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Urban Warfare: Emerging Geopolitical Conundrum, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Urban warfare is as old as human history. It is becoming increasingly important in international political and military planning due to increasing global urbanization and the presence of megacities (urban areas with populations exceeding 10 million) in many global regions and being in areas of recent and potential military conflict. 2018 World Bank data notes that approximately 56% of the world's population lives in urban areas which is up from 34% in 1960. Many of these megacities, including New York City, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Manila are adjacent to oceanic waters and vulnerable to trade and supply …

Exploring Cold War Religious Persecution Using The Rank-Order Approach, Jeffrey M. Byford, Brian K. Horn, John Grant, Cort Casey, Sherrie Hopper

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This lesson explores religious persecution in East Germany. Students must decide plausible actions to take against the Protestant Church to diminish power. Acting as a member of The East German Secret Police, students, evaluate, rank, and justify decisions to minimalize Christianity in an atheist society.

Facilitating Experiential Learning Experiences Through A Class Pioneer Day, Ronald Vaughan Morris

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Students experience a reenactment of life on the frontier created by the interaction of their teachers and community volunteers. Students in elementary social studies learn content, skills, values, and dispositions through engaging in experiential learning. The classroom environment is described through a case study of one classroom of fourth grade students with an experienced teacher with deep roots in the community. Teachers develop skills in negotiation with volunteers to accomplish tasks that support student learning. Descriptions of student and teacher preparations in addition to budgetary constraints describe how to replicate the experience. Examples and assessments are provided as well as …

Researching The U.S. Role In Foreign Politics With The Bricker Amendement, Jeremiah Clabough

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

The United States has always been conflicted about its role in international affairs. There are many historical examples where these divergent beliefs can be examined. One ideal topic students can research to analyze Americans’ conflicting beliefs about the country’s role in international affairs is the Bricker Amendment. In this article, I explore how activities about the Bricker Amendment allow high school students to examine different perspectives about the U.S. role in international affairs. The steps and resources needed to implement the activity in my article are provided.

The Economics Of Artificial Intelligence: A Primer For Social Studies Educators, Scott Wolla

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This paper provides a framework for understanding the economic effects of automation and artificial intelligence (AI). First, it reviews how physical capital interacts with labor in the context of automation and AI. Next, it discusses recent advances in AI and potential economic outcomes such as job market polarization and income inequality. It then describes the role education has played in previous economic transitions and the role it will likely play as technology advances. Finally, the paper identifies key economic concepts and teaching resources that social studies educators can integrate into their instruction to help students understand the economic effects of …

Developing Social Justice Skills Through Community Service-Learning In High School Social Studies, Sharehann T. Lucman

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Social studies teachers are presented with the challenging yet rewarding task of cultivating in their students' principles and competencies essential for democratic and social-justice-oriented citizenship. Inspired and guided by literature on social justice education and community service-learning, this study suggests that social studies teachers ought to consider integrating teaching methods that are experiential, participatory, and critical in nature. An example of such a method is community service-learning. As illustrated in this study, community service-learning activities afford students the unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills on social justice in authentic social situations.

Using a descriptive and textual analysis approach, …

2020-2021 Operating Budget, Southern University And A & M College. Office Of Finance & Administration.

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2020-2021 Operating Budget of Southern University Baton Rouge Campus.

Making Sense Of Multipolarity: Emerging Powers And Comparative Area Studies, Nora Fisher-Onar

Global Studies Faculty Publications

As the West retrenches and new powers emerge, students of international relations are well positioned to address an outstanding question: How to thrive in a multipolar world? The question—and the answers which we bring to bear—resonate beyond geopolitics. This is because the task of living together in diversity is arguably the greatest analytical as well as normative challenge facing world politics more broadly (Fisher-Onar, Pearce, and Keyman 2018).

Scope Economy Analysis Of Container Shipping Network, Yongxin Hu

World Maritime University Dissertations

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From Conference To Alliance : Multiple Perspectives, Jungwoo Lim

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Blockchain Technology And Freight Forwarder Exploration Of Implications Focused On Practitioners In Shanghai, Johannes Van Bohemen

World Maritime University Dissertations

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The Roles Of Host Species, Geographic Scale And Environmental Stressors In Shaping The Composition Of Coral Microbiomes, Alicia Marie Riegel Parker

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Reef-building corals are long-lived and may take many centuries to adapt, making them especially susceptible to climate change. However, corals host microbial symbionts that can change quickly, potentially speeding acclimation. My dissertation aimed to determine the degree of coevolution and flexibility between corals and their microbiomes among hosts, across space, and in response to stress.

