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Holistic Ethnography: Embodiment, Emotion, Contemplation, And Dialogue In Ethnographic Fieldwork, Christine S. Davis, Deborah C. Breede Mar 2023

Holistic Ethnography: Embodiment, Emotion, Contemplation, And Dialogue In Ethnographic Fieldwork, Christine S. Davis, Deborah C. Breede

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

This paper theorizes holistic ethnography—an ethnographic method of inquiry that is similar to an embodied meditation practice—a conscious awareness of experience in which the researcher intentionally and variously focuses her attention on physical sensations, emotions, contemplation, and dialogue to contribute to deep sensemaking and critical examination. We illustrate this using an historical ethnographic field project as example. Only when we have immersed ourselves into our research within and beyond can we work toward a more dialogic understanding of the experience we are studying. We discuss how entering the experience through narrative requires us to focus on the embodiment of smell, …

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Four Days Of Mindfulness Meditation Training For Graduate Students: A Pilot Study Examining Effects On Mindfulness, Self-Regulation, And Executive Function, Megan M. Short, Dwight Mazmanian, Lana J. Ozen, Michel Bedard Mar 2023

Four Days Of Mindfulness Meditation Training For Graduate Students: A Pilot Study Examining Effects On Mindfulness, Self-Regulation, And Executive Function, Megan M. Short, Dwight Mazmanian, Lana J. Ozen, Michel Bedard

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

Self-regulation facilitates coping with academic stress and demands. This pilot study examined the effects of four consecutive mindfulness meditation classes on self-regulation and executive function in graduate students. Self-report measures of mindfulness, self-regulation, and executive functions were completed before and after the mindfulness classes. Paired t-tests compared pre-post training scores and effect sizes were calculated using Cohen’s d. A sample of 8 psychology graduate students (7 female) volunteered to participate in the mindfulness training. The group classes were modeled after meditation practices in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Each class involved a specific theme: (1) Stepping Out of Automatic Pilot, (2) Awareness …

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From Being Known In The Classroom To “Moments Of Meeting”: What Intersubjectivity Offers Contemplative Pedagogy, Dana A. Schneider, Elizabeth King Keenan Mar 2023

From Being Known In The Classroom To “Moments Of Meeting”: What Intersubjectivity Offers Contemplative Pedagogy, Dana A. Schneider, Elizabeth King Keenan

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

Despite recent advances in psychological theory and research, often empirical knowledge of intersubjectivity is not incorporated into teaching. In this paper we suggest that using the intersubjective space of the classroom can provide students with experiences of being known and “moments of meeting” which can result in transformative learning. Using a conceptual framework, we explore why being known is a relevant concept in education and contemplative pedagogy, and highlight student perspectives and an example from our own teaching. We suggest that contemplative pedagogical activities are inherently intersubjective, thereby providing opportunities for being known and educational moments of meeting.

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Reason In The Service Of The Heart: The Impacts Of Contemplative Practices On Critical Thinking, David Sable Mar 2023

Reason In The Service Of The Heart: The Impacts Of Contemplative Practices On Critical Thinking, David Sable

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

The primary objective of this research was to determine if a specific set of contemplative practices enhance the underlying dispositions for critical thinking. The set of contemplative practices included mindfulness practice extended into journal writing, listening, inquiry, and dialogue. Taken together, this set of practices became contemplative interaction. Qualitative results showed increased self-confidence, engagement with multiple points of view, and an unexpected sense of connectedness that was stronger between students who disagreed with each other than between students who found easy agreement in their interaction. Quantitative results showed statistically significant gains in the average number of indicators for critical thinking …

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A Contemplative Approach To Teaching Observation Skills, Peter G. Grossenbacher, Alexander J. Rossi Mar 2023

A Contemplative Approach To Teaching Observation Skills, Peter G. Grossenbacher, Alexander J. Rossi

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

Careful observation of one’s experience provides access to present-moment information, the foundation for mindfulness practice and contemplative education more generally. Contemplative observation comprises a set of trainable skills, including noticing, slowing, and reflecting. Skillful ways to work with observation, including distinguishing (between observation and interpretation), recalling, and describing, can also be taught, learned, practiced, and applied. Two assignments drawn from a course on the psychology of perception, sensory awareness practice and sensory description, are presented as tandem means for teaching all six observation skills. Several aspects of this contemplative observation pedagogy make it useful in higher education generally, and it …

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Secular Ethics, Embodied Cognitive Logics, And Education, Brendan R. Ozawa-De Silva Mar 2023

Secular Ethics, Embodied Cognitive Logics, And Education, Brendan R. Ozawa-De Silva

