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Spoon Collection, Shannon Meyer

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

These are the spoons that my great grandmother and mother collected.

Thinking About The Coding Process In Qualitative Data Analysis, Victoria Elliott

The Qualitative Report

Coding is a ubiquitous part of the qualitative research process, but it is often under-considered in research methods training and literature. This article explores a number of questions about the coding process which are often raised by beginning researchers, in the light of the recommendations of methods textbooks and the factors which contribute to an answer to these questions. I argue for a conceptualisation of coding as a decision-making process, in which decisions about aspects of coding such as density, frequency, size of data pieces to be coded, are all made by individual researchers in line with their methodological background, …

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Interviewing: Going Beyond Semi-Structured Formats To Help Participants Revisit Experience, Alexandra A. Lauterbach

The Qualitative Report

Phenomenological research traditionally involves multiple focused interviews that rely on the participants’ memories and reflections to revisit experiences. There are many other interview formats that have the potential to support participants in this process by instead engaging with the phenomenon as it presents itself to their consciousness. In this paper, I present an example of how multiple interview formats, including think-aloud, stimulated recall, and semi-structured were used in a hermeneutic phenomenology study exploring expert teachers’ perceptions of teaching literacy within their content area to secondary students with learning disabilities. I provide example protocols in which I used multiple interview formats …

Chemical Weathering Across The Western Foreland Of The Greenland Ice Sheet, Kelly M. Deuerling, Jonathan B. Martin, Ellen E. Martin, Jakob Abermann, Sille Marie Myreng, Dorthe Petersen, Åsa K. Rennermalm

Geography and Geology Faculty Publications

Proglacial streams deliver melt water and chemical weathering products, including nutrients and radiogenic isotopes, from continental ice sheets to the ocean. Weathering products are also delivered to the ocean in non-glacial streams that form following ice sheet retreat and are disconnected from ice sheet meltwater by hydrologic divides. If weathering reactions differ in non-glacial and proglacial stream catchments, the streams could deliver different types and magnitudes of solutes to the ocean, depending on relative discharge volumes. Unlike proglacial streams, however, little is known of non-glacial stream solute compositions or discharge. Here we show specific discharges are similar from a …

Fieldnote 3: A Black Woman's Critical Pedagogy, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

Background history on my coming to understand education as a liberatory pursuit. I discuss my history of learning about education from liberation as a sociology major and my study of Septima P. Clark and citizenship education.

Fieldnote 4: The Hate You Give, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

My reflections on the movie "The Hate You Give" and Black Girls' Trauma

The Age Of Ambergris., Steven John Rowland, Paul Andrew Sutton, Timothy D.J. Knowles

More Faculty of Science and Engineering Research

Ambergris, which is a coprolith originating from the sperm whale, has been found only rarely, but for centuries, as jetsam on beaches all over the world. There are no reliable data indicating how long such samples may have remained at sea, with unsubstantiated accounts suggesting maybe decades. Here, we obtained over forty jetsam samples, many collected on known dates, from mostly known beach locations across the globe. Such an inventory of verified jetsam ambergris is unprecedented. Each sample was characterised by analytical methods such as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). We then determined the radiocarbon ages of some of the samples …

Distributed Electric Propulsion Conceptual Design Applied To Traditional Aircraft Take Off Distance Through Multidisciplinary Design, Kevin Ray Moore

Theses and Dissertations

While vertical takeoff and landing aircraft show promise for urban air transport, distributed electric propulsion on existing aircraft may offer an immediately implementable alternative. Dis- tributed electric propulsion has the potential of increasing the aircraft thrust-to-weight ratio and lift coefficient high enough to enable takeoff distances of less than 100 meters. While fuel based propulsion technologies generally increase in specific power with increasing size, electric propul- sion typically can be decreased in size without a decrease in specific power. The smaller but highly power-dense propulsion units enable alternative designs including many small units, optionally powered units, and vectored thrust from …

