James Triplett

Faculty Submissions

In June of 2014, geologists reported that, for the first time, more earthquakes greater than magnitude 3.0 occurred in Oklahoma than in California [Terry-Cobo, 2014]. In Oklahoma, the frequency of earthquakes that are strong enough to be felt has increased 44 times in recent years and this has been correlated to a dramatic increase in high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing (HVHHF) operations [Hume, 2014]. The aims of this study are: (1) to determine how hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, and Oklahoma earthquakes are framed by print-based media at the local, national, and international levels; (2) to understand how the association between …

The Cost Of Experiencing Everyday Legal Problems Related To Social Assistance, Lisa Moore, Ab Currie, Nicole Aylwin, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Quinlin Gilbert-Walters, Paul Di Libero

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

Experiencing a civil or family justice problem in Canada can come at a significant price. Outside of the monetary legal costs that Canadians incur when trying to resolve serious civil and family justice problems, many Canadians also pay for legal problems with high stress, emotional health problems and physical health problems. In addition, serious civil and family justice problems have also been shown to cause or exacerbate other family, personal and social problems and result in significant temporal costs that often come in the form of lost opportunity, reduced productivity, and reduced time and energy for building and maintaining family …

Wandering Wheels Newsletter, December 2017, Wandering Wheels

Wandering Wheels Newsletter

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Voluntary Changes In Accounting Principle: Literature Review, Descriptive Data, And Opportunities For Future Research, Marsha B. Keune, Timothy M. Keune, Linda C. Quick

Accounting Faculty Publications

Voluntary changes in accounting principle represent explicit and fundamental decisions by managers to exercise accounting discretion. This paper develops an organizing framework to review prior literature on voluntary changes, provides descriptive insights on contemporary changes, and identifies opportunities for future research on voluntary changes. The voluntary change literature is robust and has examined many questions using data prior to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). We find that contemporary voluntary changes often vary across the pre-SOX, post-SOX, and post-SFAS No. 154 periods by the materiality of their income effect, issue type, and justifications provided by managers, suggesting that manager use …

Letter To Kelly, John Lande

Faculty Blogs

This is a letter I wrote to someone who was about to start law school. I advised keeping focused on their goals and how best to achieve them. I cautioned about portrayals of lawyers on TV and in the movies. I warned about the “hidden curriculum” which creates misimpressions by focusing on appellate cases. I encouraged them to remember what it is like to be a “normal” person, a perspective they may forget after being initiated in the legal tribe. I advised trying to see the world through others’ eyes.

The Echo: December 1, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Tree lighting set for Sunday – Public professionals – Dressing for December – Purple poll – Another ship set to sail – Bree’s Beat international News – Students reflect on Puerto Rican crisis – The Branch: More than just coffee dates – No, there will not be a study guide for this – Dead before dead week – Party in Marion like its 1817 – President passes new purple palette – Sumo wrestling with Santa in Gerig – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Sing Noel Comes to Town – Shout to the Lord, all the earth – Film …

Linkages Among Population, Food Production, And The Environment At Multiple Scales, Daniel Ervin Ph.D., Daniel López-Carr Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Human population, its number and distribution on our planet, has a seemingly direct linkage to how much food we consume and how we practice agriculture. How this population-foodenvironment interface manifests across the globe is complex, non-linear, and both local- and scale-dependent. This essay is an overview of the population-food-environment nexus, providing recent history and statistics on these processes at several crude scales. We include a discussion of theory, review different drivers of the population-food-environment processes, provide a global overview of population and agricultural statistics from 1970 to 2010, and discuss trends and implications for Latin America, as well as some …

Re-Engineering Nigeria’S Foreign Policy In The Post-Military Era: Olusegun Obasanjo’S Presidency And Nigeria’S African Foreign Policy, Isiaka Alani Badmus Ph.D., ’Dele Ogunmola Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This article explores Nigeria’s current foreign policy under the Fourth Republic (May 1999- ). It investigates the gamut of events surrounding Nigeria’s foreign policy-making and practice since independence (1960) and how this compares with the Obasanjo (1999-2007) administration’s efforts at foreign policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria’s recently hard-won recognition in the international system after 16 years of military authoritarianism. The paper argues that the Obasanjo administration was a success given the range of domestic and international issues that the administration was able to address. The article supports this by focusing on the main issues in the life of the …

Adopting The Principles Of Universal Design Into International And Global Studies’ Programs And Curriculum, Kimberley Brown Ph.D., Rosa Dene David Ma, Shawn C. Smallman Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

The ideals of universal design have profoundly impacted instruction, policy, and infrastructure in course architecture and design within elementary education and at some universities. Within international and global studies, however, these principles have not deeply affected either pedagogy or scholarship despite the fact that classes in international studies may include more international students and third culture kids1 than classes in other programs. Instead, in North America (as well as in much of Latin America and Europe), the current pedagogical model calls for students either to develop strategies on their own to succeed in class or to self-identify with documented disabilities …

