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Developing Information And Communication Technologies For Education In Haiti, Nabeel Janjua, Yan Li, Manoj Thomas

VA Engage Journal

This research aims to aid in developing educational technologies for students and teachers in Haiti. The goal of the research project is to increase computer familiarity and literacy. To achieve this objective, a design science and mixed methods approach is developed. The design science approach focuses on building prototype artifacts consisting of software tutorials, computer on a stick, and Internet in a box. The qualitative and quantitative research methods consist of visual comprehension, discussion with students and teachers, data gathering and analysis through census and survey processing systems. Quantitative data is still being analyzed. Both methods may be utilized for …

Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: February 17, 2017, Eric Thompson

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Leading Economic Indicator – Nebraska (LEI-N) 1 rose by 1.97% during January of 2017. The rapid increase in the LEI-N, which predicts economic activity six months in the future, reversed a drop in the indicator during November and December of 2016. The increase during January suggests that growth will improve in Nebraska in the second half of 2017. Business expectations, building permits and manufacturing hours all improved during January. There also an a decline in initial claims for unemployment insurance in January following a sharp increase during December. The value of the U.S. dollar was steady during January, a …

A Love Untaught By Law, Emma Oliver

VA Engage Journal

A self-proclaimed “live and let live” society, Laramie, Wyoming quickly became everything but when studied by the Tectonic Theater Company following the murder of Matthew Shepard. By drawing attention to disturbingly inherent elements of Laramie’s culture including verbal distancing, an elitist sentiment, and the belief that apathy is acceptable, the theater company exposes the hostile climate that has made this Wyoming city nearly unlivable for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning community. In analyzing the language and attitudes of the residents of Wyoming as brought to light in the play The Laramie Project, this paper confirms the danger in …

Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps To Model Policy Issues In The Face Of Uncertainty And Limited Data, Brian Gregor

PSU Transportation Seminars

Planners and policymakers are often faced with the need to make decisions about issues for which there is uncertainty and limited data. For example, transportation planners are now faced with the prospect that new transportation technologies such as autonomous vehicles could greatly alter future transportation system needs. Decisions about these types of issues are difficult to reason about and consequently are likely to be ignored or made on the basis of simplistic logic. Although modeling could be helpful, especially for issues involving complex systems, it is rarely used because models usually require large amounts of data and and handle uncertainty …

Bringing The Library To The Student Using An Online Marketing Tool., Sarah-Anne Kennedy

Support services (Former ITT) - Conference Papers

DIT Library Aungier St. are using Mailchimp to engage first-year undergraduates with their Information Literacy (IL) programme and also to market and promote Library staff and services. Library staff have developed Library Learning which consists of 10 scheduled, tailored and branded mailouts sent throughout the first academic year. Mailouts are authored by library staff in collaboration with academic staff, the academic calendar, and course content. Student supports such as the Academic Writing Centre are also promoted. Library Learning came about as DIT looked at the overall first-year experience. Student induction is moving from a once off event to a yearlong …

Coping With A Crisis: Financial Resources Available To Low- And Moderate-Income Households In Emergencies, Dana C. Perantie, Stephen P. Roll, Jane E. Oliphant, Shenyang Guo, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Center for Social Development Research

Using data from tax records and a longitudinal survey, this brief investigates the choices low- and moderate-income households make about their tax withholding and their preferences for withholding. The relationship between withholding preferences and the use of the tax refund, measures of material hardship, and the use of alternative financial services is also explored. We find that almost half of all survey respondents preferred to overwithhold their income each year in order to get a larger tax refund. Yet despite preferring to take home less income during the year, these households experienced higher levels of material hardship than those who …

Chimes: February 17, 2017, Calvin College

Chimes

Former campus safety officer charged with misdemeanor by Josh Parks & Maddie Hughey

Gallery displays phone photos by Daniel Hickey

Handlon celebrates convocation by Jon Gorter

Conference encourages and inspires students and non-students alike by Peter Ford

Just Citizenship discussion series continues by Hannah Butler

MIAA coaches' preseason polls released for late spring sports by Mark Peless

Lunar sample departs Dice Museum by Sadie Burgher

On the court of Thine Enemies by Madalyn Buursma

An Empirical Examination Of The Factor Structure Of Compassion, Jenny Gu, Kate Cavanagh, Ruth A. Baer, Clara Strauss

Psychology Faculty Publications

Compassion has long been regarded as a core part of our humanity by contemplative traditions, and in recent years, it has received growing research interest. Following a recent review of existing conceptualisations, compassion has been defined as consisting of the following five elements: 1) recognising suffering, 2) understanding the universality of suffering in human experience, 3) feeling moved by the person suffering and emotionally connecting with their distress, 4) tolerating uncomfortable feelings aroused (e.g., fear, distress) so that we remain open to and accepting of the person suffering, and 5) acting or being motivated to act to alleviate suffering. As …

The Enforcement Of Moral Boundaries Promotes Cooperation And Prosocial Behavior In Groups, Brent Simpson, Rob Willer, Ashley Harrell

Faculty Publications

The threat of free-riding makes the marshalling of cooperation from group members a fundamental challenge of social life. Where classical social science theory saw the enforcement of moral boundaries as a critical way by which group members regulate one another’s self-interest and build cooperation, moral judgments have most often been studied as processes internal to individuals. Here we investigate how the interpersonal expression of positive and negative moral judgments encourages cooperation in groups and prosocial behavior between group members. In a laboratory experiment, groups whose members could make moral judgments achieved greater cooperation than groups with no capacity to sanction, …

2003, April – Land Use History And Mapping In California’S Central Coast Region; Report No. Wi-2003-03; Newman, W. B, Watson, F.G.R,

Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports

Land use change has a long history in the region, which once held the State Capitol at Monterey. The region been transformed several times, following the introduction of Europeans and their grain crops in the 1800s, the development of groundwater-based irrigation in the late 1920s, and the expansion of vineyards and urban areas in more recent years.