Contextual Fear Memory Modulates Psd95 Phosphorylation, Ampar Subunits, Pkmζ And Pi3k Differentially Between Adult And Juvenile Rats, Roseanna M. Zanca, Shirley Sanay, Jorge A. Avila, Edgar Rodriguez, Harry N. Shair, Peter A. Serrano

Publications and Research

It is well known that young organisms do not maintain memories as long as adults, but the mechanisms for this ontogenetic difference are undetermined. Previous work has revealed that the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4isoxazolepropionic acidreceptor (AMPAr)subunits aretraffickedinto the synaptic membranefollowing memory retrieval in adults. Additionally, phosphorylated PSD-95-pS295 promotes AMPAr stabilization at the synapse. We investigated these plasticity related proteins as potential mediators in the differential contextual stress memory retrieval capabilities observed between adult and juvenile rats. Rats were assigned to either pedestal stress (1h) or no stress control (home cage). Each animal was placed alone in an open field for 5minat the base …

International Children's Movies: A Review Of The Last Thirty Years, Joshua Matthews

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"If you watch a movie a week, here’s a good three months’ worth of the best recent international children’s movies."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the best of children's movies from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/international-childrens-movies-a-review-of-the-last-thirty-years/

Churches Pt. 7 (M-N)

Bulloch County Papers

This is the digital Churches pt. 7 folder, from the Statesboro-Bulloch County Public Library's Public History Files. The newspaper clippings that make up the folder are from the Statesboro Herald Newspaper or its predecessors.

Equalization Of Four Cardiovascular Risk Algorithms After Systematic Recalibration: Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis Of 86 Prospective Studies, Lisa Pennells, Stephen Kaptoge, Angela Wood, Mike Sweeting, Xiaohui Zhao, Ian White, Stephen Burgess, Peter Willeit, Thomas Bolton, Karel G. M. Moons, Yvonne T. Van Der Schouw, Randi Selmer, Kay-Tee Khaw, Vilmundur Gudnason, Gerd Assman, Philippe Amouyel, Veikko Salomaa, Mika Kivimaki, Borge G. Nordestgaard, Michael J. Blaha, Lewis H. Kuller, Hermann Brenner, Richard F. Gillum, Christa Meisinger, Ian Ford, Matthew W. Knuiman, Annika Rosengren, Debbie A. Lawlor, Henry Volzke, Cyrus Cooper, Alejandro Marin Ibañez, Edoardo Casiglia, Jussi Kauhanen, Jackie A. Cooper, Beatriz Rodriguez, Johan Sundstrom, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Rachel Dankner, Paul J. Nietert, Karina W. Davidson, Robert B. Wallace, Dan G. Blazer, Cecilia Bjorkelund, Chiara Donfrancesco, Harlan M. Krumholz, Aulikki Nissinen, Barry R. Davis, Sean Coady, Peter H. Whincup, Torben Jorgensen, Pierre Ducimetiere, Maurizo Trevisan, Gunnar Engstrom, Carlos J. Crespo, Tom W. Meade, Marjolein Visser, Daan Kromhout, Stefan Kiechl, Makoto Daimon, Jackie F. Price, Agustin Gomez De La Camara, J. Wouter Jukema, Benoit Lamarche, Altan Onat, Leon A. Simons, Maryam Kavousi, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, John Gallacher, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Hisatomi Arima, Nawar Shara, Robert W. Tipping, Ronan Roussel, Eric J. Brunner, Wolfgang Koenig, Masaru Sakurai, Jelena Pavlovic, Ron T. Gansevoort, Dorothea Nagel, Uri Goldbourt, Elizabeth L. M. Barr, Luigi Palmieri, Inger Njolstad, Shinichi Sato, W. M. Monique Verschuren, Cherian V. Varghese, Ian Graham, Oyere Onuma, Philip Greenland, Mark Woodward, Majid Ezzati, Bruce M. Psaty, Naveed Sattar, Rod Jackson, Paul M. Ridker, Nancy R. Cook, Ralph B. D'Agostino Sr., Simone G. Thompson, John Danesh, Emanuele Di Angelantonio

Publications and Research

Aims: There is debate about the optimum algorithm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk estimation. We conducted head-to-head comparisons of four algorithms recommended by primary prevention guidelines, before and after ‘recalibration’, a method that adapts risk algorithms to take account of differences in the risk characteristics of the populations being studied.

