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How Blue Are Your Buttons? An Experiment In Bee Color Perception And Pollinator Preference, Samantha Pollet Jan 2018

How Blue Are Your Buttons? An Experiment In Bee Color Perception And Pollinator Preference, Samantha Pollet

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

My thesis research focuses on the importance of flower color in relation to pollinator preferences. I was inspired to carry out this ecological field experiment to learn more about bee vision patterns as well as have the experience of conducting my own research outdoors. Experimental trials were conducted on the LIU Post campus to determine whether bees are more attracted to pink or blue Bachelors Buttons (Centaurea cyanus). While we determined that there was a significant difference between interactions with pink and blue flowers, future researchers must test a larger population size of flowers to be sure of this trend …

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Art Therapy Interventions That Facilitate Non-Verbal Expressions And How Art Therapy Can Improve Communication For Children With Autism, Rachel Piliere Jan 2018

Art Therapy Interventions That Facilitate Non-Verbal Expressions And How Art Therapy Can Improve Communication For Children With Autism, Rachel Piliere

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

Autism prevalence in America has increased rapidly over the years and numerous research studies have been conducted to measure the benefits of art therapy practice within this community. Advances in the mental health field have been also made to help offer improved treatment. Art therapy uses the process of engaging in artmaking with various mediums to make products that can be used in both assessment and treatment. The art can serve as a reflection of a person’s development, abilities and personalities. In this paper, the literature review will cover: Autism, communication, available treatments, and art therapy. The research methodology employed …

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The Effects Of Preexisting Disease Or Illness On Circadian Rhythm, Christina Ayvas Jan 2018

The Effects Of Preexisting Disease Or Illness On Circadian Rhythm, Christina Ayvas

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

This thesis will investigate the effect that Alzheimer’s disease, blindness, cancer, and Parkinson’s disease have on natural circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms are the biological cycles within our bodies that repeat themselves which can be observed in correspondence to a relative time frame of 24 hours. These cycles can be influenced by a wide variety of factors, both internal and external, such as the daily transitions between daylight and nightfall, an individual's diet or hunger tendencies, and the daily number of hours of sleep that a person gets. Should any of these cycles become disrupted, the result may be a deterioration …

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Happiness In Relation To Altruistic Intentionality And Equity Theory, Burcu Altintas Jan 2018

Happiness In Relation To Altruistic Intentionality And Equity Theory, Burcu Altintas

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

When it comes to the pursuit of happiness, there are many different speculations and theories on how it may be obtained. Pop-culture places a high belief in the idea that happiness lies within the focus of oneself and of people’s individualized needs. Another commonly held idea states that happiness lies within spending hard earned money on material items. However, within psychology, countless studies have disproven this pop-culture belief and now there is evidence that demonstrates the negative relationship that materialism has on life satisfaction (Roberts, Tsang, & Manolis, 2015). On the other hand, research on prosocial spending is on the …

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Examining Latina/O Students’ Experiences Of Injustice: Latcrit Insights From A Texas High School, Kristy Cooper Stein, James Wright, Elizabeth Gil, Andrew Miness, Dion Ginanto Jan 2018

Examining Latina/O Students’ Experiences Of Injustice: Latcrit Insights From A Texas High School, Kristy Cooper Stein, James Wright, Elizabeth Gil, Andrew Miness, Dion Ginanto

Administration and Instructional Leadership Faculty Publications

We used Latina/Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) to re-analyze survey and interview data from earlier research in which we found Latina/o students reported less positive experiences than other students in this high school. We found racial injustice in class enrollments, in students’ experiences with stereotypes and prejudice, in student-teacher relationships, and in school policies and norms. LatCrit principles illustrate interconnections among racism, interest convergence, and colorblindness that create racial injustice for Latinas/os. We argue that counterstorytelling could emerge to resist that injustice and that educators must understand how racism functions in their schools and interrogate relevant policies and norms.

