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Examining How Federal Infrastructure Policy Could Help Mitigate And Adapt To Climate Change: Hearing Before The H. Comm. On Transp. & Infrastructure, 116th Cong., Feb. 26, 2019 (Statement Of Vicki Arroyo), Vicki Arroyo

Testimony Before Congress

As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in November, describes, the United States is already experiencing serious impacts of climate change—and the risks to communities all across the country are growing rapidly.

These findings, along with those in the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)report, are clear and should be a call to immediate action. Even if we manage to limit planetary warming to just 2 degrees C, the world will still face increased chances of economic and social upheaval from more severe flooding, droughts, heatwaves, and other climate impacts as well as devastating environmental consequences, the IPCC report …

Nasty, Brutish And Short? The Life Cycle Of An Iron Age Round House At Black Loch Of Myrton, Sw Scotland., A Crone, G Cavers, E Allison, K Davies, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Excavations at Black Loch of Myrton, Dumfries & Galloway are revealing the very well-preserved remains of an Iron Age settlement, the wetland context ensuring that the timber structures have remained intact and that the detritus of daily occupation survives for us to pick apart and understand. One of the structures in this settlement is an exceptionally well-preserved roundhouse, the material remains of which have been subjected to a barrage of analyses encompassing the insect, macroplant, bone and wood assemblages, soil micromorphology, faecal steroids, radiocarbon-dating and dendrochronology. These will enable us to address some of the key issues regarding the life …

Podcasting For The Environment In India: Unh Students Get Grant For Service Project, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

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Private School Choice And Character: More Evidence From Milwaukee, Corey Deangelis, Patrick J. Wolf

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

We examine the effects of Milwaukee’s school voucher program on adult criminal activity and paternity suits. Using matched student-level data, we find that exposure to the program in 8th or 9th grade predicts lower rates of conviction for criminal activity and lower rates of paternity suits by ages 25 to 28. Specifically, exposure to the MPCP is associated with a reduction of around 53 percent in drug convictions, 86 percent in property damage convictions, and 38 percent in paternity suits. The program effects tend to be largest for males and students with lower levels of academic achievement at baseline.

When Building Namesakes Have Ties To White Supremacy: A Case Study Of Oregon State University’S Building Names Evaluation Process, Natalia M. Fernández

Journal of Western Archives

In recent years, more and more communities, including colleges and universities, across the United States are challenging the existence of memorials associated with the Confederacy and white supremacy. Archivists and special collections librarians are often called upon to provide historical context, and have the opportunity to engage their communities in productive and transformative discourses. As a case study, readers will learn about the Building and Places Names Evaluation process at Oregon State University; the process which included developing evaluation criteria, providing historical research assistance to scholars, designing a community engagement plan, and implementing a renaming process. Readers will be able …

Simulation Model For Collaborative Decision Making On Sediment Source Reduction In An Intensively Managed Watershed, Se Jong Cho, Peter Wilcock, Patrick Belmont, Karen B. Gran, Benjamin F. Hobbs

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

We developed a watershed sediment source and delivery model for use in evaluating conservation trade‐offs in southern Minnesota, where sediment loading has been identified as a priority and there is substantial public investment in cleaner water. The model was developed in a stakeholder process and links user‐specified management options to reductions in sediment loading at the outlet of a 2,880‐km2 intensively farmed watershed. The simulation model was formulated to allocate total sediment load among sources, which provides robustness to the model by constraining the relative magnitude of sediment loads and their reduction. A novel topographic filtering approach was used to …

Daily Eastern News: February 25, 2019, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Predicting Glacier Reduction, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton climatologist Shuang-Ye Wu is collaborating with colleagues at China’s Nanjing University to study the impact of climate change on Tibetan glaciers with a $552,620 grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

The Free Press Vol. 50, Issue No. 14, 02-25-2019, Julie Pike

Free Press, The

Traveling through time: USM’s past presidents -- Women and gender studies faces potential consolidation -- The ROCC fights stigma about rehabilitation -- Photo Gallery: Celebrating snow covered campuses

Impact Of Carb's Tailpipe Emission Standard Policy On Co2 Reduction Among The Us States, Jaewon Lim, Doohwan Won

