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Poised For Growth, Callie Carr

UNH Today Archive

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Pioneer, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

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Q&A With Tori Wyman ‘21, Sharon Keeler

UNH Today Archive

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Millyard Scholar Spotlight, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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A Force In Physics, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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Communicable Diseases As Occupational Hazards For Agricultural Workers: Using Experience Sampling Methods For Promoting Public Health, Mahima Saxena, Margaret M. Burke

Psychology Faculty Publications

Vector-borne communicable diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths annually (World Health Organization, 2019). Despite various efforts, there has been no change in mortality rates due to communicable diseases worldwide (World Health Organization, 2019). Most communicable diseases have no cure and can attain epidemic status quickly. Therefore, prevention is critical in reducing disease transmission. Communicable disease transmission as an occupational health hazard is often ignored in work psychology research and public health policy. Using experience sampling methods, Saxena (2015) found that work and nonwork behaviors associated with rice farming in South Asia increase exposure to Japanese encephalitis. …

Exploring Initiation As A Predictor Of Acceleration For Emergent Readers: A Mixed Methods Study, Tracee Cay Farmer

Theses and Dissertations

Using an exploratory sequential research design, this research was conducted to explore whether the emergence of initiation predicted whether students reach grade-level literacy expectations by the conclusion of their Reading Recovery intervention. Reading Recovery is a research-based short-term intervention developed by Marie Clay with the goal to help the lowest-performing students accelerate their reading progress so that they can reach the average of their class. The following questions were the focus of research: 1) What is the behavioral structure of initiation as part of the problem-solving process in reading? 2) Does the emergence of initiation, as recorded on running records, …

Associations Between Atrial Cardiopathy And Cerebral Amyloid: The Aric-Pet Study, Michelle C Johansen, Thomas H Mosley, David S Knopman, Dean F Wong, Chiadi Ndumele, Amil M Shah, Scott D Solomon, Rebecca F Gottesman

Open Access Publications

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a risk factor for cognitive decline, possibly from silent brain infarction. Left atrial changes in structure or function (atrial cardiopathy) can lead to AF but may impact cognition independently. It is unknown if AF or atrial cardiopathy also acts on Alzheimer disease-specific mechanisms, such as deposition of β-amyloid. Methods and Results A total of 316 dementia-free participants from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study underwent florbetapir positron emission tomography, electrocardiography, and 2-dimensional echocardiography. Atrial cardiopathy was defined as ≥1: (1) left atrial volume index >34 mL/m

The Kitchen Table: Relationships With The People, Food And Land That Sustain Us, Chelsey Frost

Masters Theses

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which interactions with food and around food affect an individual’s sense of self, connection to community as well as to friends and family, and sense of place. Short, personal narrative gives way to discussion of such themes and ideas as home, homemade food and terroir. It becomes clear that acts of celebration of and gratitude for food, particularly in connection with a specific place or line of heritage, play necessary roles in the development of our personal identities and in our search for belonging. These stories are based on …

Exploring Multimedia Storytelling As A Novel Tool To Inspire Americans To Participate In Wildlife Conservation, Megan Brief

Masters Theses

Human and nonhuman animal lives are intimately entangled. In the age of the Anthropocene, it is imperative to reexamine our proximity and kinship with nature. Human-wildlife conflict can evolve into coexistence through conservation efforts marked by creativity and compassion. To inspire conservation action among North American audiences, we must enact novel ways of disseminating scientifically technical concepts. Multimedia storytelling can encourage equitable involvement among lay participants in conservation spaces. When inclusive of Indigenous knowledges, and conscious of damage narratives, such innovative stories can empathetically communicate wildlife degradation and injustices, as well as animate vulnerable human and nonhuman communities.

The Effect Of Holding Time Of Whole Mare Blood On Concentration Of Progesterone, Clarissa Menefee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study was to evaluate if holding time had an effect on mare whole blood progesterone levels. This research was completed using 12 mares, with blood being collected on multiple cycles to get a total of 28 separate blood collections. At each collection 5 vials of blood were taken for different time treatments of 0, 12, 24, and 48 hours. The 0 hour was centrifuged within 30 mins of collection and the other 4 were refrigerated at 4℃ until the specific time treatment was finished. After they were centrifuged all the samples were stored in the freezer …

The Sunset Song Of Religion, Or, Have We Ever Been Post-Secular?, Matthew Wickman

Studies in Scottish Literature

A discussion of the treatment and presence of religion in Sunset Song, the first novel in Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy A Scots Quair, with some general reflections on religion and literature, and discussion of "post-secularity"

Xsl File For Transformation Of Bepress Digital Commons Issue-Level Journal Xml To Crossref 4.4.2 Xml, Jeffrey M. Mortimore

Datasets

XSL stylesheet to transform bepress Digital Commons issue-level journal XML to Crossref 4.4.2 XML in preparation for batch upload to Crossref and DOAJ. As of December 2020, both Crossref and DOAJ accept Crossref 4.4.2 formatted XML for batch upload. Instructions appear in the stylesheet above the tag. Detailed instructions appear in a separate text file.

