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The New Natural Distribution Area Of Aspen (Populus Tremula L.) Marginal Populations In Pasinler In The Erzurum Province, Turkey, And Its Stand Characteristics, Halil Bariş Özel, Sezgin Ayan, Serdar Erpay, Bojan Simovski

Aspen Bibliography

Background and Purpose: Genetic diversity is the basis for adaptation and survival of tree species under changing environmental conditions, representing the key issue of stability and productivity of forest ecosystems. This paper studies the marginal population characteristics and stand dynamics of aspen tree (Populus tremula L.) in natural, pure and mixed forest stands with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). These populations were observed on founding sites between Timarli Valley and Timan Plateau located in Pasinler in the Erzurum Province in Turkey.
Materials and Methods: Three replicated sample sites were established according to a randomised block design …

Profit Efficiency And Smallholder Sugarcane Out-Growers Under Contract Farming In Tanzania: Does Location Matter?, Thobias Nsindagi, Jennifer K. Sesabo

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Tanzania is among countries that value the sugarcane sector as one of the potential crops for poverty alleviation. The sector provides direct employment to about 14,000 people, and it is an outlet for the produce of over 30,000 farming households (Nkonya & Barreiro Hurle, 2012). Likewise, it provides direct earnings and savings amounting to about US$28m annually (Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT), 2007). However, sugarcane out-growers in Tanzania have been getting low prices relative to unit costs (Matango, 2006). This has generated substantial debate about the need and level of government support. Like other developing countries, contract farming (CF) has …

Motivation For Learning Chinese As A Foreign Language: Experiences From Duce, Emmanuel Ilonga Dr

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This study explores the motivation for learning Chinese language at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE). The major objective is to find out the reasons that motivated learners to enrol into the optional Chinese language course. The data used in the study was gathered through questionnaires and structured interviews. The presentation of findings reflected four types of motivation: intrinsic, extrinsic, integrative, and lastly, instrumental motivation. The results revealed that learners’ motivation for learning Chinese as a foreign language at the DUCE includes personal contentedness, developing base for further education abroad, integrating with the Chinese community and learning …

Literary Cartography: The Mapping Of Colonial And Post-Colonial Races In Vassanji’S The Gunny Sack, Edith Bwana

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Colonialism was institutionalised by the demarcation of borders and spaces. Society was divided along racial and economic lines, separating the ruling class of Europeans and Asian middlemen from the majority Africans who were ruled. In the struggle to establish a national identity in the post-colonial era, similar demarcations were created with the purpose of establishing a unified and consolidated nation state, again dividing society along similar racial categories. In this process, minority social groupings were ignored and written out of history in favour of a homogenous national narrative. The novel The Gunny Sack, by M.G Vassanji, attempts to remap the …

Historiography Of Industrialization In Nigeria: 1914–1960, Chris. B.N Ogbogbo, Ayodele Samuel Aborisade

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The historiography of industrialization in Nigeria has a rich but confused literature. Scholars from various disciplinary orientations have engaged this subject matter from perspectives that have complexified the idea and concept of industrialization in a colonial state. This study interrogates the various perspectives of intellectual inquiry on industrialization of colonial Nigeria, and argues that although industries and industrial activities existed in pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria, industrialization between 1914 and 1960, as portrayed by a number of scholars, was a farce. Thus, the interrogation of theoretical and historical explanation of industrialization by scholars as one of the important components of colonial …

A Syntactic Analysis Of Relative Clauses In The Southern Cushitic Language, Iraqw, Chrispina Alphonce

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The article offers an account of the syntax of relative clauses in Iraqw, a Southern Cushitic language of the Afroasiatic Micropylum spoken in northern Tanzania. It examines the structure of relative clauses, relativization strategies, relative markers and noun phrase accessibility hierarchy (AB). Using the descriptive research design, coupled with the qualitative approach, data were generated through elicitation. 8 informants were sampled through snowball technique to inform the study. Text collection was also done to identify relative clauses. The analysis of the data obtained revealed the following: (i) Iraqw displays postnominal relative clause, the feature that is common in most of …

