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Looking Ahead To The Future Of The South, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Movement and Migration SouthTalks begin Feb. 20 Although the year 2020 seems futuristic in and of itself, faculty at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture are looking beyond the present with a scholarly eye to the next 20 years and more. The Future of the South initiative focuses on the contemporary region and shapes conversations about how it will evolve using innovative approaches to studying the South within the context of the nation, hemisphere, and the globe.

5 Upcoming Southtalks Focus On Movement And Migration, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Five upcoming SouthTalks are part of the movement and migration series. All take place in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory. "We have designed the Center's Future of the South Initiative to spotlight contemporary issues, but ones that have both deep roots in the region and the power to shape what life will be like here for years to come," said Katie McKee, the center's director.

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting, February 14, 2020, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences

College Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the February 14, 2020, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences' Council.

Gas-Diffusivity Based Characterization Of Aggregated Agricultural Soils, J.R.R.N. Jayarathne, T.K.K. Chamindu Deepagoda, Timothy J. Clough, M.C.M. Nasvi, Steve Thomas, Bo Elberling, Kathleen Smits

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications - Archive

Grazed pastures and cultivated fields are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in particular N2O emissions derived from fertilizer deposition and animal excreta. Net surface emissions rely on subsurface gas transfer controlled mainly by diffusion, expressed as the soil-gas diffusivity (Dp/Do). The value of Dp/Do is a function of soil air-filled porosity (e) and gaseous phase tortuosity (T), both of which vary with soil physical properties including soil texture and structure. Agricultural soils are often structurally aggregated and characterized by two distinct regions (inter- and intra-aggregated pores), however, such soils are subjected to frequent compaction and tillage resulting in …

An Analysis Of Campus Services For International Students At Institutions In The Midwest, Sylvia Miriyam Findlay

Theses and Dissertations

Higher education campuses are becoming ethnoculturally diverse with the influx of international students from various parts of the world and must modify their international student recruitment and enrollment strategies in response to this trend. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of student affairs personnel to campus services for international students by comparing what should be provided to what is being offered. The study also attempts to identify the gap in their perceptions. Services identified in the literature were examined using the Briggs and Ammigan (2017) collaborative programming and outreach model, which combined concepts of student engagement …

Final Project Report, David Noyce, Yu (Fred) Song

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Dynamical Role Of Pivotal Brain Regions In Parkinson Symptomatology Uncovered With Deep Learning, Alex A. Nguyen, Pedro D. Maia, Xiao Gao, Pablo F. Damasceno, Ashish Raj

Mathematics Faculty Publications - Archive

The release of a broad, longitudinal anatomical dataset by the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative promoted a surge of machine-learning studies aimed at predicting disease onset and progression. However, the excessive number of features used in these models often conceals their relationship to the Parkinsonian symptomatology. Objectives: The aim of this study is two-fold: (i) to predict future motor and cognitive impairments up to four years from brain features acquired at baseline; and (ii) to interpret the role of pivotal brain regions responsible for different symptoms from a neurological viewpoint. Methods: We test several deep-learning neural network configurations, and report our …

Gardner-Webb’S Dover Library Hosts Five Authors For Book Signing, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The Dover Library at Gardner-Webb University is hosting a book signing featuring five authors with ties to the campus. The event is open to the public and will be held Feb. 4 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the large group study room on the main floor of the library. The featured authors are: Alumnae, Jen Guberman, Miriam Thor and Teresa Ammons Crew; Instructor of English Composition and Writing Center Director, Matthew Duffus; and Professor Emerita of Religion, Alice Cullinan.

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting, January 17, 2020, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences

College Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the January 17, 2020, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences' Council.

2020 Ruby Yearbook, Tiffini Eckenrod, Allyssa Borrelli, Alex Mossaidis

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 2020 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Nsu Translational Research And Economic Development Fy 2020 Annual Report, Nova Southeastern University

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

The Ideology Of Critical Regionalism As A Teaching And Design Resource For The Next 100 Years Of Cela, David Hopman

Landscape Architecture Faculty Publications - Archive

This addresses the future viability of Critical Regionalism as an ongoing ideology and aesthetic construct. Regionalist trends in the early 20th century, around the time that CELA was founded, and the theory of Critical Regionalism as originally proposed in early 1980s are explained and proposed as flexible ongoing frameworks for teaching and design. Tracing the evolution and persistence of the ideas of regionalists breeds confidence for projecting the evolution of their principles forward to students of landscape architecture and to clients as adaptable verities worthy of perpetual renewal.