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set the nationwide emission standard policy, but each state in the U.S. has an option to follow the higher emission standard policy set by CARB (California Air Resources Board) in 2004. There are 14 “CARB states” that follow California’s more restrictive standards. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of CARB’s tailpipe emission standard policy. Using the panel dataset for 49 U.S. states over a 28-year study period (1987–2015), this paper found the long-term policy effect in reducing CO2 emission from CARB’s tailpipe standard, and its long-run effect is 5.4 times higher than …

Impact Of Deadly Dust Storms (May 2018) On Air Quality, Meteorological, And Atmospheric Parameters Over The Northern Parts Of India, Sudipta Sarkar, Akshansa Chauhan, Rajesh Kumar, Ramesh P. Singh

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

The northern part of India, adjoining the Himalaya, is considered as one of the global hot spots of pollution because of various natural and anthropogenic factors. Throughout the year, the region is affected by pollution from various sources like dust, biomass burning, industrial and vehicular pollution, and myriad other anthropogenic emissions. These sources affect the air quality and health of millions of people who live in the Indo‐Gangetic Plains. The dust storms that occur during the premonsoon months of March–June every year are one of the principal sources of pollution and originate from the source region of Arabian Peninsula and …

The Role Of Food In The Syrian Crisis, Bryan Mcfadden

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

A severe, multi year drought which began in 2006 had significant impacts on Syria's food producing regions. Satellite imagery shows the significant decline in agricultural productivity. The Syrian regime's lack of response to the food situation resulted in mass migration, food insecurity, and accelerated protests against the government.

Gastro-Geographies And The Cosmopolitan Host: Re-Mapping Cosmopolitanism In Anthony Bourdain’S Parts Unknown, Shelby E. Ward

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

This paper looks at Anthony Bourdain's production on screen as a cosmopolitan host and as a particular gastro-geographical narrative. With three different episodes of Parts Unknown (CNN), I investigate how Bourdain allows us to question gender roles, development discourse, and the American image through the traces of food, while at the same time being limited in his role as the cosmopolitan.

Volume 21, Full Contents, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Jiass Reviewers And Referees, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Author Biographical Notes, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Hypergrowth Of The Hispanic Population In Indianapolis, 2000–2010, Evelyn Ravuri

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

Indianapolis experienced a 300 percent increase in Hispanic population between 1990 and 2010. This article examines the change in the composition of census tracts in Indianapolis between 2000 and 2010. Hispanic-white tracts and Hispanic-black-white tracts increased between the two censuses while majority-white tracts declined. Regression analysis revealed that number of Hispanics by tract in 2010 was negatively associated with percentage of black population and positively associated with number of Hispanics as of 2000. Hispanics were attracted to tracts with a higher percentage of median housing value ($50,000–$100,000), tracts with a high level of turnover between 1995 and 2000, and tracts …

World History, The Social Sciences, And The Dynamics Of Contemporary Global Politics, Stephen Morillo

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

This article argues that the discipline of world history, with its interdisciplinary ties to the social sciences and its incorporation of the cultural insights of recent historiography, makes an ideal tool for conveying the complexities of the contemporary world in a “user-friendly” way. It argues further that one particular global structural analysis, from the author’s world history textbook Frameworks of World History, exposes a deep pattern that helps explain many of the central conflicts in contemporary global politics. By highlighting the tension that has existed between individual communities, or hierarchies, and the networks that connected those communities, a tension going …

Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Hypergrowth Of The Hispanic Population In Indianapolis, 2000–2010, Evelyn Ravuri

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

Indianapolis experienced a 300 percent increase in Hispanic population between 1990 and 2010. This article examines the change in the composition of census tracts in Indianapolis between 2000 and 2010. Hispanic-white tracts and Hispanic-black-white tracts increased between the two censuses while majority-white tracts declined. Regression analysis revealed that number of Hispanics by tract in 2010 was negatively associated with percentage of black population and positively associated with number of Hispanics as of 2000. Hispanics were attracted to tracts with a higher percentage of median housing value ($50,000–$100,000), tracts with a high level of turnover between 1995 and 2000, and tracts …

Location, Time, And Preference-Aware Multi-User Scheduling, William Li, Sophia Yang

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes techniques to determine an optimal point-of-interest for multiple users to visit together. The optimality criteria include various user preferences, schedules, and routines, that are obtained and used with user permission. A point of interest can include a location of entertainment, business or leisure, e.g., a restaurant, a movie, an event, or other outing.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 9 Issue 16, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Through Community Eyes: The Transition Of International Organizations From Community Aid To Development In Postconflict Sierra Leone, Whitney Mcintyre Miller