Role Of Intermediary Recruiters In Higher Education Preparation: Perceptions Of Nepalese Students In The United States, Krishna Bista Ed.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Higher education in the United States has long been attractive to international students. International students from many countries seek the assistance of recruiters or educational agents when collecting information about colleges and college application in preparation for studying abroad. This study examines how educational agents facilitate Nepalese students in their U.S. higher education preparation. The author analyzes survey and interview data from 112 Nepalese students to investigate the experiences and issues Nepalese students typically face when preparing to study abroad and the ways in which educational agents are utilized to mitigate those issues. Results suggest that Nepalese students use educational …

Edwards, D. Caravan Of Martyrs: Sacrifice And Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan. Berkeley: University Of California Press, 2017., Homayun Sidky Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Manzenreiter, W. And Holthus, B. (Eds.). Happiness And The Good Life In Japan. New York: Routledge, 2017., Ilana Maymind Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Hancock, J.F. Plantation Crops, Plunder And Power: Evolution And Exploitation. London And New York: Routledge, 2017., James H. Mcdonald Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Jie Yang, J. (Ed.). The Political Economy Of Affect And Emotion In East Asia. London And New York: Routledge, 2014., Sharon R. Wesocky Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Crehan, K. Gramsci’S Common Sense: Inequality And Its Narratives. Durham, Nc: Duke University Press, 2016., Faisal Chaudhry Jd, Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Fitzgerald, R., & Rowley, C. (Eds.). The Evolution Of Multinationals From Japan And The Asia Pacific: Comparing International Business Japan, Korean, China, India. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2017., George M. Poluse

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Shakir, F. The Iraqi Federation: Origin, Operation And Significance. Abingdon: Routledge, 2017., Autumn Cockrell-Abdullah

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Rehbein, B. Society In Contemporary Laos: Capitalism, Habitus And Belief. New York, Ny. Routledge, 2017., Julie Bridges

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Vanden, H.E., Funke, P.N. & Prevost, G. (Eds.). The New Global Politics: Global Social Movements In The Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge, 2017., Shirin Saeidi Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Shinno, Reiko. The Politics Of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule. London: Routledge, 2016., Tarique Niazi Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Improving Function And Fatigue For A Patient Status Post Thoracoabdominal Resection Of A Gastric Tumor And Chemotherapy: A Case Report, Michala Williams

Case Report Posters

A gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), a type of stomach cancer, occurs when abnormal cells develop in the tissue of the gastrointestinal tract. Stomach cancer is a relatively rare carcinoma that is often not detected until later stages. The purpose of this case report was to document the physical therapy approach for a deconditioned patient due to resection of a malignant stomach tumor and both neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy.

Adult Scoliosis And Chronic Low Back Pain With Land And Aquatic Based Physical Therapy: A Case Report, Thomas Kent

Case Report Papers

Background and Purpose: Scoliosis is commonly an idiopathic condition that occurs in approximately 2-3% of the population and is defined by a lateral spinal curvature of greater than 10 degrees. Common symptoms associated with scoliosis include decreased pulmonary function and chronic spinal pain. Depending on the degree of curvature bracing or surgery may be required. The purpose of this case study is to evaluate the effects of an aquatic and land based exercise program on an adult with severe, untreated, early onset scoliosis. Case Description: The patient was a 55-year-old female with a history of scoliosis and recent onset of …

Steger, M.B. & Wahlrab, A. What Is Global Studies? Theory And Practice. New York, Ny: Routledge, 2016., Anas Alahmed

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Longo, S., Clausen, R. & Clark, B. The Tragedy Of The Commodity: Oceans, Fisheries And Aquaculture. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2015., Tarique Niazi Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

A Summer At Azavea Working With Nonprofit Organizations: The Summer Of Maps Fellowship, Sarah Gates

Sustainability and Social Justice

This report details my experience as a Summer of Maps Fellow at Azavea during June 2017 to August 2017. As a Summer of Maps Fellow I worked with nonprofit organizations, the Fair Tech Collective and the World Resources Institute, on two geospatial analysis projects. For the Fair Tech Collective I analyzed data on refinery flaring pollution, air toxin concentrations, and sensitive receptor populations to produce a series of maps and infographics detailing the impacts of petrochemical pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area. For the World Resources Institute I used data-driven methods to analyze conservation efforts in the Central African …

Greening The Gateway Cities: Summer Internship With The Clark University Human Environment Regional Observatory (Hero) And Massachusetts Department Of Conservation And Recreation (Dcr), Zhiwen Zhu

Sustainability and Social Justice

This report provides a detailed account of my internship experience with the Clark University Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in the summer of 2017. This internship concerns the urban tree health assessment in three ‘Greening the Gateway’ cities in Massachusetts. During the internship, I conducted tree survey field work, database management, mapping, tree survey data analysis and urban tree plantation benefits microclimate simulation. During the internship I worked with the professors and students at Clark University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the staff from Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Worcester Tree …

Illuminator, Volume 1, Issue 3, Batten College Of Engineering & Technology

College of Engineering & Technology Newsletter

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

Educational Leadership Newsletter December 2017, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Musings from the Chair
• Southern Maine Partnership Update
• Spring 2018 Upcoming Events
• Thinking About Internship in 2018-2018?
• Spring 2018 Schedule

Fyla Newsletter, Issue 5, December 2017, Oberlin College Libraries

Notes from your First Year Library Advisor

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