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Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Students Of The Nigerian Army School Of Education, Sobi Barracks, Ilorin, Nigeria, Simeon Azubuike Obi Mr, Lawal M. Akanbi Dr., Adetola Ayotunde Kehinde Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The environment in which human being, particularly, students operate makes information to be one of the decisive factors for survival. Students seek information to fill an identified gap in their quest for knowledge. This study, therefore, investigated information needs and seeking behaviour of students of the Nigerian Army School of Education, Ilorin, Nigeria. Five (5) research objectives were formulated for this study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Population for the study comprised of students at the Nigerian Army School of Education, Ilorin. Israel (2003) model for determining sample size was used to calculate the sample size with precision …

The Two-Generation Classroom: Learning Together In The Gen Ed Core, Autumn Green

National Student Parent Success Symposium: Lifting Generations Together

This workshop presents a new approach to post-secondary pedagogy referred to as, The Two Generation Classroom. The Two-Generation Classroom offers curricula for the general education core that facilitate parent/child inter-generational learning. Using hybrid online/in-person strategies, and a learning-buddy approach to integrated arts teaching/learning activities, the Two-Generation Classroom approach aims to address and reduce inequity in college access and success for student parents, while ensuring academic excellence and rigor.

Dr. Autumn R. Green is Founding Director of the National Center for Student Parent Programs, and is currently transitioning from Endicott College to join Wellesley Centers for Women as a Visiting Scholar …

Lead Contamination In Scott County Iowa, Nick Torres

Celebration of Learning

Lead is a potent toxin that has long been used for various industrial applications. Most commonly used for exterior and interior painting, lead was banned in 1978 once strong evidence indicated that it is an extremely dangerous element that leads to a multitude of neurological conditions. Scott County, Iowa has experienced high levels of child lead poisoning since 2000, having over 1,600 documented poisonings, bringing Scott County four times over the national average. The Upper Mississippi Center is working toward a solution to this problem through research into the presence of lead in local homes, with 27 homes sampled, and …

Large Scale Climate Oscillation Impacts On Temperature, Precipitation And Land Surface Phenology In Central Asia, Kirsten M. De Beurs, Geoffrey Henebry, Braden C. Owsley, Irina N. Sokolik

GSCE Faculty Publications

Central Asia has been rapidly changing in multiple ways over the past few decades. Increases in temperature and likely decreases in precipitation in Central Asia as the result of global climate change are making one of the most arid regions in the world even more susceptible to large-scale droughts. Global climate oscillations, such as the El Ni ̃no–Southern Oscillation, have previously been linked to observed weather patterns in Central Asia. However, until now it has been unclear how the different climate oscillations act simultaneously to affect the weather and subsequently the vegetated land surface in Central Asia.We fit well-established land …

Book Review: Fundamentals Of International Aviation, Alan Bender

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

Not applicable.

Demonstrating The Return On Investment For Nursing: Elevating Nursing Practice Through Engagement, Rani Hajela Srivastava, Gillian Strudwick, Kristin Cleverley, Margaret Gehrs, Ann Pottinger

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nursing engagement and impact is determined by nurses and organizational context. Our approach to nursing engagement adopted a strengths based approach and included an intentional focus on organizational leaders. This presentation shares lessons learned and resulting strategy focusing on clinical excellence, developing specialist practitioners and leaders, and organizational goals.

Literature Review: Hydropower And Iceland's Environment, Olivia Villamagna

Student Works

This paper seeks to answer the question: To what extent do hydropower plants affect the surrounding environment? Through a literature review and personal accounts found on blogs and website articles, there were many conclusions that came from this research. A review of the literature indicated that use of hydropower influences the ecology around the plant. The power plant’s redirection of the river's water flow and reservoir submergence cause many problems for the surrounding environments. Hydropower plants can change the landscape due to the fact that the water they use is no longer providing the right nutrients to the previously flourishing …

A National Pragmatic Safety Limit For Nuclear Weapon Quantities, Joshua M. Pearce, David C. Denkenberger

Civil and Architectural Engineering Faculty Research

This study determines the nuclear pragmatic limit where the direct physical negative consequences of nuclear weapons use are counter to national interests, by assuming all unknowns are conservatively optimistic. The only effect considered is nuclear winter (“nuclear autumn” in the low weapons limits) and the resultant effects on the aggressor nation. First, the ability of low nuclear weapon limits is probed for maintaining deterrence in the worst-case scenario of attacking the most-populous nation. Second, the ability of aggressor nations to feed themselves is assessed without trade and industry resultant from a nuclear attack causing “nuclear autumn” (10% global agricultural shortfall). …

Watershed Walking: Experiential Tools For Connecting People, Place And Water, Jennifer L. Kitson

