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Voices From The Outer Banks: A Collection Of Personal Accounts, Carol Walker Jordan Apr 2015

Voices From The Outer Banks: A Collection Of Personal Accounts, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Review of the book Voices from the Outer Banks: A Collection of Personal Accounts by Stephen Kirk.


Sexual Interdependence Theory (Sit)/Sexual Progression Approach (Spa), Rodger K. Bufford, Albert Pace, Brett Copeland Apr 2015

Sexual Interdependence Theory (Sit)/Sexual Progression Approach (Spa), Rodger K. Bufford, Albert Pace, Brett Copeland

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

No abstract provided.


Would A Free Banking System Target Ngdp Growth?, Alexander William Salter, Andrew T. Young Apr 2015

Would A Free Banking System Target Ngdp Growth?, Alexander William Salter, Andrew T. Young

Economics Faculty Working Papers Series

Building on Selgin (1994), we develop a simple model of free banking and study the system’s effects on familiar macroeconomic variables. We show a free banking system does in fact stabilize nominal income in response to aggregate demand shocks. However, in the event of an aggregate supply shock, a free banking system instead stabilizes inflation, engaging in mildly procyclical behavior. We conclude by calling for a broader study of nominal income targeting and free banking in the tradition of ‘monetary constitutionalism’ (Yeager 1962; White et al. 2014) to ascertain whether this result, while almost certainly not the best of all …


A Different Approach To Jensen’S Alpha And Its Relationship With Returning Ranking, Tingyu Du Ms. Apr 2015

A Different Approach To Jensen’S Alpha And Its Relationship With Returning Ranking, Tingyu Du Ms.

Undergraduate Economic Review

Based on Michael C. Jensen’s CAPM model (1968), this paper refines it with dummy variables included. It examines if fund manager’s skill is contributing to fund’s performance within a five-year span from June 2009 to June 2014, and if high total return ranking is related to outstanding Jensen’s Alpha. The findings coincide with Jensen’s research results.


The Interaction Of Palatal Coarticulation And Palatal Harmony In Kazan Tatar, Jenna Conklin Apr 2015

The Interaction Of Palatal Coarticulation And Palatal Harmony In Kazan Tatar, Jenna Conklin

Purdue Linguistic Association Symposium

Vowel harmony and vowel-to-vowel coarticulation are long-distance assimilatory processes wherein certain vowels trigger systematic changes in adjacent vowels; harmony effects phonological change, resulting in phonemic alternation, while coarticulation effects phonetic change. This study examines the coarticulatory processes present in disharmonic words in Kazan Tatar, a language with left-to-right palatal harmony. While right-to-left palatal coarticulation is found to be widespread, left- to-right palatal coarticulation is virtually nonexistent in Tatar. It is hypothesized that gradient and categorical processes sharing the same triggers, targets, target feature, and direction cannot coexist; the diachronic implication for Tatar is that, once coarticulation was phonologized into harmony …


Uses Of Someone: Beyond Simple Person Reference, Yu-Han Lin Apr 2015

Uses Of Someone: Beyond Simple Person Reference, Yu-Han Lin

Purdue Linguistic Association Symposium

This study looks at how the non-recognitional reference form “someone” is used to refer to a known referent when a recognitional, such as a first name or a descriptive recognitional (Stiver, 2007), is available (Sacks & Schegloff, 1979). In a conversation, when participants have shared knowledge about who a referent is, the occurrence of “someone” connotes more than a simple reference to the referent. While there is little previous research concerning the use of a non-recognitional to complete particular social actions, in this study, I show how “someone” can be employed to accomplish disaffiliative actions such as complaints, accusations and …


How The University Of California Runs One Repository For Ten Campuses, Katie Fortney Apr 2015

How The University Of California Runs One Repository For Ten Campuses, Katie Fortney

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Katie Fortney, JD, MLIS, Copyright Policy & Education Officer, Office of Scholarly Communication, University of California http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/


Jordan: A Negative Case In A Tumultuous Region, Ann Marie Margaret Hager Apr 2015

