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Data File 2, West Virginia University, University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

Appalachian Coal Industry Ecosystem

This file contains information on whether a county is above or below the Appalachian median for the following measures: Dependence, Impact, and Risk. More detailed information is found in the report County-level CIE Supply Chain Analysis.

Modern Library Services In Developing World: An Overview Of Aga Khan University Libraries, Sadaf Shahid

Libraries

Excellent library services are the backbone of any library. Keeping this in view the libraries are at Aga Khan University providing efficient library and information services to its users according to the present era of digital world. The purpose of this paper is to share the current and upcoming services of AKU libraries across all international campuses in three continents in the context of global developments in the field of library and information science; to motivate other libraries in the region to adopt such a resources and services. Aga Khan University libraries are committed to provide user centered services to …

Sexual Orientation Development, Acceptance, And Risk Behavior In Young Adult Gay Men, Erin Paige Smith

Wayne State University Dissertations

Research on sexual orientation development points to individual differences in developmental milestones (i.e., realization, identification, disclosure to friend, disclosure to parent, same-sex sexual behavior) that could be differentially related to adjustment. Additionally, differences in perceptions of acceptance from the self and important others, such as parents and friends, during adolescence and early adulthood may be related to both sexual orientation development and health risk behaviors (i.e., substance use, sexual risk). The goal of the current study was to advance our understanding of developmental processes among gay men by examining perceived acceptance of sexual orientation and its associations with individual differences …

White Supremacy As Class Compromise: The Poverty Of Structural Racism As A Theoretical Paradigm, Cody Robert Melcher

Wayne State University Theses

In this thesis, I develop a theoretical frame through which the perpetuation of racial inequality in the United States can be fruitfully interpreted. This reconceptualization is necessary, I argue, because the now dominant paradigm of so-called “structural racism” is methodologically untenable. I contend that the seminal theoretical and empirical accounts within the paradigm do not provide compelling or methodologically sound explanations for the perpetuation of racial inequality, often (and disturbingly) ignoring the historical record of race relations in the US. Specifically, I show that these accounts rely on the dubious causal mechanisms of structural inertia or ideological racism. Where these …

Livable For All Ages: Evaluating Perceptions Of Community In An Intergenerational Context, David L. Ferrell

Theses and Dissertations--Social Work

Aging-friendliness work uses a model of eight core domains to assess and achieve communities in which people are more equipped to age well, and remain in their community as they age. These domains are broken into the built environment (i.e., Housing, Transportation) and the social environment (i.e., Communication, Social Inclusion, Employment). This dissertation is centered on the efforts to make communities more aging-friendly, and focuses specifically on the Livable Lexington initiative. This dissertation utilized an exploratory study of a pre- and posttest evaluative design to pilot intergenerational discussion groups as a potential intervention. Intergenerational discussion groups were developed with the …

Big Society, Free Economy, And Strong State: Bonefeld's Open Marxism And The Critique Of Political Economy, Watcharabon Buddharaksa

Journal of Social Sciences

This paper introduces Open Marxism as a critical Marxist school of thought to a wider readership and constructs an Open Marxist theoretical framework to understand contemporary political economy. This paper argues that Werner Bonefeld's Open Marxism is a beneficial tool to understand contemporary political economy. It offers three distinct theories of the Big society, economic freedom, and the strong state. Bonefeld addresses the vitality of these three concepts in his critique of political economy, offering theoretical terrains for 'human agency' and rejecting determinist and positivist conceptions of society. He posits that society should be a 'subject' of human social life …

ที่พรมแดนระหว่างอนุภูมิภาคเอเชียใต้และอาเซียน: มองอินเดียเชื่อมต่อเมียนมาร์ เพื่อมุ่งหน้าไปด้วยกัน, อภิรัฐ คำวัง

