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Citizenship, Locality And Territory, R Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Open Meeting Agenda, November 17, 2020, Virtual, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Division. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Arabic Language Skills: A Comparative Study Of Community And Government Schools In Rural Upper-Egypt, Ray Langsten, Fatma Abdelkhalek, Tahra Hassan

Faculty Journal Articles

Egypt has long promised quality basic education. Nevertheless, international and national assessments show poor reading skills. Community schools (CS) are a component of Egypt’s Education for All strategy. CS were intended to offer quality education to children who otherwise would have no chance to complete primary school. Previous studies report that academic abilities of Egyptian CS students exceed those of students in mainstream government primary schools. However, over time the education environment in Egypt has changed and the CS have changed with it. The current role and quality of CS education have been questioned. We examine core Arabic language skills …

Typing Tornadoes By Storm Mode In The Southeast United States, Marisa R. Karpinski

LSU Master's Theses

Existing work has noted three major, radar-derived, storm modes associated with tornadoes: supercell, quasi-linear convective systems, and tropical systems. I examine the long-term frequency and seasonality of each storm mode between 1996 and 2017 in the Southeast United States. The Southeast is chosen as a focus for this work due to its well-known and unique combination of tornado vulnerability and exposure. Expanding our knowledge of the radar presentation of tornado-producing thunderstorms in this region could assist in the operational interpretation of these events. In this study, a climatology of F/EF1+ tornadoes (1996 - 2017) is generated for the study area …

Social Sciences Research In Pakistan; Bibliometric Analysis, Ikram Ul Haq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Aim. The study aimed to explore the progress of social science research carried out by Pakistan for the duration of 59 years.

Method: This retrospective study was carried out on the data retrieved from the Scopus database to determine the research output in the area of social science by Pakistani authors from 1961 to December 2019. The word “Pakistan” has been written in the main search box and “Affiliation” has been selected in the subsequent box. The targeted time duration was selected, further, the social sciences documents were selected and downloaded for data-analysis. Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and SPSS …

Research Support Services Of Panjab University Library During Lockdown Period Due To Covid-19: A Survey, Suman Sumi, Jatinder Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study explores the problems and prospects of newly introduced service “RemoteXs” by the A.C. Joshi library for the faculty of Panjab University during the lockdown due to COVID-19. The paper discusses expectations and experiences of users, advantages of new research support services, challenges faced by faculty while accessing literature through RemoteXs service. An online survey was carried out; framed questionnaire was sent to 650 academicians through Whatsapp and e-mail. 148 respondents submitted their views on access and usage of e-resources through RemoteXs service of University Library. Data on most frequently used resources and documents type has been analysed. Some …

Perceptions Of The University Of Jordan’S Students Toward The Effectiveness Of Using Electronic Learning Platforms In Developing Their Self-Learning Skills In National Culture Course, Mamon Alzboun, Hamzah Khawaldah, Nidal Alzboun

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

this study aims to identify the perceptions of the University of Jordan’s students toward the effectiveness of using electronic learning platforms (Edraak) in developing their self-learning skills in national culture course. The sample of the study included 745 students of those who studied national culture course during the 2nd semester 2017/2018. The statistical descriptive approach was used. The results showed that the perceptions of students toward the benefits of using electronic learning (Edraak) platforms in teaching national culture course were in high degree and the obstacles of using Edraak were limited. The respondents indicated that electronic learning platforms are effective …

The Impact Of The Use Of Problem- Solving Strategy In Teaching Some Basic Skills In Volleyball On The Life Skills Of Students In The Tenth Grade, Hassan Al-Sotary

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The aim of this study was to identify the effect of using problem solving method on some of the life skills of the 10th grade students in Al-Quwaismeh Directorate; one of the directorates of the capital Amman. These skills included communication, decision making, problem solving, group work, leadership spirit, taking responsibility, self-confidence, conflict resolution and difference acceptance. The sample consisted of 40 students from both genders. The two groups used the problem solving method. An educational program in teaching the basic skills in volleyball has been used alongside with some life skills under study. The program consisted of eight modules …

Analysis Of Economic And Social Environment Of Amman City, Arij Agarah,, Nasim Barham, Hamzah Khawaldah

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed at analyzing the variation in the economic and social characteristicsof populationin Amman city at the neighborhoods' level, according to the population and housing data based on the population census of 2015. The study also seeks to compare the characteristics of the economic and social ecology of Amman city based on the population census data of 1979 and 2015. To achieve this aim, (38) variables representing the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the population inAmman city were used at the neighborhood'slevel of the (169) neighborhoods of the city. The study used the Rotated Principal Component Analysis of …

Effect Of Using Science Education Development Program (Seed) On Fourth Grade Students' Learning Of The Classification Unit Of Living Organisms, Niveen Ghassan, Refa' Ramahi

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The current study aimed to find the effect of implementing the Science Education Development Program (SEED) on the fourth-grade students’ learning of “Classification” Unit. The study followed the quasi-experimental design. The instrument was an achievement test, made of (27) items which measure the impact of the program on the fourth graders’ achievement. Test reliability was realized through the one –factor analysis of the test items. The sample of the study consisted of (69) students, divided into two groups. The experimental group (35 students who studied the unit using the (SEED) program and the control group (34) students studied the unit …

