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A Warrior’S Guide To Spiritual Victory: The English Translation Of Bhagavad Gita By Tassanee Sinakul And William S. Whorton, Sreejith Kadiyakkol

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

No abstract provided.

An Excerpt From A Translation Of Maria C. Magsano’S Duksay Kapalaran, Benigno C. Montemayor Jr.

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

No abstract provided.

Review Of A Translation Of Vocabulario De La Lengua Bicol Compuesto Por El M.R.P. Fr. Marcos De Lisboa, Jesus Federico C. Hernandez

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

No abstract provided.

Book Review | Sangeeta Dasgupta, 'Reordering Adivasi Worlds: Representation, Resistance, Memory' (Oxford University Press 2022), Nishant Gokhale

National Law School Journal

Book Review: | Sangeeta Dasgupta, Reordering Adivasi Worlds: Representation, Resistance, Memory (Oxford University Press 2022)

Quasi-Democratic Imagination: How The Constituent Assembly Envisioned The Parliamentary Opposition, Rupak Kumar

National Law School Journal

Institutionalising parliamentary opposition ensures political pluralism, and an opposition needs constitutional protections to enable it to demand accountability and seek scrutiny over the executive. How did the Constituent Assembly of India envision the idea of parliamentary opposition? Did it take the issue seriously? Or, overshadowed by the burgeoning dominance of the Congress Party, was it apprehensive about providing constitutional space for the opposition? Some members of the assembly did demand that an institutional space be created to guarantee an effective opposition. But these demands were not given serious attention in the assembly. This paper argues that, in effect, the assembly …

The Attitudes And Practices Of United Arab Emirates Consumers Towards Food Waste: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, Lynne Kennedy, Samir Safi, Tareq M. Osaili, Ala Al Rajabi, Ayesha Alblooshi, Dima Al Jawarneh, Ahmed Al Kaabi, Fakhra Al Rubaei, Maitha Albreiki, Maryam Alfadli, Aseilah Alhefeiti, Moez Al Islam Ezzat Faris, Kholoud Allaham, Sameeha Junaidi, Moien A.B. Khan

All Works

Background: Reducing global food waste is an international environmental, health, and sus-tainability priority. Although significant reductions have been achieved across the food chain, progress by UAE households and consumers remain inadequate. This study seeks to understand the association between consumer attitudes, knowledge, and awareness relating to food waste practice of residents living in the UAE. to help inform policy and action for addressing this national priority. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated semi-structured online questionnaire through stratified sampling (n =1052). The Spearman correlation coefficient was performed to determine the correlations. Two independent regression analysis were used to …

Unskilled And Unaware: Second-Order Judgments Increase With Miscalibration For Low Performers, Mariana Veiga Chetto Coutinho, Justin Thomas, Imani Fredricks-Lowman, Shama Alkaabi, Justin J. Couchman

All Works

Overestimation and miscalibration increase with a decrease in performance. This finding has been attributed to a common factor: participants’ knowledge and skills about the task performed. Researchers proposed that the same knowledge and skills needed for performing well in a test are also required for accurately evaluating one’s performance. Thus, when people lack knowledge about a topic they are tested on, they perform poorly and do not know they did so. This is a compelling explanation for why low performers overestimate themselves, but such increases in overconfidence can also be due to statistical artifacts. Therefore, whether overestimation indicates lack of …

The Secret Feminine: The Distortion Of The Womb In The Medieval Period, Lindsey Craig

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Been There Done That: A Narrative Analysis Of Disabled Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Elizabeth Maclaren Jones

Online Theses and Dissertations

There is no formal research completed that investigates the lived experiences of disabled speech-language pathology graduate students. This research study utilized a narrative approach. The data were collected through two virtual semi-structured interviews that lasted between 30-40 minutes. The initial coding was done using the qualitative research software ATLAS.ti. The final coding was completed manually. Thematic analysis of relevant In Vivo codes revealed three overarching themes. These themes include self-advocacy, self-disclosure, and self-reliance. In addition to these broader themes, nine minor themes also emerged that helped to develop the three major themes. These minor themes include miscommunication, vulnerability, lack of …

The Effects Of Masks On Speech Perception: A Case Study Of A 5-Year-Old, Megan Jameson

Online Theses and Dissertations

Through a case study design, this research examined whether mask usage in communication partners influenced speech perception in a 5-year-old child, and if so, what that effect was. Participants were recruited using a mix of electronic and physical flyers. Participants had to meet all inclusion criteria, including being English speaking, typical developing, and the age of 5 years for the duration of the study. Typical development was determined through the usage of three screeners; hearing, articulation, and language. Three children were screened, but only one met all inclusion criteria for the study. This individual went on to participate in phase …

Green Poems, Lillian I. Emerick Valentine

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

With broad lyric range, the ecopoems in Green center around the ideology and ethics of the American West. The speaker’s position within that as a descendent of settler laborers is interrogated, as well as language itself. Grammar is used as a tool to perform deconstructive work, examining how labor intersects with colonialism and climate change. Melding intellectual analyses of etymology with the physical act of agricultural labor, these poems range from the conversational and playful to lyric explorations of loss.

