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A Smol Perspective: Internet Sociolinguistics And The Border Between Written And Spoken Word, Ellie Winters

Furman Humanities Review

2023 Meta E. Gilpatrick Prize Essay

Furman Humanities Review. Volume 34, August 2023, Gretchen Braun Editor

Furman Humanities Review

No abstract provided.

In Yellow: A Solo Poem-Play, Emily Kitchens

Faculty Articles

“In Yellow” was developed in the INKubator residency at Art House Productions (Jersey City, NJ) in 2019 with the following blurb:

In Yellow is a solo poem-play about a relationship between a young woman and a ceramic doll her grandmother made that she has just accidentally broken. It is about grief. It is about breaking out of generationally instilled feminine values. It is about the color yellow. It’s all true.

“In Yellow” is an experiment of a poem and play for one voice. I was in New York City for about 10 years, before that The Bay Area, but am …

Cohen, Ruthie, Sophia Maier Garcia

Bronx Jewish History Project

Ruthie Cohen is a second generation American, with her paternal grandparents immigrating from Poland. When she was born, her family lived at 2805 Sedgwick Avenue, but moved nearby to another two-family home at 2805 Webb Avenue. She remembers how her immediate neighborhood and school was predominantly Jewish, but Italians and Irish also lived nearby and attended parochial schools. Cohen felt very little antisemitism from them. She was the youngest of four children in a relatively observant family.

Cohen’s father was a teacher who was very involved in the larger community, and education and tolerance were important values in her family. …

Grace-Based Faith Discipleship Approach Of Adults In South Rock Christian Church: Addressing The Contemporary Legalistic Lifestyle Of Disciples, Nicholas John Pannone

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Discipleship often evokes different responses. However, contemporary Christians have a faithfulness dilemma driven by the constant messages they hear. This DMIN project seeks to develop and promote a ministry structure that educates, equips, and enriches the Christian life based on God’s grace. The project seeks to provide a framework for participants to be transformed holistically by God’s grace. Often, the members of South Rock Christian Church understand grace as the entry point into salvation, but not the identifying trait of their faithful life in Christ. This action project consists of qualitative research that demonstrates a gap between belief and action …

Current Management Issues In Health Information Technology, Gladys Dadson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Health information technology can improve quality care delivery, thereby boosting the healthcare business reputation. However, it can negatively affect quality care delivery and lead to a negative business reputation if not efficiently managed. This single qualitative study aimed to explore the causes of the inefficiencies in managing health information technology and strategies that healthcare organizations use to ensure its efficiencies. In a purposive sample, the researcher conducted telephone interviews with twenty-one participants from Lancaster General Hospital. The participants comprised medical doctors, Doctor of Nursing practitioners, managers of health informatics, and informatics specialists working in various divisions and E-health operations. Other …

The View From Ventress - 2022-23 Academic Year, University Of Mississippi, College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

News from the College of Liberal Arts

Testosterone Is Positively Associated With Coronary Artery Calcium In A Low Cardiovascular Disease Risk Population, Benjamin Trumble, Jacob Negrey, Stephanie V. Koebele, Randall C. Thompson, L. Samuel Wann, Adel H. Allam, Bret Beheim, M. Linda Sutherland, James D. Sutherland, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, David E. Michalik, Chris J. Rowan, Guido P. Lombardi, Angela R. Garcia, Daniel K. Cummings, Edmond Seabright, Sarah Alami, Thomas S. Kraft, Paul L. Hooper, Kenneth Buetow, Andrei Irimia, Margaret Gatz, Jonathan Stieglitz, Michael D. Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Gregory S. Thomas, Tsimane Health And Life History Project Teams

ESI Publications

Background

In industrialized populations, low male testosterone is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular mortality. However, coronary risk factors like obesity impact both testosterone and cardiovascular outcomes. Here, we assess the role of endogenous testosterone on coronary artery calcium in an active subsistence population with relatively low testosterone levels, low cardiovascular risk and low coronary artery calcium scores.

Methodology

In this cross-sectional community-based study, 719 Tsimane forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon aged 40+ years underwent computed tomography (49.8% male, mean age 57.6 years).

