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Meeting 2023-07-12, Civil Service Senate

Civil Service Senate Minutes

Minutes of the Civil Service Senate Meeting.

Lonnie Burt, Lonnie Burt

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Lonnie Burt recently retired as the Senior Food & Child Nutrition Services Director for the Hartford Public Schools where she oversaw the school meal program, including Breakfast, Lunch, Afterschool Snacks, At-Risk Supper, Summer Feeding and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant. She has worked in Child Nutrition for the nearly 35 years and has been in Hartford since 2004. Lonnie also works as an Adjunct Professor for Manchester Community College where she teaches classes in Nutrition, Human Resources, and Food Service Safety and Sanitation for the Hospitality Program. Lonnie is a Registered Dietitian who earned a Bachelor’s Degree in …

Tom Preece Oral History Interview, Tom Preece

Raymond College

No abstract provided.

2023 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit: Dean G. Marcus Cole’S Welcome Remarks, Marcus Cole

2019–Present: G. Marcus Cole

Dean G. Marcus Cole, founder of Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative welcomes participants to the third annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in London.

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It’S Not Enough To Be Explicit: Why The Hidden Curriculum Should Be Open Access (Part 1), Zoe Speidel

OER & Beyond - Blog Archive

Over the years, the emails from my students have embodied a broader and broader range of formality. Emails with no subject lines, no salutations, and very little detail are the norm. While sometimes frustrating, I can’t fault my Gen-Z students for writing to me the way they would text a parent: this is the way they’ve grown up communicating. But I would also be doing them a disservice if I didn’t help them understand that this kind of email communication is not typically tolerated in the world outside of our classroom. I do this in the rst week of class …

Complex Systems Methods Characterizing Nonlinear Processes In The Near-Earth Electromagnetic Environment: Recent Advances And Open Challenges, Georgios Balasis, Michael A. Balikhin, Sandra C. Chapman, Giuseppe Consolini, Ioannis A. Daglis, Reik V. Donner, Jürgen Kurths, Milan Paluš, Jakob Runge, Bruce T. Tsurutani, Dimitris Vassiliadis, Simon Wing, Jesper W. Gjerloev, Jay Johnson, Massimo Materassi, Tommaso Alberti, Constantinos Papadimitriou, Pouya Manshour, Adamantia Zoe Boutsi, Mirko Stumpo

Faculty Publications

Learning from successful applications of methods originating in statistical mechanics, complex systems science, or information theory in one scientific field (e.g., atmospheric physics or climatology) can provide important insights or conceptual ideas for other areas (e.g., space sciences) or even stimulate new research questions and approaches. For instance, quantification and attribution of dynamical complexity in output time series of nonlinear dynamical systems is a key challenge across scientific disciplines. Especially in the field of space physics, an early and accurate detection of characteristic dissimilarity between normal and abnormal states (e.g., pre-storm activity vs. magnetic storms) has the potential to vastly …

Lindenwood Digest, July 12, 2023, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Tas Orders, Innovations And Challenges In Futures Markets, Fabio Mattos

Cornhusker Economics

Futures contracts and futures exchanges were developed a long time ago in the process of evolution of commodity trading. They were created with the purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of commodities. Despite challenges along the way, they helped make commodity trading faster, easier, and more efficient for many buyers and sellers. Still today, futures exchanges are constantly looking for new ways to adjust to new developments in commodity markets and further facilitate trading. After all, as we have previously discussed in this space, futures exchanges provide a service to buyers and sellers, i.e., the marketplace to trade futures …

New Maritime Autonomy Innovation Center Opens On Seacoast, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

New England Households Rely On A Mix Of Child Care Arrangements, Jess Carson

Carsey Publications

In this data snapshot, author Jess Carson reports that data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau between January and May 2023 show that 70 percent of New England households with a child under five use child care, and more than one-third of those rely on multiple arrangements. Findings suggest that even having access to a formal slot in center- or home-based care may not be sufficient for meeting families’ needs. Finding the right type and mix of care is complex and underscores the need for flexible and diverse child care options for New England families.

The Effect Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Kps Student Enrollment And Nwea Test Scores, Randall W. Eberts

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This report focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kalamazoo Public Schools District in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which closed its doors to students from mid-March 2020 to June 2021. During this time, instruction transitioned from face-to-face to virtual, with students having three options for virtual instruction. In addition to individual KPS student data, the study looks at the NWEA national sample as presented in several publications and technical appendices. The study addresses three basic questions, as well as examining students’ race/ethnicity and poverty status, summer learning loss to determine the change in achievement gains, and attendance rates as an example of …

2023-July-12-Etsu Redesigns Infectious Disease Fellowship To Include Critical Care Medicine, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

(July 12, 2023) East Tennessee State University has introduced a revamped infectious disease fellowship that now incorporates critical care, which will enhance physicians’ capabilities during pandemics.

