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Unveiling Perceptions Of Food Safety Scandals In China: An Exploratory Study With Search Engine, Xiang Chen, Bo Zhao, Emily Blackard

Faculty Publications - Emergency Management & Homeland Security

Introduction Food security, known as access to sufficient and nutritious food for all household members at all times (Reutlinger, 1986), has been heavily investigated by entities from across the public and academic spectrums in recent years. In developed nations, food security primarily explores how food can be physically accessed and readily purchased and if levels of food access relate to socioeconomic status, rate of obesity, or the contingent health consequences (Black et al., 2014). In developing countries like China, the topic of food security has been investigated with increasing frequency and depth in the particular arena of food safety (Cheng, …

Developing, Using, And Interacting In The Flipped Learning Movement: Gaps Among Subject Areas, Hsin-Liang Chen, Kevin L. Summers

University Libraries Faculty Research & Creative Works

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current video collection of an open-access video website (TED-Ed). The research questions focus on its content as evidence of development, its viewership as evidence of use, and flipping as evidence of interaction in informal learning. In late September 2013, 686 video lessons were posted on the TED-Ed website that spanned 12 academic subject categories and 60 academic subject subcategories, as labeled and sorted on the TED-Ed website itself. The findings of the analysis of the TED-Ed video collection indicate several gaps in the humanities, social science, and natural science academic areas …

Children's Experiences Of Companion Animal Maltreatment In Households Characterized By Intimate Partner Violence, Shelby Elaine Mcdonald, Elizabeth A. Collins, Nicole Nicotera, Tina O. Hageman, Frank R. Ascione, James Herbert Williams, Sandra A. Graham-Bermann

Social Work Publications

Cruelty toward companion animals is a well-documented, coercive tactic used by abusive partners to intimidate and control their intimate partners. Experiences of co-occurring violence are common for children living in families with intimate partner violence (IPV) and surveys show that more than half are also exposed to abuse of their pets. Given children's relationships with their pets, witnessing such abuse may be traumatic for them. Yet little is known about the prevalence and significance of this issue for children. The present study examines the experiences of children in families with co-occurring pet abuse and IPV. Using qualitative methods, 58 children …

Disasters And Cemeteries: A Clarion Call For Matters Of Grave Urgency, Gary Foster, William Lovekamp

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Mobbing And Job-Related Stress On Burnout And Health-Related Quality Of Life: The Case Of Turkish Territorial State Representatives, Mehmet Yesilbas

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Job-related stress occurs as one of the most serious issues in modern era in developed nations. It has direct and negative effects on employees' productivity and it may have negative impacts on employees' health. One of the potential results of prolonged stressors at work place is burnout and this response may lead to physical, emotional, and psychological exhaustion that can occur at both individual and organizational levels. Burnout is a job related threat that provokes social stress and can directly affect an individual's health. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is commonly used to measure an individual's overall/global health and quality …

Introduction, Supang Chantavanich, Akm Ahsan Ullah, Min Ma

Asian Review

No abstract provided.

บทบรรณาธิการ

UNISEARCH (Unisearch Journal)

No abstract provided.

แนะนำโครงการ แนวทางการจัดทำฐานข้อมูลและดัชนีชี้วัดสถานภาพการวิจัยและพัฒนาของประเทศไทย

UNISEARCH (Unisearch Journal)

การวิจัยและพัฒนา เป็นสิ่งสำคัญต่อการกำหนดนโยบายและทิศทางการพัฒนาของประเทศ ซึ่งจากจำนวนการวิจัย และพัฒนาของประเทศไทยทั้งในกลุ่มสาขาวิชาวิทยาศาสตร์และสาขาสังคมศาสตร์ที่มีจำนวนเพิ่มมากขึ้นในแต่ละปีนั้นจึงได้มีการดำเนินการศึกษา เพื่อจัดทำดัชนีชี้วัดและจัดเก็บข้อมูลที่ครอบคลุมตัวชี้วัดสถานภาพการวิจัยและพัฒนาของประเทศไทย ทั้งในกลุ่มสาขาวิชาวิทยาศาสตร์และสาขาสังคมศาสตร์ โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาและกำหนดดัชนีชี้วัดสถานภาพการวิจัยและพัฒนาของประเทศ ทั้งในระดับภาพรวม ระดับสาขาวิชาการ และระดับอุตสาหกรรม และนำผลที่ได้มาพัฒนาในการจัดทำฐานข้อมูลการวิจัยและพัฒนาของประเทศ ตลอดจนจัดทำรายงานสถานภาพการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูล และการจัดทำดัชนีการวิจัยและพัฒนาในทุกระดับที่เหมาะสมกับบริบทประเทศไทย ทั้งนี้ ผลการศึกษาจะสามารถนำมาใช้เป็นข้อมูลประกอบและสนับสนุนการตัดสินใจให้แก่หน่วยงานที่มีหน้าที่ในการกำหนดนโยบายและทิศทางการวิจัยและพัฒนาของประเทศไทยได้ต่อไป