Methods & Results: Using individual-participant data on 360737 participants without CVD at baseline in 86 prospective studies from 22 countries, we compared the Framingham risk score (FRS), Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), pooled cohort equations (PCE), and Reynolds risk score (RRS). We calculated measures of risk discrimination and calibration, and …

Identification And Characterization Of Early Photoreceptor Cis-Regulatory Elements And Their Relation To Onecut1, Nathalie Jean-Charles, Diego F. Buenaventura, Mark M. Emerson

Publications and Research

Background: Cone and rod photoreceptors are two of the primary cell types affected in human retinal disease. Potential strategies to combat these diseases are the use of gene therapy to rescue compromised photoreceptors or to generate new functional photoreceptors to replace those lost in the diseased retina. Cis-regulatory elements specific to cones, rods, or both types of photoreceptors are critical components of successful implementation of these two strategies. The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize the cell type specificity and activity of cis-regulatory elements active in developing photoreceptors.

Methods: Cis-regulatory elements were introduced into the developing chicken …

The Complementarity Of Human Capital And Language Capital In Foreign Direct Investment, P Konara, Y Wei

Plymouth Business School

Integrating the literature on language-MNEs (multinational enterprises) in international business and economic theory of human capital (HC), we establish an analytical framework to systematically examine how HC and language capital (LC) jointly determine foreign direct investment (FDI). We contend that the extent to which MNEs can leverage HC in a host country for FDI depends on LC. Based on an extensive bilateral dataset covering 3315 country pairs during 1995–2008, we reveal clear evidence on the moderating role played by LC in HC-FDI relationship and such evidence is robust to different measures used for different variables, the inclusion of more control …

Book Review: Theory For The Working Sociologist, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Hippie Roundup, Rebecca Smith

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

RS: All right, this is with my dad Miles Brown on 11/22.

MB: While I was at Utah State [pause] there was quite a movement by people that were protesting the war in Vietnam. And, there was a group of these people, mostly students, who decided to have a campout on the quad to protest the United States’ involvement in the war in Vietnam. And they happened to pick the Friday night to stage their protest that the rodeo club was having their annual rodeo. And after the rodeo was over, some of the cowboys rode out onto the quad …

Broken Pelvis - According To Her, Rebecca Smith

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

RS: This is with Rachel on whatever Thanksgiving day is.

RP: [enthusiastically] So, as the story goes, Zeke and I were dating, and, I don’t I, I think it was in January.

RS: I think so too.

RP: Yeah because I think we had gone back up to school after Christmas break.

RS: Cause I remember-

RP: It was January [RS: yeah] now that I think about it, yeah and uhh, we were looking for something to do you know you want to go on a date but you’re college kids and you don’t have a lot of money and …

Broken Pelvis - According To Him, Rebecca Smith

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

RS: So this is with Zeke Post on 11/22 and this is his side of the story [laughing while talking].

ZP: So what happened [pause]? Is that, is that what you’re talking about [asked a little aggressively].

RS: Yeah I want to hear what you remembered happened.

ZP: Ok so we were, so we were on a date, I love sledding, loved sledding in high school I love sliding down hills on tubes. In fact I always thought everybody loves skiing, but skiing is so expensive so I grew to love sledding and I was on a date with Rachel …

Pht - Putting Hubby Through, Rebecca Smith

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

RS: This is with Jerri Brown on umm, 11/22.