Open Educational Resources

This learning module presents a variety of ways to consider the role of walking as environmental methodology in courses with existing fieldwork components. Walking is a mobile practice and form of dwelling. The footprint is a powerful metaphor and narrative device expressing the lived scale and pace of the human body, including the accumulation of incremental personal stories into public histories (“one step at a time,” “one foot in front of the other”). Footprints also form the basis for human conceptions of empathy (“being in someone else’s shoes,” “following in someone’s footsteps”) and place-based environmental impacts (ecological footprint, hydroregion), both …

In Memoriam: Herbert L. Needleman (1927-2017), Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

On July 18, 2017, Dr. Herbert L. Needleman, of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, a pediatrician and a child psychiatrist who greatly contributed to improve environmental health worldwide by demonstrating in the late 1970s that children exposed to even small amounts of lead could suffer intellectual and behavioral disorders, passed away. He was living at Weinberg Village, an assisted living home in Glen Hazel, neighbor in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he had spent the last two years while suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Needleman's work prompted regulations that limited or banned the metal in a range of common products, like gasoline and paint, …

Halo - A Personal Iot Air Monitor Powered By Harvested Energy, Benjamin Lampe, Taylor Mau, Samantha Morehead, Naeem Turner-Bandele

Interdisciplinary Design Senior Theses

Urban air pollution leads to widespread respiratory illness and millions of deaths annually. PM2.5, particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 micrometers, is the product of many common combustion reactions and poses a particularly serious health risk. Its small size allows it to penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream. Existing air quality monitors are aimed at scientific research, di↵erentiating between pollutants and providing high accuracy in measurement. These devices are prohibitively expensive and cannot easily be carried around. Due to the highly localized nature of air pollution, and in order to allow individuals and institutions to …

Brownfield Redevelopment: Communities In Transition, Mahbubur R. Meenar

Open Educational Resources

This learning module focuses on two broad topics — hazardous waste and brownfields — and is suitable for courses in environmental and sustainability planning, environmental engineering, environmental science, environmental studies, and community development. The first topic explains different types of hazardous waste and challenges associated with them, discusses landfills and Superfund sites, presents consequences of Superfund sites using historical case studies, and finally introduces Cradle-to-Grave hazardous waste management systems. The second topic focuses on the history and types of brownfields in the USA, their disadvantages and opportunities, as well as their redevelopment options. Using text, field visits, and a series …

Lateral Marsh Edge Erosion As A Source Of Sediments For Vertical Marsh Accretion, Charles S. Hopkinson, James T. Morris, Sergio Fagherazzi, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Peter A. Raymond

Faculty Publications

With sea level rise accelerating and sediment inputs to the coast declining worldwide, there is concern that tidal wetlands will drown. To better understand this concern, sources of sediment contributing to marsh elevation gain were computed for Plum Island Sound estuary, MA, USA. We quantified input of sediment from rivers and erosion of marsh edges. Maintaining elevation relative to the recent sea level rise rate of 2.8 mm yr−1 requires input of 32,299 MT yr−1 of sediment. The input from watersheds is only 3,210 MT yr−1. Marsh edge erosion, based on a comparison of 2005 and 2011 LiDAR data, provides …

What Drives A Textile Firm To Adopt An Eco-Label?, Naveed Hayat, Anwar Hussain, Heman Das Lohano

Business Review

This paper investigates the factors that influence a textile firm’s decision to adopt an eco-label. Logit regression is conducted using data from 128 textile firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Results reveal that environmental performance, profitability, market share and firm size have significant positive effect on the adoption of eco-labels whereas tax burden has a significant negative effect. Furthermore, an exporting textile firm is more likely to adopt an eco-label than the others. Likewise, a yarn manufacturing firm is more likely to take on an eco-label relative to a fabric or textile composite manufacturing firm.

Lawrence University One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Commencement, June 10, 2018, Lawrence University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Preventative Capital Study (Cache County), Arthur J. Caplan, Ramjee Acharya

Browse all Datasets

We address the issue of optimal investment in “preventative capital” to mitigate episodic, mobile-source air pollution events. We calibrate Berry et al.'s (2015) endogenous-risk model using a unique dataset related to "red air day" episodes occurring in Northern Utah over the past decade. Our analysis demonstrates that, under a wide range of circumstances, the optimal steady-state level of preventative capital stock – raised through the issuance of a municipal “clean air bond” that funds more aggressive mitigation efforts – can meet the standard for PM2.5 concentrations with positive social net benefits. We estimate benefit-cost ratios ranging between 0.9:1 and 2.2:1, …

Supporting The Success Of Service Learning Initiatives In Higher Education, Elizabeth Buchanan, Tina Lee, Devin R. Berg

Polytechnic Institute Summit

No abstract provided.