Land management must be aware of the history of the land, and of its current spatial state. The early chapters of this report review the major land use systems of the region and their history. The latter chapter presents a new remotely sensed …

Lindenwood Digest, February 17, 2017, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

Data Science Program, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

1933 - Material Results At Mission San Luis Obispo, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1777-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

Spartan Daily, February 16, 2017, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2017

Volume 148, Issue 10

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Bowling Green City Commissioner Sues WKU – Sue Parrigin
• Williams, Jamie. Students Rally for Higher Education
• Austin, Emma. State Legislation Moves Through General Assembly
• Alvey, Rebekah. Art Project Turns Attention to Construction Projects – Michael Wheatley
• Kast, Monica. Students Campaign for Women’s Education – Americans for Informed Democracy
• Brockman, Kacie. Student Group Traveling to Capitol for Refugee, Immigration Day – No Lost Generation
• Austin, Emma. College Awaits Approval of New Specialist Degree
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Gary Ransdell, Semester at Sea
• Johnson, Kalyn. Don’t …

Cultivating An Alternative Paradigm In Urban Areas To Achieve Greater Food Certainty In The United States, Owen Beatty

Honors Theses – Charlotte Campus

The purpose of this study is to analyze food insecurity in the United States and propose a potential solution by means of increased localized agriculture and urbanized initiatives as new paradigms of relief. The word paradigms in this thesis is used to describe the examples of innovative alternatives to contemporary systems. A wide variety of research was gathered that examines the current U.S. food system and government nutrition assistance programs. The United States Department of Agriculture measures poverty by assessing a family’s cash income with a comparison to their needs. One such need is the cost of food, in which …

Free Market Ideology And Deregulation In Colorado's Oil Fields: Evidence For Triple Movement Activism?, Stephanie A. Malin, Adam Mayer, Kelly Shreeve, Shawn K. Olson-Hazboun, John Adgate

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Unconventional oil and gas extraction(UOGE) has spurred an unprecedented boom in on-shore production in the U.S.Despite a surge in related research, a void exists regarding policy-related inquiries.To address this gap, we examine support of federal regulatory exemptions for UOGE using survey data collected in 2015 from two northern Colorado communities as part of a National Institutes of Health study.We assert that current regulatory exemptions for UOGE can be understood as components of broader societal processes of neoliberalization. We test whether free market ideologies relate to people’s regulatory views and find that free market ideology increases public support for federal regulatory …

1932 - Material Results At Mission Santa Ines, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1804-1834, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1929 - Material Results At Mission San Antonio De Padua, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1773-1833, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1934 - Material Results At Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmelo), Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1772-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1929 - Material Results At Mission Nuestra Senora De La Soledad, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1791-1834, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1932 - Material Results At Mission La Concepcion Purisima, Agricultural Products And Livestock, 1788-1834, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1931 - Material Results At Mission San Juan Bautista, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1797-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

Physiology And Behavior Of Marine Mammals Avs 442x, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Prospective Prediction Of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide Among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders, Michael T. Baglivio, Kevin T. Wolff

Publications and Research

While homicide perpetrated by juveniles is a relatively rare occurrence, between 2010 and 2014, approximately 7%–8% of all murders involved a juvenile offender. Unfortunately, few studies have prospectively examined the predictors of homicide offending, with none examining first-time murder among a sample of adjudicated male and female youth. The current study employed data on 5908 juvenile offenders (70% male, 45% Black) first arrested at the age of 12 or younger to prospectively examine predictors of an arrest for homicide/attempted homicide by the age of 18. Among these early-onset offenders, males, Black youth, those living in households with family members with …

Mythology Of The Angry Black Man: An Analysis Of Cornelius Eady’S Brutal Imagination As A Rhetorical Counter-Narrative, Junior Ocasio

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines how Cornelius Eady’s book of poetry, Brutal Imagination, rhetorically serves as a counter-narrative to the fictional construction of Black characters blamed for committing crimes. Brutal Imagination gives voice to Mr. Zero, Eady’s name for the fictional character Susan Smith created in 1994, whom Smith blamed for kidnapping her children. Thus, by using a counter-narrative lens, this thesis analyzes how fictional creations can alter the socially constructed identity of the “angry” Black man.

Archaeology, Women & The Early Church, Konner Dent

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

No abstract provided.

Love Thy Neighbor, Samantha Angeles

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

No abstract provided.

1931 - Material Results At San Miguel Mission, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1797-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

The Cowl - V.81 - N.17 - Feb 16, 2017

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 81, Number 17 - February 16, 2017. 28 pages.