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Microplastics In Pacific Northwest Bivalves: Ecological Prevalence, Harvester-Consumer Exposure, And Aquarium Exhibit Outcomes, Britta Rahel Baechler Nov 2020

Microplastics In Pacific Northwest Bivalves: Ecological Prevalence, Harvester-Consumer Exposure, And Aquarium Exhibit Outcomes, Britta Rahel Baechler

Dissertations and Theses

Up to 23 million metric tons of mismanaged plastics enter the global ocean annually. Microplastics (MPs;<5mm) degrading. MPs leak into the environment and now pervade every corner of the earth, with implications for animal, plant, ecosystem and human health. It is important to understand localized environmental MP prevalence, distribution and organismal uptake in order to determine the extent of MP pollution, and ultimately unlock solution sets to reduce transmission of MPs into the natural world. In Chapter 2, I quantified MP types, concentrations, anatomical burdens, geographic distribution, and temporal differences in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and Pacific razor clams (Siliqua patula) from 15 coastal sites in Oregon. Both of these species are integral to culture, economy, gastronomy and food security along the United States West Coast. In Chapter 3, I quantified MPs in Pacific razor clams collected from 8 Olympic Coast, Washington sites, administered questionnaires to recreational razor clammers and subsequently estimated annual MP exposure of those Olympic Coast razor clam harvester-consumers surveyed. In Chapter 4, I designed and installed an educational ocean plastic …


Geologic Mapping Of Dyer County, Tennessee, Renee Marie Reichenbacher Nov 2020

Geologic Mapping Of Dyer County, Tennessee, Renee Marie Reichenbacher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The stratigraphy and structure beneath Dyer County, Tennessee, were mapped using lignite exploration wells, water wells, US Army Corps of Engineers borings, and previously interpreted seismic reflection lines to better understand the seismic threat of the underlying New Madrid seismic zone structures. New Madrid seismic zone earthquakes are concentrated on faults of the Reelfoot rift, one system of which is the northwest-trending Lake County uplift and Tiptonville dome, which extends in northwestern Tennessee through Lake and Obion counties into Dyer County. Structure contour maps of the tops of the Paleozoic, Cretaceous, and Eocene sections were made to produce cross-sections and …


Learning From Debaters: Insights Into Their Learning Strategies, Fitri Alfia Rahmawati, Johannes Ananto Prayogo, Furaidah Furaidah Nov 2020

Learning From Debaters: Insights Into Their Learning Strategies, Fitri Alfia Rahmawati, Johannes Ananto Prayogo, Furaidah Furaidah

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study aims to analyze English debaters’ learning strategies in improving their debate skills. The researcher used descriptive qualitative in the form of in depth interview in which three successful English debaters were involved in this study. The result reveals that debaters habituate themselves to read a lot, watch debate videos and practice by using a wide variety of language learning strategies. Those strategies are seeking practice opportunity, using resources, overviewing materials, asking for correction, using synonym or circumlocution, self-evaluating, practicing naturalistically, taking note, summarizing, using progressive relaxation, deep breathing or meditation and cooperation with peers.


Cultural And Religious Belief Approaches Of A Tuberculosis Program For Hard-To-Reach Populations In Mentawai And Solok West Sumatera, Indonesia, Rizanda Machmud, Irvan Medison, Finny Fitry Yani Nov 2020

Cultural And Religious Belief Approaches Of A Tuberculosis Program For Hard-To-Reach Populations In Mentawai And Solok West Sumatera, Indonesia, Rizanda Machmud, Irvan Medison, Finny Fitry Yani

Kesmas

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading public health concern in Indonesia. It ranks second on the list of high-burden TB countries. In West Sumatra, 47% of TB cases are undetected, late diagnosed, and received incomplete treatment because of low-level awareness and knowledge and stigma, especially among the hardest to reach populations. The study aims to identify the best communication channel to reach those who live in vulnerable and remote areas. This study was a qualitative study applying in-depth interviews to the informal leaders, health officers, cultural artists, and religious leaders across districts in Mentawai and Solok Districts, which are remote and …


The Economics Of Classroom 3-D Printing Of Open-Source Digital Designs Of Learning Aids, Nicole Gallup, Joshua M. Pearce Nov 2020

