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Evaluating The Self-Determination Model For Older Youth In Foster Care: Establishing Efficacy And Exploring Moderation Of Response To Intervention, Jennifer E. Blakeslee, Laurie E. Powers, Sarah Geenen, Jessica Schmidt, May Nelson, Ann Fullerton, Kevin George, Elizabeth Mchugh, Mary Bryant

Regional Research Institute for Human Services

Limited rigorous research has been conducted to evaluate the impact of interventions designed to promote the successful transitions of young people exiting foster care. The current study builds on previous experimental evaluations of the Model (MLM) for self-determination enhancement, which demonstrated effectiveness in improving educational and transition-to-adulthood outcomes for youth in foster care with disabilities, including those with mental health challenges. The model features one-on-one youth-directed coaching and near-peer mentoring to increase self-determination and goal achievement. The current study was the first to test the impact of the model with a diverse population-based cohort of youth aged 16.5-18.5 in foster …

Crisis, Community, And Lament: Living During Chaotic Times, David M. Johnstone

Publications from Student Life & Spiritual Life

The day I am writing this post is September 11. In 2001, I was still a rookie administrator living with 200 freshmen on a Christian college campus in Southern California. The horror of that morning rippled into shock, confusion, and perplexity as the day continued. The community gathered together with care, empathy, and resolve. As stories permeated through campus and living areas, students stood together in solidarity. The anecdotes were full of emotion, challenge, and poignancy: An uncle was having breakfast on the first floor of the North Tower. A neighbor was caught in the collapse of the South Tower. …

The Bg News September 23, 2020, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 23, 2020. Volume 100-Issue 6.

From Gentrification To Regeneration: A Grounded Theory Study Of Community Leadership In Southwest Atlanta, Carol Isaac, Arla Bernstein, Linda Behar-Horenstein

The Qualitative Report

Urban neighborhoods have undergone property disinvestment, a decreasing population, and a general economic decline. Atlanta, the fourth-fastest gentrifying city in the United States exemplifies this trend. The purpose of this grounded theory study is to understand how discourse about gentrification helps a community address its goal of regeneration. We used Habermas’ critical hermeneutic lens to investigate the perceptions of 20 resident leaders and stakeholders in a community that was undergoing the process of gentrification. Our findings illustrate that this community is fraught with systematically distorted communication that used communicative action for emancipation. The four theoretical codes: gentrification (a collision between …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Expedition of Marcos Delgado, 1686 Mark F. Boyd
The St. Joseph Convention: The Making of Florida’s First Constitution F. W. Hoskins
The Panton, Leslie Papers: John Graham to Wm. Simpson, 1808
The Public Buildings of Pensacola, 1818
Notes The Rt. Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas District Organizations A Letter-Book of Gov. Milton

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 15, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Engagements at St. Johns Bluff St. Johns River, September-October, 1862 T. Frederick Davis
A Letter of Captain V. Chamberlain 7th Connecticut Volunteers
Florida University (1883) C. L. Crow
The Contention Over the Superintendencia of the Floridas D. C. Corbitt
Sidney Lanier in Florida Lena E. Jackson
The Panton, Leslie Papers: A Letter of Edwin Gairdner to William Panton, 1798
Notes

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Murray, Debra. Voting in College
• Reynolds, Easton. WKU and Barnes & Noble Partner in 10-year Deal
• Latimer, Jacob. Online & Hybrid Courses Pose Challenge to Professors
• Dobbs, Jack & Anna Leachman. Last Ride: Beech Bend Park
• Lowe, Julianna. A Call to Mitch McConnell – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Stack, Madalyn. Editorial Cartoon re: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Bailey, Carlos. Bowling Green City Commissioner Candidate Shares Statement on the Importance of Voting in Local Elections
• Kieser, Nick. Football Fans Use New Ticketing App at Home Opener
• Hargrove, Matthew. …

Efficacy Of Transoral Outlet Reduction In Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Patients To Promote Weight Loss: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Banreet Singh Dhindsa, Syed Mohsin Saghir, Yassin Naga, Amaninder Dhaliwal, Dayl Ramai, Chad Cross, Shailender Singh, Ishfaq Bhat, Douglas G. Andler

School of Medicine Faculty Research

Background and study aims Transoral outlet reduction (TORe) is an endoscopic procedure used in patients with weight gain post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TORe with a full-thickness suturing device for treating patients with weight regain after RYGB. Patients and methods We conducted a comprehensive search of several databases and conference proceedings including PubMed, EMBASE, Google-Scholar, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases (earliest inception to March 2020). The primary outcomes assessed were technical success, absolute weight loss (AWL) and percent of total weight loss (% TWL) …