Interwoven with this is the speaker’s self-examination of femininity and matrilinear inheritance. How do we use the language we’ve been …

Imagine If All Schools Had This! Fostering Inclusive Family Engagement Through Human-Centered Design Thinking, Tamara R. York

Education Dissertations

This ethnographic study explores the crucial role of family engagement in educational systems and the impact a human-centered design team has on students' success at an elementary school. The research addresses the historical impact of racism and colonization on student outcomes alongside the ongoing challenge of narrowing the opportunity gap. Current interventions and support services, though significant, often adopt a remedial stance and are grounded in deficit thinking rather than embracing an asset-based approach. The research proposes a shift from traditional school-initiated family engagement to a human-centered design (HCD) approach to address these challenges. The purpose of the study is …

Empowering Consumer Rights And Community Welfare: Enhancing Corporate Accountability Through A Geographical Indication Licensing Policy, Akriti ., Sarang Sureshrao Khadkekar, Pinaki Ghosh

International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice

Geographical Indications are a unique form of intellectual property that can potentially improve social-economic welfare. The Indian GI Act is based on the concept of consumer welfare, which prevents market activities that can mislead or confuse consumers. Such confusion can be about the source of origin, the quality, or the reputation of the goods. However, several studies have shown the rampant use of GI names by unauthorized persons and Corporations, creating dangers of diluting the reputation of GI names. Such unauthorized use of GI names results in an unfair commercial advantage to these infringers. Not only that, a genuine consumer …

Thomas Freeman Hudson Papers - Accession 474, Thomas Freeman Hudson

Manuscript Collection

The Thomas Freeman Hudson Papers primarily consists of Father Hudson’s work in the Episcopal Church, specifically ecumenical activities and contains letters, newspapers, articles, papers, receipts, newsletters, bulletins, journals, pamphlets, and monographs. There is considerable information pertaining to the Consultation on Church Commission, all of which involved Father Hudson. Most of the material is concentrated between the years 1969 and 1978, when Father Hudson held the office of Ecumenical officer for Uppers South Carolina. While this collection contains considerable correspondence, it has been filed topically, not according to author. The researcher will find an appendix of publications in alphabetical order.

Rock Hill Chapter Of The American Red Cross - Accession 466, American Red Cross, Rock Hill Chapter

Manuscript Collection

The Rock Hill Chapter of the American Red Cross Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, bylaws, financial records, lists of workers, newsletters, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the work of the Rock Hill Chapter, Fort Mill Branch, and Winthrop group. Subjects include disaster relief, volunteers, courses of instruction, aid and services to soldiers and veterans of World War II and Vietnam, Junior Red Cross, blood donation, Suzanne Johnson (Daughter of David B. Johnson), and the Sunshine Club for the visually impaired. Also included are uniforms and caps. Much of the collection consists of American National Red Cross …

Eva Rogers Adkins Papers - Accession 470, Eva Rogers Adkins

Manuscript Collection

The Eva Rogers Adkins Papers consist of materials related to the professional career of Eva Rogers Adkins and contains letters, memorabilia, song sheets, speeches, and printed material relative to hospital housekeeping work. Also newspapers from World War I and World War II and clippings relative to Mrs. Adkins’ work at Cherokee County Memorial Hospital and Chester County Hospital, as well as women’s club work. The collection is of narrow scope. It includes reference material used by Mrs. Adkins as Executive Housekeeper at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital, Gaffney, South Carolina. Subjects include human relations, housekeeping staff training programs, professional bulletins, …

Constance Myers Papers - Accession 725, Constance Ashton Smith Myers

Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of letters, lesson plans, examination, photographs, student papers written, course syllabi, newspaper articles, excerpts of written material for class handouts. Constance Ashton Myers was a historian, author, and professor born in 1927 affectionately known to her family and friends as Connie. During the 1970s, Myers traveled around the United States and interviewed Suffragettes and other women and recorded their interviews. She participated actively in the women’s liberation movement throughout her years giving speeches, writing books, and interviewing women. Dr. Myers attended and taught at Sacramento State College, University of South Carolina at Aiken, and Augusta College as …