Jordan: A Negative Case In A Tumultuous Region, Ann Marie Margaret Hager

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

International media brings attention to the worst conflicts worldwide. When ISIS beheads journalists, like Foley and Sotloff (Vourvoulias, 2014) journalists around the globe turn their editorial dockets to these heinous actions. Yet, it is easy to pay attention to conflict when it becomes severe, i.e., escalates to the level of war. It’s no wonder that the Arab/Israeli conflict has such a plethora of literature and media attention while tensions in places like Jordan, right next door, have not. However, Jordan is an example of a negative case: a country that has, despite its significant tensions, not experienced large-scale violence in …


An Exploration Of Gender Roles And The Traditional Dual Gendered Parenting Model Within Co-Fathered Families, Zoe Dearborn Geyman Apr 2015

An Exploration Of Gender Roles And The Traditional Dual Gendered Parenting Model Within Co-Fathered Families, Zoe Dearborn Geyman

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

In this paper I develop a working theory of gender as a constantly performed state of social mimicry that evolves in response to one’s lived experience. Through analysis of transcript selections from the daily lives of two co-fathered families and relevant literature, I explore the gendered realities of gay parents, and introduce work, in this case referring to professional labor and its associated identities, as key to the gendering process. In the paper I also address the malleability of family units, and explore the ways in which gay fathers negotiate pressures to conform to the traditionally gendered family model. Ultimately, …


Implementing Metaarchive And Lockss At Digital Commons @Cal Poly, Michele Wyngard Apr 2015

Implementing Metaarchive And Lockss At Digital Commons @Cal Poly, Michele Wyngard

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Michele Wyngard, Digital Repository Coordinator, CSU Cal Poly


Normal Caregiver-Child Conflict In Families In A Rural Community, E. Thomasina Marsili Apr 2015

Normal Caregiver-Child Conflict In Families In A Rural Community, E. Thomasina Marsili

Undergraduate Research Conference

Researchers have highlighted the frequency of conflict that occurs every day between parents and their young children, peaking around 30 months of age. We adopt a different perspective, namely that mother-child conflict is a normal part of life and is therefore likely to vary in culturally mediated ways. The purpose of this study is to identify the particular verbal strategies used by working-class European American parents to notify their children that what they are doing (or not doing) needs to change. Across 135 half hours of in-home videotaped observation, the rate of conflict approximates 125 instances per hour and it …


Using Google Tag Manager And Google Analytics, (Code{4}Lib Journal), Suzanna Conrad Apr 2015

Using Google Tag Manager And Google Analytics, (Code{4}Lib Journal), Suzanna Conrad

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Suzanna Conrad, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Cal Poly Pomona


What’S New Since The April 2013 Stim Ir Subcommittee Report To Cold: Hydra, Islandora And Dspace, Aaron Collier, Suzanna Conrad, Carmen Mitchell, Joan Parker, Andrew Weiss, Jeremy C. Shellhase Apr 2015

What’S New Since The April 2013 Stim Ir Subcommittee Report To Cold: Hydra, Islandora And Dspace, Aaron Collier, Suzanna Conrad, Carmen Mitchell, Joan Parker, Andrew Weiss, Jeremy C. Shellhase

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Aaron Collier, Digital Repository Services Manager, Chancellor’s Office
Suzanna Conrad, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Cal Poly Pomona
Carmen Mitchell, Institutional Repository Librarian, CSU San Marcos
Joan Parker, Librarian, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Andrew Weiss, Digital Services Librarian, CSU Northridge

Jeremy Shellhase, Head of Information Services & Systems Department, Humboldt State University


The State Of Scholarworks, Aaron Collier Apr 2015

The State Of Scholarworks, Aaron Collier

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Aaron Collier, Digital Repository Services Manager, Chancellor’s Office


14th Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium, Farquhar Honors College Apr 2015

14th Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium, Farquhar Honors College

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The Undergraduate Student Symposium, sponsored by the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, presents student projects through presentations, papers, and poster displays. The event serves as a “showcase” demonstrating the outstanding scholarship of undergraduate students at NSU. The symposium is open to undergraduate students from all disciplines. Projects cover areas of student scholarship ranging from the experimental and the applied to the computational, theoretical, artistic, and literary. They are taken from class assignments and independent projects. The projects do not have to be complete; presentations can represent any stage in the concept’s evolution, from proposal and literature review to fully …