Statistical Analysis Of Fertility Control Measures In Diverse Group Of Females, Brijesh Pratap Singh, Sonam Maheshwari, Puneet Kumar Gupta

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

Fertility in India will continue to decline steadily to below-replacement levels towards the end of the century, and then recover early next century. Averages aggregated at the national level however, mask the considerable economic, cultural and spatial heterogeneity at the regional level, which in turn, have a profound influence on the level and pace of fertility decline. Conventional fertility theories highlight the influence of modernization, social and economic development and diffusion of changing ideas and individualistic values on the desired number of children. In this study estimation of fertility pattern is analyzed by two fertility control measure. First measure is …

The Federal Theatre Project: A Model For Contemporary Lessons In Theatrical Accessibility, Lindsey Falgoust

Honors Scholars Collaborative Projects

This thesis explores the methods of the Federal Theatre Project to define and develop accessibility in the theatre and how the contemporary theatre landscape can take these efforts to serve as a lesson and develop a new approach for progressing representation and accessibility. There are many instances of theatres utilizing certain practices from the FTP; however, this thesis demonstrates the need for an all-encompassing adoption of FTP methods by the American theatre community at large. It will serve as a suggestion for the redefining process of the American theatre industry to expand its audience to equally serve the country’s diverse …

Alumni Association Highlights Faculty Excellence Benefiting Students, Field, Susan Brown

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

They are among the best UD has to offer our students and their fields of expertise. Congratulations to the 2020 recipients of the UD Alumni Association Faculty Awards.

Interventional Innovation In Management Education: An Exploratory Study Of Metacognition And Gamification Of Management Education Via Sustainable Learning, Harika Rao

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

Technology disruption in education has given it a sturdier platform in the last few years. Management education today is can be bundled and customized with an emphasis on metacognition, competency-based learning, gamification, and sustainable pedagogy. The education needs to be streamlined with employability skills without simply providing a traditional education degree with scanty employability skills.

The Birds Of The Nebraska Sandhills, Paul A. Johnsgard, Josef Kren

Zea E-Books Collection

This book provides basic information on all the species of birds that have been reliably reported from the Nebraska Sandhills region as of 2020. They include 46 permanent residents, 125 summer breeders, 125 migrants, and 102 rare or accidental species, totaling 398 species. Information on status, migration, and habitats is provided for all but the very rare and accidental species. There are also descriptions of 46 refuges, preserves, and other public-access natural areas in the region and seven suggested birding routes. The text contains more than 90,000 words and over 250 literature references along with more than 20 drawings, 9 …

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Rainfall Sampling Adjustment Factors: Spatial Variability And Effects Of Temporal Resolution Of Precipitation, Apeksha Marasini

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Rainfall maxima over short durations are of great importance when designing stormwater drainage structures in smaller watersheds. Typically, design storms are extracted from rainfall Depth-Duration-Frequency curves developed from continuously gaged rainfall data collected over fixed (clock) time intervals. This can negatively bias our estimates of the true rainfall maxima when the gage collection interval is close to the duration of interest. Sampling Adjustment Factors (SAFs) have been used to rectify this error, but most studies have been limited to low-resolution data, and very few have focused on spatial variability. We use concurrent high resolution (1-minute) rainfall data from 809 stations …

Wait., Kayla Cantu

Theses

Wait explores concepts of discomfort and acceptance through the use of the human body, glass, and honey. The artwork and this thesis both use personal experience of physical insecurities and scholarly investigations into psychology related to unruly bodies. The work and research allude to the material qualities of glass such as its malleability, susceptibility, and softness to draw a parallel between the materials and the human identity. Parallels between glass and body create conversations investigating acceptance of identity and questions ideas about resistance of unruly bodies.

Stakeholder Perceptions Of Da Nang, Vietnam As A Tourism Gateway City, Patrick J. Holladay, Anthony W. Dixon, Minh C. Nguyen, Bao L. Nguyen, Shuangyu Xu, Kate Price-Howard

Journal of Tourism Insights

Da Nang, Vietnam is referred to as a gateway city because of its use as a regional entry point to multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other extra-regional interests proximate to the city. This research addresses Da Nang tourism stakeholders’ interest in the capitalization of Da Nang’s current position as a tourism gateway city. Interviews were conducted with government officials, resort general managers, travel agency personnel, museum directors and members of academia who were all from Da Nang and knowledgeable of the industry. This study concludes that embracing and developing Da Nang’s position as a gateway and hub is important …

Insights From Pennsylvania: Marketing Agritourism For The American Cider Culture, Alison E. Feeney, Antonia Price, Rachel Idacavage

Journal of Tourism Insights

Destinations and activities for travelers are greatly influenced by official tourism agencies that promote their local resources. Marketing for well-known places like breweries or vineyards can be straight forward, but destinations without clear descriptions can be more challenging. This paper examined how cider is defined, promoted, and marketed by official tourism websites to evaluate its potential for supporting the agritourism industry given the resurgence in craft beverages and increased public interest to purchase local products. Discrepancies between federal and state regulations of cider contribute to the public’s lack of awareness of what cider is, who can make it, and how …

Thriving Private-Community Partnerships: Perspectives From Fiji’S Upper Navua Conservation Area, Jeremy Schultz, Kelly Bricker

Journal of Tourism Insights

Ecotourism has proven itself to be a forerunner in the advancement of environmental conservation all the while supporting cultural tradition, uniqueness, and pride among indigenous communities. Successful private-community partnerships associated with ecotourism operations are vital to the overall prosperity of both the businesses and the local communities. Such accomplishments can be seen through numerous livelihood goals including income, food security, health, reduced vulnerability, governance, and empowerment (Walpole & Wilder, 2008).

