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Scripps's Murrelet At San Miguel Island, California: Status Of A Small Population At The Northwest Limit Of The Breeding Range, Darrell L. Whitworth, Harry R. Carter

Western North American Naturalist

San Miguel Island (SMI) and its adjacent islets, Prince Island and Castle Rock, support a small population of Scripps’s Murrelets (Synthliboramphus scrippsi) at the northwest limit of their breeding range. In 1994–1996, 2004, 2007, and 2015, we conducted at-sea surveys and nest searches to determine the breeding distribution and population size of the Scripps’s Murrelet at the SMI group. During at-sea vocal surveys in 1994–1996, murrelet calls were heard at 4 stations around Prince Island (43–167 calls), 2 stations off Castle Rock (6 calls and 80 calls), and 4 stations off northeast SMI (5–123 calls), but none were …

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• College of Education alum receives national recognition for administration role

• STEMFest returns with a bang, slime and even an alpaca

Curricular Changes Proposed For 2019-2021 Morris Catalog Pt.2, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, October 8, 2018, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes And Their Influence On The Ecosystem In Chengdu City, China During The Period Of 1992–2018, Xiaojuan Lin, Min Xu, Chunxiang Cao, Ramesh P. Singh, Wei Chen, Hongrun Ju

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Due to urban expansion, economic development, and rapid population growth, land use/land cover (LULC) is changing in major cities around the globe. Quantitative analysis of LULC change is important for studying the corresponding impact on the ecosystem service value (ESV) that helps in decision-making and ecosystem conservation. Based on LULC data retrieved from remote-sensing interpretation, we computed the changes of ESV associated with the LULC dynamics using the benefits transfer method and geographic information system (GIS) technologies during the period of 1992–2018 following self-modified coefficients which were corrected by net primary productivity (NPP). This improved approach aimed to establish a …

Using Digital Scholarship And Citizen Science To Reduce Lead Poisoning Risk In Indiana, Matthew L. Sisk 6317313

Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference

Lead exposure remains a prevalent public health issue in many communities. In some cases, the exposure risk comes from contaminated water, but in others it is from the legacy of lead-based paint or contaminated soils. Here, we report on recent work using digital scholarship techniques along side a citizen science model to increase awareness and reduce environmental hazards in the affected city of South Bend, Indiana. Over the past two years, we have worked closely with local community organizations, civic entities and concerned individuals to develop a home test kit that puts the tools to determine risk in the hands …

Library Supported Scholarship: Increasing Faculty Scholarly Reach With Author Services, Monica Rysavy, Russell Michalak

Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference

The directors of the departments of institutional research & training (Monica D.T. Rysavy, Ph.D.) and the Hirons Library and Learning Center (Russell Michalak, MLIS) at Goldey-Beacom College, a small private doctoral-granting institution, partnered to offer training workshops and professional development opportunities to faculty related to research and publication processes. We recently surveyed current faculty regarding their satisfaction, level of awareness, and desire for training regarding library and researcher services using Qualtrics. This presentation shared results from this survey and lessons learned from offering a workshop about how researchers can expand their online presence using author profiles.

Synthesis And Characterization Of Transition Metal Based Nanocomposites For Orr In Fuel Cell Applications, Hunter Austin Wayland

Theses and Dissertations

Development of economically viable platinum alternatives for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells is a fundamental step towards large-scale commercialization efforts, which aim to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy resources. This work explores the synthesis, characterization, and application of graphene supported cobalt(III) and iron(III) based MN4 complexes for oxygen reduction, and farther investigates the potential for gains in performance and enhanced stability following coating with a bioinspired self- assembling polymer, polydopamine. The nanocomposites were characterized using a variety of electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, and their electrochemical performance was assessed using a potentiostat/galvanostat. The polymer-uncoated nanocomposites were found to reduce oxygen …

Making Scholarship Accessible In The Csu Press, Jacqueline Radebaugh, Julie Caulder

Faculty Bibliography

Describes the ways that Columbus State University staff has made the CSU ePress accessible to people with disabilities. Technologies used are described, along with future plans and aspirations.

