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Dutchified English In An Ohio Beachy Amish-Mennonite Community, Lara Downing Oct 2019

Dutchified English In An Ohio Beachy Amish-Mennonite Community, Lara Downing

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

This article compares the English spoken by Beachy Amish-Mennonites just outside the Holmes County, OH, plain community with the English of non-plain neighbors. Although there is no previous linguistic research about the Beachys in this region, previous research on the dialects of English spoken by Amish communities suggests that differences from regional standards are influenced by deliberate border maintenance, primacy of language in expressing ethnic identity, and interference from Pennsylvania German, known to speakers as “Dutchified English.” However, little research has examined the English of the Beachys, who, compared to the Amish, occupy a less conservative position between separation from …

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The Economic Integration Of Mexican Mennonite Immigrants In Canada, Marina Wiebe Oct 2019

The Economic Integration Of Mexican Mennonite Immigrants In Canada, Marina Wiebe

MA Research Paper

With a rapidly shrinking proportion of Canadians that live in rural areas, there have been some attempts to settle immigrants in rural communities. With few exceptions, these attempts in Canada have been unsuccessful. Nevertheless, the Mennonite people are considered to be a population that maintains their retention in rural areas with some success. The literature regarding this specific immigrant group is limited and lacks context of the economic environment of Canada today. It is in the interest of government policy to have a working and current understanding of Mennonites’ economic outcomes and retention in rural communities. The integration patterns of …

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An App A Day Keeps The Doctor Away: A Visual Case Analysis Of The Self-Optimization Ideologies Downloaded Onto Apple Users As They Download Applications, Ismahan Yusuf Oct 2019

An App A Day Keeps The Doctor Away: A Visual Case Analysis Of The Self-Optimization Ideologies Downloaded Onto Apple Users As They Download Applications, Ismahan Yusuf

MA Research Paper

This visually thematic qualitative case analysis seeks to advance cyber-sociology by analyzing the hyper-under-attended relationship between interfaces and discourses. Here, the interface under investigation is the Apple App Store, examined for the ways in which the platform is discursively encoded with particular ideologies, ideals, desires and narratives downloaded onto users as they download applications. Such is explored via a two-part research question inquiring: Which type of applications enjoy the most promotion on the Apple App Store and what cyber-architectural tools are herein used to optically exalt them? To investigate this, an iOS 11-operating iPhone was used to frequent the store’s …

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Founders Of Plant Ecology: Frederic And Edith Clements, Jon H. Oberg Oct 2019

Founders Of Plant Ecology: Frederic And Edith Clements, Jon H. Oberg

University of Nebraska State Museum: Staff and Affiliates, Publications

Nineteenth-century students of Charles Bessey at the University of Nebraska, Frederic Clements and Edith Schwartz received doctorates in botany, married, and went on to become founders of the discipline of plant ecology. They tested and taught their theory of plant succession, known as Clementsian ecology, for nearly four decades at their Alpine laboratory in Colorado. Their leadership and influence at the Carnegie Institution was world-wide and attracted followers from several other disciplines. They advocated land use measures to combat the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. Clementsian ecology is still recognized as a paradigm against which other theories of nature are …

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Surveillance And The Self: Understanding Privacy And Identity In Digital Environments, Alecea Ritter Standlee Oct 2019

Surveillance And The Self: Understanding Privacy And Identity In Digital Environments, Alecea Ritter Standlee

Friday Forum

The widespread use of internet enabled devices among contemporary US adults has given rise to a series of questions about issues of identity, privacy and group behaviors. The increasing use of algorithmic systems in social media and the attendant privacy concerns among users may also contribute to increased levels of strategic management of identity among users. In order to contribute to this discussion, this project examines perceptions and practices of privacy and self-representation in digital spaces among college age adults 18-24. This project utilizes semi-structured interview data collected with college students in the Eastern United States and focuses on both …

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Kaufman Presents On Drug Policy, Bias In Criminal Justice Decision-Making, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Oct 2019

Kaufman Presents On Drug Policy, Bias In Criminal Justice Decision-Making, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

