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Socio-Ecological Analysis Of Artisanal Gold Mining In West Africa: A Case Study Of Ghana, Richard Takyi, Rasha Hassan, Badr El Mahrad, Richard Adade

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The surge in artisanal gold mining (AGM) activities and the associated environmental impact in Ghana have elicited several stakeholders' attempts to curb the problem. However, due to little understanding of the underlying issues, these efforts have been ineffective. This study aims to use a socio-ecological framework to analyze drivers of AGM activities, the environmental pressures, the state change, their impact on human welfare, and the management response as measures (DAPSI(W)R(M)) to the problem. Evaluate AGM's impact on Ghana's ability to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data were collected from relevant literature on the subject and analyzed with …

Landing An Academic Library Job: A Look Behind The Curtain, Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Tectonic Transport Directions, Shear Senses And Deformation Temperatures Indicated By Quartz C-Axis Fabrics And Microstructures In A Nw-Se Transect Across The Moine And Sgurr Beag Thrust Sheets, Caledonian Orogen Of Northern Scotland, Richard D. Law, J. Ryan Thigpen, Sarah E. Mazza, Calvin A. Mako, Maarten Krabbendam, Brandon M. Spencer, Kyle T. Ashley, Robin A. Strachan, Ella F. Davis

Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty Publications

Moine metasedimentary rocks of northern Scotland are characterized by arcuate map patterns of mineral lineations that swing progressively clockwise from orogen-perpendicular E-trending lineations in greenschist facies mylonites above the Moine thrust on the foreland edge of the Caledonian Orogen, to S-trending lineations at higher structural levels and metamorphic grades in the hinterland. Quartz c-axis fabrics measured on a west to east coast transect demonstrate that the lineations developed parallel to the maximum principal extension direction and therefore track the local tectonic transport direction. Microstructures and c-axis fabrics document a progressive change from top to the N shearing in the hinterland …

Spatial Disparities: The Role Of Nativity In Neighborhood Exposure To Alcohol And Tobacco Retailers, Georgiana Bostean, Luis A. Sánchez, Jason A. Douglas

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

Studies of retail environment, one of the social determinants of health, document racial/ethnic disparities in exposure to alcohol and tobacco (A and T) retailers, but have largely overlooked nativity. We examined associations between A and T retailer density and rates of foreign-born Latinx and foreign-born Asian residents in California census tracts (N = 7888), using spatial regressions and controlling for population and ecological confounders (e.g., population density, zoning, residential instability, urbanicity). Socio-demographic data came from the American Community Survey (2012–2016); census tract density of A and T retailers came from geocoded addresses from state license data for off-sale alcohol distributors …

Meals In The Melting-Pot: Immigration And Dietary Change In Diversifying Cities, Nicola Frances Rule, Colin Charles Dring, Thomas F. Thornton

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Changes in diets and food practices have implications for personal and planetary health. As these implications have become more apparent, dietary change interventions that seek to promote healthy and sustainable transitions have proliferated, and the processes and drivers of dietary change have come under increasing scrutiny. In particular, dietary acculturation has been recognised as a driver of dietary change in the context of immigration to expanding, cosmopolitan cities. However, research has largely focused on changes in the diets of immigrants and ethnic minorities. In contrast, this study contributes to our understanding of the process of dietary acculturation among the largest …

Citoyen.Ne.S: Conversation En Français, Annabelle Dolidon

PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources

CITOYEN.NE.S is a French language method for the conversation class at the intermediate/ advanced level. Content and activities are built around the concepts of diversity, inclusivity and equity, and engage students to practice French while questioning and participating in the world they live in – to be full citizens whatever their background, their race or their gender identity. As the French spelling of the title indicates, the book embraces écriture inclusive and uses it for instructions and general information for all students.

The book is composed of five chapters covering various themes. None of them provides again basic vocabulary from …

Millennials And Gen Z’S Perception Of Social Media Marketing Effectiveness On The Festival’S Branding: The Mediating Effect Of Brand Gestalt, Deske W. Mandagi, Andrew C. Aseng

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Despite the increasing interest in social media use in tourism, limited empirical work has been devoted to the effectiveness of social media marketing on festival tourism branding. The present study proposed a theoretical model that explains the effect of social media marketing (SMM) on festival brand gestalt and brand loyalty. Furthermore, this study examines the mediating effect of brand gestalt on the relationship between SMM and brand loyalty. Based on relevant literature, a conceptual model that explains the link among variables was developed and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). An online survey was carried out from August 2019 to …

Towards A Resilent Society Through Social Studies Intergredied Disaster Mitigation Education In Basic School Students, Pinkan Amita Tri Prasasti