Bundesgesetzblatt Nr. 96/2018, Republic Of Austria: Parliament Of Austria

Documents

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‘Upright, Whole, And Free’ Eschatological Union With God, Kevin Timpe

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

In the closing canto of the Purgatorio in his Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri describes the souls preparing to enter heaven as “new, remade, reborn, … perfect, pure, and ready for the Stars [i.e., heaven].” But what exactly would it mean for a human soul to be morally perfect and in perfect union with the divine will? Furthermore, if the soul fit for heaven is perfectly united with God, what sense does it make to think that individual retains their free will? In this paper, I assume a number of Christian claims about the Beatific Vision and argue that not …

Condyloma Acuminata Presenting As Isolated Papillary Lesions In The Prostatic Urethra, Maria O. Zayko, Rowena E. Velilla, M. Salah Shurbaji

ETSU Faculty Works

BACKGROUND A condyloma acuminatum is a sexually transmitted, human papillomavirus (HPV) associated, neoplasm. In men, it is predominantly found on external genitalia and rarely progresses more proximally than the distal penile urethra. Condyloma acuminata of the prostatic urethra are rare and are usually seen as an extension of, or in association with external lesions. Therefore, it is not typically considered in the differential diagnosis of isolated papillary lesions limited to the prostatic urethra. CASE REPORT A 62-year-old male with rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept presented to urology due to a history of intermittent bladder self-catheterization for urinary obstruction. He underwent …

70 Years Of Human Rights In Global Health: Drawing On A Contentious Past To Secure A Hopeful Future, Lawrence O. Gostin, Benjamin Mason Meier, Rebekah Thomas, Veronica Magar, Tedros A. Ghebreyesus

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on Dec 10, 1948, established a modern human rights foundation that has become a cornerstone of global health, central to public health policies, programmes, and practices. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of this seminal declaration, we trace the evolution of human rights in global health, linking the past, present, and future of health as a human right. This future remains uncertain. As contemporary challenges imperil continuing advancements, threatening both human rights protections and global health governance, the future will depend, as it has in the past, on sustained political engagement to realise human …

Is Online Training An Effective Workforce Development Strategy For Transition Service Providers? Results Of A Comparative Study, Eileen Brennan, Claudia Sellmaier, Pauline Jivanjee, Leigh Grover

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

Service providers working with transition-aged young people with mental health disorders require specialized research-based training to better meet their needs. A 10-module interactive online training program, Promoting Positive Pathways to Adulthood (PPPA), was developed to build service provider competencies to improve outcomes for the youth with whom they work. In total, 19 organizations participated in a longitudinal quasi-experimental study that compared training outcomes for participants receiving PPPA online training only (Group 1) with those receiving PPPA online training with team-based practice activities (Group 2). Most of the 63 service providers participating in the training were females, below 40 years, had …

Non-Pharmacological Solutions To Sleep And Circadian Rhythm Disruption: Voiced Bedside Experiences Of Hospice And End-Oflife Staff Caregivers, Rana Sagha Zadeh, Elizabeth Capezuti, Paul Eshelman, Nicole Woody, Jennifer Tiffany, Ana C. Krieger

Publications and Research

Background: Sleep disturbance is a significant issue, particularly for patients with advanced terminal illness. Currently, there are no practice-based recommended approaches for managing sleep and circadian disruptions in this population. To address this gap, a cross-sectional focus group study was performed engaging 32 staff members at four hospices/end-of-life programs in three demographically diverse counties in New York State.

Methods: Participants responded to structured open-ended questions. Responses were transcribed and subjected to qualitative content analysis. The themes and recommendations for improved practice that emerged were tabulated using Atlas TI qualitative software.

Results: This report details the experiences of hospice and end-of-life …

Automating The Calculation Of The Hilbert–Kunz Multiplicity And F-Signature, Gabriel Johnson, Sandra Spiroff

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

No abstract provided.

