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How Storytelling Techniques In Jadid’S Literary Works Reflect Social Problems Of Uzbekistan In The 19th And 20th Century And Provide Inspiration In The 21st Century, Jakhongir Azimov Aug 2020

How Storytelling Techniques In Jadid’S Literary Works Reflect Social Problems Of Uzbekistan In The 19th And 20th Century And Provide Inspiration In The 21st Century, Jakhongir Azimov

International Programs

This poster aims to study storytelling techniques used by Jadids in their literary works in the 19th and 20th century, as well as review topics raised in their novels and the inspiration they afford for contemporary Uzbek writers.


Violent Language On Indonesian Comedy Shows And Its Effects On Children Language Development, Iqbal Nurul Azhar Aug 2020

Violent Language On Indonesian Comedy Shows And Its Effects On Children Language Development, Iqbal Nurul Azhar

International Programs

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Surface Types Towards Run-Off Water In Urban Park, Febby Andini Aug 2020

The Influence Of Surface Types Towards Run-Off Water In Urban Park, Febby Andini

International Programs

Pavements in Alun Kapuas Park constribute 63 of run off water over the capacity of the soil to infiltrate. This water will potentially causes the flooding and puddling issues.


How Local Independent Media Can Survive In Russia, Gulmira Amangalieva Aug 2020

How Local Independent Media Can Survive In Russia, Gulmira Amangalieva

International Programs

Despite the difficult situation with press freedom, there are small local independent newsrooms in different parts of Russia. They present to the audience an alternative picture of the world but are experiencing both political and economic difficulties. This work proposes how to strengthen local independent journalism. The creation of a support and information center will help unite, engage and enhance the professionalism of local journalists.


How Can Sustainable Building Practices Reduce The Environmental Impact Of Building Activities?, Aaraf Shukur Alqaisi Aug 2020

How Can Sustainable Building Practices Reduce The Environmental Impact Of Building Activities?, Aaraf Shukur Alqaisi

International Programs

Sustainability has been a very important subject lately , Due to the observable change in the environment, which drives us to seek solutions for the current situation. in this poster we will discuss some of the sustainable solutions that aims to reduce the environmental impact that relates to building & construction industry


Regional Development Agencies In Turkey, Baris Alan Aug 2020

Regional Development Agencies In Turkey, Baris Alan

International Programs

This research examines to what extend (Neoliberal institutional structure of) the regional development agencies were successful in decreasing the regional development disparities between the regions of Turkey


What Are The Advantages Of Replacing Fossil Fuels With Biofuels?, Amr Shaalan Aug 2020

What Are The Advantages Of Replacing Fossil Fuels With Biofuels?, Amr Shaalan

International Programs

Fossil fuels’ negative impact on the environment is leading many people to worry In addition to that, fossil fuels are running out as every day goes by. Thus, finding a renewable and environmentally friendly source of energy has now become a necessity. Biofuels offer clean energy that comes with numerous economic and environmental benefits. Furthermore, biofuels can absorb more carbon from the air than they would produce when burnt. Giving a chance to clear the air from fossil fuel’s carbon.


How Do The South Korean Soap Operas Impact Female Teenager’S Identity In The Kyrgyz Republic?, Aisha Sultanbekova Aug 2020

How Do The South Korean Soap Operas Impact Female Teenager’S Identity In The Kyrgyz Republic?, Aisha Sultanbekova

International Programs

In a recent trend, South Korean soap operas have become extremely popular in many countries in the world. Hallyu (“Korean Boom ”), is a term which now used to refer to the success of South Korean entertainment around the world especially across Asia. This research poster analyzed the “Korean Boom” and its influence on female teenagers’ identity in the Kyrgyz Republic.


Abstraction And The Idea Of Sports, Julia Taszycka Aug 2020

Abstraction And The Idea Of Sports, Julia Taszycka

International Programs

In both art and sports, abstract behavior is very noticable. During the game players act in a very specific and irrational way. This kind of behavior is cause by different perception and attention to things that don't matter in everyday life. In relation to behavior and perception, the notion of purpose is also very abstract in sports. Sport activities themselves serve no purpose, exactly like artworks. Their meanings exist only in specific context.


Marriage Equality In Taiwan: Enforcement Act Of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748, Yen-Jung Tseng Aug 2020

Marriage Equality In Taiwan: Enforcement Act Of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748, Yen-Jung Tseng

International Programs

Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. This poster briefly introduces the history of Taiwan of legalizing same-sex marriage and points out what need to be done in the future.


The Issue Of Youth Unemployment In Bhutan, Tshering Wangdi Aug 2020

The Issue Of Youth Unemployment In Bhutan, Tshering Wangdi

International Programs

As the problem of not being able to gainfully employ youths of Bhutan has become one of the main challenges faced by the government and society at large, this poster attempts to present the current youth unemployment scenario, the causes and impacts of youth unemployment, and some of the interventions initiatied to reduce the unemployment rate.


