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The Intersection Of Indigenous Public Health With Law And Policy In Canada, Constance Macintosh

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

This chapter presents an overview of the law, policy and governance practices that are most directly implicated in the population health of Indigenous people who reside in Canada. The first section provides a general description of the socio-legal categories that are drawn upon in health policy, programming and legislation regarding Indigenous peoples. It briefly describes roles in funding and delivering community health services and programming, as well as disputes about responsibilities and some shortcomings.

The second section provides an overview of the population health status of Indigenous peoples. Epidemiological data is presented, and select social determinants of health are also …

On Reading, Jeffrey C. Goodman

Faculty Scholarship

What is reading?  Seeing and comprehending a contentful, written text counts as reading, of course, but that is simply the paradigm; it is not reading itself.  Blind people, e.g., often read using Braille.  It is sometimes claimed that one engages in reading when one listens to an audiobook.  So, my project in this paper is to address this question: What is the proper analysis of person S reads text W?  Surprisingly, no philosophical attempts to analyze reading exist; this question has (to my knowledge, anyway) yet to be tackled.  Can other sensory modalities be used to read?  What more …

"One Crowded Hour Of Glorious Life": Growing Up And Growing Old In The Awkward Age, Sarah Wadsworth

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Examining Job Satisfaction Through Five Job Facets Of Public-School Speech-Language Pathologists, Kimberly Boynton

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The quantitative studys purpose was to investigate relationships among five identified job facets of a speech-language pathologists job and general job satisfaction as identified, organized, and measured by the Job Descriptive Index (JDI; Bowling Green State University, 2009a) and the Job in General scale (JIG; Bowling Green State University, 2009b). The study included an examination of the effects on job satisfaction of people, work, pay, opportunities for promotion, and supervision. Participants were speech-language pathologists licensed and employed by public school districts within Indiana, and the study included analysis based on participants years of experience. What are the current job satisfaction …

Games As ‘Defining Moments’ Of The College Experience: The Impact Of Reacting To The Past In French, David Eick, Janel Pettes Guikema

Peer Reviewed Articles

No abstract provided.

Drops Of Ink: Lgbtq+ Poetic Expression In Wny, 1958-1990, Alyssa Clark

Papers, Documents, and Publications

No abstract provided.

Developing A Complex Portrait Of Content Teaching For Multilingual Learners Via Nonlinear Theoretical Understandings, Kara Viesca, Kathryn Strom, Svenja Hammer, Jessica E. Masterson, Cindy H. Linzell, Jessica Mitchell-Mccollough, Naomi Flynn

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Utilizing a complex theory of teacher learning and practice, this chapter analyzes ~120 empirical studies of content teacher development (both preservice and in-service) for working with multilingual learners as well as research on content teaching for multilingual students. Our analysis identified three dimensions of quality content teaching for multilingual learners that are complex and intricately connected: context, orientations, and pedagogy. This chapter explores the results of our literature analysis and argues for improving content teaching for multilingual students through improved theoretically grounded research that embraces, explores, and accounts for the expansive complexities inherent in teacher learning and practice.

“It’S Ok. She Doesn’T Even Speak English”: Narratives Of Language, Culture, And Identity Negotiation By Immigrant High School Students, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, James Alan Oloo

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

This study employs narrative inquiry to explore the experiences of two female, first-generation immigrant- and refugee-background students from West Africa. Using interview as conversation for guiding open-ended research questions and Yosso’s community cultural wealth (CCW) framework, we present participant narratives that speak to both similar and divergent experiences, which demonstrate a deep understanding of complex social issues presenting both tensions and opportunities for African immigrant and refugee student educational success in the United States. The study draws implications for rephrasing normative thinking about emerging multilingual students of African descent and developing a culturally responsive pedagogy for all students.

Lingnan University Annual Report : 2017-2018 = 嶺南大學年報 : 2017-2018, Lingnan University

Annual Reports

To review and summarise Lingnan University's developments and achievements in the previous academic year, the University has published its Annual Report 2017/18 to showcase our dedicated efforts in teaching and learning, internationalisation, research and impact, as well as contributions to society.

