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Quantifying Equid Behavior—A Research Ethogram For Free-Roaming Feral Horses, Jason I. Ransom, Brian S. Cade

United States Geological Survey: Publications

Feral horses (Equus caballus) are globally distributed in free-roaming populations on all continents except Antarctica and occupy a wide range of habitats including forest, grassland, desert, and montane environments. The largest populations occur in Australia and North America and have been the subject of scientific study for decades, yet guidelines and ethograms for feral horse behavioral research are largely absent in the scientific literature. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center conducted research on the influences of the immunocontraceptive porcine zona pellucida (PZP) on feral horse behavior from 2003–2006 in three discrete populations in the American …

Cahokia's Boom And Bust In The Context Of Climate Change, Larry Benson, Timothy R. Pauketat, Edward R. Cook

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

During the early Mississippian Lohmann phase (A.D. 1050-1100), the American Bottom experienced a political and economic transformation. This transformation included the abrupt planned construction of central Cahokia, a large-scale influx of people to "downtown Cahokia," the abandonment of pre-Mississippian village settlements, the reorganization of farming in the Mississippi River floodplain, and the founding of the Richland farming complex in the Illinois uplands. New tree ring-based records of climate change indicate that this rapid development occurred during one of the wettest 50-year periods during the last millennium. During the next 150 years, a series of persistent droughts occurred in the Cahokian …

A Meta-Analytic Review Of Leadership Impact Research: Experimental And Quasi-Experimental Studies, Bruce J. Avolio, Rebecca J. Reichard, Sean T. Hannah, Fred O. Walumbwa, Adrian Chan

United States Army: Publications

In this study we set out to conduct a comprehensive quantitative research analysis of literature reporting results on the causal impact of leadership by focusing on examining what we refer to as ‘leadership interventions.’ We defined leadership interventions as those studies where the researcher overtly manipulated leadership as the independent variable through training, assignment, scenario or other means. Our focus included both examining experimental and quasi-experimental as well as lab and field studies conducted in public and private organizations. Our goal was to address a simple question: do leadership interventions have the intended impact and if so to what degree …

Inescapable Morality: Responding To The Qualitative Versus Quantitative Issue, Matthew R. Draper

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

No abstract provided.

2009-2010 - Graduate Catalog, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Experimental Study Of Local Fire Conditions And Effects On Surface Or Near-Surface Archeological Resources At National Park Service Units – Midwest Region., Jay T. Sturdevant, Rod Skalsky, Cody L. Wienk, Brennan Dolan, Dustin Gonzalez, David Amrine

Joint Fire Science Program Research Project Reports

Today, park managers must routinely balance the restoration needs of natural resources with the preservation of cultural resources. This project was designed to provide park managers with scientific data on the impacts from wildland fire to archeological resources at National Park Service units in the Midwest Region. Experimental research was conducted at six parks to record data on fire conditions (i.e., fuels, fire temperature, and burn duration) and the impacts on multiple classes of archeological materials routinely observed at sites within the region. The experimental study of fire conditions in different regional environments addresses questions regarding the threats or non-threats …

Educational Foundations (Edfd), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Health (Hlth), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Linguistics (Lngn), Montclair State University

Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Office Of The Vice Provost For Research Annual Report - 2009, Office Of The Vice Provost For Research, East Tennessee State University

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Rollins Magazine, Fall 2009, Rollins College Office Of Marketing And Communications

Rollins Magazine

Issue Title: "Wired For Success"

Mississippi State University - Student Enrollment Profile - Fall 2009, Office Of Institutional Research, Mississippi State University

Enrollment Profiles

No abstract provided.

Enrollment By Major, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Bulldog Basics

No abstract provided.

Review Of Hard Road West: History And Geology Along The Gold Rush Trail By Keith Heyer Meldahl, Harmon D. Maher Jr.

Geography and Geology Faculty Publications

The dust jacket of Hard Road West promises familiar pleasures to John McPhee lovers, and so I picked the book up with great anticipation. McPhee’s works have greatly heightened the interest of writers and readers in the genre of creative nonfiction, and while for me, Keith Meldahl’s work does not quite reach McPhee’s stratospheric heights, for the right audience it is definitely a very good read.

What The Rest Think Of The West - Legal Dimensions, Laura Nader

UC Law SF International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Excerpts Of Directory, University Of South Florida, 2009-2010, University Of South Florida

Excerpts of University Directories

The front cover and pages 136-143 of the 2009-2010 University of South Florida directory. The pages include phone numbers for the St. Petersburg campus.

Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2009-2010, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

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Mainstreaming, The Foundation For Inclusion, Corie Muzza

Education Masters

My literature review portion of this project discussed the history of mainstreaming, in addition to its advantages and disadvantages. It also talked about the social effects of mainstreaming and the impact teachers' attitudes have on its success. In addition, it discussed a number of effective mainstreaming strategies along with current practices of inclusion. The study I conducted for this project focused on one participant who is integrated into a general education setting from his special education setting. I observed and recorded the participant's on-task behavior, along with his social and academic interactions in both settings.