V. 86, Iss. 3, October 5, 2018

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Pedagogy Of The ‘Not’: Negation, Exodus, And Postdigital Temporal Regimes, Derek Ford

Education Studies Faculty publications

Postdigital capitalist time is an incessant acceleration that acts to homogenize time and wed us to the present, to which we have to constantly catch up. While the impulse of this is no doubt economic (the realization of value), it is crucially undergirded by a pedagogical logic wherein we have to perpetually learn and re-learn the latest apps, social media configurations, operating systems, and so on. Political strategies of resistance thus need to be bolstered by an alternative mode of educational life, and I propose a pedagogy of the “not” as one possibility. Such a pedagogy is an act of …

Teaching A More Accurate And Inclusive History Of Science, Noah Aydin

Scholars Showcase 2018: Innovations in Leadership and Learning

Thanks to research on primary sources in the last few decades, we know that some of the most fundamental concepts of modern math and science are a legacy of the medieval Islamic Civilization. These contributions, however, are generally not known and not taught in schools due to an inaccurate narrative of history of science that has been in circulation for a long time. There is a great need to disseminate the accurate information to the general public.

Internship Rife Saw Survivors Beam With Joy Immigrants Hold Back Tears, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Degree Of The Teacher’S Role Practice In The Jordanian Education System In The Era Of Knowledge Openness As Seen By Educational Supervisors, Omar Abdul Rahim Rababa'a

International Journal for Research in Education

This study identified the practice degree of the teacher’s role in the Jordanian Education system in the Era of knowledge openness through answering the following question: What is the practice degree of teacher’s exercising his/her roles in the Jordanian education system in the era of knowledge openness as seen by the educational supervisors? This study adopted the descriptive analytical approach. The population consisted of (800) educational supervisors whereas the sample of the study consisted of (120) supervisors randomly selected. The results of the study showed that the degree of teacher’s role exercising the academic role in the Jordanian education system …

Wealth And Poverty | World Food Drive Includes On Campus Kroger Drop Offs, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

October 4, 2018, Caa

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Osl-Irsl Ages Of Two, Perhaps Three, Pre-Bonneville Deep-Water Pluvial Lakes In Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho: Implications Of Their Unexpected High Altitudes For Excavation Of Cutler Narrows From A Level Above 1494 M (4901 Ft), Down To The Present Level Of 1314 M (4310 Ft) Mainly During The Bonneville Lake Cycle, Robert Q. Oaks Jr., Susanne U. Jänecke, Tammy M. Rittenour, Thad L. Erickson, Michelle S. Nelson

Geosciences Faculty Publications

Pluvial-lake highstands in the Bonneville basin are known to be contemporaneous with periods of Quaternary glaciation. At least five lake cycles have been identified from prior studies of two deep cores (Eardley and Gvosdetsky, 1960; Eardley and others, 1973) and several isolated outcrops in the main part of the Bonneville basin and eastward in Cache Valley. These are the Lava Creek B (~620 ka, marine isotope stage MIS 16), Pokes Point (~420 ka, MIS12), Little Valley (~150 ka, MIS 6), Cutler Dam (~60 ka, MIS 4), and Bonneville (~18 ka, MIS 2) lake cycles (Oviatt and others ,1987, 1999; Lisiecki …

Curriculum Minutes 10/04/2018, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Production, Collaboration, And Citations Of High Quality Publications On Urban Sprawl, Santha Kumar Ramiah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on urban sprawl published during the last three decades, based on the Web of Science database and its implications by using scientometric techniques. The results of this study shows that the urban sprawl has grown exponentially during this period reaching 3272 papers in total. The United States was the largest contributor in global urban sprawl research, as the USA produced most independent and collaborative papers. University of California System, USA is the largest institutional contributor publishing 3.39% of the papers. Salvati, L (Council for Agricultural Research & Economics, Italy) is the …

On Biospeleothems From A Venezuelan Tepui Cave: U-Th Dating, Growth Rates, And Morphology, Joyce Lundberg, Charles Brewer-Carías, Donald A. Mcfarlane

International Journal of Speleology

Seven silica biospeleothems from Cueva Charles Brewer, Chimantá Plateau, Venezuela have been successfully U-Th dated despite very low U and high detrital Th concentrations. Growth rates are low, between ~100 to ~800 µm/ka, and are greater closer to water level. Dates in unaltered material are in good stratigraphic order, but secondary silicification may compromise the U-Th system, yielding unreliable sequences of ages. Detritally-enriched layers correlate with global climate cycles of the Late Quaternary, in particular the cooler, drier phases of MIS 5d, 5a, and 4. SEM studies indicate that the peloidal material is made up of silica nano-particles assembled to …

October 3, 2018 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Molecular Characterization Of Penstemon Scariosus (Plantaginaceae), Mikel R. Stevens

