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Anchoring The Aaa Model, Luca James Barba

Philosophy: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

My goal in this paper is to expose two—but resolve one—major issues facing one of the foremost endeavors in the theory of knowledge: Virtue Epistemology. In Part 1 of this paper, I propose the epistemic criterion of "anchoring” as an addition to Ernest Sosa's AAA model of knowledge. It is a solution to an internal inconsistency that arises from Sosa's response to Duncan Pritchard's (2009) environmentalist luck critique of the AAA model that allows performances to spatiotemporally extend beyond their performers. By modifying the AAA model to the A4 (AAA + Anchoring) model, I can address Pritchard’s critique without disturbing …

No. 15: International Migration And Food Insecurity In Urban Namibia, Lawrence Kazembe, Godfrey Tawodzera, Ndeyapo Nickanor

Migration and Food Security (MiFOOD) Network

Food security and migration have emerged as key development challenges in Namibia. Internal migration, where people move from rural areas to urban centres such as the capital, Windhoek, has been given a great deal of research and policy attention. However, there is a dearth of research on the relationship between international migration and food security in the country. This paper aims to fill this gap by investigating the nexus between international migration and household food security in Windhoek. Drawing on data from a city-wide household food security survey of the city, the paper compares the food security status of international …

No. 14: Food Insecurity And Irregular Labour Migration From Northern Malawi To South Africa, Anil Dhakal

Migration and Food Security (MiFOOD) Network

The factors influencing migration decisions from Malawi to South Africa have changed with the end of contract migration to the mines and the new normal of irregular migration of both men and women to work in other sectors of the South African economy. Food insecurity is now one of the main drivers of migration as migrants seek to earn income to remit to family in Malawi to purchase food and to invest in agriculture. Food insecurity is normally associated with rural households, but this paper shows that it is also a driver of migration to South Africa from urban Malawi. …

In-Hospital Mortality Trends After Surgery For Traumatic Thoracolumbar Injury: A National Inpatient Sample Database Study, Michael Mccurdy, Rajkishen Narayanan, Omar Tarawneh, Yunsoo Lee, Matthew Sherman, Teeto Ezeonu, Michael Carter, Jose A. Canseco, Alan S. Hilibrand, Alex R. Vaccaro, Christopher K. Kepler, Gregory D. Schroeder

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Given the increasing incidence of traumatic thoracolumbar injuries in recent years, studies have sought to investigate potential risk factors for outcomes in these patients.

RESEARCH QUESTION: The aim of this study was to investigate trends and risk factors for in-hospital mortality after fusion for traumatic thoracolumbar injury.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients undergoing thoracolumbar fusion after traumatic injury were queried from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2012 to 2017. Analysis was performed to identify risk factors for inpatient mortality after surgery.

RESULTS: Patients in 2017 were on average older (51.0 vs. 48.5, P = 0.004), had more admitting diagnoses …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, February 23, 2024, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Miscellaneous, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Announcements:

Call for papers (The Abolition of Man 80 Years On)

The C. S. Lewis Correspondence Project

The Inaugural Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference (George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon September 5-8, 2024)

Submission guidelines, style guide, copyright notice, and order form.

No Soy Intrusa: Testimonios Of Latina Doctoral Students, Maryann Rocha

11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (Archived)

The number of Latinas who earn a doctoral degree has increased steadily in the United States, however, the numbers fail to describe the experiences of doctoral Latina students.

The qualitative pilot study was conceived from a graduate Mexican American Studies course project. The study collected testimonio of three Latina doctoral students enrolled in a counseling program at a public university in Texas. Platica was utilized in the research methodology and design, a mutualistic approach that honors the participants testimonio instead of the classic approach of extracting information from the participants.

Latino Critical Theory and Theory in the Flesh were used …

2024 February 22 - Academic Council Agenda And Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Issue 437: February 22-March 7, 2024, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Show Me The Green: The Battle For Investor Trust In Esg Funds, Benjamin R. Lukas

Duke Law Journal

Environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) funds enable earnest investors to align their money with their values. Some believe that ESG funds can promote a more sustainable and just economy by encouraging companies to adopt better practices and by divesting from those that do not. Others expect that funds with limited carbon exposure will outperform as climate change imposes regulatory and financial risks on carbon-intensive industries. Research suggests that younger investors overwhelmingly support the idea behind ESG investing; one-third even report a willingness to forgo 10 percent or more of their retirement savings to protect the environment.

