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Disasters Happen: Identifying Disaster Management Needs Of Cooperative Extension System Personnel, Vikram Koundinya, Cristina Chiarella, Susan Kocher, Faith Kearns

Journal of Extension

Disasters are deeply affecting communities and economies in the United States, and the role of Cooperative Extension in disaster management efforts continues to grow. We surveyed University of California Extension personnel to identify existing disaster management programs and future needs. We found that about one third of our respondents had been involved in preparing for, responding to, or helping communities recover from disasters. Respondents experienced having a variety of needs related to disaster preparedness and response systems, procedures, materials and equipment, and educational materials. Our findings revealed a critical need for program and professional development around disaster management for Cooperative …

Information Access Skills In Social Science Researchers: Assessment Of Competency, Rajesh Singh Dr., Shailendra Kumar Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study assesses levels of Information Access Skills (IAS) in social science researchers at select central universities in Delhi. Questionnaire was used to collect relevant data on skills like information browsing, use of information search tools, and information search strategy consisting of natural language search, keyword search and Boolean search. The descriptive and inferential statistical tools like ANOVA, Post-hoc test using LSD were used to analyze and interpret the collected data. On the competency scale, a big total of 46.2% of researchers were found incompetent in IAS. Suggests measures to enhance the IAS levels of information privileged researchers.

Role Of Public Libraries In Information Literacy For Women Empowerment: With Special Reference To Kanyashree Girls Of Nabagram In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As per Michelle Obama, "No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens". It is quite lucid that empowerment of women means making women economically and socially independent, self-reliant, confident and positive in attitude. Kanyashree Prakalpa is considered as one of the most significant tools in this regard with a participatory approach for the empowerment of women. This helps the women to develop themselves individually and to participate in the developmental activities of the family and society. The main objective of the conduct of …

Plenary: Critical Leadership In Critical Times, Martin Tadlock, Perry Rettig

Critical & Creative Thinking Conference

Critical Thinking and Critical Theory are deeply interwoven concepts drawn from the same precepts and considerations for action. This presentation will begin by describing the foundation of Critical Theory, and them move into examples of how Critical Theory may be applied within a traditional university structure and classroom setting. Time for discussion related to how Critical Thinking relates both to the classroom and to organizational structures, processes, and leadership models will be woven throughout the presentation.

2019-2020 Annual Security And Fire Report - Sayre Campus, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

ANNUAL SECURITY & FIRE REPORTS

This is the 2019-2020 Annual Security and Fire Report of the Sayre Campus by Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

2019-2020 Annual Security And Fire Report - Weatherford Campus, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

ANNUAL SECURITY & FIRE REPORTS

This is the 2019-2020 Annual Security and Fire Report of the Weatherford Campus by Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (Mrbi) Watershed Assessment For: Coon Creek Watershed (Huc-071100080104); Sandy Fork-West Fork Cuivre River Watershed (Huc-071100080105); Headwaters Indian Creek Watershed (Huc-071100080201), Marc R. Owen, Kayla A. Coonen, Robert T. Pavlowsky

OEWRI Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Issue 358: October 1-15, 2020, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Disc Open House, September 30, 2020, Sarah R. Kostelecky, Margie Montanez, Amy E. Winter Mpa

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Sarah Kostelecky, Director of DISC, discusses DISC's mission, vision, and examples of digital projects.

Margie Montañez, Curator, Latin American Collections, discusses noncustodial archives and decolonizing metadata in the context of digital projects.

Please see these two brief tutorials on using UNM's Digital Repository, as an approximation of Amy Winter's part of the presentation.