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

In developing countries, educating all segments of society about the threat of disaster is not always possible due to a lack of expertise and educational materials. Consequently, one of the best ways to disseminate disaster risk awareness programs is to integrate this initiative into children's activities through education. Important information for a large part of the population can be conveyed through the knowledge, skills and enthusiastic motivation of the children. The purpose of this study is to provide an educational picture to the wider community about the importance of disaster mitigation education which is internalized through education, especially social studies …

Stories Of Diaspora Of Overseas Filipino Workers In Singapore: A Management Perspective, Leandro A. Loyola, Mariano M. De Los Santos

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This qualitative study focused on the documentation and analysis of the narratives on the diaspora stories of the overseas Filipino workers in Singapore in the contexts of their fear, opportunities, and management initiatives, viewed through management perspectives. The Filipino diaspora has gone global, having overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) present in all parts of the world. Push factors motivated many Filipinos to seek better job opportunities in developed countries such as Singapore. However, the length of stay is limited by the working pass. Narrative inquiry as a research design was used, and the data were collected through face-to-face interviews with the …

Washing Load Influences The Microplastic Release From Polyester Fabrics By Affecting Wettability And Mechanical Stress, Michela Volgare, F De Falco, Roberto Avolio, Rachele Castaldo, Maria Emanuela Errico, Gennaro Gentile, Veronica Ambrogi, Mariacristina Cocca

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

AbstractMicroplastics released from textiles during the washing process represent the most prevalent type of microparticles found in different environmental compartments and ecosystems around the world. Release of microfibres during the washing process of synthetic textiles is due to the mechanical and chemical stresses that clothes undergo in washing machines. Several washing process parameters, conditions, formulations of laundering additives have been correlated to microfibre release and some of them have been identified to affect microfibre release during washing process, while no correlation has been evaluated between microfibre release and washing load. In the present study, microfibre release was evaluated as function …

Kontinuitas Dan Perubahan Pada Pembelajaran Ips Sekolah Dasar Secara Keterampilan Sosial Daring, Ade Irma Suriani

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Mastery of social skills is a demand for each individual in adapting to their environment. No exception for elementary school students who are always expected to carry out continuity and change in the development of social skills from the learning received. The purpose of this study was to determine the continuity and change in social skills in elementary school social studies online learning. The research method used is a qualitative case study method. Sources of research data obtained from four elementary school class teachers using purposive techniques. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with all informants. Data analysis used interactive …

Effects Of Air Quality And Weather Conditions On Chinese Tourists’ Emotional Experience, Ying Wang, Yang Yang, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Li Huang, Weijie Sun

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Though the effects of air quality and weather conditions on tourism have been examined from different perspectives, their effects on tourists' emotional experience have not been investigated. Due to lack of effective measurements, tourists' real-time on-site emotional experience have not been duly examined. This study used tourists' geo-tagged check-in user-generated content (UGC) to extract the sentiments underlying tourists' real-time on-site emotional experience, and modelled the effects of air quality and weather conditions on tourists' emotional experience. The empirical results confirmed a negative and non-linear impact of air pollution, and an inverted-U effect of temperature on tourists' emotional experience. By developing …

Using Dialectic Thematic Analysis In Dark Tourism: Combining Deductive And Inductive Reasoning In A Modular Method, Martin Maccarthy

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This study combines the results of two antithetical research processes: induction and deduction. Using a prescribed dialectic method commemorative pilgrimage at two non-substitutable sites is explored. A metamodel, comprising an amalgam of published commemorative models and ideas is first constructed and used as the project's interpretive frame. Parsing the metamodel produces 17 constructs: four of which are motives (inputs) and 11 of which are typified behaviours (outputs). The combined data from two Australian memorials; one in Western Australia and one in France is then analysed using the metamodel as representative of existing theory. The constructs are then deduced whilst simultaneously …

Predictors Of Marine Genetic Structure In The Indo-Australian Archipelago, Udhi E. Hernawan, Paul S. Lavery, Gary A. Kendrick, Kor-Jent Van Dijk, Yaya I. Ulumuddin, Teddy Triandiza, Kathryn M. Mcmahon

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The spatial genetic structure of marine organisms is related to dispersal and life-history traits, historical processes, current oceanographic connectivity and habitat features. Here, we assessed the relative importance of these factors for the genetic structure of a broad range of marine species in the Indo Australian Archipelago (IAA). We collated published data on 99 marine species from eight taxonomic groups (ascidians, fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, corals, reptiles, and marine plants) and used generalized linear models (GLMs) to estimate the best predictors of genetic structure. Genetic structure was characterized by FST and the number of genetic clusters over the study area. …