The Economics Of Classroom 3-D Printing Of Open-Source Digital Designs Of Learning Aids, Nicole Gallup, Joshua M. Pearce

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

While schools struggle financially, capital for purchasing physical learning aids is often cut. To determine if costs could be reduced for learning aids, this study analyzed classroom-based distributed digital manufacturing using 3-D printing of open-source learning aid designs. Learning aid designs are analyzed in detail for their economic viability considering printing and assembly costs with purchased components and compared to equivalent or inferior commercial products available on Amazon. The results show current open-source 3-D printers are capable of manufacturing useful learning aids and that doing so provides high economic savings in the classroom. Overall, the average learning aid would save …


How To Make Better Sessions Judges: Appellate Review A Proposal To Reform Tennessee’S General Sessions Courts For The 21st Century, Willie Santana Nov 2020

How To Make Better Sessions Judges: Appellate Review A Proposal To Reform Tennessee’S General Sessions Courts For The 21st Century, Willie Santana

Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive

In the past several years, general sessions judges have made headlines for illegal behavior such as bribery, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, judicial ethics violations, obvious lapses of judgment, and even suspect and unconstitutional behavior. This misconduct from the bench hurts society’s trust in the judiciary, but the damage is not merely academic. Judicial misconduct also does very real and immediately applicable damage to the people directly involved in criminal cases: victims who may never see justice, and those accused of crimes whose very future depends on an impartial administration of justice. That is an unfortunate state of affairs …


Selenopidae (Arachnida: Araneae), A New Host Spider Family For The Spider Wasp Tachypompilus Ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilini), Frank E. Kurczewski, Rick C. West, Sarah C. Crews, N. R. Jenzen-Jones Nov 2020

Selenopidae (Arachnida: Araneae), A New Host Spider Family For The Spider Wasp Tachypompilus Ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilini), Frank E. Kurczewski, Rick C. West, Sarah C. Crews, N. R. Jenzen-Jones

Insecta Mundi

Four online photographs from Oaxaca, Mexico taken by N. R. Jenzen-Jones and posted on inaturalist.org reveal Selenops sp., probably S. mexicanus Keyserling (Arachnida: Araneae: Selenopidae), as a new host spider species, genus and family for the common and widespread American spider wasp Tachypompilus fer­rugineus (Say) (rusty spider wasp). The wasp transported the immobilized spider up an exterior stucco wall of a house, dorsal side upward, walking backwards for 3 m to her nest in a gap between the wooden planking and stucco wall beneath the roof, while grasping the femur of its right pedipalp with her mandibles.


Decentralization, Local Government Fiscal Independence, And Poverty: Evidence From Philippine Provinces, Tristan A. Canare Nov 2020

Decentralization, Local Government Fiscal Independence, And Poverty: Evidence From Philippine Provinces, Tristan A. Canare

Economics Department Faculty Publications

Decentralization has become a popular development program among middle- and low-income economies worldwide. The rationale behind decentralization is the local government’s proximity to consumers gives it an information advantage over the central government on needs and preferences. However, the central government has economies of scale and has access to more resources. Using data from Philippine provinces, this paper studies the relationship between decentralization – as represented by local government fiscal independence and as measured by locally sourced revenues expressed as share of total revenue – and poverty incidence. It finds evidence that fiscal independence is associated with lower poverty, but …


Environmental Factors Influencing Urban Homicide Clearance Rates: A Spatial Analysis Of New York City, Leslie W. Kennedy, Joel M. Caoplan, Eric L. Piza, Amanda L. Thomas Nov 2020

Environmental Factors Influencing Urban Homicide Clearance Rates: A Spatial Analysis Of New York City, Leslie W. Kennedy, Joel M. Caoplan, Eric L. Piza, Amanda L. Thomas

Publications and Research

In this paper, we explore the conditions under which clearance rates improve by looking at the experience across New York City. Using one agency provides a control on the administrative differences that appear across other jurisdictions that have been studied, usually through cross-national analysis. Our analysis uses Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) to identify environmental features that relate to closed versus open homicide cases using two years of New York City Police Department (NYPD) data. This analysis is supplemented with an investigation of precinct-wide social structure variables to examine how context matters in influencing closure rates.