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

The Dalai Lama’s model of secular ethics not only makes possible an understanding of contemplative practices within a wider ethical framework, but also helps to illuminate the important question of the relationship between contemplative practices and the religions within which they developed. This article explores that question and proposes an approach to the study of contemplative practices that examines the diachronic and synchronic relationships among embodied cognitive states and the “embodied cognitive logics” inherent in the theories and practices of contemplative traditions. Since secular ethics looks to common experience, common sense, and scientific findings, rather than metaphysics or religion, to …

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Mindfulness & Bodyfulness: A New Paradigm, Christine Caldwell Mar 2023

Mindfulness & Bodyfulness: A New Paradigm, Christine Caldwell

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

The word mindfulness, though it has been used for centuries, may be both poorly defined and poorly used. Though the word connotes mental processes, the construct often includes embodiment practices such as yoga, sensory tracking, conscious breathing, tai chi, and qi gong. This can generate confusion, conflation, muddled research, and an anti-somatic bias. The author proposes the invention of a new term, bodyfulness, in order to centralize the often marginalized voice of the body in therapeutic, empirical, sociocultural, and contemplative practices.

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Contemplating The Effects Of Oppression: Integrating Mindfulness Into Diversity Classrooms, Beth Berila Mar 2023

Contemplating The Effects Of Oppression: Integrating Mindfulness Into Diversity Classrooms, Beth Berila

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

This article argues that contemplative practices are particularly important additions to university courses that deal with issues of oppression and diversity. Mindfulness can help students learn how their identity locations shape their reactions to course content; as such, they help participants do the work of unlearning the effects of systems of oppression. Students can then learn to recognize, understand, and be accountable for their responses. The article also argues that faculty who integrate contemplative practices in the classroom (in any discipline) need to be prepared for a myriad of responses from students, including reactions that result from being a member …

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Honor The Negative Space, Renee A. Hill Mar 2023

Honor The Negative Space, Renee A. Hill

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

Bradford Grant’s concept of “negative space” is the area between, around, above and below objects. Becoming aware of negative space gives us a feeling of spaciousness in our environment. Awareness of negative space as it relates to time opens our lives even more. This paper examines and helps us to value the negative space which flows around, between and through activities and which makes up the latticework of our days.

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A Pedagogical Heartbeat: The Integration Of Critical And Contemplative Pedagogies For Transformative Education, Juan D. Mah Y Busch Mar 2023

A Pedagogical Heartbeat: The Integration Of Critical And Contemplative Pedagogies For Transformative Education, Juan D. Mah Y Busch

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

With so many figurative references to the heart, the heart has become an overextended metaphor and threatens to become less meaningful. Widely circulated books on Critical Pedagogies and Contemplative Pedagogies refer to the heart. Though they may share a sense of learning as transformation, each has a very different method, which I identify as dialectical or dialogical. And, each one defines its liberatory transformation in a very different way, one with “third space” and the other in relational and holistic space, which is considered transcendent. This essay describes two forms of heartfelt awareness, first-order heart-based knowledge and the heart’s second-order …

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Introduction To The First Issue, Daniel P. Barbezat, Carrie Bergman Mar 2023

Introduction To The First Issue, Daniel P. Barbezat, Carrie Bergman

Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

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Folder 03: “The Bay View Magazine” (Vol. 2, No. 1,2,6,7), 1894, Dirk Van Raalte Collection Mar 2023

Folder 03: “The Bay View Magazine” (Vol. 2, No. 1,2,6,7), 1894, Dirk Van Raalte Collection

Box 02 - Papers (COLL301)

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Folder 04: “The Bay View Magazine” (Vol. 3, No. 1-8), 1895-1896, Dirk Van Raalte Collection Mar 2023

Folder 04: “The Bay View Magazine” (Vol. 3, No. 1-8), 1895-1896, Dirk Van Raalte Collection

Box 02 - Papers (COLL301)

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Folder 13: Recognition By The U.S. Army, 1863-1901, Dirk Van Raalte Collection Mar 2023

Folder 13: Recognition By The U.S. Army, 1863-1901, Dirk Van Raalte Collection

Box 01 - Papers (COLL301)

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Multipath Tcp, And New Packet Scheduling Method, Cole N. Maxwell Mar 2023

Multipath Tcp, And New Packet Scheduling Method, Cole N. Maxwell

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

Today many devices contain hardware to transmit data across the internet via cellular, WiFi, and wired connections. Many of these devices communicate by using a protocol known as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). TCP was developed when network resources were expensive, and it was rare for a typical network-aware device to have more than one connection to a network. An extension to TCP known as Multipath TCP (MPTCP) was developed to leverage the multiple network connections to which devices now have access. While the MPTCP extension has been successful in its goal of using multiple network connections to send data simultaneously, …

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North Shore Prospecting, Shae Lindholm Mar 2023

