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"The Heart To Friendship True" Poem

Asa Hoxey Family Papers

Two-page poem written for Sarah Ann Hoxey titled "The Heart to Friendship True."

Fye Theater Showcase, Mindy Mclarty

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Artist Statement

When I originally decided to make a poster to advertise our cohort’s final showcase, I knew I wanted it to be inspired by Nora’s character from A Doll’s House. Our class read this play, by Henrik Ibsen, which tells the story of Nora, and her stifling life married to her husband. Nora realizes her life and role as a mother is not what she thought it was. Her life is superficial, and this peripheral view that the audience has of the story made me start thinking about the character’s doll-like qualities. Between this and the play’s title, it …

Water Stories: A River Harvest, Christine Hoang-Dung Vu

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Artist Statement Water Stories, a digital art piece, was one of the artworks shown in the 2024 River Reflection exhibition. This was created by gathering inspiration from the producers, cast, and the vision of preserving places and people through stories that are connected to nature and how it impacts its community. This is also part of the multidimensional performance project with the help of producers, Dr. Tru Leverette Hall and Dr. Maureen McCluskey. By being exposed in the River Reflection exhibition, people will be able to understand the artwork and spread the news of not only preserving the environment, but …

From The Earth, Ezra Welborn

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Composer’s Note

This original musical piece was created as part of Water Stories: A River Harvest, under faculty direction of Dr. McCluskey and Dr. Leverette Hall, which utilizes key elements of storytelling blended with environmental justice. One main visionary facet is how the arts and water connect people and link communities, specifically along the Ribault River. To ensure alignment, style preferences, sound movements, tone, and timbre were discussed with Dr. McCluskey and choreographer Rayanna Campbell. After on-site visits to Ribault River Preserve Park and Eartha’s Farm and Market, this musical soundscape was produced, which serves the Water Stories vision and …

The Leftovers, Jessie M. Roncevic

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Though our species is relatively young on the world time scale, we have drastically reshaped our planet and impacted many other species. Our latest advancements in AI technology could revolutionize entire industries, the environment, and society more than any other human invention. While this new technology could transform human society for the better, some have expressed anxieties over the rapid rise of an unregulated industry whose consequences on the social, political, environmental, and economic systems are difficult to predict. The impacts of advancing artifical intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence (AGI) technology are difficult to imagine, even for those at …

Perspectives On Death Race 2000: Post-Vietnam America, Erotic Violence, And The Time-Bomb Of Meta-Horror, Jackson R. Griffis

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

This paper examines the historical influences on the film Death Race 2000, particularly how the culture of Vietnam War era America influenced certain themes within the film, as well as providing numerous other short interpretations on the film in relation to eroticism, politics, and the cinema of David Cronenberg.

Chinese Piracy In The Late 18th And Early 19th Centuries And Its Contribution To The Fall Of The Qing Empire, Benjamin J E Smith

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Abstract

In the decades before the First Opium War, Qing China faced many internal and external crises. One of the least studied of these crises is that of pirate risings. Although pirates have always existed in the Asian world, between 1790 and 1810, pirate groups organized themselves into a cohesive confederation that openly opposed Qing authorities. These pirates represented a significant threat to the stability of China in the early 19th century. Not only did they cause severe damage to the Qing navy, but they had a major negative impact on the Jiaqing’s outlook on his mandate. This paper will …

The History Behind El Silbón: Exploring Historical And Psychological Elements To The Urban Legend, Valentina S. Bonilla

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Abstract

The urban legend of El Silbón has been present in Venezuelan folklore for centuries. Even though the story is predominantly regarded as a ghost story to scare children, it hides many elements from the historical context of when it started to be popularized around the country. With a beginning in Los Llanos (The Plains) of Venezuela, El Silbón reflects the effect that factors such as the Independence War and economic disparity had on the population and exemplifies the purpose of Oral Tradition of sharing communal experiences and values with the future generations.

Contributor Biographies

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Trans Antagonisms And Affirmations In Henry Medwall’S "Nature", Micah Goodrich

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Of Giantesses, Greenland, And Trans Ecology In "Jökuls Þáttr Búasonar", Basil Price

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Trans Activisms And Interspecies Entanglement In The Middle English "Patience", Ellis Light

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Cautious Lion, Canny Woman: Queer Animality In "La Response Du Bestiaire", Tess Wingard

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Birds, Blood, And Nonbinary Bodies In Marie De France’S "Yonec", Aylin Malcolm

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Settler Fantasies And Queer Disruptions: A Nonbinary Reading Of Gerald’S Wolves, Sarah Lavoy-Brunette, Jordan Chauncy

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Introduction: Medieval Trans Natures, Aylin Malcolm, Nat Rivkin

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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Medieval Ecocriticisms 4

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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How Can Researchers Be Influenced To Comply With Guidelines Of Research Data Management?, Rowena Van Houwelingen, Guido Ongena, Pascal Ravesteyn

Communications of the IIMA

How come Open Science is a well-shared vision among research communities, while the prerequisite practice of research data management (RDM) is lagging? This research sheds light on RDM adoption in the Dutch context of universities of applied sciences, by studying influencing technological, organizational, and environmental factors using the TOE-framework. A survey was sent out to researchers of universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. The analyses thereof showed no significant relation between the influencing factors and the intention to comply with the RDM guidelines (p-value of ≤ .10 and a 90% confidence level). Results did show a significant influence of …

Supporting Middle Grades Pre-Service Teachers In Building Professional Dispositions, Hilary Dack

