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Geography Of Russia, John A. Morrison

Naval War College Review

There seem to be two points about the U. S. S. R. concerning which there is rather general agreement: 1. It covers a lot of territory; and 2. The regime that governs it is an evil thing with intentions toward our team that are not exactly charitable.

"The Geography Of The Globe" Bibliography, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

The Geography Of The Globe, Fred E. Bakutis

Naval War College Review

Your intensive course of study here at the War College begins and ends on a global note. Today, we shall take a brief look at some of the more prominent patterns of our global environment. We shall also examine a few of their more obvious implications.

Cultural Flora Of City Of Gulistan, L.A Botirova, M Oltiboeva

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

In this article it is described cultural flora of Gulistan city, in flora 44 families of developed plants and 118 kinds of 95 species can be met and there is information about their life forms.

Issue 311: September 13-27, 2018, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Cryptic Diversity In The North American Dromochorus Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae): A Congruence-Based Method For Species Discovery, Daniel P. Duran, David P. Herrman, Stephen J. Roman, Rodger A. Gwiazdowski, Jennifer A. Drummond, Glen R. Hood, Scott P. Egan

School of Earth & Environment Departmental Research

A fundamental problem in biodiversity science is determining the number of species in any taxon, and there is a growing awareness that cryptic diversity contributes to this problem – even in well-studied groups. Discovering cryptic species requires several lines of evidence to elucidate congruent patterns across data-types, and distinguish unrecognized species. Tiger beetles are among the most well-studied insect groups; yet few new North American species have been described since the mid-20th century, suggesting that that the number of morphologically distinct species is reaching an asymptote. We explore the possibility that more species exist in the fauna as cryptic species, …

Volume 56, Number 5: September 12, 2018, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Programming For The Web: From Soup To Nuts: Implementing A Complete Gis Web Page Using Html5, Css, Javascript, Node.Js, Mongodb, And Open Layers., Charles W. Kann Iii

Open Educational Resources

This book is designed to be used as a class text but should be easily accessible to programmers interested in Web Programming. It should even be accessible to an advanced hobbyist.

The original goal behind this text was to help students doing research with me in Web based mapping applications, generally using Open Layers. The idea was to provide persistent storage using REST and simple http request from JavaScript to store the data on a server.

When teaching this class, I became painfully aware of just how little students know about Web Programming. They did not know how to format …

Assessing Ppgis Usability And Its Relationship To Spatial Data Production: A Case Study, Timothy Michael Hitchins

Dissertations and Theses

Modern Geoweb-enabled PPGIS methodologies incorporate interactive map applications as the main driver for public engagement and data collection. However, little research explores exactly how the public interact with these applications to produce spatial data, a fact that contributes to criticisms of final data quality. Usability evaluation offers a solution for developing better PPGIS data production systems by identifying problems in the application interface for which the public engage. Drawing on a case study example of a PPGIS application developed to collect socio-spatial data from members of a random public, this paper addresses usability in a three-stage approach. First, controlled experimentation …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Suitability Of Active And Intelligent Packaging For Local And Organic Food – A Case Study In Southern Finland, Sara Paunonen, Marja Pitkänen, Mika Vähä-Nissi, Ville Leminen, Mika Kainusalmi

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

This study explores the suitability of innovative packaging for local and organic food. Attitudes and opinions in local and organic food chains in Southern Finland were collected via eighteen semi-structural interviews. The respondents were small-scale producers and processors of fish, meat, berries, and mushrooms, wholesalers, retailers, and institutional kitchens. The aim of this study was to understand factors promoting and preventing the penetration of innovative packaging solutions into the organic and local food market. A clear majority (89%) of respondents considered active and intelligent solutions to be equally suitable for local and organic food as for conventional food. However, less …

University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For September 11, 2018, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93 [94], No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Zeige, Nicole. Detailing Student Government Association President’s Lawsuit Against WKU – Andi Dahmer
• Singleton, John. We Got Caged – Cage the Elephant
• Breu, Natasha. New Technology in Dorms Keeps Track of Housing Services
• Hicks, Amelia. Former Professor & Civil Rights Activist Dies at 83 – Alan Anderson
• Dobbs, Jack. Student Government Association President Prepares for a Challenging Year – Stephen Mayer
• Maliciously Untrue? Saving Face? – Andi Dahmer
• Coyle, Cameron. The Nun Largely Disappoints with Cheap Scares
• Cage the Elephant on Stage
• Fletcher, Griffin. Rite …