Through the newly launched Infectious Disease Critical Care Fellowship, a comprehensive three-year program, fellows will receive specialized training in diagnosing and treating severe infections while also gaining increased exposure to critical care medicine. In collaboration with Ballad Health, this initiative aims to elevate the standard of subspecialty care, benefiting the local community and beyond.

“We are excited to bring joint training in infectious diseases and critical care medicine to East Tennessee,” said Dr. Jonathan …

Evaluating Salmonella Cross Contamination In Raw Chicken Thighs In Simulated Post-Chill Tanks, Raziya Sadat

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Salmonella contamination poses a significant risk to food safety, particularly in poultry products and public health. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of peracetic acid (PAA) treatment in mitigating Salmonella cross-contamination in chicken thighs within simulated post-chill tanks, considering different inoculum concentrations and organic matter (OM) levels.

The experiment involved the use of five distinct Salmonella serovars to inoculate chicken thighs, which were categorized into two groups: higher inoculation level (ca. 7 log CFU/mL) and lower inoculation level (ca, 4 log CFU/mL). These groups underwent treatment with four different solutions, including 540 ppm PAA with 1.5% OM, 540 ppm …

Student Perceptions Of Praise In L2 Written Feedback, Kate Matthews

Theses and Dissertations

Providing students with meaningful written feedback is a difficult task that teachers must perform in an ESL classroom. Although many studies have looked at written feedback in terms of directness, criticism, and suggestions, very few studies have examined praise in the form of written feedback and what students' perceptions of praise are. To determine the effect that praise has on ESL students, we examined student responses to two praise types given student proficiency levels and cultural backgrounds. In this study, 109 students from an intensive English Program participated in a survey that asked for opinions on person and performance praise …

An Observed Increase In Cardiovascular And Respiratory-Disease Related Hospitalizations And Mortality In An Area Surrounding A Hazardous Waste Thermal Treatment Plant, Liana Isabelle Dela Torre Baconguis

LSU Master's Theses

Particulate matter (PM) pollution is highly correlated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease incidence. The generation of oxidative stress is a major way by which PM can damage the body. Environmentally persistent free radical-containing PM are generated by combustion processes and are capable of exerting increased damage on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems due to their ability to remain stable and regenerate reactive oxygen species for up to five years. Clean Harbors, LLC operates a thermal treatment plant near the city of Colfax, LA in Central Louisiana. Its regular open burning of explosives causes disturbances to the community, such as loud …

Bridging The Gap Between Detector Characterization And Gravitational Wave Searches In Ligo, Andre Guimaraes

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis, titled ``Bridging the Gap Between Detector Characterization and Gravitational Wave Searches in LIGO'', investigates the complex interplay between detector noise, gravitational wave search algorithms in the operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors. The non-Gaussian behavior of LIGO detectors' data can lead to numerous issues, ranging from causing the detector to lose operational state to misinterpretations of actual gravitational wave signals.

An introduction to the workings of current interferometric gravitational wave detectors and the characterization of their sources and noise is provided. The focus is then shifted to the GstLAL pipeline, its role, and the effects …

A Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Analysis Of Reimbursement Trends In Laryngology From 2000 To 2021, James R. Xu, Robert R. Lorenz, Kathleen M. Mulligan, Todd D. Otteson, Nicole C. Maronian, Paul C. Bryson

Student Scholarship

Objective: The purpose of this study is to characterize Medicare reimbursement trends for laryngology procedures over the last two decades. Methods: This analysis used CMS' Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Look-Up Tool to determine the reimbursement rate of 48 common laryngology procedures, which were divided into four groups based on their practice setting and clinical use: office-based, airway, voice disorders, and dysphagia. The PFS reports the physician service reimbursement for “facilities” and global reimbursement for “non-facilities”. The annual reimbursement rate for each procedure was averaged across all localities and adjusted for inflation. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of each procedure's …

Sociology Of Work Textbook, Amy Traver

Open Educational Resources

This OER textbook provides students with a brief introduction to the sociology of work. It was created through the integration of various OER texts, including OpenStax, Sociology Wikibooks, and more. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 license.