• Navigating and Searching UNM's Digital Repository
• Logging In and Submitting Work

Importation Of Macrocyclic Lactone Resistant Cyathostomins On A Us Thoroughbred Farm, Martin K. Nielsen, M. Banahan, R. M. Kaplan

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Anthelmintic resistance in equine cyathostomins is both widespread and highly prevalent in the benzimidazole and tetrahydropyrimidine classes; however, reports of resistance to macrocyclic lactone (ML) drugs are sparse and sporadic. This study reports a case of clear ML resistance in a group of Thoroughbred yearlings imported from Ireland to the US in 2019. Fecal egg count reduction (FECR) following ivermectin administered in February 2020 demonstrated 100% reduction in the US bred yearlings, but 93.5%, 70.5%, and 74.5% reduction in three groups of the imported yearlings. The two former groups were then retreated with ivermectin, yielding FECRs of 33.8% and 23.5%, …

Public Preferences And Willingness To Pay For Invasive Forest Pest Prevention Programs In Urban Areas, Damian C. Adams, Jose R. Soto, John Lai, Francisco J. Escobedo, Sergio Alvarez, Abu S.M.G. Kibria

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Invasive forest pests can cause environmental and economic damage amounting to billions of dollars (US) in lost revenues, restoration and response costs, and the loss of ecosystem services nationwide. Unfortunately, these forest pests do not stay confined to wildland forest areas and can spread into suburban and urban areas, imposing significant costs on local governments, homeowners, and management agencies. In this study, a contingent valuation experiment is used to estimate Florida residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a monthly utility fee that would protect urban forests from invasive pests by implementing a monitoring and prevention program for their early detection and …

Plutarch's Themistocles: The Serpent Of Hellas, Jennifer Finn

History Faculty Research and Publications

In Plutarch’s Themistocles, the general and expatriate is thrice referenced using snake imagery. This article argues that Plutarch deliberately uses snake motifs at loaded points in the narrative to express the transformations of the general’s image in Athenian social memory, and to direct his reader towards a certain interpretation of the general’s legacy. In the centuries between the Persian Wars and the composition of Plutarch’s Lives, Themistocles had been variously represented in Athenian memory as both a patriot and a traitor, often with reference to serpentine imagery that may have been initially propagated by the general himself. An analysis of …

Strategic Plan For The Development Of The Rs Bersalin Grha Mutiara In 2019-2023: Policy Implementation, Melsha Syarahhandi, Mieke Savitri

Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration

This research discusses the Strategic Plan for the Development of the RS Bersalin Grha Mutiara in 2019-2023, using the theory of Strategic Planning to observe and evaluate external environmental opportunities and threats as well as the internal strengths and weaknesses of the hospital, to determine the right strategic plan. This study is a qualitative research using primary data, in-depth interviews with informants, observation and decision making with CDMG (Consensus Decision Making Group), and secondary data obtained from the BPS (Central Bureau of Statistics), Dinas Kesehatan Subang (District Health Office) Profile, Profile and Financial Report of RS Bersalin Grha Mutiara. From …

The Impact Continuous Connectivity And Technostress Has On The Life Of A Principal, Stacie Devone Wood

Student Theses and Dissertations

This phenomenological study highlighted the perceptions of principals impacted by techno-stress due to continuous connectivity to the office. The purpose of this study was to gain insight as to how principal’s lives are impacted by continuous connectivity and techno-stress. The sample for this study was K-12 public school principals, in the state of Arkansas, whose lives have been impacted by continuous connectivity and techno-stress. The sample size included twelve participants. The researcher selected an equal number of male and female participants, from various size school districts, with a wide variation in years of experience and different home situations, such as …

Annals Of The Hoồng Bàng Clan: From Ancient Legend To Modern Molecular Biology Evidence, Hoang Huu Phuoc

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The biography of the Hồng Bàng Clan is considered as a legend, a semi-historical document and an important part of the Viet’s cultural heritage. According to this work, the Viet people are the descendants of Shen Nong (an ancestor of the Han Chinese), migrating from China to the Red River Delta. A large number of scholars have built a Hundred Viet/ 百越 hypothesis, also known as “migration-from-the-north hypothesis” from this document. Throughout the long history, Hồng Bàng legend has created popular misunderstandings of the Viet about their origin and misconceptions for later researchers of various subjects, such as literature, linguistics, …

