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Contribution To Open Access Repository By The Tamil Nadu State Universities In India ; A Case Study Of Shodhganga, Sivasubramanian Subbiah Mar 2018

Contribution To Open Access Repository By The Tamil Nadu State Universities In India ; A Case Study Of Shodhganga, Sivasubramanian Subbiah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Stepping Up The Ladder To Meet User Needs: Innovative Library Services And Practices In A Nigerian University Of Technology., Nkeiru Emezie Mar 2018

Stepping Up The Ladder To Meet User Needs: Innovative Library Services And Practices In A Nigerian University Of Technology., Nkeiru Emezie

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Innovative services and practices are the buzzwords in today’s libraries. Changes brought about by the electronic environment has impacted on libraries and caused a transformation in services and practices. Consequently, the library of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has keyed into this paradigm by changing its conventional approach. This article explored various innovative services and practices in FUTO library. It also identified the benefits and extent of innovative services and practices in the library. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study while questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. Findings revealed a remarkable increase in library patronage, …


Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses In Education, University Of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Yahaya Aliyu Mar 2018

Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses In Education, University Of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Yahaya Aliyu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study presents citation analysis of fifty-two doctoral theses in education accepted by the school of postgraduate studies, university of Maiduguri, between 1987 and 2015. The title pages, abstracts and references of each thesis were photocopied and examined thoroughly in terms of name of the researcher, title of thesis, year of award, subject area covered, number of citations, types of works cited and the total of each cited work. Bibliometric techniques were used in the analysis, which involves counting and categorising works cited in each thesis according to the following: books and monographs, journal articles, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, …


Paws And Relax Winter 2018, Central Washington University Mar 2018

Paws And Relax Winter 2018, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Paws and Relax is an event to help students relieve stress during finals week. Dogs are brought in with their handlers and students are allowed to hang out with the dogs, pet them and occasionally pick them up.


In Place: March 12, 2018, Place Mar 2018

In Place: March 12, 2018, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

In PLACE is a newsletter designed to keep the Linfield College community apprised of information related to PLACE activities, as well as ways to bring the program into classes. Included in this issue:

  • Spotlight On: Leadership and the Liberal Arts Skills Development Series
  • Upcoming Events
  • The Last Weeks in PLACE


1910 - Gonzales Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs Mar 2018

1910 - Gonzales Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

A 1910 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Gonzales Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


1913 - Monterey Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey, Ca - Usgs Mar 2018

1913 - Monterey Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey, Ca - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

A 1913 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Monterey Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


1915 - Soledad Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs Mar 2018

1915 - Soledad Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

1915 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Soledad Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


Grand Valley Forum, Volume 042, Number 14, March 12, 2018, Grand Valley State University Mar 2018

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 042, Number 14, March 12, 2018, Grand Valley State University

2017-2018, Volume 42

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.


1912 - San Ardo Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey Co. - Usgs Mar 2018

1912 - San Ardo Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey Co. - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

A 1912 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the San Ardo Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


1897 - San Luis Obispo Quadrangle Topographical Map, Slo County - Usgs Mar 2018

1897 - San Luis Obispo Quadrangle Topographical Map, Slo County - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

An 1897 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the San Luis Obispo Quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


1918 - Point Sur Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs Mar 2018

1918 - Point Sur Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey County - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

1918 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the Point Sur Quadrangle, Monterey County, California, reflecting landmarks, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


Essentials Of Structural Equation Modeling, Mustafa Emre Civelek Mar 2018

Essentials Of Structural Equation Modeling, Mustafa Emre Civelek

Zea E-Books Collection

Structural Equation Modeling is a statistical method increasingly used in scientific studies in the fields of Social Sciences. It is currently a preferred analysis method, especially in doctoral dissertations and academic researches. However, since many universities do not include this method in the curriculum of undergraduate and graduate courses, students and scholars try to solve the problems they encounter by using various books and internet resources.