Microbial communities are usually surveyed by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene, however the PCR primers used also amplify coral DNA, thereby limiting prokaryotic read coverage. To mitigate this contamination, I designed a peptide nucleic acid clamp that increased the recovery of bacterial reads by 2-11x …

Long Term Air Quality Analysis In Reference To Thermal Power Plants Using Satellite Data In Singrauli Region, India, H. K. Romana, Ramesh P. Singh, D. P. Shukla

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

The exponentially growing population and related anthropogenic activities have led to modifications in local environment. The change in local environment, evolving pattern of land use, concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols alter the energy balance of our climate system. This alteration in climate is leading to pre-mature deaths worldwide. This study analyses the air quality of Singrauli region, Madhya Pradesh, India for the past 15 years. Otherwise known as Urjanchal “the energy capital” of India has been declared as critically polluted by CPCB. The study provides an updated list of thermal power plants in the study area and their emission …

We Are Never Not Inside Discrete Objects And Nested Interiorities, Clay Odom

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Tactical Urbanism Where It Matters Small Scale Interventions In Underserved Communities, Sally Harrison

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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The Latest Economic Data And Tools From The Census Bureau, Andy Hait

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

While some of the Census Bureau’s 130+ programs have been around for decades, the ever-changing nature of our economy often requires the creation of new surveys. This presentation will start with an update on the Economic Census data for Nebraska. Then move to three brand new Census business surveys: the Annual Business Survey, the Small Business Pulse Survey, and the updated Business Formation Statistics. Easily accessing these data is important, so the session will feature live demos of the latest version of Census Business Builder as well as the new COVID-19 Data Hub. Bring your burning economic data questions to …

The Indiana Statesman, August 20, 2020, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Welcome Back to Campus!; ISU uses state rules in response to pandemic; Back in session; President urges students to follow COVID guidelines; ISU student counseling center remains active

Alumnus Faculty Put Covid Communications Plan Into Action For Kenyans, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Strategic Thinking On Promoting High-Quality Development In Upper Reaches Of The Yangtze River Economic Belt, Fang Yiping, Zhu Ran

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The upstream region accounts for 55.4%, 33.2%, and 23.3% of the area, population, and GDP of the Yangtze River Economic Belt respectively. The level of high-quality development of the upstream region is closely associated with the success or failure of the national strategic objectives of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Through analyzing the important role of the upstream area in maintaining the lifeline of the Yangtze River, ensuring the supply of strategic resources, maintaining the ecological base, strengthening spatial connections, and expanding the consumer market, authors summarize the tough challenges faced by the upstream region, such as traditional path dependence, …

Past Environmental Changes And Management Suggestions For Lakes In The Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yang Xiangdong, Dong Xuhui, Chen Xu, Wang Rong, Wang Qian, Lin Qi, Xu Min

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Lakes in the Yangtze River Economic Belt are mainly distributed in the Hengduan Mountain area in Southwest China and the flood plain area of the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin in East China. The high spatial variability of natural environment and economic development have rendered the ecological and environmental problems of these lakes. Comprehensive improvement of the lake environment and their ecological states are important for regional development. In the absence of long-term monitoring data, past environmental changes based on lake sediments, also termed as paleolimnological studies, can provide historical information for the protection and restoration of these lakes. This study revealed …

Cele Desert Research Station, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Xinjiang Institute Of Ecology And Geography, Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Protection And Scientific Utilization Of Waterfront Resources In The Yangtze River Economic Belt, Duan Xuejun, Zou Hui, Wang Xiaolong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

As an emerging and special strategic resource, waterfront resources play an important economic, social, and ecological environment function, which is the key to the effective implementation of the strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Due to the lack of systematic research and efficient management of waterfront resources, unreasonable development has led to the destruction of waterfront ecological functions. We firstly elaborate the strategic position and role of waterfront resources, and secondly review the tracking research work of the Yangtze River waterfront resources since the 1990s. Then based on the results of the survey and evaluation of the waterfront resources …