Sea Squad, Liam Geary Baulch

The Goose

The Sea Squad is a band of cheerleaders against climate change. Taking action as a team in formation, they gather momentum, inviting all people to cheer with them, mimicking the infinitely expandable nature of the seas' molecular structure. The work was developed and performed as a bilingual project at Est-Nord-Est in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada, and has since been performed and exhibited internationally. The following poems are some of the chants that Sea Squad use to get a crowd cheering together against climate change.

The Influence Of Political Ideology And Socioeconomic Vulnerability On Perceived Health Risks Of Heat Waves In The Context Of Climate Change, Matthew J. Cutler, Jennifer R. Marlon, Peter D. Howe, Anthony Leiserowitz

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

Vulnerability and resilience to extreme weather hazards are a function of diverse physical, social, and psychological factors. Previous research has focused on individual factors that influence public perceptions of hazards, such as politics, ideology, and cultural worldviews, as well as on socioeconomic and demographic factors that affect geographically based vulnerability, environmental justice, and community resilience. Few studies have investigated individual socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in public risk perceptions of the health hazards associated with extreme heat events, which are now increasing due to climate change. This study uses multilevel statistical modeling to investigate individual- and geographic-level (e.g., census tract level …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern included in EDsmart’s list of 30 Most Affordable Online Master’s Programs

• Georgia Southern and Hinesville Development Authority to build business incubator, funded by $1.5 million in grants

• New administrator appointments in Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

• Georgia Southern University celebrates Latino Heritage Month

Subprime Mortgage Loans And Today's American Economy, Samantha Kay Nelums

Culture, Society, and Praxis

This paper analyzes a recent economical phenomena that is occurring to minorities and low-income Americans. Subprime mortgage loans have caused many eager homeowners to borrow money from risky lenders. Little do these borrowers know, the lenders have manipulated their lending deals to cause borrowers to pay high interest rates. Certain groups have been targeted by subprime mortgage loan practices, I expand on these practices as well. I also tie in the global economy and how global investors are investing in subprime mortgage loans. Global investors are also being effected by borrowers not having the funds to pay their mortgage loans. …

Inside America: An Analysis Of The Capitalistic Domination Of Mexican Farmworkers, Shamaila Ali Taj

Culture, Society, and Praxis

The following essay is a collection of the how the American ideal affects me and Mexican immigrant farmworkers. I analyze capitalism’s role in the creation and hindrance of the agricultural labor community. Also I discuss various historical events and individuals that have been a part of the “Americanization” process and its effects. I present the health exposures and the Federal Laws established in respect to the safety of the farmworkers. I also discuss my involvement in and purpose of The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS). And lastly, I analyze how Critical Race Theory …

Roman Britain To Germanic England: A Settlement Study Of Military Sites In Northern England From Ad 300 – 600, Bronwynn Meredydd Lloyd

Culture, Society, and Praxis

The Late-Roman/Anglo-Saxon transition has been heavily debated for the last twenty years. A hard and fast line has been drawn between the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods leaving an impression of a cataclysmic end to the Roman occupation and a forceful takeover by Germanic tribes. Lloyd analyzes in this well researched piece prevalent interpretations of the settlement layout and building construction offered for the military settlements of Catterick, York, and Birdoswald in Northern England. The author contends that to understand the transition it is necessary to pay attention to the development of a distinct Romano-British population that emerged during the period …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (September 10, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Intercultural Coworker Relationships (Icors) In The Global Workplace: A Grounded Theory Study, Jennifer L. Morton

Dissertations

Previous research supports what employees intuitively sense: peers make the place (Chiaburu & Harrison, 2008; Schneider, 1987). Extant research suggests coworker relationships have critical influence on outcomes ranging from turnover (Felps, Mitchell, Hekman, Lee, Holtom, & Harman, 2009) to creativity (Homan, Buengeler, Eckhoff, van Ginkel, & Voelpel, 2015) to organizational commitment (Viswesvaran & Ones, 2002) to employee health and well-being (Heaphy & Dutton, 2008). Despite the increase of Intercultural COworker Relationships (ICORs), particularly in multinational firms in the technology industry, research has yet to examine what defines coworker relationship quality in the presence of national cultural differences. In other words, …