The Role Of Antonymy On Semantic Change, Ashley M. Kentner Apr 2015

The Role Of Antonymy On Semantic Change, Ashley M. Kentner

Purdue Linguistic Association Symposium

The role of antonymy in semantic change is investigated via the etymology of sets of English antonyms. The results show a developmental pattern wherein two words sharing an antonym tend to exhibit similar trajectories of semantic development. Metaphorical extension is proposed as the primary mechanism that produces this regularity with antonymy playing a secondary role. These results further support semantic change as regular, even in contexts not involving grammaticalization, and that furthermore, metaphor is not peripheral to language use. (See Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Traugott & Dasher, 2002; Hopper & Traugott, 2003.) There are also implications for formal and cognitive …


How Students View Diversity In Their Education: A Qualitative Examination, Catherine Schubert, Jared F. Edwards, Allie Aiello, Maci Glassock Apr 2015

How Students View Diversity In Their Education: A Qualitative Examination, Catherine Schubert, Jared F. Edwards, Allie Aiello, Maci Glassock

Student Research

In this study, we examined students’ open responses to questions regarding their opinions about diversity on their college campus. Here, we report on responses about age, religion, and political views in the classroom and outside the classroom.


Help-Seeking And Help-Offering For Teen Dating Violence Among Acculturating Mexican American Adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, Julie L. Nagoshi Apr 2015

Help-Seeking And Help-Offering For Teen Dating Violence Among Acculturating Mexican American Adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, Julie L. Nagoshi

Social Work Faculty Publications

Help-seeking sources, motivations, and barriers concerning teen dating violence are rarely co-examined alongside help-offering processes and messages, and both are understudied among minority youth populations. This study sought the perspectives of Mexican American adolescents (ages 15 to 17) concerning their preferences and experiences with both help-seeking and help-offering. Twenty focus groups (N = 64 adolescents) were divided by gender and by acculturation level to allow for group comparisons. Friends and supportive family members were primary sources of help, although adolescents voiced a number of barriers to help-seeking. The most prominent barrier was fear they would be told to leave …


2015-04 Library Impact Statement For Nrs 475 Coral Reef Conservation, Michael Cerbo Apr 2015

2015-04 Library Impact Statement For Nrs 475 Coral Reef Conservation, Michael Cerbo

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for NRS 475 Coral Reef Conservation. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Cerbo. Requesting faculty: Graham Forrester and Anya Hanson.


Ua3/9/7 Accreditation Victory, Wku President's Office - Ransdell Apr 2015

Ua3/9/7 Accreditation Victory, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding accreditation.


The Library Is Our Lab: The Case For Print Books In An Academic Library, Fran Gray, Peggy Ellis Apr 2015

The Library Is Our Lab: The Case For Print Books In An Academic Library, Fran Gray, Peggy Ellis

Western Libraries Presentations

Humanities researchers consider the library to be their laboratory, and its print collections their essential research equipment. In spite of anecdotal evidence that both students and faculty in the Humanities prefer print materials over e-books, academic libraries are allocating a steadily increasing proportion of their acquisitions budgets toward the purchase of e-books across all disciplines. What is the impact of this trend on the work of these researchers? At Western University in London, Ontario, we surveyed faculty members and graduate students in the Arts and Humanities faculty and those in the History department to gain a better understanding of their …


2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Nrs 475 Coral Reef Conservation, Michael Cerbo Apr 2015

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Nrs 475 Coral Reef Conservation, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for NRS 475 Coral Reef Conservation. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Cerbo. Requesting faculty: Graham Forrester and Anya Hanson.


