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21st Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum Science Podium Session, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum

No abstract provided.

Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum 2019 Outstanding Presentation Awards, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Graduate & Professional Student Association Research Forum

No abstract provided.

A Historical Approach To Understanding Explanatory Proofs Based On Mathematical Practices, Erika Oshiro

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

My dissertation focuses on mathematical explanation found in proofs looked at from a historical point of view, while stressing the importance of mathematical practices. Current philosophical theories on explanatory proofs emphasize the structure and content of proofs without any regard to external factors that influence a proof’s explanatory power. As a result, the major philosophical views have been shown to be inadequate in capturing general aspects of explanation. I argue that, in addition to form and content, a proof’s explanatory power depends on its targeted audience. History is useful here, because from it, we are able to follow the transition …

Human Vs. Non-Human Bone: A Non-Destructive Histological Method, Haley N. O'Brien

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Purpose: Within biological, anatomical systems, bone is a connective tissue that acts as the main supporting internal structure of the body. It directly reflects the soft tissues (e.g. muscles) that surround it in what osteologists call “bone morphologies” and is the primary focus of studies in forensic anthropology and zooarchaeology. Within these disciplines, species identification is one of the first steps in the analysis of bone fragments in both forensic and archaeological contexts. This thesis project focuses on the identification of human vs. non-human bone using a novel, non-destructive histological method assuming a qualitative distinction can be found between species …

Ancient Dna Extraction And Analysis Of Bone Samples From Orton Quarry Ossuary, Paige N. Plattner

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

The field of molecular anthropology, specifically the focus of ancient DNA analysis of human specimens, affords the opportunity to obtain background information and relationship of specimens and artifacts that may have been otherwise forgotten. The Orton Quarry (36ER243) site is an example of how genetic analysis can restore archeological context to otherwise disassociated remains. The Orton Quarry site is a Late Prehistoric mass grave of human remains along the coast of Lake Erie in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In March 1991, heavy-equipment operators accidentally exposed and destroyed approximately two-thirds of the original ossuary, leaving only the eastern third intact before archeologists arrived. …

Exploring Biographies Of Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) Moccasins, Michaela A. Shifley

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Footwear is a part of the human experience. Shoes, and moccasins more specifically, at their fundamental level, are about the relationships that form between humans and the ground that they walk on. They are representative of how humans move and interact with and within the world, and thus, moccasins’ study is critical to moving us towards an understanding of our relationships with each other and the world around us. Currently, there is more Plains Indian footwear in museum collections across the world than any other Plains Indian artifact. Yet, despite their overwhelming commonness in museum collections, as well as the …

"If I Don't Have Land, How Am I Going To Die?: Land And Food Insecurity In Alta Verapaz, Guatemala", Greg Odum

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

This research looks at how rural families in Guatemala deal with land precarity. This research finds that families develop partial solutions that involve crop diversity, land reorganization, and the sale of food.

Rethinking What Food Security Means To Students, Nicole D. Peterson, Andrea Freidus

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

Definitions of food insecurity can be poorly aligned with student experiences, based on our collaborative research with the UNCC Jamil Niner Student Pantry. Interviews identify time, stigma, transportation, and quality of food as central aspects of student experiences with food insecurity, beyond the financial concerns addressed in the USDA module.

Food Sovereignty And Economic Policy In Charlotte, Nc, Katherine Metzo

The World of Food: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What We Eat and Grow

In this paper, I argue that community-wide strategies towards food sovereignty must be incorporated into discussions of economic policy in order to eliminate the problem of “food deserts.” I offer a case study analysis with recommendations of specific policy measures for Charlotte that will support the expansion of successful food sovereignty initiatives that drive economic development.

Volume 21, Full Contents, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Jiass Reviewers And Referees, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

“Putting Money Where My Mouth Is”: Motivations And Experiences Among Food Co-Op Members, Zachary Schrank

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

Of the variety of alternative grocery stores that offer natural, organic, local, and health foods in the United States, food co-ops are one of the more unique business models for alternative foods. Unlike traditional retailers, they are collectively owned and democratically operated. Prices tend to be higher in co-ops because they carry high-quality foods that are generally fresh, locally sourced, or artisanal in nature. What motivates people to join co-ops and spend more money for their membership and foods compared to other stores? This article provides ethnographic and interview data with member-owners at a relatively new co-op in South Bend, …

Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors, Jiass Staff

Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Gender East And West: Transnational Gender Theory And Global Marketing Research, Katherine Sredl

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Much of the prior scholarly research on global gender and marketing tends to focus on development. The post-socialist space does not fit neatly into this paradigm, given the diversity of its legacy of ideology, industrialization, feminist thought, and the post-socialist experience of privatization, democratization, European Union expansion, and, in some cases, war. This chapter uses the history of feminist thought in Yugoslavia and Croatia to highlight the contribution the post-socialist space brings to global gender and marketing research: questioning the role of the state in securing rights and questioning assumptions about individualism in a neoliberal era. I argue for an …

College Faculty In The News: February 22, 2019, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

With recent media attention about alleged past racist actions by public figures, Professor Leslie Picca, chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, discusses her research on the use of racist language, ideas and stereotypes in social interactions. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

Volume Cxxxvi, Number 16, February 22, 2019, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Law, Cultural Heritage, And Climate Change In The United States, Casey J. Snyder

Pace Environmental Law Review

Climate change is a reality. What happens climatically over the upcoming centuries is partially dependent on the comprehensiveness of a global response to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. However, within a century, forecasts predict a one-meter sea level rise that could have grave implications to our society: the loss of an incalculable extent of cultural heritage. This Article examines the threat climate change poses to physical cultural heritage, like archaeological sites and historic structures, and the current framework of law, regulation, and policy in the United States meant to protect these resources. This Article blends research and data from climate …

