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2021 Fall Commencement, Harding University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Harding University Commencement on December 18.

Commencement Speaker: Dan Davidson

The Power Of Outdoor Learning Experiences: A Narrative Inquiry, Vincent M. Case

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Outdoor learning experiences offer schools an initial avenue to address global community issues, including climate change, natural resource depletion, disconnection from nature, and the current global coronavirus pandemic. This narrative inquiry study, grounded in the theoretical work of Vygotsky, Cajete, Brody, and Kahn, seeks to understand how children’s perceptions of their outdoor learning experiences provide insights into their learning processes. This study’s findings suggest that regardless of the location (mountains, home, school campuses, local natural areas), students say that they: experience positive affect and enjoyment; observe through their senses to explore, discover, inquire, change their behavior, and build deeper relationships …

Perceived Information Literacy Skills Among University Students At Azadjammu&Kashmir, Muhammad Ramzan, Prof.Dr Rubina Bhatti, Dr. Salman Bin Naeem Associate Prof

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study was conducted with an aim to determine the perceived information literacy skills among university students at Azad Jammu & Kashmir. A survey research design was used to collect data from the participants. The population of this study was post-graduate students enrolled in public sector universities of AJ&K. A convenience sampling technique was used to collect the data. A statistical package for social sciences (SPSS-20) was used for the analysis of data. Descriptive statistics was used to determine the percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation, and the inferential statistic was used to determine relationships among variables. The result …

Use And Awareness Of Open Access Legal Information Resources By The Law College Students In Western Maharashtra: An Empirical Study In India, Madhukar Bapu Togam, Prakash Babanrao Jadhav

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article discussed about the use and awareness about the open access legal resources in the state of western Maharashtra region in India. Researcher tried to find out the awareness, sources of awareness, among law students about open access legal resources i.e. JUDIS (Judgment Information System), Bombay High Court Judges Library, Supreme Court Judges Library (SUPLIS), India Code Information System, Indian Kanoon Legal Information Institute of India. Then researchers revealed the data about the frequency and purpose of using these resources. Research finds out the user perception about quality of open access resources from users’ point of view and subsequently, …

Black Students In Higher Education: An Identification Of Factors Predicting Academic Success, Franklin A. Soares

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The quantitative study was an ex-post-facto study design to explore specific factors and their magnitude that predicts the successful matriculation toward and achievement of a bachelor’s degree by Black students enrolled at a PWI in the deep South. The researcher pursued to explore the direction and magnitude that fall into the following three categories on several measures the matriculation progress toward and deficit of a bachelor’s degree: student demographics characteristics, socio-economic background and economic status, and pre-and post-admission academic readiness and performance. The study was established on Tinto’s (1993) Model of Institutional Departure. Moreover, the study used binomial logistic regression, …

Functional Structure Of Biomacromolecules In Plant Biomass Using Solid-State Nmr And Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Alex Kipchirchir Kirui

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation summarizes the recent findings on complex biomacromolecules in cell wall of plants and fungi which perform important roles in cell recognition, structural build up, and energy storage. Because of the technical difficulty in characterizing these biomacromolecules, which are often polymorphic and disordered in structure, the functional structure of these biomacromolecules remains elusive. In this dissertation, I present two solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) studies of carbohydrate-rich biosystems: the energy-rich plant biomass and disease-relevant, pathogenic fungi.