Nocturnal Surface Urban Heat Island Over Greater Cairo: Spatial Morphology, Temporal Trends And Links To Land-Atmosphere Influences, Am El Kenawy, M Hereher, Sm Robaa, Mf Mccabe, Et Al Nov 2020

Nocturnal Surface Urban Heat Island Over Greater Cairo: Spatial Morphology, Temporal Trends And Links To Land-Atmosphere Influences, Am El Kenawy, M Hereher, Sm Robaa, Mf Mccabe, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This study assesses the spatial and temporal characteristics of nighttime surface urban heat island (SUHI) effects over Greater Cairo: the largest metropolitan area in Africa. This study employed nighttime land surface temperature (LST) data at 1 km resolution from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua sensor for the period 2003–2019. We presented a new spatial anomaly algorithm, which allowed to define SUHI using the most anomalous hotspot and cold spot of LST for each time step over Greater Cairo between 2003 and 2019. Results demonstrate that although there is a significant increase in the spatial extent of SUHI over …


Vol.48 N.19 November 26th 2020, Voice Media Ventures Nov 2020

Vol.48 N.19 November 26th 2020, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

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Effect Of Lockdown On Hcho And Trace Gases Over India During March 2020, Akshansha Chauhan, Ramesh P. Singh Nov 2020

Effect Of Lockdown On Hcho And Trace Gases Over India During March 2020, Akshansha Chauhan, Ramesh P. Singh

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

COVID-19 is one of the deadly Epidemics that has impacted people living in more than 200 countries. In order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, India observed total lockdown in the first phase for a period of 21 days (24 March–13 May 2020), so that social distancing is maintained. However, this sudden decision severely affected the normal life of people. The air quality improved due to lockdown, some relaxation was given in different cities and within some areas in the city where the people were not affected by COVID-19. In this paper, we discuss results of detailed analysis of trace …


Protocol For The Cultural Adaptation Of Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Subsequent Testing In A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial For Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In Sri Lanka, Ar Jayamaha, Ch Perera, Mw Orme, Av Jones, Ukdc Wijayasiri, Td Amarasekara, Rs Karunatillake, A Fernando, Alp Seneviratne, A Barton, R Jones, Zk Yusuf, Rb Miah, D Malcolm, Ja Matheson, Rc Free, A Manise, Mc Steiner, Sw Wimalasekera, Sj Singh Nov 2020

Protocol For The Cultural Adaptation Of Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Subsequent Testing In A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial For Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In Sri Lanka, Ar Jayamaha, Ch Perera, Mw Orme, Av Jones, Ukdc Wijayasiri, Td Amarasekara, Rs Karunatillake, A Fernando, Alp Seneviratne, A Barton, R Jones, Zk Yusuf, Rb Miah, D Malcolm, Ja Matheson, Rc Free, A Manise, Mc Steiner, Sw Wimalasekera, Sj Singh

Peninsula Medical School

Introduction International guidelines recommend pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) should be offered to adults living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but PR availability is limited in Sri Lanka. Culturally appropriate PR needs to be designed and implemented in Sri Lanka. The study aims to adapt PR to the Sri Lankan context and determine the feasibility of conducting a future trial of the adapted PR in Sri Lanka. Methods and analysis Eligible participants will be identified and will be invited to take part in the randomised controlled feasibility trial, which will be conducted in Central Chest Clinic, Colombo, Sri Lanka. A total …


The Fold Illusion: The Origins And Implications Of Ogives On Silicic Lavas, Graham Dm Andrews, Stuart Kenderes, Alan Whittington, Shelby L. Isom, Sarah Brown, Holly Danielle Pettus, Brenna Cole, Kailee Gokey Nov 2020

The Fold Illusion: The Origins And Implications Of Ogives On Silicic Lavas, Graham Dm Andrews, Stuart Kenderes, Alan Whittington, Shelby L. Isom, Sarah Brown, Holly Danielle Pettus, Brenna Cole, Kailee Gokey

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Folds on the surfaces of mafic lavas are among the most readily recognized geological structures and are used as first-order criteria for identifying ancient lavas on Earth and other planetary bodies. However, the presence of surface-folds on the surface of silicic lavas is contested in this study and we challenge the widely accepted interpretation that silicic lava surfaces contain folds using examples from the western United States and Sardinia, Italy. We interpret the ridges and troughs on their upper surfaces, typically referred to as ‘ogives’ or ‘pressure ridges’, as fracture-bound structures rather than folds. We report on the absence of …