ข่าวและกิจกรรม รอบรั้วโครงการ

UNISEARCH (Unisearch Journal)

No abstract provided.

Poetry And Nature, Judy L. Todd

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

Poetry reaches in and touches the felt sense of awe, of grief, of sacred space; it is the crucible within which loss sparks renewal and trauma transforms into initiation. The author offers two poems with narrative context to illustrate its role in her personal experience.

Elected And Appointed Justices Face Different Constraints In Writing Opinions, Meghan E. Leonard, Joseph V. Ross

Faculty Publications – Politics and Government

The majority opinion is the main vehicle for policy-making for state and federal courts. Longer opinions usually indicate a more detailed explanation of the decision of the majority. But is the length of these opinions influenced by whether justices are appointed or elected? In new research Meghan E. Leonard and Joseph V. Ross find that while the length of these opinions is not directly affected by how judges are selected, appointed justices write longer opinions when a separate opinion is filed or when the majority opinion author is not randomly selected, as compared to states where justices are selected through …

Repeated Effects Of The Neurotensin Receptor Agonist Pd149163 In Three Animal Tests Of Antipsychotic Activity: Assessing For Tolerance And Cross-Tolerance To Clozapine, Shinnyi Chou, Collin Davis, Sean Jones, Ming Li

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Neurotensin is an endogenous neuropeptide closely associated with the mesolimbic dopaminergic system and shown to possess antipsychotic-like effects. In particular, acute neurotensin receptor activation can inhibit conditioned avoidance response (CAR), attenuate phencyclidine (PCP)-induced prepulse inhibition (PPI) disruptions, and reverse PCP-induced hyperlocomotion. However, few studies have examined the long term effects of repeated neurotensin receptor activation and results are inconsistent. Since clinical administration of antipsychotic therapy often requires a prolonged treatment schedule, here we assessed the effects of repeated activation of neurotensin receptors using an NTS1 receptor selective agonist, PD149163, in 3 behavioral tests of antipsychotic activity. We also investigated whether …

Cultivating A Participatory Design Practice In Architecture: A Case Study Of Hong Kong Housing Authority, Tris Kee

Faculty of Design & Environment (THEi)

Community participation in urban design and planning is slowly emerging in Hong Kong as the Government increasingly adopts and recognizes the importance of bottom-up community values in the practice of informing, consulting and involving the community. This paper provides a framework that emphasizes the importance of collaboration and community-based initiatives to reconcile different interests and achieve a balanced vision for the design of the city. The fundamental objective is to ensure an increase sense of community belonging, responsibility and civic pride in improving the overall quality of life. The Lam Tin Estate case study not only demonstrates how the Government …

Then And Now: Tracking A Federal Agency’S Threat Assessment Activity Through Two Decades With An Eye Toward The Future, Mario Scalora, William Zimmerman

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

The following is an edited summary of a plenary session provided by the speakers during the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) Conference held August 2015.

We are going to talk a little bit about history. We are sorry to bore you with this again but this is going to be about the history of the Capitol Police Threat Assessment Section. In 1987, the command made a decision to develop a threat assessment unit. We were trying to find out who actually made that command decision but nobody claimed it. We credit our Chief of …

Affordable Housing, Thomas Power

Articles

The McKinsey Global Institute, an economic think-tank, last year published a report on global housing. The report finds that City dwellers globally pay $650bn a year more on housing costs than they can afford and wages of low income earners lag growth in housing costs leading to greater income inequality and out-migration of skilled workers.