Queen Williams Whiters

African American Funeral Programs

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6th International Phd Students’ Conference On Competition Law, University Of Białystok, 27 April 2017, Magdalena Knapp, Paulina Korycińska-Rządca

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

University of Białystok, 27 April 2017

Authors

Bulloch County Papers

This is the digital file of the Statesboro-Bulloch County Library's Public History Files. Many of the items within are clippings from the Statesboro Herald Newspaper.

A Dual System Model Of Risk And Time Preferences, Mark Schneider

ESI Working Papers

Discounted Expected Utility theory has been a workhorse in economic analysis for over half a century. However, it cannot explain empirical violations of 'dimensional independence' demonstrating that risk interacts with time preference and time interacts with risk preference, nor does it explain present bias or magnitude-dependence in risk and time preferences, or correlations between risk preference, time preference, and cognitive reflection. We demonstrate that these and other anomalies are explained by a dual system model of risk and time preferences that unless models of a rational economic agent, models based on prospect theory, and dual process models of decision making.

Speech Fluency In Acquired Apraxia Of Speech During Narrative Discourse: Group Comparisons And Dual Task Effects, Tyson G. Harmon, Adam Jacks, Katarina L. Haley

Faculty Publications

Purpose: Slowed speech and interruptions to the flow of connected speech are common in aphasia. These features are also observed during dual task performance for neurotypical adults. The purposes of this study were to determine (a) whether indices of fluency related to cognitive-linguistic versus motor processing would differ between speakers with aphasia plus AOS and speakers with aphasia only and (b) whether cognitive load reduces fluency in speakers with aphasia with and without AOS.

Method: Fourteen speakers with aphasia (seven with AOS) and seven neurotypical controls retold short stories alone (single task) and while simultaneously distinguishing between a high and …

Virtual Reality As A Pedagogical Tool To Design For Social Impact: A Design Case, Tiffany Roman, Jon Racek

Faculty Articles

Three-dimensional (3-D) virtual environments have key affordances that can improve learning, particularly when context, culture, and pedagogical aims are aligned to a given learning situation. One challenge in detailing effective uses of 3-D virtual environments in teaching and learning contexts is that the design judgments involved are not always made explicit. We argue that the transparency of design judgments, as it relates to the use of 3-D virtual environments, are critically important. This article advances scholarship of emerging technologies by detailing the design judgments of a university instructor within a Design for Social Impact cross-disciplinary course. To address learner needs …

Spinning Silver, Braxton Church

Children's Book and Media Review

When Miryem boasts of her talents as a moneylender, the King of the Staryk demands her to turn his silver into gold. To do so, Miryem turns the Staryk silver into jewelry and sells it to a duke’s daughter, Irina. But with the enchanted silver, Irina captures the eyes of the young tsar, who immediately weds her. Irina soon learns that the tsar is ruled by a demon of fire, and the Staryk King takes Miryem to be his queen. Now both women must outwit their captors if they want to survive, all while being aided by Wanda, a woman …

Red Butterfly, Emily Loveless

Children's Book and Media Review

Abandoned at birth, Kara has called an elderly American woman “mama” for the last eleven years. Now that she’s older, she’s looking for answers to questions like why Mama never goes outside, and why can’t they move to live with Daddy in Montana? It is sobering to learn that, according to the Chinese government, Kara doesn’t exist, and that Mama stayed in China illegally to care for her. Their secluded days make more sense, but when Kara’s visiting “sister” has to be taken to the hospital, their life is blown wide open. Suddenly, Kara is separated from the only family …

Wintergirls, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Even after agreeing to work on her recovery and moving in with her dad, Lia is still struggling to eat regularly. She counts every calorie and avoids eating too much so that she can be thin, thin, thin. But when she learns that her childhood best friend, Cassie, is found dead and alone in a motel room, Lia’s struggle with eating intensifies and she begins seeing visions of Cassie’s ghost. Lia’s life unravels more and more as she resists eating. She become estranged from her dad, stepmom, and stepsister. Her relationship with her mother, which has never been strong, deteriorates …

