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In Life, Tomorrow Is Never Guaranteed, Fernando Rivera

UCF Forum

May 2, 2018, started like many other days with my usual morning routine: eating breakfast, reading the newspaper, getting kids ready for school, listening to WUCF on the way to work

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

POETRY

CHANGING LANGUAGE: Beryl Younger [page] 8
SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER: T.R. Maves [page] 9
HENRY'S HARVEST: Kevin Woster [page] 10
YOUNG FARMER SHOOTING POOL: Doug Cockrell [page] 16
COUNTRY STORE: Cary Cross [page] 17
THE COWGIRL IN THE SALOON AT THE RAMADA INN: William Kloefkorn [page] 19
DIRECTIONS: David Allan Evans [page] 21
PEONY RIDGE: J. Alan Martin [page] 22
THE WOOD-CARVER: Meta Brandl [page] 23
THOUGHTS RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD: Linda F. Hanson [page] 24
ON THE RIVER: Ted Kooser [page] 25
ANOTHER DRUNK INDIAN: Kevin Woster [page] 27
SAUNA: Leon Tetzlaff [page] 28
THE NIGHT …

Sticking To Their Guns: The Missing Rma For Cybersecurity, Lior Tabansky

Military Cyber Affairs

Why has cybered conflict disrupted the security of the most developed nations? A foreign adversary contemplating an attack on a developed nation's heartland certainly faces multiple state-run military-grade lines of defense on land, sea and air. A foreign adversary launching a direct cyber-attack on a non-military homeland target will meet none. Armed forces do not shield a society from cyber-attacks originated by foreign adversaries, no longer provide a buffer between the enemy and homeland, nor can they identify the attacker after an attack occurred.

Adversaries succeed in waging cybered conflict against the U.S. and its allies. Having repeatedly inflicted economic …

The Role Of Media In The Development Of U. S. Policy On Disrupted Adoptions Of Children, Madeline H. Engel

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

Human-Rights Discourse: An Examination Of Shifting Conceptions Of Human Rights Within The Netherlands, Declan O. Wicks

International ResearchScape Journal

The thrust of this research focuses on the dynamic ways in which conceptions of human rights, culture, and identity change in relation to increased inflows of allochthonous, non-western migration. Focusing on the Netherlands, this paper examines the Dutch public’s varied responses to migration – whether welcoming or antipathic – through two separate frames. First, an analysis of case law that focuses on the Dutch government’s response to personal family law within Islamic religious situations and the “free-speech trials” of Geert Wilders is undertaken to examine situational responses to perceived changes in culture and identity. Second, an exploration of migration within …

Alumni News | Internship And Practicum Key To Landing Job In Victim Assistance, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Debt Stigma And Social Class, Michael D. Sousa

Seattle University Law Review

For as long as creditors have been extending credit to consumer debtors, Western society has stigmatized those individuals who failed to repay their financial obligations or who found themselves swamped by unmanageable debt. Over the past three decades, scholars have studied whether the stigma surrounding indebtedness and bankruptcy has declined or increased in American society, mainly due to the sharp spike in consumer bankruptcy filings during the 1990s. These studies have resulted in a general debate over whether debt stigma still exists in society. Absent from the scholarly literature to date is an exploration of whether debtors from different social …

Tracking Drought Perspectives: A Rural Case Study Of Transformations Following An Invisible Hazard, Theresa Jedd, Deborah Bathke, Duane Gill, Bimal Paul, Nicole Wall, Tonya Bernadt, Jacob Peter, Anthony Mucia, Milan Wall

National Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

Rural towns are especially susceptible to the effects of drought because their economies are dependent on natural resources. However, they are also resilient in many ways to natural hazards because they are rich in civic engagement and social capital. Because of the diverse nature of drought’s impacts, understanding its complex dynamics and its effects requires a multidisciplinary approach. To study these dynamics, this research combines appreciative inquiry, the Community Capitals Framework, and a range of climatological monitoring data to assess the 2012–14 Great Plains drought’s effect on McCook, Nebraska. Community coping measures, such as water-use reduction and public health programs, …

The Association Of Principal Leadership Styles With Student Achievement In Traditional New Jersey Public Schools, Thomas J. Gallahue Jr.

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

As the achievement gap widens, it is even more critical than ever to examine factors that may influence the closing of that chasm. Principal leadership is one such component that needs further study.

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine which leadership styles principals employ in traditional public schools in the State of New Jersey, and to determine whether principal leadership styles are associated with student achievement.

Furthermore, and more specifically, this study examined the principal leadership styles utilized in the highest academic achieving schools and the least academically successful schools. Additionally, this study also analyzed the principal …

Title Ix: Where Is It Today?, Claudia Costa, Benjamin Levine

Title IX Summit

The new administration brought many changes. A new Dear Colleague Letter was issued and a position was adopted with respect to transgender students. The position taken by the new administration is at odds with many local laws and even with the position which the EEOC holds today. Similar conflicts exist in the courts throughout the country. Moreover, cases involving bathroom access are on the rise and so too are the costs of resolving them. This panel shall discuss the changes being made by the new administration and the trends in the courts in the face of these changes.

Social And Psychological Problems Of Children Of Unknown Parentage In Foster Families In The Governorate Of Muscat, Oman, Balqis Abdullah Alqalhati, Osman Sofy Osman, Mohamed Mohamed Elsherbiny

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Online Graduate Certificate Offered In Gender Sexualities And Health, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

College Faculty In The News: June 11, 2018, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Dr. Miranda Cady Hallett, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work recently appeared on a local television news program to discuss the legal and civil rights ramifications of detaining children at the border between the United States and Mexico.