First, we have investigated the secondary cell wall of plant biomass which is a carbohydrate-rich biosystem using solid …

Francis Michael Ulmer

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Michael Rizer

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Gracie A. Mosley

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Gracie A. Mosley on Dec. 18, 2021 at Craig R. Tremble Funeral Home

Deep And Transfer Learning Approaches For Pedestrian Identification And Classification In Autonomous Vehicles, Alex Mounsey, Asiya Khan, Sanjay Sharma

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Pedestrian detection is at the core of autonomous road vehicle navigation systems as they allow a vehicle to understand where potential hazards lie in the surrounding area and enable it to act in such a way that avoids traffic-accidents, which may result in individuals being harmed. In this work, a review of the convolutional neural networks (CNN) to tackle pedestrian detection is presented. We further present models based on CNN and transfer learning. The CNN model with the VGG-16 architecture is further optimised using the transfer learning approach. This paper demonstrates that the use of image augmentation on training data …

Biodiversity And Spatial Heterogeneity In Semi-Natural Grasslands In A Mountain Area In Slovakia, Masae Shiyomi, N. Gáborèík, H. Koizumi, A. Javorkova, E. Uhliarova, O. Jezikova

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The spatial pattern of vegetation in the following 3 semi-natural grasslands in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, was observed in August, 1998: (1) a grassland sown with improved herbage plants after plowing in 1991, (2) a grassland oversown with improved herbage plants in 1991, and (3) a natural grassland without any treatment at the time of establishment. A new method of measuring vegetation was adopted: in each grassland, 50 quadrats 50 cm × 50 cm, composed of 4 smaller cells 25 cm × 25 cm, were set up, and all the species in each cell were recorded. The sown grassland displayed the …

Optimum Area Of Semi-Natural Grassland To Maintain Maximum Butterfly And Avian Species Richness In Japan, A. Shoji, K. Kohyama, H. Sasaki

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

To evaluate the optimum area of semi-natural grassland to maintain maximum butterfly and avian species richness in Japan, digitalized grid data of butterfly and avian distribution, as well as vegetation distribution, throughout the country were used. After obtaining logistic regression models explaining the probabilities of occurrence of each species with semi-natural grassland area and latitude as variables, the optimum value was calculated. The expected maximum species richness of butterflies in the country was the highest in the case of about 40 square kilometers of semi-natural grassland per 100 square kilometers, though the value varied somewhat with latitude. The expected maximum …

Managing Grassy Woodlands: Balancing Production And Conservation Of Resources, John G. Mcivor, Neil D. Macleod, S. Mcintyre

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Eastern Australian eucalypt woodlands are important agricultural areas that have been widely modified during two centuries of European-style use. Despite this they contain important natural resources including significant biodiversity. Long term sustainability of production depends on maintaining resources and management must be for both production and conservation. A research program on four properties in south east Queensland showed the properties were in generally good condition although all had some problems, and has highlighted a number of significant costs and barriers to adopting a more balanced approach to production and conservation.

Species Segregation And Functional Groups In The Hill Country Of New Zealand, I. López, I. Valentine, D. Hedderley, M. G. Lambert

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

In the hill country of New Zealand, the soil-sward relationship on hill microrelief was studied. Three categories of slope or microsites were distinguished: low, medium and high. The hypothesis was that soil variables of neighbouring microsites differ, and because of this, there is a segregation of species or functional groups of species between the microsites. Soil features, botanical composition and total annual yield were measured in the slope categories in two similar paddocks; one of which had received long-term phosphorus fertilisation and a non-fertilised paddock. ANOVA, cluster analysis and canonical variate analysis were performed on the data. Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, …

A Mathematical Model Regarding Change In Preferences Of Refugee Settlements, Raaghav Malik, Alice Xu, Ruoxian Huang

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

Where cultures meet, there is bound to be conflict to some extent. This especially applies in the case of refugees grouped together when seeking asylum, with different styles of life, socialization, and conflict resolution meeting in one place. This paper focuses specially on three types of conflict resolution(negotiation, mediation, and arbitration) and constructs a differential equation model to study how the interactions between populations cause the number of people following each resolution method to shift. It was found that when there is no existing outside authority or environmental bias towards a resolution method, the method with the greatest number of …

Convergence Properties Of Solutions Of A Length-Structured Density-Dependent Model For Fish, Geigh Zollicoffer

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

We numerically study solutions to a length-structured matrix model for fish populations in which the probability that a fish grows into the next length class is a decreasing nonlinear function of the total biomass of the population. We make conjectures about the convergence properties of solutions to this equation, and give numerical simulations which support these conjectures. We also study the distribution of biomass in the different age classes as a function of the total biomass.