North Shore Prospecting, Shae Lindholm

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

If one wanted to pick a violently controversial issue in the North Shore region of Minnesota, mining and mineral prospecting would be at the top of the list. As someone who lives in the region, this EIS is a demonstration of policies directly relevant to my home, and is why I picked it. “Federal Hardrock Mineral Prospecting Permits” is an EIS originating from 2012 that, like the title of the EIS implies, deals with a request for permits to dig exploratory boreholes in various locations in the Superior National Forest, which would come from the USDA Forest Service and the …

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Public Participation In The Vineyard Wind Project, Jude Humphrey Mar 2023

Public Participation In The Vineyard Wind Project, Jude Humphrey

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

This paper analyzes the environmental and social impact of Vineyard Wind, a proposed offshore wind farm, as well as the public response to these impacts. This was done by reading and summarizing the draft and final environmental impact statement and comments made during the public participation process. Lawsuits brought against the company were also included in this analysis. The public participation process was deemed adequate and in some cases more than required by federal agencies, however the comments and lawsuits show that there are still concerns that were not included in the approved alternative. The public response to this project …

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Using Probabilistic Context-Free Grammar To Create Password Guessing Models, Isabelle Hjelden Mar 2023

Using Probabilistic Context-Free Grammar To Create Password Guessing Models, Isabelle Hjelden

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

This paper will discuss two versions of probabilistic context-free grammar password-guessing models. The first model focuses on using English semantics to break down passwords and identify patterns. The second model identifies repeating chunks in passwords and uses this information to create possible passwords. Then, we will show the performance of each model on leaked password databases, and finally discuss the observations made on these tests.

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Exploring Methods Used In Face Swapping, Joshua Eklund Mar 2023

Exploring Methods Used In Face Swapping, Joshua Eklund

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

Face swapping involves replacing the face in one image (the target) with a face in a different image (the source) while maintaining the pose and expression of the target face. Previous methods of face swapping required extensive computer power and man hours. As such, new methods are being developed that are quicker, less resource intensive, and more accessible to the non-expert. This paper provides background information on key methods used for face swapping and outlines three recently developed approaches: one based on generative adversarial networks, one based on linear 3D morphable models, and one based on encoder-decoders.

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Applications Of Generative Adversarial Networks In Single Image Datasets, Dylan E. Cramer Mar 2023

Applications Of Generative Adversarial Networks In Single Image Datasets, Dylan E. Cramer

Scholarly Horizons: University of Minnesota, Morris Undergraduate Journal

One of the main difficulties faced in most generative machine learning models is how much data is required to train it, especially when collecting a large dataset is not feasible. Recently there have been breakthroughs in tackling this issue in SinGAN, with its researchers being able to train a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) on just a single image with a model that can perform many novel tasks, such as image harmonization. ConSinGAN is a model that builds upon this work by concurrently training several stages in a sequential multi-stage manner while retaining the ability to perform those novel tasks.

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The Benefits Of Photo-Elicitation In Arts Administration Research, Elise Lael Kieffer Mar 2023

The Benefits Of Photo-Elicitation In Arts Administration Research, Elise Lael Kieffer

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

This article explores the benefits of incorporating the photo-elicitation method into interviews within arts and cultural administration, leadership, and management research. Photographs are often used to open communications when traditional verbal communication is less reliable, or hindered by cross-cultural interactions. Within the arts and culture, researchers often use different terminology than administrative practitioners, and administrators often use different terminology than art makers and creative practitioners. Photo-elicitation serves to bridge those gaps in communication and open participants up to opportunities for deeper reflection. This article gives examples from one narrative inquiry study that utilized both exclusively verbal questions and also photo-elicitation …

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Towards A Modelling Process For Simulating Socio-Ecosystems With A Focus On Climate Change Adaptation, Federico Cornacchia, Alberto Gabino Martinez-Hernandez, Marco Bidoia, Carlo Giupponi Mar 2023

Towards A Modelling Process For Simulating Socio-Ecosystems With A Focus On Climate Change Adaptation, Federico Cornacchia, Alberto Gabino Martinez-Hernandez, Marco Bidoia, Carlo Giupponi

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

As the impacts of climate change are expected to be increasingly disruptive, a growing share of the economic literature moved to modelling approaches to address the interconnectedness of social, economic, and environmental issues. Among them, System Dynamics (SD) stands out as a well-established modelling approach to analyse complex social-ecological systems. In order to benefit from such modelling exercises it is necessary to follow a structured process, bearing in mind that models should have as their ultimate ambition that of supporting decision-making processes. Yet, the connection with decision-making is addressed only in the last phases of the modelling process, with emphasis …

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University Church Of Christ (Abilene, Tx) Records, 1903-1987, University Church Of Christ Mar 2023

University Church Of Christ (Abilene, Tx) Records, 1903-1987, University Church Of Christ