University Of Nebraska Board Of Regents Policies, Contains Amendments Through April 10, 2015, University Of Nebraska Board Of Regents Apr 2015

University Of Nebraska Board Of Regents Policies, Contains Amendments Through April 10, 2015, University Of Nebraska Board Of Regents

University of Nebraska Board of Regents: Policies, Acts, and Other Materials

First section:

RP-1.1.1 Direct Responsibilities of the Board Under the constitution and statutes of the State of Nebraska, the Board of Regents has the authority and the responsibility for the general government of the University of Nebraska. It must exercise general supervision over all elements of the University and control and direction of all expenditures and establish the general operating policies of the institution. To assist it in the discharge of its responsibilities, the Board of Regents employs a staff and faculty who have the professional competence to develop and operate the University's programs. The Board delegates, through its Bylaws …


Futures For Library Research, Andrew Abbott Apr 2015

Futures For Library Research, Andrew Abbott

Library as Laboratory: A Symposium on Humanities Collections and Research

No abstract provided.


Competency Based Alcohol And Drug Clinical Supervision Model.\, Christine Chasek Apr 2015

Competency Based Alcohol And Drug Clinical Supervision Model.\, Christine Chasek

Counseling Faculty Publications

A competency based supervision model is proposed combining the framework developed by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the Blended Model of Supervision, and the Integrated Developmental Model based on supervisee needs. The application and structure of the newly defined Competency Based Alcohol and Drug Clinical Supervision Model is presented.


Cybersecurity And The Future International Competitiveness Of The United States, Tai Gray Apr 2015

Cybersecurity And The Future International Competitiveness Of The United States, Tai Gray

Student Works

Cybersecurity is inseparably connected to the future international competitiveness of the United States and must play a more significant role in both governmental and private spheres of American society. To increase the strength of U.S. cybersecurity and defend against future attacks, the government should devote more resources to providing cybersecurity tools and information to the public, promoting the implementation of secure forms of communication and purchasing, as well as researching and developing both offensive and defensive cyber tools. By focusing efforts on these three key areas, the U.S. government can better prepare for future cyberattacks and minimize risk to both …


The Impact Of Project Lead The Way Gateway To Technology Foundation Unit Completion On Students' Critical-Thinking Skills, Rula Odai Hashem Apr 2015

The Impact Of Project Lead The Way Gateway To Technology Foundation Unit Completion On Students' Critical-Thinking Skills, Rula Odai Hashem

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Georgetown's Public Policy Institute (2013) reported that the fastest growing occupations and the highest demand for college education and training fields will be in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), healthcare, and community services. One of the K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs' purposes is to promote critical-thinking skills (Johnson, 1992). This study examined the impact of Project Lead The Way Gateway to Technology (PLTW-GTT) units, a middle school STEM program, on the critical-thinking skills of middle school students. Quasi experimental research methods were utilized to test the impact of the completion of two PLTW-GTT foundation units on students' …


Wright State University's Celebration Of Research, Scholarship And Creative Activities Book Of Abstracts From Friday, April 10, 2015, Wright State University Office Of Undergraduate Research And Stemm Activities Apr 2015

Wright State University's Celebration Of Research, Scholarship And Creative Activities Book Of Abstracts From Friday, April 10, 2015, Wright State University Office Of Undergraduate Research And Stemm Activities

Celebration of Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Materials

The student abstract booklet is a compilation of abstracts from students' oral and poster presentations at Wright State University's fifth annual Celebration of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities on April 10, 2015.


No Oasis In The Desert: Identification And Implications Of The Food Desert Around An Urban Ohio Hospital, R. J. Sontag Apr 2015

No Oasis In The Desert: Identification And Implications Of The Food Desert Around An Urban Ohio Hospital, R. J. Sontag

Celebration of Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Materials

Montgomery County, Ohio’s diabetes prevalence outpaces the nation, and the incidence of adult obesity approaches 1/3. Access to healthy food in the impoverished neighborhood surrounding Dayton’s Good Samaritan Hospital, the site of the Family Medicine residency, is important when educating about health lifestyle. The purpose of this project was to determine whether the area was a food desert and to evaluate the implications of the label.


Reference Weeding: Ideas And Challenges, Casey Duevel, Rachel Wightman Apr 2015

Reference Weeding: Ideas And Challenges, Casey Duevel, Rachel Wightman

Library Services Publications

We will discuss the impetus behind our respective weeding efforts and some of the projects on which we have worked. We will share what was successful, what wasn't, and why. This will be an informal presentation followed by a conversation with the audience about what has worked at their respective institutions.