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Spirituality And Servant-Leadership In Teaching Developmental Mathematics, Dan W. Royer, Amy Baize-Ward

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The purpose of this article is threefold: (a) to describe how spirituality, conceptually informed by servant-leadership, manifests in our teaching practices, (b) to describe how those practices enact support and empathy, which enables our students to succeed in the technical subject of developmental mathematics, and (c) to report our perceptions of student success. We employed a duoethnographic methodology to respond to a common set of questions, highlighting our similarities and differences. In this exchange we explored the setting of our practice, noting disparities between the two-year institutions where we worked. We concluded our experiences, framed through servant-leadership, and described a …

Eros And Logos: Servant-Leadership, Feminism, And The Critical Unities Of Gender Well-Being, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Aquestion was asked of me by the inimitable Nike Imoru, a North Londoner raised in Nigeria, an exceptional casting director, and the first woman and person of color to gain a tenured position in the Theatre Department at Hull in the UK (when she was only twenty-eight.) The question: What is your understanding of the masculine in America? Nike’s presence is water from a deep well. Her direction elicited the following.

How To Communicate Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Relational Communication And Employee Outcomes, David Sloan, Alan Mikkelson, Timothy Wilkinson

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Can supervisors intentionally communicate messages that signal traits of servant-leadership and that influence organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions? Organizational supervisors are in a unique position to influence the employee experience (Myers, Seibold, & Park, 2011). A substantial body of research has documented the ability of a supervisor to influence employee attitudes such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions (e.g., Bliss & Fallon, 2003; Brown & Yoshioka, 2003; Epitropaki & Martin, 2005; Fleishman, 1998; Jaskyte, 2003; McColl-Kennedy & Anderson, 2005; Walumbwa & Lawler, 2003). Within organizational behavior research, servant-leadership has emerged as one of the prominent leadership …

Teaching And Learning Servantleadership In The Outdoors, Jerome Gabriel, Sydney Sklar, Jessica Monu

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In the field of outdoor education a great deal of emphasis has been placed on evaluating instructional processes as they are used to develop leadership competencies (Berman & Berman, 2009; Buell, 1981; Gabriel, 2015; Green, 1981; Holladay & Sklar, 2012; Martin, Cashel, Wagstaff, & Breunig, 2006; Priest, 1984, 1986; Raiola & Sugerman, 1999). A limited body of outdoor leadership research has evaluated particular leadership frameworks, such as situational leadership theory (Hersey & Blanchard, 1981; Gabriel, 2015), to determine if leadership practices align with a particular leadership model in question. To advance professional knowledge of outdoor leadership theory and practice, the …

Receptive Communication: A Holistic Orientation For Servant-Leaders, Stephen Michael Tumolo

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Robert Greenleaf’s vision of servant-leadership continues to grow, attracting leaders and organizations who resonate with its values (Ferch, Spears, McFarland, & Carey, 2015). Servantleadership scholarship furthers this vision and supports growth in a variety of ways, including: defining and clarifying the essence of servant-leadership, inspiring those who aspire to serve and lead, operationalizing theory through application to organizational settings, creating measures for servant-leadership, and reviewing and synthesizing literature (van Dierendonck, 2010).

An Evaluation Of Moonlight’S Intersectional Pedagogy: How Does Identity Affect Leadership?, Matthew Williams

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

I grew up as white, catholic, American, heterosexual male in a top 5% income household in a safe neighborhood, with some lifealtering, yet not terminal medical issues. Because of this privilege, I was able to focus on my unlimited education to the near exclusion of all else for the first two decades of my life, allowing me to fall in love with learning, with challenging intellectual discussions, with magis, and with cura personalis. Yet as my undergraduate career draws to a close, I find myself questioning how those circumstances affected what I learned, questioning if and how the self-awareness I …

The Idea Of A Citizen: The Role Of Higher Education Institutions In The Development Of Citizens And An Exploration Of Innovative Teaching Techniques To Aid In The Process, Eric Matthew Myers

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This work seeks to explain how institutions of higher education and political science educators within those institutions can develop students into citizens. Understanding the role of each (institution, educator, and student) within American democracy is important and the focus of this research. As the roles of each are demarcated, it becomes clear that higher education institutions and their political science educators have a unique ability to nurture students into citizens with a strong sense of civic purpose and understanding.