Results

Coronary artery calcium levels were low; 84.5% had no coronary artery calcium. Zero-inflated negative binomial models …

Perspectives On Research Needs In Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, And Antimicrobial Stewardship: What's On The Horizon-Part Ii, Jonas Marschall, Rachael E Snyders, Hugo Sax, Jason G Newland, Thais Guimarães, Jennie H Kwon

2020-Current year OA Pubs

In this overview, we articulate research needs and opportunities in the field of infection prevention that have been identified from insights gained during operative infection prevention work, our own research in healthcare epidemiology, and from reviewing the literature. The 10 areas of research need are: 1) Transmissions and interruptions, 2) personal protective equipment and other safety issues in occupational health, 3) climate change and other crises, 4) device, diagnostic, and antimicrobial stewardship, 5) implementation and deimplementation, 6) healthcare outside the acute care hospital, 7) low- and middle-income countries, 8) networking with the "neighbors," 9) novel research methodologies, and 10) the …

Wagon Tracks Volume 38, Issue 1 (Nov 2023)

Wagon Tracks

Contents

2 On the Cover: The View from Wagon Mound: Jackie Fleming

4 Trail Writings: Chris Day

5 Joanne’s Jottings

6 News along the Trail

7-11 Tributes to Marc Simmons

12-13 The Caches: Joanne VanCoevern and Leo Oliva

14 SFTA Awards

15-20 Santa Fe Trail Association Hall of Fame

21-27 Hell on Wheels: El Moro,Trinidad, and Oteroby Dr. Michael L. Olsen

27 SFTA Action Items

28 Chapter Reports

29 Membership Form

32 Calendar

Too Many Beasts: The Fiction And Reality Of Child Soldiers, Adam Moore

Ohio Northern University International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ford Hall Forum Lecture Program, Undated, Ford Hall Forum

Ford Hall Forum Documents and Photographs

Ford Hall Forum advertising program from unknown date, explains purpose of forum, lists past speakers, and describes tiered membership program. Photographs of Jesse Jackson, Henry A. Kissinger, Corazon Aquino, Martin Luther King, Jr., Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, Robert Frost, and Eleanor Roosevelt featured.

Ford Hall Forum Membership Brochure, Undated, Ford Hall Forum

Ford Hall Forum Documents and Photographs

Ford Hall Forum advertising program from unknown date, explains purpose of forum, lists past speakers, and describes tiered membership program.

Off By Heart Lake, Gayle I. Sacuta

The Goose

Memoir, history and critique of girlhood on a farm on the Alberta prairie in the 1970's and 1980's.

Provost Presents Faculty Research Series: "Where We Belong: An Academic Book Presentation", Daisy Ocampo Diaz

CSUSB Sound and video recordings

No abstract provided.

Before Showtime, Amy Kaler

The Goose

In this piece of creative nonfiction, I reflect on the experience of having time on my hands in peri-urban spaces that are characterized by transience, liminality, and contingency, while waiting for performance time at youth cheerleading competitions. I describe walking around these places, specifically Las Vegas and Abbotsford (BC). I connect my experience to other accounts of aimless wandering, such as the "derive" of psychogeography, and note the ways in which the exercises of power and potential world-ending catastrophe are present, but latent, in these landscapes. In particular, I consider the historic cold-war threat of a nuclear bomb as well …

The College Voice, Vol. 58, No. 5 [November 15, 2023], Connecticut College

2023-2024

No abstract provided.

Weather And Walking: Sensing Snow On Suburban Paths And Trails, Abbi Flint

The Goose

In this paper, reflections on walking and archival research come together to explore how weather influences experiences of movement along paths and trails. In this case – a consideration of the different ways that snow shapes multi-sensory, and multi-species, engagements with suburban paths in South Yorkshire, UK.

Nancy Ross, Interview, 2023, Elizabeth Allen

Oral Histories

In November of 2023, Eastern Michigan University’s LGBT Resource Center hosted an event in collaboration with the University Archives’ Oral History Program during Transgender Awareness Week where students could share their experiences with being part of the LGBT community on and off campus. EMU student Nancy Ross talks about their first introduction to queer identities, switching majors, and gender expression through roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons.