Journal of Social Sciences

จากความร่วมมือระหว่างอาเซียน-อินเดีย และจากกระบวนการพัฒนาประเทศภายในอินเดีย ได้ผลักดันให้อินเดียเร่งรัดพัฒนาพื้นที่ชายแดนภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ โดยเฉพาะพรมแดนอินเดีย-เมียนมาร์ เพื่อเชื่อมต่อทางกายภาพสู่อาเซียนด้วยทางหลวงไตรภาคี อินเดีย-เมียนมาร์-ไทย การพัฒนาดังกล่าวเป็นที่มาของการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพทางด้านสังคมศาสตร์ครั้งนี้ ซึ่งให้ความสนใจต่อพรมแดนระหว่างสองภูมิภาค จึงได้ค้นคว้าข้อมูลพื้นฐานด้านสังคมและเศรษฐกิจตามแนวพรมแดน โดยศึกษาเอกสารและศึกษาภาคสนามที่พรมแดนของอินเดีย ทำให้ทราบถึงสภาพความเป ็นจริงที่ตลาดพรมแดนและความก้าวหน้า โดยท่อนเดียเตรียมจะเปิดประตูสู่อาเซียนที่รัฐมณีปุระ ส่วนพรมแดนแห่งอื่นคงเปิดพื้นที่เฉพาะพ่อค้าท้องถิ่นกลุ่มชาติพันธุ์ยังไม่ยกระดับเป็นพรมแดนนานาชาติ จึงเป็นประเด็นที่จะต้องมีการตกลงระหว่างอินเดียกับเมียนมาร์เพื่อนำไปสู่ผลสำเร็จของการเชื่อมต่อดังกล่าว ทั้งนี้ ผลการศึกษาคาดหวังว่าจะช่วยส่งเสริมความรู้ความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างอาเซียนกับอินเดียมากยิ่งขึ้น รวมทั้งเป็นประโยชน์ต่อการเตรียมความพร้อมของไทยก่อนการเปิดทางหลวงไตรภาคี

ยักษ์ที่เท้าทำด้วยดินเหนียว: บทวิจารณ์ของ Leo Strauss กับความง่อนแง่นขององค์ความรู้ในการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ?, เอกพลณัฐ ณัฐพัทธนันท์

Journal of Social Sciences

มนุษย์โดยทั่วไปต่างหวาดกลัวความไม่แน่นอนในชีวิต พวกเขาจึงคาดหวังที่จะสามารถคาดการณ์สิ่งที่จะเกิดขึ้นในอนาคตได้ และสามารถเตรียมพร้อมรับมือปัญหาที่จะเกิดขึ้นล่วงหน้าได้ทันท่วงที เพื่อจะได้ทำให้อนาคตของพวกเขากลายเป็นสิ่งที่ดี ซึ่งแนวทางดังกล่าวทำให้ "วิทยาศาสตร์" สามารถตอบโจทย์ความต้องการดังกล่าวได้ เพราะเป็นแนวทางการศึกษาที่มีกฎระเบียบเคร่งครัด สามารถคาดการณ์และทำนายปรากฏการณ์ที่จะเกิดขึ้นตามธรรมชาติในอนาคตได้ แต่ถึงแม้ว่าการทดลองทางวิทยาศาสตร์จำนวนมากจะสร้างความศรัทธาให้กับมนุษยชาติ จนกระทั่งมีการนำแนวทางการศึกษาแบบวิทยาศาสตร์เข้าไปประยุกต์ใช้ในการศึกษาสาขาวิชาต่าง ๆ อย่างกว้างขวาง ในลักษณะของการทำวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ โดยมีการใช้เทคนิคทางสถิติเป็นเครื่องมือในการทดสอบสมมติฐานของการวิจัย แต่แล้วหลักการแบบวิทยาศาสตร์ที่สวยหรู ไม่ว่าจะเป็นเรื่อง "ความเป็นกลาง" (neutrality) และเรื่อง “ความเป็นภววิสัย” (objectivity) ก็ต้องถูกทำให้มัวหมองไป เมื่อการศึกษาดังกล่าวหลีกหนีไม่พ้นอคติ หรืออารมณ์ความรู้สึกของผู้วิจัยที่เป็นปุถุชนผู้สร้างกฎเกณฑ์ต่าง ๆ ขึ้นมา ก่อให้เกิดความไม่ลงรอยกันทั้งในทางหลักการและในทางปฏิบัติเกี่ยวกับการทดสอบสมมติฐานและการสร้างข้อสรุปผลการวิจัย เพื่อสร้างองค์ความรู้ที่ทำได้อย่างมากเพียงแค่การอาศัย "ความน่าจะเป็นทางสถิติ" ซึ่งก็คือ การคาดการณ์ว่าปรากฏการณ์ที่ศึกษาจะเกิดขึ้นจริงบนฐานของความไม่แน่นอนนั่นเองแต่ด้วยความก้าวหน้าของเทคโนโลยีในปัจจุบันได้ทำให้ปัญหาดังกล่าวลดลง คำปรามาสของ ลีโอ สเตราส์ ที่ว่าองค์ความรู้สมัยใหม่เปรียบเสมือนยักษ์ที่เท้าเป็นดินเหนียวจึงต้องถูกนำกลับมาพิจารณาใหม่อีกครั้ง

A Mixed Methods Analysis Of Gender Differences In Symptom Progression And Trauma Narratives During Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sarah A. Ascienzo