This book aims to guide the researcher who wants to use this method in a way that is free from math expressions. It teaches the steps of a research program using structured equality modeling …


Vortioxetine Improves Context Discrimination In Mice Through A Neurogenesis Independent Mechanism, Daniela Felice, Jean Philippe Guilloux, Alan Pehrson, Yan Li, Indira Mendez-David, Alain M. Gardier, Connie Sanchez, Denis J. David Mar 2018

Vortioxetine Improves Context Discrimination In Mice Through A Neurogenesis Independent Mechanism, Daniela Felice, Jean Philippe Guilloux, Alan Pehrson, Yan Li, Indira Mendez-David, Alain M. Gardier, Connie Sanchez, Denis J. David

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Major Depressive Disorders (MDD) patients may exhibit cognitive deficits and it is currently unclear to which degree treatment with antidepressants may affect cognitive function. Preclinical and clinical observations showed that vortioxetine (VORT, an antidepressant with multimodal activity), presents beneficial effects on aspects of cognitive function. In addition, VORT treatment increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) in rodents, a candidate mechanism for antidepressant activity. Pattern separation (PS) is the ability to discriminate between two similar contexts/events generating two distinct and non-overlapping representations. Impaired PS may lead to overgeneralization and anxiety disorders. If PS impairments were described in depressed patients, the consequences of …


1912 - Capitola Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey And Santa Cruz Counties - Usgs Mar 2018

1912 - Capitola Quadrangle Topographical Survey, Monterey And Santa Cruz Counties - Usgs

Groundwater Basin Maps

A 1910 U.S. Geological topographical survey depicting the San Luis Obispo Quadrangle, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, California, reflecting landmarks, Salinas River, creeks, ranchos, railways and roads.


Enjoyment Of Sexualization Is Associated With Alcohol Use, Self-Objectification Is Not, Christine Tack, Scott F. Stoltenberg Mar 2018

Enjoyment Of Sexualization Is Associated With Alcohol Use, Self-Objectification Is Not, Christine Tack, Scott F. Stoltenberg

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

The main purpose of this study was to determine how the enjoyment of sexualization impacts the relationship between self-objectification and alcohol use. Alcohol use is prevalent within college communities and may lead to damaging experiences. Participants were 892 undergraduate women who completed an online questionnaire including measurements of self-objectification, enjoyment of sexualization, as well as an alcohol survey. A general linear model was used to analyze these relationships and interactions. Data analysis showed that while enjoyment of sexualization was associated positively with alcohol use, self-objectification was not, and there was no significant interaction between the two variables. This provides evidence …


Sexual Assault In The Political Sphere, Robert Larsen Mar 2018

Sexual Assault In The Political Sphere, Robert Larsen

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This project sought to analyze how sexual assault in the political sphere is perceived and treated in contemporary society in the United States of America. The thesis analyzed eight cases of sexual misconduct, including six from the past thirty years. In each case, the reaction of party and social leaders, of the politician’s constituents and of the politician himself were looked at, as well as the consequences the politician faced. The results were then analyzed side-by-side to discover similarities and differences between ho cases of sexual assault allegations were treated and in terms of what happened to the politician after …


Automated Outlier Detection In Crime Data Using Programming, Aidan Connolly Mar 2018

Automated Outlier Detection In Crime Data Using Programming, Aidan Connolly

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

After the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department began publishing their Daily Crime and Fire Log online, journalists and other members of the public have been able to view updates almost instantly. They can see what incidents have been reported so far for that day, and they can view any day back to 2005. Using an advanced search, they can also filter the data by date range, location or crime type. However, there is no way to analyze the data. There’s no way to see how crime reports have evolved over time. Other people have developed programs to look at past …


Framed Text Messages As A Nutrition Education Intervention, Michael James O'Halloran Mar 2018

Framed Text Messages As A Nutrition Education Intervention, Michael James O'Halloran

Theses and Dissertations

A youth’s college years is a critical period in health behavior formation, during which body mass index (BMI) and other health behaviors such as diet and physical activity are strong predictors of adult health status. Text messaging is prominent in the lives of most college-age adults. Despite this, relatively few studies have investigated the potential of utilizing a text message-based intervention to target fruit and vegetable consumption, a measure for weight management behaviors. Additionally, few studies utilizing a text message-based intervention have utilized a theory specific to the creation of behavior-motivating text messages. The gain-framed health behavior messages of Prospect …