Updated Trends In Child Maltreatment, 2013., David Finkelhor, Kei Saito, Lisa M. Jones

Crimes Against Children Research Center

New national data for 2013 show continued declines in child maltreatment, after a one year discontinuity (2012) in which some rates briefly increased. But from 2012 to 2013, sexual abuse declined 4%, physical abuse declined 3%, child maltreatment fatalities declined 7% and overall substantiated child maltreatment declined 1%. Neglect by contrast rose 1%.

Copper Box, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Copper box and some of the items stored in it, duplicates of items in the time capsule in the base of the Cherry Statue. These items and box are stored in the Kentucky Museum.

Ebug 2015 Program, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

eBUG 2015 Program

Understanding The Complexity Of Family: Examining Family Systems And The Process Of Relationship For Families And Congregation Of First Baptist Church Woodbury, Tn, William H. Hay V.

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Understanding the Complexity of Family: Examining Family Systems and Processes of Relationship for Families and Congregation of the First Baptist Church of Woodbury, Tennessee is a project designed to share family systems theory with families and church. Through six didactic sessions (triangulation, anxiety, self-differentiation, over and under functioning, crucial conversations, projection) and reflective journaling, families are encouraged to recognize the processes of being family and the parallel processes of family that are present in the life of a congregation. Using quantitative and qualitative instruments, results show that family and congregational functioning can be improved through raising awareness of systems process.

Alternatives To The Use Of Heritage Squares In Dublin City Centre, David O'Connor

Conference Papers

criticised. The problem was resolved in part by relocating bus termini, mainly to other edge-of-centre on-street locations. These included certain protected heritage environments such as Merrion Square. Objections have been raised by prominent heritage interest groups, notably the Irish Georgian Society. The use of such locations has been justified by state bus agencies on grounds of cost, expediency and lack of viable alternatives. This study, prepared as part of a DIT Community-Links initiative with the Irish Georgian Society, investigates the potential for an alternative, viable and sustainable bus layover strategy for Dublin city centre. The study considers the wider social, …

A Replication Of Failure, Not A Failure To Replicate, Gary Holden, Kathleen Barker, Sofie Kuppens, Gary Rosenberg, Jonathan`

Publications and Research

Purpose: The increasing role of systematic reviews in knowledge production demands greater rigor in the literature search process. The performance of the Social Work Abstracts (SWA) database has been examined multiple times over the past three decades. The current study is a replication within this line of research.

Method: Issue level coverage was examined for the same 33 SWA core journals and the same time period as our 2009 study.

Results: The mean percentage of issues missing in the current study was 20%. The mean percentage of issues missing in the current study was significantly greater than …

Teaching Information Literacy Through "Un-Research", Allison Hosier

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Students who write essays on research topics in which no outside sources are cited and accuracy is treated as negotiable generally should not expect to receive good grades, especially in an information literacy course. However, asking students to do just this was the first step in the “un-research project,” a twist on the familiar annotated bibliography assignment that was intended to guide students away from “satisficing” with their choice of sources and toward a better understanding of scholarship as a conversation. The project was implemented as part of a credit-bearing course in spring 2014 with promising results, including a more …

The War Justified, Margaret T. Kidd

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This article explores how Methodist ministers, particularly Richmond Christian Advocate editor Rev. James A. Duncan, justified their support of the Confederacy and slavery. Also discussed is the Address to Christians Throughout the World, written by Duncan and signed by ministers of various denominations. It was billed as the "Christian response" to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Alumni Survey Results, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

This contains the raw results of a survey given to Portland State University alumni in which they offered opinions on the Values portion of the strategic plan.

Excom Aspirational Values, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

A brief list of aspirational values and topic teams compiled by the Portland State University Executive Committee (EXCOM).

Department Chair Feedback, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

One page summary of qualities expected from a chair leader.

Student Survey Results, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

Raw survey results from students at Portland State University regarding the school's values.

Aspsu Feedback On Draft Vision, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

Brief report in which the PSU student senate (ASPSU) weighs the pros and cons of the university's mission, vision, and values statements.

Spdt Draft Vision Statement, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

An early draft of Portland State University's vision statement.

Exoticizing Poverty In Bizarre Foods America, Casey R. Kelly

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

No abstract provided.