The Effectiveness Of An E-Learning Module Integrated In The Development Of Written Composition Skills Of The Ninth Grade Students In Sultanate Of Oman, Moza Al-Rashidi, Sulaiman Alghattami

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

The study aimed at verifying the effectiveness of an integrated e-learning module in developing the written composition skills in Arabic language of the ninth grade students in the Sultanate of Oman. The study focused on the semi-experimental approach, which based on the design of the experimental and control groups. The experimental group included 35 students who studied the written composition by the integrated e-learning unit and the control group 34 student left for normal teaching. To achieve the objectives of the study, a list of the written composition skills for the ninth grade was prepared, and a test of the …

Drug Law Amendments And Its Influence On The Crime Rates In Jordan, Khalil Al- Saydih, Ammjad Al- Saydih

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

The study aimed to identify the influence of the drug law amendments on the crime rates in Jordan. The study used the descriptive approach to achieving its aims and utilized a questionnaire as a data collection tool. The study included academic staff from six Law colleges at Jordanian universities. The questionnaires were sent to (82) faculty members but (70) of them were returned. Results revealed that (83%) of the respondents reported that the legal amendments were the direct cause for increase the commitment of drug crimes in Jordan in recent years. The significant amendments of the Jordanian law (2014) of …

Critically Analyzing The Online Classroom: Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, And The Pedagogy They Produce, J.D. Swerzenski

Journal of Communication Pedagogy

Working from the crossroads of critical pedagogy and software studies, this study analyzes the means by which teaching technologies—in particular the popular learning management systems (LMS) Blackboard, Moodle, and Canvas—support a transmission model of education at the expense of critical learning goals. I assess the effect of LMSs on critical aims via four key critical pedagogy concepts: the banking system, student/teacher contradiction, dialogue, and problem-posing. From software studies, I employ the notion of affordances—what program functions are and are not made available to users—to observe how LMSs naturalize the transmission model. Rather than present a deterministic look at teaching technology, …

The Power Of Voice: Using Audio Podcasts To Teach Vocal Performance And Digital Communication, Amanda Hill

Journal of Communication Pedagogy

Today’s students often speak through mediated technologies. Thus, understanding how nonverbal cues impact meaning-making is key to understanding effective communication across mediums. This case study explores a group project where students created audio podcasts to teach others about a specific aspect of communication studies while considering the way sound and vocal performance affect the transference of the message. This article examines the use of audio podcasts as a vehicle for teaching university students about the power of paralinguistic and chronemic nonverbal behaviors.

The Attitudes Of Arab Open University Students In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Towards Blended Learning And The Difficulties Facing Its Application From Their Point Of View, Hadi Al Ajmi

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

The study aimed to investigate the attitudes of students towards blended learning as well as the difficulties facing its implementation in the Arabic Open University at Saudi Arabia and the differences according to several variables. A questionnaire was administrated after checking validity and reliability within (33) items on a random sample of (1197) students from the Arabic Open University in the educational regions (Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, Dammam, Al-Ahsa, and Hail). The results of the study showed that: the students ’attitudes towards blended learning were in a high level with a mean of (3.46). Also, it showed that there are no …

The Effects Of The Strait Hormuz On The Policies Of The Great Powers Towards The Gulf Region, Shereen Ali Mheidat

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

The study aimed to show the impact of the Strait of Hormuz on the policies of international powers towards the Arab Gulf region in light of the great importance of the Strait of Hormuz in international trade as it is a corridor for the Gulf countries' exports of oil and their imports from all countries of the world. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive-analytical method was used. The study concluded that the Strait of Hormuz is gaining importance for the great powers, as it is one of the most important waterways with regard to oil and gas …

Issue 379: September 30-October 14, 2021, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Teaching And Engaging Students In A Public Sociology Program On Gentrification, Jennifer E. Melvin, Leonard A. Steverson

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

This paper describes a public sociology project in which students at Flagler College will be enlisted to conduct research on the gentrifying community of Lincolnville in St. Augustine, Florida. The theoretical and research perspectives that will be used to guide the project are supplied by the urban sociological methodology of the Chicago School of Sociology from the early twentieth century. The objectives of the Lincolnville project are to recruit and train interested students in producing new knowledge in the phenomena of gentrification on a local level, to enrich student knowledge of theory and research, to use service learning to explain …

Gulf Coast Faculty Council Minutes September, 29 2021, Usm Gulf Coast Faculty Council

Gulf Coast Faculty Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Limited Progress In Improving Gender And Geographic Representation In Coral Reef Science, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Samantha H. Cheng, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Stacy K. Baez, Megan D. Barnes, Nathan J. Bennett, Stuart J. Campbell, Emily S. Darling, N/A Estradivari, David Gill, Erika Gress, Georgina G. Gurney, Vera Horigue, Raymond Jakub, Emma V. Kennedy, Shauna L. Mahajan, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Shayle B. Matsuda, Nyawira A. Muthiga, M.O. Navarro, Nadia Santodomingo, Henri Vallès, Laura Veverka, Angelo Villagomez, Amelia S. Wenger, Adaoma Wosu

