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Captain, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Fifteen-year-old Billy joined the army and is being sent off to fight the Turks in Gallipoli. On the way there, he meets a boy named Captain and his donkey, Hey-Ho, who are in the service corps and are sent along with Billy’s platoon. They move from battle to battle, experiencing the horrors of war, but amidst all the fighting, Captain and Hey-Ho are always there providing relief to the troops, especially Billy. Captain and Billy develop a close friendship as they are both far underage. Two years later, fatigued and delusional, Billy accidentally shoots Captain and it almost destroys him. …

Camp Midnight, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

When Skye's stepmother "monster-in-law" sends her to a summer camp, Skye is dead set on not fitting in or enjoying her camping experience. She accidentally boards the wrong bus and ends up at Camp Midnight, where everyone is a full-fledged monster. At first, Skye hides her true identity as a human, but then she realizes that being human has its ups as well as its downs. For the final contest, she announces her true form to the camp and asks Mia, her human best friend to join her in competing in the games. Skye's acceptance and friendship give Mia the …

Bright Lights, Dark Nights, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Walter lives in the big city with his police officer dad. He meets Naomi Mills and they quickly fall in love as teenagers do, not realizing that any repercussions might occur because of their relationship. The biggest problem is something that shouldn't ever be a problem - race. Walter is white and Naomi is black, which doesn't matter to them but does matter to both of their families, especially after Walter's dad is accused of racial profiling and starts being investigated. Walter eventually learns to stand up for himself and those he loves, make peace with people he feels have …

Brambleheart: Bayberry Island, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig, Lily, and Basil have set sail in search of the dragon Char’s family. Their voyage takes them out to sea, where a terrible storm destroys their vessel. A friendly sea turtle transports the bedraggled group to a small island. Soon after their landing, the friends encounter several of Char’s siblings, but still no mother dragon. Before Twig and Lily can go search for her, Basil betrays his friends by leading his Uncle Burdock to the group. Burdock plans to use the baby dragons for his own financial gain. Basil and Burdock trap Lily and Twig, kidnap the baby dragons, …

Brambleheart, Olivia Noli

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig is a young chipmunk living in a dystopian animal society based in a junk heap. Failing in all his classes, Twig decides to run away. He finds a dragon egg and becomes its surrogate father when the dragon hatches. With the help of the fire-breathing dragon, Twig suddenly excels at his Metal Craft classes. His professor is determined to prove that Twig is somehow cheating. Basil, a school bully, discovers the dragon and reports the truth to the professor, who then tries to enslave the dragon. Twig and his friend Lily rescue the dragon with the help of Basil …

Brambleheart, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig, a young chipmunk, feels like an outsider in the woodland community of the Hill because he doesn’t feel confident in the crafts he is taught at school. In the Hill, craft mastery determines a creature’s social standing. After a disastrous day, Twig runs away to escape his problems, but encounters a newborn dragon. Seeing no mother dragon, Twig adopts the baby and returns home to secretly care for it. Twig enlists his best friend, Lily, to care for the baby dragon and together they call it Char. Twig uses Char’s ability with fire to aid him with his craft …

Born In The Wild: Baby Mammals And Their Parents, Sarah Rawle

Children's Book and Media Review

Did you know that mama pandas cradle their babies for the first several days of their life, without even putting them down to eat or drink? Did you know that baby wolves need to have their moms chew their food? Read to learn more about baby wild animals and their mothers!

Bluescreen, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Marisa lives in Mirador in 2050, when everyone is connected through a djinni—a device that’s implanted directly into a person’s head. Mari and her friends, Sahara and Anja, are always connected. But when Anja comes across a drug called Bluescreen that connects directly into the djinni, Mari’s carefree world begins to unravel. After an accident that nearly kills Anja while she’s plugged in to Bluescreen, Mari begins investigating the drug. She learns that the drug implants into a djinni a code which can be used to take over the mind and body of the Bluescreen user. Mari becomes embroiled in …

Big Machines: The Story Of Virginia Lee Burton, Haley Singleton

Children's Book and Media Review

Virginia Lee Burton, the well-known author and artist of the books Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Little Engine that Could, dances across these pages as she illustrates images for her two sons, Aris and Michael. Burton’s artistic ability is the central focus of this book. It follows her illustrations as she uses her “magical wands” to create dinosaurs, horses, and, most importantly, machines. Her boys watch, enthralled as she brings machines to life in front of their eyes. Cable cars, crawler tractors, and trains all make an appearance.