Lesley University Library Newsletter, Vol. 2(2), Office Of The Dean Of The Library, Hedi Benaicha, Jonah Lee Santiago, Micki Harrington, Zack Wray, Rachel Fernandez, Philip M. Siblo-Landsman, Abby Mancini, Marie Wasnock, Samantha Quiñon Snair, Jamie Glass, Alexis Dhembe, Robyn Ferrero, Tyahra Angus Mar 2018

Lesley University Library Newsletter, Vol. 2(2), Office Of The Dean Of The Library, Hedi Benaicha, Jonah Lee Santiago, Micki Harrington, Zack Wray, Rachel Fernandez, Philip M. Siblo-Landsman, Abby Mancini, Marie Wasnock, Samantha Quiñon Snair, Jamie Glass, Alexis Dhembe, Robyn Ferrero, Tyahra Angus

Library Newsletter

The Spring 2018 Lesley University Library Newsletter is an overview of developments that have taken place in the library since the Fall 2017 semester. It reports on success stories, gives insight into personal accounts of library resources, and new developments to enhance the quality of services.

The newsletter begins with an overview by Dean Hedi BenAicha and is followed with contributions from many of the staff members of the library. This includes Sam Quiñon's article, "Attention Faculty: what Lesley Librarians Actually Do," which indicates how the library field has changed and how important it is for librarians to engage in …


Complicated Grief And Art Therapy, Rachel Brandoff Mar 2018

Complicated Grief And Art Therapy, Rachel Brandoff

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

Complicated grief (CG) has come to be a common enough occurrence in mental health treatment to warrant research, literature, and discussion of markers, causes, prevalence, symptoms, measures, and treatment protocols. Art therapy presents one possible mode of treatment for individuals suffering from CG, and yet few art therapists know about CG or have training in this area. A systematic review of art therapy programs and educational requirements showed no current standards or training requirements for grief or CG. Art therapists are master’s trained clinicians who work with people with a variety of mental health challenges, and training in CG may …


Gaming The Framing: A New Way To Teach The Convention, The Constitution, And The Founding, John Patrick Coby Mar 2018

Gaming The Framing: A New Way To Teach The Convention, The Constitution, And The Founding, John Patrick Coby

Government: Faculty Publications

Why study the Constitution through the medium of role-play? Students playing roles will better appreciate the difficulties of framing a constitution and better understand what was at stake and what was possible for the delegates who gathered in Philadelphia—better than if they simply heard or read about the event.


The Guardian, Week Of March 12, 2018, Wright State University Student Body Mar 2018

The Guardian, Week Of March 12, 2018, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 12, 2018. The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.


High Quality Courses: Copyright Overview, Sarah A. Norris Mar 2018

High Quality Courses: Copyright Overview, Sarah A. Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Presentation given to Instructional Designers in the Center for Distributed Learning at UCF on March 12, 2018 by Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian.

The presentation highlights copyright information and resources for UCF Faculty and Instructional Designers related to online teaching and learning.


Preliminary Analysis Of Hieroglyph And Iconography Placement On Freestanding Monuments At Copán, Honduras, Elizabeth Koenen Mar 2018

Preliminary Analysis Of Hieroglyph And Iconography Placement On Freestanding Monuments At Copán, Honduras, Elizabeth Koenen

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This paper analyzes the placement of hieroglyphs and iconography on freestanding monuments at the ancient Maya site of Copán, Honduras. Preliminary spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) highlight two potentially important findings. First, stelae in the main civic-ceremonial precinct (Principal Group), while erected in the most centralized and public location in the city, are not always placed to allow for public viewing of their fronts. Second, differences may exist in the number of logographic and syllabic glyphs used on a object depending on the type of object and its location. Further research and data collection are needed in order …


Dating As An Occupation: Swipe Right For Occupational Therapy, Karen Mccarthy Mar 2018

Dating As An Occupation: Swipe Right For Occupational Therapy, Karen Mccarthy

Collected Faculty Scholarship

At a first glance, these may look like personal ads you might in the past have found in any newspaper classified section, yet they could be mini occupational profiles that represent your clients. Each profile contains information about the client, their interests and passions, their values, and their goals and dreams for meeting a partner.