Ecological Factors Influencing Wild Pig Damage To Planted Pine And Hardwood Seedlings, Micah P. Fern, James B. Armstrong, Rebecca J. Barlow, John S. Kush

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Expanding wild pig (Sus scrofa) populations across the southern United States has the potential to impact longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) restoration efforts. The depredation of planted pine seedlings is the most widespread and economically costly damage caused by wild pigs in forest plantations. A better understanding of the ecological factors affecting depredation rates will allow managers to implement best management practices to reduce seedling mortality from wild pigs at their most vulnerable stage of growth. From March 2016 to March 2017, we evaluated wild pig preferences for planted pine and hardwood species at a 34.4-ha cutover …

Rainfall Interception And Redistribution By A Common North American Understory And Pasture Forb, Eupatorium Capillifolium (Lam. Dogfennel), D. Alex Gordon, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Brent A. Sellers, S. M. Moein Sadeghi, John T. Van Stan Ii

Earth, Environment & Sustainability: Faculty Publications

In vegetated landscapes, rain must pass through plant canopies and litter to enter soils. As a result, some rainwater is returned to the atmosphere (i.e., interception, I) and the remainder is partitioned into a canopy (and gap) drip flux (i.e., throughfall) or drained down the stem (i.e., stemflow). Current theoretical and numerical modeling frameworks for this process are almost exclusively based on data from woody overstory plants. However, herbaceous plants often populate the understory and are the primary cover for important ecosystems (e.g., grasslands and croplands). This study investigates how overstory throughfall (P_T,o) is partitioned into …

Uab Investigator Part Of International Collaboration For Research On Parkinson's Disease, Alicia Rohan

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Faunal Remains From Archaeology Sites In Southwestern New Mexico, Karen Gust Schollmeyer, S. O. Macdonald

Occasional Papers

This study attempts to create a comprehensive catalog of all known records of faunal remains recovered from 105 archaeological sites located across southwestern New Mexico. These sites range in age from 2000BC to AD 1450. Approximately 250 taxa of mollusks, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are represented in this compilation. Primary reference materials from published and unpublished sources are included, along with the repositories where relevant collections may be found for potential reexamination by researchers from a variety of fields of interest.

The Language Of Occupation In Palestine, Ahmad M. Atawneh

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The analysis of political discourse under occupation reflects the spirit of new orientaliism in the Middle East. The objective of orientalism is to create two contrastive pictures of two types of people , a powerful brilliant and civilized nation hungry for control and sovereignty against a powerless uncivilized nation whose aspiration does not go beyond struggle by all means for survival including terrorism and obsequiousness.

This is the case of the Israeli occupation in Palestine. The realization of power through language is evident in the quotes of hate speech of the Israelis. The aspects of hate speech project the ideology …

Linguocultural Aspect Of Investigation Of English And Uzbek Idiomatic Expressions, Bozor Safaraliev Professor, Gulandom Bakieva Professor, Nafisa Nasrullaeva Professor

Philology Matters

The present article is devoted to investigation of English and Uzbek idiomatic expressions or phraseological units which contain culture-related information. They were divided into main groups: idiomatic expressions with the structure of knowledge related to religion, myths and legends, literature, geography, history and culture. They convey significant information about people’s way of life, religious principles, historical events, geographical places, etc. Theoretical part of the article is proved by numerous examples of English and Uzbek idiomatic expressions which were chosen for linguocultural approach of investigation. The objectives of the research: English and Uzbek idiomatic expressions with linguocultural content. The following methods …

Urban Space And Politics Of The Everyday: Thinking Through And With The Image In Contemporary Cairo, Darren Spirk

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis addresses the increasing eminence of the image within contemporary social theory to intervene into what Tarek Elhaik terms the “sensorial turn” in anthropology. I implement a method of thinking through and with the image that balances creative and critical modalities of engaging socially embedded images beyond a semiotic approach. My entryway into such discussions is seven Cairo films from 2010-2013 that allow us to complicate “pre-” and “post-” revolutionary imaginaries and expand how to see, listen to, and think the political everyday and changing notions of publicness within the city. In tandem with the generative strategies of visual …

Perspective And Prospects On Applying Artificial Intelligence To Address Water And Environmental Challenges Of 21st Century, Wang Xu, Wang Zhaoyue, Pan Yirong, Luo Yuli, Liu Junxin, Yang Min

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

One of the most pervasive challenges affecting human and planetary well-being is inadequate access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to become worse in the coming decades, with water scarcity occurring globally, in the face of ever-growing populations, intensive human activities, and climatic variation. Addressing the aforementioned water security has been achieved consensus and has been included into the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations' Agenda 2030. Despite these ample opportunities, it remains challenging to create reliable, sustainable, and affordable solutions to providing universal access to clean water and sanitation. In this context, …

Rodents, Roaches, Reptiles And Resilience, Donna Fentanes

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Well, here we are in the east East Bay. We’ve rented a nice four bedroom house. Not a place I thought I’d ever live, but, alas, here is where He has led us. And Amen to that.