Theses and Dissertations--Social Work

An alarming portion of youth experience traumatic events during childhood, and there is a robust body of literature documenting the adverse consequences of trauma exposure on the developing child. Fortunately, numerous empirically-supported phase-based interventions have been developed for youth that target the deleterious effects of trauma. While several of these interventions have demonstrated symptom reduction from the baseline to completion of treatment, much less is known regarding the trajectory of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) during the course of treatment. Information in this regard may have important implications for service delivery and help to illuminate the mechanisms of change responsible for …

Adult Syrian Refugees Resettled In The United States: Social Support, Personality, Somatic Complaints, And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Zena Dadouch

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the relationships between perceived social support, personality traits, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in adult Syrian refugees resettled in the United States. Participants (N = 19) were recruited from resettlement organizations across the United States. To be eligible, participants had to be at least 18 years old, and had to have been resettled in the United States after 1/1/2015. After being screened for eligibility, participants completed a series of self-report questionnaires online, and were able to enroll in a drawing for 5 $50 Visa gift cards for their participation. The findings failed to lend support to …

Copyright And Fair Use For Graduating Studio Art Majors, Jessica Hronchek

Faculty Publications

This lesson was designed as a part of a seminar for art majors preparing work for their Senior Show and is intended to inform students preparing to begin careers as practicing artists or art educators. The lesson incorporates a short lecture on copyright and fair use, a class discussion about copyright and artistic practice based on preparatory readings, an in-class research exercise of art copyright case studies, and student presentations on their findings and opinions. In addition to raising awareness of copyright and the CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, this lesson is particularly …

Review: 'The Theory And Craft Of Digital Preservation', Kayla Harris

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Information about the book reviewed:

Trevor Owens. The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2018. 240 pp. $34.95 (softcover). ISBN: 9781421426976

Coastal Empire Economic Monitor, 1st Quarter, 2018, Georgia Southern University Center For Business Analytics And Economic Research

Coastal Empire Economic Monitor

The Economic Monitor provides a continuously updating quarterly snapshot of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area economy, including Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia. The coincident index measures the current economic heartbeat of the region. The leading index is designed to provide a short-term forecast of the region’s economic activity in the upcoming six to nine months.

Sustainability-Efficiency Paradox: The Efficacy Of State Energy Plans In Building A More Sustainable Energy Future, Austin Zimmerman

Pitzer Senior Theses

State energy plans are created at the request of a sitting governor or State Legislature in order to provide guidance set goals for the state’s energy sector. These plans will be critical indicators of energy trends such as the future market share of coal, natural gas, and renewables. If the future of energy in the United States is to be remotely sustainable, low-carbon policies must headline state plans. The strength of a state’s energy plan in terms of sustainability is directly related to that state’s willingness to prioritize and commit to incorporating energy sources that produce negligible carbon emissions. Questions …

Tradition And Novelty: Food Representations In Irish Women’S Magazines 1922–73, Marzena Keating, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

Based on a qualitative content analysis of selected Irish women’s magazines, this paper provides a brief overview of Irish food culture from 1922 to 1973. It illustrates how selected texts from women’s magazines, mainly recipes, food columns, practical suggestions for cooking and housekeeping, as well as articles on food topics mirrored social, cultural, economic, and religious characteristics of a particular period. The paper discusses various culinary trends apparent in the content and style of cookery pages focusing on a paired category of novelty and tradition adapted from the quantitative research conducted by Alan Warde.

Wine About It: How Climate Change Is Affecting International Wine Markets, Krysta Suzanne Gingue

Honors Theses and Capstones

The purpose of this study is to understand the social context surrounding wine and how consumers and producers will act within the existing market structures to physical changes to wine due to climate change. After defining the socially embedded structure of market values, this paper questions how they will survive with the visible and invisible changes being made to wines and wine regions. Through various case studies the paper uncovers climate events happening across the world and how they will potentially change the economic landscape of wine markets. The different lenses required to understand the market lead to competing conclusions. …

Review: Moral History From Herodotus To Diodorus, Joel Alden Schlosser

Political Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Review: Thucydides On The Outbreak Of War: Character And Contest, Joel Alden Schlosser

Political Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Emotional Directives Of Legal Status Changes: A Study On Immigration Status Grants, Perla Galindo

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Judicial decision making has provided new frameworks to examine the effects of extra-legal factors. Yet, immigration courts have not received much scholarly attention. This Thesis examines the conditions under which non-citizen applicants likely to receive successful immigration status change. In particular, I analyze the effects of sympathy on the decision making of immigration court judges. Using a convenience sample of the El Paso Area, I evaluate immigrant applications for status changes to identify which factors illicit sympathetic and thus more likely to receive their status change requests. I find that younger applicants and Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applicants …