Private-community partnerships also support global initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (Ban Ki-Moon, 2015) and sustainable development frameworks including those proposed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO, …

Understanding Contraflow Pop-Culture Tourism: The Case Of Transnational Fandom Of South Korean Pop-Culture And The “Hallyu” Tourism, Jungyun "Christine" Hur, Tony Kim

Journal of Tourism Insights

Pop-culture tourism has continuously grown its market among those who are fanatic of pop-culture, and destination marketers have noticed pop-culture as an effective marketing tool to attract more visitors. Pop-culture has been dominant by the US, but interestingly, a recent phenomenon sees a contra-cultural flow. This paper explores contraflow pop-culture tourism and guides the reader to how to understand this new tourism niche. Reviewing the case of transnational fandom of South Korean pop-culture, so called “Korean Wave” or “Hallyu” and its impact on inbound tourism, this paper suggests digital mediation as a key driver of contraflow pop-culture and transnational fandom, …

Volume 7, 2020

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

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Too Many To Fail: Against Community Bank Deregulation, Jeremy C. Kress, Matthew C. Turk

Northwestern University Law Review

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policymakers and scholars have fixated on the problem of “too-big-to-fail” banks. This fixation, however, overlooks the historically dominant pattern in banking crises: the contemporaneous failure of many small institutions. We call this blind spot the “too-many-to-fail” problem and document how its neglect has skewed the past decade of financial regulation. In particular, we argue that, for so- called community banks, there has been a pronounced and unjustifiable shift toward deregulation, culminating in sweeping regulatory rollbacks in the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018.

As this Article demonstrates, this deregulatory trend rests …

The Impact Of Federal, State, And Local Policy On The Pedagogy Of Ell Assessment In New Mexico Public Schools, Cheryl Anne Ford Ed.D.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

ABSTRACT

The impetus for this study came from the understanding that bilingualism and multilingualism are innate components of America’s immigrant and Native American cultural fabric. With issues ranging from writing ELL policy to developing English as a second language (ESL), pedagogical support, to identifying the non-static, cultural, and linguistic needs of ELLs, their intersection and impact on bilingual education in New Mexico’s public schools was the focus of this study. To ensure a nonbiased focus on that narrow intersection, a qualitative methodology with a grounded-theory genre and an emic approach was used to address the research question: How do cumulative …

Reduced Arctic Sea Ice Extent During The Mid-Pliocene Warm Period Concurrent With Increased Atlantic-Climate Regime, Waliur Rahaman, Lukas Smik, Deniz Köseoğlu, N Lathika, Mohd Tarique, Meloth Thamban, Alan Haywood, Simon T. Belt, J. Knies

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Late Quaternary Sea-Ice And Sedimentary Redox Conditions In The Eastern Bering Sea – Implications For Ventilation Of The Mid-Depth North Pacific And An Atlantic-Pacific Seesaw Mechanism, Henrieka Detlef, Sindia M. Sosdian, Simon T. Belt, Lukas Smik, Caroline H. Lear, Sev Kender, Christof Pearce, Ian R. Hall

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Stratigraphic Example Of The Architecture And Evolution Of Shallow Water Mouth Bars, Grant Cole, Rhodri Jerrett, Matthew P. Watkinson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Emerging Challenges In The Provision Of Electronic Information Services On The African Continent : The Role Of Librarians, Raliat Alabi, Adenike Omoike

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Librarians are presently operating electronically in this 21st century and there is a changing role of professional librarians in the academic libraries. Information services are therefore, provided electronically to meet the information needs of thousands of users at a go. The enormous advantage it has is the ease with which the delivery of information is being carried out around the world. Nevertheless, some challenges seems to confront the effective provision of the electronic information services. Literature was reviewed on the electronic information services, provision of electronic information services by professional librarians in African continent and emerging challenges of electronic information …

Towards Development Justice: Re-Visiting The Accountability Of The World Bank And The Imf From A Right To Development Perspective, Maxwel Owuor Miyawa

PhD Dissertations

This dissertation investigates how development justice can be realized through an international accountability praxis that is grounded on the core principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development, one that recognizes the imperative of direct and distinct accountability of the World Bank and the IMF for their development practices. Empirically, amid the intensification of human rights deprivations and mounting development injustices in the Global South, the dominant development praxis has been typified by the marked absence of direct and distinct accountability of international financial institutions. The normative frameworks of international accountability in the realm of development are …