The subsequent chapters in this work explore the use of experiential education and other innovative teaching methods to determine if students …

Schneiderian Membrane Thickness Variation Following Endodontic Procedures: A Retrospective Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study, Den Munckhof T Van, S Patel, G Koller, E Berkhout, F Mannocci, F Foschi

Peninsula Dental School

Background To assess the change of the Schneider membrane thickness measured by CBCT before and after root canal treatment, retreatment and pulp capping procedures. Methods This retrospective study was conducted on CBCT scans of a patient population of Guy’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London. Three groups of patients were studied: Group 1 consisted of patients referred for primary endodontic treatment; Group 2 for endodontic retreatment; Group 3 for indirect pulp capping procedures (serving as a control group). Follow up scans were carried out 1 year after treatment. Measurements were carried out on CBCT scans and data were analysed statistically by …

Modulation Of Oral Microbiota: A New Frontier In Exercise Supplementation, Raul Bescos, Zoe L.S. Brookes, Louise A. Belfield, Manuel Fernandez-Sanjurjo, Patricia Casas-Agustench

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.

Mobilisation Of Antimony From Microplastics Added To Coastal Sediment, Elanor James, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Harnessing The Power Of Machine Learning In Dementia Informatics Research: Issues, Opportunities, And Challenges, Gavin Tsang, Xianghua Xie, Shang Ming Zhou

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Arsenic Speciation And Its Dna Fractionation In The Rice Plant Oryza Sativa, Me Foulkes, Ba Sadee, Sj Hill

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The transport of arsenic from soil through to edible crop is important when assessing the potential health risks from a food source.

Auto-Rewilding In Post-Industrial Cities: The Case Of Inland Cormorants In Urban Britain, Cara Clancy, Kim Ward

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Rethinking Of Children At Stake. Musings Por Their Revaluation, S París, Joanna Haynes

Plymouth Institute of Education

No abstract provided.

Multiple Dna Viruses Identified In Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys Natalensis) Populations From Across Regions Of Sub-Saharan Africa, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Léonce Kouadio, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Nafomon Sogoba, Kyle Rosenke, Andrew J. Davison, Fabian Leendertz, Michael A. Jarvis, Heinz Feldmann, Bernhard Ehlers

School of Biomedical Sciences

Abstract The multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis; M. natalensis) serves as the main reservoir for the zoonotic arenavirus Lassa virus (LASV), and this has led to considerable investigation into the distribution of LASV and other related arenaviruses in this host species. In contrast to the situation with arenaviruses, the presence of other viruses in M. natalensis remains largely unexplored. In this study, herpesviruses and polyomaviruses were identified and partially characterized by PCR methods, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. In tissues sampled from M. natalensis populations in Côte d'Ivoire and Mali, six new DNA viruses (four betaherpesviruses, one gammaherpesvirus and one polyomavirus) were …

Microplegia In Cardiac Surgery: Systematic Review And Meta‐Analysis, Claire M. Owen, Sanjay Asopa, Neil A. Smart, Nicola King

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Age On Clinical Outcomes Following On-/Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass: Metaanalysis And Meta-Regression, Hayley Mauldon, Gudrun Dieberg, Neil Smart, Nicola King

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Animal Models Of Sepsis – Working Towards Improved Clinical Translation Whilst Integrating The 3rs, Manasi Nandi, Simon K. Jackson, Duncan Macrae, Manu Shankar-Hari, Jordi L. Tremoleda, Elliot Lilley

School of Biomedical Sciences

Abstract Sepsis is a major worldwide healthcare issue with unmet clinical need. Despite extensive animal research in this area, successful clinical translation has been largely unsuccessful. We propose one reason for this is that, sometimes, the experimental question is misdirected or unrealistic expectations are being made of the animal model. As sepsis models can lead to a rapid and substantial suffering – it is essential that we continually review experimental approaches and undertake a full harm:benefit impact assessment for each study. In some instances, this may require refinement of existing sepsis models. In other cases, it may be replacement to …

Unravelling Middle To Late Jurassic Palaeoceanographic And Palaeoclimatic Signals In The Hebrides Basin Using Belemnite Clumped Isotope Thermometry, Madeleine L. Vickers, Alvaro Fernandez, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Gregory D. Price, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Stefanie Lode, Clemens V. Ullmann, Nicolas Thibault, Iben Winther Hougaard, Christoph Korte