The Questions And Answers In The Correlation Of Socioeconomic Status And Education, Jennifer Horton

Education Masters

There are a large amount of diverse factors that contribute to a student's academic success. Things such as basic needs, a student's culture, the teacher's culture, parent involvement, school and classroom environment, and actual instructional strategies all play a role in a student's daily academic experience. When students are living in an area of poverty, or come from families of a low socio-economic status, one or all of these factors can become compromised. As a result teachers, parents, administrators and community leaders are faced with the challenge of providing a holistic approach to education with limited resources. many times these …

The Cultural Context Of Aging: World-Wide Perspectives. (3rd Ed.)., Jay Sokolovsky

Faculty Books

The consequences of global aging will influence virtually all areas of life to be encountered in the 21st century, including the biological limits of healthy longevity, the generational contract and nature of family ties, the makeup of households and communities, symbolic representations of midlife and old age and attitudes toward disability and death. The new edition (3rd) of the award winning book The Cultural Context of Aging: World-Wide Perspectives covers all these topics and more. This unique volume uses a qualitative, case study approach to look at the rapidly emerging new cultural spaces and social scripts through which mid and …

Book Review: Exchange Relationship At Ugarit, Roger S. Nam

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

Kevin McGeough's Exchange Relationships at Ugarit is a welcome entry into the field of recent studies on Ugarit in the context of Late Bronze Age economies. other leaders, biblical figures such as Joseph, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Elijah, Elisha, and Isaiah take part in magic (57-62). Chapter 3 also escalates Dolansky's claim about the effect of magic in Israel to a formatively influential factor.

Interaction Within Individualized Education Program Meetings: Conversation Analysis Of A Collective Case Study, Christopher Charles Plum

Harold L. Hodgkinson Award for Outstanding Dissertation

Current research provides little insight into interaction during Individual Education Program (IEP) meetings. This lack of insight may impede decision-making regarding student placement. This collective case study addressed that problem by analyzing interactions of participants in IEP meetings. Rooted in a conversation analytic (CA) theoretical framework, research questions centered on ways IEP teams interacted, oriented to identities, and ascribed to potential power asymmetries, with analysis focused on talk preceding a child's educational placement. Six hours of IEP meeting footage from 13 meetings distributed across 3 Detroit area charter schools were transcribed in CA Jeffersonian notation and analyzed using CA methodology. …

Getting The News: A Signer Among Signs, Mary Cappello

English and Creative Writing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Annual Report: College Of University Libraries & Learning Sciences Fy 2008-2009, Martha Bedard

Assessment and Statistics

No abstract provided.

Book Notes, Michael A. Rynkiewich, Kenneth J. Collins, Marcella Hoesl, Howard A. Snyder

The Asbury Journal

Matt Tomlinson

In God's Image: The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity

2009 Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press

Reviewed by Michael A. Rynkiewich

S. T. Kimbrough Jr. and Kenneth G. C. Newport, eds.

The Manuscript Journal of the Reverend Charles Wesley, M.A. Vols. 1,2

2008. Nashville: Kingswood Books

John R. Tyson

Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley

2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans

Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins

Brian Stanley

The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910

Studies in the History of Christian Missions

2009. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans

Reviewed by Marcella Hoesl

Geordan Hanunond …

A Planet In Our Solar System, John Dillon

Theses & ETDs

This body of work was made over the course of two or three years around my home in Chicago. Originally my project began as a formal photographic exercise as I explored my environment with several late nineteenth and early twentieth century painters and photographers in mind. I was specifically interested in ideas concerning the representation of three dimensions on a two-dimensional canvas or piece of paper. As I continued making images, I became more interested in the photograph's potential to alter the world that it depicts and even to create an entirely new kind of world while at the same …

Reflections Of Cultural Voices In The Magic Mirror Of "Snow White", Ashley Rose Johnson

Theses & ETDs

This thesis analyzes how the voice of the magic mirror of “Snow White,” by the Brothers Grimm, reflects the cultural contexts that have made the story one of the most well known tales in the Western fairy tale canon. The primary text and films reflect the cultural context of their authors and directors. The Grimms’ “Snow White” reflects the voice of nineteenth-century patriarchy. Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs presents the tale from a culture escaping the economic depression of the 1930s in the United States. Cohn’s A Tale of Terror reflects the internalized value of motherhood and competition …

Shopping For Ornaments At The "Ornament Of All Galilee": Zippori National Park In Israel And The Global Phenomenon Of Heritage Tourism, Lisa Avron

Theses & ETDs

Zippori National Park, located in Israel's lower Galilee, is transitioning into a commercialized representation of its history to cater to the interests of heritage tourists. This marketable presentation rests on the foundation of diminished nationalist endeavors and identity politics. Zippori National Park's presentation is now shifting its focus towards its Roman and Byzantine eras and these eras' impressive features, excavated during the 1980s, in order to become a major tourist attraction within Israel. The process of commercialization has lead to the creation of a simplified presentation, which includes an entertaining theme, that of "The Ornament of All Galilee." This thesis …

Difficult Hope: An Ethnography Of The Bread And Puppet Theater, Austin Mccann

Theses & ETDs

This is an ethnography of Peter Schumann's Bread and Puppet Theater, based in Glover, Vermont. Bread and Puppet is anomalous: this anti-capitalist "Cheap Art" organization has maintained its distinctive aesthetic and its radical independence for more than four decades. The theater is based on the charismatic authority of Peter Schumann, a German artist concerned with cultural revival in the face of political horror. Schumann's promulgation of the synergy of art and politics has serious implications for the reception and canonization of his work. My thesis interrogates Bread and Puppet's aesthetic, then turns inward to questions of structure. The ways in …

Representations Of Women In The Work Of Gustave Flaubert And Leo Tolstoy, Jillian Horowitz

Theses & ETDs

This thesis examines works by two recognized masters of Realist fiction, Gustave Flaubert and Leo Tolstoy, in light of contemporary feminist theories. The purpose of this thesis is twofold: to examine both the canonical novels and lesser-known short stories of these Realist writers and to consider a range of feminist approaches to literature. The first chapter reads Flaubert's short story "A Simple Heart" ("Un Coeur Simple") (1877) in conjunction with Gayatri C. Spivak and post-colonial, post-modernist theory. The second chapter examines Leo Tolstoy's novella "Family Happiness" (1859) through the lens of ecofeminism, using Sherry B. Ortner's essay "Is Female to …