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Rural Sense: Value, Heritage, And Sensory Landscapes: Developing A Design-Oriented Approach To Mapping For Healthier Landscapes, Judith Van Der Elst, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Lily Díaz-Kommonen Jan 2018

Rural Sense: Value, Heritage, And Sensory Landscapes: Developing A Design-Oriented Approach To Mapping For Healthier Landscapes, Judith Van Der Elst, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Lily Díaz-Kommonen

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Landscape design needs a novel value system centred on human experience of the landscape rather than simply on economic value. Design-oriented research allows us to shift the focus from mechanistic paradigms towards new sense-making approaches that value both the sensual and the cognitive in human experience. To move in this direction, we investigate cultural and natural aspects of sensory experience in rural landscapes, arguing that: (1) rural (non-urban) regions offer diverse sensory experiences for optimising human health; and (2) spatial interconnectedness between rural and urban areas means that healthy rural regions are critical for urban development. Our key argument is …

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Faculty Senate Report, January 2018, Faculty Senate Jan 2018

Faculty Senate Report, January 2018, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

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Understanding The Impact Of Childhood Sexual Abuse On Men’S Risk Behavior: Protocol For A Mixed-Methods Study, Martin J. Downing Jr., Dominique Brown, Jeffrey Steen, Ellen Benoit Jan 2018

Understanding The Impact Of Childhood Sexual Abuse On Men’S Risk Behavior: Protocol For A Mixed-Methods Study, Martin J. Downing Jr., Dominique Brown, Jeffrey Steen, Ellen Benoit

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) remains a critical public health issue among black and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM), as it is associated with multiple negative outcomes including substance misuse, poor mental health, revictimization, and high-risk sexual behavior. Most CSA research with MSM relies on quantitative assessment that often precludes consideration of cultural variations in how formative sexual experiences are understood and is based on inconsistent or overly restrictive definitions of abuse, and therefore may fail to detect certain abusive experiences (eg, those involving female perpetrators), which can have harmful health consequences if they remain unrecognized. …

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Influence Of The Oral Microbiome On General Health, Zvi G. Loewy, Shoshana Galbut, Ephraim Loewy, David A. Felton Jan 2018

Influence Of The Oral Microbiome On General Health, Zvi G. Loewy, Shoshana Galbut, Ephraim Loewy, David A. Felton

Touro College of Pharmacy (New York) Publications and Research

The prevalence of edentulism is common worldwide. While improvements in access to healthcare and dental care are reducing the prevalence rate of edentulism, the rapidly growing number of elderly as a percent of the global population will sustain a need for denture therapy for the foreseeable future. While denture use has positive impacts on the quality of life, their use is associated with some problems and risks. Denture stomatitis, a chronic infection-related inflammatory disorder of the oral mucosa, is extremely common and has been reported to occur in up to two-thirds of denture wearers. Importantly, epidemiology studies have shown edentulism …

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Annual Report Of Externally Funded Grants And Contracts July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University. Jan 2018

Annual Report Of Externally Funded Grants And Contracts July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report of Externally Funded Grants and Contracts July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018.

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Finding Aid To The Collection Of John Wesley Coombs Materials, John Wesley Coombs, Colby College Special Collections Jan 2018

Finding Aid To The Collection Of John Wesley Coombs Materials, John Wesley Coombs, Colby College Special Collections

Finding Aids

John Wesley ("Colby Jack") Coombs (1882-1957) was an early professional baseball player who set numerous records as a pitcher during his career with the Philadelphia Athletics, the Brooklyn Robins, and the Detroit Tigers. Following his playing career he was a successful coach of college baseball, notably at Duke University, and authored an influential guidebook for baseball instruction. The most successful professional athlete to come out of Colby, he was also the first student to graduate with a B.S. (Chemistry) in 1906. Coombs also received an M.A. in 1946, and the baseball field at Colby was named Coombs Field in his …

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Child Protection Bench Cards For Idaho Judges, Elizabeth Brandt Jan 2018

Child Protection Bench Cards For Idaho Judges, Elizabeth Brandt

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Summaries of child protection laws to assist Idaho judges. Covers numerous topics: aggravated circumstances determination, adjudicatory hearing, adoption - CPA related, advisement of rights, amended disposition hearing, case plan hearing, ICWA, ICPC, permanency hearing - no aggravated circumstances, permanency hearing - aggravated circumstances, psychotropic medications for children in care, review hearings, Rule 16 expansion for CP judges, Rule 16 expansion for juvenile judges, shelter care hearing, termination of parental rights, transition to successful adulthood, trauma informed judge.