Unfortunately, ESG products also …

What Diameter? What Height? Influence Of Measures Of Average Tree Size On Area-Based Allometric Volume Relationships, Yilin Wang, John A. Kershaw, Mark J. Ducey, Yuan Sun, James B. Mccarter

Faculty Publications

Volume is an important attribute used in many forest management decisions. Data from 83 fixed-area plots located in central New Brunswick, Canada, are used to examine how different measures of stand-level diameter and height influence volume prediction using a stand-level variant of Honer's (1967) volume equation. When density was included in the models (Volume=f(Diameter,Height,Density)) choice of diameter measure was more important than choice of height measure. When density was not included (Volume=f(Diameter,Height)), the opposite was true. For models with density included, moment-based estimators of stand diameter and height performed better than all other measures. For models without density, largest tree …

What Diameter? What Height? Influence Of Measures Of Average Tree Size On Area-Based Allometric Volume Relationships, Yilin Wang, John A. Kershaw, Mark J. Ducey, Yuan Sun, James B. Mccarter

Faculty Publications

Volume is an important attribute used in many forest management decisions. Data from 83 fixed-area plots located in central New Brunswick, Canada, are used to examine how different measures of stand-level diameter and height influence volume prediction using a stand-level variant of Honer's (1967) volume equation. When density was included in the models (Volume=f(Diameter,Height,Density)) choice of diameter measure was more important than choice of height measure. When density was not included (Volume=f(Diameter,Height)), the opposite was true. For models with density included, moment-based estimators of stand diameter and height performed better than all other measures. For models without density, largest tree …

Rates Of Diagenesis Of Tropical Insectivorous Bat Guano Accumulations: Implications For Potential Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Donald A. Mcfarlane, Joyce Lundberg

International Journal of Speleology

Cave guano deposits are increasingly being recognized as valuable repositories of paleo-climatic and paleo-environmental information. However, that value is constrained by rates of guano decomposition, and these rates have not been previously well-studied. Here we show that field and laboratory studies of deep insectivorous bat guano sequences in the caves of Borneo demonstrate the extreme dependence of decomposition rate on guano water content. Under tropical conditions, moist guanos exhibit decomposition coefficients (k) values of ~ 0.01, implying the loss of most of the organic content on decadal timescales. Under similar temperatures but drier conditions, k values drop to …

What Are The Odds? Judicial Decisions Involving The Ncaa: 1973-2020, Chris Corr, Richard M. Southall, Mark S. Nagel, Christopher Atwater, Caroline Jenkins, Michael S. Carroll

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Engagement On Satisfaction And Retention Among Volunteers At College Football Bowl Games, Marcella G. Otto, J. Michael Martinez, Christopher R. Barnhill

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Exploration Of Ticket-Pricing Decisions In Intercollegiate Athletics, Craig A. Morehead, Stephen L. Shapiro, Lamar Reams, Chad D. Mcevoy, Timothy M. Madden

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

A Content Analysis Of The Journal Of Issues In Intercollegiate Athletics : 2008-2019, Dylan P. Williams, Jessica R. Murfree, Jolyon Hawley, Patrick Tutka

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

An Innovation Diffusion Ideal-Type On The History Of American College Football Stadia, Patrick Tutka, Chad Seifried

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

Quantifying The Impact Of Adding A Proactive Outbound Ticket Sales Force On Revenues Of Ncaa Athletics Departments, Nels Popp, Jonathan A. Jensen, Chad Mcevoy, James Weiner

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Direct Impacts Of Geography On Sport Organizations Through Athletic Association Movement, Dylan Williams, Brian Soebbing, Chad Seifried

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Interorganizational Relationships In The Effectiveness Of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services, James O. Evans, Amy E. Werdine, Chad S. Seifried

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

Consumer Perceptions Of The Inaugural College Football Championship Tournament: A Longitudinal Study, Paul G. Barretta

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

Consumer Perceptions Of The Inaugural College Football Championship Tournament: A Longitudinal Study, Paul G. Barretta

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

A Heart On Ice: My Complicated Relationship With Minnesota’S Favorite Game, Mason Eischens

