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The Magic And Metaphysics Of Shit :The Production Of Space And Digital Technology, David Capener

Articles

Reading Henri Lefebvre alongside Bernard Stiegler, this paper explores the changes that have taken place to the production of space in our age of digital technology. Lefebvre sensed the radical changes taking place in society through the implementation of computational technologies. He asked a prescient question: How is this space being produced? Lefebvre was unable to foresee the significant changes to the actual mechanics of the production of space brought about by the third industrial revolution. A thinker who does do this is Bernard Stiegler who is interested in how new digital technologies change memory via tertiary mnemotechnical devices – …

Essays On Corporate Finance And Institutional Investors, Ang Li

Theses and Dissertations--Finance and Quantitative Methods

The dissertation consists of three chapters spanning two areas of finance: corporate finance and institutional investors. In the first chapter, “Board Gender Diversity, Firm Culture, and Female Inventors”, I study how employee's Research and Development (R&D) activity is affected by firm culture. Using board gender diversity as a proxy for female-friendly culture, I find that a greater representation of women in the boardroom is associated with increased productivity and innovation output by female inventors relative to male inventors. Female inventors file more highly cited patents and less uncited patents. The effect is driven by female directors with R&D or high-tech …

Improving Retention And Degree Attainment For Underrepresented Students In Stem: Is Experiential Learning The Solution?, Cori Henderson

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

Experiential learning opportunities, such as undergraduate research, are found to be useful in promoting retention and graduation in STEM majors, and specifically for underrepresented student populations. These opportunities are being implemented throughout the United Stated as a means to improve student learning and persistence. In Kentucky’s strategic plan, experiential learning activities are seen as an avenue to help students persist in college and are key components in helping the commonwealth reach their goal of sixty-percent of adult Kentuckians earning a college credential by 2030.

Mirroring the commonwealth’s strategic plan, Northern Kentucky University (NKU) emphasized the importance for experiential learning opportunities …

The University School: The University Of Kentucky's Role In The Laboratory School Movement Of The 20th Century, Shanna M. Patton

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

This study expands the scope of institution-level research on college and university-run laboratory schools to include the University of Kentucky’s on-campus laboratory school that operated from 1918 to 1965. Specifically, it preserves the institutional history of UK’s laboratory school, which has largely disappeared from local memory; provides a specific case study of a laboratory school in a largely unstudied state and region, namely Kentucky and the South; and contextualizes the role and trajectory UK’s laboratory school played in the larger Laboratory School Movement of the 20^th century. Because of UK’s status as a southern land grant university, this research …

Importance Of Taxonomic Group, Life Stage And Circumstance Of Rescue Upon Wildlife Rehabilitation In Ontario, Canada, Gillian Kelly, Javier Delbarco-Trillo

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Wildlife rehabilitation is an increasingly important and global practice, aiming towards advancements in animal welfare and species conservation. Although there are ongoing discussions on the benefits and limitations of wildlife rehabilitation, there is a general agreement on the importance of wildlife rehabilitation on improving the welfare of wild animals and identifying threats to wildlife. Determining which factors lead to a successful outcome of rehabilitation can allow wildlife rehabilitation centres to best focus their resources to benefit animals with the greatest chance of a successful release. In this study, three factors affecting the success of rehabilitation were evaluated: taxonomic group, life …

Changes In The Home Range Sizes Of Terrestrial Vertebrates In Response To Urban Disturbance: A Meta-Analysis, Kate O'Donnell, Javier Delbarco-Trillo

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

The unprecedented growth rate in human population and the increasing movement of people to urban areas is causing a rapid increase in urbanisation globally. Urban environments may restrict or affect the behaviour of many animal species. Importantly, urban populations may change their spatial movement, particularly decreasing their home ranges in response to habitat fragmentation, the presence of landscape barriers and the availability and density of resources. Several species specific studies suggest that urban animals decrease their home ranges compared with their non-urban counterparts; however, it remained unclear whether this pattern is widespread across taxa or is instead restricted to specific …

Missing: An Abandoned Daughter Searches To Fill The Inner Emptiness, Marnie Michelle Craig

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The 2019 Reporting Native News Honors Capstone Project reported on the ongoing epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) in Montana. I was assigned to the Crow Indian Reservation and Billings. My story is about Natasha Rondeau.

Natasha Rondeau’s mother, Diane Medicine Horse, was last seen on Sept. 28, 1981. Her 23-year-old mother handed Rondeau to the child’s father and drove away in a dusty white Buick.

Rondeau grew up in the old Rondeau family home in Crow Agency with her father, step-mother and grandfather. In the way of extended Native American families, everyone contributed. Aunties were moms and …

Re-Interpreting A Complex Maya Burial At Tutu Uitz Na, Justine Marie Bye

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

In 2017, John Walden led an excavation of the Tutu Uitz Na intermediate elite center, found in the Maya site of Lower Dover, Belize. He and his team uncovered two burials, designated SG1-BU2 and SG1-BU3. Their initial report claims that there were three individuals, all sacrificially bound and killed within an eastern triadic shrine. In 2019, Dr. Kirsten Green-Mink and Justine Bye, both of the University of Montana, re-analyzed the Tutu Uitz Na burials and performed a comprehensive bioarchaeological analysis. SG1-BU2 was found to contain three individuals – 2 adults and 1 subadult. SG1-BU3 contained one adult, likely of high …

Leaf Choice By Salmonfly Nymphs (Pteronarcys Californica) In Western Montana, Emily L. Hamant, Art Woods, James Frakes

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

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Lessons From Leaders: Mainstreaming Corporate Valuations Of Impacts And Dependencies On Nature, Carmen L. Thissen, Jakki J. Mohr