This One Summer, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Each summer, Rosie and her parents take a vacation at a lake house in Awago Beach. There, Rosie and her friend Windy spend time on the beach, swimming, watching movies, and just bumming around. But this year things are different. Rosie’s parents are fighting, and Rosie and Windy get sucked in to the local teenage drama. Rosie discovers that her mother, struggling with deep grief and her relationship with her husband, had had a miscarriage the year before. She finds out that the local teenage drama that revolves around one couple’s mishaps and resulting pregnancy lead the girl to almost …

Proof Of Forever, Becca Wilhite

Children's Book and Media Review

Joy, Tali, Luce, and Zoe, formerly inseparable summer-camp friends, have drifted apart in the two years since their last camp experience. At the request of Joy, the four friends gather for a camp reunion, where a time-altering event takes place, shifting all the girls back to their last summer at the camp. With full awareness of the choices, circumstances, and struggles of the present, each girl contends with her knowledge of her relationships, seeking to repair, heal, and reconnect with the things that mean the most.

Max, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

Max is a child born into Hitler’s supremacist Lebensborn Program. Proudly narrating his own story, Max begins the telling with his conception between his young volunteer mother at her insemination from an SS officer. Max is a perfect Nazi, hailing the Fuhrer, hating Jews, finding strength from infancy to fulfill his mission for Hitler. Growing up as a model youth under the regime, he helps kidnap other children, is trained in the academic and fighting programs, and is witness to gross scenes of prostitution, murder, and assault toward those he loves as well as those he hates. Contextualizing all of …

Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced The World That Fairies Are Real, Haley Singleton

Children's Book and Media Review

This short book is the story of two girls, Frances and Elsie, who were responsible for the first ever ‘real’ pictures of fairies. During their childhood, these cousins lived together and spent a lot of time out playing in a beautiful wood, with a little brook nearby. There they ‘found fairies’ and were able to eventually convince the adults to give them a camera in which they found ‘fairies’ and took photographs. The story follows how famous people, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, helped propel these photos to viral status. The story ends with Elsie admitting, many many years later, …

When The Sea Is Rising Red, Erica Sonzogni

Children's Book and Media Review

Felicita is a girl born in privilege to one of the royal houses. She has magical powers, powers that only wealthy people in the village possess. At the beginning of the story, Felicita grieves over the death of her friend, Ilven, who jumped off a cliff to escape living in a royal house where she is told what to do and whom to marry. Felicita decides she does not want to live this life either and runs away into the town to live as a pauper. She befriends a group of degenerates, who live off of little and consider each …

Toad On The Road: A Cautionary Tale, Leah Christopher

Children's Book and Media Review

A little toad hops around in the road, trying to catch a fly. Look out, look out! Driver after driver nearly crash to avoid him, scold him, and warn him of the next oncoming vehicle. Soon, the little toad’s mama comes across the scene, and her loving approach helps him finally get out of the road!

Boys Who Rocked The World: Heroes From King Tut To Bruce Lee, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

From Ancient Egypt's King Tut to The Dalai Lama to modern-day athletes like Shaun White, this text explores what shaped these inspiring boys into becoming the world's heroes. The book contains forty-six brief, three-page autobiographies of boys who changed the world before they were twenty years old. Additionally, snippets of how current boy readers plan to make their mark are included after each historical account.

Our Car, Leah Christopher

Children's Book and Media Review

What is your car like? A son riding along in the car with his father describes all the things their family’s car can do and the adventures they have in each season. In rainy weather, the car’s hood goes up; in summer, the car tows their trailer. It also takes work to care for the car; they need to wash it and get it repaired. The boy dreams of the day he can drive on his own—but for now, his mom tells him not to park on the rug.