2018 June 11 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, University Council, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Deep Learning For Link Prediction In Dynamic Networks Using Weak Estimators, Carter Chiu, Justin Zhan

Computer Science Faculty Research

Link prediction is the task of evaluating the probability that an edge exists in a network, and it has useful applications in many domains. Traditional approaches rely on measuring the similarity between two nodes in a static context. Recent research has focused on extending link prediction to a dynamic setting, predicting the creation and destruction of links in networks that evolve over time. Though a difficult task, the employment of deep learning techniques have shown to make notable improvements to the accuracy of predictions. To this end, we propose the novel application of weak estimators in addition to the utilization …

Associations Of Children's Externalizing Behavior Disorder And Maternal Mental Health, Cary Michele Cain

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Using a nationally representative data set, this study examines the associations of young children diagnosed with an externalizing behavior disorder and their mother's mental health status. Significant graded associations of the decline in maternal mental health status was related to the child being diagnosed with an externalizing behavior disorder.

Discrimination Against Women In The Field Of Engineering, Julia Weber

Undergraduate Voices

This article focuses on the position of women in the field of engineering, specifically why the field is male-dominated and why this condition should change. When I state the field is male-dominated, I am addressing both the proportion of men in the field in comparison to women and discrimination towards women in the workplace.

Throughout this article, I will be focusing on women in the field of engineering. I will look into why the field is so male-dominated (Chu, 2005; Hunt, 2016; Ramirez & Wotipka, 2001) and how this has begun to change over time (Hill, Corbett, & St Rose, …

Undergraduate Voices, Volume 1 (2018), Amir Kalan

Undergraduate Voices

In this volume, Grace Ports explores ethics education in engineering. She explains why engineering students need to engage with ethics and examines possibilities offered by formal and experiential learning of ethics for engineering students. Julia Weber asks why the field of engineering is male-dominated and why this condition should change. She discusses the proportion of men in the field in comparison with women and focuses on discrimination against women in the workplace. Alec Raber presents his thoughts about sustainability in chemical engineering by highlighting concepts such as industrial ecology and green engineering. Seth Adams advocates for more experiential learning in …

Of Chora And The Taming Of The Political Uncanny: Sir Walter Scott’S The Highland Widow As A Nationalizing Tale, Zahra A Hussein Ali

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Editor's Introduction, Filomeno V.; Aguilar

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Jayeel Serrano Cornelio’S Being Catholic In The Contemporary Philippines: Young People Reinterpreting Religion, Review Author: Aguilar Jr.

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Living With The Promise Of Violence: The State And Indigenous People In A Militarized Frontier, Augusto B.; Gatmaytan

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Despite its significance in postwar Philippine history and its continuing relevance today, scholars have largely neglected militarization, especially as experienced by indigenous peoples. Drawing on fieldwork data from 2009 to 2010, thisarticle outlines a phenomenology of the terror experienced by an indigenous community in Agusan del Sur province at the hands of state paramilitary forces involving their own datu. Neil Whitehead’s “poetics of violence” is applied to the analysis of the community’s understanding of the state and its violence. It ends with reflections on the relevance of the community’s experience in relation to issues of continuing “Lumad killings” and the …

Francis Gealogo, Ed. History Of San Pablo: Reviewed, Rewritten, And Retold, Review Author: De Llobet

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Social Entrepreneurship In China: Driving Institutional Change, Tonia Warnecke

Faculty Publications

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the concern with exclusionary and unethical business practices has led to the growing popularity of social entrepreneurship, which focuses on the creation of social value, not wealth. In this article, I reflect on social entrepreneurship in China, a unique context given the strong Communist party leadership and the transition to a market economy. To begin, I discuss the legal and political framework for social entrepreneurship in China, followed by an overview of the sector’s characteristics, including age, size, social issues emphasized, leader characteristics, and the role of women. Next, I provide examples of …

“The Ability To Get A Job”: Student Understandings And Definitions Of Employability, S Gedye, E Beaumont

Plymouth Business School

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore employability in the context of higher education (HE) from the students’ perspective. Limited attention has been paid to student understandings of their own employability in a Sport Science context and Tymon (2011) refers to them as “the missing perspective”. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents the findings of a study of Marine Sports Science students (n=63) at a post-1992 HE institution which through the qualitative element of a mixed methods survey explored their changing articulations of their employability as they progressed through their studies. The students surveyed were …

Parkinson’S Disease Support Groups In Rural America: Barriers, Resources, And Opportunities, Erin J. Bush, Reshmi L. Singh, Mary Jo C. Hidecker, Catherine Phillips Carrico

The Qualitative Report

People with Parkinson’s disease who live in rural communities may lack information and support regarding their condition, compared to those in urban or suburban areas. For the study described herein, the researchers sought to gain a deeper understanding of support group experiences of rural Parkinson’s disease stakeholders through merging an interpretive phenomenological design with Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR). Using this merged approach, we collected qualitative data from five focus groups to gain a community perspective. The qualitative data was analyzed thematically, first, and then further explored for an overall essence. The theme, Support Group Benefits: Opportunities for Communication expounded upon …

How Principles Of Sharia Law Could Encourage Savings By America's Poor, Joseph M. Ruth

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

In The Group Home: Disenfranchised Youth And The Creative Writing Workshop As Intervention, Alyse Bensel

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

Nationwide, creative writing outreach programs serve marginalized groups in the community, empowering participants to regain a sense of control through non-verbal creative outlets. In striving to maintain the humanity and dignity of participants, pedagogies for underserved groups call for workshop facilitators to accompany rather than instruct. Using the group home adolescent population as an example, this article advocates for future alliances between the academy and the community to serve local at-risk populations. This collaboration will foster interdisciplinary cooperation and develop service learning coursework opportunities for positive social change.

List: International Women’S Year Florida Membership List

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Membership list for the International Women's Year. Circa 1974-1975.