Exposure To Crude Oil And Chemical Dispersant May Impact Marine Microbial Biofilm Composition And Steel Corrosion, Jennifer Salerno, Brenda Little, Jason Lee, Leila J. Hamdan

Faculty Publications

The release of hydrocarbons and chemical dispersant in marine environments may disrupt benthic ecosystems, including artificial reefs, formed by historic steel shipwrecks, and their associated organisms. Experiments were performed to determine the impacts of crude oil, dispersed crude oil, and dispersant on the community structure and function of microorganisms in seawater (SW) and biofilms formed on carbon steel, a common ship hull construction material. Steel corrosion was also monitored to illustrate how oil spills may impact preservation of steel shipwrecks. Microcosms were filled with seawater (SW) and incubated at 4°C. Carbon steel disks (CSDs) were placed in each tank, and …

Gassed Out, Toban Shadlyn

Masters Theses

As the automobile industry continues to evolve with car sharing services, electric vehicles and soon autonomous driving, the infrastructure that supports our present-day car culture will become obsolete. While the current advancement focuses on the future of car design and accompanying policies, there is a need to consider the evolution of our infrastructure from an adaptive reuse standpoint.

Among the different kinds of automotive infrastructure, gas stations in particular, are the most environmentally problematic yet advantageous due to their abundance. The conversion of gas stations, however, is not a new notion. While these sites have been renovated into cafés, restaurants, …

Floating Miami, Jiongye Li

Masters Theses

This thesis focuses on designing adaptations in order to reduce the impact of flooding in Miami, Florida. Flooding that is generated from stormwater, hurricanes and sea-level rises largely impacts upon Miami in terms of its transportation systems, eco-system and the daily lives of its residents. Even though a large number of adaptations have already been applied in some districts of this city, , such as improvement of pump stations and pipelines, the capacity and materials of those infrastructures still cannot resist the adverse impact brought by hurricanes or other natural disasters.

In order to understand the reasons why Miami has …

Wofford Today Summer 2018, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

No abstract provided.

University Of San Francisco Fact Book And Almanac 2018 (Mid-Year Edition), Alan Ziajka

USF Fact Book and Almanac

No abstract provided.

More Than Just Pulling Weeds: A Case Study Of Engaging Upper- Division Conservation Biology Students In Service-Learning, Kimberly Pause Tucker, Christine E. Moran

Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

The field of conservation biology focuses on maintaining biodiversity by mitigating both global and local threats. One of the top threats to biodiversity is the worldwide problem of invasive species. Each community has its own pests to control, and students can engage with this global issue on a local scale through well-designed service-learning courses. This article discusses how students engaged with conservation biology through an integrated service-learning project tackling invasive species at a local nature center. Products of the class, data from class artifacts, as well as student feedback on evaluations are also presented.

Darwin And Dunya: Muslim Responses To Darwinian Evolution, Daniel Varisco Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Darwin’s theory of evolution caused considerable controversy among conservative Christians, but his ideas were not immediately available to Muslims. The first Arabic excerpts of Darwin’s work were made in 1876 by a Syrian Christian who was influenced by pro-creationist Protestant missionaries. This article provides a brief historical overview of the debate among Muslim scholars about Darwin’s theory of evolution. The range of reactions to Darwinian evolution in the Muslim world has included that of traditionalist scholars, who adhere to medieval views of a flat earth, to that of Western-trained Muslim scientists who see no contradiction between Darwinian evolution and Islamic …

The Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty And The Paradox Of Japan’S Nuclear Identity, Daisuke Akimoto Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

On 7 July 2017, the “Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty” (NWPT) to ban nuclear weapons in general was adopted in the United Nations General Assembly. The Japanese government, however, voted against the NWPT while insisting on its own resolution plan to facilitate global nuclear elimination. This paper examines Japan’s nuclear identity with regard to the legal prohibition of nuclear weapons, especially the NWPT. Why did the Japanese government vote against the NWPT despite the fact that Japan is the sole state to have ever suffered nuclear bombing in war? With a view to providing multiple perspectives regarding this simple but important …

Globalization, Neoliberalism, And Financial Issues, William Benton Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Gago, Veronica. (2017) Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics and Baroque Economies. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
• LiPuma, Edward. (2017). The Social Life of Financial Derivatives: Markets, Risk, and Time. Durham, NC: Duke University Press

Ghodsee, K. Red Hangover: Legacies Of Twentieth-Century Communism. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2017, Alfonso P. Castro Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Roy, Olivier. In Search Of The Lost Orient. An Interview. As Interviewed By Jean-Louis Schlegel. Translated By C. Jon Delogu. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017, Ilana Maymind Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Parks, L. & Kaplan, C. (Eds.). Life In The Age Of Drone Warfare. London And Durham: Duke University Press, 2017., ỌLáyọKù Philip AdémóḷÁ Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

O’Neill, Bruce. The Space Of Boredom: Homelessness In The Slowing Global Order. Durham And London, Duke University Press, 2017., Jean Martin Caldieron Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.