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Annual Report, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food And Life Sciences. Dept. Of Biological And Agricultural Engineering Jan 2018

Annual Report, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food And Life Sciences. Dept. Of Biological And Agricultural Engineering

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department Annual Report

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Music, Myth And Motherland: Culturally Centered Music & Imagery, Sangeeta Swamy Jan 2018

Music, Myth And Motherland: Culturally Centered Music & Imagery, Sangeeta Swamy

Music Faculty Publications

This study assessed ethnic identity in adults of Indian origin through Culturally Centered Music & Imagery (CCMI), a music-centered, psychotherapeutic technique that emphasizes socio-cultural context, identity and meaning. The purpose was to examine how participants’ native music, in the context of CCMI, could evoke identity-based imagery and assess ethnic identity in a globalized context. Five cisgender Indian men and women from Hindu backgrounds participated in one CCMI session each, including an interview and follow up discussions. The qualitative methodology of portraiture (Lawrence-Lightfoot, 1997) was used in this study. The results reveal how CCMI can access the cultural and ethnic unconscious, …

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All Talk And No Action? Racial Differences In College Behaviors And Attendance, Mary Kate Blake Jan 2018

All Talk And No Action? Racial Differences In College Behaviors And Attendance, Mary Kate Blake

Sociology Faculty Publications

According to the influential “oppositional culture” account, we should expect black students as a group to be less likely to engage in school than their white counterparts because they are more likely to believe and act in opposition to academics. In contrast to this prediction, qualitative and quantitative researchers have almost uniformly deduced that black students hold similar or higher educational values, attitudes, and expectations as compared with whites. I pull from the rich literature on racial differences in educational attitudes and expectations to posit that instead of black students shirking education, black students are actually more likely to act …

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General Psychology (Fall 2018), Andrew Butler Jan 2018

General Psychology (Fall 2018), Andrew Butler

Psychology Curricular Materials

This open textbook represents the version used in several Fall 2018 General Psychology courses at Valparaiso University.

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Arts-Based Approaches To Studying Traveller Children's Educational Experiences., Geraldine Magennis, Damian Knipe Jan 2018

Arts-Based Approaches To Studying Traveller Children's Educational Experiences., Geraldine Magennis, Damian Knipe

Education Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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The Utility Of Social Media For Teaching Information Has Value, Nora Belzowski, Kristi Bugajski Jan 2018

The Utility Of Social Media For Teaching Information Has Value, Nora Belzowski, Kristi Bugajski

Library Faculty Publications

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Keeping Data Science Broad: Negotiating The Digital And Data Divide Among Higher Education Institutions, Renata Rawlings-Goss, Lillian (Boots) Cassel, Melissa Cragin, Catherine Cramer, Angela Dingle, Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Al Herron, Nicholas Horton, Tasha R. Inniss, Kari Jordan, Patti Ordóñez, Mary Rudis, Robert Rwebangira, Karl Schmitt, Dale Smith, Sonya Stephens Jan 2018

Keeping Data Science Broad: Negotiating The Digital And Data Divide Among Higher Education Institutions, Renata Rawlings-Goss, Lillian (Boots) Cassel, Melissa Cragin, Catherine Cramer, Angela Dingle, Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Al Herron, Nicholas Horton, Tasha R. Inniss, Kari Jordan, Patti Ordóñez, Mary Rudis, Robert Rwebangira, Karl Schmitt, Dale Smith, Sonya Stephens