Introduction To Industrial Engineering Final Report, Bonnie Boardman

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

This project involved the development of an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook for an Introduction to Industrial Engineering course. The project involved remixing an existing OER document to better fit the needs of IE 1205 at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The remixing included adding content from other sources, adding original content, and removing content that was not applicable to the existing course at UTA. Video media and interactive exercises in the form H5P content were also added to the text. The text was developed in Pressbooks and was supported by a UTA CARES grant.

Case Study Summaries -Three Cities, Center For Transportation, Equity, Decisions & Dollars

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

"The Men's Group" At St. Pius V: A Case Study Of A Parish-Based Voluntary Partner Abuse Intervention Program, Maxine Davis, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Charles Dahm, Bruno Fernandez, Charles Stoops, Bushra Sabri

Social Work Faculty Publications & Presentations-Archive

Literature on Latino men and intervention for intimate partner violence/abuse (IPV/A) is slim. Over 100 men have voluntarily sought help for IPV/A perpetration from “The Men’s Group” (TMG) at St. Pius V parish in Chicago, IL (US) and remained engaged for extended periods. Given the rarity of prolonged non-court mandated engagement in batterer intervention programs (BIPs), a case study was conducted to explore how TMG functions. Drawing on multiple data sources, this study examined development and implementation of TMG, while also investigating contextual factors, motivators and facilitators of participants’ involvement. Data revealed that TMG functions within a supportive community context …

Green Social Work Syllabus, Karen Magruder

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

Professor Karen Magruder received a UTA CARES Adoption Stipend in 2020 to implement free educational resources in SOCW 5392 (Green Social Work). The syllabus with reading list is archived here.

Final Report: Incorporating Open Educational Textbook Into Business Math Co-Requisite Model, Aida Allen

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

Aida Allen's final report for the UTA CARES Grant Program

Introduction To Archaeology: A Workbook Final Report, Ashley Lemke

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

Over time students enrolled in ANTH 2339: Introduction to Archaeology have informally commented on the required course materials, often citing the expense of the book particularly coupled with the expenses of all the books students needed to buy for all their classes each semester. Even when using an older edition textbook to reduce cost, it became clear that most students in the course were not purchasing the textbook. In Summer 2019, the course was approved for the Core Curriculum at UTA. Introduction to Archaeology now fulfills a Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement for all UTA students. Its adoption into the …

Foundations Of Social Work Research, Rebecca L. Mauldin

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

This textbook was created to provide an introduction to research methods for BSW and MSW students, with particular emphasis on research and practice relevant to students at the University of Texas at Arlington. It provides an introduction to social work students to help evaluate research for evidence-based practice and design social work research projects. It can be used with its companion, A Guidebook for Social Work Literature Reviews and Research Questions by Rebecca L. Mauldin and Matthew DeCarlo, or as a stand-alone textbook. [Visit the books' Pressbooks page to download the OER in other formats or to access an updated …

The Colonial Texts Corpus For The Digital Library Of Old Spanish Texts, Sonia Kania, Francisco Jover

Modern Languages Faculty Publications - Archive

This article offers a detailed description of the Colonial Texts Corpus, one of eleven subcorpora of the Digital Library of Old Spanish Texts published by the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies. Launched in 2018, the corpus allows interactive access to semi-paleographic transcriptions of texts produced in the Americas during the colonial period, a textual type that is under-represented in existing electronic corpora. The rationale of the project is provided, as well as the criteria for the selection of texts to be included and their method of preparation. Finally, the interface of the corpus is illustrated, and its functionality is exemplified.[This …

Final Project Report, Anand J. Puppala, Surya Sarat, Chandra Congress, Tejo V. Bheemasetti, Jasaswee T. Das

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Final Project Report, Roya Etminani, Shima Hamidi, Sanggyun Kang, Reid Ewing, Ahoura Zandiatashbar, Ladan Mozaffarian

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Creative Innovative Programming For Nontraditional Audiences, Michael Barera, Norie Guthrie, Andrew Hinton, Sheon Montgomery, Marc Levitt, Brittany Newberry, Marta Crilly

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Whether you're trying to connect devotees of Harry Potter to naval aviation, indulging folk music aficionados, or training the next generation of archives users, reaching nontraditional audiences with innovative programming can be challenging. Seven archivists share tips and lessons learned on outreach and engagement: Michael Barera of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Marta Crilly of Boston City Archives (BCA), Norie Guthrie of Rice University, Andrew Hinton and Sheon Montgomery of the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University (VNCA), Marc Levitt of the National Naval Aviation Museum (NAM), and Brittany Newberry of the Atlanta University Center (AUC).

