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Addendum Items For Auction

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Addendum items list for auction with handwritten notes. Uptown Civitan’s Swing Into Spring Charity Auction to benefit Pine Castle, Inc. No date given.

Uptown Civitan’S Swing Into Spring Charity Auction To Benefit Pine Castle, 1998

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Program for Uptown Civitan’s Swing into Spring Charity Auction to benefit Pine Castle, Inc., held April 25, 1998 at Deerwood Country Club.

Miracle On Ashley Street 2001 Program, Clara White Mission

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Program for Miracle on Ashley Street 2001 Celebrity Chefs and servers benefit for the Clara White Mission.

Jacksonville Human Rights Commission Brochure

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Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (JHRC) brochure explains the history, mission, vision and purpose of the organization. The JHRC is comprised of twenty diverse individuals appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.

Handwritten Note

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Handwritten notes on discrimination and the middle class. No date given.

Analyzing Social Construction Of Knowledge And Social Networks In Online Discussion Forums In Spanish, David R. Gomez

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

This mixed methods research project examined social construction of knowledge and social networks in three non-structured student centered online discussion forums, which were part of a graduate online course on web conferencing in Spanish within the Mexican sociocultural context. The purpose of the study was to identify interaction patterns among twenty-one graduate students by analyzing discussion forum posts, measuring student centrality, and generating social network diagrams in order to explain the characteristics of posts and social networks that may contribute to social construction of knowledge.

The researcher used a sequential approach, starting with the application of an interaction analysis model …

The Implementation Of Agrarian Reform In Semarang Regency, Bayu Dwi Anggono, Rofi Wahanisa

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

The principle of national agrarian reform (Agrarian Reform) basically refers to the 1960 Basic Agrarian Law (UUPA), especially Articles 1 to Article 15 and Article 4 of the MPR Decree No. IX of 2001. Agrarian reform is needed to restructure the control, ownership, use and utilization of agrarian resources. Agrarian Reform is tested at the local level such as Semarang regency. In this study, the statements of the problem are: (a) how is the implementation of asset reform? and (b) how do the related institutions support access reform developed in Semarang regency? The study used a descriptive-qualitative method with a …

Knowledge Preservation Of Ondel-Ondel As Icon Of Jakarta, Farhan Bukhori, Tamara Adriani-Salim

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

Ondel-ondel is a puppets become an icon pride city of Jakarta as a result of the community especially the Betawi culture as the original inhabitants of Jakarta. This paper attempts to reveal the icon Jakarta through the history, description, function and how to preserve the culture of local order not dragged down by the current modernization that progressively growing fast. This research uses qualitative methods and served proper techniques of descriptive obtained the Courtâ s website through the study of literature. Stage arts preservation ondel-ondel namely through stage screening, storage and actualization. The efforts to maintain and preserve the ondel-ondel …

Dissociative Social Interaction Among Extra-Campus Organizations Of Islamic Students, Alif Melky Ramdani, Chandra Perwira Negara, Ryan Taufika

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

This article aims to explain a study of the factors causing dissociative social interaction among the big three extra-campus organizations of Islamic students in Indonesia, namely HMI, KAMMI and PMII at Padang State University, Indonesia. This study is a result of research using qualitative approach with type of case study research. The research data was collected through in-depth interviews by purposive sampling on leaders and active cadres of the organization and through documentary tracking. The study was compiled using interactive models popularized by Miles and Huberman (reduction, display and conclusion / verification), and analyzed using the Michael Michael Blau social …

The Effects Of Dependence And Conflict On Qualitative And Quantitative Organizational Performances In Partnership, Bohyeon Kang

Asia Marketing Journal

This study examines the effects of dependence and conflict on organizational performances in partnership, qualitatively (trust) and quantitatively (sales) under four control variables (period of business, number of goods, competition density, and number of employees). Also, this study presents termination cost and alternative attractiveness as the antecedents of dependence, goal incongruity and unfairness as the antecedents of conflict. As the results of analysis with survey data from 360 distributors in manufacturer-distributor partnership, 7 hypotheses are supported and 2 hypotheses are rejected. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) verify that termination cost increases dependence, that alternative attractiveness reduces dependence, that …

Using A Multitheory Model To Predict Initiation And Sustenance Of Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Among College Students, Manoj Sharma, Philip M. Stephens, Vinayak K. Nahar, Hannah Priest Catalano, Vimala C. Lingam, M. Allison Ford

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

No abstract provided.

Transformation Of Post-Authoritarian Rural Development In Indonesia: A Study Of Farmer Breeder Community Development In West Bandung Regency, Rahmalia Rifandini

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

The idea of post-authoritarian rural development is seen as the transformation of rural development since it no longer places the village as an object of development characterized by the demand for the preparation of rural development instruments. However, in practice, the development instruments do not result in the improvement of agricultural and livestock productivity as it happened in Kampung Pasir Angling, Suntenjaya Village, West Bandung Regency, West Java. Using a critical development perspective, the study argues that rural development transformation may apply if not limited to changes in public policy strategies, but rather to the social change in various sectors …

The Allure Of Violence In Social Media, Geger Riyanto

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

No abstract provided.