Education Faculty Articles and Research

Sierra Leone experienced an 11-year civil war, brutalizing its people and destroying its communities. With the cessation of violence, international organizations helped to secure peace, deliver aid and supplies, and, after, assist with development projects. This grounded theory study, which aims to understand the role these organizations played from the viewpoint of community members in 2 communities, posits that community members’ regard of international organizations lessened as their efforts transitioned from securing the peace and relief efforts to aid for development. Highlighted are the successes and challenges of this work and a broad discussion of implications and recommendations.

Chinese Immigration-Exclusion Pamphlets, Volume Ii, 1870-1906

Chinese Pamphlets

Eight pamphlets published between 1870 and 1906 consisting of topics such as the treatment of the exempt classes of Chinese in the United States, Chinese immigration, Chinese mining license tax, the evils of the Mongolian immigration, the “true sentiments” of the Republican Party of California on the Chinese question, the nature and effect of the competition by Chinese with American labor, the church and Chinese immigration, cholera in San Francisco and the conflict of the races.

Gender East And West: Transnational Gender Theory And Global Marketing Research, Katherine Sredl

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Much of the prior scholarly research on global gender and marketing tends to focus on development. The post-socialist space does not fit neatly into this paradigm, given the diversity of its legacy of ideology, industrialization, feminist thought, and the post-socialist experience of privatization, democratization, European Union expansion, and, in some cases, war. This chapter uses the history of feminist thought in Yugoslavia and Croatia to highlight the contribution the post-socialist space brings to global gender and marketing research: questioning the role of the state in securing rights and questioning assumptions about individualism in a neoliberal era. I argue for an …

Development Of A Scale To Measure Synergy, Kathy J. Keister, Sharon L. Farra, Sherrill J. Smith, Michael Bottomley

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot an instrument to assess group synergy among nursing students.

Background/Significance:. Little is known on how to evaluate acquisition of 'soft skills' in nursing, including development of synergy.

Methods: Nursing faculty were recruited through purposive and snowball sampling to serve on an expert panel. Using DeVellis' (2003) framework, three rounds of data were collected using semi-structured online surveys. The resulting scale of 34 items was piloted with undergraduate nursing students taking part in simulation scenarios.

Results: Item-CVI ranged from 0.8 to 1 for each scale item. Scale-Content Value Index Average …

Daily Eastern News: February 22, 2019, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Austerity For All Seasons: Communicating On The Economy In Ireland, Brendan O'Rourke, John Hogan, Joseph K. Fitzgerald

Conference papers

What is clear is that in Ireland it has been a good crisis for economists, in the sense that the status and power of the profession has increased, especially in public discourse and state bureaucracy. This is not to deny that the academic critique and public questioning of the status of economics, that has followed the failure of the profession internationally prior to the crisis. It would be interesting to see if the rise of economists status has taken place in other countries and if there is a pattern to the profession’s fortunes in its different fields across, for example …

Chimes: February 22, 2019, Calvin College

Chimes

Calvin Prison Initiative student faces deportation by Annette Espinoza

Fans absent at Calvin basketball games by Patrick Roelofs

On the Faith of Paul Schrader by Garrett Strpko

Name change to Calvin University requires new merchandise and renovations by Jonathan Boer

Professor researching effects of purity culture by Madalyn Buursma

Calvin College Democrats give students experience in productive political dialogue by Sam Ballast

GEO department hosts guest lecturer speaking on the historical climate record by Katherine Benedict

Journalism is meant to serve you by Michelle Hofman

What Next For Russia’S Front-Line States?, Keir Giles Mr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in Eastern Ukraine in 2014, alarmed not only Western-leaning states in Central Europe and the Baltic but also Moscow’s traditional allies. These events signaled that Moscow is now willing and capable of using direct military force against perceived strategic threats in its self-proclaimed region of vested interests. With the exception of Ukraine and the Baltic States, this Letort Paper examines how Russia’s front-line states have adjusted their foreign policy posture since 2014. Belarus, Moldova, the states of Central Asia and the South Caucasus calculate the benefits and risks in their relationship with Moscow and …