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Historically, business practices have negatively affected the natural environment. Many environmental problems originated from businesses’ view of nature as a source of cheap inputs. Moreover, businesses haven’t accounted for negative environmental impacts on “natural capital” (e.g. water, forests, pollination, etc.) from manufacturing, pollution, toxic waste, shipping, and transportation. Given that “you can’t manage what you don’t measure,” various organizations are developing models and metrics to quantify business impacts on natural capital, and leading businesses are forging ahead with financial valuations. For example, the Kering Group displays their natural capital valuations through an interactive “Environmental Profit and Loss” calculator, displaying global …

Building A Dragon, Bethany C. Down

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

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The Evolution Of Dragons, Laura J. Mayfield

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Dragons have been depicted in human art as early as 4500 BCE. For centuries, these fantasy creatures have inspired countless folk and fantasy tales, as well as appearing in the art of different cultures around the world. Now there are thousands of different depictions of these huge, flying, fire-breathing lizards, but are any of them possible? In this study, I reference peer-reviewed scientific articles, phylogenetic analysis, and paleoart studies to create biologically-sound dragons. Basing the dragon lineage on a real branch of webbed-winged scansoriopterygids—an extinct family of climbing and gliding maniraptoran dinosaurs—I explored the possible wing-structure, fire-breathing abilities, and effects …

Barriers To Accessing The First Step Resource Center, Corinne Frances Manley

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

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Kenyon College Course Catalog 2020-2021

Kenyon College Course Catalogs

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School: A Community And Environmental Resource, Samantha M. Kelley

Architecture Theses and Projects

Schools play an important role in the lives of children, and can play a larger role in the broader community. Throughout history, schools have existed that have been connected to the environment, whether it was to simply provide children with the opportunity to spend time outside, or to teach students about the natural world. With the state of climate change that exists today, connecting students to the environment is of utmost importance. Students must understand the environment, in order to appropriately understand the threat of climate change, and ultimately take action to combat it.

Schools are an ideal location to …

Sowing The Seeds Of Growth: A Study On Schenectady, Ny’S Food Desert, Kelsey M. Ling

Architecture Theses and Projects

Humanity, it seems has always struggled to find a balance between human comfort and other factors, such as environmental and political factors. Sometimes even when our intentions are good, they are not enough to meet basic human needs. A common worldview of many living in the United States is that a lack of food is a third-world problem, but this is some- what of a falacy. Food availability varies greatly from one part of the US to another.

Many issues can contribute to a lack of food. For example, out west water shortages sometimes create crop shortages. Cities such as …

Educational Comic: Eksis Cermin Si Imut, As Efforts To Improve Dental And Oral Health Knowledge In Elementary School 12 Kapopposang Island, Ansyari Muis, Erwin Gunawan, Pharadiba Pharadiba, Febriansyah M. Ashar, Irene E. Rieuwpassa

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Analysis Of First Permanent Molar Condition On Kindergarten Student Aged 5-6 Years Old In Eastern Suburban Area Of Makassar City, Marhamah Marhamah, Rafikah Hasyim, Dwi P. Wulansari, Muliaty Yunus, Hendrastuty Handayani, Sumintarti Sumintarti, Sri Ramadhany

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Description Of Condyle Trabecular Bone Density Of Hypertension Patients Evaluated From Panoramic Radiograph Using Software Imagej, Meyta R. Gwen, Ria N. Firman, Farina Pramanik

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Relationship Between Stunting With Dental And Oral Status In Toddlers, Munifah Abdat, Said Usman, Chairunas, Hafidha Suhaila

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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The Difference Of Corrosion Resistance Between Niti Archwires And Niti With Additional Cooper Archwires In Artificial Saliva, Eddy H. Habar, Fransiske Tatengkeng

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Platelet-Rich Plasma Improves Initial Bone Remodeling, Edy Machmud, Bahruddin Thalib, Mochammad Dharmautama, Acing H. Mude, Irfan Dammar, Muhammad Ikbal

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Potential Number Of Tooth Losses In Clicking, Popping And Crepitation Of Temporomandibular Disorders (Tmd) In Elderly, Elfrida M. Agustina, Zahreni Hamzah, Zainul Cholid

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Lew.1wr1 Rats Have Increased Beta Cell Area And Decreased Pancreas Area During Their T1d Susceptibility Window, Evann Fowler

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

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Kidney Tissue Preparation For 1h-Nmr Analysis And Colorimetric Activity Assay Of Mitochondria, Savannah Knight, James Wolfsberger

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

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My Genetic Code And What It Says About Me, Josiah Lane

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

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Metabolomic Study Of The Lew.1wr1 Rat: Serum Artificial Mixture Validation, Jennifer S. Nix

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

The Regulatory Role Of Tnac In The Universal Expression Regulation Of Rf-2 Dependent Regulons, Chi Pham

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Whole Pancreas Area In Type 1 Diabetes Susceptible Rodent Model, Ian Ross, Evann Fowler

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Gita And Betty: An Internationalist Love Story, Elisabeth Armstrong

Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality: Faculty Books

"Gita and Betty: An Internationalist Love Story" is part of Faith in the Masses: a collection of 12 essays by historians and activist-scholars on various aspects of the 100-year history of the CPUSA. The essays in this book demonstrate the Communist Party, USA's century long commitment to equality, workers' rights, peace, and socialism. They highlight the struggle for African American equality, Black liberation, and women's rights, and place athletic, cultural, and literary activities well within the scope of CPUSA work. This book asserts that the CPUSA played a leading role in the social and economic justice struggles of the …