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

Of all the states in the union, Minnesota is undoubtedly the most hockey-obsessed. At the heart of this fanaticism is a frigid town called Saint Paul where membership to a particular hockey club is akin to religious devotion. In this paper, I recall my own experiences with the sport and use them to analyze, from both a linguistic and ethnographic standpoint, the mechanisms of hockey culture both in my hometown of Saint Paul and more broadly throughout the state. In reliving my experiences, I illuminate both the joy of sports and a thread of toxicity, bullying, homophobia, and hazing that …

Scaled Datasets Through Leveraging Technology Better Represent Plant Communities Classified Within National Land Cover Database (Nlcd), D. M. Johnston, D. B. Murray, Y. Y. Tsang

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Technological advances in remote sensing have allowed for access to and application of large- scale datasets of plant communities using cover classification and chlorophyll content measurement with the use of multispectral sensors and vegetation indices. The United States’ primary remote sensing platform Landsat Thematic Mapper is a series of satellites providing 30-meter resolution imagery of the Earth’s surface. Efforts have been made to best utilize Landsat derivative National Land Cover Database (NLCD) datasets and provide spatial resolution commensurate with the needs of plant ecologists and range managers. However, usage of 30-meter spatial resolution imagery and indices does not allow detection …

Predicting Forage Provision Of Grasslands Across Climate Zones By Hyperspectral Measurements, F. A. Männer, J. Muro, J. Ferner, S. Schmidtlein, A. Linstädter

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The potential of grasslands’ fodder production is a crucial management measure, while its quantification is still laborious and costly. Remote sensing technologies, such as hyperspectral field measurements, enable fast and non-destructive estimation. However, such methods are still limited in transferability to other locations or climatic conditions. With this study, we aim to predict forage nutritive value, quantity, and energy yield from hyperspectral canopy reflections of grasslands across three climate zones. We took hyperspectral measurements with a field spectrometer from grassland canopies in temperate, tropical and semi-arid grasslands, and analyzed corresponding biomass samples for their quantity (BM), metabolizable energy content (ME) …

Place-Based Research At Local Scales, Laura Barbas Rhoden, Jennifer L. Bradham, Grace Schwartz

Community Based Research

No abstract provided.

Intellectual Property And Entrepreneurship, Dale Andersen

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

What is Intellectual Property

- Tangible vs. Intangible Property, Costs

How Your Business Acquires IP: Employment Inventions / Employment Copyrights

- Employment Agreements: IP Assignment, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Non-Competes

Know-how

Trade Secrets

- Trade Secret Misappropriation

- Non-Disclosure Agreements: Limitations and Liabilities

Copyright

- Definition, What Copyright Protects and Does Not Protect,

- How Copyright is Protected / Life of a Copyright

- Software Licenses

Trademark

- Use and Protection

- First Mover / Flood the Market

Patent

- Definition, Types, What is Patentable, Patentability Limits

- What’s in a patent?

- Example Patent Application Filing

- Example Portfolios

- Costs, …

Predicting Lemna Growth Based On Climate Change And Eutrophication In Temperate Freshwater Drainage Ditches, Jared Feller, Mark Taylor, Paul Henry Lunt

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Somerset Levels and Moors, UK is an area of high conservation value, including nationally and internationally protected wetland sites. Duckweed (Lemna) mats in the Somerset Levels and Moors are increasingly common and are an indication of hyper-eutrophication. Duckweed mats can contribute to increased management burdens and decreases in biodiversity. Research suggests duckweed will thrive in temperate regions as the climate warms. This study investigated the impact of climate warming and eutrophication on duckweed growth in the Somerset Levels and Moors using a previously published model to simulate duckweed growth from the years of 2020–2080. Simulated local climate change projections …

Exploring The Language Barrier In Healthcare For Individuals Of Latino Heritage, Heriberto Torres, Michael W. Olson

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Latinos are the largest minority group in the United States; despite this, they are the least likely ethnic and racial group to visit a healthcare provider. PURPOSE: The purpose of this research is to explore the barriers of individuals of Latino descent seeking healthcare services. The motivation for this research is to bring awareness to the most prevalent barriers and identify possible solutions to the healthcare community to increase the presence of the Latino community in healthcare services.. METHODS: The experimental design is a survey comprising two major types of questions. The first type of questions are aimed …