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The objectives of this project: Our objective was “to develop an understanding of the genetic structure of the varieties within P. scariosus. With a specific intent to test the hypothesis that P. scariosus var. albifluvis is distinct within P. scariosus” while mentoring no less than four undergraduate students. We have meet and exceeded the academic objectives proposed and then funded by this MEG as attested to in the following paragraphs and attachments to this report. As a result of our most excellent success in this project we have four additional students who are volunteering on the project. It is our …

Increasing African American Student Success In Speech-Language Pathology Programs, Sarah M. Ginsberg

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

At this time just under 8% of the speech-language pathologists in the United States identify themselves as minorities (ASHA, 2016a) despite the efforts of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to increase diversity. African Americans are poorly represented in the field at 3% of the membership (ASHA, 2016a). In order to identify potential mechanisms for increasing the diversity of the field, 11 African American Speech-Language Pathologists were asked to provide recommendations for improving African American student retention in speech-language pathology undergraduate and graduate educational programs. Participants offered recommendations for how to increase the success rate of African American students in speech-language pathology …

2018 October 2 - State Of The University Address, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University

Office of the President Speeches

No abstract provided.

Mid-Atlantic Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment And Synthesis: A Report From The Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework Project, Patricia Leopold, Louis Iverson, Frank R. Thompson Iii, Leslie A. Brandt, Stephen D. Handler, Danielle Shannon, Matt Kelly, Et. Al.

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Publications

Forest ecosystems will be affected directly and indirectly by a changing climate over the 21st century. This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of 11 forest ecosystems in the Mid-Atlantic region (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, eastern Maryland, and southern New York) under a range of future climates. We synthesized and summarized information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and described a range of projected future climates. This information was used to parameterize and run multiple forest impact models, which provided a range of potential tree responses to climate. Finally, we brought these results before two multidisciplinary panels of …

03. Leadership And Religion, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

The purpose of this module is to encourage students to take a step back from their personal lives and their own religion in order to analyze religion as a whole and how it affects leadership, community, an individual’s decision making, etc. The module also focuses on the ways self-discipline is part of religion by tying the skill into the characteristics of religion and analyzing its presence in religious groups.

Building Iot Based Applications For Smart Cities: How Can Ontology Catalogs Help?, Amelia Gyrard, Antoine Zimmermann, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

The Internet of Things (IoT) plays an ever-increasing role in enabling smart city applications. An ontology-based semantic approach can help improve interoperability between a variety of IoT-generated as well as complementary data needed to drive these applications. While multiple ontology catalogs exist, using them for IoT and smart city applications require significant amount of work. In this paper, we demonstrate how can ontology catalogs be more effectively used to design and develop smart city applications? We consider four ontology catalogs that are relevant for IoT and smart cities: 1) READY4SmartCities; 2) linked open vocabulary (LOV); 3) OpenSensingCity (OSC); and 4) …

How The Balinese See The Sea: Interpretations Of Oceanic Power, Margaret Dougherty

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

No abstract provided.

Tracking Drought Perspectives: A Rural Case Study Of Transformations Following An Invisible Hazard, Theresa Jedd, Deborah J. Bathke, Duane Gill, Bimal Paul, Nicole Wall, Tonya K. Bernadt, Jacob Petr, Anthony James Mucia, Milan Wall

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Rural towns are especially susceptible to the effects of drought because their economies are dependent on natural resources.However, they are also resilient in many ways to natural hazards because they are rich in civic engagement and social capital. Because of the diverse nature of drought’s impacts, understanding its complex dynamics and its effects requires a multidisciplinary approach. To study these dynamics, this research combines appreciative inquiry, the Community Capitals Framework, and a range of climatological monitoring data to assess the 2012–14 Great Plains drought’s effect on McCook, Nebraska. Community coping measures, such as water-use reduction and public health programs, were …

Inland Wetlands Mapping And Vulnerability Assessment Using An Integrated Geographic Information System And Remote Sensing Techniques, Clement E. Akumu, J. Henry, Tekleab S. Gala, Samuel Dennis, Chandra Reddy, Fisseha Tegegne, Solomon Haile, Reginald S. Archer

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

The understanding of inland wetlands’ distribution and their level of vulnerability is important to enhance management and conservation efforts. The aim of the study was to map inland wetlands and assess their distribution pattern and vulnerability to natural and human disturbances such as climate change (temperature increase) and human activities by the year 2080. Inland wetland types i.e. forested/shrub, emergent and open water bodies were classified and mapped using maximum likelihood standard algorithm. The spatial distribution pattern of inland wetlands was examined using average nearest neighbor analysis. A weighted geospatial vulnerability analysis was developed using variables such as roads, land …