嶺南大學出版的《2017/18年報》，概述了大學在教與學、國際化、研究與影響，以及社會貢獻方面的努力耕耘，回顧及總結過去一學年的發展及成就。

School-Based Hpv9 Vaccination Clinic In The Cumberland Valley Area Development District Of Kentucky, Eryne Wirthorn

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of more than 150 virus that can cause genital warts and cancers of the oropharynx, cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, and anus. A preventive vaccine currently exists that protects against seven oncogenic HPV strands and two strands that cause genital warts. Current guidelines for HPV9 vaccination consist of a 2-dose series delivered at 0 and 6 months for males and females ages 9-14, and a 3-dose series delivered at 0, 2, and 6 months for those ages 15-26.

While up-to-date (UTD) vaccination rates have increased across the Unites States, in 2017, only about 52.4% of …

Taking Laughter Seriously At The Supreme Court, Tonja Jacobi, Matthew Sag

Faculty Articles

Laughter in Supreme Court oral arguments has been misunderstood, treated as either a lighthearted distraction from the Court’s serious work, or interpreted as an equalizing force in an otherwise hierarchical environment. Examining the more than nine thousand instances of laughter witnessed at the Court since 1955, this Article shows that the Justices of the Supreme Court use courtroom humor as a tool of advocacy and a signal of their power and status. As the Justices have taken on a greater advocacy role in the modern era, they have also provoked more laughter.

The performative nature of courtroom humor is apparent …

The New Legal Landscape For Text Mining And Machine Learning, Matthew Sag

Faculty Articles

Now that the dust has settled on the Authors Guild cases, this Article takes stock of the legal context for TDM research in the United States. This reappraisal begins in Part I with an assessment of exactly what the Authors Guild cases did and did not establish with respect to the fair use status of text mining. Those cases held unambiguously that reproducing copyrighted works as one step in the process of knowledge discovery through text data mining was transformative, and thus ultimately a fair use of those works. Part I explains why those rulings followed inexorably from copyright's most …

Effect Of Early Media Multitasking On Behavioral Problems In School-Age Children, Pornchada Srisinghasongkram

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: Screen Media Multitasking (SMM) or exposure to at least 2 electronic screen media devices concurrently, is universally increasing nowadays. We have already known about the association between single media use and child’s behaviors. However, the effects of SMM on children’s behavioral problems were not elucidated, especially at an early age. Objective: To determine the associations between screen media multitasking during early childhood and behavioral problems in school-age children. Methods: Two hundred and ninety-one (47.4% boys) healthy children were enrolled since age 6 months and 259 participants were followed up until 6 years of age. SMM of participants were interviewed …

The Challenge Of Cultural Competence In The Workplace: Perspectives Of Healthcare Providers, Stephane M. Shepherd, Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Danielle Newton, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Yin Paradies

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Background: Cross-cultural educational initiatives for professionals are now commonplace across a variety of sectors including health care. A growing number of studies have attempted to explore the utility of such initiatives on workplace behaviors and client outcomes. Yet few studies have explored how professionals perceive cross-cultural educational models (e.g., cultural awareness, cultural competence) and the extent to which they (and their organizations) execute the principles in practice. In response, this study aimed to explore the general perspectives of health care professionals on culturally competent care, their experiences working with multi-cultural patients, their own levels of cultural competence and the extent …

Approach To Constitutional Principles And Environmental Discretion In Canada, Lynda Collins, Lorne Sossin

Articles & Book Chapters

One of the most important and least scrutinized areas of environmental policy is the exercise of administrative discretion. Those committed to environmental action tend to focus on law reform, international treaties, and political commitments - for example, election proposals for carbon taxes and pipelines, or environmental protections in global protocols and trade agreements. Many proponents of stronger environmental protection have focused their attention on the goal of a constitutional amendment recognizing an explicit right to a healthy environment, while others seek recognition of environmental protection within existing Charter rights. As the rights conversation evolves, advocates must continue to grapple with …

Law As A Social Construction And Conceptual Legal Theory, Dan Priel

Articles & Book Chapters

A currently popular view among legal positivists is that law is a social construction. Many of the same legal philosophers also argue that before one can study law empirically, one needs to know what it is. At the heart of this paper is the claim that these two propositions are inconsistent. It presents the following dilemma: if law is a social construction like all other social constructions, then legal philosophers have to explain what philosophers have to contribute to understanding it. Studies of social constructions are typically conducted by historians, sociologists, and others, who explain them (and what they are) …

Contract Damages, Moral Agency, And Henry James’ The Ambassadors, Jennifer Nadler