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Can Information Widen Socioeconomic Gaps In Postsecondary Aspirations? How College Costs And Returns Affect Parents’ Preferences For Their Children, Albert Cheng, Michael Henderson, Paul E. Peterson, Martin R. West Oct 2019

Can Information Widen Socioeconomic Gaps In Postsecondary Aspirations? How College Costs And Returns Affect Parents’ Preferences For Their Children, Albert Cheng, Michael Henderson, Paul E. Peterson, Martin R. West

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

To estimate whether information can close socioeconomic gaps in parents’ aspirations for their child’s postsecondary education, we administer a four-armed survey experiment to a nationally representative sample of U.S. parents. After respondents estimate costs of and returns to further education, we ask whether they prefer that their child pursue a four-year degree, a two-year degree, or no further education. Before this question is posed, the treated are first told:

(1) the net annual costs of pursuing a four-year and two-year degree in their state,

(2) the annual returns to four-year and two-year degrees as compared to no further education in …

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Counseling With Deaf Clients: The Need For Culturally And Linguistically Sensitive Interventions, Paul Freedman Oct 2019

Counseling With Deaf Clients: The Need For Culturally And Linguistically Sensitive Interventions, Paul Freedman

JADARA

Many counselors and therapists who work with culturally Deaf clients have had the unfortunate experience of trying to use what they consider to be an appropriate intervention, only to see it elicit a response of silence and puzzlement from the client. At other times the clinician may become creative and use an intervention that seems to propel the session forward. Why is it that certain types of interventions tend to work better with Deaf clients? Why is it that some interventions seem inappropriate? Are there certain types of interventions that are best suited for use within a visual/gestural mode of …

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Outsider In The Deaf World: Reflections Of An Ethnographic Researcher, Susan Foster Oct 2019

Outsider In The Deaf World: Reflections Of An Ethnographic Researcher, Susan Foster

JADARA

In this paper, the question of whether a hearing researcher can conduct research about the experiences and perspectives of deaf persons is examined. The author (a hearing researcher) argues that it is possible for hearing persons to do responsible and high quality research in the area of deafness, provided that steps are taken to include deaf persons in the design and/or review of the work. The author then describes the strategies she uses to insure that her work is not dominated by the hearing perspective.

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Use Of The Children Of Alcoholics Screening Test With A Deaf Population, Steven Rich Oct 2019

Use Of The Children Of Alcoholics Screening Test With A Deaf Population, Steven Rich

JADARA

Thirty-four million Americans have one or both parents who could be classified as alcoholic. Research related to the effects of child rearing in alcoholic families has resulted in the identification of a common pattern of dysfunction in the family. This environment has been shown to place Children of Alcoholics into a high risk group for psychological, psychological, and sociological disorders. The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test is a 30 item scale that requires subjects to respond to their perceptions of, experience with, and reactions to, a parent(s) drinking and is designed to identify children, adolescents or adults of alcoholic parents. …

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Self-Concept Among Deaf And Hearing Children Of Deaf Parents, Matt J. Searls Oct 2019

Self-Concept Among Deaf And Hearing Children Of Deaf Parents, Matt J. Searls

JADARA

This study compared a sample of hearing college students with a sample of deaf college students, all having deaf parents, on each of the nine dimensions of self-concept assessed through the revised form of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). It addressed the question: Do the measured self-concepts of hearing children, reared by deaf parents, differ significantly from those of deaf children of deaf parents? Significant differences were found between TSCS mean scores for the deaf and hearing college students on the Behavior and Moral-Ethical Self scales. No differences resulted on the other six subscales or on the Total score of …

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Point Of View, Michael A. Harvey Oct 2019

Point Of View, Michael A. Harvey

JADARA

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Culturally Affirmative Counseling With American Indians Who Are Deaf, Nancy M. Eldredge Oct 2019

Culturally Affirmative Counseling With American Indians Who Are Deaf, Nancy M. Eldredge