The Baltic States' Relations With Russia, Carrington Matthews

Global Insight

The Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) have had cold relations with Russia since they were under the control of tsarist Russia. After about only 20 years of independence, the Baltic states were involuntary absorbed into the Soviet Union. This paper examines the history behind the relationship between the Baltic states and the Soviet Union throughout the twentieth century and how the relationship grew colder in the post-Soviet era by examining a combination of scholarly journal articles and informative web articles that detail recent facts and events pertaining to the Baltic states and Russia. One of the primary causes of …

Jobless Pandemic: Geography Of Layoffs And Opportunity Zones, Georgina Figueroa, Matthew Ellerbrock, Iryna V. Lendel

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is a law designed to protect workers against employment losses. Employers are required to provide employees with a 60-day notice in the event of plant closings and mass layoffs. Under normal conditions, WARNs are required in the event of a) Plants closing or stopping operation either permanently or temporarily affecting 50 or more workers; b) Layoffs of 500 or more employees during a 30-day-period or when these layoffs constitute at least a third of the company’s workforce; and c) Temporary layoffs expected to exceed six months, in this case, when a temporary …

Are There Opportunities In Opportunity Zones?, Tatyana Guzman, Rachel Lefebre

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Opportunity Zones (OZ) are an economic development tool designed to spur investment in impoverished areas (census tracts). OZs were created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. They allow investors to defer (and, if investments are held for a long time, to partially exclude) capital gains received from qualified investments made in Opportunity Zones from federal tax. In this research we speculate on the potential effect of the Opportunity Zones program in the greater Cleveland area. 8,764 census tracts in the United States received Opportunity Zone designation. 320 of them were selected in Ohio. Of those, 317 are low-income …

Psychosocial Influences On Modern Contraceptive Use In Sokoto, Kebbi And Zamfara States—Slide Deck, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

Slide deck for Breakthrough RESEARCH webinar held on 30 September 2020.

The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: A Global Initiative To Estimate The Effects Of Exposure To Zika Virus During Pregnancy On Adverse Fetal, Infant, And Child Health Outcomes, Yinghui Wei

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This commentary describes the creation of the Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium, a global collaboration to address outstanding questions in Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemiology through conducting an individual participant data meta-analysis (IPD-MA). The aims of the IPD-MA are to (1) estimate the absolute and relative risks of miscarriage, fetal loss, and short- and long-term sequelae of fetal exposure; (2) identify and quantify the relative importance of different sources of heterogeneity (e.g., immune profiles, concurrent flavivirus infection) for the risk of adverse fetal, infant, and child outcomes among infants exposed to ZIKV in utero; and (3) develop and validate a …

Commuting Patterns And Health Problems Of Commuters In Regional Tourist Destination (Case Study In Denpasar Greater Area), Milla Herdayati, Tris Eryando

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Commuting has become a global phenomenon in various metropolitan cities in the world, including Denpasar. Denpasar is the center of tourist destinations for Indonesian and foreign tourists. This condition makes Denpasar a business and economic center for residents in the surrounding area. Conditions have encouraged an increasing number of commuter workers in Denpasar from sub-urban areas. The people are facing several problems such as traffic, air, noise, thermal pollution, and long duration of commuting. This study aims to analyze the relationship between commuting patterns and health problems among workers in Denpasar metropolitan areas in Indonesia. This study analyzed by using …

A Citespace Analysis Of International Studies On “Belt And Road Initiative” (2013–2019), Xiao Lu

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This paper reviews 482 SSCI English articles about the “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)” with the bibliometric software Citespace. The visualization of country cooperation network and the geographical distribution of publications and funds demonstrate that international BRI studies are mainly carried out by countries along the routes of B&R (Belt and Road), with China, U.S.A., Australia, and the U.K. ranking as the top four in terms of research quantity and the number of international cooperation. Diachronically, the time-zone keyword display reveals the professionalization and reification of BRI research. The qualitative analysis of the top 40 high co-citation articles indicates three …