The Role Of Spine In Causing Lameness In Horses, Raja Zabeeh Ullah Khan Aug 2020

The Role Of Spine In Causing Lameness In Horses, Raja Zabeeh Ullah Khan

International Programs

Lameness is one of the most important problems of horses. It influences all communities who keep horses. Recent studies have shown the significance of spinal muscles and vertebrae in inducing lameness in horses. The field has not been explored much and requires application of biomechanics to define the role of spine in inducing lameness in horses. This presentation highlights the importance of spine in inducing lameness in horses by relating the solution with biomechanics.


A North Korean Diasporic Community Of Performers, Sunhong Kim Aug 2020

A North Korean Diasporic Community Of Performers, Sunhong Kim

International Programs

The purpose of this study is exploring music’s role to a North Korean diasporic community.


The Importance Of Net.Art Legacy And The Right To Communicate, Anton Makarevych Aug 2020

The Importance Of Net.Art Legacy And The Right To Communicate, Anton Makarevych

International Programs

No abstract provided.


Equal Access To A Good High School Education Will Help Reduce Poverty In Haiti By Preparing More Students For College Work, Isabelle Joseph Aug 2020

Equal Access To A Good High School Education Will Help Reduce Poverty In Haiti By Preparing More Students For College Work, Isabelle Joseph

International Programs

This research advocates for building more public high schools in Haiti to prepare more Haitians for higher education to transform their lives and their communities.


Indonesian Library User Behaviour During Covid 19 Pandemic On Digital Library Platform, Irhamni Aug 2020

Indonesian Library User Behaviour During Covid 19 Pandemic On Digital Library Platform, Irhamni

International Programs

COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed library user behavior, workplaces, and some public areas including in the library. During the COVID 19 pandemics, the digital library with a mobile app like ipusnas has facilitated to accessing library resources. The ipusnas has increased people's accessibility to library materials. This research focuses on the use of the digital library has a significant impact on library users behavior; it can influence how they read, access the library, and their interaction with the library resources.


How Can Solar Energy Solve The Current Energy Crisis In Pakistan?, Faisal Ali Mastoi Aug 2020

How Can Solar Energy Solve The Current Energy Crisis In Pakistan?, Faisal Ali Mastoi

International Programs

Since independence, burning fossil fuels to fulfill the energy demand of Pakistan has led to the deterioration of the environment and an increase in air pollution in major cities such as Karachi and Lahore. Correspondingly, rapid inustrializaiton and econmic growth has resulted in a large difference between teh demand and supply of electricity in Pakistan due to rolling blackouts, which are common. This study focuses on the optimal utilization of solar energy as an alternative to fossil fuels which will lead to imrpovements in Pakistan's envornment, economy and energy supply (EEE).


Patriarchy And Covid-19, Maram Milad Aug 2020

Patriarchy And Covid-19, Maram Milad

International Programs

This research aims to bring attention to the effects of patriarchy on women and the hard truth about the increase of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Recidivism In Young Adults A Worldwide Problem, Ruben Oroz Aug 2020

Recidivism In Young Adults A Worldwide Problem, Ruben Oroz

International Programs

This paper explains how three different risk factors, drug use, level of education and human relationships, relate to the re-commitment of crimes against property in adults between 18 and 25 years old. By focusing treatmen on those, we can fight the problem of recidivism more effectively.


What Are The Factors To Promote Political Acts Of Citizen Participation In Peruvian High Schools?, Jennifer Karen Ponce-Cori Aug 2020

What Are The Factors To Promote Political Acts Of Citizen Participation In Peruvian High Schools?, Jennifer Karen Ponce-Cori

International Programs

This poster highlights the importance of citizen participation in Peruvian high schools. This poster explains the surrounding elements (two sets of factors) that encourage youth to be more engaged and committed to civic activities. More significant, this poster indicates the effects of political acts of citizen participation, which are also useful and necessary in democratic societies.


Preventing Drug And Substance Abuse Among Students Through Mindfulness, Dewi Anisa Quisti Aug 2020

Preventing Drug And Substance Abuse Among Students Through Mindfulness, Dewi Anisa Quisti

International Programs

Mindfulness contributes to helping more young generations safe from drug and substance problems.


The Employment Situation Of Veterans: July 2020, Institute For Veterans And Military Families At Syracuse University Aug 2020

The Employment Situation Of Veterans: July 2020, Institute For Veterans And Military Families At Syracuse University

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Veteran employment trends and statistics among various demographics during July 2020.