Articles & Book Chapters

This paper enters the dispute over the proper interpretation of the expectation measure of damages in contract law. Should damages be measured by the plaintiff’s financial loss or by the cost of acquiring a substitute performance (“cost of cure”)? I begin by presenting a moral (as opposed to an economic or a pragmatic) justification for the traditional contract principle that a plaintiff has a right to compensation for the financial loss flowing from breach but no right to performance. I do so by showing that implicit in the principle that the plaintiff has a right to compensation for financial loss …

Consultants In The Classroom: Pilot Study Assessing Multidisciplinary Center Collaboration, Carl Brown, Ashley B. Rapp, Adrienne Wallace, Jennifer Torreano, Melanie Rabine, Patrick Johnson

Knowledge Market

Communication center clients come in various forms. Many centers work with individuals and groups while some work with entire classrooms, departments, or colleges. Very few centers both partner with other campus consulting services and interact with large units. While a considerable amount of literature focuses on one-on-one consultations and some work focuses on collaboration between similar centers (McCall, Ellis, & Murphy, 2017), little, if any, research deals with these unique partnerships and how they collaborate to serve groups. This article examines how one communication center partnered with two other campus consulting services to create a purposeful and collaborative relationship with …

Metaphorical Imagery In Colossians: The Narrative Of Christian Living, Paul Muther

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

Muther, Paul D. “Metaphorical Imagery in Colossians: The Narratives of Christian Living.” STM thesis, Concordia Seminary, 2019. 114 pp.

Although many recent theologians employ conceptual metaphor theory to the Bible’s imagery surrounding the Gospel, few apply the same theory to the metaphors of Christian living. Although many theologians develop models to demonstrate the overall picture of Christian living, few tease out the implications of individual metaphors throughout a given work.

By applying conceptual metaphor theory and Justin Rossow’s narrative analysis tool of the actantial model to the text of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, this STM thesis examines three metaphors …

A Psychometric Analysis Of The Social Anxiety Scale For Adolescents Among Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Caregiver–Adolescent Agreement, Factor Structure, And Validity, Hillary Schiltz, Brooke E. Magnus, Alana J. Mcvey, Angela Haendel, Bridget Dolan, Rachel E. Stanley, Kirsten S. Willar, Sheryl Pleiss, Audrey Meyer Carson, Mary E. Carlson, Christina Murphy, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Brianna D. Yund, Amy V. Van Hecke

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

Social anxiety is common among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). An ongoing challenge for both research and clinical practice in ASD is the assessment of anxious symptomatology. Despite its widespread use in samples of youth with ASD, the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) has not received psychometric evaluation within this population; thus, the validity of its use in research and clinical practice for ASD remains unclear. The present study conducted a psychometric analysis of caregiver and adolescent SAS-A forms in a sample of adolescents with ASD (N = 197). Results revealed (1) poor caregiver–adolescent item-level agreement, (2) …

Examining The Teacher: Factors Influencing Teachers' Usage Of Culturally Responsive Practices And Classroom Management, Myeshia Smith

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Research has indicated that teacher preparation programs and inservice professional development are important mechanisms for supplying future and current teachers with the necessary skills and confidence to implement culturally responsive practices (CRP; Cho & Decastro-Ambrosetti, 2006; Colombo, 2007; G. R. Howard, 2007). Unfortunately, there is a gap in the training of future teachers and continuing professional development to meet these needs (White-Clark, 2005). According to White-Clark (2005), of a national sample of teachers teaching English language learners and culturally diverse students, only 17% were reported to be totally prepared, 30% somewhat prepared, and 33% somewhat more than moderately prepared. Due …

Special Education Teaching Models And The Graduation Success Rate Of Indiana High School Students, Chandra Nolan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Cultural, Educational, and legal changes have significantly altered the mix of students in regular Education classrooms. A typical classroom today might include students who are not reading on grade level; students whose first language is not English; students with behavioral, motivational, and attentional problems; students from varied cultural backgrounds; students classified as gifted; and students with learning disabilities, emotional disabilities, speech and language disabilities, and mild mental disabilities. Students with emotional, learning, and mild cognitive disabilities often experience decreased academic and social outcomes when compared to peers without disabilities. Understanding students with various disabilities, how they think, and what motivates …

Do We Belong? Understanding How Program Directors Perceive The Role Of The Intensive English Programs On University Campuses, Irene Silas