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Inhibition Of Mtor Delayed But Could Not Prevent Experimental Collapsing Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, L Miesen, J Eymael, S Sharma, Ma Loeven, B Willemsen, Bebber M Bakker-Van, F Mooren, C Meyer-Schwesinger, H Dijkman, Jfm Wetzels, J Jansen, Der Vlag J Van, B Smeets

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Key Opportunities To Replace, Reduce, And Refine Regulatory Fish Acute Toxicity Tests, N Burden, R Benstead, K Benyon, M Clook, C Green, J Handley, N Harper, Sk Maynard, C Mead, A Pearson, K Ryder, D Sheahan, R Egmond, Jr Wheeler, Th Hutchinson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Fish acute toxicity tests are conducted as part of regulatory hazard identification and risk-assessment packages for industrial chemicals and plant protection products. The aim of these tests is to determine the concentration which would be lethal to 50% of the animals treated. These tests are therefore associated with suffering in the test animals, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development test guideline 203 (fish, acute toxicity) studies are the most widely conducted regulatory vertebrate ecotoxicology tests for prospective chemical safety assessment. There is great scope to apply the 3Rs principles-the reduction, refinement, and replacement of animals-in this area of testing. …

Ethical Perceptions Towards Real-World Use Of Companion Robots With Older People And People With Dementia: Survey Opinions Among Younger Adults, Hannah L. Bradwell, Rhona Winnington, Serge Thill, Ray B. Jones

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Use of companion robots may reduce older people’s depression, loneliness and agitation. This benefit has to be contrasted against possible ethical concerns raised by philosophers in the field around issues such as deceit, infantilisation, reduced human contact and accountability. Research directly assessing prevalence of such concerns among relevant stakeholders, however, remains limited, even though their views clearly have relevance in the debate. For example, any discrepancies between ethicists and stakeholders might in itself be a relevant ethical consideration while concerns perceived by stakeholders might identify immediate barriers to successful implementation. Methods: We surveyed 67 younger adults after they had …

Analysis Of Direct And Indirect Genetic Effects In Fighting Sea Anemones, Sarah M. Lane, Alastair J. Wilson, Mark Briffa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Abstract Theoretical models of animal contests such as the Hawk-Dove game predict that variation in fighting behavior will persist due to mixed evolutionarily stable strategies (ESS) under certain conditions. However, the genetic basis for this variation is poorly understood and a mixed ESS for fighting can be interpreted in more than one way. Specifically, we do not know whether variation in aggression within a population arises from among-individual differences in fixed strategy (determined by an individual’s genotype—direct genetic effects [DGEs]), or from within-individual variation in strategy across contests. Furthermore, as suggested by developments of the original Hawk-Dove model, within-individual variation …

Using Ternary Plots To Investigate Continuous Variation In Animal Contest Strategies., M. Briffa, S. M. Lane, K Chappin, P. E.C. Peixoto

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Spatial Accuracy And Precision In Hermit Crab Contests, Sarah M. Lane, Mark Briffa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Evidence Of Fostering In An Internally Brooding Sea Anemone, Sarah M. Lane, Mark Briffa, Alastair J. Wilson, Manuela Truebano, Nicola L. Foster

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

In Vivo Measures Of Anterior Scleral Resistance In Humans With Rebound Tonometry, Hetal D. Buckhurst, Bernard Gilmartin, Andrew Lam, Robert P. Cubbidge, Nicola S. Logan

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Fullerene C60 In Blue Mussels: Role Of Mtor In Autophagy Related Cellular/Tissue Alterations, Susanna Sforzini, Caterina Oliveri, Audrey Barranger, Awadhesh N. Jha, Mohamed Banni, Michael N. Moore, Aldo Viarengo

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Extreme-Tolerance Mechanisms In Meiofaunal Organisms: A Case Study With Tardigrades, Rotifers And Nematodes, Lorena Rebecchi, Chiara Boschetti, Diane R. Nelson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Unboxing The Black Box: Reflections On Making With Ai And Automation, Polly Macpherson, Rachel Smith, Mike Phillips, Robert Dooley, Birgitte Aga, Patrick Crogan

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This collection presents thoughts, provocations and reflections onAI and automation in the arena of creative making from some of the SouthWest Creative Technologies Network’s Automation Fellows. The AutomationFellowship gathered together researchers, established creative producersand new talent to explore the challenges and opportunities of automationand AI for (re)making our personal and shared future.