Association Between The Nurse Work Environment And Severe Maternal Morbidity In High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review Protocol, Kyrah K. Brown, Jessica G. Smith, Raeanna L. Jeffers, Claudy Jean Pierre

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Background The United States has the highest maternal mortality and morbidity rates compared to its high-income peer nations. In high-income nations, a considerable amount of maternal morbidity cases are preventable and linked to provider-related factors. Better nurse work environments are associated with positive patient outcomes, but little is known about its impact on maternal morbidity. In this systematic review, we aim to identify the association between nurse work environment and maternal morbidity, specifically in high-income countries. Methods This systematic review will include original articles on the association between nurse work environment and maternal morbidity. CINAHL, PubMed/Medline and the Cochrane Central …

Performance Enhancement And Prediction Of Composite Materials With Embedded Electrospun Piezoelectric Sensors, Rahman Jani Mazed, Muthu Ram Prabhu Elenchezhian, Vamsee Vadlamudi, Md Riaz Uddin Ahmed, Rassel Raihan, Kenneth Reifsnider

Institute of Predictive Performance Methodologies (IPPM-UTARI)-Archive

In today’s world, continuous fiber reinforced composite materials are extensively used in the aerospace, automotive and other structural industries. Since the applications of such fibers demand for a high safety rating, it is of utmost importance for engineers who design such materials to analyze its safety. When cracks are developed in such materials, the mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties also get altered as a function of the cracks. Previous studies have shown that changes in electrical properties can be directly correlated with the development of cracks in the material which can then be used to predict the remaining life of …

Foundations Of Social Work Research: Final Report For Adopting Oer For Research Methods Classes Across The Bsw And Msw Programs, Rebecca Mauldin

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

The School of Social Work (SSW) adopted open educational resources for use in introductory Research Methods courses across the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) programs. Two OER products were created - a textbook and a guidebook for writing literature reviews. The OER were piloted in Fall 2019 and introduced across the programs in Spring 2020. The three main goals of the adoption project were to: (1) provide a high quality, relevant Research Methods textbook to undergraduate and graduate social work student students, (2) have all required resources for all sections of the course be …

Tout Un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Intermediate French Final Report; Content-Based French Language Oer Creation Project, Alicia Soueid

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

This UTA CARES Grant project was to develop an intermediate-level French textbook that incorporates material and resources from multiple domains, including business, history, the arts, and the sciences. It prepares students for upper-level French coursework.The primary objectives of this project with regard to curriculum development and the financial situation of students were 1) To create an OER textbook featuring interdisciplinary content consistent with current methods of foreign language pedagogy for use in fourth-semester French classes; 2) To publish the textbook in PDF format and to make it available to students for free; and 3) To make an optional print copy …

Green Social Work Curriculum With Oer Final Report, Karen Magruder

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

A faculty member at the UTA School of Social Work was awarded an Open Educational Resource (OER) Adoption Stipend Grant through the UTA CARES Grant Program to develop OER for the new Green Social Work class. As a result of the implementation of OER, students in the first class collectively saved over $8,000. Student feedback to the course was largely positive. The report concludes with a reflection on the benefits of OER team support and suggestions for program development.

Remodeled Classrooms: Experiential Learning And Its Impact, Mindy Kinnaman

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examined how faculty learn how to host and facilitate experiential learning activities for their classes and how the faculty are impacted by the work. Findings based upon nine semi-structured interviews indicated that fewer than half of participants had been formally trained to host experiential learning activities and some received no training at all. Findings also indicated that faculty experienced several personal benefits to hosting experiential learning activities, as did their students. Recommendations that emerged from this project include training programs for faculty, mentoring programs, and funding of experiential learning programs.

Locations, Programs, And Content Of Graduate Education In Business Communication, Stephen A. Carradini, Matt Baker, Matthew R. Sharp, Elise Davidson

Faculty Publications

This study explored locations, programs, and content of graduate education in business communication to provide guidance for prospective graduate students interested in becoming business communication faculty.

The researchers conducted a survey of business communication scholars, drawing on the backgrounds and knowledge of those who currently teach and research business communication.

Findings indicate that 93 universities offer programs supporting graduate business communication education. This number dwarfs the 12 previously documented programs. These 93 programs are rarely called “business communication.” More respondents received training in business communication practice in master’s programs than in doctoral programs, while more respondents received training in pedagogy …