Pilgrim’S Motivations: A Theoretical Approach To Pilgrimage As A Peacebuilding Tool, Sílvia Aulet Serrallonga

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This paper will explore the relationship between pilgrimage and peacebuilding. Studies on peace refer to three dimensions: peace from a personal dimension and spiritual sphere; peace from a social dimension and; peace from an environmental dimension (Sánchez Sánchez & Fernández Herreira, 1996). The connection between pilgrimage and peacebuilding starts with the individual quest of pilgrims; however, can be explored in the other two dimensions. The experience of pilgrimage and the pilgrims’ quest for inner peace can enhance a respectful attitude towards people and places. Through interviews and observation on two pilgrimage routes in Spain (the Camino de Santiago and Camino …

Religious Pilgrimage: Experiencing Places, Objects And Events, Ruth Dowson (Rev.)

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This article explores the concept of the Eventization of faith (Pfadenhauer, 2010) through application of three case studies, to identify learning that might be applied to a traditional pilgrimage destination, such as Jerusalem. This Holy City is held sacred by the three Abrahamic religions, and faith-based tourism is central both to the Holy Land and to the city of Jerusalem (Leppakari & Griffin, 2017).

This paper builds on research that identifies processes and models that provide insight into the developing concept of the eventization of faith. The work examines outcomes from three different perspectives:

- The impact of traditional church-led …

Day Tripping In Jerusalem: The Curious Case Of How Russian Orthodox Christians Became The Same-Day Religious Tourists In The Holy Land, Dino Bozonelos

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians have emerged as an overlooked sector showing unexpected growth among same-day religious tourists to the Holy Land. How do they come to total over 200,000 unique guests and make up 91.5% of all single-day visitors to Israel when they come from so far away? Researchers need to rethink first what constitutes same-day religious tourism. Marketing mechanisms attract Russians and Ukrainians to Cyprus, and then facilitate opportunities to sample religious heritage sites in nearby Israel. Together this sequence comprises a specific causal chain which triggers one-day, round trip excursions from the Cypriot coast for an hour-long …

Leveraging The Perspectives Of Rural Educators To Develop Realistic Job Previews For Rural Teacher Recruitment And Retention, Henry Tran, Suzy Hardie, Simone Gause, Peter Moyi, Rose Ylimaki

The Rural Educator

Rurality is perceived by many to be a deficit or challenge when it comes to teacher recruitment and retention. However, recently, some have argued that moving away from a deficit model and treating rurality as an asset may hold promise for teacher staffing. Drawing on Person-organization (P-O) fit theory, we extend this argument in our study by investigating the perceptions of teachers from the rural Lowcountry of South Carolina, a region with documented severe teacher shortages, concerning rural teaching advantages and challenges. These reflections provide the data necessary to develop realistic job previews (RJP) that can be highlighted in the …

Supporting Gifted Education In Rural Schools, Amy Price Azano, Carolyn Callahan, Erika Bass, Michelle Rasheed

The Rural Educator

In this “promising practices” piece, we draw from lessons learned from a larger research study exploring how alternative identification processes and curricular interventions might influence gifted education programming for students in rural school districts. In the larger study we sought to (a) increase the number of rural students identified for gifted education services and (b) provide support for those programs in the form of a place-based language arts curriculum. As we implemented an innovative identification and curricular option for historically underrepresented students from low-income rural areas, we encountered hurdles stemming from four sources: conceptions of giftedness, teacher time and expertise, …

Coaching For Continuous Improvement, Matthew B. Courtney

The Rural Educator

Since 2015, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has provided schools across the state with access to highly skilled instructional coaches. Primarily working in rural settings, these coaches provide a voluntary, integrated coaching model that focuses on building sustainable systems. Coaches provide a range of services, including systems design, strategic planning support, whole-team professional learning, professional learning community (PLC) LC facilitation, and fidelity monitoring. This article describes the theory of action for KDE’s Continuous Improvement Coaching program, presents two case studies of rural elementary schools who utilized the program, and discusses the key features of the program and its relevance …

Cross-Sectional Associations Between The Neighborhood Built Environment And Physical Activity In A Rural Setting: The Bogalusa Heart Study, Jeanette Gustat, Christopher E. Anderson, Queendaleen C. Chukwurah, Maeve E. Wallace, Stephanie T. Broyles, Lydia A. Bazzano

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a common health risk and more prevalent in rural populations. Few studies have assessed relationships between the built environment and PA in rural settings, and community policy guidance to promote PA through built environment interventions is primarily based on evidence from urban studies. Methods: Participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study, a longitudinal study in rural Louisiana, with International Physical Activity Questionnaire data from 2012 to 2013 and a valid residential address (N = 1245) were included. PA was summarized as the number of weekly metabolic equivalent (MET)-minutes of total, transportation, and leisure time PA. …

Rural Education And Election Candidates: Three Questions, Devon Brenner, Catharine Biddle, Erin Mchenry-Sorber

The Rural Educator

This issue's policy brief suggests that it is important to evaluate election candidates' platforms and views about rural education and rural communities.