Roundtable On The 1st Disrupting Thinking Research Conferece, Lucia Morales

Disrupting Thinking

Programme for the roundtable on the 1st Disrupting Thinking Research Conference with opening address by Dr. Eon Langan, Head of the School of Accounting and Finance, Technologicla University Dublin with invited speaker Dr. Jon-Hans Coetzer, Team Leader Online Learning and Education (Division for Peace) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (Unitar). The research theme for the roundtable was " A Qualitative Review of Peace Education Concept".

Lindenwood Digest, December 15, 2020, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Inter-Cross De-Modulated Refractive Index And Temperature Sensor By An Etched Multi-Core Fiber Of A Mzi Structure, Farhan Mumtaz, Yutang Dai, Muhammad Aqueel Ashraf

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present a relative sensitivity of in-fiber inter-cross demodulation of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on an etched multi-core fiber (eMCF). The sensor can measure the external refractive index (RI) and temperature with a large fringe visibility of 15 dB. It is tuned using a simple technique of slow chemical etching. When the outer cores of MCF will be exposed to the surrounding, a large difference of relative effective RI is observed, which enhances the sensitivity of the sensor. The sensor's wavelength and intensity responses have displayed that it can function with three different inter-cross-demodulation phenomena. A superior RI sensitivity …

Presbycusis And Hyperlipidemia: Is There Any Link?, Refad Abdul Azeez, Thenoon Yasin Yasin

Muthanna Medical Journal

Age related hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health conditions affecting the elderly people. With aging, risk of Presbycusis and hyperlipidemia increases. Although most studies do reach some sort of agreement, the evidence supporting a relationship between presbycusis and hyperlipidemia remains questionable. The objective of this study is to determine the association between age related hearing loss and hyperlipidemia and assess the severity of hearing loss in hyperlipidemic patients. This cross sectional analytic study was carried out at ENT Out Patient Clinic at Al Sader teaching Hospital from March 2019 to December 2019. A cross‑sectional study on …

A Pragmatic Analysis Of Oxymoron In Poetry: Tennyson’S “Lancelot And Elaine” As An Example, M.A.Amani M. Hussein

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This paper purports to explore aspects of implied meaning carried out through the vehicle of oxymoron, which is a figure of speech that juxtaposes two contradictory words (or strings of words) in order to point to a curious fact or a beguiling statement. The different types of oxymoron are studied in this paper in accordance with a pragmatic approach that, though taking into consideration the theoretical implications of oxymoron, is primarily interested in practical aspects of the investigation. Grice’s maxims are taken as a point of departure to guide the discussion of both generalized implicature and particularized implicature.

The paper …

Electronic Betrayal On Social Media And Its Impact On Marital Consistency Relations From The View Point Of Married Workers In Directorate Of Education Al-Rusafa One, Baghdad Province: Face Book As A Model, Majid H. Ramadhan

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The Study aims to identify the level of electronic betrayal on social media and its impact on the consistency of marital relations from the view point of married workers in Directorate of Education Al-Rusafa One, Baghdad Province: Face book as a model. The study uses the descriptive method. The sample of the paper consists of 250 male / female married employees. The researcher uses two questionnaires to achieve the objectives of the present paper. The first is for electronic betrayal; the second is to measure of the consistency of marital relations. The researcher also uses the following statistical means to …

A Linguistic Analysis Of The Primary Persuasive Strategies In Facebook Profile Of Aig, M.A.Abdulrahman Sabah Ghane, Huda Abed Ali Hattab

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The insurance company (or the insurer) like many other commercial organizations, needs persuasion for the sake of convincing the customers to buy his insurance products. The insurer uses many persuasive strategies through many platforms to persuade people to market his products. The current study aims to analyze the primary persuasive strategies that are used by AIG in facebook profile in order to specify the most effective strategies used by the American insurers, and to suggest the most suitable strategies to the Iraqi insurers. The present study hypothesizes that the persuaders use more than one strategy together to achieve their goals, …

The Degree Of Application Of The Concept Of Smart Learning In Salfit Government Schools And Its Obstacles From Teachers' Perspectives, Basem Mohammad Shalash

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aimed to investigate the degree of application of the concept of smart learning schools in Salfit government schools and its obstacles from teachers' perspectives, it also aimed to detect whether there are differences in the degree of application of the concept of smart learning schools due to variables (Gender, experience, educational qualification, and specialization), The study sample consisted of (78) teachers, The researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of five areas related to school management and potential, and classroom management, and calendar or constraints, Composed of (53) paragraphs. To answer the study questions and hypotheses, the researcher used the …