Current Issues in Middle Level Education

Promoting pre-service teachers' development of professional dispositions through purposefully designed learning experiences may be middle level teacher education's most important contribution to a novice's development from student to teacher. The 2022 Revised Middle Level Teacher Preparation Standards explicitly address this expectation in Standard 5, with Component 5.d noting that middle grades pre-service teachers should become "continuous, collaborative learners who demonstrate knowledgeable, reflective, critical perspectives on their teaching." This article offers detailed illustrations of the approaches one middle grades teacher education program used to intentionally select professional dispositions to target in early coursework and teach those dispositions to candidates. Approaches included: …

Patco Newsletter Announcing Strike

PATCO Records for the DFW Tower Group

PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization)/DFW Tower Group, Southwest Region, Editorial Newsletter, dated May 29, 1981. The newsletter announces news of a strike for air controllers planned for June 22, 1981. The reverse of the newsletter contains election results, a resolution, and other general notes.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet October 2024, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The October 7, 2024 monthly packet includes the October agenda, appendices, and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 7, 2024.

Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Justice: Recognition, Rights, And Representation Of Indigenous Peoples In Bangladesh's Environmental Regulatory Framework, Nasrin Akter

LLM Theses

Using an Environmental Justice theoretical lens, this thesis explores the extent to which the environmental legislative landscape of Bangladesh has ensured environmental justice for Indigenous peoples. In doing so, the thesis concentrates on three main areas: recognition, rights of Indigenous people under the environmental legal framework as well as their representation in the environmental decision making bodies. The research evaluates Bangladesh environmental laws against standards elaborated in the environmental justice literature on each of these three areas. The research employs a combination of legal and policy analysis, as well as a critical analytical approach as part of its methodology. This …

A Growth Mindset Scale For Young Children (Gm-C): Development And Validation Among Children From The United States And South Africa., Melis Muradoglu, Tenelle Porter, Kali Trzesniewski, Andrei Cimpian

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Beliefs about the malleability of intellectual ability-mindsets-shape achievement. Recent evidence suggests that even young children hold such mindsets; yet, no reliable and valid instruments exist for measuring individual differences in young children's mindsets. Given the potential relevance of mindsets to children's achievement-related behavior and learning, we developed and tested the psychometric properties of the Growth Mindset Scale for Children (GM-C). Among other psychometric properties, we assessed this instrument's (a) factor structure, (b) measurement invariance, (c) internal consistency, (d) temporal stability (test-retest reliability), (e) concurrent validity, and (f) cross-cultural robustness in samples of US children (Study 1; N = 220; ages …

Etd Roundup, Amy Reese

Libraries Professional Work

ETDs in repositories are nothing new, but what do you do when starting from zero, and your institution has not actively collected or archived student ETDs?

This was the scenario at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Being a relatively new institution growing out of several smaller local colleges, the codification of administrative workflows as related to ETDs took the long trail.

This talk will discuss our approach to discovering our own uncollected content, engaging ProQuest as an unexpected partner, and going from zero to fairly complete in about a year.

The Challenge Of Legal Citation Systems, Joshua Levine

Library Staff Online Writings

Mastering legal citation means understanding multiple citation systems. In addition to the Bluebook, fifty states produce fifty sets of laws, and each state decides how it wants its own materials to be cited. For case law, the Bluebook advises authors to use the West Reporter citations if available, but to add public domain citations if a state uses them. However, a state’s internal rules may require citation to the official state reports. All this creates a maze of rules that practitioners need to follow. Legal citation presents difficulties for law students that law librarians and instructors need to appreciate, so …

Understanding Students` Attitude And Intention Towards Vocational Education And Training (Vet) In The Sultanate Of Oman, Shweta Belwal, Fatma Rashid Al Moqbali, Rakesh Belwal

Plymouth Business School

The current study investigates the influence of attitudes, subjective norms (SN), and perceived behavioural control (PBC) in understanding the intentions of Grade 11 and Grade 12 (N = 376) students in Oman to join vocational education and training (VET) institutions. The study’s objectives were twofold: to assess secondary-school students’ attitudes toward vocational education and to investigate their intentions to join VET. A quantitative approach following the partial least square-based structural equation modelling was used. According to the findings, attitudes, PBC, and SNs, exhibit a significant favourable influence on students’ intention to join VET. However, some partial invariance to the relationship …

Stirred By Your Presence, Jeremy D. Bendik-Keymer

Faculty Scholarship

Traces of you reach me through my senses. But without wondering in your presence, I cannot see you. For beings of sense and meaning such as ourselves, being stirred by another’s presence opens wondering. The implications of such claims are striking for what perception involves, for being in touch with another, and for good relationships. The paper proceeds as a series of “strobes,” from an ancient Greek word for whirling. Turning quickly about, words enact being stirred into won-dering, interspersed with visual glimpses, a photographic series. Building on recent work by the author, the paper draws on Jean-Luc Marion’s phenomenology; …

The Utah Statesman, October 7, 2024, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Top Downloaded Items In Uni Scholarworks, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

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One Year Later: The Impact Of The Oct. 7 Attack In The United States, Gina Scott Ligon, Mackenzie Harms, Erin Grace, Blake Ursch

Reports, Projects, and Research

NCITE products include analytical reports, white papers, reachback reports, and requests for information (RFIs) that provide in-depth, expert analysis of critical topics facing counterterrorism and homeland security. Our mission is to provide expert analysis on timely issues for stakeholders and the U.S. government.

This reachback report includes material from 27 experts in the NCITE network, writing from their professional perspectives on the impact in the U.S. of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing war. This report was produced to address an important topic to homeland security: assessing the extremist threat landscape in the U.S. …