The Paradoxical Experiences Of Young Hispanic College Students: Academic Success In The Face Of Age-Related Stigma, Marilyn Garcia

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

There has been growth in programs such as the Early College High School Initiative in order to address the inequalities that racial/ethnic minorities, such as Hispanics, face when it comes to pursuing a higher education. As a result, there has been an increase of nontraditionally aged students (i.e., young students under 18) in higher education. Despite likely increases in young students attending universities, little is known about the young students' academic performance and the challenges they face while attending college; this Thesis addresses that limitation through two studies using institutional and interview data from one university. The first study used …

Exploring The Functional And Geometric Bias Of Spatial Relations Using Neural Language Models, Simon Dobnik, Mehdi Ghanimifard, John D. Kelleher

Conference papers

The challenge for computational models of spatial descriptions for situated dialogue systems is the integration of information from different modalities. The semantics of spatial descriptions are grounded in at least two sources of information: (i) a geometric representation of space and (ii) the functional interaction of related objects that. We train several neural language models on descriptions of scenes from a dataset of image captions and examine whether the functional or geometric bias of spatial descriptions reported in the literature is reflected in the estimated perplexity of these models. The results of these experiments have implications for the creation of …

My Best Day At Sea, Rob Paylor

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

An Army chopper pilot off the coast of Beirut plays a trick on a Marine platoon on their carrier.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience may benefit.

The Real Thing, Sheri Clark

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

A veteran’s wife realizes she married a veteran of Vietnam not after their wedding vows but when he finally chooses to speak about the war.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience …

Dawn, Richard H. Geisel

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

In vivid poetic language, a foot soldier describes the terror and power of walking point in Vietnam.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience may benefit.

Post Awesome, Chip Lauterbach

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

A Marine in Afghanistan returns from a battle, eager to speak with his wife; he can't reach her, and his heart sinks in worry.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience may …

Introduction, Lorcan Sirr

Articles

Over many decades, it has been rare for a week to pass without housing-related issues being close to, or at, the top of news and political agendas. As everybody has to live somewhere, housing – and its related elements of property, building, planning and finance – is a topic in which everybody has both a stake and an opinion. It is the most personal of subjects – in many respects, our housing shapes our lives.

Solar Alignment And The Irish Passage Tomb Tradition, Frank Prendergast

Book/Book Chapter

A succinct and very useful, illustrated, explanatory guide to the phenomenon of solar alignment in the irish Passage Tomb tradition. Includes a listing of where to visit the 15 known astronomically aligned passage tombs in the 32 counties.

Written by Dr Frank Prendergast who is now Emeritus at the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he researches Irish prehistoric monuments and their landscapes from a cultural astronomy perspective. His current interests and publications are on the meaning of the dark sky in the prehistoric past and on the conservation of archaeological landscapes from light pollution.

Heritage Guides are included free with …

What Happens Now? Coaching And Leading Following A Student-Athlete Death - A Phenomenological Study, Peter Mcgahey

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

College students die and sometimes these students are student-athletes. This transcendental phenomenological study described and explored the lived leadership experiences, related to the components of Transformational Leadership, of NCAA sports team coaches who led their team following an unexpected death of a student-athlete. No research to date had focused on this leadership phenomenon. Five NCAA sport team head coaches participated in semi-structured interviews to learn more about their coaching leadership experiences during this time of crisis. The study participants shared their intensely emotional and personal leadership experiences of leading and coaching their teams during a time of crisis. There were …

Envisioning A Watertown For All Ages, Caitlin Coyle

Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging Publications

Watertown for All Ages is a group of residents working to improve the livability of Watertown for residents of all ages and abilities. They work closely with the Watertown Council on Aging/Senior Center. The Watertown Council on Aging/Senior Center provides a variety of social, health, educational, recreational, advocacy, and support programs designed to help Watertown’s older adults age well in the community. Services provided to seniors living in the community range from transportation support to nutrition services and social services, along with a range of programs and activities meant to enhance well-being and quality of life. Similar to many Councils …

Archaeological Investigations At The Old Manse, 2016-2017, Concord, Massachusetts, Alexandra Crowder, John M. Steinberg, Brian N. Damiata, Christa M. Beranek

Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research Publications

Two phases of archaeological investigations were conducted at the Old Manse in Concord, MA, in advance of a proposed visitor center and other construction activity at the property. In 2016, a geophysical survey was carried out over the parking lot and in the area east of the historic barn location. Although subsequent test excavations had been proposed for the same areas, these were not carried out because the construction project was put on hold. In 2017, five shovel test pits and one excavation unit were excavated in an area west of the current garden in an area that was proposed …