JADARA

American Indians who are deaf may exhibit a complex mix of cultural characteristics common to Indian, Deaf, and hearing Anglo society. The pressures of living with multicultural identities and the conflicts of competing cultural influences can exacerbate the difficulty of dealing with personal stress. Counselors without training in cross-cultural interventions may be unaware of important cultural differences affecting the counseling relationship, particularly the elements of cultural identity that tend to be shared by Deaf and Indian people. This paper explores the comparative cultural values of Deaf people, Indian groups, and the hearing Anglo society. The goal is to identify potential …

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Working With Deaf Alcoholics In A Vocational Training Program, Thomas N. Grant, Carol A. Kramer, Karen Nash Oct 2019

Working With Deaf Alcoholics In A Vocational Training Program, Thomas N. Grant, Carol A. Kramer, Karen Nash

JADARA

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Louisiana 4-H Agents' Perceptions Of The 4-H Civic Engagement Mission Mandate, Xavier Bell Oct 2019

Louisiana 4-H Agents' Perceptions Of The 4-H Civic Engagement Mission Mandate, Xavier Bell

LSU Master's Theses

4-H, America’s largest youth development organization, allows “youth to engage in hands-on learning in areas such as health, science, agriculture, and civic engagement in a positive environment where they receive guidance from adult mentors and are encouraged to take on proactive leadership roles” (National 4-H Council, n.d.) However, 4-H Agents are the gatekeepers to 4‑H programs because they lead educational and personal development programming that allow youth to grow and mature. As such, Louisiana 4-H Agents were the population (f=78) under study. As such, I analyzed 4-H Agents’ perceptions of the value they place on youth participating …

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October Agenda, Wku Graduate Council Oct 2019

October Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

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Reducing Health Disparities Among Low Socioeconomic Status Hispanics In The United States, Johnathan Tran Oct 2019

Reducing Health Disparities Among Low Socioeconomic Status Hispanics In The United States, Johnathan Tran

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

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Recycling A Colonial Puritan Sermon: A Case Study, David M. Powers Oct 2019

Recycling A Colonial Puritan Sermon: A Case Study, David M. Powers

Sermon Studies

Notes which the teenager John Pynchon took in the 1640s as he listened to the Rev. George Moxon’s sermons in frontier Springfield, MA, have become the inspiration and the ingredients for sermon performances in 21st century New England. The project began with a word-for-word transcription of a symbol-for-symbol manuscript based on a code invented by Pynchon. Then a very few words which the notetaker skipped, in his rush to record just what he heard, were added to provide essential clarification. So, too, was introductory material to frame the experience by encouraging the listening congregation to “stretch” a bit to appreciate …

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October 17, 2019 Board Of Trsutees Meeting Minutes, Central Washington University Board Of Trustees Oct 2019

October 17, 2019 Board Of Trsutees Meeting Minutes, Central Washington University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes for the Meetings of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University

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The Indiana Statesman, October 17, 2019, Indiana State University Oct 2019

The Indiana Statesman, October 17, 2019, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Singer, songwriter Samuel Mason: A star in the making; Who's who in the mayoral debate; Breathalyzer for weed could be a ‘game changer’ for legalization efforts

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Notes On The Fringes Of The Replication Crisis In Management Science, Przemysław Hensel Oct 2019

Notes On The Fringes Of The Replication Crisis In Management Science, Przemysław Hensel

European Management Studies

The text aims to provide an introduction to the replicability and reproducibility issue in management science while at the same time highlighting possible problems associated with replication research. The study is based on the review of the current literature. Three central issues are highlighted: a) the scarcity of replication attempts is caused by the incentive structure faced by management scholars, b) since the majority of published replications (interstudy and intrastudy) are authored by the researchers who conducted the original study, their results can be affected by the same incentives that affect the results of the original study, c) the popularity …

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The Weekly Challenger, October 17, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Oct 2019

The Weekly Challenger, October 17, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The October 17, 2019, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

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The Effects Of Alternative Certification Program Type On Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Causal-Comparative Study, Tonda Handy Oct 2019

The Effects Of Alternative Certification Program Type On Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Causal-Comparative Study, Tonda Handy