A Narrative Case Study: The Role Of Culturally Responsive Mentorship To Navigate, Empower, And Level The Playing Field For Black And Brown Students In Higher Education, Chotsani Williams West

Theses & Dissertations

As the rate of enrollment increases for Black and Brown students in U.S. colleges and universities, in part, due to innovative and strategic recruitment and enrollment efforts to attract them, research shows that students of color benefit from intentional and strength-based college support services to ensure that they can thrive and persist toward graduation. In this narrative case study, I explored the perceived experiences of Black and Brown alumni who were participants in a mentoring program at a predominantly White institution (PWI). In-depth interviews with 20 alumni chronicled their lived experiences and perceptions as they navigated the PWI with the …

Hidden Teachers: Stories Of Adult Basic Math And Numeracy Educators In The United States, Brooke Istas

Teaching and Learning Theses and Dissertations

This study is a narrative identity analysis using life history methodology. Thirty-eight Adult Basic mathematics and numeracy teachers shared their mathematical journey and their classroom perceptions, beliefs, knowledge, and practices. Their stories were summarized and analyzed using narrative identity analysis. There were four themes that emerged from their stories that revealed their mathematical self-identity and four themes that described their mathematics instruction. The stories of ABE math instructors’ math journey were linked to theories, studies, and research in the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and education.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 11/14/2023, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

A Dance Of Resistance: The Puerto Rican Bomba As A Means To Challenge Intersections Of Discrimination On The Island, Daniel Loving

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis examines the Puerto Rican Bomba as a multifaceted cultural and political phenomenon, focusing on its pivotal role in challenging and subverting the enduring issues of racial and gender discrimination on the Island. Drawing from an interdisciplinary framework that encompasses cultural studies, anthropology, history, performance and film studies, this research elucidates the complex interplay between Bomba's rhythmic and choreographic elements, its historical evolution, and its contemporary significance in the context of Puerto Rico's sociopolitical landscape. By analyzing Bomba's historical roots in African and indigenous traditions, its adaptation during colonial and post-colonial eras, and its ongoing relevance in the struggle …

It’S Not Paradise For The Dogs And Shelter Workers: Dog Welfare And Occupational Stress In Animal Shelters In Hawaii, Lynn Morrison

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

Dog welfare and occupational stress of animal shelter workers at two sites on Hawaii Island were examined. The east side had higher euthanasia rates than the west side. The two sites are in locales that differ culturally and economically. The goal of this study is to (1) elucidate how dog culture differs at the two sites and how those differences affect the health of dogs, and (2) assess the stress levels of shelter workers who must simultaneously care for the dogs while often having to euthanize them. Interviews and cortisol were obtained from the shelter workers and cortisol was obtained …

The Relative Contribution Of Both Quality Of Life To Institutional Innovation Among Dubai Electricity And Water Authority Employees الإسهام النسبي لجودة الحياة في الابتكار المؤسّسيّ لدى موظفي هيئة كهرباء ومياه دبي, Bayan Salem Khreisat, Abdul Nasser Musa Al-Qarala

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract:

The current study aimed to verify the relative contribution of quality of life to institutional innovation among DEWA employees. To achieve the objectives of the study, an available sample of (416) employees from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority was selected, and metrics were developed: Quality of life and institutional innovation, and the characteristics were verified. The psychometric evidence of the measures of validity and reliability. The measures were applied electronically. The results of the study found a high level of quality of life and institutional innovation on the total degree, and it was found that the quality of life …

Socioeconomic Determinants Of Couple Life Duration Among Divorced Women Of Reproductive Age In Natore District, Bangladesh, Md Nazrul Islam Mondal

Journal of Demography

As the divorce rate has risen globally, many social scientists have been trying to understand the factors that hold marriages together or contribute to divorce. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the socioeconomic factors affecting the marriage duration of reproductive-aged women in Natore District; Bangladesh, with a cross-sectional study conducted in 2020 in Lalpur Upazila. Data were collected from 426 divorced women of reproductive-age (15-49 years) in face-to-face interviews using a snowball sampling technique through a structured questionnaire. A bivariate analysis was used to identify the factors associated with marriage duration. The effects of each associated factor on the length …

Aswc Meeting Minutes 2023-11-13.Pdf, Alexie Hurtado

ASWC Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Aging On Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption: A Preliminary Study, Steven Klepacz

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Aging and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) is something that has not been adequately studied. Studies looking at EPOC mostly are compiled of young college age individuals. Aging in humans is a topic of much research with still more to be learned. The study in this paper attempts to answer the question of whether age affects EPOC when performing a certain exercise. Preliminary findings based on general age-related research suggest the possibility. This thesis will explore the current research related to age and EPOC, analyze the findings, and discuss additional avenues for future research.

Unh Library Archives Photo Collection Documenting Immigrants In New Hampshire, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol. 55, Issue 5, 11-13-2023, Deklin Fitzgerald

Free Press, The

Remembering the Victims--Games, Activities, and More--Dharma Recovery at the ROCC-A Fall Drag Extravaganza--Sports Recap Photo Spread