Writing Trauma At Home: The Poetics Of Testimony In Iraq’S Literary And Cultural Production, Imran Alkhalifah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissertation explores the unconventional forms of testimony to trauma in Iraq. Due to a long history of war and/or sectarian violence, Iraq’s literary and cultural production provide unique ways of representing traumatic experience. These representations, I argue, challenge the predominate western notions of representing trauma. The unique ways of writing/expressing trauma examined in this dissertation offer a new perspective of reading trauma as opposed to the postmodern trauma aesthetics that highlights fragmentation, repetition, and dissociation as symptoms of traumatic experience. This hegemonic approach has led to a deprived investigation of the unique social and historical contexts in which trauma …

Combining Financial Literacy, Capability And Homebuyer Education: The Effects Of A Young-Adult Tailored Homeowner Preparation Course On Understanding Homeownership And Ownership Sustainability In Urban Memphis, Cashundra Jackson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Research has shown that the levels of financial literacy in urban communities are extensively low and directly affect individuals’ financial capability while determining the success of their financial future. This lack of financial literacy is reflected through the lack of wealth accumulation in these communities. One of the biggest measures of wealth is homeownership and minority groups are least likely to own homes in their lifetimes while being most likely to default on home loans due to the lack of financial literacy and capability needed to sustain their finances. The purpose of this study is to determine whether educating younger, …

Lipid Membranes Mediated Interactions And Self-Assembly Of Janus Nanoparticles, Yu Zhu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Since many advanced applications require specific assemblies of nanoparticles (NPs), considerable efforts have been made to fabricate nanoassemblies with specific geometries. In this dissertation, we demonstrate the potential of lipid membranes as a medium for the self-assembly of NPs. To control their degree of adhesion to lipid membranes, the NPs are surface modified into hydrophilic Janus NPs such as one moiety interacts more attractively with the lipid head groups than water while the other moiety interacts more attractively with water than the lipid head groups. First, using extensive molecular dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained implicit-solvent model, in conjunction with the …

Repairing A Movement: How A Feminist Drove Girls Out Of Boy Scouts, Kaileigh Row

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The British Betrayal Of Childhood: Challenging Uncomfortable Truths And Bringing About Change, Helen Dee Msc

International Journal of Playwork Practice

This review of The British Betrayal of Childhood: Challenging Uncomfortable Truths and Bringing About Change focuses on the effects of British policies on the lives of children today. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, Why should we be concerned about children?, provides an historical perspective on children's lives and contemporary international comparisons. Part 2, Childhood in the UK today, describes the currents condition of childhood in Britain, critiques social and political policies that have contributed to the betrayal of children, and identifies the main failures. Part 3, offers strategies for change. The review elaborates on the each …

Relative Burden Of Cancer And Noncancer Mortality Among Long-Term Survivors Of Breast, Prostate, And Colorectal Cancer In The Us, Madhav Kc, Jane Fan, Terry Hyslop, Sirad Hassan, Michael Cecchini, Shi-Yi Wang, Andrea Silber, Michael S. Leapman, Ira Leeds, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Lisa P. Spees, Cary P. Gross, Maryam Lustberg, Rachel A. Greenup, Amy C. Justice, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Michaela A. Dinan

Kimmel Cancer Center Faculty Papers

IMPORTANCE: Improvements in cancer outcomes have led to a need to better understand long-term oncologic and nononcologic outcomes and quantify cancer-specific vs noncancer-specific mortality risks among long-term survivors.

OBJECTIVE: To assess absolute and relative cancer-specific vs noncancer-specific mortality rates among long-term survivors of cancer, as well as associated risk factors.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cohort study included 627 702 patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registry with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer who received a diagnosis between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2014, who received definitive treatment for localized disease and who were alive 5 …

Visual Literacy Support For Business Students And Faculty: Preliminary Results From Needs Assessment Study, Zoeanna A. Mayhook, Wanju Huang

Midwest Business Librarian Summit (MBLS)

No abstract provided.

Another Hole In India’S Data Tapestry, Prerna Dhoop, Vandana Dhoop

Popular Media

This article argues that the government’s decision to exclude anaemia as an indicator of women’s and children’s health from the National Family Health Survey, 2023–24 creates a ‘gender data gap’.

Find A Way To Hug: A Multi-Discipline Design For Mother-Daughter Relationship, Jinyi Liao

Theses

The project Find a Way to Hug, or FWH for short is a personal project that tries to think about the influence of the mother-daughter relationship on the author's growth. The author's relationship with her mother changed dramatically after she came to the United States from China, prompting a re-examination of this relationship and inspiring this project. The author tries to tell a story of a mother and daughter looking for the possibility of understanding, forgiveness, and moving forward after going through various situations through multidisciplinary design. She presents this story of personal experiences and reflections in the form of …

775 Greene Ave Hdfc V. Thomas

All Decisions

Handwritten Opinion.

Pratt Assets Lp V. Kerr

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

Tracking/Reporting Library Textbook/Oer Use And Savings, Marc Jaffy

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The Franklin University Library tracks and reports data related to the number of library textbooks (referred to as "FVL" for "Free via Library") and OER used in courses, and the student savings resulting from the use of FVL/OER. This presentation reported on FVL/OER use and student savings at Franklin University, as well as how the library gets, records, and uses the data relating to FVL/OER use.