Georgia Academy Of Science, University Of North Georgia, March 15th-16th, 2019, M. Clarke Miller, Carl J. Ohrenberg, Michael Bender, Adam Davis, Jennifer Mook

Georgia Journal of Science

The annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science took place March 15–16, 2019, at the University of North Georgia in Oakwood. The keynote speaker was Dr. Marguerite Madden, Professor in the University of Georgia's Department of Geography and Director of the Center for Geospatial Research. Her presentation was entitled Geospatial Technologies and Augmented Reality Spark Excitement in Science Education, Research and Outreach. Additional presentations were provided by members of the Academy who represented the following sections: I. Biological Sciences, II. Chemistry, III. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, IV. Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, & Technology, V. Biomedical Sciences, VI. …

Illinois State University Founders Day Convocation Program, February 21, 2019, Illinois State University

Founding Celebration Programs

Program for annual event celebrating the founding of Illinois State Normal University on February 18, 1857.

Towards A New Model Of Studentship: Integrating A Summative Framework For Student Effectiveness, Wesley R. Cooper Jr.

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the College of Education at Morehead State University by Wesley R. Cooper, Jr. on February 20, 2019.

The Importance Of Cognitive Diversity For Sustaining The Commons, Jacopo A. Baggio, Jacob Freeman, Thomas R. Coyle, Tam Nguyen, Dale Hancock, Karrie E. Elpers, Samantha Nabity, H.J. Francois Dengah Ii, David Pillow

Ecology Center Publications

Cognitive abilities underpin the capacity of individuals to build models of their environment and make decisions about how to govern resources. Here, we test the functional intelligences proposition that functionally diverse cognitive abilities within a group are critical to govern common pool resources. We assess the effect of two cognitive abilities, social and general intelligence, on group performance on a resource harvesting and management game involving either a negative or a positive disturbance to the resource base. Our results indicate that under improving conditions (positive disturbance) groups with higher general intelligence perform better. However, when conditions deteriorate (negative disturbance) groups …

Mosaic Dental Morphology In A Terminal Pleistocene Hominin From Dushan Cave In Southern China, Wei Liao, Song Xing, Dawei Li

KIP Articles

Recent studies reveal high degrees of morphological diversity in Late Pleistocene humans from East Asia. This variability was interpreted as complex demographic patterns with several migrations and possible survival of archaic groups. However, lack of well-described, reliably classified and accurately dated sites has seriously limited understanding of human evolution in terminal Pleistocene. Here we report a 15,000 years-old H. sapiens (Dushan 1) in South China with unusual mosaic features, such as large dental dimensions, cingulum-like structures at the dentine level in the posterior dentition and expression of a “crown buccal vertical groove complex”, all of which are uncommon in modern …

Spartan Daily, February 20, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 12

Documents From The February 20, 2019 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting minutes from the February 20, 2019 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed:

SB21-18/19: Resolution Defining the Student-at-Large

SB25-18/19: Resolution Supporting the Governor's Proposed Revenue Enhancements

SB26-18/19: Resolution Amending ASUM's Third Legislative Priority

SB27-18/19: Resolution Opposing HB 302

SB28-18/19: Resolution Regarding Protections of Gender Expression and Sexual Orientation

SB29-18/19: Resolution Regarding Student Group Travel Requests for Funding Airfare

SB30-18/19: Resolution Regarding Section 9.1 of Fiscal Policy

SB31-18/19: Resolution Regarding "The Source" in Elections Bylaws

SB32-18/19: Resolution Updating the ASUM Website Update Committee Bylaws

SB33-18/19: Resolution Regarding Transportation Fee …

Analyzing The Population Density Pattern In China With A Gis-Automated Regionalization Method: Hu Line Revisited, Cuiling Liu

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The famous “Hu Line”, proposed by Hu Huanyong in 1935, divided China into two regions of comparable area sizes that drastically differ in population: about 4% in the northwest part and 96% in the southeast. However, the Hu Line was proposed largely by visual examination of hand-made maps and arduous experiments of numerous configurations, and has been subject to criticism of lack of scientific rigor and accuracy. Furthermore, it has been over eight decades since the Hu Line was proposed. During the time, China sustained several major man-made and natural disasters (e.g., the World War II, the subsequent Civil War …

Blair, Robert M., Et Al. (Fa 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1260. Student collection titled “Buggy Shed” in which Robert Blair, Kenneth Conrad, and Bernal Buis briefly describe the construction and function of several “buggy houses” throughout Kentucky. Collection includes photographs of outbuildings.

Aaron, Phillip Reeves (Fa 1259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1259. Student paper titled “Local Tales and Legends” in which Phillip R. Aaron gathers together a collection of anecdotes, beliefs, and jokes relating to various regions throughout Kentucky.

Spartan Daily, February 19, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 152, Issue 11

A Qualitative Study Of Ramadan: A Month Of Fasting, Family, And Faith, Zahra Alghafli, Trevan Hatch, Andrew H. Rose, Mona M. Abo-Zena, Loren Dean Marks

Faculty Publications

Islam is a major world religion and the Muslim population is one of the fastest growing religious populations in the Western world, including in the United States. However, few research studies have examined the lived religious experience of U.S. Muslim families. Much of the attention on Islam among researchers and the media tends to be on controversial aspects of the religion. The purpose of this paper is to examine the unique religious practice of the month-long fast of Ramadan, especially its perceived role on marital and familial relationships from an insider’s perspective. Content analysis of in-depth, qualitative interviews of twenty …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (February 18, 2019), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.