Foundation And Strategy Of Well-Coordinated Environmental Conservation And Avoiding Excessive Development In The Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yang Guishan, Xu Xibao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major regional development strategy of China, to form the backbone axis of the national "one body and two wings" development and opening-up pattern. This paper systematically analyzed ecological background and status of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, such as ecosystem service value of Yangtze River, ecological location, ecological types, ecological geographic pattern, natural conditions and natural ecological disasters. Then the major ecological and environmental issues were summarized, including serious water and air pollution, dramatic degradation of main tributaries of the Yangtze River and lakes, the increasing cumulative ecological and environmental impacts of major …

Spatial Pattern And Green Development Of The Yangtze River Economic Belt——A Related Research Review Of Nanjing Institute Of Geography And Limnology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Sun Wei, Chen Wen, Cao Youhui, Guo Suling

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Research on spatial pattern and green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is of a great significance to promoting ecological civilization construction and regional coordinated development in China. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has long been focusing on the research of sustainable development in Yangtze River Basin and Southeast Coastal Regions. Since the 1980s, a large number of studies have been conducted on the construction of the Yangtze River Industrial Belt, human activities and its eco-environmental impacts in Yangtze River Basin, shipping and port layout of Yangtze River Golden Waterway, evaluation and utilization …

Preliminary Research On Coordinated Development Pattern And Optimization Strategy Of Cities In The Yangtze River Economic Belt, Zeng Gang, Cao Xianzhong, Wang Fenglong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The coordinated development of cities is one of the important ways to achieve the goal of high-quality development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Based on the theories of Society-Economy-Environment, Regional Innovation System, and Relational Economic Geography, this study constructs an evaluation index system of the coordinated development capability of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and with the help of quantitative methods such as spatial correlation and Zipf scale rank, calculates and analyzes the coordinated development capability of cities in 2019. Results show that the coordinated development pattern of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt is characterized …

Contextualizando Una Colección Maya Olvidada Proveniente De Chich’En, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Julia Montoya

Congreso internacional sobre iconografía precolombina, Barcelona, 2019. Actas.

La colección maya de la Universidad de Gante, Bélgica, cuenta con 130 piezas de cerámica y 84 piezas de lítica, entre ellas, jadeíta, piedra serpentina, obsidiana, sílex y cuarzo. El estudio se inició en 2016 con la identificación y localización del sitio de proveniencia, el cual se visitó en 2017. Las fases de documentación y registro fotográfico de las piezas han sido realizadas. En este artículo se hace una breve descripción del sitio arqueológico Chich’en y se analizan aspectos del contexto geográfico, histórico y religioso que determinaron su relevancia desde el período Clásico hasta el Posclásico Tardío. El estudio está …

Psychosocial Influences On Routine Childhood Immunization In Sokoto, Kebbi And Zamfara States—Slide Deck, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

Slide deck for Breakthrough RESEARCH webinar held on 20 August 2020.

Long-Term Ecological Research Supports Ecological Construction And Poverty Alleviation Through Science & Technology In Southern Xinjiang, China, Zeng Fanjiang, Li Xiangyi, Li Lei, Liu Bo, Xue Jie, Gui Dongwei, Lei Jiaqiang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Cele Desert Research Station is located in the southern rim of Takelimagan Desert of Xinjiang, China. The fragile ecological environment and frequent sand storms in the area have seriously affected the livelihood, and restricted the economic and social development of the region. In the early 1980s, the frontier of the desert was only 1.5 km away from the town of Cele. Under this very urgent situation of "The sand at the gates", Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (the former of Xinjiang Desert Institute of Biological and Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences) established Cele Desert Research …

‘Gendering Objects At The V&A And Vasa Museums’, James Daybell, Svante Norrhem, Kit Heyam, Emma Severinsson

More Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Research

This article presents two case studies which are the result of an application of a gendered interpretative tool to the collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London) and the Vasa Museum (Stockholm). Objects and their gendered narratives within the museums’ collections have been researched across their lifecycle from commission and manufacture to consumption and display in a museum setting. This research has been developed in close co-operation between researchers/curators/museum professionals. It responds to a need for museums to have gender better integrated into narratives of the past and present. Transforming curatorial and curatorial practice is at the heart of …

Nebraska State And Local Population Trends, David J. Drozd

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

Nebraska’s population is changing. This session will focus on key demographic aspects, such as aging, increasing diversity, and comparisons between urban and rural Nebraska. Highlights will include information from the population estimates program, which shows changes since 2010 and what the 2020 Census data might indicate, as well as a focus on birth and death trends from the completed 2010s decade and their implications for schools or the workforce.