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

The goal of the “Keeping Data Science Broad” series of webinars and workshops was to garner community input into pathways for keeping data science education broadly inclusive across sectors, institutions, and populations. Input was collected from data science programs across the nation, either traditional or alternative, and from a range of institution types including community colleges, minority-led and minority-serving institutions, liberal arts colleges, tribal colleges, universities, and industry partners. The series consisted of two webinars (August 2017 and September 2017) leading up to a workshop (November 2017) exploring the future of data science education and workforce at institutions of higher …

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Graduate Catalog Of Studies, 2017-2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville Jan 2018

Graduate Catalog Of Studies, 2017-2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Graduate School Catalog of Studies

No abstract provided.

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Review, Winter 2017-2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. School Of Architecture Jan 2018

Review, Winter 2017-2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. School Of Architecture

Re:View

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Arkansas Men's Track & Field Media Guide, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations Jan 2018

Arkansas Men's Track & Field Media Guide, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations

Arkansas Men's Track and Field

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Faculty Promotion And Tenure Recipients, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Provost And Vice Chancellor For Academic Affairs, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Office Of The Chancellor Jan 2018

Faculty Promotion And Tenure Recipients, 2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Provost And Vice Chancellor For Academic Affairs, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Office Of The Chancellor

Faculty Promotion and Tenure Reception

Event was sponsored by Chancellor and Provost

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Annual Report, 2017-2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Graduate School And International Education Jan 2018

Annual Report, 2017-2018, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Graduate School And International Education

Graduate School and International Education Annual Report

No abstract provided.

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Healthnet News V.33:No.4 July-August 2018, Wendy Urciuoli Jan 2018

Healthnet News V.33:No.4 July-August 2018, Wendy Urciuoli

Articles - Patient Care

Linking Connecticut Patients and Families to Reliable Health Information

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Wellness Through Answers News V.33:No.6 November-December 2018, Wendy Urciuoli Jan 2018

Wellness Through Answers News V.33:No.6 November-December 2018, Wendy Urciuoli

Articles - Patient Care

Linking Connecticut Patients and Families to Reliable Health Information.

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Atlas Of Maine: Density Of Wells Per Town, Isa Berzansky Jan 2018

Atlas Of Maine: Density Of Wells Per Town, Isa Berzansky

Atlas of Maine

This map shows the number of wells in Maine towns. The number of wells is indicate by a gradient ranging from yellow to dark blue. The lighter colors correspond to fewer wells. The purple polygons indicate the above ground public drinking water supply. This map was projected using the NAD 1983 UTM Zone 19N datum and coordinate system. The Maine Office of GIS provided the data for the wells, public drinking water, and towns.

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Determining Potential Risk Areas For Minnesota Water Features, Mariel R. Ferragamo Jan 2018

Determining Potential Risk Areas For Minnesota Water Features, Mariel R. Ferragamo

Atlas of Maine

There are many important water features in Minnesota, but some are under potential threat due to the increase in agricultural pollution of air and groundwater, and infiltration of aquatic invasive species (AIS) (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 2018). This study analyzes these risk factors and the existing biodiversity of Minnesota’s water sources to identify potential high risk water features. Using a model that is scaled from 0-24 (low to high risk) it was discovered that over 95% of all water features have some level of threat regarding their natural state, while 15% are at a high risk of invasive species infiltration …

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Modeling Salmon Habitats In Penobscot River, Maine, Curtis Zhuang Jan 2018

Modeling Salmon Habitats In Penobscot River, Maine, Curtis Zhuang

Atlas of Maine

This study uses the existent salmon data in 2016 to try to find the factors that impact habitat choices in the Penobsoct River area of Maine.

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“Lately, I’Ve Been Feeling Distraught” Self And Fear, Jelena Prljevic Jan 2018

“Lately, I’Ve Been Feeling Distraught” Self And Fear, Jelena Prljevic

MFA Statements

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