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative case study examines the perspectives of leaders of five intensive English programs (IEPs) about their departments’ positions at U.S. public universities as well as their perceptions of the directors’ roles in developing visibility on campuses. The data was collected through interviewing and analyzed using the Constant Comparative Method which produced five distinctive themes: planned happenstance; belonging; funding; work with university; director’s role. The cross-case findings presented similar ideas from all of the participants – intensive English program legitimacy and visibility on campuses have still not been achieved. The findings from the study can aid IEP directors, and especially …

Modeling Of Optimized Neuro-Fuzzy Logic Based Active Vibration Control Method For Automotive Suspension, Mohammad Adom Safiullah

Masters Theses

In this thesis, an active vibration control system was developed. The control system was developed and tested using a quarter car model of an adaptive suspension system. For active vibration control, an actuator was implemented in addition to the commonly used passive spring damper system. Due to nature of unpredictability of force required two different fuzzy inference system (FIS) were developed for the actuator. First a sequential fuzzy set was built, that resulted lower vertical displacement compared to basic damper spring model, but system had limited effect with disturbances of higher magnitude and continuous vibrations (rough road). To improve the …

The Nature Of David's Kingship At Hebron: An Exegetical And Theological Study Of 2 Samuel 2:1-5:5, Christian Vogel

Dissertations

The account of David’s reign at Hebron found in 2 Samuel 2:1—5:5 constitutes a somewhat neglected, yet crucial part of the David narrative, chronicling David’s first years as king. This dissertation investigates these chapters by means of a close reading of the Hebrew text in order to gain a better understanding of the nature of David’s kingship as it is presented in this literary unit. The review of scholarly literature on 2 Samuel 2:1—5:5 conducted in Chapter 1 reveals that not much attention has been given to a careful and in-depth exegesis of this literary unit. Instead, most of the …

Life Outside Your Comfort Zone: The Power Of Reflection For Cultural Adjustment, Jobila Sy, Natalie Cruz

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

This reflective paper explores the different experiences of two higher education professionals who utilized intentional reflection to help with the transition to new countries and cultural environments. One story focuses on how the higher education professional grappled with different challenges even though her new environments afforded her a novel privilege of membership in a racial and religious majority. The other higher education professional’s story discusses her transition from life as a member of the majority to a member of the minority in a different religious and racial context. The paper concludes by sharing recommendations for how other higher education professionals …

Has Shoe Run Its Course?, David W. Ichel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

“Unknown Symbols”: Online Legal Research In The Age Of Emoji, Jennifer L. Behrens

Faculty Scholarship

Over the last decade, emoji and emoticons have made the leap from text messaging and social media to legal filings, court opinions, and law review articles. However, emoji and emoticons’ growth in popularity has tested the capability of online legal research systems to properly display and retrieve them in search results, posing challenges for future researchers of primary and secondary sources. This article examines current display practices on several of the most popular online legal research services (including Westlaw Edge, Lexis Advance, Bloomberg Law, Fastcase, HeinOnline, and Gale OneFile LegalTrac), and suggests effective workarounds for researchers.

Owning Heller, Darrell A. H. Miller

Faculty Scholarship

Recent historical research using big-data techniques casts doubt on whether District of Columbia v. Heller was rightly decided according to originalist methods. These new discoveries put originalists in a bind. Do they embrace “faint hearted” originalism: the idea that as between the need for stability in prior decision making, settled expectations, and the coherence of the law, some adulterated decisions must remain enforced for the greater good? Or do they follow Justice Thomas’s reasoning in Gamble v. United States, remain stout-hearted, and reject any prior decision that cannot be supported by the common linguistic usage of the founding era – …

The Well-Intentioned Purpose But Weak Epistemological Foundation Of Originalism, George C. Christie

Faculty Scholarship

The attraction of an originalist approach to constitutional interpretation is understandable. It is maintained that only that method can provide the judicial objectivity and certainty that constitutional adjudication requires. They claim that the traditional common-law evolutionary approach leads Supreme Court Justices to succumb to the temptation to fill in gaps in constitutional law and thereby ignore that major expansions in constitutional meaning and should be made in the way the Founders envisioned, namely by amendment of the Constitution. However difficult or impractical that process may be, it is the only way to avoid the politicization of the Court. Whether that …