Bayberry Island: An Adventure About Friendship And The Journey Home, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Twig and his friends, Lily and Basil, set off to take their baby dragon, Char, home. While sailing, they must find their way around a beaver dam, food shortage, and even a mighty storm. Their ship sinks, shipwrecking them on an island where they discover more baby dragons, Char’s siblings. When it becomes apparent that the dragons are fine on their own, Lily and Twig start building a way to go home. To their surprise, their enemy from back home, Professor Burdock, appears and with Basil’s help tries to smuggle the baby dragons off the island. Lily and Twig fight …

Bayberry Island: An Adventure About Friendship And The Journey Home, Olivia Noli

Children's Book and Media Review

The story picks up where Brambleheart left off as Twig, Lily, and Basil sail to bring their dragon home. After several mishaps, they shipwreck on a small island. Unsure what to do next, the three friends explore the island only to find three new baby dragons, but no parents. Soon, Professor Burdock, Basil's uncle and antagonist of the previous novel, arrives on the island to reveal that he and Basil were in league the whole time! He and Basil tie up the babies with the intention of enslaving them to The Hill. Luckily, the mother dragon arrives just in time …

Abuelo, Sarah Checketts

Children's Book and Media Review

Riding horses with his Grandfather, or Abuelo, a young boy learns valuable lessons that prepare him for the day when his family moves from the country to a city. When the boy lost the trail, his Abuelo tells him that it is good to laugh, even in hard situations. This lesson and others on themes such as courage, positive thinking, and appreciation for the natural world are all applied to the boy’s new situation as he remembers what Abuelo taught him. In this way, Abuelo rides with him always.

A World Of Cookies For Santa, Caree Campbell

Children's Book and Media Review

This tasteful book takes the reader on a journey to various countries including Germany, Japan, India, and Brazil. At each stop, cultural Christmas traditions, including the country’s custom for leaving cookies for Santa, is explored. In Malawi, sweet potato cookies are left for Santa. Australians put out fruit-filled treats for the man in red. Mexican wedding cookies are made for Santa before he comes to homes in Mexico. Every country's custom is accompanied by beautiful artwork depicting children in their preparations for Santa.

A Taste For Monsters, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Young Evelyn Fallow is literally down to her last farthing on the dangerous streets of Victorian-era London. Her face is disfigured from her years of labor in a match factory, and her options are even more bleak than most. She makes an appeal to the matron of the hospital, hoping to become a nurse. The matron is frank: her deformity might disturb patients, but she could consider becoming a maid for the Elephant Man. Thus begins her journey to an understanding of herself and empathy for others--and an experience with the paranormal. She must help everyone find peace and sanctuary …

A Taste For Monsters, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Evelyn must escape the merciless London streets for her survival. Hiding her disfigured face and hungering for asylum, Evelyn seeks employment at the London Hospital. The hospital has a position working for someone else hiding from the world: Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. Evelyn is scared by the hideous being, but she grows to love and respect the childlike man inside the malformed body. After a few months, she and Mr. Merrick are visited by several female ghosts, the recent victims of the new serial killer Jack the Ripper. These visits sap Mr. Merrick’s strength and he begins to decline …

A Hundred Hours Of Night, Sara Miner

Children's Book and Media Review

Emilia De Wit decides to run away to New York city when her father is caught in a teenage scandal. Tired from her journey, she shows up to her arranged apartment to find that she has been scammed. The next morning she meets Seth, who lives in the apartment she originally rented. He is astonished to find out where she has spent the night and offers her a spot in his sister's room. Hurricane Sandy strikes as they head to Sam's apartment. The teenagers stick together as Hurricane Sandy rages on, keeping them confined to the apartment for days. Emilia's …

A Babysitter's Guide To Monster Hunting, Nancy Haight

Children's Book and Media Review

Kelly Ferguson, age thirteen, works every job she can so she can attend Camp Miskatonic, where she will have an idyllic summer and come back magically transformed into a cool kid. On Halloween she decides to earn money by babysitting her mother’s boss’s 5-year-old son, Jacob. After tucking him into bed she quickly discovers that monsters under the bed are real when they arrive and carry Jacob away! She dials Jacob’s regular sitter, Liz, who helps her chase after the monsters to save Jacob. Before Jacob’s parents return, Kelly and her new friends, professional babysitters like Liz, race around the …

1 Cookie, 2 Chairs, 3 Pears:Numbers Everywhere, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

Starting small, this book packs in vibrant pictures and catchy text to count numbers one through twenty and even includes the concept of zero. Each page includes a different number, as well as introducing colors, simple math, and pattern recognition. A great example is the number two, which builds on the number one by showing one plus one equals two. The pages for number four have readers look for four of the same things and four different things, giving colorful examples of each.

We Are ... Marshall, December 12, 2018, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Gene Network Analysis Of Poplar Root Transcriptome In Response To Drought Stress Identifies A Ptajaz3ptarap2.6-Centered Hierarchical Network, Madhumita Dash, Yordan S. Yordanov, Tatyana Georgieva, Hairong Wei, Victor Busov

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Publications

Using time-series transcriptomic data from poplar roots undergoing polyethylene glycol (PEG)-induced drought stress, we built a genetic network model of the involved putative molecular responses. We found that the network resembled a hierarchical structure. The highest hierarchical level in this structure is occupied by 9 genes, which we called superhubs because they were primarily connected to 18 hub genes, which are then connected to 2,934 terminal genes. We were only able to regenerate transgenic plants overexpressing two of the superhubs, suggesting that the majority of the superhubs might interfere with the regeneration process and did not allow recovery of transgenic …

Neuroethics Guiding Principles For The Nih Brain Initiative, Henry T. Greely, Christine Grady, Khara M. Ramos, Winston Chiong, James Eberwine, Nita A. Farahany, L. Syd M. Johnson, Et. Al.