Deaf Interpreters’ Perception Of Themselves As Professionals In Ireland: A Phenomenological Study, Noel P. O'Connell, Teresa Lynch Nov 2020

Deaf Interpreters’ Perception Of Themselves As Professionals In Ireland: A Phenomenological Study, Noel P. O'Connell, Teresa Lynch

Journal of Interpretation

In the extensive literature on sign language interpreting, very little attention has been given to deaf interpreters’ understanding of themselves as professionals. This gap may be due to the fact that professional sign language interpreting is often seen to be synonymous with hearing people. The research therefore set out to gain an insight into how deaf interpreters’ view themselves as professionals, what their understanding of ‘being a professional’ is, and what issues are of concern to them. The authors present and discuss findings from an analysis, informed by professionalism theory, of data derived from interviews with 5 deaf interpreters in …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 4, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Pensacola's Cast Iron Architecture by Cynthia Catellier
New Deal Historic Preservation for Key West by Matthew G. Hyland
The Hammer, the Sickle, and the Phosphate Rock: The 1974 Political Controversy over Florida Phosphate Shipments to the Soviet Union by Brad Massey
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida in Publications 2015
Index to Volume 94


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 3, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Special Issue Introduction by the FHQ Editors by Connie L. Lester and Daniel Murphree
The Historiography of Nineteenth-Century Florida by James G. Cusick
Interpreting Florida, Its Nineteenth-Century Literary Heritage by Maurice O'Sullivan
Abiaka, or Sam Jones, in Context: The Mikasuki Ethnogenesis through the Third Seminole War by Patsy West
"The Indians Are Scattering, I Fear": Mobility and Power in the Second Seminole War by Christine A. Rizzi
Runaway Slave Advertisements in Antebellum Florida: A Retrospective by Matthew J. Clavin
A Flower at Elmira: The Prisoner of War Diary of Wilbur Wightman Gramling by Robert Saunders, Jr.
Another Invisible Man: Alexander …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 1, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Religion and Women's Rights in Florida: An Examination of the Equal Rights Amendment Legislative Debates, 1972-1982 by Laura E. Brock
The Rise of Jim Crow in Fort Myers, 1885-1930 by Jonathan Harrison
'Gators Making Merry in Cuba: The University of Florida Football Team in Havana, December 1912 by Michael T. Wood
Throwing the Explorer out with the Fountain: American History Textbooks and Juan Ponce de Leon by Roger Chapman
Book Reviews
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 93, Number 4, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 93, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Between Swamp and Sea: Bahamian Visitors in Southeast Florida before Miami by Devin Leigh
By the Shores of the Phosphorescent Seas: Lafcadio Hearn's Journey to Florida's Mysterious Fountain by Maxwell J. Stillwell
Camp Blanding Station Hospital in the War Years by George E. Cressman Jr.
Swaim Family Papers: Civil War Reports and Letters of Recommendation for a Carpetbagger by John T. Foster Jr., and Nicole Brown
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida History in Publications, 2014
Comprehensive Index: 2014-2015 (volume 93)


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, Number 1, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Juan Ponce de Leon and the Discovery of Florida Reconsidered by Samuel Turner
"Looking for Angola": An Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Search for a Nineteenth Century Florida Maroon Community and its Caribbean Connections by Rosalyn Howard
Conquerors, Peacekeepers, or Both? The U.S. Army and West Florida, 1810-1811, A New Perspective by Samuel Watson
The Florida Historical Society Presents an Original Courtroom Drama: Ponce de Le6n Landed HERE!! by Benjamin D. Brotemarkle
Book Reviews
Book Notes
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, Number 4, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Shipwrecked in the Atlantic World: Reevaluating Jonathan Dickinson's Interactions with Native Peoples along Florida's Southeastern Coast by Jason Daniels
The Fleeting Fame of Florida's Filibuster, "Major" Frank Hann by Paul S. Losch
Talking Trash: a short history of solid waste management in Florida by Andrew Fairbanks, Jennifer Wunderlich, and Christopher Meindl
Documents and Notes: Letters of Major Hann Paul S. Losch, editor
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida in Publications, 2012
Cumulative Index, Volume 91