The Dark Underside Of 9/11 In Ken Kalfus's A Disorder Peculiar To The Country (2007) By, Eman Saud Thannoon, Azhar Noori Fejer

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The eventual attacks of 9/11in America, on The World Trade Center at Ground Zero, had changed the world and brought disastrous problems to a lot of civilians. Many people lost their lives; others were traumatized and suffered a disordered life. The disastrous event revealed the hidden aspects of the States and its assistants-the soldiers and copes. Studying the relationship between the psyche of individuals and their outside world is the core of this paper. The project investigates the reasons behind acting out trauma and its impact on individuals and society. The sociocultural approach applied helps in examining the behavior of …

Running Dictation Technique For Promoting Efl Primary Pupils’ Spelling, Pronunciation & Vocabulary Retention, Zainab Abbas Jawad

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The present study highlights the importance of using running dictation technique in teaching the textbook's songs at the primary schools. Running dictation technique is a classroom activity where the pupils are moving around and working together as groups to handle dictation and raise enjoyment at the same time. This study is an experimental one in which forty eight pupils is taught the textbook's songs by using running dictation technique. The present study aims at finding out the effect of applying this technique on primary pupils' spelling, pronunciation and vocabulary retention. To achieve this aim, the researcher has used three achievement …

Рreposition And Case Form Of The Name As A Marker Of Dynamic The Meaning Of Modern Media Text, Anna Niko Bertyakova

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study hypothesizes the ability of a relative unit to participate in the consciousness of a native speaker of a certain meaning. The new cultural paradigm of universal visualization and virtualization predicts the dynamic meaning of modern media text, a meaning that reflects new technological realities. Not only new words, but also new grammatical units become this dynamic meaning markers. The argumentation of the hypothesis is based on the example of the expanding context of prepositional-case forms of nouns telephone, TV and computer.

Visual Photography In Safaa Thiab's Poetry, (White Snow With A Black Braid), As A Model, Akhlas Mahmoud

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The poet's collection (White Snow With a Black Braid)shows self unity in a world full of fragility, emptiness and loss of communication. The poet used visual or audio photography to show this scene in life, so he focused on the elements of the image and the core of its composition via activating light and shadow and the penetration of white to the black space in life. The poet chose the black and white colors as a visual space in which events take place in time and place. Visual photography means the use of photography technology in poetry and how the …

Women Work In Coffee Shops And Night Cafes (Evidence Of Attraction And Exortion) ((A Field Study In Baghdad)), Widyan Yaseen

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

For years, most of the known Iraqi cafes were male-dependent in the service of their customers. And the precence of a woman im any café raised more than a question mark, because of the nature of Iraqi society that reserved women’s work in men’s fields. Today, however, the situation has changed with the presence of women, most of whom are underage, and that has angered many. The number of cafes and cafeterias increased in Baghdad where they offer a variety of juices, drinks, shisha, and some snacks. From the other side, the phenomenon of young girls working in bars has …

Groundwater Wells In District Of Qazaniya And Ways Of Investing Them, Yaser Mohammed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

District of Qazaniya is located to the southeast of Diyala governorate along the Iraqi-Iranian borders. It depends on groundwater wells because the lack of surface water sources. So a large number of these wells have been drilled to compensate for the shortage of water. These wells are affected by many natural factors in the study area. These wells were concentrated in the alluvial fans areas, whose sediments help give a great opportunity for the process of filtration of water in to the ground to become an important source of groundwater in the region. These chopper functions, which are100 m thick …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 50), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

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Finite Difference Time Domain Analysis Of Photonic Crystal Resonators., Nihal Fayez Areed, Salah Obayya, Hamdi Ahmed El-Mekati

Mansoura Engineering Journal

A Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) analysis has been effectively applied to investigate the transmission of the transverse electric polarized pulses in 90° bend optical waveguide. Comparison with a Time Domain Beam Propagation Method (BPM) based on finite element scheme has been made and excellent agreement is achieved. Moreover, a detailed study of photonic crystal square ring waveguide resonators has been carried out. A series of simulations are performed to determine by how much the radius of holes would have to be tuned to result in radiation at λ = 1.55255 μm (the center of the telecommunications c band) to …

Applying Image Fusion Techniques For Detection Of Acute Intra-Cerebral Hemorrhage., Hossam El Din Moustafa, Sameh Rehan

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Image fusion is the process by which two or more images are combined into a single image retaining the important (calories from each of the original images. Il aims at the integration of complementary data to enhance the information apparent in the images as well as to increase the reliability of the interpretation The successful fusion of images acquired from different modalitics or instruments is of great importance in many applications such as medical imaging, microscopic imaging, remote sensing, computer vision, and robotics. In the present work, four different image fusion techniques were implemented and applied to Computed Tomography (CT) …