Vera K. Castles Papers - Accession 618, Vera Faith Kimball Castles

Manuscript Collection

The Vera K. Castles Papers consists of papers and material collected by Vera Faith Kimball Castle (1903-1984). The collection consists of Vera Castles’ biographies of recent Nobel Prize winners (sixteen in number), correspondence includes the scientists’’ correspondence with possible publishers, stories and anecdotes of the fictitious character, Col. Poofy, newspaper clippings of the World War II, articles on Ms. Castles’ native state of Alaska, and various other newspaper clippings, articles, and memorabilia.

Ratchford Family Papers - Accession 656, Ratchford Family

Manuscript Collection

The Ratchford Family Collection consists of materials collected related to the Ratchford Family of Union County, NC and Union County, SC. The Jones surname also appears throughout the papers. The collection consists of a Call to preach document to Rev. William Wallace Ratchford (1831-1921) to Tirzah Presbyterian Church in Union County, NC, legal documents including deeds to properties and a “Lien on Crops,” a Dixie Cotton Company financial ledger, photographs of family and friends, correspondence, school papers related to William Erwin Ratchford (1865-1944) who attended the Bingham School in Orange County, NC, and three college annuals belonging to family members.

Ruth Cornelia Keever Papers - Accession 997, Ruth Cornelia Keever

Manuscript Collection

The Ruth Cornelia Keever Papers consists of material collected by Ruth Cornelia Keever (1911-2006). Ms. Keever was a 1933 Winthrop College graduate and was a teacher, school principal, and Director of Federal Programs in Charleston, SC. She was also involved in many statewide and local organizations. The collection contains school programs and diplomas, publications, awards received, work programs, and newspaper articles.

Phi Delta Kappa: Piedmont South Carolina Chapter Records - Accession 835, Phi Delta Kappa, Piedmont South Carolina Chapter

Manuscript Collection

The Phi Delta Kappa Records consists of materials related to the Piedmont South Carolina Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa Association by Dr. Martha D. Bishop. Phi Delta Kappa is an international professional organization for educators. Their mission is “to promote quality education, with particular emphasis on publicly supported education, as essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life.” The Piedmont South Carolina Chapter (No. 1363) of Phi Delta Kappa was based in Rock Hill, SC. The collection consists of by-laws, meeting minutes, agendas, roster rolls, financial reports, publications, a scrapbook, and other miscellaneous items.

American Association Of University Women- Rock Hill Chapter Records - Accession 945, American Association Of University Women, Rock Hill

Manuscript Collection

The American Association of University Women- Rock Hill Chapter Records includes minutes, membership rosters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, Treasurer’s reports, by-laws policies, histories, and scrapbooks, lists of branch, divisional, regional, and national officers, and information on chapter events such as the Tour of Homes, Judi Gustafson’s campaign, and the South Carolina Divisional Achievement Awards. The American Association of University Women (AAUW), was founded in 1881 as a non-profit organization that advances equity and education for women. The Rock Hill Chapter of the American Association of University Women was founded in 1925 or 1926 with Miss Anne W. Stevens serving as first …

J. Wofford Kee Jr. Papers - Accession 863, James Wofford Kee Jr., Kee Family

Manuscript Collection

The James Wofford Kee, Jr. Papers consists of the genealogy research conducted by James Wofford Kee, Jr. (1918-1993). The collection Kee family genealogy dating back to the 16^th century in England and Ireland. Many of the family migrated to the Richburg area of Chester County, S.C. and Texas. Some family names are: Kee, Gladden, Daniel, Bates, Williams, Chesley, Thompson, Edwards, Culp, Ford, Pardue, Lyle, Strait, and Carter. The collection also includes copies of newspaper clippings on various family members, family photographs, church and court documents. Of note are copies of church cemetery records of veterans of the Revolutionary and …

Pat Conroy Papers - Accession 1632, Donald Patrick Conroy

Manuscript Collection

The Pat Conroy Papers consists of materials related to author Donald Patrick “Pat” Conroy (1945-2016). The collection consists of legal documents concerning a lawsuit between the Savannah School of Art and Design (SCAD) against Mr. Conroy, copies of newspaper articles concerning the SCAD lawsuit, legal documents concerning the divorce of Pat Conroy and his wife Lenore Guerwitz Fleischer Conroy, correspondence concerning the rights to “Beach Music”, manuscripts sent over the years to Mr. Conroy to read, One letter to Mr. Conroy concerning the possibility of Pat Conroy writing a screenplay for , “Look Homeward Angel”, along with what appears to …