Review Of "Fighting With The Empire: Canada, Britain And Global Conflict, 1867-1947" Edited By Steve Marti And William John Pratt, Katelyn Stieva

Canadian Military History

Review of Fighting with the Empire: Canada, Britain and Global Conflict, 1867-1947 edited by Steve Marti and William John Pratt

Review Of "The Fight For History: 75 Years Of Forgetting, Remembering, And Remaking Canada’S Second World War" By Tim Cook, Roger Sarty

Canadian Military History

Review of The Fight For History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada’s Second World War by Tim Cook

Review Of "The True Face Of Sir Isaac Brock" By Guy St-Denis, Craig Leslie Mantle

Canadian Military History

Review of The True Face of Sir Isaac Brock by Guy St-Denis

Review Of "Remembered In Bronze And Stone: Canada’S Great War Memorial Statuary" By Alan Livingston Macleod, Sarah L. Hart

Canadian Military History

Review of Remembered in Bronze and Stone: Canada’s Great War Memorial Statuary by Alan Livingston MacLeod

Review Of "Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged The U.S. Navy" By Norman Polmar, Thomas A. Brooks And George E. Federoff, Arthur W. Gullachsen

Canadian Military History

Review of Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged the U.S. Navy by Norman Polmar, Thomas A. Brooks and George E. Federoff

Review Of "The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King And The Untold Friendships That Won Wwii" By Neville Thompson, Tim Cook

Canadian Military History

Review of The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King and the Untold Friendships that Won WWII by Neville Thompson

Review Of "Surviving The Great War: Australian Prisoners Of War On The Western Front, 1916-18" By Aaron Pegram, Tim Cook

Canadian Military History

Review of Surviving the Great War: Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front, 1916-18 by Aaron Pegram

Review Of "For Home And Empire: Voluntary Mobilization In Australia, Canada, And New Zealand During The First World War" By Steve Marti, Jordan Beavis

Canadian Military History

Review of For Home and Empire: Voluntary Mobilization in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the First World War by Steve Marti

Review Of "Anxious Days And Tearful Nights: Canadian War Wives During The Great War" By Martha Hannah, Kristine Alexander

Canadian Military History

Review of Anxious Days and Tearful Nights: Canadian War Wives during the Great War by Martha Hannah

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Confederation Meeting, National Register of Historic Places, Florida Archaeology Bibliography, Exhibition, Announcements and Activities

Index To Volume Lxv, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Director's Meeting, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Minutes of the Directors' Meeting of the Florida Historical Society

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE IDEA OF FLORIDA IN THE AMERICAN LITERARY IMAGINATION, by Anne E. Rowe, reviewed by Richard Dwyer; INDIANS, COLONISTS, AND SLAVES: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF CHARLES H. FAIRBANKS, edited by Kenneth W. Johnson, Jonathan M. Leader, and Robert C. Wilson, reviewed by Elizabeth J. Reitz; THE ARCHEOLOGY OF SLAVERY AND PLANTATION LIFE, edited by Theresa A. Singleton, reviewed by John S. Otto; THE PAPERS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, VOLUME 5, 1853-1855, edited by Lynda Lasswell Crist and Mary Seaton Dix, reviewed by Bertram Wyatt-Brown; ON THE THRESHOLD OF FREEDOM: MASTERS AND SLAVES IN CIVIL WAR GEORGIA ,by Clarence L. Mohr, reviewed …

Florida Manuscript Acquisitions And Accessions, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The following are recent manuscript acquisitions and accessions as reported by Florida universities, colleges, public libraries, and other institutions. Those interested in using particular collections should correspond with the library or archives in question.