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of alternative teacher certification program type on teachers sense of efficacy in classroom management, student engagement, and instructional strategies. Teacher self-efficacy has become the industry standard to measure a teachers sense of confidence in instructional tasks (Lauerman, & König, 2016). Measuring teacher self-efficacy of new teachers can indicate how teacher preparation program plays a role in establishing teacher self-efficacy. The study was built upon the conceptual framework of the teacher self-efficacy theory, which is a subset of the self-efficacy theory (Tshannen-Moran & Woolfolk-Hoy, 2001). Participants in this study were new …

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Losting + Founding Poetry: Sub/Versive Academic Love Letters, Mindi J. Rhoades, Vittoria S. Daiello Oct 2019

Losting + Founding Poetry: Sub/Versive Academic Love Letters, Mindi J. Rhoades, Vittoria S. Daiello

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

No abstract provided.

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What Are The Psychological Microfoundations Of Organisational Routines?, Piotr Tomasz Makowski Oct 2019

What Are The Psychological Microfoundations Of Organisational Routines?, Piotr Tomasz Makowski

European Management Studies

The study is a comprehensive introduction to the psychological version of the so-called microfoundational approach to routines. It focuses on the problem of how psychological micro-level phenomena and processes of individual actors affect the organisational macro-level of routines. More specifically, the study proposes to explain the sources of macro-level automatic stability and resourceful flexibility of routines by psychological habits and psychological flexibility. The approach presented in the study promises not only the level of detail that has not been present in extant investigations of routines research, but also a new account of the classic problem of the opposition between automaticity …

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The East Texan, 2019-10-17, Texas A&M University-Commerce Oct 2019

The East Texan, 2019-10-17, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

A color copy of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

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Epidemiology Of Chronic Pain In Ukraine: Findings From The World Mental Health Survey, Anna Xu, Elizabeth Hilton, Riley Arkema, Nathan L. Tintle, Luralyn M. Helming Oct 2019

Epidemiology Of Chronic Pain In Ukraine: Findings From The World Mental Health Survey, Anna Xu, Elizabeth Hilton, Riley Arkema, Nathan L. Tintle, Luralyn M. Helming

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Chronic pain can pose a serious challenge in everyday life for many individuals globally, especially in developing countries, but studies explicitly exploring risk factors of chronic pain beyond demographic characteristics using survey data have been scarce. To address this problem, this study analyzed World Health Organization data on chronic pain in Ukraine to explore demographic, psychological, and treatment perception-related risk factors to chronic pain. We replicated previous reports of older age, female sex, married status, inadequate financial resources, and comorbidity of other physical conditions as significant demographic risk factors for chronic pain diagnosis but not necessarily for severe pain. We …

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His House, Our House And Her House: A Filmic Place For Women, I Troiani Oct 2019

His House, Our House And Her House: A Filmic Place For Women, I Troiani

School of Art, Design and Architecture

The most famous architects in the world are, and have always been, men, although a growing number of women architects are beginning to gain international and public recognition. Architecture, more than some other types of professions, has moved slowly to accommodate its own increasing number of women practitioners (Fowler and Wilson 2004). This is in part because of its link to ‘a specific historical and cultural construction of masculinity and a masculinist vision of professional work’ (Davies 1996: 661) within what remains to be a maledominated construction industry. A UK report documenting women’s membership into the Chartered Institute of Building …

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Public Policy And The Sustainability Of Tanzanian Private Universities, Simon Lucas Taabu Oct 2019

Public Policy And The Sustainability Of Tanzanian Private Universities, Simon Lucas Taabu

Theses and Dissertations

There has been a surge of universities in general and private universities in particular in the last three decades throughout the world. This expansion has been unanticipated in some countries, but in others especilly in SSA expansion came as a result of public policy change. The current globalization movement can be attributed to most of the reforms taking place in higher education institutions although unique features have been observed in different contries and regions. This expansion has not been paired with resource increase and hence putting quality of education, accessibility, equality and quality issues into question. Scholars have expressed doubts …

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Fourteenth Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference (2019), Nepal Study Center Oct 2019

Fourteenth Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference (2019), Nepal Study Center

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

Proceedings and paper abstracts of the Himalayan Policy Research Conference (Twelfth Annual) from the Nepal Study Center. Thursday, October 17, 2019, Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club, Preconference Venue of the 48th South Asian Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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