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Despite increasing recognition of the need for more diverse and equitable representation in the sciences, it is unclear whether measurable progress has been made. Here, we examine trends in authorship in coral reef science from 1,677 articles published over the past 16 years (2003–2018) and find that while representation of authors that are women (from 18 to 33%) and from non-OECD nations (from 4 to 13%) have increased over time, progress is slow in achieving more equitable representation. For example, at the current rate, it would take over two decades for female representation to reach 50%. Given that there are …

Vulnerability Of Street Trees In Upper Midwest Cities To Climate Change, Leslie A. Brandt, Gary R. Johnson, Eric A. North, Jack Faje, Annamarie Rutledge

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Urban trees play an important role in helping cities adapt to climate change, but also are vulnerable to changes in climate themselves. We developed an approach for assessing vulnerability of urban tree species and cultivars commonly planted in cities in the United States Upper Midwest to current and projected climate change through the end of the 21st century. One hundred seventy-eight tree species were evaluated for their adaptive capacity to a suite of current and future-projected climate and urban stressors using a weighted scoring system based on an extensive literature review. These scores were then evaluated and adjusted by leading …

Climate Change And Utah Ski Resorts: Impacts, Perceptions, And Adaptation Strategies, Emily J. Wilkins, Hadia Akbar, Tara C. Saley, Rachel Hager, Colten M. Elkin, Patrick Belmont, Courtney G. Flint, Jordan W. Smith

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Climate change is a threat to ski resorts, the ski industry, and mountain communities that rely on ski tourism. Ski resorts may be able to mitigate some of the social and economic impacts caused by climate change with proactive adaptation strategies. Using historical weather data, future climate projections, and interviews with ski resort managers in Utah (United States), this research investigates the effects of climate change on ski resorts across the state. We examine temperature change at all resorts within the state from 1980–2018 and climate projections from 2021–2100 under different climate change scenarios (RCPs 2.6, 4.5, and 8.5). We …

A Dalliance With Open Data, Shannon Sheridan

OER & Beyond - Blog Archive

If you don’t work with data every day, you might be hesitant about using or incorporating open data as an Open Educational Resources (OER). You might not even be totally sure what open data really is. So in this post, I want to get up on my small soapbox and tell you, “You can do it! And it doesn’t have to mean becoming a data analytics expert!”

Managing The Energy Trilemma In The Philippines, Josef Teofisto T. Yap, Aaron Joseph P. Gabriola, Chrysogonus F. Herrera

Ateneo School of Government Publications

Background

The transition to an energy mix with lower carbon emissions is hampered by the existence of the so-called Energy Trilemma. The primary consequence is a trade-off between various objectives of energy policy, e.g., equity and sustainability. This conflict can lead to policy gridlock if policymakers are unable to prioritize the goals. This paper proposes a framework and methodology to manage the trilemma by applying methods related to multi-criteria decision-making in order to assign weights to the various components of the trilemma.

Results

Following the International Energy Agency (IEA), an expanded concept of energy security is adopted and translates to …

Social Marketing Campaigns To Promote Healthy Eating In Low-Income Louisiana Environments: A Mixed Methods Formative Assessment, Linda Fergus

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

A healthy diet consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) is associated with reduced risk of obesity and chronic disease. Many people do not consume a healthy diet, especially those with limited resources. The purpose of this research was to study social marketing campaigns and message design factors that promote healthy eating and improved physical activity (PA) behaviors to low-income populations in Louisiana (LA) and to describe the attitudes, beliefs, and barriers of the rural, low-income LA population regarding healthy eating.

In a scoping literature review, an evidence map of publications regarding social marketing campaigns that aim to promote …

Adoption And Utilization Of Electronic Databases By Postgraduate Students In Selected Universities In North-Central, Nigeria, Lawal Abubakar, Abdulwahab Olanrewaju Issa, Zainab Olanihun Ambali

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT The study aimed at identifying the types of e-databases available, perceptions towards the ease and extent of use, and usefulness of the adopted e-databases and identify the challenges associated with the use of adopted e-databases by the postgraduate students in the selected universities, in North- central, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design where set of questionnaires were used to collect data from 1726 postgraduate students across five universities in North-central, Nigeria. The study found that Internet facility, e-journals, e-books, science direct, AGORA, DOAJ and TEEAL are the major e-databases available and accessible in selected libraries. The e-databases used …