Terms Of Endearment: The Displacement Of Inday, Hazel T. Biana, Ruel M. Nalam

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The term inday implies two possible meanings depending on where one is in the Philippines. In the Luzon group of islands, more specifically in Metro Manila, inday refers to the female help, usually of Visayan descent. On the other hand, in the Visayas and Mindanao group of islands, inday is a term used for endearment and respect for female family members, friends, and women of influence. What this paper aims to do is to provide a theoretical grounding, through oppositional gazing, of why the term inday oscillates between varied definitions in the context of placism or discrimination of people based …

Determination Of Physical Geographical Components In The Construction Of Environmental Sustainability Awareness Index Of The Malaysian Society, Mahat Hanifah, Hashim Mohmadisa, Saleh Yazid, Nayan Nasir, Suhaili Samsudin, Norkhaidi Saiyidatina Balkhis

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Antecedents To Thai Night Market Visitor Revisit Intention, Dumrong Bamrongpol, Puris Sornsaruht, Samart Deebhijarn

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Biopesticide Research And Product Development In Africa For Sustainable Agriculture And Food Security – Experiences From The International Centre Of Insect Physiology And Ecology (Icipe), Komivi Senyo Akutse, Sevgan Subramanian, Nguya Kalemba Maniania, Thomas Dubois, Sunday Ekesi

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Arthropod pests and vectors constrain the livelihood opportunities of people in Africa by debilitating production of crops and livestock and through transmission of vector-borne diseases. In the absence of effective alternative management options to tackle these pests and vectors, there is extensive dependence on synthetic pesticides for their management on crop and livestock systems, with significant negative impacts on animal and human health, and the environment. Biopesticides are effective and environmentally sustainable alternatives to synthetic pesticides. At the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), the Arthropod Pathology Unit (APU) was established for effective biopesticide research-for-development (R4D), underpinned by …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 38, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Table of Contents

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 37, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

ZANGARA'S ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Nathan D. Shappee
FLORIDA PIONEER Adelaide H. Reed
THE DEMOCRAT Arthur Kennedy
FLORIDA BIBLIOGRAPHY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY

• I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE FLORIDA INDIANS Hale G. Smith
• II. WRITINGS IN FLORIDA HISTORY ON THE PERIOD 1821-1860 Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.
• III. H ISTORICAL WRITING ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Charlton W. Tebeau

BOOK REVIEWS

• KENTUCKY CAVALIERS IN DIXIE James W. Covington
• PARSON CLAPP OF THE STRANGER'S CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS Charles T. Thrift, Jr.
• THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, 1776-1845 Weymouth T . Jordan
• LEE'S DISPATCHES T. R. Parker

NEWS …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 37, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

POPULATION CHANGE As AN ELEMENT IN THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ST. AUGUSTINE John R. Dunkle
WHAT BECAME OF THE MAN WHO CUT OFF JENKINS’ EAR? Edward W. Lawson
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF FLORIDA GOVERNORS, 1700-1763 John J. TePaske
MARION COUNTY NEWSPAPERS R. N. Dosh
REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR James M. Dancy
BOOK REVIEWS

• Experiencia misionera en la Florida Charles W. Arnade
• The Story of Southwestern Florida J. E. Dovell
• Ante Bellum Alabama Town and Country James D. Glunt
• Lee Chronicle; Studies of the Early Generations of the Lees of Virginia Ryan Beiser
• The South in Northern Eyes, 1831-1861 Clarke Olney

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 36, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM MARVIN Kevin E. Kearney
THE CESSION OF FLORIDA AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, SECRETARY OF STATE Lester Harris
LETTERS OF A CARPETBAGGER IN FLORIDA, 1866-1869 George E. Osborn
BOOK REVIEWS

• DENSMORE, SEMINOLE MUSIC Mary Helm Clarke
• PRICE, THE NEGRO AND SOUTHERN POLITICS George R. Bentley
• COCKRELL, GUNNER WITH STONEWALL T. R. Parker

NEWS AND NOTES
CONTRIBUTORS