Cross-Sectional Associations Between The Neighborhood Built Environment And Physical Activity In A Rural Setting: The Bogalusa Heart Study., Jeanette Gustat, Christopher E Anderson, Queendaleen C Chukwurah, Maeve E Wallace, Stephanie T Broyles, Lydia A Bazzano

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a common health risk and more prevalent in rural populations. Few studies have assessed relationships between the built environment and PA in rural settings, and community policy guidance to promote PA through built environment interventions is primarily based on evidence from urban studies.Methods: Participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study, a longitudinal study in rural Louisiana, with International Physical Activity Questionnaire data from 2012 to 2013 and a valid residential address (N = 1245) were included. PA was summarized as the number of weekly metabolic equivalent (MET)-minutes of total, transportation, and leisure time PA. The …

Unfamiliar Territory: Emerging Themes For Ecological Drought Research And Management, Shelley D. Crausbay, Julio Betancourt, John Bradford, Jennifer Cartwright, William C. Dennison, Jason Dunham, Carolyn A.F. Enquist, Abby G. Frazier, Kimberly R. Hall, Jeremy S. Littell, Charles H. Luce, Richard Palmer, Aaron R. Ramirez, Imtiaz Rangwala, Laura Thompson, Brianne M. Walsh, Shawn Carter

Geography

Novel forms of drought are emerging globally, due to climate change, shifting teleconnection patterns, expanding human water use, and a history of human influence on the environment that increases the probability of transformational ecological impacts. These costly ecological impacts cascade to human communities, and understanding this changing drought landscape is one of today's grand challenges. By using a modified horizon-scanning approach that integrated scientists, managers, and decision-makers, we identified the emerging issues in ecological drought that represent key challenges to timely and effective responses. Here we review the themes that most urgently need attention, including novel drought conditions, the potential …

Cold Spells In The Nordic Seas During The Early Eocene Greenhouse, Ml Vickers, Sk Lengger, Sm Bernasconi, N Thibault, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The early Eocene (c. 56 - 48 million years ago) experienced some of the highest global temperatures in Earth’s history since the Mesozoic, with no polar ice. Reports of contradictory ice-rafted erratics and cold water glendonites in the higher latitudes have been largely dismissed due to ambiguity of the significance of these purported cold-climate indicators. Here we apply clumped isotope paleothermometry to a traditionally qualitative abiotic proxy, glendonite calcite, to generate quantitative temperature estimates for northern mid-latitude bottom waters. Our data show that the glendonites of the Danish Basin formed in waters below 5 °C, at water depths of <300 m. Such near-freezing temperatures have not previously been reconstructed from proxy data for anywhere on the early Eocene Earth, and these data therefore suggest that regionalised cool episodes punctuated the background warmth of the early Eocene, likely linked to eruptive phases of the North Atlantic Igneous Province.

Chimes: September 18, 2020, Calvin University

Chimes

Athletics suspended to evaluate surveillance testing results by Juliana Knot

This election year, political figures are visiting GR. Here's why. by Lauren Vanden Bosch

"Black Lives Matter" post sparked debate, eventually closed "Overheard at Calvin" Facebook Page by Jamison Van Andel

Calvin's COVID record compared to other private Michigan colleges by Abigail Ham

Calvin sets a new fundraising record by Alex Raycroft

Provost names new dean for the arts, languages, humanities, and social sciences by Harm Venhuizen

Students lament study-abroad opportunities lost to COVID-19 by Katherine Benedict

Sacraments sanitized: how churches are celebrating religious milestones safely by Michaela Giovannelli

Global Heat Uptake By Inland Waters, Inne Vanderkelen

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Heat uptake is a key variable for understanding Earth system response to greenhouse gas forcing. Recent assessments highlighted that most of the excess energy is stored in the oceans, whereas the land, atmosphere and ice melt take up smaller amounts. However, despite the importance of this heat budget, heat uptake by inland waters has so far not been quantified. Here we use a unique combination of global-scale lake models, global hydrological models and Earth system models from the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) to, for the first time, quantify global heat uptake by lakes, reservoirs and rivers over the …