Welfare Regime Transformation In Indonesia: A Citizenship Debate, Tauchid Komara Yuda

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This article discusses the outlook for the Indonesian welfare regime using citizenship as a framework. I argue that the transformation of the Indonesian welfare regime from productivist characteristics to universalism has been disrupted by the discourse of communitarian and market citizenship that have become dependent on the welfare configuration path in contemporary Indonesia. This circumstance has become an endogenous factor that obstructs innovation and change within an administrative body of universal social protection. Using evidence from Indonesian experiences, this article can help develop a further understanding of the complexity of relationships between welfare provision and citizenship in the context of …

The Patterns Of Human Trafficking Of Indonesian Migrant Workers: Case Study Of The Riau Islands And Johor Border Crossing, Endro Sulaksono

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

In this article, patterns of sending Indonesian migrant workers through the cross-border between the Riau Islands, Indonesia and Johor, Malaysia are examined. These patterns have implications for transnational crimes of human smuggling and trafficking. A new pattern involving Indonesian migrant workers was revealed. The migrant workers enter and reside in the destination country legally and subsequently become illegal migrants because the employer or the company does not extend their contracts. This pattern differs from two other patterns that are commonly practiced and are well-known: legal entry and illegal stay, if migrant workers work in a destination country without working permits; …

The Forming Of Social Capital Between Corporation And Community Through The Implementation Of Csr Programs: Case Study Of An Offshore Oil And Gas Company In North Jakarta, Dwi Anisa Febrianti

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a social obligation of companies established in Indonesia according to various applicable laws. However, CSR programs are applied differently between companies, depending on the company’s understanding of the CSR concept. Contrasting with previous studies which focused more on the evaluation of CSR programs and have not considered the relational impact of the CSR program implementation, this paper goes to observe the link between CSR programs and social capital. This article indicates that well implemented CSR programs establish social capital in the relations between the corporation and the local community. On the other hand, based on …

Influence Of Built Environment And Social Capital On Mental Health Of Residents Of Assisted Living Communities In Louisville, Ky., Sarah E. Walsh, A. Scott Lajoie

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Objectives: Prior research has shown social capital and built environment quality are associated with overall health status and the incidence of mental illness. This study explores the relationship between social capital, built environment, and quality of life specifically for assisted living residents, currently a gap in the literature. Method: A total of 76 assisted living residents were interviewed for the study using researcher-administered questionnaires. In addition, site audits were conducted to quantitatively evaluate the built environment surrounding 12 assisted living communities in the Louisville Metro region. Results: There was a moderate, positive correlation between social capital and mental health, r …

The Scottish Printing Diaspora, 1840–1914, D Finkelstein

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Migration was a key tool for building the social, cultural, and economic infrastructures of the “British Dominions” throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Between 1840 and 1940, an estimated 15 million people left the British Isles for overseas destinations. Such displacement of people contributed both to what scholars term the “imperial diaspora” and the “labor diaspora” driven by economic necessity between 1840 and 1914. Print culture (and its practitioners) was crucial to these diasporas. And members of a highly skilled, mobile “printing diaspora” who could help construct and promote political and cultural identities through the agency of print were, from …

Advanced College Credit Pathways: Six Undergraduates Reflect On Their Journeys As Writers, Candence Malhiet Robillard

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study explored the writing habits and behaviors of six undergraduate students who earned advanced college credit from the International Baccalaureate diploma, Advanced Placement exam scores, or through dual enrollment partnerships with accredited colleges. Using narrative and case study methods, the study investigated the relationship between high school advanced credit composition courses and the requirements of undergraduate writing. At the time of the study the participants had already completed a minimum of three semesters of study on a college campus.Participants met a total of three times over the course of one semester. Inreflecting on their experiences and in sharing their …

A ‘Good Job’ Conceptualization In China : A Comparative Study Of Shenzhen And Lanzhou, Yin Ma

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

The Chinese higher education system has expanded in a massive way since 1999, with the college enrolment rate jumping from 9.76% in 1998 to 40% in 2015, transforming the higher education system from an elite system to a massive one. Producing large numbers of graduates in a short time results in numerous unemployed graduates each year, but the reasons for graduate unemployment are still debatable. The dissertation begins with the clarification of one indigenous concept that my research respondents often refer to when I was doing my fieldwork in Lanzhou and Shenzhen, “good job”. The main research question is how …

Optimizing Maternal And Tenure Clocks: A Mathematical Proof, Tara T. Craig

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This essay shares my journey to solving the problem of timing, specifically as it applies to having a child on my journey towards a career as a mathematician in academia. I share some of the challenges I faced during pregnancy and the first few years of motherhood, which coincided with my first few years as an assistant professor of mathematics.