JB: Ok, so, Miles and I were married in 1969 and instantly went up to Utah State, where he had two years left and umm, we lived in a little basement apartment. I worked at Baugh Motel in the reception, office and he worked for varsity, umm, cleaners and cleaned the telephone ahh, building, but anyways so I was probably the most finical support although he had grants and we did have student loans so, yeah, that’s how we made it. Anyway [said enthusiastically]! So, it was a tradition then that …

Create Better Health: A Practical Approach To Improving Cooking Skills And Food Security, Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, Casey Coombs, Jaqueline Neid-Avila, Jeffrey Chipman, Sara Nelson, Leslie Rowley, Heidi Leblanc

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Low-income individuals are at a higher risk for food insecurity, certain chronic diseases, and poor dietary intake as compared to their higher-income counterparts. As a result, it is essential that low-income individuals eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are provided with opportunities to advance their nutrition-related knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy. Unlike other federal nutrition assistance programs, SNAP participants receive benefits only once a month and have very few restrictions on what foods can be purchased. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is available to help SNAP-eligible individuals make healthy food choices with their SNAP benefits, incorporate physical activity …

The Logistics Of Voucher Management: The Underreported Component In Family Planning Voucher Discussions, Moazzam Ali, Madeline Farron, Syed Khurram Azmat, Waqas Hameed

Community Health Sciences

Background: The purpose of health care vouchers or coupons is to receive a health service in exchange which is fully or partially subsidized, such as any treatment offered for communicable disease; for immunization; antenatal care-/postnatal care-related maternal health services; a family planning (FP) service; or to get a health commodity like a medicine. Vouchers are targeted for a group of people who can benefit the most such as on the basis of poverty ranking, marginalized or living in rural areas. According to the World Health Organization, voucher schemes in the area of sexual and reproductive health are considered of high …

Characteristics Of Traumatic Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Presenting To Major Centers In Karachi, Pakistan-A Longitudinal Cohort Study, Minaz Mawani, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Iqbal Azam Syed, Junaid Abdul Razzak

Section of Cardiology

Background: Trauma is the leading cause of death for adults under 44 years of age. Survival after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has been reported to be poor, and its epidemiology is not well defined. A few studies have reported better survival in response to pre-hospital life-saving interventions. Currently, no published data on traumatic cardiac arrests in the field exist from low- and lower middle-income countries. We aimed to explore the epidemiology and outcomes of traumatic OHCA patients from Karachi, Pakistan. We conducted a longitudinal cohort study at emergency departments (ED) of five major public and private hospitals of the …

Cryptic Diversity In The Mexican Highlands: Thousands Of Uce Loci Help Illuminate Phylogenetic Relationships, Species Limits And Divergence Times Of Montane Rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalus ), Christopher Blair, Robert W. Bryson Jr, Charles W. Linkem, David Lazcano, John Klicka, John E. Mccormack

Publications and Research

With the continued adoption of genome‐scale data in evolutionary biology comes the challenge of adequately harnessing the information to make accurate phylogenetic inferences. Coalescent‐based methods of species tree inference have become common, and concatenation has been shown in simulation to perform well, particularly when levels of incomplete lineage sorting are low. However, simulation conditions are often overly simplistic, leaving empiricists with uncertainty regarding analytical tools. We use a large ultraconserved element data set (>3,000 loci) from rattlesnakes of the Crotalus triseriatus group to delimit lineages and estimate species trees using concatenation and several coalescent‐based methods. Unpartitioned and partitioned maximum …

Historical Perspectives & Reflections On "Matal V. Tam" And The Future Of Offensive Trademarks, Russ Versteeg

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Seek, Rachel C. Reeher

The Anthology

Editor-in-Chief

Ephesians Six, Raven Gantt

The Anthology

Assistant Editor

Slow Death, Felicia L. Chisholm

The Anthology

Prose Editor

My Streets, Justice James

The Anthology

2018 Poetry Editor

Hands, Lucy Gardner

The Anthology

No abstract provided.

Full Issue

The Anthology

This is the entirety of the 2018 Winthrop Anthology issue.