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, Number 3, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

500 Years of Florida History- The Sixteenth Century: Introduction by Connie L. Lester and Daniel S. Murphree
The Historiography of Sixteenth-Century La Florida by Paul E. Hoffman
The Historical Archaeology of SixteenthCentury La Florida by Kathleen A. Deagan
Entangled Borderlands: Europeans and Timucuans in Sixteenth-Century Florida by Jonathan DeCoster
Sixteenth-Century Florida in the European Imagination by John McGrath
Book Reviews
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 90, Number 3, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 90, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida: The Mediated State by Julian C. Chambliss and Denise K. Cummings, Guest Editors
Murders and Pastels in Miami: The Role of Miami Vice in bringing back Tourists to Miami by Alison Meek
Is South Florida the New Southern California?: Carl Hiaasen's Dystopian Paradise by David M. Parker
Florida Porch Reverie by Charlie Hailey
In Marjorie's Wake: A Film Voyage Into Florida's Nature Consciousness by Leslie Kemp Poole
Miami Stories by Jeff Rice
Book Reviews
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 89, Number 2, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 89, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

"... in a strange place ... ": The Experiences of British Women during the Colonization of East & West Florida Deborah L. Bauer
Selling Seduction: Women and Feminine Nature in 1920s Florida Advertising Nicole C. Cox
A Translation History of Fontaneda Peter Ferdinanda
Book Reviews
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 88, Number 3, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 88, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

2009 Catherine Prescott Lecture The Seminole Controversy Revisited: A New Look At Andrew Jackson's 1818 Florida Campaign Daniel Feller
Wetlands and Wildlife: Martin Johnson Heade in Florida Charlotte M. Porter
"Looks Like Acquittal": Sex, Murder, and the Tampa Morning Tribune, 1895 J. Thomas Perry
The Jacksonville Mutiny of 1865 John F. Fannin
Book Reviews
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 4, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Florida and the Environment: From La Florida" to Global Warming 2008 Jillian Prescott Memorial Lecture Duane E. De Freese
Sharp Prose for Green: John D. MacDonald and the Fit Ecological Novel Jack E. Davis
Gatorland: Survival of the Fittest among Florida's Mid-Tier Tourist Attractions Dorothy Mays Baseball in Key West and Havana, 1885-1910: The Career of Francisco A. Poyo Gerald E. Poyo
Book Reviews
End Notes
Florida History in Publication
Cumulative Index, Volume 87


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 1, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Cross-Florida Canal and the Politics of Interest-Group Democracy Catherine Prescott Lecture, 2008 Wayne Flynt
The Pioneer African American Jurist Who Almost Became a Bishop: Florida's Judge James Dean, 1858-1914 Canter Brown, Jr. and Larry E. Rivers
Doing the Job: The 1964 Desegregation of the Florida Army National Guard Thomas P. Honsa
Designing History: An Interactive Exploration of the 1930s Florida Ship Canal Chris Beckrnann, Steven Noll, and David Tegeder
Book Reviews
End Notes


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 4, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

"Set a Light in a Dark Place": Teachers of Freedmen in Florida, 1864-1874 Laura Wallis Wakefield
"Not a Single Battle but Rather a Real War": The Fight to Equalize Teachers' Salaries in Florida in the 1930s and 1940s Caroline Emmons
Book Reviews
Book Notes
History News
Index for Volume 81


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 2, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Constructing Indians in the Colonial Floridas: Origins of European-Floridian Identity, 1513-1573 Daniel S. Murphree
Daytona Beach: A Closed Society Robert E. Snyder
Florida's Forgotten Ethnic Culture: Patterns of Canadian Immigration, Tourism, and Investment since 1920 Eric Jarvis
Book Review
Book Notes
History News


Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 1, Florida Historical Society Nov 2020

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Editor's Preface
Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000 Gary R. Mormino
Legacy to the People: The Civic Origins of the Orange County Regional History Center Bob Beatty
Disney's Celebration, the Promise of New Urbanism, and the Portents of Homogeneity Hugh E. Bartling
In Search of Community: Historic Preservation and the Quest to Recover Fort Gatlin Scott Eidson
Exhibition Review
Book Reviews
History News