Integration Of Jackfruit Seed-Derived Carbon Dots And Electronic Nose For A Sensitive Detection Of Formaldehyde Vapor, Thitarat Prathumsuwan, Sumana Kladsomboon, Alfred Antony Christy, Insik In, Xiao Liang, Shufeng Song, Yao Wang, Thitirat Inprasit, Peerasak Paoprasert, Natee Sirisit

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

The preparation of carbon dots from jackfruit seeds through a pyrolysis method at 280℃ and their use for the detection of formaldehyde were reported. The as-prepared carbon dots showed a high fluorescence efficiency with a quantum yield of 12.7% and excellent photostability and dispersibility in aqueous solution with a zeta potential of ‒62.5 mV. The integration of carbon dot thin film and a home-made optical electronic nose system possessed sensitivity towards formaldehyde vapor with a detection limit of 24.7%v/v across a linear range of 25%v/v to 100%v/v. Furthermore, the sensor showed the highest sensitivity towards formaldehyde against other volatile organic …

Development Of Forming Limit Diagrams For Motorcycle Fuel Tank Made From Aa5754-O Under Deep Drawing, Phiraphong Larpprasoetkun, Jidapa Leelaseat, Aeksuwat Nakwattanaset, Surasak Suranuntchai

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

The research studied forming limit curves (FLC) for aluminum alloy 5754-O (AA5754-O) and modified them using two methods. These methods aimed to create FLCs for application in describing the forming behavior of sheet metal material through a deep drawing process simulation in the PAM-STAMP program. The methods are as follows: The Nakajima test combined with a new method, a novel process for grid creation on the specimen: laser marking combined with elastic paints. A mathematical material model using the fracture model along with the yield criteria: YLD2000-2D and hardening law: Swift-Voce. The Keeler-Brazier modified equation was chosen as the fracture …

Applying Neural Networks To Predict Factors Affecting Harmful Algal Blooms For Timely Alerting And Implementing Preventive Measures In Ireland's Marine Ecosystem., Nikolai Potapov

ICT

This study applies neural networks to predict harmful algal blooms (HABs) along the Irish coast, addressing ecological, health, and economic risks. Using primary interviews and secondary data on HAB species like Alexandrium and Karenia mikimotoi, the research incorporated Exploratory Data Analysis and tested three neural models: LSTM, Ensemble Stacking LSTM, and CNN-LSTM. Key factors influencing HABs, such as sea surface temperature and euphotic zone depth, were identified.

Results demonstrate the potential of neural networks to improve HAB prediction and monitoring, despite limitations. Future work aims to enhance model accuracy and integrate them into HAB warning systems.

Data Analysis Of Twitter’S Nasdaq100 Sentiments And Topics As Indicators For News Articles Retrieval: Fine-Tuning Roberta And Rag., Kagan Timur

ICT

This study investigates the combination of sentiment analysis using the VADER lexicon and semantic analysis through Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to identify real-life events, focusing on Twitter datasets. The research shows that while sentiment analysis alone may be insufficient, combining it with semantic analysis improves the process, particularly for identifying relevant news articles and understanding brand perception on social media. The study also fine-tunes the RoBERTa model for question-answering tasks, yielding significant improvements in the SQuAD evaluation metric. The exact match (EM) score rose dramatically from 2.06% to 62%, and the F1 score improved from 9.41% to 65%. A retrieval …

Equity's Role In Defining Property Rights, Samuel L. Bray

Journal Articles

What is the relationship between property and equity? Does equity define property rights, and if so how? This Essay considers the relationship between equity and property. It shows equity will not straightforwardly create new forms of property, but it rather tends to control the exercise of property rights. The Essay also discusses the doctrines that say equity will act (or only act) to protect property rights. It concludes by considering, and resolving, an apparent contradiction about equity's relationship to property: on the one hand, equity is distinctively in personam, while on the other hand, it is distinctively in rem.

Sacred Easements, Patrick E. Reidy, C.S.C.

Journal Articles

In the last forty years, Native American faith communities have struggled to protect their sacred sites using religious liberty law. When confronting threats to sacred lands, Native Americans stridently assert constitutional and statutory free exercise protections against public authorities. But unlike litigation involving non-Indian religious property, cases involving sacred sites seek to protect land that tribal faith communities do not themselves own. Because they lack an explicit ownership interest, Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred sites from desecration and destruction. Courts asked to weigh Indian religious liberty claims against non-Indian property claims always side with the landowner. Since sacred …