Personal ads, once so public for everyone who opened a newspaper to read, have now moved onto the vast and complicated world of online dating. The game has changed, with 15% of adults in the United States reporting they have used online dating sites or …


A Naturalist’S Guide To The Great Plains, Paul A. Johnsgard Mar 2018

A Naturalist’S Guide To The Great Plains, Paul A. Johnsgard

Zea E-Books Collection

This book documents nearly 500 US and Canadian locations where wildlife refuges, nature preserves, and similar properties protect natural sites that lie within the North American Great Plains, from Canada’s Prairie Provinces to the Texas-Mexico border. Information on site location, size, biological diversity, and the presence of especially rare or interesting flora and fauna are mentioned, as well as driving directions, mailing addresses, and phone numbers or internet addresses, as available. US federal sites include 11 national grasslands, 13 national parks, 16 national monuments, and more than 70 national wildlife refuges. State properties include nearly 100 state parks and wildlife …


Humans Thrived In South Africa Through The Toba Eruption About 74,000 Years Ago, Eugene I. Smith, Zenobia Jacobs, Racheal Johnsen, Minghua Ren, Erich C. Fisher, Simen Oestmo, Jayne Wilkins, Jacob A. Harris, Panagiotis Karkanas, Shelby Fitch, Amber Ciravolo, Deborah Keenan, Naomi Cleghorn, Christine S. Lane, Thalassa Matthews, Curtis W. Marean Mar 2018

Humans Thrived In South Africa Through The Toba Eruption About 74,000 Years Ago, Eugene I. Smith, Zenobia Jacobs, Racheal Johnsen, Minghua Ren, Erich C. Fisher, Simen Oestmo, Jayne Wilkins, Jacob A. Harris, Panagiotis Karkanas, Shelby Fitch, Amber Ciravolo, Deborah Keenan, Naomi Cleghorn, Christine S. Lane, Thalassa Matthews, Curtis W. Marean

Geoscience Faculty Research

Approximately 74 thousand years ago (ka), the Toba caldera erupted in Sumatra. Since the magnitude of this eruption was first established, its effects on climate, environment and humans have been debated1. Here we describe the discovery of microscopic glass shards characteristic of the Youngest Toba Tuff—ashfall from the Toba eruption—in two archaeological sites on the south coast of South Africa, a region in which there is evidence for early human behavioural complexity. An independently derived dating model supports a date of approximately 74 ka for the sediments containing the Youngest Toba Tuff glass shards. By defining the input of shards …


An Instrumental Case Study On Testing An Integrated Framework For Tutoring Sessions, Alicia L. Holland, Chris Grant, Reshma Donthamsetty Mar 2018

An Instrumental Case Study On Testing An Integrated Framework For Tutoring Sessions, Alicia L. Holland, Chris Grant, Reshma Donthamsetty

The Qualitative Report

The objective for the current qualitative case study was to examine participants’ perceptions on the tutor coaching and session review frameworks. The location of the study was at the tutor coach’s place of business. At the beginning of the study, both tutor coach and tutors were trained on how to implement the specific frameworks associated with their roles in the tutoring process. Tutors who participated in the study kept weekly reflection journals regarding their tutoring experiences. After 6 weeks, the tutor coach participated in 30-minute open-ended phone interviews related to the tutor-coaching framework. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Tutors …


A Warden Or A Ballerina: Examining The Relationship Between Gender Socialization, And Occupational Choice Among Prison Wardens And Superintendents, Karen Altendorf Mar 2018

A Warden Or A Ballerina: Examining The Relationship Between Gender Socialization, And Occupational Choice Among Prison Wardens And Superintendents, Karen Altendorf

The Qualitative Report

This study explores the career experiences of women who hold leadership positions within the field of corrections as Wardens and Superintendents. Specifically the research seeks to examine the personal biographies of these women in an effort to document life experiences shaping their occupational choices. Twenty nine interviews were conducted with wardens and superintendents from 13 states. Subjects were questioned about family, education, perceptions of occupational choice, and career aspirations. Generational differences exist between female wardens in relation to boarder social trends in gender and occupation. The more support women receive from parents and family to pursue education and careers, the …