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

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Evaluating Sustainable Options For Valorization Of Rice By-Products In Sri Lanka: An Approach For A Circular Business Model, W. A. M. A. N Illankoon, Chiara Milanese, A. K. Karunarathna, Kumuditha D. Hikkaduwa Epa Liyanage, A. M. Y. W. Alahakoon, Puhulwella G. Rathnasiri, Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Sabrina Sorlini Mar 2023

Evaluating Sustainable Options For Valorization Of Rice By-Products In Sri Lanka: An Approach For A Circular Business Model, W. A. M. A. N Illankoon, Chiara Milanese, A. K. Karunarathna, Kumuditha D. Hikkaduwa Epa Liyanage, A. M. Y. W. Alahakoon, Puhulwella G. Rathnasiri, Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Sabrina Sorlini

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Due to the significant quantities of waste generated by the Sri Lankan rice industry, circular bioeconomy methodologies were applied to examine value-adding entrepreneurial activities for rice industry by-products (RIB). The study was conceived after scouring the existing literature on agricultural waste management and interviewing experts in the field and the rice industry. In the first phase, the suitability of valorizing alternatives for RIB was considered via a multi-criteria decision-making method. Valorization options, such as biochar production, energy purposes, composting, and other activities, were evaluated using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) based on four criteria, namely environmental, social, technical, and economic …

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Physics & Engineering Alumnus Pursues Phd In The Uk, Taylor University Mar 2023

Physics & Engineering Alumnus Pursues Phd In The Uk, Taylor University

2023 Website News Stories

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Vol.50 N.33 March 9th 2023, Voice Media Ventures Mar 2023

Vol.50 N.33 March 9th 2023, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

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Understanding The Ethical Decision-Making Processes Of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Practitioners, Lisa Krystosek Mar 2023

Understanding The Ethical Decision-Making Processes Of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Practitioners, Lisa Krystosek

Dissertations

Equine-assisted psychotherapy is a unique field in which interdisciplinary teams of practitioners provide mental health services to clients. These teams are comprised of at least two practitioners, one licensed mental health specialist and one certified equine specialist. While ethics and ethical decision-making are significant issues in the mental health industry, there exists a significant gap in the literature pertaining to the ethical decision-making processes of interdisciplinary teams of equine-assisted psychotherapy practitioners. This dissertation aimed to address the gap through the development of an understanding of how teams of equine-assisted psychotherapy practitioners engage in ethical decision making. Further, the researcher sought …

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Affected Family Members' Communicative Management Of Opioid Misuse Stigma: Applying And Rethinking The Stigma Management Communication Typology, Sydney O'Shay, Emily Pasman, Danielle L. Hicks, Suzanne Brown, Elizabeth Aguis, Stella M. Resko Mar 2023

Affected Family Members' Communicative Management Of Opioid Misuse Stigma: Applying And Rethinking The Stigma Management Communication Typology, Sydney O'Shay, Emily Pasman, Danielle L. Hicks, Suzanne Brown, Elizabeth Aguis, Stella M. Resko

Communication Studies and Philosophy Faculty Publications

Opioid misuse is a prevalent health problem in the United States with consequences extending past the person who misuses opioids to affected family members (AFM) through courtesy stigma. The goals of this study were to understand the stigma management communication (SMC) strategies employed by AFMs when they experience courtesy stigma and changes in strategies used over time. The findings from interviews with 34 AFMs suggest the SMC strategies they employ range from those that indicate acceptance of stigma and avoidance of stigma situations to strategies where AFMs actively challenge opioid misuse stigma. However, strategy use depended on the social context …

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Daniel Sommer Papers, 1886-1968, Daniel Sommer Mar 2023

Daniel Sommer Papers, 1886-1968, Daniel Sommer

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

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A Solution Technique Of Transportation Problem In Neutrosophic Environment, Manas Karak, Animesh Mahata, Mahendra Rong, Supriya Mukherjee, Sankar Prasad Mondal, Said Broumi, Banamali Roy Mar 2023

A Solution Technique Of Transportation Problem In Neutrosophic Environment, Manas Karak, Animesh Mahata, Mahendra Rong, Supriya Mukherjee, Sankar Prasad Mondal, Said Broumi, Banamali Roy

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

In this article, we presented a ranking system based on the sign distance in a new direction, such that to compare different single-valued neutrosophic numbers (SVN-numbers), a decision maker has the chance of flexibility. We also developed some important definitions, like level-(α,β,γ) neutrosophic point, and some properties related to the sign distance ranking function. Finally, the sign distance ranking function is applied to solving the neutrosophic transportation problem (NTP) with SVN-number converted into a transportation problem (TP) with crisp data, and to illustrate the appropriateness of this function, we gave two numerical illustrations.

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