Conservative State Policies Damage U.S. Life Expectancy, Jennifer Karas Montez Aug 2020

Conservative State Policies Damage U.S. Life Expectancy, Jennifer Karas Montez

Population Health Research Brief Series

Conservative state policies are killing Americans. U.S. life expectancy gains since 2010 would be 25% greater for women & 13% greater for men if state policies hadn’t become more conservative.


(Mis)Information Creation As A Process: A Method For Teaching Media Literacy By Applying An Acrl Framework Frame, Winn W. Wasson Aug 2020

(Mis)Information Creation As A Process: A Method For Teaching Media Literacy By Applying An Acrl Framework Frame, Winn W. Wasson

Librarian Publications

In January 2019, I taught a condensed credit-bearing media literacy course for undergraduates based on the ACRL Frame, “Information Creation as Process”. My main learning objective was to teach students to recognize accurate information, misinformation, and disinformation in the news and on social media, not by naming them as such, but by: 1) exposing students to the process through which news goes from field observations to a published or broadcast story, and 2) exploring current social and cognitive psychology research on how humans evaluate whether to believe the information they consume. The course ended with a discussion of healthy information …


Housing Insecurity During The Coronavirus Response, Lauryn Quick, Colleen Heflin Aug 2020

Housing Insecurity During The Coronavirus Response, Lauryn Quick, Colleen Heflin

Population Health Research Brief Series

COVID-19 has created numerous challenges for Americans in their ability to meet their basic needs. One specific economic challenge is the ability to pay mortgage or rent.


Impacts Of The Degraded Alpine Swamp Meadow On Tensile Strength Of Riverbank: A Case Study Of The Upper Yellow River, Peng Gao, Haili Zhu, Zhiwei Li, Jiangtao Fu, Guorong Li, Yabin Liu, Xilai Li, Xiasong Hu Aug 2020

Impacts Of The Degraded Alpine Swamp Meadow On Tensile Strength Of Riverbank: A Case Study Of The Upper Yellow River, Peng Gao, Haili Zhu, Zhiwei Li, Jiangtao Fu, Guorong Li, Yabin Liu, Xilai Li, Xiasong Hu

Geography and the Environment - All Scholarship

In the meandering riverbank of the Upper Yellow River (UYR), the native alpine swamp meadow (AS) has continuously degenerated into an alpine meadow (AM) due to climate change and intensified grazing. Its implication on river morphology is still not well known. This study examined this effect by in situ measurings of (1) physical properties of roots and their distribution in the soil-root mixture of the upper bank layer, and (2) the tensile strength in terms of excavating tests for triggering cantilever collapses of AS and AM riverbanks. The results showed that the root number in AS was significantly greater than …


Food Insufficiency During The Coronavirus Response, Lauryn Quick, Colleen Heflin Jul 2020

Food Insufficiency During The Coronavirus Response, Lauryn Quick, Colleen Heflin

Population Health Research Brief Series

The coronavirus pandemic has created widespread economic disruption, exacerbating American household food insufficiency.


The Public Health Crisis Of Law Enforcement’S Over-Use Of Force, Mary E. Helander, Austin Mcneill Brown Jul 2020

The Public Health Crisis Of Law Enforcement’S Over-Use Of Force, Mary E. Helander, Austin Mcneill Brown

Population Health Research Brief Series

The overuse of police force has public health implications. The rates of injury and death sustained while in law enforcement custody should be collected as a part of the public health strategy to minimize the over-use of force.


“Right To Work” And Life Or Death For Georgia Teachers, Austin Mcneill Brown Jul 2020

“Right To Work” And Life Or Death For Georgia Teachers, Austin Mcneill Brown

Population Health Research Brief Series

Georgia is a “right to work” state, in which teachers can be fired or have their state license revoked if they strike or utilize collective bargaining. This leaves few legal options for teachers to challenge the state mandate to reopen without adequate preparation.


Disparities In Vulnerability To Severe Complications From Covid-19 In The United States, Emily E. Wiemers, Scott Abrahams, Marwa Alfakhri, V. Joseph Holtz, Robert F. Schoeni, Judith A. Seltzer Jul 2020

Disparities In Vulnerability To Severe Complications From Covid-19 In The United States, Emily E. Wiemers, Scott Abrahams, Marwa Alfakhri, V. Joseph Holtz, Robert F. Schoeni, Judith A. Seltzer

Population Health Research Brief Series

Preexisting health conditions increase vulnerability to severe complications from COVID-19. Among middle-aged and older Americans, vulnerability to severe COVID-19 complications based on preexisting conditions is 2-3 times greater for those with low versus high income. Vulnerability is about 40% higher for middle-aged and older adults with a high school degree or less than adults with a four-year college degree. In every age group, Blacks are more vulnerable than Whites, but Hispanics are at lower risk based on fewer preexisting health conditions.