Front Matter

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

No abstract provided.

“Hoilet System”— A Way To Improve Experience In High Traffic Female Public Restrooms In The U.S, Kaining Qiu

Theses

This paper focuses on improving the experience of women using high traffic public restrooms in the U.S. By looking into the past studies on the insufficient numbers of ladies’ rooms provided under building codes and the lack of accommodations for multi-tasking, with further research on public restroom cleanliness and personal privacy, this paper proposes that all four of those contribute to an unpleasant experience. At the same time, little has been done to address these problems nationwide and most of the relevant research is out of date. To further understand the overall experience women go through, a survey was conducted …

Designed Cultural Adaptation And Delivery Quality In Rural Substance Use Prevention: An Effectiveness Trial For The Keepin’ It Real Curriculum, Michael L. Hecht, Youngju Shin, Jonathan Pettigrew, Michelle Miller-Day, Janice L. Krieger

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

This study examined how cultural adaptation and delivery quality of the school-based intervention keepin’ it REAL (kiR) influenced adolescent substance use. The goal of the study was to compare the effectiveness of the multi-cultural, urban (non-adapted) kiR intervention, a re-grounded (adapted) rural version of the kiR intervention and control condition in a new, rural setting. A total of 39 middle schools in rural communities of two states in the USA were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (i.e., control, non-adapted urban kiR, and adapted rural kiR). Data included adolescent self-reported lifetime substance use and observers’ ratings of delivery quality …

Pretrial Release And Failure-To-Appear In Mclean County, Il, Jonathan Monsma

Student Research – Stevenson Center

Actuarial risk assessment tools increasingly have been employed in jurisdictions across the U.S. to assist courts in the decision of whether someone charged with a crime should be detained or released prior to their trial. These tools should be continually monitored and researched by independent 3^rd parties to ensure that these powerful tools are being administered properly and used in the most proficient way as to provide socially optimal results. McLean County, Illinois began using the Public Safety Assessment-Court^TM (PSA-Court or simply PSA) risk assessment tool beginning in 2016. This study culls data from the McLean County Jail …

Focusing On “The Human Document”: Lewis Hine And The Role Of Photography In Child Labor Reform In Early Twentieth-Century America, Miranda Jessop

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

No abstract provided.

America’S Pastime: Racist Nativism Among Non-Hispanic White Major League Baseball Fans, Mallory J. Morken

Open Access Theses

The thesis qualitatively explores the immigration and racial discourses employed by Major League Baseball fans through a purposive sample of twenty-four non-Hispanic whites in Miami, Florida, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Major League Baseball, popularly regarded as “America’s national pastime,” provides a strategic site of inquiry as rosters have grown more international in the previous decades, mirroring demographic shifts in the United States. Results demonstrate that while white fans support migrant players on their team, their support often rests on the players’ ability to produce wins, approximating the principle of interest convergence within critical race theory. Despite their professed tolerance for international …

Dragon Ambassador Manual: A Guide For Dragon Ambassadors And Supervisors, Jamie Wepking

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

This Action Plan B Project is the creation of the Dragon Ambassador Manual. This comprehensive manual was created to aid in the supervision of the Dragon Ambassadors and to provide information and resources to Dragon Ambassadors as they participate in the student leadership program.

Significant research exists that student leadership programs provide great service to our student leaders, faculty, staff, and campus communities. Implementing this manual to Dragon Ambassador program will allow the involved student leaders to work with prospective students and their peers more effectively while creating meaningful experiences and interactions.

Prospective students of MSU Moorhead will benefit from …

The Association Between Perceived Discrimination And Suicide Among Homosexuals: The Role Of Self-Esteem As Mediator, Soon Aun Tan, Wei Man Tay, Magdelene Ee Yin Neoh, Hui Wen Wong

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

Because of Malaysia’s conservative society, its homosexual citizens are often marginalized and discriminated. Past studies have shown a significant difference in psychological well-being between homosexuals and their heterosexual counterparts, which is attributed to differences in social treatment. Existing studies have discussed the underlying process of the relation between perceived discrimination and suicidal ideation among homosexuals globally. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relation between perceived discrimination and suicidal thoughts among homosexuals in Malaysia through the mediating effect of self-esteem. Research subjects were composed of400 self-identified homosexuals who participated in an online survey. TheSuicidal Ideation Attributes Scale, Modified Acculturative Stress …

Researching The Mechanisms Of Gossip In Organizations: From Fly On The Wall To Fly In The Soup, Dominique J. Darmon

The Qualitative Report

In this paper, I explored how to research a sensitive topic such as gossip in organizations and used a narrative approach to illustrate the methodological and ethical issues that come up when considering a variety of research methods. I first attempted to conduct an ethnographic research on a project group from a Dutch university undergoing a major change. At the very beginning of the project, as a participant observer, I struggled to remain an outsider, or a “fly on the wall.” But as issues of power came into play and access became increasingly problematic, I moved towards the role of …