Immigration And Environment In The U.S.: A Spatial Study Of Air Quality, Guizhen Ma, Erin Trouth Hofmann

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Environmental consequences are frequently cited as a justification for restricting immigration to the United States, but there is little empirical research on the environmental consequences of immigration to support such arguments. The research that does exist shows immigration to be less environmentally harmful than native population growth, but is hampered by small samples and fails to account for spatial autocorrelation of air quality. We use the air quality domain of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Quality Index (EQI) to examine the association between immigrant and native populations and local air quality across all counties in the continental U.S. We employ …

Poems From The Arctic Circle, Diana Woodcock

The Goose

Poetry by Diana Woodcock.

Joint Primare And Uk&Chn|Core Summer School Programme: Hydrodynamic Modelling And Well-Being In Engineering, C Perez-Collazo

More Faculty of Science and Engineering Research

This is the Programme of the joint PRIMaRE and UK&CNH|CORE Summer School

Understanding Spatiotemporal Growth Of Ride Source Services In New York City, Lorenzo Roland Varone

Master's Theses

Ride source is among the fastest growing services in the transportation sector. While the service initially served a niche market, ridership has boomed in recent years. Daily ride source pickups in New York City have increased from about 60,400 pickups in January 2015 to about 550,000 pickups in December 2017, an 810% increase. Even though ride source broke into the transportation landscape almost seven years ago, research studying its effects has been stunted by the limited open source data made available by TNCs. In order to help city officials make smart policy decisions regarding ride source, transportation experts must continue …

Sustainable Safety And The Decreasing Vulnerability Of Cyclists And Pedestrians In The Netherlands: Lessons For The United States, Vannesa Kello

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Disequilibrium, Adaptation, And The Norse Settlement Of Greenland, Rowan Jackson, Jette Arneborg, Andrew Dugmore, Christian Madsen, Tom Mcgovern, Konrad Smiarowski, Richard Streeter

Publications and Research

There is increasing evidence to suggest that arctic cultures and ecosystems have followed non-linear responses to climate change. Norse Scandinavian farmers introduced agriculture to sub-arctic Greenland in the late tenth century, creating synanthropic landscapes and utilising seasonally abundant marine and terrestrial resources. Using a niche-construction framework and data from recent survey work, studies of diet, and regional-scale climate proxies we examine the potential mismatch between this imported agricultural niche and the constraints of the environment from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries. We argue that landscape modification conformed the Norse to a Scandinavian style of agriculture throughout settlement, structuring and …

Observed Differences Between Near-Surface Air And Skin Temperatures Using Satellite And Ground-Based Data, Satya Prakash, Farjana Shati, Hamidreza Norouzi, Reginald Blake

Publications and Research

Accurate estimates of long-term land surface temperature (T_s) and near-surface air temperature (T_a) at finer spatio-temporal resolutions are crucial for surface energy budget studies, for environmental applications, for land surface model data assimilation, and for climate change assessment and its associated impacts. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors onboard the Aqua satellite provide a unique opportunity to estimate both temperatures twice daily at the global scale. In this study, differences between T_a and T_s were assessed locally over regions of North America from 2009 to 2013 …

Four Poems, Tanis Macdonald

The Goose

Poetry by Tanis MacDonald.

Exploration Of Social Studies Teachers’ Experiences Of Reading Practices: A Phenomenological Study, İlhan İlter

The Qualitative Report

In this phenomenological study, I aimed to describe the perceptions of social studies teachers’ lived experiences about their reading practices that may have influence on the development of students’ reading comprehension. Data were collected from interviews and handwritten interview notes were analyzed by using qualitative data analysis. Sixteen middle school social studies teachers were recruited in different schools in a city in Turkey for this study. Three themes emerged from the data analysis in the study: reading comprehension skills and strategies, teaching practices and instructional practices. The results of this study yielded two findings: first, the majority of the teachers …