Department of Humanities Publications

Neuroscience presents important neuroethical considerations. Human neuroscience demands focused application of the core research ethics guidelines set out in documents such as the Belmont Report. Various mechanisms, including institutional review boards (IRBs), privacy rules, and the Food and Drug Administration, regulate many aspects of neuroscience research and many articles, books, workshops, and conferences address neuroethics. (Farah, 2010; https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/pcsbi/studies.html; http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/annual-meeting). However, responsible neuroscience research requires continual dialogue among neuroscience researchers, ethicists, philosophers, lawyers, and other stakeholders to help assess its ethical, legal, and societal implications. The Neuroethics Working Group of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Research through Advancing Innovative …

Sleep Duration, Postprandial Metabolic Function, And The Role Of Insulin Resistance In Nondiabetic Individuals, Karin A. Garcia

Open Access Dissertations

The influence of sleep duration on metabolic pathogenic pathways associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus are not well understood but may be operational long before the development of clinical diabetes or even prediabetes is detected. This study was designed to examine in preclinical nondiabetic adults whether the association of insulin sensitivity and postprandial metabolic function is moderated by sleep duration. The sample was comprised of 143 individuals (65% men), aged 18–55 years, who had no diabetes or other diagnosed conditions. Metabolic function outcomes were assessed in response to an OGTT, and two 14-h serial mixed carbohydrate-meal tests administered, over 3 …

Latino Policy Institute At Rwu Selects Marcela Betancur As New Director, Edward Fitzpatrick

Featured News Story

Betancur brings experience in housing, education, civil liberties and workforce development to a role that “has never been more needed”.

Conversion Of Pa 611 Public Administration Theory And Practice, Jonathan Anderson

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This project focused on converting PA 611 Public Administration Theory and Practice into an online course suitable for certification by the California State University Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) program. http://courseredesign.csuprojects.org/wp/qualityassurance/qlt/

Following three workshops and one on one work with Instructional Designer Gary Johnson, PA 611 was converted utilizing the course alignment and accessibility requirements of QLT. Each module is structured to have learning goals, readings, videos and assignments aligned with the Course learning outcomes.

Conservation Biology Class Seeks To Save Box Turtles From Urbanization, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2018

HIGHLIGHTS

• They received three grants – from the North American Box Turtle Conservation Committee, Sigma Xi and the Winthrop Research Council – and used the funds to purchase radio transmitters.

Some Ways Of Accelerating The Convergence Of The Method Of Iteration Of The Solution Of Systems Of Nonlinear Equations, A Otarov

Karakalpak Scientific Journal

The article presents some ways to accelerate the convergence of the method of iteration for solving systems of nonlinear equations and the application of one of them is illustrated with the solution of a given system of equations.

Multidimensional Vibrations With Pulse Exposure, K Elgondiev

Karakalpak Scientific Journal

The problem of the existence of a simple periodic solution in the problem of multidimensional oscillations with a pulse effect is solved under the assumption that the system is subjected to a pulse effect whenever the total energy of a given oscillatory system reaches a certain fixed value.

Degradation Processes In Semiconductor Instrument Structures, M Askarov

Karakalpak Scientific Journal

This article deals with the issues of work and reliability of semiconductor devices. On the basis of the analysis one of the important issues of this time there have been shown the degradational processes in semiconductor devices.

Quantitative Behavioral Analysis Of First Successful Captive Breeding Of Endangered Ozark Hellbenders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffery A. Ettling, Mark D. Wanner, Chawna D. Schuette, Jeffrey T. Briggler, Alicia Mathis

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Understanding behaviors associated with reproductive events is vital to management of captive breeding programs for threatened and endangered species. The Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) is a federally endangered aquatic salamander with only one successful captive breeding program (the Saint Louis Zoo's Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation). Although anecdotal observations have been reported for hellbender reproductive behavior from field observations, no quantitative assessments have been made. We quantified hellbender behavior from video-recordings of three successful breeding events at the Saint Louis Zoo that occurred in 2012, including aggressive, sexual, social, and locomotory behaviors. We used transition matrices to organize …

The Toxicity Of Otherness, Justin Malone

English Department: Traveling American Modernism Posters (ENG 366, Fall 2018)

This poster is a brief overview of my research on the dangerous philosophical principle of Othering, wherein a group of people are ostracized for being different from the majority. While categorization of information is a fundamental aspect of how the brain works, the categorization of people homogenizes their complexities. In doing so, a group is seen as a single entity, rather than individuals, which strips them of their humanity. After a group has been Othered, society will inevitably invoke some method of forced displacement upon them. Additionally, the article this poster summarizes puts emphasis on the importance of affected individuals …